RE: [flexcoders] FF and Java sessions

[Peter]

Doing the same thing (Tomcat backend). Works fine with FF, IE and Opera
(although I still think Flex/Flash should take care of this for me)

 

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From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Dimitrios Gianninas
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 5:06 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] FF and Java sessions

 

I am doing a POST as well... this problem only happens with FireFox...works
fine with IE. So just trying to see what ppl do for FF.

 

Dimitrios Gianninas

Developer

Optimal Payments Inc.

 

 

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From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Bjorn Schultheiss
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 7:36 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] FF and Java sessions

Dimitrios,

 

I actually get the same JSESSIONID value when i make an upload request to a
servlet. 

Although i am making a POST request and send vars via the URLVariables
object.

 

example:

var req:URLRequest = new URLRequest( config_model.userConfig.datasetUpPath +
"/upload" );

var urlVars:URLVariables = new URLVariables();

urlVars.id = upload_model.fileID;

urlVars.username = config_model.userConfig.username;

urlVars.password = config_model.userConfig.password;

req.data = urlVars;  

req.method = URLRequestMethod.POST;



upload_model.artworkFileRef.upload( req );

 

 

Bjorn.

 

 

On 27/04/2007, at 7:38 AM, Dimitrios Gianninas wrote:





 

As some of you may already know, when performing a file upload with Flex to
a Java servlet, a new session is created not matching the existing session
the user has with the server when their Flex app actually loads.

 

I've read some posts and see that ppl are appending the JSESSIONID to the
url to get the same session to be used by the server when an upload request
is sent by a Flex app. By doing:

 

var req:URLRequest = new URLRequest("/billing/servlet/FileSvlt;JSESSIONID="
+ jSessionId);

 

But this doesnt work for me any reason why? something I am doing wrong?

 

Dimitrios Gianninas

Developer

Optimal Payments Inc.

 


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Re: [flexcoders] Games in Flex / Apollo?

[André Rodrigues Pena]

I was also considering to develop something for flex-based games. But I
think that, the only reason that could lead someone to do this would be the
AS3 capabilities but now Flash CS3 has come up with this technology, and it
has a bunch of other functionalities to help with gaming.

On 4/27/07, Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


  I'm working on a new blog that will center around game creation using
Flex and Apollo. So far it seems that everyone has focused on
"traditional" applications using Flex. I'm hoping to shake that up a
bit with not only blogging about Flex-based games but helping to
create some game libraries for Flex.

I was wondering if anyone here is contemplating doing any game
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RE: [flexcoders] FF and Java sessions

[Dirk Eismann]

Hmm... we use the same technique here and it works (it worked in IE anyway, 
this was needed for Firefox only).
 
Not sure if this is relevant but we use Tomcat 5.5.20
 
Dirk.




From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of 
Dimitrios Gianninas
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 11:38 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] FF and Java sessions


As some of you may already know, when performing a file upload with 
Flex to a Java servlet, a new session is created not matching the existing 
session the user has with the server when their Flex app actually loads. 
 
I've read some posts and see that ppl are appending the JSESSIONID to 
the url to get the same session to be used by the server when an upload request 
is sent by a Flex app. By doing:
 
var req:URLRequest = new 
URLRequest("/billing/servlet/FileSvlt;JSESSIONID=" + jSessionId);
 
But this doesnt work for me any reason why? something I am doing 
wrong?
 
Dimitrios Gianninas
Developer
Optimal Payments Inc.
 
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[flexcoders] Re: NetConnection.Connect.Failed

[arokyzxc]

hello greg h
Sorry to bother you again . I met the problem that I couldn't play flv
file streaming from FMS server in browser. here is my codes:
var nc:NetConnection ;
 public function connection():void{
 if (Connect_btn.label == "Connect" ){
 nc = new NetConnection();
nc.objectEncoding = flash.net.ObjectEncoding.AMF0;
  nc.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS,
ncStatusHandler);
  nc.connect("rtmp:/videodisplay");
 Connect_btn.label = "DisConnection";
 }else{
 nc.close();
 }
 }
 private function ncStatusHandler(event:NetStatusEvent):void{
 var status :String = event.info.code;
 switch (status) {
 case "NetConnection.Connect.Success":
   connectStream();
 break;
 }
 }
   private function netStatusHandler(event:NetStatusEvent):void {
 var status :String = event.info.code;
 switch (status) {
 case "NetStream.Play.StreamNotFound":
 result.text = "Stream not found: ";
 break;
 case "NetStream.Play.Reset":
 result.text = "play reset ";
 break ;
 case "NetStream.Play.Start":
 result.text = "playing";
 break;

 }
 }
  private function connectStream():void {
 var stream:NetStream = new NetStream(nc);
 stream.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS,
netStatusHandler);
 var client:Object = new Object( );
 client.onMetaData = function(metadata:Object):void {
 trace(metadata.duration);
 };
 stream.client = client;
 stream.play("phone.flv");
 var video:Video = new Video();
 video.height = 120;
 video.width = 200;
 video.attachNetStream(stream);
 canvas.addChild(video);
 }
I placed  phone.flv file in applications/videodisplay
directory .When I debug this application , these codes caught all cases
decleared in ncStatusHandler and netStatusHandler function .However ,
the surprisingthing is phone.flv couldn't be played .I saw phone.flv was
loaded in "View application " tab of admin panel ,and type  ,status of
phone.flv was  respectively "Live" ,"Viewing".I totally confused where
was wrong ?
Thanks in advance.

[flexcoders] Howto dynamicly bind XML element to a TextInput component using BindingUtils?

[xyjaws]

The question is: Howto dynamicly bind XML element to a TextInput 
component using BindingUtils?

Now I use following codes:




//--
My really idea is when bindable xml property is changed, then the 
textinput will be updated as hoped. However, no update happens to me 
when I click the Test button.

But, if I make codes like that:

the text will updated when xml changs.

So, what happened, I indeed need the dynamicly bind to the textinput 
compont.
Help me. thanks. 

Re: [flexcoders] Games in Flex / Apollo?

[Erik Price]

On 4/27/07, André Rodrigues Pena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


I was also considering to develop something for flex-based games. But I
think that, the only reason that could lead someone to do this would be the
AS3 capabilities but now Flash CS3 has come up with this technology, and it
has a bunch of other functionalities to help with gaming.




(True, but Flash CS3 is $699 more than the cost of the Flex SDK.)

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[flexcoders] Reload detection of a flex application

[fwolff999]

Hi,

Is there any reliable way to detect a full reload of a Flex app (after
a browser reload button click or a back/return for example).

It seems possible, with RemoteObject, to use the incremented response
prefix on an AMF3 body ("/1", "/2", ..., "/n", then "/1"... again
after a reload). But is it really reliable ?

The point is to know, on server side, that the client has lost all
cached informations.

Thanks for any hints,
Franck.

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Will Microsoft's new Silverlight Player Kill our beloved Flex ?

[Brian Lesser]

At fitc Ted Patrick announced that Flex 3 will have platform-neutral 
support for data integration with .Net, Java, PHP, etc.. see Aral 
Balkan's notes from the keynote:

http://aralbalkan. com/922 

/*"I'm very excited about the back-end neutrality and the additional
language intelligence in Flex Builder 3. Refactoring support is going to
be a huge productivity booster and the integrated profiler should prove
very useful.*/"

I don't know exactly what that means - we'll have to wait and see.
Cheers,
-Brian

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> developers is huge. That's why they should not be fogotten.
>
> This at least is naive.
>
> Adobe has one thing that Microsoft does not have, FLASH. This is the
> key to success if it is well conducted.
>
> I do not care about politics. I really do not care which is the winner
> Microsoft or Adobe. The winner will be the one that can deploy good and
> affordable products.
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[flexcoders] Re: Customizing Chart Legend: Accessing DataProvider data

[ronnlixx]

Well, if anyone is interested here's my hack to get this to work.
I set a counter var and increment with each iteration of createChildren.
I'm sure there's a more effecient or "correct" way, so if anyone knows
please share.

public class CpPiechartLegendItem extends LegendItem
{
 public static var item_index:Number = 0;

 public function CpPiechartLegendItem()
 {
 super();
 }

 override protected function measure():void {
 super.measure();
 }

 override protected function createChildren():void {
 super.createChildren();
 trace(super.source.dataProvider[item_index-1].myProperty;);
 }

 protected override function updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth:Number,
unscaledHeight:Number):void{
 super.updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight);
 }
}

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Will Microsoft's new Silverlight Player Kill our beloved Flex ?

[Paul J DeCoursey]

Ummm no IE does not work on the Mac, the last few versions were 
awful and barely worked. MS hasn't been developing it in at least 2 
years, maybe three.  They stopped supporting it over a year ago.

> Everybody uses Windows, almost all the workstations are windows. Macs
> have IE working OK. The better solution was a cross plataform
> solution, that's why I've been working with Flex.

[flexcoders] Re: Will Microsoft's new Silverlight Player Kill our beloved Flex ?

[Paul DeCoursey]

I think you are right that .NET support should be there, although I am
not a .NET developer and probably never will be. I wonder if Microsoft
could develop this solution? In theory they would have the best
resources to understand .NET and enough people have figured out the
protocols used in FDS that they should be able to develop this.

Anyway, the big flaw in your argument is that Adobe doesn't need to
built the solution when there is one on the market already.

Paul


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>
> I beleive that Adobe wants to increase its participation in 
> the software development market. .NET is very good and its number of 
> developers is huge. That's why they should not be fogotten. 
> 
> This at least is naive.
> 
> Adobe has one thing that Microsoft does not have, FLASH. This is the 
> key to success if it is well conducted. 
> 
> I do not care about politics. I really do not care which is the winner 
> Microsoft or Adobe. The winner will be the one that can deploy good and 
> affordable products.
> 
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Bjorn Schultheiss 
>  wrote:
> >
> > Think again.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On 27/04/2007, at 11:26 AM, mvbaffa wrote:
> > 
> > > Everybody uses Windows, almost all the workstations are windows. 
> Macs
> > > have IE working OK.
> >
>

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Will Microsoft's new Silverlight Player Kill our beloved Flex ?

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

Which department?

Development.
Creative.

Windows does not have a monopoly.


On 27/04/2007, at 12:34 PM, Jeffry Houser wrote:



I think this is true for many enterprises. Not true for a lot of
developers.

At 09:41 PM 4/26/2007, Bjorn Schultheiss wrote:

>Think again.
>
>
>
>On 27/04/2007, at 11:26 AM, mvbaffa wrote:
>
>>Everybody uses Windows, almost all the workstations are windows.  
Macs

>>have IE working OK.

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Re: [flexcoders] Re: Alert Control Crashing App

[Abdul Qabiz]

Ok, I tried running your app. It seems, it gets into recursion somewhere and
that's where Flash crashes..

-abdul

On 4/26/07, Troy A. Binford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


  I updated to version 9.0.45.0 that was released april 12. The code
still crashes to a large stack dump and an "undefined" error. Thanks
for the suggestion, but this didn't seem to fix my problem. Anyone
else have any suggestions? It would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Troy

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com , rml__
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Update your flash player version, i had the same problem in IE, it
was solved updating the flash player.
>
> rml
>
> - Mensaje original 
> De: Manish Jethani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> Para: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com 
> Enviado: miércoles, 25 de abril, 2007 5:33:04
> Asunto: Re: [flexcoders] Alert Control Crashing App
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> On 4/25/07, Troy A. Binford  wrote:
>
> > This is a little complex, but I'll try to describe what's going on to
>
> > the best of my ability.
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> >
>
> > 1. Create a new Flex Application.
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> > 2. Add a Canvas or whatever and give it an id.
>
> > 3. Create a new Custom Control that is a DataGrid.
>
> > 4. Make the DataGrid editable and give it a dataProvider and at least
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> > one column.
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> > 5. Add itemEditEnd event.
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> > 6. Have the listener method fire an Alert.show(" test")
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Re: [flexcoders] Re: Alert Control Crashing App

[Ralf Bokelberg]

Yes, i can verify the crash with 9.0.45 netscape windows player
The following script crashes the whole browser when you edit a cell and
press return


http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";
 layout="vertical"
 >

 

 



Cheers
Ralf.


On 4/26/07, Troy A. Binford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


  I updated to version 9.0.45.0 that was released april 12. The code
still crashes to a large stack dump and an "undefined" error. Thanks
for the suggestion, but this didn't seem to fix my problem. Anyone
else have any suggestions? It would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Troy

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com , rml__
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Update your flash player version, i had the same problem in IE, it
was solved updating the flash player.
>
> rml
>
> - Mensaje original 
> De: Manish Jethani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> Para: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com 
> Enviado: miércoles, 25 de abril, 2007 5:33:04
> Asunto: Re: [flexcoders] Alert Control Crashing App
>
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>
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>
>
> Perhaps you can post a working example somewhere or at
least a stack
>
> trace? That'll make it easier to follow.
>
>
>
> On 4/25/07, Troy A. Binford  wrote:
>
> > This is a little complex, but I'll try to describe what's going on to
>
> > the best of my ability.
>
> >
>
> > 1. Create a new Flex Application.
>
> > 2. Add a Canvas or whatever and give it an id.
>
> > 3. Create a new Custom Control that is a DataGrid.
>
> > 4. Make the DataGrid editable and give it a dataProvider and at least
>
> > one column.
>
> > 5. Add itemEditEnd event.
>
> > 6. Have the listener method fire an Alert.show(" test")
>
> > 7. close the Custom Control.
>
> > 8. Create a mx:Script section in the main app.
>
> > 9. create a private var (x) that is an instance of the Custom Control.
>
> > 10. Add initialize event.
>
> > 11. Have the listener assign x = new ()
>
> > 12. addChild(x)
>
> >
>
> > Run the program and edit a column (making itemEditEnd fire). If done
>
> > correctly, the Alert.show() will result in a large stack dump and an
>
> > undefined error.
>
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[flexcoders] Constant curve using LineChart

[manuel.villarroel]

Hi Folks!

I have a LineChart graph and i need to add
two constant curves to show when my data exceeds
maximum and minimum values.

My original curve is a function y=f(x) and
what I want is to draw two adicional curves
such as

y=K1
y=K2 

where K1 and K2 are constant.

I want to avoid to repeat K1 and K2 in my data provider for each
data in the original series.

Best Regards

Manuel Villarroel.

[flexcoders] Re: Reload detection of a flex application

[mark_j_ellul]

Forgive me if I am wrong... 

But wouldn't the CreationComplete event be triggered on the
application if a refresh or back/return has been done at the client side?

If that is so, you would probably want to reload your cached information.

Hope this helps

Mark 

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "fwolff999" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> 
> Is there any reliable way to detect a full reload of a Flex app (after
> a browser reload button click or a back/return for example).
> 
> It seems possible, with RemoteObject, to use the incremented response
> prefix on an AMF3 body ("/1", "/2", ..., "/n", then "/1"... again
> after a reload). But is it really reliable ?
> 
> The point is to know, on server side, that the client has lost all
> cached informations.
> 
> Thanks for any hints,
> Franck.
>

[flexcoders] Selecting a Tree branch/leaf via actionscript

[chandan1980_2000]

Hi All,

In order to select a tree branch/leaf via actionscript only a) There
is a need to recursively call expanditem() till the node containing
the required branch/leaf is found b) setting the tree.selectedItem
does not cause a change event! Is Manual dispatach of the event the
only soln?

Thanks
 Chandan

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Alert Control Crashing App

[Abdul Qabiz]

It seems, itemEditEnd event handler is getting invoked recursively, you
might to look at it...

-abdul

On 4/27/07, Abdul Qabiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Ok, I tried running your app. It seems, it gets into recursion somewhere
and that's where Flash crashes..

-abdul

On 4/26/07, Troy A. Binford < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>   I updated to version 9.0.45.0 that was released april 12. The code
> still crashes to a large stack dump and an "undefined" error. Thanks
> for the suggestion, but this didn't seem to fix my problem. Anyone
> else have any suggestions? It would be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Troy
>
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com , rml__
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Update your flash player version, i had the same problem in IE, it
> was solved updating the flash player.
> >
> > rml
> >
> > - Mensaje original 
> > De: Manish Jethani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > Para: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com 
> > Enviado: miércoles, 25 de abril, 2007 5:33:04
> > Asunto: Re: [flexcoders] Alert Control Crashing App
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> >
> > > 1. Create a new Flex Application.
> >
> > > 2. Add a Canvas or whatever and give it an id.
> >
> > > 3. Create a new Custom Control that is a DataGrid.
> >
> > > 4. Make the DataGrid editable and give it a dataProvider and at
> least
> >
> > > one column.
> >
> > > 5. Add itemEditEnd event.
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> > > 6. Have the listener method fire an Alert.show(" test")
> >
> > > 7. close the Custom Control.
> >
> > > 8. Create a mx:Script section in the main app.
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> > > 9. create a private var (x) that is an instance of the Custom
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> > > 10. Add initialize event.
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> > > 11. Have the listener assign x = new ()
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> > > 12. addChild(x)
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> > > Run the program and edit a column (making itemEditEnd fire). If done
> >
> > > correctly, the Alert.show() will result in a large stack dump and an
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[flexcoders] Re: Recall :: Custom Serialization exception

[reach_kbv]

I am facing the same issue.
Any resolution?

