[flexcoders] Flex 3.0 and FlexBuilder 2 - what's the plan?

[barry.beattie]

 we're just about to cough for 2 more FB2 licenses (with charting).

What with Flex 3.0 getting closer every day and it being released as
open source, can we buy today with impunity and confidence that we
won't be further stung with IDE upgrades when Flex3 is released?

one would hope not, eh? just adding new libraries to FB2. but I'd like
to hear the official word before I ask the boss to commit.

thanx
barry.b

Re: [flexcoders] Flex on Mac

[Adam Pasztory]

I agree with Nick, who said the Mac version feels slightly slower.  My Mac
is faster and has more RAM than my PC, but still, the PC feels faster when
I'm typing.  Compile time is about the same, though.  Regardless, Mac is my
primary development platform at the moment, and overall it's performed well.

-Adam

On 5/12/07, Brett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


  Definitely,

I switched from Windows to Macs for about 5 years and have been
extremely happy(although I do have to use windows everyday at work
still). I think Macs basically make a perfect development platform,
OS X is very solid and secure and runs well, a Flex, Apollo, Flash
all run great, as does Flex Builder and Flash CS3 etc. And since you
can run Windows and Linux with Parallels you have access to pretty
much every OS you could want or need.
 

[flexcoders] mouseover effect on canvas

[li.wen]

Hello all,

I set a canvas as the default state, and set this canvas with a button (on the 
canvas) as the "mouseOver" state.
And the "mouse over" event of default state is going to "mouseOver" state. And 
the "mouse out" event of the "mouseOver" state is back to default state. 
I found that, in "mouseOver" state, if I move the mouse pointer on to the 
button, the system will consider this event as "mouse out". The component will 
flash since state switches quickly btw two states. However, the button is on 
the canvas, I want to remain on "mouseOver" state when the mouse over the 
button. If I set mouse over event of button to going to "mouseOver" state, this 
setting still gets flash. How can I avoid that flash? Thanks.

Regards,
Joe

Re: [flexcoders] mouseover effect on canvas

[li.wen]

Oh.. btw, I am using that canvas in the tilelist, and I tried rollover and 
rollout event.. seems also cannot.
  - Original Message - 
  From: li.wen 
  To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 10:40 PM
  Subject: [flexcoders] mouseover effect on canvas



  Hello all,

  I set a canvas as the default state, and set this canvas with a button (on 
the canvas) as the "mouseOver" state.
  And the "mouse over" event of default state is going to "mouseOver" state. 
And the "mouse out" event of the "mouseOver" state is back to default state. 
  I found that, in "mouseOver" state, if I move the mouse pointer on to the 
button, the system will consider this event as "mouse out". The component will 
flash since state switches quickly btw two states. However, the button is on 
the canvas, I want to remain on "mouseOver" state when the mouse over the 
button. If I set mouse over event of button to going to "mouseOver" state, this 
setting still gets flash. How can I avoid that flash? Thanks.

  Regards,
  Joe

   

[flexcoders] open source skins

[flex_estonia]

are there any open source skins for flex that I can use for a new project?

Andrus

Re: [flexcoders] Documentation tool for AS2 & AS3

[Johannes Nel]

:(

running on linux is the greatest need at the moment IMO.

On 5/11/07, Jobe Makar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Tom,

It won't run on Linux. It runs on Windows, and will support Mac after the
Windows version is complete.

Jobe Makar
http://www.electrotank.com
http://www.electro-server.com
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From: "Tom Chiverton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: ; "Jobe Makar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 4:16 AM
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Documentation tool for AS2 & AS3


> On Friday 11 May 2007, Jobe Makar wrote:
>> If anyone is interested in beta testing this application then please
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>
> If it runs on Linux (unlike asdoc) sign me up !
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Re: [flexcoders] Problems with xmlns

[André Rodrigues Pena]

thank you Tom and Nel.. that was it =)

On 5/10/07, Johannes Nel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


  its in the swc with the namespace declared in your own manifest file.
add the cairngorm swc to your project library

