RE: [flexcoders] Flex 4.5: Flex in 5 Days

[Glenn Williams]

So did I.

 

I just wanted to try it out. 

 

It may have helped that Ive been using flex for
years but Im sure I just followed the whole course
and can't remember do any work-rounds or anything
like that.

 

I thought, for a free training set is was actually
really good. I don't really know of anything any
better video wise without actually paying for a
Lynda one or something like that. It covered the
basics in enough details to defiantly get you well
started

 

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Jeff Hindman
Sent: 12 January 2012 20:23
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Flex 4.5: Flex in 5 Days

 

  

I went through the entire series a few months ago
. no crashes, no problems.

 

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Davidson, Jerry
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 5:58 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] Flex 4.5: Flex in 5 Days

 

  

I'm going through the Flex in 5 Days tutorial on
the Adobe website.   Has anyone else done this?  I
ask because I get 1-2 crashes for ever session in
every day.  I don't get the warm and fuzzies when
a product crashes so often.  I assume it was all
written in LC, but it's the same company.

 

Does anyone know of less buggy tutorials?  They
can't be "YouTube" based as our firewall blocks
that.  I'd love to see one for 4.0 as we might not
upgrade to 4.5, but even that is closer than 3.5.

 

TIA,

Jerry

 

RE: [flexcoders] Re: FlexPMD / cut and paste detector - is it alive ?

[Glenn Williams]

Ive used it since it was first out there.

 

I don't know what's happening to it, but I kind of
guess that it might no longer be being developed.

 

Maybe it's one of the things that will end up
going open source so we can take it on

 

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
tom.chiverton
Sent: 09 January 2012 09:16
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] Re: FlexPMD / cut and paste
detector - is it alive ?

 

  

In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
 , John
Fletcher  wrote:
>
> No but I've noted down to look into this tool
soon.

That's what I did last year :-)
Hopefully the guys on the project are just still
getting over their Xmas break.

Tom

RE: [flexcoders] You are the product

[Glenn Williams]

The samples are ok, but it's the actual langue I
dislike.

 

I just doesn't feel very complete to me. 

 

I really don't want to take a step back when I was
in fact hoping to be getting a new version of
action script that moved the main language even
further forward.

 

The whole situation just feels like a regression
to me.

 

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Rick Winscot
Sent: 18 December 2011 01:29
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] You are the product

 

  

The charts? The dashboard? The app as a whole?
Yes. I'd recommend looking into the ExtJS samples
at Sencha. 

 

http://www.sencha.com/products/extjs/

 

 

From: Dave Glasser 
Reply-To: "flexcoders@yahoogroups.com"

Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 17:22:39 -0800 (PST)
To: "flexcoders@yahoogroups.com"

Subject: Re: [flexcoders] You are the product

 

  

Can you do something comparable to this with
HTML5/JS/CSS?

http://examples2.idashboards.com/idashboards/?gues
tuser=wputil1
 &dashID=260

If so, do you have any links to examples?


From: Guy Morton mailto:guy%40alchemy.com.au> >

Using HTML/JS/CSS you CAN do apps that look every
bit as nice as Flash apps, and they run
everywhere.

RE: [flexcoders] Why is CSS replaced by skins in Flex 4.x?

[Glenn Williams]

You can. Just build skins that allow you set css styles from cc on them. 

 

I for one don't want the out of the box skins to be full of css stuff. Just
makes the components needlessly large and messy.

 

Keep it simple and clean and if you need more css then build skins that
allow you to use css

 

I know it's a change from what we're used to but I think it actually works
much better

 

 

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of John Fletcher
Sent: 02 September 2011 12:45
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] Why is CSS replaced by skins in Flex 4.x?

 

  

I understand the advantages of skins, they are working pretty well for me.
But what disappoints me is the inability to add some padding on an element,
or change the height of a button, via CSS.

 

It seems ridiculous to me to create entire skin files just to change some
small aspects of a certain element.

 

Skins are great, but couldn't we have skins AND CSS? Why are many CSS
properties missing on elements? It would make my code so much more
lightweight.

 

John

RE: [flexcoders] intro + good Flex reference book? [1 Attachment]

[Glenn Williams]

Hi and welcome. You're going to enjoy flex Im sure. It's a great framework
and I think fun to work in.

 

Anyway books.

 

Flex 4 Bible, nice big book that covers lots and a good place to start

I liked the flex 3cookbook so assume flex 4 one will be a winner also, but
it's not available in uk yet so haven't read it

One of my favourites is Enterprise Development with Flex, O'Reilly though
it's not an introductory book

 

Those 3 will get you up to speed

 

Actually the adobe manuals and help are really very good.

Lots of online stuff on adobe.tv

Also get onto adobe dev. website, loads on there.

Read the specs on the adobe open source confluence

 

 

Hope that helps, and feel free to drop me a message off forum if there's
anything I can help you with while you get set-up and started

 

Info at tinylion co uk

 

Hope that helps

 

Glenn

Tinylion uk

 

 

 

tinylion development & design

 



 

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Roy Pardi
Sent: 09 June 2010 18:41
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] intro + good Flex reference book?

 

  

Hi all,

Just joined this group/list and am getting up to speed with Flex 4 + AIR.
I'm coming from many years working with Director/Lingo, along with a fair
amount of experience with AS3 + C++. I like Flex so far but am still
figuring out working methods that are flexible and make logical sense to
me. I'm using Flash Builder trial for now.

I was wondering if anyone can recommend a good Flex book that is on the
level of Colin Moock's "Essential Actionscript 3"? In other words,
something that isn't primarily project building tutorial-based but instead
presents in-depth discussion of components and classes, the various
frameworks (PureMVC, etc.) why choose one approach over another, best
practices, etc. I ask because the thing that is hardest to get my head
around is more architectural than syntax etc.

Also, do most people use some form of code behind rather than loading code
into CDATA script blocks?

thanks for any pointers,

--Roy

-- 
--
http://www.roypardi.com/



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RE: [flexcoders] out of office

[Glenn Williams]

Lol so I take it Matt is out of the office then J

 

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Pete
Sent: 08 June 2010 10:42
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] out of office

 

  

Lol - real soon!  

I've put you in my blocked list for now!

Pete

On 08/06/10 10:33, Ignacio Romero Colomo wrote: 

  

Hope you come back soon 

On 8 June 2010 10:29,  wrote:

  

I will be running a training course on 8 June and will have no email access.
Please accept my apologies for any slow response.
Many thanks

Matt Wicks

 

RE: [flexcoders] Adobe pulls Single CPU and 100-user licenses [1 Attachment]

[Glenn Williams]

I didn't know cf9 had lcds 3 tom?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

tinylion development & design

 



 

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Tom Chiverton
Sent: 22 January 2010 09:47
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Adobe pulls Single CPU and 100-user licenses

 

  

On Thursday 21 Jan 2010, busitech wrote:
> How are these changes affecting your business?

Dunno about price, but have you looked at ColdFusion? Comes with LCDS and a 
bunch of other stuff.