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "  " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Any Clues ?
> 
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Jan 15, 2007 4:57 PM
> Subject: Urgent :: Custom Serialization exception
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> 
> I am using Custom Serialization to serialize my Java Object 
(TreeNode class)
> "recursively" to ActionScript.
> But this fails giving the following exception:
> 
> ArgumentError: Error #2004: One of the parameters is invalid.
> at flash.utils::ObjectInput/readObject()
> at com.flex.dao::TreeNode/readExternal()
> 
> (mx.messaging.messages::ErrorMessage)#0
>   body = (Object)#1
>   clientId = (null)
>   correlationId = "5D934A88-B385-627D-2445-258088A878CA"
>   destination = ""
>   extendedData = (null)
>   faultCode = "Server.Acknowledge.Failed"
>   faultDetail = "Was expecting 
mx.messaging.messages.AcknowledgeMessage, but
> received null"
>   faultString = "Didn't receive an acknowledge message"
>   headers = (Object)#2
>   messageId = "983E8914-DDAC-1ECA-C02A-2580CCD4A40F"
>   rootCause = (null)
>   timestamp = 0
>   timeToLive = 0
> 
> 
> =
> The code of "ActionScript" and "Java" TreeNode classes is as under:
> 
> === ActionScript 
> package com.flex.dao
> {
> import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;
> import flash.utils.IExternalizable;
> import flash.utils.IDataInput;
> import flash.utils.IDataOutput;
> import mx.controls.Alert;
> 
> [RemoteClass(alias=" com.java.dao.TreeNode")]
> public class TreeNode implements IExternalizable
> {
> public var name : String;
> public var id : int;
> public var type : int;
> public var children : ArrayCollection;
> public var data : Object;
> 
> public function readExternal(input:IDataInput) : void
> {
> id = input.readInt();
> name = input.readUTF();
> type = input.readInt();
> 
> var childCount : int = input.readInt();
> if(childCount != 0)
> {
> children = new ArrayCollection();
> for(var i:int = 0; i {
> var obj : Object = input.readObject();
> children.addItem(obj);
> }
> }
> var hasData : int = input.readInt();
> if(hasData != 0)
> data = input.readObject();
> }
> 
> public function writeExternal(output:IDataOutput) : void
> {
> output.writeInt(id);
> output.writeUTF(name);
> output.writeInt(type);
> if(children != null)
> {
> output.writeInt(children.length);
> for(var i:int = 0; i output.writeObject(TreeNode(children.getItemAt
(i)));
> }
> else
> output.writeInt(0);
> if(data != null)
> {
> output.writeInt(1);
> output.writeObject(data);
> }
> else
> output.writeInt(0);
> }
> 
> }
> }
> 
> 
>  Java ==
> public class TreeNode implements Externalizable
> 
> {
> public List children; //list of TreeNode
> public Object data;
> 
> 
> public TreeNode()
> {
> }
> 
> public TreeNode(int id, String name, int type) {
> super(id, name, type);
> children = new ArrayList();
> 
> }
> 
> 
> public void addChild(TreeNode child) {
>   children.add(child);
> }
> 
> 
> public void writeExternal(ObjectOutput objectOutput) throws 
IOException
> {
> objectOutput.writeInt(id);
> objectOutput.writeUTF(name);
> objectOutput.writeInt(type);
> 
> if(children != null && children.size() > 0)
> {
> System.out.println(name + " :: "+children.size());
> objectOutput.writeInt(children.size());
> for(int i = 0; i< children.size();i++)
> objectOutput.writeObject(children.get (i));
> }
> else
> objectOutput.writeInt(0);
> if(data != null)
> {
> objectOutput.writeInt(1);
> objectOutput.writeObject(data);
> }
> else
> objectOutput.writeInt(0);
> }
> 
> public void readExternal(ObjectInput objectInput) throws 
IOException,
> ClassNotFoundException
> {
> id = objectInput.readInt();
> name = objectInput.readUTF();
> type = objectInput.readInt();
> 
> int childCount = objectInput.readInt();
> if(childCount != 0)
> {
> children = new ArrayList();
> for(int i=0; i children.add((TreeNode)objectInput.readObject());
> 
> }
> int ha

[flexcoders] Re: Module GC question

[kyle.vanvranken]

Think I misread your post the first time. As for being sure you can
see it unload the swf in console.

Documentation wise I've seen it a couple places. One of them being here:
http://www.gskinner.com/blog/archives/2006/08/as3_resource_ma_2.html
It's said that you should only use it in testing.

- Kyle

Re: [flexcoders] Error -1

[André Rodrigues Pena]

Michael.. you were right. That was an encoding problem. I was using Primal
Script 4 to edit the files.

Thaaanks!


On 4/25/07, Michael Wills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


  I haven't found out just yet but in the process I did find these lists:

http://editthis.info/flexerrorcodes/Main_Page

André Rodrigues Pena wrote:

 this error occur at compile time.. I dont actually come to validate
anything. Do you know what does mean the -1 error?

On 4/25/07, Michael Wills < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>   I popped into FlexBuilder briefly and didn't have any trouble with it
> compiling. I instantiated it but I didn't use it to actually validate a
> number. Is the MXML file you are using UTF-8 encoded? I don't know what
> mxmlc would do with the accented text if it is not, unless there are some
> compiler commands to help it handle those correctly. That is just a wild
> guess though...
>
> Michael
>
> André Rodrigues Pena wrote:
>
>  Hi all, I extended a mx:NumberValidator this way
>
> FILE ExtNumberValidator.mxml
>
> 
>  xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";
> allowNegative="false"
> decimalPointCountError="Só pode haver um separador decimal"
> decimalSeparator="."
> domain="real"
> exceedsMaxError="O número é muito grande"
> integerError="O número tem que ser inteiro"
> invalidCharError="O campo possúi caracteres inválidos"
> invalidFormatCharsError="Um dos parâmetros de formatação é inválido"
> lowerThanMinError="O número é muito pequeno"
> maxValue="NaN"
> minValue="NaN"
> negativeError="O número não pode ser negativo"
> precision="-1"
> precisionError="O número tem muitos dígitos além do separador decimal"
> separationError="O separador do milhar (,) precisa ser seguido por
> três dígitos"
> thousandsSeparator=","
> />
>
> So I use this extended component inside the application. When I try to
> compile in mxmlc. It only shows the filename above and says Error -1.
> Any idea?
>
> --
> André Rodrigues Pena
>
>


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[flexcoders] Re: Launching a details window

[mark_j_ellul]

Hi Rick,

Is there any chance you can email a bit of your source about how you
trigger the Window to Open? I have tried to do it but to no avail.

Any help would be muchly appreciated

Regards

Mark


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Dimitrios Gianninas"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> one you create the window instance, do:
>  
> winRef.dataModel = eInfo;
>  
> Where dataModel is a variable name on the TitleWindow
>  
> Dimitrios Gianninas
> RIA Developer
> Optimal Payments Inc.
>  
> 
> 
> 
> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Rick Root
> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 10:33 AM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [flexcoders] Launching a details window
> 
> 
> 
> In my app, I'm looking up information on users within our database.
> 
> the search results are loaded into a datagrid in the main application.
> 
> When you click on one of those results, I'm using a popup title window 
> component to show details about that user. the init function (via the 
> creationcomplete event) loads all of the details about that user
into an 
> object and populates the overview screen.
> 
> There are also 20+ windows that will contain all kinds of detailed 
> information about the user - for example, addresses.
> 
> Since I've already got the data completely loaded into an object in the 
> overview window... How to I reference that object in the subsequent 
> popup window?
> 
> The overview window declares a private variable eInfo like this:
> 
> private var eInfo:Object = null;
> 
> A user can have more than one open overview window .. but the details 
> windows will be modal.
> 
> I'm launching the Details window like this:
> 
> dataWindow = PopUpManager.createPopUp(tnDetails, DataSummary, true);
> 
> In the details window (another titlewindow component, named 
> DataSummary), I don't know how to properly access the eInfo object from 
> the calling overview window.
> 
> How do I connect the two?
> 
> Rick
> 
> 
>  
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[flexcoders] flex+fms: store vid/audio locally, then send to server (like youtube)

[deecee83]

hello,

i would like to know if there is a possibility in first recording and
storing a video or audio locally, and after confirming, sending the
recorded file to the fms server?
because i was inspired by youtube and i also want people to first
record  then sending to server.
what i was only able to do was, streaming the media while recording. 
but that would cause too much traffic!

thank you,
danny

[flexcoders] Re: Module GC question

[kyle.vanvranken]

Well as soon as I removed the call to force GC it started working. I
cant be sure, but logically it would make sense.

[flexcoders] Re: Setting the $title field in index .template.html

[simonjpalmer]

Interesting, let me try that out...  not sure if I need more or not.

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Doug Lowder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> You can set it via the pageTitle property of the Application tag.  Are 
> you specifically looking for something other than that?
> 
> 
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "simonjpalmer"  
> wrote:
> >
> > where do I set the field $title which is referred to at the top of the
> > template filed used to generate index.html?
> >
>

[flexcoders] Rotation transition - looking for help

[simonjpalmer]

Hi,

I have a view stack with a bubble chart on one page and a set of
controls (sliders etc) on another.  At the moment I have a button
which causes one or the other to be shown and the user can switch back
and forth.

What I am looking for is a sexy transition between the two.  Ideally I
would have the whole display rotate around a vertical line in the
middle of the screen so that it apears that the user is looking at the
back of the display when they are using the controls.

Anyone care to give me a pointer about how I go about this?  I have
been looking at the rotate effect and transitions but am struggling to
make head or tail of it.  What I could do with is a good sample of
something similar.  I am hoping I don;t have to write a huge amount of
custom effect code, although I will go there if necessary.

Thanks
Simon

[flexcoders] Re: Will Microsoft's new Sliverlight Player Kill our beloved Flex?

[Merrill, Jason]

One person wrote:
> Everybody uses Windows, almost all the workstations are windows. Macs
> have IE working OK.
 
Another responded:
>>Think again.

"Think again?"  What kind of an argument is that?  People keep brining
up certain technlogies not working on Mac OS or Linux as a bad thing.
Personally, I've never bought into the, "that technology does not
support obscure browser "X" or non-Windows operating system "Y" and
therefore is doomed to fail" argument.  As much as I wish it were not
true, Microsoft is one example of a company who has time and again
developed solutions for Windows only and been quite successful at it.
Not supporting Mac or Linux WILL hurt you a little, but it's still a
Windows world (unfortunately) and thus there is a huge market there to
tap.   The world is changing, sure, but very very slowly in this regard.
 
At the same time, I think Silverlight is coming out a little too late -
the RIA runtime has already left the barn IMO.
 

Jason Merrill 
Bank of America  
GT&O Learning & Leadership Development 
eTools & Multimedia Team 

[flexcoders] Can I lookup a div in the html page and hide it from within my Flex app?

[wdsnapper]

Hello,

Can someone tell me if it is possible to lookup DOM elements within
the web page hosting a flex application?  If so, can I manipulate the
DOM element from within my application without relying on javascript
to do it?

The page I am placing my swf on does not allow you to add javascript.
 I want to show an item beneath my Flex app on pages that disallow
scripting and restrict networking to internal.  I want to hide the
element on pages that have allowNetworking set to "all".

Can this be done and if so how?

Thanks in advance.

[flexcoders] Programatic Icon

[Paul Whitelock]

Would anyone know if there is a way to create an component that can be
used as an icon for any component that accepts an icon?

For example, TitleWindow accepts a titleIcon. I would like to create
an AS3 class that I can instantiate and specify for the TitleWindow's
titleIcon. As conditions change in the window, I'd like to be able to
make a function call to the icon class and have it update the icon
displayed by the TitleWindow. The class would programatically create
the icon (i.e., it would not use an embedded asset).

Ideally the icon component should be able to be used for any component
that accepts an icon.

Any idea if this can be done and if so where I should start looking to
create such a component? Thanks!

Paul

Re: [flexcoders] Programatic Icon

[Michael Schmalle]

Hi,

The simple answer is no.

Why?

The titleIcon class is of type Class. This class cannot be subclassed.

My advice to you is create a subclass of TitleWindow and create the method
you are talking about there.

Since you cannot load icons at runtime, you could create a simple
iconLibraryModule that held your extra icons and then the method you created
in the subclass would then load the icons from the icon library on demand
through some type of string call into the library.

Conclusion, there is no way to create an image like component in components
with properties of type Class. In my custom window, I wrap the icon in a
UIComponent, this way when I am rendering the icon, I have 2 options. The
icon property is the 'source' but not the actual instance that is
manipulated in the component UI.

Peace, Mike

On 4/27/07, Paul Whitelock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


  Would anyone know if there is a way to create an component that can be
used as an icon for any component that accepts an icon?

For example, TitleWindow accepts a titleIcon. I would like to create
an AS3 class that I can instantiate and specify for the TitleWindow's
titleIcon. As conditions change in the window, I'd like to be able to
make a function call to the icon class and have it update the icon
displayed by the TitleWindow. The class would programatically create
the icon (i.e., it would not use an embedded asset).

Ideally the icon component should be able to be used for any component
that accepts an icon.

Any idea if this can be done and if so where I should start looking to
create such a component? Thanks!

Paul

 





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[flexcoders] Re: Cairngorm, is this suitable as Cairngorm "event"

[bnsmeets]

Nice, tnx for the input. I think I am starting to get the hang of
it... (Mind the 'starting' ;) ).

Grt, Ben

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Dimitrios Gianninas"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Imay be a little late here, but no, its not only for calling
backend. Anytime you want encapsulate some UI logic, put it in a
command. Even if it just to manipulate data, update the view or to
call the server-side.
>  
> Dimitrios Gianninas
> Developer
> Optimal Payments Inc.
>  
> 
> 
> 
> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of bnsmeets
> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 5:57 PM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [flexcoders] Cairngorm, is this suitable as Cairngorm "event"
> 
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Wondering if the Cairngorm events are supposed to be only events that
> need backend comunication.
> 
> Situation now is that I have a Model, which contains e.g.
> "SelectedObject". I use this var to store the selected object by users
> in the interface.
> 
> No problems so far. But now I want to be able to let the user "clear"
> that selectedobject. I am tempted to just use
> AppModel.SelectedObject=null in a view. But the thought is running in
> my head that it might be neater to create a
> "SelectedObjectClearedEvent" and attach a command to that which
> contains the logic if it is possible to clear it.
> 
> Question in the bigger picture is this: Are cairngorm events "as is"
> supposed to be used only when there is a "I want to call backend"-
> event? Or are View related events (or any other events in that matter)
> supposed to be Cairngorm events too?
> 
> And on top of that, how do you (Cairngorm users out there) give your
> other events a place in your structure?
> 
> For example, my model also dispatches a custom event which has nothing
> to do with the backend. I use it to listen to any changes in a
> Collection (Default ArrayCollection events didn't do the trick).
> 
> Tx in advance,
> Ben
> 
> 
> 
>  
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[flexcoders] Re: Reload detection of a flex application

[Paul DeCoursey]

Yeah... when your app starts the client will know, just do the request
then.

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "mark_j_ellul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Forgive me if I am wrong... 
> 
> But wouldn't the CreationComplete event be triggered on the
> application if a refresh or back/return has been done at the client
side?
> 
> If that is so, you would probably want to reload your cached
information.
> 
> Hope this helps
> 
> Mark 
> 
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "fwolff999"  wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Is there any reliable way to detect a full reload of a Flex app (after
> > a browser reload button click or a back/return for example).
> > 
> > It seems possible, with RemoteObject, to use the incremented response
> > prefix on an AMF3 body ("/1", "/2", ..., "/n", then "/1"... again
> > after a reload). But is it really reliable ?
> > 
> > The point is to know, on server side, that the client has lost all
> > cached informations.
> > 
> > Thanks for any hints,
> > Franck.
> >
>

[flexcoders] [OT] php framework

[Rick Schmitty]

This is a bit off topic, but I know there are a lot of PHP developers
on the list

Which framework do you use if any? Zend, Cake, etc..