On 5/10/07, André Rodrigues Pena < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>   Hi there,
>
> I downloaded the CairngormStore 2.1 and tried to compile it with
> mxmlc. I got the following error at the file Services.mxml :
>
> Could not resolve: 
>
> I think that this is because the compiler is not able to resolve this
> namespace:
>
> xmlns:cairngorm="http://www.adobe.com/2006/cairngorm";
>
> I have a doubt. When you define a namespace as an url pointing to the
> web, how does the compiler work with this? It's not actually searching
> for the namespace at the web because you may be disconnected. How does
> it work? How can I solve my compilation problem?
>
> thanks in advance
>
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Re: [flexcoders] Flex on Mac

[Johannes Nel]

runs fine.

On 5/11/07, Arleston Lueders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


  Hello everybody!

I'm thinking in buy a MacBook. Does anyone have a Mac here? What do you
think about it?
And the Flex will run normal on Mac, right?

Thanks,
Arleston

 





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RE: [flexcoders] I dont need a crossdomain.xml?

[Alex Harui]

Geez, I'd have to go through the whitepaper again, but if you're running
on a local box via the file system instead of HTTP you are not in a
REMOTE sandbox and the rules are different.  If you set up a local
server and fetch the app via http, you should see it fail to make the
calls.
 
-Alex



From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Mike Vargo
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 2:16 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] I dont need a crossdomain.xml?



I've written a few sample apps. One that uses WebService and one that
uses HTTPService. 

- My app is running on my local box.
- The WebService makes a request to say www.somewhere.com.
- The HTTPServicemakes a request to say www.anotherdomain.com.

Both requests work without a crossdomain.xml file on www.somewhere.com
or www.anotherdomain.com. 

Am I not understanding correctly how the security model works? My
understanding is that these 2 calls should not work.

- Mike



 

Re: [flexcoders] open source skins

[Igor Costa]

here some http://www.scalenine.com/

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On 5/13/07, flex_estonia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


  are there any open source skins for flex that I can use for a new
project?

Andrus

 





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Re: [flexcoders] Flex 3.0 and FlexBuilder 2 - what's the plan?

[Dave Carabetta]

Hey Barry, I'm obviously not an Adobe employee so I'm not the "official"
word you're looking for, but here are my quick 2 cents...

Flex 3 isn't coming out anytime soon. If I had to guess (and I have no
insider info, just pure speculation), it seems like MAX in Chicago at the
end of September would be the launch platform for Flex 3. It's not even on
Labs yet for beta testing, and beta testing a product like Flex is no small,
quick process. As for licensing, Flex 2 to Flex 3 is a major revision, not a
maintenance release, so I'd expect there to be upgrade fees for the product,
though hopefully nominal. While Adobe is still targeting Flash Player 9 for
the release, that most certainly does not mean that there aren't going to be
compelling reasons to upgrade, and those enhancements cost money to develop,
right? Remember, Flex Builder is *not* part of the open sourcing of Flex, so
Adobe needs to make their money somewhere.

Whether or not you ask your boss to commit now or later is up to you. Either
way, you're going to be paying for Flex Builder at some point, so why wait?
Sure, you can develop Flex apps in any editor you wish, but the productivity
gains of using Flex Builder far outweigh the $750 cost of Flex Builder, as
you likely know. How much is an hour of your time worth? Let's say your
company bills $100/hour. In less than one working day you'll have paid for
the cost of the IDE. Further, you can't assume they're not going to raise
the price of the IDE down the road, so you might actually be better off
buying Flex Builder now to avoid having to pay full price for FB3 (again, I
want to stress that I have no information that I'm being coy aboutit's
just speculation).

Anyway, I don't want to ramble, but I definitely don't agree with your
premise that buying Flex Builder now is somehow bad timing. I think we're
still at least several months away from any official launch of Flex 3 and
you'll be missing out on building some amazing experiences if you decide to
wait until then. Besides, in my experience with Macromedia-now-Adobe, when
I've run into a situation where I've purchased software that was
subsequently upgraded or the licensing changed soon thereafter, I was very
well taken care of by my sales rep (read: Flex 1.5, which was $30,000 to
Flex 2, which was free). So I wouldn't worry too much about being ripped
off.