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RE: [flexcoders] IP adress for Language [1 Attachment]

[Glenn Williams]

Not sure if this will help but..

 

I use  web services from a uk company called postcodeanywhere.com

 

url:  <http://docs.postcodeanywhere.co.uk/webservices/>
http://docs.postcodeanywhere.co.uk/webservices/

 

they offer lots of web services (with flex examples to), one of which will
translate IP addresses into regions for you

 

I've used this company for a couple of years now and have always found them
first rate.

 

The guy I talk to there is called Alex Bryan, al...@postcodeanywhere.co.uk ,
he's always extremely helpful and I'm sure he'll be of just as much help to
you. I can't recommend them enough. They've always been a wonderful company
to deal with.

 

Give Alex an email with your problem, and please mention that I gave you his
name (you never know, but I always think it never hurts to have a
recommendation from someone)

 

I'm not affiliated with this company in anyway, just use their services and
recommend them.

 

Hope this helps

 

Regards

 

Glenn williams

Tinylion uk

 

Ps - to other UK flex users, take a look at their site. They offer some
really great services.

 

 

 

 

 

 

tinylion development & design

 



 

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Christophe
Sent: 20 January 2010 15:58
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] IP adress for Language

 

  

Hello, 

I have a bilingual Flex application. French and English.
How to automatically set the French or English version in function of the IP
adress localisation of the client PC ?

Thank you,
Christophe, 



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RE: [flexcoders] Re: How to tell if variable is an int, uint, or a Number?

[Glenn Williams]

A little off topic I know but I really hope that at some point the Flash
Player extends it number handling to include byte, word, long etc. I hate
using int or uint when I know I really just need a byte or whatever.

 

It just pains me.

 

I suppose that's due to my machine code background, but it always feels so
wasteful.

 

Glenn Williams

tinylion development UK

 

 

www.flex-ria.com

www.tinylion.co.uk

 

 

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of EECOLOR
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2008 11:51 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Re: How to tell if variable is an int, uint, or a
Number?

 

I would recommend you to use the getQualifiedClassName method, it is a bit
less expensive than the describeType method.


Greetz Erik



On 5/16/08, Paul Whitelock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Alrighty then, I filed a bug report since the following outputs "int":

var uintVar:uint = 5; trace(describeType(uintVar)[EMAIL PROTECTED]());

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> ,
"Gordon Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I think there is a conceptual distinction between the runtime type of an
> AS3 value and the compile-time type of a var or parameter that holds
> such a value.
> 
> 
> 
> The 'is' operator works on values. A value like 5 'is' both an int, a
> uint, and a Number because it is a legal value in the set of possible
> values for each of these types.
> 
> 
> 
> But I would expect a var declared as
> 
> 
> 
> var u:uint;
> 
> 
> 
> to report itself via describeType() as a uint, just like int and Number
> do. It seems like a bug that it doesn't.
> 
> 
> 
> Gordon Smith
> 
> Adobe Flex SDK Team
> 
> 
>

 

 



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RE: [flexcoders] Synchronous web service calls

[Glenn Williams]

why exactly cant you tell if all services have returned and been successful?

 

I think synchronous is  a real problem - what if the service never returns?

you must have a fault/result methods of the call, you must know the number
of calls per order?

 

be interested to know more info to see if there are other solutions we could
think of for you

 

cheer mate

 

glenn

tinylion development UK

www.flex-ria.com

www.tinylion.co.uk

 

 

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of byte.sensei
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 2:49 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] Synchronous web service calls

 

OK, so I understand that Flex web service calls are asynchronous, and I 
understand the many cases where this makes sense since you don't have 
to hold up the UI experience while waiting for a web service or remote 
procedure to return a result.

However, I keep running into instances where this makes my life hell. 
One example is the submission of an order on a Flex site I have. 
Because of the way the order is handled, it is split into multiple 
(smaller) orders and then each order is submitted/saved via a web 
service call. This means that one order could have 10+ web service 
calls. I have a "Print Receipt" button which then uses the saved order 
data to produce a PDF receipt. The problem is, if a user clicks "Print 
Receipt" before all the save order web services have finished, then 
they only get a partial receipt. There's also not an easy way to 
determine if all the web service calls are finished, so I can't 
disable/enable the button based on that.

Is there any easy way to implement synchronous web service calls in 
Flex? Man, if I had the option of specifying with a property whether 
or not a web service should be synchronous or asynchronous, it would 
make my life *so* much easier!

 



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RE: [flexcoders] Re: AIR: Forcing a file to be opened By OS Default Application

[Glenn Williams]

i've wished since first using air I could access other applications with use
of their COM toolkits.

 

 

 

Glenn

 



 

www.flex-ria.com

www.tinylion.co.uk

www.our-little-secret.com

 

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Zoltan Csibi
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 9:16 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Re: AIR: Forcing a file to be opened By OS Default
Application

 

Hi Jim, 

Yes there are 3 dlls included (simply added to the air project). The
communication is via localconnection, the app checks if it can connect and
if the dlls are there the app will get access automagically to the api
provided (the "api" is specially written native COM libraries).
I am going to post part2 with more details later.

Zoli

-Original Message-
From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com 
[mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com  ]
On
Behalf Of Jim Hayes
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 5:48 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com  
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Re: AIR: Forcing a file to be opened By OS Default
Application

Zoli, I am impressed!
So I guess you included those 2 dlls in the air file, and found some way to
call them?
How? 
Are you going to let us know?

-Original Message-
From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com   on
behalf of Zoltan Csibi
Sent: Fri 18/04/2008 03:13
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com  
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Re: AIR: Forcing a file to be opened By OS Default
Application

A little AIR pollution here: http://blog.fluorinefx.com/ (windows only, not
tested on all versions)

Zoli
www.fluorinefx.com

_ 

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com 
[mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com  ]
On
Behalf Of Battershall, Jeff
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 9:21 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com  
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Re: AIR: Forcing a file to be opened By OS Default
Application

Understandably Adobe is feeling rather conservative about this sort of
thing. The last thing we as developers would want is an abuse of the AIR
runtime which sullies its reputation. So we're getting a certain sandbox to
play in. 

However, opening a document file such as a word doc, pdf or excel
spreadsheet is a normal every day activity. The OS and the user already have
responsibility to ensure that they are not accessing malicious content. IMO,
letting AIR have a somewhat larger sandbox by passing to the OS a request to
open files would be a huge step forward and make the user experience
significantly better.

For example, the AIR application I just built downloads data entitlements to
a user's machine. Once downloaded, the user needs to navigate to that
directory using the OS to open the files. It would be nice to not requre all
that additional work on the part of the user.

Jeff

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]  ups.com
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]  ups.com]
On Behalf Of aphexyuri
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 12:50 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]  ups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] Re: AIR: Forcing a file to be opened By OS Default
Application

Jeff,
We've been looking into it as well. Maybe the following links could give you
some more help:
http://www.mikecham

bers.com/blog/2008/01/17/commandproxy-net-air-integra
tion-proof-of-concept/

and

http://www.mikecham

bers.com/blog/2008/01/22/commandproxy-its-cool-but-is
-it-a-good-idea/

It's a long shot & a workaround...something adobe really needs to address
soon!