TIA

[flexcoders] Re: Module GC question

[kyle.vanvranken]

To be honest I couldn't tell you why it was causing the issue. 

As for your problem, all the documentation I have seen on using the GC
"hack" says that it is just that a hack. You're not supposed to be
able to trigger GC and as such that it should only be used as a tool
in testing. My advice would be to step back for a min and find out
what is actually causing the memory leak you're having. At best the GC
hack would be a bandaid for the real issue at hand. I realize we all
have deadlines to make, but if your memory leak is that bad it would
seem to make sense that the greater good would be served by fixing
what is causing the leak.

Re: [flexcoders] Games in Flex / Apollo?

[Troy Gilbert]

Check out my blog, http://troygilbert.com/. I'm doing some *big* stuff with
games and Flex.

Troy.


On 4/27/07, Erik Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:




On 4/27/07, André Rodrigues Pena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>  I was also considering to develop something for flex-based games. But I
> think that, the only reason that could lead someone to do this would be the
> AS3 capabilities but now Flash CS3 has come up with this technology, and it
> has a bunch of other functionalities to help with gaming.
>


(True, but Flash CS3 is $699 more than the cost of the Flex SDK.)

e

 

Re: [flexcoders] Can I lookup a div in the html page and hide it from within my Flex app?

[Flexing...]

use can invoke  JavaScript function from Flex i.e.

- write javascript function in the page hosting the flex app to  
manipulate 

- invoke Javascript function from Flex.

Refer to the documentation of flash.external.ExternalInterface.



On Apr 27, 2007, at 7:18 PM, wdsnapper wrote:


Hello,

Can someone tell me if it is possible to lookup DOM elements within
the web page hosting a flex application? If so, can I manipulate the
DOM element from within my application without relying on javascript
to do it?

The page I am placing my swf on does not allow you to add javascript.
I want to show an item beneath my Flex app on pages that disallow
scripting and restrict networking to internal. I want to hide the
element on pages that have allowNetworking set to "all".

Can this be done and if so how?

Thanks in advance.

Re: [flexcoders] Find and replace wih regex?

[Erik Price]

On 4/26/07, b_alen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a huge XML file with complex DTD. Now I have to parse this into
> something more usable by stripping the redundant tags and modifying
> some of them. I see two options:
>
> 1. Recursivly visit all the nodes and handle them with "if" statements.
> 2. Use RegEx to do some sort of find and replace.
>
> The second options seems easier and faster if someone can point me in
> the right direction. Or maybe some other ideas?

Just an idea - if your XML is coming from the server, perhaps running
an XSL transformation on the document would be easier and faster.

e

[flexcoders] wmode=transparent : any limitations to expect ?

[ecpmaz]

I'm starting a big project relying on a transparent flex application
(with some HTML stuff underneath)... and I was wondering wetherr I
should expect bugs/limitations of the flash player in this mode??

I saw for instance that the mouse wheel is disabled ?
Have you encountered any other bug ?

Thank you, 

{Maz}

[flexcoders] Re: Can I lookup a div in the html page and hide it from within my Flex app?

[Paul DeCoursey]

No, you can't really do that without using javascript.

Have you looked at CSS, it sounds like you want a css selector to set
the display to none on objects @allowNetworking='all'...  I think even
to do that you'll need some javascript as I don't think all browsers
support that kind of selector.

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "wdsnapper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> 
> Can someone tell me if it is possible to lookup DOM elements within
> the web page hosting a flex application?  If so, can I manipulate the
> DOM element from within my application without relying on javascript
> to do it?
> 
> The page I am placing my swf on does not allow you to add javascript.
>  I want to show an item beneath my Flex app on pages that disallow
> scripting and restrict networking to internal.  I want to hide the
> element on pages that have allowNetworking set to "all".
> 
> Can this be done and if so how?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
>

[flexcoders] Re: Games in Flex / Apollo?

[Scott Hoff]

How about a direct link to something for those of us who are too 
lazy to search through your blog?


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Troy Gilbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
>
> Check out my blog, http://troygilbert.com/. I'm doing some *big* 
stuff with
> games and Flex.
> 
> Troy.
> 
> 
> On 4/27/07, Erik Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On 4/27/07, André Rodrigues Pena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > >  I was also considering to develop something for flex-based 
games. But I
> > > think that, the only reason that could lead someone to do this 
would be the
> > > AS3 capabilities but now Flash CS3 has come up with this 
technology, and it
> > > has a bunch of other functionalities to help with gaming.
> > >
> >
> >
> > (True, but Flash CS3 is $699 more than the cost of the Flex SDK.)
> >
> > e
> >
> >  
> >
>

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Tile Extra Space

[Pan Troglodytes]

Okay, here's the kludge I made to make it work.  It very much is a kludge,
but it seems to work.  I'd really like this to just work in the original
component, though.

package nes
{
 import mx.containers.Tile;
 import flash.display.DisplayObject;

 public class TileExt extends Tile
 {
   public var originalHeight:Number = NaN;

   override protected function updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth:Number,

unscaledHeight:Number):void
   {
   super.updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight);

   if (initialized)
   {
 if (isNaN(originalHeight))
   originalHeight = height;

 var lastChild:DisplayObject;
 var thisChild:DisplayObject;
 var rows:int = 1;
 for (var i:int = 0; i < numChildren; i++)
 {
   thisChild = getChildAt(i);
   if (lastChild && lastChild.x > thisChild.x)
 rows++;

   lastChild = thisChild;
 }

 height = originalHeight * rows;
   }
   }
 }
}


On 4/26/07, Pan Troglodytes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Don't you hate it when you find someone asking your exact question but
there's no answer?  Even better, you find TWO people asking it.

I'm having this same problem and it's frustrating.  The whole point of the
Tile was to manage the layout for me and flow it on the window resizing.
Right now I'm experimenting with subclassing Tile and adding my own resize.
If anyone has already done this, I'd love to see your solution.

On 4/24/07, Alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>   I'm having exactly the same problem. The Tile component grows taller
> than expected. It seems to allocate height for an extra row when
> there's no need to do so :S
>
> Did you already find a solution to this?
>
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com , joshua
> gatcke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > I am trying to use a  container to layout a set of
> > application icons. I have set the  container to a width of
> 100%
> > and would like the icons to wrap to the line below if the browser
> is
> > smaller or resized. The problem I am having is that the icons in
> my
> >  container are 60px tall and The  container does not
> fit
> > the height to the content, it looks like the  container is
> > double or triple the icon height, even when there is no need to
> wrap.
> > I have no width or maxWidth etc attributes on the 
> container.
> > This is a real pain, I just want the tile container to fit the
> height
> > to the content.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your help
> >
> > Joshua Gatcke
> > Design/ Development
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > P: 403.269.1020
> > C: 403.815.3265
> > --
> 
> > -
> > http://www.LaunchCMS.com - Simple intuitive content management
> > software for the web.
> > --
> 
> > -
> >
>
>  
>




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[flexcoders] Hiding Viewstack elements in a toggleButtonBar dataprovider

[gotjosh819i]

Good morning all,

I am working on a project that requires some level permissions.  I have 
a main viewstack that I call viewController and theres some elements in 
there.

One of them in a Admin view that I would like to hide if the user 
doesnt have those permissions.

I am struggling a little bit on how to do this, the visible property 
doesnt remove the viewstack element from the dataprovider when its set 
to false.

Any suggestions that may lead me down the right path is appreciated.

Thanks,

Josh

Re: [flexcoders] Programatic Icon

[Paul J DeCoursey]

I've been able to get it to work for buttons and the like by extending 
ProgrammaticSkin and passing in the class.  I've never even used the 
icon on a TitleWindow to even know how it's supposed to work.  It should 
work, because everything is a class, but it might not know what to do 
with it.

Paul

Michael Schmalle wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The simple answer is no.
>
> Why?
>
> The titleIcon class is of type Class. This class cannot be subclassed.
>
> My advice to you is create a subclass of TitleWindow and create the 
> method
> you are talking about there.
>
> Since you cannot load icons at runtime, you could create a simple
> iconLibraryModule that held your extra icons and then the method you 
> created
> in the subclass would then load the icons from the icon library on demand
> through some type of string call into the library.
>
> Conclusion, there is no way to create an image like component in 
> components
> with properties of type Class. In my custom window, I wrap the icon in a
> UIComponent, this way when I am rendering the icon, I have 2 options. The
> icon property is the 'source' but not the actual instance that is
> manipulated in the component UI.
>
> Peace, Mike
>
> On 4/27/07, Paul Whitelock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>   Would anyone know if there is a way to create an component that can be
>> used as an icon for any component that accepts an icon?
>>
>> For example, TitleWindow accepts a titleIcon. I would like to create
>> an AS3 class that I can instantiate and specify for the TitleWindow's
>> titleIcon. As conditions change in the window, I'd like to be able to
>> make a function call to the icon class and have it update the icon
>> displayed by the TitleWindow. The class would programatically create
>> the icon (i.e., it would not use an embedded asset).
>>
>> Ideally the icon component should be able to be used for any component
>> that accepts an icon.
>>
>> Any idea if this can be done and if so where I should start looking to
>> create such a component? Thanks!
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>  
>>
>
>
>

Re: [flexcoders] Programatic Icon

[Manish Jethani]

>From what I understand, you want to be able to change the icon based
on the state of your window. You can do this by setting the titleIcon
property every time your state changes. Internally, the old icon
object will be discarded and a new one created from the class
specified to the titleIcon property.

As for the class, it just needs to implement the IFlexDisplayObject
interface, as far as I can remember.

On 4/27/07, Paul Whitelock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Would anyone know if there is a way to create an component that can be
> used as an icon for any component that accepts an icon?
>
> For example, TitleWindow accepts a titleIcon. I would like to create
> an AS3 class that I can instantiate and specify for the TitleWindow's
> titleIcon. As conditions change in the window, I'd like to be able to
> make a function call to the icon class and have it update the icon
> displayed by the TitleWindow. The class would programatically create
> the icon (i.e., it would not use an embedded asset).
>
> Ideally the icon component should be able to be used for any component
> that accepts an icon.
>
> Any idea if this can be done and if so where I should start looking to
> create such a component? Thanks!
>
> Paul
>
>
>
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[flexcoders] Cairngorm 2.2 on Adobe Labs

[Alistair McLeod]

Hi,
 
I've just updated the content on Adobe Labs to announce the release of
Cairngorm 2.2. This isn't a major release, with only a few minor
additions and some productivity fixes. The major change is that
dependancies on fds.swc have been externalised into a separate download,
Cairngorm Enterprise.
 
See the release notes page on Labs for more details, and for a link on
where it can be downloaded .
 
http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Cairngorm:Cairngorm2.2:Release_Note
s
 
Thanks,
 
Alistair
 
Alistair McLeod
Technical Practice Leader (Rich Internet Applications and LiveCycle)
Adobe Consulting
Westpoint, 4 Redheughs Rigg, South Gyle, Edinburgh, EH12 9DQ, UK
p: +44 (0) 131 338 6108
[EMAIL PROTECTED]  ,
http://weblogs.macromedia.com/amcleod
 
 
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Company No. SC101089

 

Re: [flexcoders] Programatic Icon

[Michael Schmalle]

Wow, I messed up.

I need to rethink this, I was thinking about something else.

IFlexDisplayObject is right. :)

Peace, Mike

On 4/27/07, Manish Jethani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


  From what I understand, you want to be able to change the icon based
on the state of your window. You can do this by setting the titleIcon
property every time your state changes. Internally, the old icon
object will be discarded and a new one created from the class
specified to the titleIcon property.

As for the class, it just needs to implement the IFlexDisplayObject
interface, as far as I can remember.

On 4/27/07, Paul Whitelock <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >
wrote:
> Would anyone know if there is a way to create an component that can be
> used as an icon for any component that accepts an icon?
>
> For example, TitleWindow accepts a titleIcon. I would like to create
> an AS3 class that I can instantiate and specify for the TitleWindow's
> titleIcon. As conditions change in the window, I'd like to be able to
> make a function call to the icon class and have it update the icon
> displayed by the TitleWindow. The class would programatically create
> the icon (i.e., it would not use an embedded asset).
>
> Ideally the icon component should be able to be used for any component
> that accepts an icon.
>
> Any idea if this can be done and if so where I should start looking to
> create such a component? Thanks!
>
> Paul
>
>
>
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Re: [flexcoders] Selecting a Tree branch/leaf via actionscript

[Manish Jethani]

A "change" event is generally dispatched only on user interaction. You
might want to listen for the "valueCommit" event instead.

On 4/26/07, chandan1980_2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> In order to select a tree branch/leaf via actionscript only a) There
> is a need to recursively call expanditem() till the node containing
> the required branch/leaf is found b) setting the tree.selectedItem
> does not cause a change event! Is Manual dispatach of the event the
> only soln?
>
> Thanks
>  Chandan
>
>
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Re: [flexcoders] Hiding Viewstack elements in a toggleButtonBar dataprovider

[Manish Jethani]

The only thing I can suggest is that you remove the admin view from
the view stack. *Or* you can also disable it (and the button will be
disabled).

On 4/27/07, gotjosh819i <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Good morning all,
>
> I am working on a project that requires some level permissions.  I have
> a main viewstack that I call viewController and theres some elements in
> there.
>
> One of them in a Admin view that I would like to hide if the user
> doesnt have those permissions.
>
> I am struggling a little bit on how to do this, the visible property
> doesnt remove the viewstack element from the dataprovider when its set
> to false.
>
> Any suggestions that may lead me down the right path is appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Josh
>
>
>
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>

RE: [flexcoders] Constant curve using LineChart

[Sunil Bannur]

Manuel,

 

Ely Greenfield's  DataDrawingCanvas should help you.

 

http://www.quietlyscheming.com/blog/charts/easy-custom-charts 

 

Thanks

-Sunil

 



From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of manuel.villarroel
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 3:38 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] Constant curve using LineChart

 

Hi Folks!

I have a LineChart graph and i need to add
two constant curves to show when my data exceeds
maximum and minimum values.

My original curve is a function y=f(x) and
what I want is to draw two adicional curves
such as

y=K1
y=K2 

where K1 and K2 are constant.

I want to avoid to repeat K1 and K2 in my data provider for each
data in the original series.

Best Regards

Manuel Villarroel.

 

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Tile Extra Space

[Manish Jethani]

I think it works much better if you set tileHeight and tileWidth (if
you know these).

On 4/24/07, Alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm having exactly the same problem. The Tile component grows taller
> than expected. It seems to allocate height for an extra row when
> there's no need to do so :S
>
> Did you already find a solution to this?
>
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, joshua gatcke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > I am trying to use a  container to layout a set of
> > application icons. I have set the  container to a width of
> 100%
> > and would like the icons to wrap to the line below if the browser
> is
> > smaller or resized. The problem I am having is that the icons in
> my
> >  container are 60px tall and The  container does not
> fit
> > the height to the content, it looks like the  container is
> > double or triple the icon height, even when there is no need to
> wrap.
> > I have no width or maxWidth etc attributes on the 
> container.
> > This is a real pain, I just want the tile container to fit the
> height
> > to the content.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your help
> >
> > Joshua Gatcke
> > Design/ Development
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > P: 403.269.1020
> > C: 403.815.3265
> > 
> 
> > -
> > http://www.LaunchCMS.com - Simple intuitive content management
> > software for the web.
> > 
> 
> > -
> >
>
>
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Re: [flexcoders] Rotation transition - looking for help

[Manish Jethani]

I believe you're looking for the flip effect.

http://weblogs.macromedia.com/auhlmann/archives/2007/03/distortion_effe.cfm

On 4/27/07, simonjpalmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a view stack with a bubble chart on one page and a set of
> controls (sliders etc) on another.  At the moment I have a button
> which causes one or the other to be shown and the user can switch back
> and forth.
>
> What I am looking for is a sexy transition between the two.  Ideally I
> would have the whole display rotate around a vertical line in the
> middle of the screen so that it apears that the user is looking at the
> back of the display when they are using the controls.
>
> Anyone care to give me a pointer about how I go about this?  I have
> been looking at the rotate effect and transitions but am struggling to
> make head or tail of it.  What I could do with is a good sample of
> something similar.  I am hoping I don;t have to write a huge amount of
> custom effect code, although I will go there if necessary.
>
> Thanks
> Simon
>
>
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Re: [flexcoders] wmode=transparent : any limitations to expect ?

[Manish Jethani]

You should know that transparent mode is not supported on all platforms.