Regards,
Dave.
Cynergy Systems, Inc.


On 5/13/07, barry.beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:



we're just about to cough for 2 more FB2 licenses (with charting).

What with Flex 3.0 getting closer every day and it being released as
open source, can we buy today with impunity and confidence that we
won't be further stung with IDE upgrades when Flex3 is released?

one would hope not, eh? just adding new libraries to FB2. but I'd like
to hear the official word before I ask the boss to commit.

thanx
barry.b

 

Re: [flexcoders] Flex 3.0 and FlexBuilder 2 - what's the plan?

[Jeffry Houser]

 It would be my speculation that Flex 3 will be announced / released 
at Max, so you still have a good 4-5 months to go before an 
upgrade.  I would not expect buying 4 months in advance to qualify 
for a free upgrade, but am unaware of such policies.  Maybe you'll 
want to investigate Flex Builder subscriptions?


 I would expect that you'll be able to use Flex Builder 2 w/ the 
Flex 3 SDK w/o much effort, although I would also suspect that FB3 
will offer features that make an upgrade very compelling.


 Did I mention this was all speculation?

At 09:10 AM 5/13/2007, barry.beattie wrote:



we're just about to cough for 2 more FB2 licenses (with charting).

What with Flex 3.0 getting closer every day and it being released as
open source, can we buy today with impunity and confidence that we
won't be further stung with IDE upgrades when Flex3 is released?

one would hope not, eh? just adding new libraries to FB2. but I'd like
to hear the official word before I ask the boss to commit.

thanx
barry.b




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[flexcoders] Instantiating uncompiled MXML at runtime in flex

[Austin Kottke]

Anyone have any ideas on how to take an entire Panel that is just an xml 
file and then
load this in flex 2 and then have it instantiate it? This is not a 
compiled SWF using the Modules package in flex, but
just a simple xml file.

I've done this with a Tree Control where I loaded in the xml and it 
generated the components at runtime, however
I'm thinking of an entire set of code in MXML or XML that gets loaded in 
and immediately created.

I know there is a Apache MXML server on labs, but I was thinking that 
this is done just in flex.

Anyone have any experience in this?

[flexcoders] Re: Dispatching Forms Eloquently w/ Cairngorm Events

[Justin]

Hi Boybles,

it appears you already have a temporary User Object on your model. why
dont you store all your user info on that object, pass only the user
object through to your event and then pass that object onto the server?

Regards,

Justin

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "boybles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I was wondering what the best way to dispatch form elements in 
> Cairngorm is since repeating all these elements from event to 
> controller to command and back and be extremely cumbersome!! Please 
> help!  I've included a sample below of the type of dispatched event 
> that takes forever to get right.
> Thanks,
> Boybles
> i.e.
> public function updateUser() : void {
> var cgEvent : UpdateUserEvent = new UpdateUserEvent
> (model.userTemp.UserName,model.userTemp.UserID,LastName.text,FirstName.t
> ext,UserName.text,Email.text,Password.text,Position.text,Division.text,A
> ddress.text,City.text,State.text,County.text,OfficePhone.text,OfficeCell
> .text,OfficeFax.text,PersonalPhone.text,PersonalCell.text,PersonalFax.te
> xt);  
> CairngormEventDispatcher.getInstance().dispatchEvent( cgEvent );
>

Re: [flexcoders] Access dragImage within dragDrop event?

[slangeberg]

Ok, so I'm trying to track where to place an item, based on the dragProxy
thumbnail that gets displayed while dragging. However, when I store a
reference to this item, the (x,y) values come in as 0!