--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED]  ups.com,
"Battershall, Jeff"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Steve,
> 
> In the scenario I'm envisioning, I am not thinking that AIR would be 
> starting the program itself but the OS would, as it would in response 
> to a double click on a file name in Windows Explorer. But if it can't 
> be done, it can't be done.
> 
> Jeff
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]  
> ups.com
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]  ups.com] 
> On Behalf Of Cutter (Flex Related)
> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 10:32 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]  ups.com
> Subject: Re: [flexcoders] AIR: Forcing a file to be opened By OS 
> Default Application
> 
> 
> According to a talk that Ben Forta gave here in Nashville, not long 
> before product launch, the AIR sandbox strictly prohibits access to 
> other programs on a system.
> 
> Steve "Cutter" Blades
> Adobe Certified Professi

RE: [flexcoders] Need help buying Flex licenses in US$ - Intl prices are highway robbery!

[Glenn Williams]

It drives me mad this one.

 

There really is no justification in UK users paying over the odds.

 

 

Glenn

(skint in the UK)

 



 

www.flex-ria.com

www.tinylion.co.uk

www.our-little-secret.com

 

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel 
Page
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 8:43 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Need help buying Flex licenses in US$ - Intl prices 
are highway robbery!

 

No, not wierd: Adobe prices in the UK are between 60 and 120% heigher that in 
the US :

 

For a plain Flash licence, I priced it: It would cost me the same to:

- Fly to NY from London

- Pay 2 nights in a NY hotel

- Buy Flash from Office Depot or similar

 

Than to buy from the Adobe.co.uk online store in the UK

 

It's simple: $450 becomes £450 or €450 convieniently forgetting that 1 $US = 
1.6 Euros, or that the UK version is not even translated into "UK English" 
("color" is still "color" and not "colour").

 

 

In French (but tables are universal): Prices in the US, France and UK with the 
product markup in percent and constant euros with the US being the base price: 
http://www.danielpage.com/archives/32#more-32 (Royaume uni = United kingdom).

 

Cheers,

Daniel

 

 

 

 

 



 

- Original Message 
From: Vivian Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 4:16:23 AM
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Need help buying Flex licenses in US$ - Intl prices 
are highway robbery!



   Hi Josh. Sounds weired. But I guess whoever was helping you mixed up
   with Australian dollar verses USD. I do not believe that there is any way
   that Australian will pay 90% more unless there are any Australian tax!!!





On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 5:28 PM, Peter Connolly <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com 
 > wrote:

That's really weird, given the state of our deflating US dollar.
Adobe, what's up???



On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 6:23 PM, Josh McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com 
 > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Hi guys,
>
> Can anybody point me to a reseller who sells Flex licenses in US$ to non-US
> addressed credit cards? We don't want discs, we're not in Nigeria or Russia,
> and all calls go to the same call centre in India, why the bloody hell
> should Australians pay 90% more for a 40 character string?
>
> -J
>
> --
> "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee."
>
> :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald
> :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED]   com 

 

 

 

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RE: [flexcoders] MVC - Philosophical question

[Glenn Williams]

I'm not so sure really.

 

I do have some logic in the model.

 

when I build URLS, I build them in the delegate before making the service
call.

 

as building URLs is service specific (i.e. the service could change, and do
we really want the model to know about that?). on the other hand I suppose
it depends really. it's all a matter a taste at the end of the day

 

I tend to keep all Business logic away from the model and use commands and
delegates. it's the delegates that do data transformation and I'd count
building a URL with its parameters as data transformation. kind of like
parsing data into a request so really you should think of it as part of the
service call

 

but as I said - it's just best to do what works for you. 

 

I'm sure everyone that answers will have a different view on this

 

 

Glenn

 



 

www.flex-ria.com

www.tinylion.co.uk

www.our-little-secret.com

 

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Jeffry Houser
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 2:26 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] MVC - Philosophical question

 

I'd put it in the model.

The Controller is just supposed to facilitate communication between 
the View and the Model. Building a URL (or retrieving it from a 
database) is some form of business logic and that should go in the model.

Cesare Rocchi wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am developing an application which loads data from
> the internet. Many actions, many different urls, often
> built on the fly.
> 
> Since I am enjoying mvc, where would you build the
> url? in the controller or in the model?
> 
> -c.
> 

-- 
Jeffry Houser
Flex, ColdFusion, AIR
AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773
--
Adobe Community Expert 

My Company: 
My Podcast: 
My Blog: 

 

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RE: [flexcoders] MVC - Philosophical question

[Glenn Williams]

when I'm building URLS for services I store the URL in the model and have
the build code in a command.

 

you could also put the build logic into the model with the URL holding
variable

 

 

 

 

Glenn

 



 

www.flex-ria.com

www.tinylion.co.uk

www.our-little-secret.com

 

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Cesare Rocchi
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 9:55 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] MVC - Philosophical question

 

Hi,

I am developing an application which loads data from
the internet. Many actions, many different urls, often
built on the fly.

Since I am enjoying mvc, where would you build the
url? in the controller or in the model?

-c.

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RE: [flexcoders] Flash Player 9.0.124.0 - Web Services Stopped Working

[Glenn Williams]

and maybe this

 

http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb403184&sliceId=1

 

 

Glenn

 



 

www.flex-ria.com

www.tinylion.co.uk

www.our-little-secret.com

 

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of byte.sensei
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 8:12 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] Flash Player 9.0.124.0 - Web Services Stopped Working

 

I've got a live Flex 3 site that uses SOAP web services. I've had a 
number of users over the weekend who updated to Flash Player 9.0.124.0 
and now they can't get past the login screen -- it's like the login web 
service is not being called at all.

The site works fine with version 9.0.115.0 (and older versions of Flash 
Player 9). 

Was there some type of change in 9.0.124.0 that would cause this type 
of issue?

 

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RE: [flexcoders] Flash Player 9.0.124.0 - Web Services Stopped Working

[Glenn Williams]

Have a read of this

 

 

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/articles/flash_player9_security_upda
te.html

 

 

 

Glenn

 



 

www.flex-ria.com

www.tinylion.co.uk

www.our-little-secret.com

 

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of byte.sensei
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 8:12 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] Flash Player 9.0.124.0 - Web Services Stopped Working

 

I've got a live Flex 3 site that uses SOAP web services. I've had a 
number of users over the weekend who updated to Flash Player 9.0.124.0 
and now they can't get past the login screen -- it's like the login web 
service is not being called at all.

The site works fine with version 9.0.115.0 (and older versions of Flash 
Player 9). 

Was there some type of change in 9.0.124.0 that would cause this type 
of issue?