On 4/27/07, ecpmaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm starting a big project relying on a transparent flex application
> (with some HTML stuff underneath)... and I was wondering wetherr I
> should expect bugs/limitations of the flash player in this mode??
>
> I saw for instance that the mouse wheel is disabled ?
> Have you encountered any other bug ?
>
> Thank you,
>
> {Maz}
>
>
>
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>
>
>

Re: [flexcoders] wmode=transparent : any limitations to expect ?

[Paul J DeCoursey]

All mouse related events do not detect modifier keys. This was a painful 
issue because our app depended on being able to select multiple items 
from a list and that's not possible when control and shift are not 
registered on a mouse click.  MSIE did not appear to have this 
limitation, but sometimes didn't register mouse events at all in some 
places in the app.  I think that was because "invisible" html layers 
were obscuring them from the mouse event.  In time we cleared those up 
by cleaning up the CSS for IE.  No workarounds yet available for the 
mouse issues in other browsers.  Other than that I didn't see any other 
issues.

Paul


ecpmaz wrote:
> I'm starting a big project relying on a transparent flex application
> (with some HTML stuff underneath)... and I was wondering wetherr I
> should expect bugs/limitations of the flash player in this mode??
>
> I saw for instance that the mouse wheel is disabled ?
> Have you encountered any other bug ?
>
> Thank you, 
>
> {Maz}
>
>
>   

[flexcoders] Re: wmode=transparent : any limitations to expect ?

[ecpmaz]

> You should know that transparent mode is not supported on all platforms.

Thank you for that, I did not know.

Did you have any performance issues on big projects ?

{Maz}

> > I'm starting a big project relying on a transparent flex application
> > (with some HTML stuff underneath)... and I was wondering wetherr I
> > should expect bugs/limitations of the flash player in this mode??
> >
> > I saw for instance that the mouse wheel is disabled ?
> > Have you encountered any other bug ?
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > {Maz}
> >
> >
> >
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Re: [flexcoders] wmode=transparent : any limitations to expect ?

[Paul J DeCoursey]

Where is this not supported?  I have tested most and found it to work as 
expected.  Mostly that html elements can appear over the flash component.

Paul

Manish Jethani wrote:
> You should know that transparent mode is not supported on all platforms.
>
> On 4/27/07, ecpmaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>   
>> I'm starting a big project relying on a transparent flex application
>> (with some HTML stuff underneath)... and I was wondering wetherr I
>> should expect bugs/limitations of the flash player in this mode??
>>
>> I saw for instance that the mouse wheel is disabled ?
>> Have you encountered any other bug ?
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> {Maz}
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> 
>
>   

[flexcoders] Channel.Polling.Error - Using DataService with AtuoCommit and AtutoSync

[parkerwhirlow]

Hi 

I seem to be getting intermittent faults from my data service. Trying
the same thing again seems to have it go away.

Using DataService w/ HibernateAssembler. AutoSync and AutoCommit are
enabled. Destination is configured with the default 'my-polling-amf'
channel.

see the fault below:
[FaultEvent fault=[RPC Fault faultString="error"
faultCode="Channel.Polling.Error" faultDetail="null"]
messageId="D716AD65-B6ED-EDDD-89A8-342B42108D28" type="fault"
bubbles=false cancelable=true eventPhase=2]


Any ideas? Is there a way to retry the operation from the fault handler?

thanks,
Parker Whirlow

RE: [flexcoders] Problem using a subclass of ComboBox in actionscript

[Tracy Spratt]

Make sure you have a non-zero height and width for the dynamically added
child.

Tracy

 



From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Gordon Smith
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 11:56 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Problem using a subclass of ComboBox in
actionscript

 

That doesn't ring a bell. Can you post simple-as-possible versions of
your subclass and an that shows the problem?

 

- Gordon

 



From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of johnknyc
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 7:46 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] Problem using a subclass of ComboBox in
actionscript

Hi all,

I created a AS subclass of ComboBox. I can use the subclass in MXML,
however when I try to instantiate the subclass in AS, it comes up
blank when I run the app.

I tried running a trace in the subclass's constructor, and it seems
the constructor is not even being called.

Any ideas?

 

RE: [flexcoders] Hiding Viewstack elements in a toggleButtonBar dataprovider

[Tracy Spratt]

Why do you need to remove it?  You have to manually navigate a
ViewStack, so build the navigation piece with the logic to exclude the
admin view.

 

Tracy

 



From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of gotjosh819i
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 10:58 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] Hiding Viewstack elements in a toggleButtonBar
dataprovider

 

Good morning all,

I am working on a project that requires some level permissions. I have 
a main viewstack that I call viewController and theres some elements in 
there.

One of them in a Admin view that I would like to hide if the user 
doesnt have those permissions.

I am struggling a little bit on how to do this, the visible property 
doesnt remove the viewstack element from the dataprovider when its set 
to false.

Any suggestions that may lead me down the right path is appreciated.

Thanks,

Josh

 

RE: [flexcoders] problems with repeater

[Tracy Spratt]

Create a custom component.  Use XML as the dataProvider.  Pass the xml
node into the component, and have the logic there pull the correct
subnode for the current items dataProvider.

 

Tracy

 



From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Tadas Ziemys
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 7:23 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] problems with repeater

 

Hello!

I'm trying to create forum, and the best solution i could think of was
a repeater function. But i stuck with a little problem:
When i create dynamically for example Accordions canvas and in it
DataGrid i cant think of a way to assign every different DataGrid
different dataProvider. Is it somehow possible?
I can think a different solution to this problem:
To have one source for all datagrids, but to form it every time i
change Accordions canvas, but i dont know how to know which one is
selected?

Any tips or suggestions? :)

Sincerely,
Tadas

 

RE: [flexcoders] How do I load variables from a loaded swf?

[Tracy Spratt]

Use the SWFLoader's "content" property to access public members of the
loaded content. You'll need to listen for the "applicationComplete"
event before you can access the content, though.

Tracy

-Original Message-
From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Johannes Boyne
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 8:42 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] How do I load variables from a loaded swf?

Hey,

my problem is this:

I have loaded a SWF(Flash9)-File in to my Flex App.
Now I want to load some variables out of the SWF-File, but I 
haven't the faintest idea how to do this on an elegant and 
performance full way.

Thanks!

Johannes


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Re: [flexcoders] Re: Games in Flex / Apollo?

[Troy Gilbert]

(There is a nice little categories thing on the side that lists "Flash", but
what the heck, I'm feeling generous... ;-)):

General commentary on the wonders of Flex:
http://troygilbert.com/2007/01/18/flex-rhymes-with/

Creating a better game development framework (or what games can learn from
web 2.0):
http://troygilbert.com/2006/03/01/what-games-can-learn-from-web-20/

Okay, so not that much Flex-specific stuff... most of my work was originally
in Flash, but have since moved it to Flex after drinking the kool-aid. But
the conceptual stuff about GameDev 2.0, while not saying it directly, is all
in Flex.

So, I guess I should probably start posting some more, huh? But to whet your
appetite, just think how easy it is to make RIA's with MXML, wouldn't it be
nice if there was a whole set of MXML tags dedicated to games? (Or before I
knew about MXML, what I referred to as using XAML for games.)

Troy.



On 4/27/07, Scott Hoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


  How about a direct link to something for those of us who are too
lazy to search through your blog?

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com , "Troy
Gilbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Check out my blog, http://troygilbert.com/. I'm doing some *big*
stuff with
> games and Flex.
>
> Troy.
>
>
> On 4/27/07, Erik Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On 4/27/07, André Rodrigues Pena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > I was also considering to develop something for flex-based
games. But I
> > > think that, the only reason that could lead someone to do this
would be the
> > > AS3 capabilities but now Flash CS3 has come up with this
technology, and it
> > > has a bunch of other functionalities to help with gaming.
> > >
> >
> >
> > (True, but Flash CS3 is $699 more than the cost of the Flex SDK.)
> >
> > e
> >
> >
> >
>

 

RE: [flexcoders] Datagrid with row number

[Tracy Spratt]

If the dataProvider is XML, then loop through it and insert a rowNum
attribute.  You will have to do something manual as well for sorting.

 

If it is not XML, I would create a custom item component with a rowNum
property, then loop over the dataProvider, creating and populating the
customItem objects.

 

There may be other ways.  You cannot use an itemRenderer for this
because they are re-used when you scroll.

 

Tracy

 



From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of rid_b80
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 9:18 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] Datagrid with row number

 

Hi,

Just wondering is there anyway to display the row number in the first
column of the datagrid. So like.

Item Group
1. Apple Fruit
2. Pear Fruit
3. Tissue Hygiene

Cause at the momment i can't seem to display that number 1,2,3
without defining it in the data provider.

Can anyone help please?

Thanks in advance

 

[flexcoders] Re: Games in Flex / Apollo?

[Andrew]

Yeah any examples, links or other descriptions would be great.  Can't
wait to see what you are working on. 









:)

-Andrew



--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Troy Gilbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> (There is a nice little categories thing on the side that lists
"Flash", but
> what the heck, I'm feeling generous... ;-)):
> 
> General commentary on the wonders of Flex:
> http://troygilbert.com/2007/01/18/flex-rhymes-with/
> 
> Creating a better game development framework (or what games can
learn from
> web 2.0):
> http://troygilbert.com/2006/03/01/what-games-can-learn-from-web-20/
> 
> Okay, so not that much Flex-specific stuff... most of my work was
originally
> in Flash, but have since moved it to Flex after drinking the
kool-aid. But
> the conceptual stuff about GameDev 2.0, while not saying it
directly, is all
> in Flex.
> 
> So, I guess I should probably start posting some more, huh? But to
whet your
> appetite, just think how easy it is to make RIA's with MXML,
wouldn't it be
> nice if there was a whole set of MXML tags dedicated to games? (Or
before I
> knew about MXML, what I referred to as using XAML for games.)
> 
> Troy.
> 
> 
> 
> On 4/27/07, Scott Hoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >   How about a direct link to something for those of us who are too
> > lazy to search through your blog?
> >
> > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com ,
"Troy
> > Gilbert" 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Check out my blog, http://troygilbert.com/. I'm doing some *big*
> > stuff with
> > > games and Flex.
> > >
> > > Troy.
> > >
> > >
> > > On 4/27/07, Erik Price  wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 4/27/07, André Rodrigues Pena  wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I was also considering to develop something for flex-based
> > games. But I
> > > > > think that, the only reason that could lead someone to do this
> > would be the
> > > > > AS3 capabilities but now Flash CS3 has come up with this
> > technology, and it
> > > > > has a bunch of other functionalities to help with gaming.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > (True, but Flash CS3 is $699 more than the cost of the Flex SDK.)
> > > >
> > > > e
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >  
> >
>

[flexcoders] Re: Problem using a subclass of ComboBox in actionscript

[johnknyc]

Thanks for the help! I was able to figure it out. It was an issue in
our base framework.

Thanks again!

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Tracy Spratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Make sure you have a non-zero height and width for the dynamically added
> child.
> 
> Tracy
> 
>  
> 
> 
> 
> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Gordon Smith
> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 11:56 AM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Problem using a subclass of ComboBox in
> actionscript
> 
>  
> 
> That doesn't ring a bell. Can you post simple-as-possible versions of
> your subclass and an that shows the problem?
> 
>  
> 
> - Gordon
> 
>  
> 
> 
> 
> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of johnknyc
> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 7:46 AM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [flexcoders] Problem using a subclass of ComboBox in
> actionscript
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I created a AS subclass of ComboBox. I can use the subclass in MXML,
> however when I try to instantiate the subclass in AS, it comes up
> blank when I run the app.
> 
> I tried running a trace in the subclass's constructor, and it seems
> the constructor is not even being called.
> 
> Any ideas?
>

[flexcoders] eWeek.com Lead Story: Adobe Flex Open-Source Move

[greg h]

fyi ...

The lead story today at eWeek.com is:
Adobe Flex Open-Source Move
http://www.eweek.com/

(btw, eWeek.com leaves up their Friday lead story as the lead story
throughout the weekend)

This is GREAT BUZZ ! ! !

Note, the lead story has two parts!  Following are permalinks on each:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2123067,00.asp
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2123071,00.asp

and, the "print as a single page" link:
http://www.eweek.com/print_article2/0,1217,a=206269,00.asp

The second part is the best part.  Here are some excerpts from the second
part:

Mark Driver, an analyst with Gartner, called the move to open-source Flex a
big deal, noting that it helps Adobe competitively against incursion by
Microsoft. "I think it will help head off Silverlight and remove concerns of
proprietary nature of Flex in the Web world," he said.

"Open-source co-creation is a powerful way to build a strong development
community," said James Governor, founder of the RedMonk market analysis
firm. "Adobe's decision to open-source the Flex SDK is a radical move which
should attract a new class of developer to the platform."

Richard Monson-Haefel, an analyst with Burton Group, says:
"Flex has been doing well in the market so this is not one of those
occasions when a vendor throws their software out to open source as a last
ditch effort to save it," he said. "In this case, Adobe is being really
smart because they know that as an open-source project the Flex SDK is going
to evolve more quickly and probably in some directions they had not
anticipated."

Moreover, Monson-Haefel said Adobe sells an "excellent IDE [integrated
development environment]" in Flex Builder 2. And this open-source move "can
only help bolster already healthy sales of that product as well as their
Enterprise Data Server," he said.

Monson-Haefel said that in addition, this move will help Adobe with their
Apollo platform. "The more people using the Flex framework, the more
attractive the Apollo platform. I can't see a down side for Adobe or the
development community at all."

...

Jeffrey Hammond, an analyst with Forrester, said he sees the battle
unfolding between Adobe with Apollo and Flex versus Microsoft with its
Silverlight and XAML (Extensible Application markup Language). Additionally,
Hammond said he believes the platform ubiquity of Microsoft's WPF (Windows
Presentation Foundation) versus the potential ubiquity of open source should
be a real test of classic models versus new business models in software.

Hammond also said that until Adobe announced its open-source plans for Flex,
"it was one proprietary technology against another, so there was no reason
for the standards-based crowd to join either side. Now, the standards crowd
has some interesting reasons to join the Adobe camp."

[flexcoders] Re: Hiding Viewstack elements in a toggleButtonBar dataprovider

[gotjosh819i]

Well not sure how I would remove it with this current setup:






  

 

  





 


 


 

   













I am hoping there is a method or build some logic that will remove 
the admin view from the viewstack if the role permissions dont match 
the admin view.


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Manish Jethani" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> The only thing I can suggest is that you remove the admin view from
> the view stack. *Or* you can also disable it (and the button will be
> disabled).
> 
> On 4/27/07, gotjosh819i <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Good morning all,
> >
> > I am working on a project that requires some level permissions.  
I have
> > a main viewstack that I call viewController and theres some 
elements in
> > there.
> >
> > One of them in a Admin view that I would like to hide if the user
> > doesnt have those permissions.
> >
> > I am struggling a little bit on how to do this, the visible 
property
> > doesnt remove the viewstack element from the dataprovider when 
its set
> > to false.
> >
> > Any suggestions that may lead me down the right path is 
appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Josh
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> >
>

[flexcoders] Re: Find and replace wih regex?

[b_alen]

It's too early for XSLT as there are numerous redundant tags. Just to
get an idea, there are about 400 tags with at least 3 attributes
average, with some of them needed to be combined, smome of them split
into several tags, some of them removed, etc. But I found the
solution. I will do the initial cleaning with regex, casting the whole
XML to String, which so powerfull and fast in AS3 that I couldn't
believe it. And then create the final XML output with XML class, do
some modifications, etc. Really, with regex what seemed to be a huge
problem in the beginning is now a piece of cake. It is still a huge
piece, but of cake.

I'm basically creating my own "XSLT" which converts this XML into
something that can be renderable in Flash/Flex. 

Cheers



--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Erik Price" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On 4/26/07, b_alen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I have a huge XML file with complex DTD. Now I have to parse this into
> > something more usable by stripping the redundant tags and modifying
> > some of them. I see two options:
> >
> > 1. Recursivly visit all the nodes and handle them with "if"
statements.
> > 2. Use RegEx to do some sort of find and replace.
> >
> > The second options seems easier and faster if someone can point me in
> > the right direction. Or maybe some other ideas?
> 
> Just an idea - if your XML is coming from the server, perhaps running
> an XSL transformation on the document would be easier and faster.
> 
> e
>

[flexcoders] Re: Alert Control Crashing App

[Troy A. Binford]

That's weird. Why would the program go into recursion at that point?
Is the alert refiring the itemEditEnd?

I've tried creating an object to invoke the alert indirectly from the
itemEditEnd with the same result.