   DragManager.doDrag(dragInitiator, ds, event, dragProxy );

   model.currDragProxy = dragProxy;
   model.currDragProxy.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE,
function():void {
   model.log.debug( "... currDrgPrxy.loc:
"+model.currDragProxy.x + ", "+model.currDragProxy.y );
   });

Anyone have good approach to managing precision drag drop? I just want an
item to show up at the exact location as the thumbnail that gets dragged by
DragManger!

-Scott

On 5/7/07, Manish Jethani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


  On 5/7/07, slangeberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >
wrote:

> Here's the handler to capture the 'dragDrop' event:
>
> private function onDragDrop(event:DragEvent):void {...}
>
> Is there any way to access the dragImage from that DragEvent?

I think you'll have to just hold a reference to your dragImage and
access it later in the handler.
 





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[flexcoders] Re: Flex 3.0 and FlexBuilder 2 - what's the plan?

[barry.beattie]

well, I suppose I'm really asking if it's truly going to be a new full
version.

>From reading between the lines on the blogging of Ted's Flex360
keynote, it sounds more like it'll be a point release, not a new
version (excepting new closed-source components, and I wonder what the
"data integration" will be? RDS is already there).

we're a Java/JSP/CF shop here so we're all well versed in Eclipse and
what goes into building plug-ins (including the boss) - it ain't
rocket science, to be perfectly honest. it's just that FB2 is better
than nothing (or notepad).

for us the licences aren't *really* needed now. It's more profile
raising and having the tools on tap to say "hey, we've got
FlexBuilder, lets whip this thing up as a SWF instead..." - the more
of that, the more Flex becomes "core" around here.

we're non-U.S customers so we pay the off-shore premium, not $750. and
I really don't want to loose face with the boss with 2 full versions
in under 6 months. If we get FB2, then find that there's a new FB3
soon after (as opposed to a free or cheap upgrade), they won't rush
for the upgrade and we'll be stuck with FB2 for far too long before
they commit again - especially for something that isn't "core"

See where I'm coming from?

thanx
b

[flexcoders] Re: Data Push with Remote Objects

[Justin]

Hi Soenke,

Flex Data Services gives you the functionality to subscribe to JMS
Topics. You can set all this up by specifying destinations in the
messaging-config file within FDS.

You can then connect to the Topics via your client by using the
Consumer Component, or if needed, you can setup a Producer to push
messages onto your Topic from your client.

You can also setup these components in your SerivceLocator if your
using Cairngorm.

Regards,

Justin
Reignite - Potential Delivered
www.reigite.com.au

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex 3.0 and FlexBuilder 2 - what's the plan?

[Jeffry Houser]

  I believe it is public knowledge that Flex 3 will be released by 
the end of the year.
  That makes me think that Adobe believes they will have enough 'new 
features' to rationalize a version release, as opposed to a point release.

At 09:55 PM 5/13/2007, barry.beattie wrote:


>well, I suppose I'm really asking if it's truly going to be a new full
>version.
>
> From reading between the lines on the blogging of Ted's Flex360
>keynote, it sounds more like it'll be a point release, not a new
>version (excepting new closed-source components, and I wonder what the
>"data integration" will be? RDS is already there).
>
>we're a Java/JSP/CF shop here so we're all well versed in Eclipse and
>what goes into building plug-ins (including the boss) - it ain't
>rocket science, to be perfectly honest. it's just that FB2 is better
>than nothing (or notepad).
>
>for us the licences aren't *really* needed now. It's more profile
>raising and having the tools on tap to say "hey, we've got
>FlexBuilder, lets whip this thing up as a SWF instead..." - the more
>of that, the more Flex becomes "core" around here.
>
>we're non-U.S customers so we pay the off-shore premium, not $750. and
>I really don't want to loose face with the boss with 2 full versions
>in under 6 months. If we get FB2, then find that there's a new FB3
>soon after (as opposed to a free or cheap upgrade), they won't rush
>for the upgrade and we'll be stuck with FB2 for far too long before
>they commit again - especially for something that isn't "core"
>
>See where I'm coming from?
>
>thanx
>b



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[flexcoders] Re: Weird scrolling bug!