 

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[flexcoders] Adding new Doc to Dynamic Help in FB3

[Glenn Williams]

Adding new Documents to Dynamic Help in FB3:

 

is this possible?

 

 

Glenn

 



 

www.flex-ria.com

www.tinylion.co.uk

www.our-little-secret.com

 

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RE: [flexcoders] Fail to apply UITextFormat to UITextField in custom Component

[Glenn Williams]

try  IUITextField

 

 

Glenn

 

 



 

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of 
brianrusseldavis
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 3:25 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Fail to apply UITextFormat to UITextField in custom 
Component

 


This thread seems to be the only help out there for UITextField and
Formatting it via UITextFormat. The Adobe documentation fails to provide a
working example. So I guess I will pose the question here with a very very
simple example. Why is the following code wrong? The text displays but the
font size is not changing.


http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; layout="absolute"
creationComplete="init()">





Brian Russel Davis
http://www.brickabracka.com/learning
b[at]brickabracka[dot]com 

ndkamp wrote:
> 
>> Styles can override text formating when the parent of a UITextField is
>> invalidated, but only having some formatting overridden is a little
> weird.
> 
> no, all of the formatting is overridden.
> 
>> Functionality for setting format based on style is in the
> UITextField class,
>> I think the function is validateNow()
> 
> thanks dan, that pointed me to the right direction. I traced
> validateNow() in UITextField where the format is set using styles -
> overriding all of the formatting that might have been applied using
> UITextFormat. I did toggle styleChangedFlag to false and voilà - all
> the formatting using UITextFormat were applied. Now I have the choice
> to extend UITextFormat and to override validateNow() or just use
> Styles for all the formatting and forget about UITextFormat, which is
> probably the recommended way - just getting started with flex you see.
> 
> thanks again, solved.
> 
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com  , 
> "Daniel Freiman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Styles can override text formating when the parent of a UITextField is
>> invalidated, but only having some formatting overridden is a little
> weird.
>> Functionality for setting format based on style is in the
> UITextField class,
>> I think the function is validateNow(), but I not 100% certain about
> that.
>> For future reference, I asked about font type because embeding fonts
>> incorrectly could account for the described behavior (as I originally
>> understood it), and the rendering engine for device fonts (in very
> few and
>> specific cases) also has its own quirks.
>> 
>> - Dan Freiman
>> 
>> On Feb 4, 2008 10:53 AM, ndkamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> 
>> > ok, I found that if i wrap the textField in a sprite and add this in
>> > createChildren, then formatting will be applied correctly:
>> >
>> > var wrapper:Sprite = new Sprite();
>> > wrapper.addChild(txt);
>> > this.addChild(wrapper);
>> >
>> > Well, i'm not really comfortable with this but I think I need to look
>> > closer at styles, since formats seem to get overriden when a TextField
>> > is add directly to the component...?
>> >
>> >
>> > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com   
>> > ,
> "ndkamp"
>> >  wrote:
>> > >
>> > > dan, thanks for your answer. I'm using device and/or embedded fonts,
>> > > but right here I don't really care about the fonts. I'm just puzzled
>> > > why the formatting doesn't seem to work for me. I'm using
> UITextFormat,
>> > > because of the options it gives me with anti-aliasing and
> measuring. A
>> > > I tried using TextFormat but that wont help. I did not look at
> styling
>> > > and skinning, so I'm not sure if the formats get overriden by styles
>> > > in a later stage by the framework.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com   
>> > > ,
>> > "Daniel Freiman"  wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > Are you using embeded or device fonts? Also, is there a reason
>> > you are
>> > > > using UITextFormat instead of TextFormat? Even when using with a
>> > > > UITextField, 99% of the time using UITextFormat instead of
>> > TextFormat is
>> > > > unnecessary and makes thing more complicated.
>> > > >
>> > > > - Dan Freiman
>> > > >
>> > > > On Feb 4, 2008 9:22 AM, ndkamp  wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > > Thanks for your answer. I know the text and orange background
>> > > are ok,
>> > > > > but the formats won't show. Are you really getting bold
> text, what
>> > > > > about the size and color? what if you add:
>> > > > >
>> > > > > format.italic = true,
>> > > > > format.underline = true;
>> > > > > format.font = "Georgia";
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Do they show? can't get the formats to work. Im using flex beat
>> > 3 btw.
>> > > > > thanks.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com 
>> > > > >  
> , "
>> > > > > shrikant.patil" 
>> > > > >
>> > > > > wrote:
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > hi,
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > i have tested u r file i got a orange backgrounded,
> vardana,
>> > > > > bold text
>> > > > > > saying that : The quick brown Fox...
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > i ho

RE: [flexcoders] Re: Force skin state

[Glenn Williams]

Take a look at this

 

http://www.asfusion.com/blog/entry/stateful-skins-in-flex-3e-color-transitio
ns-in-buttons-now-possible

 

Glenn

 

 



 

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of jfrumar
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 11:03 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Force skin state

 

Do we have an answer to this yet? I want to know too!

I know you can call currentState='state' on an embedded flash
component, but how can you do the same thing with a skin?

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com  ,
"rleuthold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> 
> Is there a way to force a component to have a specific skin state
(e.g. 'd like to set a tab of a tab 
> navigator to the upSkin state).
> 
> thanks_rico
>

 

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RE: [flexcoders] Re: How can I clear an ArrayCollection or Datagrid

[Glenn Williams]

are you asking how to reset an arraycollection back to zero values?

 

 

Glenn

 

 



 

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Alex Harui
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 5:30 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Re: How can I clear an ArrayCollection or Datagrid

 

If the service returned an empty AC, I would verify that the DG has really
been assigned that empty AC.  Read back the dataProvider on the DG and see
what its length is.  You can also try to manually reset the DG to an empty
AC and see if it refreshes that way.

 

  _  

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of jovialrandor
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 5:13 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] Re: How can I clear an ArrayCollection or Datagrid

 

Alex, the HTTPService returns an empty arraycollection, but the 
datagrid still has the values from the last call.

How do I in the code refresh the arraycollection, since the 'refresh
()' did not work?

Thanks

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com  ,
"Alex Harui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I would think that your service should return an empty array 
collection,
> or return a failure. If it returns an empty array collection it 
should
> refresh. If it returns a failure, then you should set the
> arraycollection to an empty arraycollection on failure
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com   
[mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com  ]
On
> Behalf Of jovialrandor
> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 9:16 AM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com  
> Subject: [flexcoders] How can I clear an ArrayCollection or 
Datagrid
> 
> 
> 
> I use a HTTPService to load data into an ArrayCollection which is 
used 
> for a datagrid. For example I type in a parameter A to the 
> HTTPService that returns data that gets loaded in to 
ArrayCollectin.
> 
> However when I when resend the HTTPservice with parameter B that 
> returns no data, the datagrid still displays the value of 
parameter A.
> 
> I've tried:
> 
> httpservice.send(); // To get new values
> arraycollection.refresh(). // To refresh the datagrid.
> 
> But no luck.
> 
> Thanks
>

 

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RE: [flexcoders] Re: Export release build copying PHP files

[Glenn Williams]

I've been asking them this for ages mate,

I've posted on loads of forums and email Adobe direct and have no firm
answer

 

 

Glenn

 

 



 

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Troy Gilbert
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 4:47 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Re: Export release build copying PHP files

 

> None of Builder is open source.