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Abdul Qabiz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> It seems, itemEditEnd event handler is getting invoked recursively, you
> might to look at it...
> 
> -abdul
> 
> On 4/27/07, Abdul Qabiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Ok, I tried running your app. It seems, it gets into recursion
somewhere
> > and that's where Flash crashes..
> >
> > -abdul
> >
> > On 4/26/07, Troy A. Binford < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > >   I updated to version 9.0.45.0 that was released april 12. The code
> > > still crashes to a large stack dump and an "undefined" error. Thanks
> > > for the suggestion, but this didn't seem to fix my problem. Anyone
> > > else have any suggestions? It would be much appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Troy
> > >
> > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
, rml__
> > >  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Update your flash player version, i had the same problem in IE, it
> > > was solved updating the flash player.
> > > >
> > > > rml
> > > >
> > > > - Mensaje original 
> > > > De: Manish Jethani 
> > >
> > > > Para: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com 
> > > > Enviado: miércoles, 25 de abril, 2007 5:33:04
> > > > Asunto: Re: [flexcoders] Alert Control Crashing App
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Perhaps you can post a working example somewhere or at
> > > least a stack
> > > >
> > > > trace? That'll make it easier to follow.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 4/25/07, Troy A. Binford  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > This is a little complex, but I'll try to describe what's
going on
> > > to
> > > >
> > > > > the best of my ability.
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > > 1. Create a new Flex Application.
> > > >
> > > > > 2. Add a Canvas or whatever and give it an id.
> > > >
> > > > > 3. Create a new Custom Control that is a DataGrid.
> > > >
> > > > > 4. Make the DataGrid editable and give it a dataProvider and at
> > > least
> > > >
> > > > > one column.
> > > >
> > > > > 5. Add itemEditEnd event.
> > > >
> > > > > 6. Have the listener method fire an Alert.show(" test")
> > > >
> > > > > 7. close the Custom Control.
> > > >
> > > > > 8. Create a mx:Script section in the main app.
> > > >
> > > > > 9. create a private var (x) that is an instance of the Custom
> > > Control.
> > > >
> > > > > 10. Add initialize event.
> > > >
> > > > > 11. Have the listener assign x = new ()
> > > >
> > > > > 12. addChild(x)
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Run the program and edit a column (making itemEditEnd fire).
If done
> > > >
> > > > > correctly, the Alert.show() will result in a large stack
dump and an
> > > >
> > > > > undefined error.
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > > My question is: Is this my fault? What did I do wrong?
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
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[flexcoders]How does Flex work on Mobile devices

[dorkie dork from dorktown]

My boss asked, "What options does Flex have for deploying to mobile
devices?"

Re: [flexcoders]How does Flex work on Mobile devices

[Clint Tredway]

none at this point as the player for devices is not able to run flex apps.

On 4/27/07, dorkie dork from dorktown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:


  My boss asked, "What options does Flex have for deploying to mobile
devices?"
 





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[flexcoders] Re: Programatic Icon

[Paul Whitelock]

Well here's the deal. I've created an simple icon class that draws a
red square like this:

package components {
   
   import mx.skins.ProgrammaticSkin;

   public class Icon extends ProgrammaticSkin {
  
  private var iconColor:uint = 0xFF;
  
  public function Icon()   {
 super();
  }
  
  public function set color(value:uint):void {
 iconColor = value;
 invalidateDisplayList();
  }

  override public function get measuredHeight():Number {
 return 16;
  }
  
  override public function get measuredWidth():Number {
 return 16;
  }

  override protected function
updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth:Number, unscaledHeight:Number):void {
 super.updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight);
 graphics.beginFill(iconColor, 1);
 graphics.drawRect(0, 0, unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight);
 graphics.endFill();
  }
   }
}

I can place this icon in a Panel like this:



So far so good -- the red square is drawn in the top left corner of
the title area and it appears that I can call the color setter
function like this:

myPanel.titleIcon.color = 0x00FF00;

But when I do this the icon color never changes. It appears that the
calling invalidateDisplayList() never results in a call to
updateDisplayList().

Any ideas? 

Paul


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Paul J DeCoursey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I've been able to get it to work for buttons and the like by extending 
> ProgrammaticSkin and passing in the class.  I've never even used the 
> icon on a TitleWindow to even know how it's supposed to work.  It
should 
> work, because everything is a class, but it might not know what to do 
> with it.
> 
> Paul
> 
> Michael Schmalle wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > The simple answer is no.
> >
> > Why?
> >
> > The titleIcon class is of type Class. This class cannot be subclassed.
> >
> > My advice to you is create a subclass of TitleWindow and create the 
> > method
> > you are talking about there.
> >
> > Since you cannot load icons at runtime, you could create a simple
> > iconLibraryModule that held your extra icons and then the method you 
> > created
> > in the subclass would then load the icons from the icon library on
demand
> > through some type of string call into the library.
> >
> > Conclusion, there is no way to create an image like component in 
> > components
> > with properties of type Class. In my custom window, I wrap the
icon in a
> > UIComponent, this way when I am rendering the icon, I have 2
options. The
> > icon property is the 'source' but not the actual instance that is
> > manipulated in the component UI.
> >
> > Peace, Mike
> >
> > On 4/27/07, Paul Whitelock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >>   Would anyone know if there is a way to create an component that
can be
> >> used as an icon for any component that accepts an icon?
> >>
> >> For example, TitleWindow accepts a titleIcon. I would like to create
> >> an AS3 class that I can instantiate and specify for the TitleWindow's
> >> titleIcon. As conditions change in the window, I'd like to be able to
> >> make a function call to the icon class and have it update the icon
> >> displayed by the TitleWindow. The class would programatically create
> >> the icon (i.e., it would not use an embedded asset).
> >>
> >> Ideally the icon component should be able to be used for any
component
> >> that accepts an icon.
> >>
> >> Any idea if this can be done and if so where I should start
looking to
> >> create such a component? Thanks!
> >>
> >> Paul
> >>
> >>  
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>

[flexcoders] using XMLListCollection and it's filterFunction... how to filter children nodes?

[jensen.axel]

Problem:

Trying to filter a mx:Tree to show only things that I type… when I
filter, it filters the folders, and the main root items, but not any
children, I'm using an xmlListCollection…

I don't know if you've done this with an xml list collection, it
seems
a lot of people are trying it with an array collection instead… it
still seems to be giving grief to some individuals though, I've
never
tried this before, so I usually fill a tree with xml, because xml is
already hierarchical… anyway, here is a link, the source is
published…
Just right click to view it.

http://axel.cfwebtools.com/Examples/filterATreeInFlex/bin/filterATreeInF\
lex.html

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Programatic Icon

[Michael Schmalle]

Hi,

For one I see you are missing;

graphics.clear();

Try that, I don't think you are erasing the old color.

Peace, Mike

PS hehe I was thinking about something else when I responded and forgot the
internal icon is typed IFlexDisplayObject.



On 4/27/07, Paul Whitelock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


  Well here's the deal. I've created an simple icon class that draws a
red square like this:

package components {

import mx.skins.ProgrammaticSkin;

public class Icon extends ProgrammaticSkin {

private var iconColor:uint = 0xFF;

public function Icon() {
super();
}

public function set color(value:uint):void {
iconColor = value;
invalidateDisplayList();
}

override public function get measuredHeight():Number {
return 16;
}

override public function get measuredWidth():Number {
return 16;
}

override protected function
updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth:Number, unscaledHeight:Number):void {
super.updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight);
graphics.beginFill(iconColor, 1);
graphics.drawRect(0, 0, unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight);
graphics.endFill();
}
}
}

I can place this icon in a Panel like this:



So far so good -- the red square is drawn in the top left corner of
the title area and it appears that I can call the color setter
function like this:

myPanel.titleIcon.color = 0x00FF00;

But when I do this the icon color never changes. It appears that the
calling invalidateDisplayList() never results in a call to
updateDisplayList().

Any ideas?

Paul


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com , Paul J
DeCoursey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I've been able to get it to work for buttons and the like by extending
> ProgrammaticSkin and passing in the class. I've never even used the
> icon on a TitleWindow to even know how it's supposed to work. It
should
> work, because everything is a class, but it might not know what to do
> with it.
>
> Paul
>
> Michael Schmalle wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > The simple answer is no.
> >
> > Why?
> >
> > The titleIcon class is of type Class. This class cannot be subclassed.
> >
> > My advice to you is create a subclass of TitleWindow and create the
> > method
> > you are talking about there.
> >
> > Since you cannot load icons at runtime, you could create a simple
> > iconLibraryModule that held your extra icons and then the method you
> > created
> > in the subclass would then load the icons from the icon library on
demand
> > through some type of string call into the library.
> >
> > Conclusion, there is no way to create an image like component in
> > components
> > with properties of type Class. In my custom window, I wrap the
icon in a
> > UIComponent, this way when I am rendering the icon, I have 2
options. The
> > icon property is the 'source' but not the actual instance that is
> > manipulated in the component UI.
> >
> > Peace, Mike
> >
> > On 4/27/07, Paul Whitelock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >> Would anyone know if there is a way to create an component that
can be
> >> used as an icon for any component that accepts an icon?
> >>
> >> For example, TitleWindow accepts a titleIcon. I would like to create
> >> an AS3 class that I can instantiate and specify for the TitleWindow's
> >> titleIcon. As conditions change in the window, I'd like to be able to
> >> make a function call to the icon class and have it update the icon
> >> displayed by the TitleWindow. The class would programatically create
> >> the icon (i.e., it would not use an embedded asset).
> >>
> >> Ideally the icon component should be able to be used for any
component
> >> that accepts an icon.
> >>
> >> Any idea if this can be done and if so where I should start
looking to
> >> create such a component? Thanks!
> >>
> >> Paul
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>

 





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Re: [flexcoders] Re: Programatic Icon

[Michael Schmalle]

Ah,

I know why you are not seeing updateDisplayList() called.

Since this is ProgrammaticSkin, if the size doesn't change, the method will
skip. The layoutManager calls setActualSize() and in that call if height or
width did not change, you won't get the call.

I had this same problem.

In your color property, call validateDisplayList(); that will do the trick.

Peace, Mike



On 4/27/07, Michael Schmalle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Hi,

For one I see you are missing;

graphics.clear();

Try that, I don't think you are erasing the old color.

Peace, Mike

PS hehe I was thinking about something else when I responded and forgot
the internal icon is typed IFlexDisplayObject.



On 4/27/07, Paul Whitelock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>   Well here's the deal. I've created an simple icon class that draws a
> red square like this:
>
> package components {
>
> import mx.skins.ProgrammaticSkin;
>
> public class Icon extends ProgrammaticSkin {
>
> private var iconColor:uint = 0xFF;
>
> public function Icon() {
> super();
> }
>
> public function set color(value:uint):void {
> iconColor = value;
> invalidateDisplayList();
> }
>
> override public function get measuredHeight():Number {
> return 16;
> }
>
> override public function get measuredWidth():Number {
> return 16;
> }
>
> override protected function
> updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth:Number, unscaledHeight:Number):void {
> super.updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight);
> graphics.beginFill(iconColor, 1);
> graphics.drawRect(0, 0, unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight);
> graphics.endFill();
> }
> }
> }
>
> I can place this icon in a Panel like this:
>
> 
>
> So far so good -- the red square is drawn in the top left corner of
> the title area and it appears that I can call the color setter
> function like this:
>
> myPanel.titleIcon.color = 0x00FF00;
>
> But when I do this the icon color never changes. It appears that the
> calling invalidateDisplayList() never results in a call to
> updateDisplayList().
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Paul
>
>
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com , Paul J
> DeCoursey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > I've been able to get it to work for buttons and the like by extending
>
> > ProgrammaticSkin and passing in the class. I've never even used the
> > icon on a TitleWindow to even know how it's supposed to work. It
> should
> > work, because everything is a class, but it might not know what to do
> > with it.
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > Michael Schmalle wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > The simple answer is no.
> > >
> > > Why?
> > >
> > > The titleIcon class is of type Class. This class cannot be
> subclassed.
> > >
> > > My advice to you is create a subclass of TitleWindow and create the
> > > method
> > > you are talking about there.
> > >
> > > Since you cannot load icons at runtime, you could create a simple
> > > iconLibraryModule that held your extra icons and then the method you
>
> > > created
> > > in the subclass would then load the icons from the icon library on
> demand
> > > through some type of string call into the library.
> > >
> > > Conclusion, there is no way to create an image like component in
> > > components
> > > with properties of type Class. In my custom window, I wrap the
> icon in a
> > > UIComponent, this way when I am rendering the icon, I have 2
> options. The
> > > icon property is the 'source' but not the actual instance that is
> > > manipulated in the component UI.
> > >
> > > Peace, Mike
> > >
> > > On 4/27/07, Paul Whitelock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Would anyone know if there is a way to create an component that
> can be
> > >> used as an icon for any component that accepts an icon?
> > >>
> > >> For example, TitleWindow accepts a titleIcon. I would like to
> create
> > >> an AS3 class that I can instantiate and specify for the
> TitleWindow's
> > >> titleIcon. As conditions change in the window, I'd like to be able
> to
> > >> make a function call to the icon class and have it update the icon
> > >> displayed by the TitleWindow. The class would programatically
> create
> > >> the icon (i.e., it would not use an embedded asset).
> > >>
> > >> Ideally the icon component should be able to be used for any
> component
> > >> that accepts an icon.
> > >>
> > >> Any idea if this can be done and if so where I should start
> looking to
> > >> create such a component? Thanks!
> > >>
> > >> Paul
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>  
>




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Blog - Flex2Components
http://www.flex2components.com

You can find more by solving the problem then by 'asking the question'.

[flexcoders] Re: Tile Extra Space

[joshua gatcke]

I haven't found a solution to this at all. Seems to only happen when  
I set the width of the tile to 100%. I want the hight to fit the  
content, so I can't set to a number or percent.


- joshua

Re: [flexcoders]How does Flex work on Mobile devices

[Paul J DeCoursey]

dorkie dork from dorktown wrote:
> My boss asked, "What options does Flex have for deploying to mobile
> devices?"
>
None at the moment, but I've heard that they are working on a way to 
compile Flex for Flash Lite which works on many mobile devices.

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Games in Flex / Apollo?

[Troy Gilbert]

Well, more like this:


 
   
   
 
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
   
   
 
   
 
 


A quick toy example, but that's the basic look-n-feel of the XML right now.
We're also developing an equivalent to the Flex Form Designer geared
specifically toward "level editing" for lack of a better word.

Oh, and while it's all built on Flex/Flash, it's not dependent on them (it's
not literally MXML)... its a generic "HTML" for 2D games that can be served
to any game "browser".

Just think of the mash-ups! ;-)

Troy.


On 4/27/07, Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


  Yeah any examples, links or other descriptions would be great. Can't
wait to see what you are working on.








:)

-Andrew

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com , "Troy
Gilbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> (There is a nice little categories thing on the side that lists
"Flash", but
> what the heck, I'm feeling generous... ;-)):
>
> General commentary on the wonders of Flex:
> http://troygilbert.com/2007/01/18/flex-rhymes-with/
>
> Creating a better game development framework (or what games can
learn from
> web 2.0):
> http://troygilbert.com/2006/03/01/what-games-can-learn-from-web-20/
>
> Okay, so not that much Flex-specific stuff... most of my work was
originally
> in Flash, but have since moved it to Flex after drinking the
kool-aid. But
> the conceptual stuff about GameDev 2.0, while not saying it
directly, is all
> in Flex.
>
> So, I guess I should probably start posting some more, huh? But to
whet your
> appetite, just think how easy it is to make RIA's with MXML,
wouldn't it be
> nice if there was a whole set of MXML tags dedicated to games? (Or
before I
> knew about MXML, what I referred to as using XAML for games.)
>
> Troy.
>
>
>
> On 4/27/07, Scott Hoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > How about a direct link to something for those of us who are too
> > lazy to search through your blog?
> >
> > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com 
,
"Troy
> > Gilbert" 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Check out my blog, http://troygilbert.com/. I'm doing some *big*
> > stuff with
> > > games and Flex.
> > >
> > > Troy.
> > >
> > >
> > > On 4/27/07, Erik Price  wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 4/27/07, André Rodrigues Pena  wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I was also considering to develop something for flex-based
> > games. But I
> > > > > think that, the only reason that could lead someone to do this
> > would be the
> > > > > AS3 capabilities but now Flash CS3 has come up with this
> > technology, and it
> > > > > has a bunch of other functionalities to help with gaming.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > (True, but Flash CS3 is $699 more than the cost of the Flex SDK.)
> > > >
> > > > e
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>

 

[flexcoders] embedding multiple images programmatically

[dougco2000]

Hi all,

I have an array of image names (of PNGs on my server), and I want to
load these all up in an object list of images so I can show them when
needed in my application.