[yms0411]

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Abhishek Sil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
>
> Hi Guys,
> 
> I'm working on a moderated chat app. in flex. I'm using an
> itemRenderer within a List to display a series of questions which 
the
> "expert" can choose to reply. Now this itemRendered consists of:
> 
> "text" to display the question,
> "textInput" to allow the expert to reply to it and a
> "button" which is the send button.
> 
> Now the weird part is, say I type something into the 
first "textInput"
> box to reply to the first question. when I scroll down, I see this
> text which I entered in the first inputBox repeated in random rows
> below too. Sometime when I scroll back up to the first item, the 
reply
> is just not there... it's actually jumped from the box I typed it in
> to some other box altogether! :S
> 
> Any help in this regard will be very helpful.
> 
> Cheers,
> Abhishek
>

interesting because i had a similar bug working with item renderer in 
datagrid
is it possible to post your source up?

[flexcoders] Re: Instantiating uncompiled MXML at runtime in flex

[Prayank]

You should look at -
http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Flex_Module_for_Apache_and_IIS

Flex Module for Apache and IIS

Prayank
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FW: {Disarmed} Re: [flexcoders] Flex on Mac

[Dimitrios Gianninas]

Forwarding

Dimitrios Gianninas
Developer
Optimal Payments Inc.

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of eestes1
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 12:53 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: {Disarmed} Re: [flexcoders] Flex on Mac

I've been using FB2 on the mac since beta. Works great. MBP with 2gigs of ram 
and i have no issues. It does seem a tad slower but i have always felt osx 
windows seem to carry higher load than Window's  windows. I wonder if they are 
doing more subroutines with the windows? Not sure. As for dual monitors-with 
your MBP just plug the monitor into the dvi port and configure using Display 
preferences under arrangement-turn mirroring off if you want tiling. As for the 
Mac pro tower you need to have another video port if you graphics card only has 
one. If you have 2 plug both in and use display prefs panel.

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Jurgen Beck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Same here. I actually switched from Windows XP Professional running 
> stand-alone Flex Builder to a Mac Pro and MacBook Pro. Works great. In 
> fact, I seem to have less memory issues with Flex Builder on the Mac 
> than I had with running it on Windows XP.
> 
> The only thing I wish it would do on the Mac is allowing me to use two 
> monitors. On the Windows side this is no problem. Can't seem to figure 
> out how to do that on the Mac.
> 
> Jurgen
> 
> Mark McCray wrote:
> >
> > runs just fine for me. intel mac here.
> >
> > I use flex via plugin to eclipse, because i use other langs like PHP 
> > and Java.
> > Mark
> >
> > On May 11, 2007, at 1:06 PM, Arleston Lueders wrote:
> >
> >> Hello everybody!
> >>
> >> I'm thinking in buy a MacBook. Does anyone have a Mac here? What do 
> >> you think about it?
> >> And the Flex will run normal on Mac, right?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Arleston
> >>
> >
> >
>

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[flexcoders] Re: Instantiating uncompiled MXML at runtime in flex

[Prayank]

You need to look at -
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Flex Module for Apache and IIS. 

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Re: [flexcoders] Re: Support movie format other than flv?

[Young Kim]

Thanks for the advise.

On 5/12/07, Stefan Schmalhaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


  --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com ,
"ad9798" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Is there way to make Apollo to play movie files other than flv format?
> Thinking about creating a simple media player with Apollo and I would
> love to make that player support avi or other format. Can we use
> DirectShow with actionscript 3.0 in any way?

No, I don't think so. DirectShow is platform-specific (Windows), and
Apollo is a cross-platform runtime.

You could try to embed a QuickTime movie in an HTML file and load this
file into an HTML component, but if there's no QuickTime player on the
user's computer the movie doesn't play.

Stefan

 

[flexcoders] Placing a tooltip

[dougco2000]

I'd like to be able to control the placement of a tooltip, i.e. have
it appear to the left of the object. It seems to decide either above
or below the object normally. Anyone develop a way to do this?

thanks