So, Adobe folks... can someone tell me specifically what parameters
are being passed to the compiler for a "release" build? I'm guess
"debug=false" and "optimize="true", anything else?

Troy.

 

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[flexcoders] ODBC/DDF flex/air

[Glenn Williams]

ok, I've just found out an application we are developing needs to talk to a
second app

that has an  ODBC/DDF interface toolkit. what are my options?

 

Will ColdFusion talk to  ODBC/DDF? if so then all is well, and it's time to
learn CF.

 

cheers

RE: [flexcoders] UK rapid addressing web api

[Glenn Williams]

re not too bad also.
to find out more contact:

Luke Sparey
+44 (0) 1905 888 558
http://www.postcodeanywhere.co.uk/developers/

if you do end up using then, let Luke know I passed on the information

Glenn Williams
tinylion development

RE: [flexcoders] Re: Announcement: Join us in a Flex-Related Focus Group

[Glenn Williams]

So true,

 

I set up my blog a while ago  www.flex-ria.com and have had zero time to
write to it. I so want to add some stuff

about the applications we're developing but who has the time??

 

I WILL get around to it soon.

 

 

Glenn

 

 



 

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of lytvynyuk
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 9:21 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Announcement: Join us in a Flex-Related Focus
Group

 

Jeff I didn't want to turn this into discussion of your website
design, but I think any great idea have nice visual presentation :)
I like to participate to anything which gives me as much knowledge as
possible, I too new to Flex/RIA sphere to know people who are great
here, so cant say anything. and I thing this is great, opinion of
somebody who in completely new...

I agree with some poster here, that Flex developers so overwhelmed now
(at last from my own experience) with work. They go online and here
ONLY when they have big need in to it.

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com  ,
Jeffry Houser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 
> I just wanted to thank Cutter and The Saj for the kind words. ;)
> 
> For the record, I don't like the design all that much either.
> 
> Cutter (Flex Related) wrote:

 

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RE: [flexcoders] Re: Flex Beta 3 to Flex 3 Migration Problems

[Glenn Williams]

this is how I did it.

 

create a new project in 3 final.

 

then copy the code I'd written in 3 beta and assets into new project.

 

the problem I had was with the files in the old project that aren't code
(configs n stuff)

 

 

Glenn

 

 



 

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Bjorn Schultheiss
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 10:49 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Flex Beta 3 to Flex 3 Migration Problems

 

My developers are also complaining that their 'and my' applications 
have broken since Beta 3 to the Final release.

This has hit me unexpectedly as I did not test.

On top of that I have deadlines to meet this week.

Is there a doc i can refer to get a complete list of changes..

What's the best way to roll back to beta 3, at least so i can get
these next presentations out the door.

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com  ,
"a3leggeddog_ca" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> This application is somewhat unusual in that we dynamically create
components in 
> accordance with a user defined XML file. We switched from BETA 3
Milestone 4 to the new 
> released GA version of Flex. The anomolies that we are seeing are in
multiple areas. The 
> most evident are in the initial creation of widgets. We use an
Accordion component and 
> programatically introduce child panels with textboxes, comboboxes,
etc. The comboboxes 
> are tied to ArrayCollections dynamically derived from web service
calls. Everything worked 
> fine in BETA but when we switched, all hell broke loose.
> 
> 1) The Headers for the 2nd Accordion panel (there are two total) is
now off the screen
> 2) There now appears a vertical scroll bar, where there was none in
the BETA version
> 3) When attempting to select the 2nd panel, via the header, it does
not open the panel the 
> first time. Disappears from view and we have to scroll down to it
and click the header 
> again, at which time it now selects the 2nd panel appopriately.
> 4) There are items in the comboboxes, but when I click tje button to
expose the dropdown 
> the program starts behaving erraticly. It will select another item,
but the response 
> becomes extremely slow and eventually memory usage goes way up, the
fan comes on and 
> the screen will eventually lock up
> 5) On the comboboxes which I have a typeahead programmed (after 3
characters the 
> component automatically calls a web service to provide content via a
database call). The 
> content comes back, but the behavior is different than it was during
BETA. It should 
> display a dropdown list allowing the user to choose the corect
content. It now selects the 
> first item in the list and does not display the dropdown.
> 
> The behavior that I am seeing is different across the board, from
BETA to the new release 
> version. It often ends up in some race condition where it eats up
memory and eventually 
> stops responding and needs to be force quit.
>

 

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RE: [flexcoders] UK rapid addressing web api

[Glenn Williams]

I've found a great service. 

Works a treat and staff really helpful, Costs are not too bad also.
to find out more contact:


Luke Sparey
+44 (0) 1905 888 558
http://www.postcodeanywhere.co.uk/developers/

if you do end up using then, let Luke know I passed on the information

Glenn Williams
tinylion development




-Original Message-
From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Ian M. Jones
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 11:44 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] UK rapid addressing web api

Hi Glenn,

Have you looked at QuickAddress?

Just had a quick look on their website, looks like they have software  
targeted at those wanting to use web technologies. It's not a public  
interface though, you need to install their software on your own  
servers.

http://www.qas.co.uk/products/capture-name-and-address-data/pro-web.htm

Worth a look if this is a possible route for you rather than using a  
public service.

Regards,

Ian

IMiJ Software
http://www.imijsoft.com
http://www.ianmjones.net (blog)




On 31 Mar 2008, at 09:56, Glenn Williams wrote:
>
> oh great!!!
>
>
>
> I think I better just up-sticks and move to the  USA,
>
> only us English could think of letting someone 'own' the postcode!
>
>
>
> the more I look into this the depressed I'm getting lol
>
>
>
> I refuse to make the application users have to enter the address  
> data though,
>
> rapid addressing is just the kind of thing that should
>
> be automated in applications.
>
>
>
> I'll keep you posted of how this works out, and by the looks of  
> things - how much it6 costs me!
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Glenn
>
>



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RE: [flexcoders] UK rapid addressing web api

[Glenn Williams]

oh great!!!

 

I think I better just up-sticks and move to the  USA, 

only us English could think of letting someone 'own' the postcode!

 

the more I look into this the depressed I'm getting lol

 

I refuse to make the application users have to enter the address data
though,

rapid addressing is just the kind of thing that should

be automated in applications. 

 

I'll keep you posted of how this works out, and by the looks of things - how
much it6 costs me!