I've found an oddity where some of these, sometimes, don't load
properly for whatever reason and are blank when I need to show them.
So I am thinking I should just embed them. But since I have 50+
images, I'd like to run a loop to embed each one, and all the examples
of embedding show doing something like:

[Embed(source="logo.gif")]
[Bindable]
public var imgCls:Class;

and then mapping to an image. I'd rather not fill up my code with 50
separate variable defines, any easy way to iterate through this?

thanks!

Re: [flexcoders] embedding multiple images programmatically

[Abdul Qabiz]

Embedding the image in your application would increase the application
filesize. I would rather suggest you to think of loading these images on
runtime.

You can load images on runtime using mx;Image or any other class (Loader
etc)...

-abdul

On 4/28/07, dougco2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


  Hi all,

I have an array of image names (of PNGs on my server), and I want to
load these all up in an object list of images so I can show them when
needed in my application.

I've found an oddity where some of these, sometimes, don't load
properly for whatever reason and are blank when I need to show them.
So I am thinking I should just embed them. But since I have 50+
images, I'd like to run a loop to embed each one, and all the examples
of embedding show doing something like:

[Embed(source="logo.gif")]
[Bindable]
public var imgCls:Class;

and then mapping to an image. I'd rather not fill up my code with 50
separate variable defines, any easy way to iterate through this?

thanks!

 

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Games in Flex / Apollo?

[Troy Gilbert]

Huh... well, I thought I was replying to Andrew off-list... so, everyone be
very quiet... don't tell anyone!

Troy.


On 4/27/07, Troy Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Well, more like this:


  


  
  
  

  
  

  
  

  


  

  
  


A quick toy example, but that's the basic look-n-feel of the XML right
now. We're also developing an equivalent to the Flex Form Designer geared
specifically toward "level editing" for lack of a better word.

Oh, and while it's all built on Flex/Flash, it's not dependent on them
(it's not literally MXML)... its a generic "HTML" for 2D games that can be
served to any game "browser".

Just think of the mash-ups! ;-)

Troy.


On 4/27/07, Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>   Yeah any examples, links or other descriptions would be great. Can't
> wait to see what you are working on.
>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>
> :)
>
> -Andrew
>
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com , "Troy
> Gilbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >
> > (There is a nice little categories thing on the side that lists
> "Flash", but
> > what the heck, I'm feeling generous... ;-)):
> >
> > General commentary on the wonders of Flex:
> > http://troygilbert.com/2007/01/18/flex-rhymes-with/
> >
> > Creating a better game development framework (or what games can
> learn from
> > web 2.0):
> > http://troygilbert.com/2006/03/01/what-games-can-learn-from-web-20/
> >
> > Okay, so not that much Flex-specific stuff... most of my work was
> originally
> > in Flash, but have since moved it to Flex after drinking the
> kool-aid. But
> > the conceptual stuff about GameDev 2.0, while not saying it
> directly, is all
> > in Flex.
> >
> > So, I guess I should probably start posting some more, huh? But to
> whet your
> > appetite, just think how easy it is to make RIA's with MXML,
> wouldn't it be
> > nice if there was a whole set of MXML tags dedicated to games? (Or
> before I
> > knew about MXML, what I referred to as using XAML for games.)
> >
> > Troy.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 4/27/07, Scott Hoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > How about a direct link to something for those of us who are too
> > > lazy to search through your blog?
> > >
> > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com 
,
> "Troy
> > > Gilbert" 
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Check out my blog, http://troygilbert.com/. I'm doing some *big*
> > > stuff with
> > > > games and Flex.
> > > >
> > > > Troy.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 4/27/07, Erik Price  wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 4/27/07, André Rodrigues Pena  wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I was also considering to develop something for flex-based
> > > games. But I
> > > > > > think that, the only reason that could lead someone to do this
> > > would be the
> > > > > > AS3 capabilities but now Flash CS3 has come up with this
> > > technology, and it
> > > > > > has a bunch of other functionalities to help with gaming.
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > (True, but Flash CS3 is $699 more than the cost of the Flex
> SDK.)
> > > > >
> > > > > e
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>  
>

[flexcoders] Your favorite horizontal menu arrangement

[mapper2255]

Hello,

Putting up a 100% Flex site. What is everyone using to create 
horizontal set of links: MenuBar? Creating a custom handler for 
itemClick? Then using urlLoader?

If there are any neat examples, would appreciate it.

Thanks.

Re: [flexcoders] embedding multiple images programmatically

[Abdul Qabiz]

var image:Image = new Image ();
container.addChild (image);
image.source = "http://foo.com/test.png";;

-abdul

On 4/28/07, Abdul Qabiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Embedding the image in your application would increase the application
filesize. I would rather suggest you to think of loading these images on
runtime.

You can load images on runtime using mx;Image or any other class (Loader
etc)...

-abdul

On 4/28/07, dougco2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>   Hi all,
>
> I have an array of image names (of PNGs on my server), and I want to
> load these all up in an object list of images so I can show them when
> needed in my application.
>
> I've found an oddity where some of these, sometimes, don't load
> properly for whatever reason and are blank when I need to show them.
> So I am thinking I should just embed them. But since I have 50+
> images, I'd like to run a loop to embed each one, and all the examples
> of embedding show doing something like:
>
> [Embed(source="logo.gif")]
> [Bindable]
> public var imgCls:Class;
>
> and then mapping to an image. I'd rather not fill up my code with 50
> separate variable defines, any easy way to iterate through this?
>
> thanks!
>
>  
>

[flexcoders] Re: Programatic Icon

[Paul Whitelock]

Unfortunately that did not work. It looks like the setter is not
really being called after all. When I do this:

myPanel.titleIcon.color = 0x00FF00;

What seems to be happening is that it is creating a property called
"color" just as if myPanel.titleIcon was a generic Object.

I tried creating a "doIconColor" function (rather than using a setter)
in Icon and calling it like this:

Icon(myPanel.titleIcon).doIconColor(0xFF00FF);

But this results in an TypeError:

TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert
components::Icon$ to components.Icon.

I can't simply do this:

myPanel.titleIcon.doIconColor(0xFF00FF);

because I get a compile error (call to a possibly undefined method
doIconColor)

So the question now becomes, how do I call a function of my Icon
class? Thanks for any suggestions!

Paul


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Schmalle"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Ah,
> 
> I know why you are not seeing updateDisplayList() called.
> 
> Since this is ProgrammaticSkin, if the size doesn't change, the
method will
> skip. The layoutManager calls setActualSize() and in that call if
height or
> width did not change, you won't get the call.
> 
> I had this same problem.
> 
> In your color property, call validateDisplayList(); that will do the
trick.
> 
> Peace, Mike
> 
> 
> 
> On 4/27/07, Michael Schmalle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > For one I see you are missing;
> >
> > graphics.clear();
> >
> > Try that, I don't think you are erasing the old color.
> >
> > Peace, Mike
> >
> > PS hehe I was thinking about something else when I responded and
forgot
> > the internal icon is typed IFlexDisplayObject.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 4/27/07, Paul Whitelock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > >   Well here's the deal. I've created an simple icon class that
draws a
> > > red square like this:
> > >
> > > package components {
> > >
> > > import mx.skins.ProgrammaticSkin;
> > >
> > > public class Icon extends ProgrammaticSkin {
> > >
> > > private var iconColor:uint = 0xFF;
> > >
> > > public function Icon() {
> > > super();
> > > }
> > >
> > > public function set color(value:uint):void {
> > > iconColor = value;
> > > invalidateDisplayList();
> > > }
> > >
> > > override public function get measuredHeight():Number {
> > > return 16;
> > > }
> > >
> > > override public function get measuredWidth():Number {
> > > return 16;
> > > }
> > >
> > > override protected function
> > > updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth:Number,
unscaledHeight:Number):void {
> > > super.updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight);
> > > graphics.beginFill(iconColor, 1);
> > > graphics.drawRect(0, 0, unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight);
> > > graphics.endFill();
> > > }
> > > }
> > > }
> > >
> > > I can place this icon in a Panel like this:
> > >
> > > 
> > >
> > > So far so good -- the red square is drawn in the top left corner of
> > > the title area and it appears that I can call the color setter
> > > function like this:
> > >
> > > myPanel.titleIcon.color = 0x00FF00;
> > >
> > > But when I do this the icon color never changes. It appears that the
> > > calling invalidateDisplayList() never results in a call to
> > > updateDisplayList().
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
, Paul J
> > > DeCoursey  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I've been able to get it to work for buttons and the like by
extending
> > >
> > > > ProgrammaticSkin and passing in the class. I've never even
used the
> > > > icon on a TitleWindow to even know how it's supposed to work. It
> > > should
> > > > work, because everything is a class, but it might not know
what to do
> > > > with it.
> > > >
> > > > Paul
> > > >
> > > > Michael Schmalle wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > The simple answer is no.
> > > > >
> > > > > Why?
> > > > >
> > > > > The titleIcon class is of type Class. This class cannot be
> > > subclassed.
> > > > >
> > > > > My advice to you is create a subclass of TitleWindow and
create the
> > > > > method
> > > > > you are talking about there.
> > > > >
> > > > > Since you cannot load icons at runtime, you could create a
simple
> > > > > iconLibraryModule that held your extra icons and then the
method you
> > >
> > > > > created
> > > > > in the subclass would then load the icons from the icon
library on
> > > demand
> > > > > through some type of string call into the library.
> > > > >
> > > > > Conclusion, there is no way to create an image like component in
> > > > > components
> > > > > with properties of type Class. In my custom window, I wrap the
> > > icon in a
> > > > > UIComponent, this way when I am rendering the icon, I have 2
> > > options. The
> > > > > icon property is the 'source' but not the actual instance
that is
> > > > > manipulated in the component UI.
> > > > >
> > > > > Peace, Mike
> > > > >
> > > > > On 4/27/07, Paul Whitelock  wrote:
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Would anyone know if there is a way to create an component that
> > > can be
> > > > >> us

[flexcoders] Re: Will Microsoft's new Silverlight Player Kill our beloved Flex ?

[mvbaffa]

I am sure that no one has a solution so good as Flex. What will adobe 
do, wait for them to be close. 

I do not know what are Adobe plans, but if at this moment there is 
not a solution ready to use, I am afraid that this solution will only 
be avaiable when Microsoft will have Visual Studio 2007 ready to use 
and its technology ajusted and working well.

Two years ago Adobe had a lot of time. But now the clock is 
ticking 

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Paul DeCoursey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I think you are right that .NET support should be there, although I 
am
> not a .NET developer and probably never will be. I wonder if 
Microsoft
> could develop this solution? In theory they would have the best
> resources to understand .NET and enough people have figured out the
> protocols used in FDS that they should be able to develop this.
> 
> Anyway, the big flaw in your argument is that Adobe doesn't need to
> built the solution when there is one on the market already.
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "mvbaffa"  wrote:
> >
> > I beleive that Adobe wants to increase its participation in 
> > the software development market. .NET is very good and its number 
of 
> > developers is huge. That's why they should not be fogotten. 
> > 
> > This at least is naive.
> > 
> > Adobe has one thing that Microsoft does not have, FLASH. This is 
the 
> > key to success if it is well conducted. 
> > 
> > I do not care about politics. I really do not care which is the 
winner 
> > Microsoft or Adobe. The winner will be the one that can deploy 
good and 
> > affordable products.
> > 
> > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Bjorn Schultheiss 
> >  wrote:
> > >
> > > Think again.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On 27/04/2007, at 11:26 AM, mvbaffa wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Everybody uses Windows, almost all the workstations are 
windows. 
> > Macs
> > > > have IE working OK.
> > >
> >
>

[flexcoders] Re: Will Microsoft's new Silverlight Player Kill our beloved Flex ?

[mvbaffa]

You are rigth Jeffry. I am sure there are a lot of people that do not 
work with Windows. And that's OK. 

I just wanted to say that a lot of people works with Windows and 
Adobe is letting these developers with no support. I am sure you will 
agree that the number of windows developers is very high.

The first version of all releases of Flex are delivered first in ... 
WINDOWS.

I do not want to say that windows is better or worse than any other 
plataform. What I want to say is that they cannot be forgotten.

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Jeffry Houser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 
>   I think this is true for many enterprises.  Not true for a lot of 
> developers.
> 
> At 09:41 PM 4/26/2007, Bjorn Schultheiss wrote:
> 
> >Think again.
> >
> >
> >
> >On 27/04/2007, at 11:26 AM, mvbaffa wrote:
> >
> >>Everybody uses Windows, almost all the workstations are windows. 
Macs
> >>have IE working OK.
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Jeffry Houser, Software Developer, Writer, Songwriter, Recording 
Engineer
> AIM: Reboog711  | Phone: 1-203-379-0773
> --
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>

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Programatic Icon

[Michael Schmalle]

HAHA,

Man, it must be Friday.

Ok, the problem is this;

titleIcon is the setter for the reference to the class that is creating the
icon.

You need the actual reference to the icon instance.

try this;

import mx.core.mx_internal;
use namespace mx_internal;

myPanel::mx_internal.titleIconObject.color = 0x00FF00;

BTW we all know mx_internal is not supported but it will get you what you
want. :)

Peace, Mike


On 4/27/07, Paul Whitelock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


  Unfortunately that did not work. It looks like the setter is not
really being called after all. When I do this:

myPanel.titleIcon.color = 0x00FF00;

What seems to be happening is that it is creating a property called
"color" just as if myPanel.titleIcon was a generic Object.

I tried creating a "doIconColor" function (rather than using a setter)
in Icon and calling it like this:

Icon(myPanel.titleIcon).doIconColor(0xFF00FF);

But this results in an TypeError:

TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert
components::Icon$ to components.Icon.

I can't simply do this:

myPanel.titleIcon.doIconColor(0xFF00FF);

because I get a compile error (call to a possibly undefined method
doIconColor)

So the question now becomes, how do I call a function of my Icon
class? Thanks for any suggestions!

Paul

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com , "Michael
Schmalle"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Ah,
>
> I know why you are not seeing updateDisplayList() called.
>
> Since this is ProgrammaticSkin, if the size doesn't change, the
method will
> skip. The layoutManager calls setActualSize() and in that call if
height or
> width did not change, you won't get the call.
>
> I had this same problem.
>
> In your color property, call validateDisplayList(); that will do the
trick.
>
> Peace, Mike
>
>
>
> On 4/27/07, Michael Schmalle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > For one I see you are missing;
> >
> > graphics.clear();
> >
> > Try that, I don't think you are erasing the old color.
> >
> > Peace, Mike
> >
> > PS hehe I was thinking about something else when I responded and
forgot
> > the internal icon is typed IFlexDisplayObject.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 4/27/07, Paul Whitelock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > Well here's the deal. I've created an simple icon class that
draws a
> > > red square like this:
> > >
> > > package components {
> > >
> > > import mx.skins.ProgrammaticSkin;
> > >
> > > public class Icon extends ProgrammaticSkin {
> > >
> > > private var iconColor:uint = 0xFF;
> > >
> > > public function Icon() {
> > > super();
> > > }
> > >
> > > public function set color(value:uint):void {
> > > iconColor = value;
> > > invalidateDisplayList();
> > > }
> > >
> > > override public function get measuredHeight():Number {
> > > return 16;
> > > }
> > >
> > > override public function get measuredWidth():Number {
> > > return 16;
> > > }
> > >
> > > override protected function
> > > updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth:Number,
unscaledHeight:Number):void {
> > > super.updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight);
> > > graphics.beginFill(iconColor, 1);
> > > graphics.drawRect(0, 0, unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight);
> > > graphics.endFill();
> > > }
> > > }
> > > }
> > >
> > > I can place this icon in a Panel like this:
> > >
> > > 
> > >
> > > So far so good -- the red square is drawn in the top left corner of
> > > the title area and it appears that I can call the color setter
> > > function like this:
> > >
> > > myPanel.titleIcon.color = 0x00FF00;
> > >
> > > But when I do this the icon color never changes. It appears that the
> > > calling invalidateDisplayList() never results in a call to
> > > updateDisplayList().
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com 
, Paul J
> > > DeCoursey  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I've been able to get it to work for buttons and the like by
extending
> > >
> > > > ProgrammaticSkin and passing in the class. I've never even
used the
> > > > icon on a TitleWindow to even know how it's supposed to work. It
> > > should
> > > > work, because everything is a class, but it might not know
what to do
> > > > with it.
> > > >
> > > > Paul
> > > >
> > > > Michael Schmalle wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > The simple answer is no.
> > > > >
> > > > > Why?
> > > > >
> > > > > The titleIcon class is of type Class. This class cannot be
> > > subclassed.
> > > > >
> > > > > My advice to you is create a subclass of TitleWindow and
create the
> > > > > method
> > > > > you are talking about there.
> > > > >
> > > > > Since you cannot load icons at runtime, you could create a
simple
> > > > > iconLibraryModule that held your extra icons and then the
method you
> > >
> > > > > created
> > > > > in the subclass would then load the icons from the icon
library on
> > > demand
> > > > > through some type of string call into the library.
> > > > >
> > > > > Conclusion, there is no way to create an image like component in
> > > > > components
> > > > > with properties of typ

[flexcoders] How to constrain child elements within a flexable parent?

[Ian Skinner]

I have a Panel that I have sized to be constrained at 10 pixels top, 
bottom, left and right so that it is flexible and based on the size of 
the browser.

Inside this I have a VBox that I want to be 100% the width of the Panel.

Inside this I have Labels that I want to be 20% of the width of the 
VBox, so that they are 5 of them evenly spaced across.

The text of this label maybe longer then can be displayed within the 
above constraints, that is fine and I want it to be truncated if it can 
not fit into the width equal to ~20% of the browser.

The trouble is that if I code all the above elements with percentages 
the labels will expand and push the parent VBox beyond the width of the 
Panel and I do not want this.

How can I constrain the widths of the Labels (or other 
containers|controls I may want to put at this level) so that it will not 
expand, without losing the flexibility of the overall design?

[flexcoders] Re: Programatic Icon

[Paul Whitelock]

I got a different error this time:

TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert
components::[EMAIL PROTECTED] to Namespace.

Are you sure it's not Friday the 13th?

Paul


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Schmalle"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> HAHA,
> 
> Man, it must be Friday.
> 
> Ok, the problem is this;
> 
> titleIcon is the setter for the reference to the class that is
creating the
> icon.
> 
> You need the actual reference to the icon instance.
> 
> try this;
> 
> import mx.core.mx_internal;
> use namespace mx_internal;
> 
> myPanel::mx_internal.titleIconObject.color = 0x00FF00;
> 
> BTW we all know mx_internal is not supported but it will get you
what you
> want. :)
> 
> Peace, Mike
> 
> 
> On 4/27/07, Paul Whitelock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >   Unfortunately that did not work. It looks like the setter is not
> > really being called after all. When I do this:
> >
> > myPanel.titleIcon.color = 0x00FF00;
> >
> > What seems to be happening is that it is creating a property called
> > "color" just as if myPanel.titleIcon was a generic Object.
> >
> > I tried creating a "doIconColor" function (rather than using a setter)
> > in Icon and calling it like this:
> >
> > Icon(myPanel.titleIcon).doIconColor(0xFF00FF);
> >
> > But this results in an TypeError:
> >
> > TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert
> > components::Icon$ to components.Icon.
> >
> > I can't simply do this:
> >
> > myPanel.titleIcon.doIconColor(0xFF00FF);
> >
> > because I get a compile error (call to a possibly undefined method
> > doIconColor)
> >
> > So the question now becomes, how do I call a function of my Icon
> > class? Thanks for any suggestions!
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com ,
"Michael
> > Schmalle"
> >  wrote:
> > >
> > > Ah,
> > >
> > > I know why you are not seeing updateDisplayList() called.
> > >
> > > Since this is ProgrammaticSkin, if the size doesn't change, the
> > method will
> > > skip. The layoutManager calls setActualSize() and in that call if
> > height or
> > > width did not change, you won't get the call.
> > >
> > > I had this same problem.
> > >
> > > In your color property, call validateDisplayList(); that will do the
> > trick.
> > >
> > > Peace, Mike
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 4/27/07, Michael Schmalle  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > For one I see you are missing;
> > > >
> > > > graphics.clear();
> > > >
> > > > Try that, I don't think you are erasing the old color.
> > > >
> > > > Peace, Mike
> > > >
> > > > PS hehe I was thinking about something else when I responded and
> > forgot
> > > > the internal icon is typed IFlexDisplayObject.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 4/27/07, Paul Whitelock  wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Well here's the deal. I've created an simple icon class that
> > draws a
> > > > > red square like this:
> > > > >
> > > > > package components {
> > > > >
> > > > > import mx.skins.ProgrammaticSkin;
> > > > >
> > > > > public class Icon extends ProgrammaticSkin {
> > > > >
> > > > > private var iconColor:uint = 0xFF;
> > > > >
> > > > > public function Icon() {
> > > > > super();
> > > > > }
> > > > >
> > > > > public function set color(value:uint):void {
> > > > > iconColor = value;
> > > > > invalidateDisplayList();
> > > > > }
> > > > >
> > > > > override public function get measuredHeight():Number {
> > > > > return 16;
> > > > > }
> > > > >
> > > > > override public function get measuredWidth():Number {
> > > > > return 16;
> > > > > }
> > > > >
> > > > > override protected function
> > > > > updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth:Number,
> > unscaledHeight:Number):void {
> > > > > super.updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight);
> > > > > graphics.beginFill(iconColor, 1);
> > > > > graphics.drawRect(0, 0, unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight);
> > > > > graphics.endFill();
> > > > > }
> > > > > }
> > > > > }
> > > > >
> > > > > I can place this icon in a Panel like this:
> > > > >
> > > > > 
> > > > >
> > > > > So far so good -- the red square is drawn in the top left
corner of
> > > > > the title area and it appears that I can call the color setter
> > > > > function like this:
> > > > >
> > > > > myPanel.titleIcon.color = 0x00FF00;
> > > > >
> > > > > But when I do this the icon color never changes. It appears
that the
> > > > > calling invalidateDisplayList() never results in a call to
> > > > > updateDisplayList().
> > > > >
> > > > > Any ideas?
> > > > >
> > > > > Paul
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com 
> > , Paul J
> > > > > DeCoursey  wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I've been able to get it to work for buttons and the like by
> > extending
> > > > >
> > > > > > ProgrammaticSkin and passing in the class. I've never even
> > used the
> > > > > > icon on a TitleWindow to even know how it's supposed to
work. It
> > > > > should
> > > > > > work, because everything is a class, but it might not know
> > what to do
> > > > > > with it.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Pa

[flexcoders] Re: Programatic Icon

[Paul Whitelock]

Sorry, that error should be:

TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert
mx.containers::[EMAIL PROTECTED] to Namespace.

My copying and pasting got a little mixed up there :-)

Paul

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Whitelock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I got a different error this time:
> 
> TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert
> components::[EMAIL PROTECTED] to Namespace.
> 
> Are you sure it's not Friday the 13th?
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Schmalle"
>  wrote:
> >
> > HAHA,
> > 
> > Man, it must be Friday.
> > 
> > Ok, the problem is this;
> > 
> > titleIcon is the setter for the reference to the class that is
> creating the
> > icon.
> > 
> > You need the actual reference to the icon instance.
> > 
> > try this;
> > 
> > import mx.core.mx_internal;
> > use namespace mx_internal;
> > 
> > myPanel::mx_internal.titleIconObject.color = 0x00FF00;
> > 
> > BTW we all know mx_internal is not supported but it will get you
> what you
> > want. :)
> > 
> > Peace, Mike
> > 
> > 
> > On 4/27/07, Paul Whitelock  wrote:
> > >
> > >   Unfortunately that did not work. It looks like the setter is not
> > > really being called after all. When I do this:
> > >
> > > myPanel.titleIcon.color = 0x00FF00;
> > >
> > > What seems to be happening is that it is creating a property called
> > > "color" just as if myPanel.titleIcon was a generic Object.
> > >
> > > I tried creating a "doIconColor" function (rather than using a
setter)
> > > in Icon and calling it like this:
> > >
> > > Icon(myPanel.titleIcon).doIconColor(0xFF00FF);
> > >
> > > But this results in an TypeError:
> > >
> > > TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert
> > > components::Icon$ to components.Icon.
> > >
> > > I can't simply do this:
> > >
> > > myPanel.titleIcon.doIconColor(0xFF00FF);
> > >
> > > because I get a compile error (call to a possibly undefined method
> > > doIconColor)
> > >
> > > So the question now becomes, how do I call a function of my Icon
> > > class? Thanks for any suggestions!
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
> > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com ,
> "Michael
> > > Schmalle"
> > >  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Ah,
> > > >
> > > > I know why you are not seeing updateDisplayList() called.
> > > >
> > > > Since this is ProgrammaticSkin, if the size doesn't change, the
> > > method will
> > > > skip. The layoutManager calls setActualSize() and in that call if
> > > height or
> > > > width did not change, you won't get the call.
> > > >
> > > > I had this same problem.
> > > >
> > > > In your color property, call validateDisplayList(); that will
do the
> > > trick.
> > > >
> > > > Peace, Mike
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 4/27/07, Michael Schmalle  wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > For one I see you are missing;
> > > > >
> > > > > graphics.clear();
> > > > >
> > > > > Try that, I don't think you are erasing the old color.
> > > > >
> > > > > Peace, Mike
> > > > >
> > > > > PS hehe I was thinking about something else when I responded and
> > > forgot
> > > > > the internal icon is typed IFlexDisplayObject.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 4/27/07, Paul Whitelock  wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Well here's the deal. I've created an simple icon class that
> > > draws a
> > > > > > red square like this:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > package components {
> > > > > >
> > > > > > import mx.skins.ProgrammaticSkin;
> > > > > >
> > > > > > public class Icon extends ProgrammaticSkin {
> > > > > >
> > > > > > private var iconColor:uint = 0xFF;
> > > > > >
> > > > > > public function Icon() {
> > > > > > super();
> > > > > > }
> > > > > >
> > > > > > public function set color(value:uint):void {
> > > > > > iconColor = value;
> > > > > > invalidateDisplayList();
> > > > > > }
> > > > > >
> > > > > > override public function get measuredHeight():Number {
> > > > > > return 16;
> > > > > > }
> > > > > >
> > > > > > override public function get measuredWidth():Number {
> > > > > > return 16;
> > > > > > }
> > > > > >
> > > > > > override protected function
> > > > > > updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth:Number,
> > > unscaledHeight:Number):void {
> > > > > > super.updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight);
> > > > > > graphics.beginFill(iconColor, 1);
> > > > > > graphics.drawRect(0, 0, unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight);
> > > > > > graphics.endFill();
> > > > > > }
> > > > > > }
> > > > > > }
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I can place this icon in a Panel like this:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >
> > > > > > So far so good -- the red square is drawn in the top left
> corner of
> > > > > > the title area and it appears that I can call the color setter
> > > > > > function like this:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > myPanel.titleIcon.color = 0x00FF00;
> > > > > >
> > > > > > But when I do this the icon color never changes. It appears
> that the
> > > > > > calling invalidateDisplayList() never results in a call to
> > > > > > updateDisplayList()

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Programatic Icon

[Michael Schmalle]

ok,

I have wasted enough time here, listening to music, I will go make it work.

Will post the class. :)

Peace, Mike

On 4/27/07, Paul Whitelock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


  I got a different error this time:

TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert
components::[EMAIL PROTECTED] to Namespace.

Are you sure it's not Friday the 13th?

Paul

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com , "Michael
Schmalle"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> HAHA,
>
> Man, it must be Friday.
>
> Ok, the problem is this;
>
> titleIcon is the setter for the reference to the class that is
creating the
> icon.
>
> You need the actual reference to the icon instance.
>
> try this;
>
> import mx.core.mx_internal;
> use namespace mx_internal;
>
> myPanel::mx_internal.titleIconObject.color = 0x00FF00;
>
> BTW we all know mx_internal is not supported but it will get you
what you
> want. :)
>
> Peace, Mike
>
>
> On 4/27/07, Paul Whitelock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Unfortunately that did not work. It looks like the setter is not
> > really being called after all. When I do this:
> >
> > myPanel.titleIcon.color = 0x00FF00;
> >
> > What seems to be happening is that it is creating a property called
> > "color" just as if myPanel.titleIcon was a generic Object.
> >
> > I tried creating a "doIconColor" function (rather than using a setter)
> > in Icon and calling it like this:
> >
> > Icon(myPanel.titleIcon).doIconColor(0xFF00FF);
> >
> > But this results in an TypeError:
> >
> > TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert
> > components::Icon$ to components.Icon.
> >
> > I can't simply do this:
> >
> > myPanel.titleIcon.doIconColor(0xFF00FF);
> >
> > because I get a compile error (call to a possibly undefined method
> > doIconColor)
> >
> > So the question now becomes, how do I call a function of my Icon
> > class? Thanks for any suggestions!
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com 
,

"Michael
> > Schmalle"
> >  wrote:
> > >
> > > Ah,
> > >
> > > I know why you are not seeing updateDisplayList() called.
> > >
> > > Since this is ProgrammaticSkin, if the size doesn't change, the
> > method will
> > > skip. The layoutManager calls setActualSize() and in that call if
> > height or
> > > width did not change, you won't get the call.
> > >
> > > I had this same problem.
> > >
> > > In your color property, call validateDisplayList(); that will do the
> > trick.
> > >
> > > Peace, Mike
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 4/27/07, Michael Schmalle  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > For one I see you are missing;
> > > >
> > > > graphics.clear();
> > > >
> > > > Try that, I don't think you are erasing the old color.
> > > >
> > > > Peace, Mike
> > > >
> > > > PS hehe I was thinking about something else when I responded and
> > forgot
> > > > the internal icon is typed IFlexDisplayObject.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 4/27/07, Paul Whitelock  wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Well here's the deal. I've created an simple icon class that
> > draws a
> > > > > red square like this:
> > > > >
> > > > > package components {
> > > > >
> > > > > import mx.skins.ProgrammaticSkin;
> > > > >
> > > > > public class Icon extends ProgrammaticSkin {
> > > > >
> > > > > private var iconColor:uint = 0xFF;
> > > > >
> > > > > public function Icon() {
> > > > > super();
> > > > > }
> > > > >
> > > > > public function set color(value:uint):void {
> > > > > iconColor = value;
> > > > > invalidateDisplayList();
> > > > > }
> > > > >
> > > > > override public function get measuredHeight():Number {
> > > > > return 16;
> > > > > }
> > > > >
> > > > > override public function get measuredWidth():Number {
> > > > > return 16;
> > > > > }
> > > > >
> > > > > override protected function
> > > > > updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth:Number,
> > unscaledHeight:Number):void {
> > > > > super.updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight);
> > > > > graphics.beginFill(iconColor, 1);
> > > > > graphics.drawRect(0, 0, unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight);
> > > > > graphics.endFill();
> > > > > }
> > > > > }
> > > > > }
> > > > >
> > > > > I can place this icon in a Panel like this:
> > > > >
> > > > > 
> > > > >
> > > > > So far so good -- the red square is drawn in the top left
corner of
> > > > > the title area and it appears that I can call the color setter
> > > > > function like this:
> > > > >
> > > > > myPanel.titleIcon.color = 0x00FF00;
> > > > >
> > > > > But when I do this the icon color never changes. It appears
that the
> > > > > calling invalidateDisplayList() never results in a call to
> > > > > updateDisplayList().
> > > > >
> > > > > Any ideas?
> > > > >
> > > > > Paul
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com 

> > , Paul J
> > > > > DeCoursey  wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I've been able to get it to work for buttons and the like by
> > extending
> > > > >
> > > > > > ProgrammaticSkin and passing in the class. I've never even
> > used the
> > > > > > icon on a TitleWindow to even know how it's su

[flexcoders] DataGrid column header - wordWrap - but not break whole words

[slangeberg]

Any one come up with a strategy so that labels in the DataGrid column
headers (or elsewhere) can wrap, but not be broken in the midde of a word?

EX:

Actual
Response

NOT:

Actual
Respons
e


Thanks,

: : ) Scott

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Programatic Icon

[Michael Schmalle]

Ok, I got it;

MXML APP
---

http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";
   layout="absolute">


   
   
   

   

   

   

   




Icon Class


package
{

import mx.skins.ProgrammaticSkin;

public class Icon extends ProgrammaticSkin
{
   private var _color:uint = 0xFF;

   public function get color():uint
   {
   return _color;
   }
   public function set color(value:uint):void
   {
   _color = value;
   validateDisplayList();
   }

   public function Icon()
   {
   super();
   }

   override public function get measuredHeight():Number
   {
   return 16;
   }

   override public function get measuredWidth():Number
   {
   return 16;
   }

   override protected function updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth:Number,

unscaledHeight:Number):void
   {
   super.updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight);

   graphics.clear();
   graphics.beginFill(_color, 1);
   graphics.drawRect(0, 0, unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight);
   graphics.endFill();
   }
}
}


Peace, Mike


On 4/27/07, Michael Schmalle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


ok,

I have wasted enough time here, listening to music, I will go make it
work.