 

 

 

 

Glenn

 

 



 

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Paul Andrews
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 12:59 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] UK rapid adressing web api

 

- Original Message - 
From: "Fidel Viegas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:fidel.viegas%40gmail.com> >
To: mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> >
Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 11:09 PM
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] UK rapid adressing web api

> On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 2:12 PM, Glenn Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:glenn%40tinylion.co.uk> > 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> anyone know if there is a rapid addressing (from postcode) web service
>> with an actionScript/flex api.
>>
>> we are about to need to add this function to our current app and any
>> heads-up would help
>
> Hi Glenn,
>
> I don't know of any UK based public webservice of addresses from post
> code, but there is one site that allows you to search for addresses
> based on post code. Why don't you try to contact the author? Here is
> the link http://www.alexnolan.net or you can buy one database from the
> Royal Mail. It has all the UK addresses. Here is the link
> http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/jump2?mediaId=400085
<http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/jump2?mediaId=400085&catId=400084.>
&catId=400084.

One thing to be wary of - there are quite strict licensing requirements for 
the data. I once worked on project using postcode data and the licence did 
not allow public use of the data, just within the organisation. For such a 
simple thing it's a bit of a minefield and potentially expensive.

I shall follow the thread with interest..

Paul

> Hope that helps,
>
> Fidel.

 

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[flexcoders] UK rapid adressing web api

[Glenn Williams]

Hi

anyone know if there is a rapid addressing (from postcode) web service
with an actionScript/flex api.

we are about to need to add this function to our current app and any
heads-up would help

cheers
glenn

RE: [flexcoders] Re: Flex 3 Builder Pro slow with Vista SP1

[Glenn Williams]

works amazingly fast here - vista 64 sp1.  

i did find it was better using the latest eclipse (3.4m4 or m5 I think,
can't remember without looking)

geez - I always worry when people start shouting 'how crap something is' -
you really need to chill 

I think I'll stay with a well supported os for now

 

Glenn

 

 



 

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Douglas Knudsen
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 5:52 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex 3 Builder Pro slow with Vista SP1

 

gee, never saw that one coming, eh?

no issue here on Vista SP1, things compile just as fast or as slow as
before.

DK

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 1:39 PM, Merle Reine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

simple solution, ditch vista as it sucks.  Every vendor from dell, ibm, etc.
are all offering xp as an alternative because no one likes vista.  Flex 3 on
XP works fine, compiles in seconds.

Better yet, get rid of windows and switch to Linux.

 

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 7:20 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

I guess I should note that I am using Vista Home Premium 32-bit SP1 with the
Eclipse plugin of Flex Builder 3 Pro. 





-- 
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Email Address: echo [EMAIL PROTECTED] | perl -pe 'y/a-z/n-za-m/' 




-- 
Douglas Knudsen
http://www.cubicleman.com
this is my signature, like it? 

 

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RE: [flexcoders] Flex 3 Builder Pro slow with Vista SP1

[Glenn Williams]

ps.

 

i use the plug-in version with eclipse 3.4m4

 

 

 

Glenn

 

 



 

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of nofearalpha
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 3:02 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] Flex 3 Builder Pro slow with Vista SP1

 

I have used Flex 3 Builder for awhile now on Vista. On a save it 
usually builds the project within seconds.

I upgraded to Vista Service Pack 1 the other day, now builds take 
minutes and it's driving me nuts.

Anyone else experiencing this and/or know of a resolution?

 

<>

RE: [flexcoders] Flex 3 Builder Pro slow with Vista SP1

[Glenn Williams]

definitely no difference on vista 64 & 64 sp1

 

works like a charm

 

 

 

Glenn

 

 



 

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of nofearalpha
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 3:02 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] Flex 3 Builder Pro slow with Vista SP1

 

I have used Flex 3 Builder for awhile now on Vista. On a save it 
usually builds the project within seconds.

I upgraded to Vista Service Pack 1 the other day, now builds take 
minutes and it's driving me nuts.

Anyone else experiencing this and/or know of a resolution?

 

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[flexcoders] Re: Praise for the Flex 3 Documentation

[Glenn Williams]

RE: "Dmitri Girski" [EMAIL PROTECTED] mitek17

 "And now everyone will also print out 1000 pages of documentation... :)"
"Dmitri Girski" [EMAIL PROTECTED] mitek17

 

LOL, I didn't mean I was going to print them. I've ordered the official
hardcopies from Adobe, very cheap too.

 

RE: "Dmitri Girski" [EMAIL PROTECTED] mitek17

 "Besides waste of paper, what's the point of loosing context search?"
"Dmitri Girski" [EMAIL PROTECTED] mitek17

 

Like I said, liveDocs I live in all day, would be without them - and of
course stuff like that is pointless to print or have hardcopy, but the PDFS
I'm taking about are not just language references, there's lots more than
that. You really should take a look.

 

Glenn Williams



 

 

 

 

[flexcoders] Praise for the Flex 3 Documentation

[Glenn Williams]

Just wanted to say this.

Having bought and read many Flex & actionScript books over the years,
I hadn't really given Adobes documentation much of a look (apart from
the liveDocs that is, which I couldn't live without.). Well, I had a
free afternoon today, so I thought I'd have a read through the new
Flex Builder 3 PDFs.

So, 1000s of pages and a whole day later I've come to the conclusion
that they're amazing. Easily the best 'book' on Flex I've read. So
much so, I'm going to order a printed copy of the documentation set in
the morning.

It's easy to overlook this source of information, and think it's
essential to look at 3rd party books to teach you this product. I'd
just like to say to both new and seasoned users, that Adobes Flex PDF
collection is something not to be ignored.

I often see post's asking 'which is the best book on Flex, I now think
that you can't do better than Adobes own documentation.

Here's a link.

http://www.adobe.com/support/documentation/en/flex/

[flexcoders] Re: Custom Compound Components with States and Transform

[Glenn Williams]

Ok, 

So I worked out what I was doing wrong.

As my custom component was not in fact based on the original Panel
class, but a custom panel (lets call it myPanel, in the name space
'lion'), the custom component being started like this:


http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";
xmlns:lion="com.tinylion.gariff.view.components.*"
.etc
.etc
.

the states inside the component then were also in the name space
'lion''', like this:




.etc
.etc
.

What I'd forgotten to do is also use this name space for the
transitions, ie:




.etc
.etc
.


So I was not in fact having the original problem, and you as I first
assumed you can in fact use target="{this}" to point to the class that
hold the states you wish to transition

[flexcoders] Custom Compound Components with States and Transform

[Glenn Williams]

Custom Compound components with States and Transform:

 

My question is probably best asked using the standard Log-In example that
seems to be used all over the place.

 

You have a panel with several components, this panel has states and the
states transform when changed.

 

Ok, all simple.

 

Now  take that panel, with its forms and buttons and collect it into a
custom component, based on the Panel Class so its self contained. 

 

now, the states, are also taken into the custom component.

 

all is well.

 

The problem,

 

How can I set the transforms 'target' to point to the Component it's inside
of? In other words,  say the height of the components was changed using
states, and I wanted to use a resize to  transform the height change. well
I'd need the transform to point to the class itself. 'target=this' that kind
of thing.

 

Well, I've tried:

 

  target="{this}"

 

and lots of variations of that kind of thing

 

No joy.

 

Has anyone else. used States and transforms inside a custom components.

 

 

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[flexcoders] Re: Web conferencing with Flex

[Glenn Williams]

I'm amazed by the negative views on Adobes Collaborative
<http://blogs.adobe.com/collabmethods/>  software. It's truly wonderful
stuff.

 

I'm not sure if you are aware but they are in the processes of final
development and release of an API called Cocomo
<http://blogs.adobe.com/collabmethods/2007/10/wow_what_a_great_turn_out.html
> .

 

The API contains all the base class used in building Adobe Biro. This is not
a Biro API, rather a class library for building flex, actionScpit 3
Collaborative applications. It you company didn't like Biro, or connect,
then get the API when it's available and use the base classes  and Adobes
Servers to build your own UI. Amazing! 

 

Building this kind of application from the ground up, and not taking
advantage of these tools is beyond reason.

 

At the moment the private beta is closed (I also just missed out on the
sign-up, but have been following Cocomo's progress with excitement). I for
one will jump on this library as soon as I'm able, I can hardly wait.

 

 

 

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[flexcoders] Re: ActionSctipe 3 compiler now Open Source

[Glenn Williams]

Well, it's gone to the repository at least. soon come

[flexcoders] ActionSctipe 3 compiler now Open Source

[Glenn Williams]

In the latest nightly build of the Flex SDK is the as3 compiler code!

The ActionScript 3 compiler, asc, is now open-source! Added the source
code for Flex 3's asc.jar, at branches/3.0.x/modules/asc. This code
came from ssh://asteam.macromedia.com/hg/asc-flex3 and is what built
the asc.jar that shipped with SDK 3.0.0.477, plus open-source
copyright changes. It requires Java 1.5 to build and is not integrated
with the build scripts for branched/3.0.x; this branch continues to
have a prebuilt asc.jar in 'lib'.

[flexcoders] Re: Implementing Office 2007 menus

[Glenn Williams]

LOL, ok i just read back my post. king of the typo!!

I meant to say microsoft...'it's just so easy to knock them'. sure you
got what i meant tho.

[flexcoders] Re: Implementing Office 2007 menus

[Glenn Williams]

Having just sat and read the specs document over a cuppa, I'm even
more impressed with the Ribbon controller (fluid user interface). the
document is quit a piece of work. As i guessed in my last post, this
is worth a read just for some of the design ideas it puts across.

[flexcoders] Re: Implementing Office 2007 menus

[Glenn Williams]

I have to say, I find the ribbon bar a joy to use. 

there was very small adoption time, and I actually now work faster in
office than ever before. This really is (imho) something Microsoft UI
team has got exactly right. It's not just the UI but how passes
selections back to the application (every option, in word for example,
when hovered over is instantly translated onto your document allowing
fast previews before making a selection. wonderful stuff.

Also, it's not just a matter of copying as some have said. We should
always try to take whats best out there and give it our personal
slant. As for licensing, well whats the problem? Yes, I prefer OSource
or open spec products (PDF for example), but not every product
benefits from this kind of use agreement. And at the end of the day it
costs nothing to read the specs and see what can be gained.

I have also thought about creating a take on the Ribbon, simply
because its such an effective UI. More the principal than the exact
implementation is whats important. IMO, if there's a 120 page document
discussing the use and ideology behind this UI then I think everyone
should read it, if nothing else just to get an insight into what is an
effect piece of design. (that goes for all tech documents that we can
gain insight and knowledge from)

hope that didnt sound like a rant, I just think people should keep an
open mind, especially where MS are concerned. It's just to easy to
know them (ok, they are hateful agreed, but must get it right every
now and then)

[flexcoders] Tools to monitor flex network traffic for debugging SOAP calls

[Glenn Williams]

Service Capture.

http://kevinlangdon.com/serviceCapture/

 

it's a great little tool, and costs only around $30. You'll wonder how you
ever managed with it.

 

This is just a personal recommendation. 

 



Glenn

 

 



 

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[flexcoders] memory question - embed assets in class & instantiate

[Glenn Williams]

Hi everyone,

I just need to get something straight in my head.

Given code along the following lines:
(pseudo code)

Package
{
 Imports.

public class fooAudio
{

[Embed(source="some.mp3")]
private static var someMP3 : Class;
private static var Sound00  :  SoundAsset  =  new someMP3() as
SoundAsset;

function fooAudio():void
{
}

 other methods etc

}

}


Then inside my assets model which is a singleton I instantiate the class
(this being the only time the class is instantiated)

public var assetSounds : fooAudio = new fooAudio();


What I need to understand for sure is this:

Will the Embedded source.mp3, and the sound classes  only be in memory ONCE?

Or is the data copied along into the new object?

I'm just not sure if references are being passed or a second copy of the
data (which in this case is not what I want obviously) is being copied when
the new object is created.

I hope I've made sense with this question.

Thanks

Glenn.

 
 

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[flexcoders] Re: HBox children alignment?

[Glenn Williams]

HBox children alignment?

hi

i use the one of the following methods depending what i need



foo



bar



OR





.
. objects
.




.
. objects
.

[flexcoders] HBox children alignment?

[Glenn Williams]

hi

i use the one of the following methods pending on what i need



  foo

   

  bar



OR



  
  
  .
  . objects
  .
  

  
  
  .
  . objects
  .
  

[flexcoders] Re: PopUpButton Events

[Glenn Williams]

Cheers Mate,

lol, i must have looked at the docs 100s times. strange how sometimes
you just don't see it. I kind of assumed the open event was triggered
after the poppedUp UIComp was created. Thanks for that.

[flexcoders] Re: PopUpButton Events

[Glenn Williams]

Sorry when I said right hand button I meant the component button on
the right hand side of the PopUpButton Component (not mouse button),
the one with the arrow that triggers the second UIcomponent to be created.

[flexcoders] Re: Conditional Compilation

[Glenn Williams]

I think it's early day's for this feature. Lot's of improvements can
be made, but at least we now know the direction it's heading.

This is the kind of functionality that's essential if the framework is
to really make it's way with application developers, rather than more
traditional web developers.

onwards and upwards.

[flexcoders] Re: Conditional Compilation

[Glenn Williams]

http://blogs.adobe.com/flexdoc/conditionalcompilation.pdf

[flexcoders] Re: Conditional Compilation

[Glenn Williams]

http://blogs.adobe.com/flexdoc/2007/10/conditional_compilation_in_mox_1.html

[flexcoders] Conditional Compilation

[Glenn Williams]

Am I correct in thinking that the conditional compile feature of
builder 3 is only for actionScript classes, and not MXML markup?

[flexcoders] Re: itemRenderer in folder other than source root

[Glenn Williams]

RECAP:

flex_sdk_3_192625

Take this example

adding an itemRender to a List with itmeRenderer not in source root

a file foo.mxml that's in the folder com\blah\blah\view\foo.mxml has
element

ListRenderer.mxml is in in com\blah\blah\renderer\ListRenderer.mxml

throughs a comiple error

works fine with M4Beta3

Just in case anyone else needs this info. (I know nightly are not for
general use, and this is the kind of stuff that happens)

[flexcoders] Re: itemRenderer in folder other than source root

[Glenn Williams]

Well, I've finally gotten to the bottom of this.