Will post the class. :)

Peace, Mike

On 4/27/07, Paul Whitelock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>   I got a different error this time:
>
> TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert
> components::[EMAIL PROTECTED] to Namespace.
>
> Are you sure it's not Friday the 13th?
>
> Paul
>
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com ,
> "Michael Schmalle"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > HAHA,
> >
> > Man, it must be Friday.
> >
> > Ok, the problem is this;
> >
> > titleIcon is the setter for the reference to the class that is
> creating the
> > icon.
> >
> > You need the actual reference to the icon instance.
> >
> > try this;
> >
> > import mx.core.mx_internal;
> > use namespace mx_internal;
> >
> > myPanel::mx_internal.titleIconObject.color = 0x00FF00;
> >
> > BTW we all know mx_internal is not supported but it will get you
> what you
> > want. :)
> >
> > Peace, Mike
> >
> >
> > On 4/27/07, Paul Whitelock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > Unfortunately that did not work. It looks like the setter is not
> > > really being called after all. When I do this:
> > >
> > > myPanel.titleIcon.color = 0x00FF00;
> > >
> > > What seems to be happening is that it is creating a property called
> > > "color" just as if myPanel.titleIcon was a generic Object.
> > >
> > > I tried creating a "doIconColor" function (rather than using a
> setter)
> > > in Icon and calling it like this:
> > >
> > > Icon(myPanel.titleIcon).doIconColor(0xFF00FF);
> > >
> > > But this results in an TypeError:
> > >
> > > TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert
> > > components::Icon$ to components.Icon.
> > >
> > > I can't simply do this:
> > >
> > > myPanel.titleIcon.doIconColor(0xFF00FF);
> > >
> > > because I get a compile error (call to a possibly undefined method
> > > doIconColor)
> > >
> > > So the question now becomes, how do I call a function of my Icon
> > > class? Thanks for any suggestions!
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
> > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com 
,
>
> "Michael
> > > Schmalle"
> > >  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Ah,
> > > >
> > > > I know why you are not seeing updateDisplayList() called.
> > > >
> > > > Since this is ProgrammaticSkin, if the size doesn't change, the
> > > method will
> > > > skip. The layoutManager calls setActualSize() and in that call if
> > > height or
> > > > width did not change, you won't get the call.
> > > >
> > > > I had this same problem.
> > > >
> > > > In your color property, call validateDisplayList(); that will do
> the
> > > trick.
> > > >
> > > > Peace, Mike
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 4/27/07, Michael Schmalle  wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > For one I see you are missing;
> > > > >
> > > > > graphics.clear();
> > > > >
> > > > > Try that, I don't think you are erasing the old color.
> > > > >
> > > > > Peace, Mike
> > > > >
> > > > > PS hehe I was thinking about something else when I responded and
> > > forgot
> > > > > the internal icon is typed IFlexDisplayObject.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 4/27/07, Paul Whitelock  wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Well here's the deal. I've created an simple icon class that
> > > draws a
> > > > > > red square like this:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > package components {
> > > > > >
> > > > > > import mx.skins.ProgrammaticSkin;
> > > > > >
> > > > > > public class Icon extends ProgrammaticSkin {
> > > > > >
> > > > > > private var iconColor:uint = 0xFF;
> > > > > >
> > > > > > public function Icon() {
> > > > > > super();
> > > > > > }
> > > > > >
> > > > > > public function set color(value:uint):void {
> > > > > > iconColor = value;
> > > > > > invalidateDisplayList();
> > > > > > }
> > > > > >
> > > > > > override public functi

[flexcoders] Re: Programatic Icon

[Paul Whitelock]

It works perfectly now! Maybe I should be listening to whatever music
you're listening to :-)

I guess I'm going to have to do some studying on mx_internal as I
haven't explored that yet.

Thank you very much! 

Paul 


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Schmalle"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Ok, I got it;
> 
> MXML APP
> ---
> 
>  xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";
> layout="absolute">
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  titleIcon="{Icon}"
> title="Icon Panel">
> 
> 
> 
>  label="Change"
> click="changeIcon(event)"/>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Icon Class
> 
> 
> package
> {
> 
> import mx.skins.ProgrammaticSkin;
> 
> public class Icon extends ProgrammaticSkin
> {
> private var _color:uint = 0xFF;
> 
> public function get color():uint
> {
> return _color;
> }
> public function set color(value:uint):void
> {
> _color = value;
> validateDisplayList();
> }
> 
> public function Icon()
> {
> super();
> }
> 
> override public function get measuredHeight():Number
> {
> return 16;
> }
> 
> override public function get measuredWidth():Number
> {
> return 16;
> }
> 
> override protected function updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth:Number,
> 
> unscaledHeight:Number):void
> {
> super.updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight);
> 
> graphics.clear();
> graphics.beginFill(_color, 1);
> graphics.drawRect(0, 0, unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight);
> graphics.endFill();
> }
> }
> }
> 
> 
> Peace, Mike
> 
> 
> On 4/27/07, Michael Schmalle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > ok,
> >
> > I have wasted enough time here, listening to music, I will go make it
> > work.
> >
> > Will post the class. :)
> >
> > Peace, Mike
> >
> > On 4/27/07, Paul Whitelock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > >   I got a different error this time:
> > >
> > > TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert
> > > components::[EMAIL PROTECTED] to Namespace.
> > >
> > > Are you sure it's not Friday the 13th?
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
> > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com ,
> > > "Michael Schmalle"
> > >  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > HAHA,
> > > >
> > > > Man, it must be Friday.
> > > >
> > > > Ok, the problem is this;
> > > >
> > > > titleIcon is the setter for the reference to the class that is
> > > creating the
> > > > icon.
> > > >
> > > > You need the actual reference to the icon instance.
> > > >
> > > > try this;
> > > >
> > > > import mx.core.mx_internal;
> > > > use namespace mx_internal;
> > > >
> > > > myPanel::mx_internal.titleIconObject.color = 0x00FF00;
> > > >
> > > > BTW we all know mx_internal is not supported but it will get you
> > > what you
> > > > want. :)
> > > >
> > > > Peace, Mike
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 4/27/07, Paul Whitelock  wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Unfortunately that did not work. It looks like the setter is not
> > > > > really being called after all. When I do this:
> > > > >
> > > > > myPanel.titleIcon.color = 0x00FF00;
> > > > >
> > > > > What seems to be happening is that it is creating a property
called
> > > > > "color" just as if myPanel.titleIcon was a generic Object.
> > > > >
> > > > > I tried creating a "doIconColor" function (rather than using a
> > > setter)
> > > > > in Icon and calling it like this:
> > > > >
> > > > > Icon(myPanel.titleIcon).doIconColor(0xFF00FF);
> > > > >
> > > > > But this results in an TypeError:
> > > > >
> > > > > TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert
> > > > > components::Icon$ to components.Icon.
> > > > >
> > > > > I can't simply do this:
> > > > >
> > > > > myPanel.titleIcon.doIconColor(0xFF00FF);
> > > > >
> > > > > because I get a compile error (call to a possibly undefined
method
> > > > > doIconColor)
> > > > >
> > > > > So the question now becomes, how do I call a function of my Icon
> > > > > class? Thanks for any suggestions!
> > > > >
> > > > > Paul
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
,
> > >
> > > "Michael
> > > > > Schmalle"
> > > > >  wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Ah,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I know why you are not seeing updateDisplayList() called.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Since this is ProgrammaticSkin, if the size doesn't
change, the
> > > > > method will
> > > > > > skip. The layoutManager calls setActualSize() and in that
call if
> > > > > height or
> > > > > > width did not change, you won't get the call.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I had this same problem.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > In your color property, call validateDisplayList(); that
will do
> > > the
> > > > > trick.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Peace, Mike
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 4/27/07, Michael Schmalle  wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Programatic Icon

[Michael Schmalle]

Maybe I should be listening to whatever music

you're listening to

You have Chemical Brothers :) haha

No, my problem is I try to do 20 things at once. I just needed to focus on
what you were witting and I could have had it solved 3 hours ago :)

mx_internal is the namespace Adobe engineers use as a purgatory. Some
properties there might go to heaven and some might go to hell. :) That is
why I would wrap calls to anything that is in the mx_internal namespace in
your own property or method.

But, if it is minor stuff, you should be somewhat safe.

Peace, Mike

On 4/27/07, Paul Whitelock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


  It works perfectly now! Maybe I should be listening to whatever music
you're listening to :-)

I guess I'm going to have to do some studying on mx_internal as I
haven't explored that yet.

Thank you very much!

Paul

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com , "Michael
Schmalle"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Ok, I got it;
>
> MXML APP
> --
> 
>  xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";
> layout="absolute">
>
>
> 
> 
> 
>
>  titleIcon="{Icon}"
> title="Icon Panel">
>
> 
>
>  label="Change"
> click="changeIcon(event)"/>
>
> 
>
> 
>
>
> Icon Class
> --
>
> package
> {
>
> import mx.skins.ProgrammaticSkin;
>
> public class Icon extends ProgrammaticSkin
> {
> private var _color:uint = 0xFF;
>
> public function get color():uint
> {
> return _color;
> }
> public function set color(value:uint):void
> {
> _color = value;
> validateDisplayList();
> }
>
> public function Icon()
> {
> super();
> }
>
> override public function get measuredHeight():Number
> {
> return 16;
> }
>
> override public function get measuredWidth():Number
> {
> return 16;
> }
>
> override protected function updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth:Number,
>
> unscaledHeight:Number):void
> {
> super.updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight);
>
> graphics.clear();
> graphics.beginFill(_color, 1);
> graphics.drawRect(0, 0, unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight);
> graphics.endFill();
> }
> }
> }
>
>
> Peace, Mike
>
>
> On 4/27/07, Michael Schmalle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > ok,
> >
> > I have wasted enough time here, listening to music, I will go make it
> > work.
> >
> > Will post the class. :)
> >
> > Peace, Mike
> >
> > On 4/27/07, Paul Whitelock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > I got a different error this time:
> > >
> > > TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert
> > > components::[EMAIL PROTECTED] to Namespace.
> > >
> > > Are you sure it's not Friday the 13th?
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
> > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com 
,
> > > "Michael Schmalle"
> > >  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > HAHA,
> > > >
> > > > Man, it must be Friday.
> > > >
> > > > Ok, the problem is this;
> > > >
> > > > titleIcon is the setter for the reference to the class that is
> > > creating the
> > > > icon.
> > > >
> > > > You need the actual reference to the icon instance.
> > > >
> > > > try this;
> > > >
> > > > import mx.core.mx_internal;
> > > > use namespace mx_internal;
> > > >
> > > > myPanel::mx_internal.titleIconObject.color = 0x00FF00;
> > > >
> > > > BTW we all know mx_internal is not supported but it will get you
> > > what you
> > > > want. :)
> > > >
> > > > Peace, Mike
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 4/27/07, Paul Whitelock  wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Unfortunately that did not work. It looks like the setter is not
> > > > > really being called after all. When I do this:
> > > > >
> > > > > myPanel.titleIcon.color = 0x00FF00;
> > > > >
> > > > > What seems to be happening is that it is creating a property
called
> > > > > "color" just as if myPanel.titleIcon was a generic Object.
> > > > >
> > > > > I tried creating a "doIconColor" function (rather than using a
> > > setter)
> > > > > in Icon and calling it like this:
> > > > >
> > > > > Icon(myPanel.titleIcon).doIconColor(0xFF00FF);
> > > > >
> > > > > But this results in an TypeError:
> > > > >
> > > > > TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert
> > > > > components::Icon$ to components.Icon.
> > > > >
> > > > > I can't simply do this:
> > > > >
> > > > > myPanel.titleIcon.doIconColor(0xFF00FF);
> > > > >
> > > > > because I get a compile error (call to a possibly undefined
method
> > > > > doIconColor)
> > > > >
> > > > > So the question now becomes, how do I call a function of my Icon
> > > > > class? Thanks for any suggestions!
> > > > >
> > > > > Paul
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com 
,
> > >
> > > "Michael
> > > > > Schmalle"
> > > > >  wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Ah,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I know why you are not seeing updateDisplayList() called.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Since this is ProgrammaticSkin, if the size doesn't
change, the
> > > > > method will
> > > > > > skip. The layoutManager calls setActualSize() and in that
call if
> > > > > height or
> > > > > > width did not change, you won't get the call.
> > > > 

[flexcoders] Re: Programatic Icon

[Paul Whitelock]

Ahhh, the Chemical Brothers -- I haven't heard them in a while. Maybe
I should dig them out of my collection :-)

Thanks for the colorful description of mx_internal. I also just found
a good description here:

http://tinyurl.com/3y62jd

However, yours is more fun :-)

Thanks again for the help.

Paul

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Schmalle"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Maybe I should be listening to whatever music
> you're listening to
> 
> You have Chemical Brothers :) haha
> 
> No, my problem is I try to do 20 things at once. I just needed to
focus on
> what you were witting and I could have had it solved 3 hours ago :)
> 
> mx_internal is the namespace Adobe engineers use as a purgatory. Some
> properties there might go to heaven and some might go to hell. :)
That is
> why I would wrap calls to anything that is in the mx_internal
namespace in
> your own property or method.
> 
> But, if it is minor stuff, you should be somewhat safe.
> 
> Peace, Mike

Re: [flexcoders] DataGrid column header - wordWrap - but not break whole words

[Manish Jethani]

On 4/28/07, slangeberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  Any one come up with a strategy so that labels in the DataGrid column
> headers (or elsewhere) can wrap, but not be broken in the midde of a word?

That's the behaviour of the built-in TextField object and I don't
think anything can be done about it. You could maybe write your own
header renderer and write the word-wrapping logic yourself (and
truncate words that are longer than the available width).

Re: [flexcoders] How to constrain child elements within a flexable parent?

[Manish Jethani]

Did you mean HBox instead of VBox?

>From your description of the layout, it should just work. Can you post
a simple example that doesn't work?

On 4/28/07, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a Panel that I have sized to be constrained at 10 pixels top,
> bottom, left and right so that it is flexible and based on the size of
> the browser.
>
> Inside this I have a VBox that I want to be 100% the width of the Panel.
>
> Inside this I have Labels that I want to be 20% of the width of the
> VBox, so that they are 5 of them evenly spaced across.
>
> The text of this label maybe longer then can be displayed within the
> above constraints, that is fine and I want it to be truncated if it can
> not fit into the width equal to ~20% of the browser.
>
> The trouble is that if I code all the above elements with percentages
> the labels will expand and push the parent VBox beyond the width of the
> Panel and I do not want this.
>
> How can I constrain the widths of the Labels (or other
> containers|controls I may want to put at this level) so that it will not
> expand, without losing the flexibility of the overall design?
>
>
>
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>
>

Re: [flexcoders] embedding multiple images programmatically

[Manish Jethani]

On 4/28/07, dougco2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> So I am thinking I should just embed them. But since I have 50+
> images, I'd like to run a loop to embed each one, and all the examples
> of embedding show doing something like:
>
> [Embed(source="logo.gif")]
> [Bindable]
> public var imgCls:Class;

There's no way to embed 50+ images without actually writing out the
embed tags in your code.

Re: [flexcoders] embedding multiple images programmatically

[Manish Jethani]

On 4/28/07, Manish Jethani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 4/28/07, dougco2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > So I am thinking I should just embed them. But since I have 50+
> > images, I'd like to run a loop to embed each one, and all the examples
> > of embedding show doing something like:
> >
> > [Embed(source="logo.gif")]
> > [Bindable]
> > public var imgCls:Class;
>
> There's no way to embed 50+ images without actually writing out the
> embed tags in your code.

You could of course auto-generate the code through a script (make it
part of your biuld process) and include the generated file into the
main .as file. But, as Abdul says, it'll still bloat your output SWF
significantly depending on the sizes of the images.

Re: [flexcoders] Your favorite horizontal menu arrangement

[Michael Wills]

I haven't done this thing specifically but take a look at this link 
here. Maybe it will help:


http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/201/html/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=LiveDocs_Book_Parts&file=controls_059_15.html

Michael

mapper2255 wrote:


Hello,

Putting up a 100% Flex site. What is everyone using to create
horizontal set of links: MenuBar? Creating a custom handler for
itemClick? Then using urlLoader?

If there are any neat examples, would appreciate it.

Thanks.