I knew it should have been working.

I'd forgotten that I'd been testing the last nightly build of the SDK
flex_sdk_3_192625

With this SDK it was always throwing an error, but as soon as I
switched back to M4Beta3 all was well. LOL, 

Thanks for everyone who told me the correct method (the same one's I
was using) and wondered why I didn't seem to be able to get it!

The lesson is - remember to check your SDK build before pulling your
hair out!

Thanks 

[flexcoders] Re: itemRenderer in folder other than source root

[Glenn Williams]

thanks mate, I already have that, accessing the component is fine, it
only a problem with registering the item renderer with it (in the mxml
code, ok if I add it with AS)

just a strange one. No idea why this one wont work.

thanks everyone

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Andrews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> You need to create a new xml namespace.
> 
> for example:  xmlns:view="com.foo.foo.foo.views.*"and add it to
the the 
> mxml file that references the component.
> 
> I keep my actionscript classes amd components completely separate..
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
> - Original Message - 
> From: "Glenn Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: 
> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 2:46 PM
> Subject: [flexcoders] Re: itemRenderer in folder other than source root
> 
> 
> > No, the class path is complete (no src)
> > main mxml in root, views in com.foo.foo.foo.views, renderers in
> > com.foo.foo.foo.renderers etc. I ended up just assuming that you can't
> > use a class path in an mxml declaration. i know the class path is fine
> > because now I#m setting the renderer with AS I use the class path and
> > its ok. It's not really a problem seeing as I have the functionality I
> > want it just seems that it sound work the other way.
> >
> > bear in mind the renderer is an mxml file, not an AS file, just in
> > case that makes a difference. I know it shouldn't as it's compiled
> > down to a class anyway. oh well.
> >
> > thanks.
> >
> > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Johannes Nel" 
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> is your main mxml page also in the src folder or said another way
> > have you
> >> added the src folder to your class path
> >>
> >> 2008/1/25 Sherif Abdou :
> >>
> >> >   src does not count so it would be "com.blah.blah.foo"
> >> >
> >> > - Original Message 
> >> > From: Glenn Williams 
> >> > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> >> > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 12:50:07 PM
> >> > Subject: [flexcoders] itemRenderer in folder other than source root
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Ok, this must be simple by i can't see it.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Take this example
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > 
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Say its part of a file foo.mxml  that's in the folder 
src\com\blah\
> >> > blah\foo. mxml
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > The itemRenderer is ListRenderer. mxml
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > No problems right.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > What I can't figure out is how I can put ListRenderer. mxml
> > anywhere apart
> >> > from the source root  src\ListRenderer. mxml
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > itemRenderer=" what do I put here if I want to add a path other
> > than root
> >> > to the render? "
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > I know I can add the Renderer with AS, but there must be a simple
> > way to
> >> > use the code above.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > ta
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >Glenn Williams
> >> >
> >> > 
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > 10 Print "glenn "
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> >> > 20 Goto 10
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[flexcoders] Re: itemRenderer in folder other than source root

[Glenn Williams]

No, the class path is complete (no src)
main mxml in root, views in com.foo.foo.foo.views, renderers in
com.foo.foo.foo.renderers etc. I ended up just assuming that you can't
use a class path in an mxml declaration. i know the class path is fine
because now I#m setting the renderer with AS I use the class path and
its ok. It's not really a problem seeing as I have the functionality I
want it just seems that it sound work the other way.

bear in mind the renderer is an mxml file, not an AS file, just in
case that makes a difference. I know it shouldn't as it's compiled
down to a class anyway. oh well.

thanks.

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Johannes Nel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> is your main mxml page also in the src folder or said another way
have you
> added the src folder to your class path
> 
> 2008/1/25 Sherif Abdou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> 
> >   src does not count so it would be "com.blah.blah.foo"
> >
> > - Original Message 
> > From: Glenn Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 12:50:07 PM
> > Subject: [flexcoders] itemRenderer in folder other than source root
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Ok, this must be simple by i can't see it.
> >
> >
> >
> > Take this example
> >
> >
> >
> > 
> >
> >
> >
> > Say its part of a file foo.mxml  that's in the folder  src\com\blah\
> > blah\foo. mxml
> >
> >
> >
> > The itemRenderer is ListRenderer. mxml
> >
> >
> >
> > No problems right.
> >
> >
> >
> > What I can't figure out is how I can put ListRenderer. mxml
anywhere apart
> > from the source root  src\ListRenderer. mxml
> >
> >
> >
> > itemRenderer=" what do I put here if I want to add a path other
than root
> > to the render? "
> >
> >
> >
> > I know I can add the Renderer with AS, but there must be a simple
way to
> > use the code above.
> >
> >
> >
> > ta
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Glenn Williams
> >
> > 
> >
> >
> >
> > 10 Print "glenn "
> >
> > 20 Goto 10
> >
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>

[flexcoders] PopUpButton Events

[Glenn Williams]

Which Event is fired on mouse click on the 'popupbutton' (right hand
button) from a PopUpButton. click() is the main Left Hand button. I
just can't seem to see in liveDoc's what's happening on the right.

Thanks
Glenn Williams


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[flexcoders] .actionScriptProperties

[Glenn Williams]

Looking into the .actionScriptProperties file in the root of my project, I
can see this is where the compiler options are set. My question is this,
it's is ok for me to change these values here rather than using the dialog.
Also is it ok to have line returns between options, just making them easier
to read?

I just want to make sure that this IS the file used by the compiler, and
changing it by hand won't break anything (assuming I don't add incorrect
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[flexcoders] Re: itemRenderer in folder other than source root

[Glenn Williams]

No, couldn't get it to work.

 

It's fine using the class path in the now I've added the Renderer using AS
with an initialize event on the List

 

 



 

[flexcoders] Re: itemRenderer in folder other than source root

[Glenn Williams]

No, couldn't get tit to work.

 

It's fine using the class path in the now I've added the Renderer using AS
with an initialize event on the List

 

 



 

[flexcoders] Re: itemRenderer in folder other than source root

[Glenn Williams]

I'll give it another try. Maybe i was just typing my class path incorrectly.

This was the first thing i tried and was my expected method, just didn't
work. I bet it was just typo.

I'll have another look

thanks

 

11b. Re: itemRenderer in folder other than source root

Posted by: "Johannes Nel" [EMAIL PROTECTED] 

Date: Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:52 am ((PST))

 

your class path itemRenderer="com.blah.blah.foo"

 

[flexcoders] itemRenderer in folder other than source root

[Glenn Williams]

 

 

Ok, this must be simple by i can't see it.

 

Take this example

 



 

Say its part of a file foo.mxml  that's in the folder
src\com\blah\blah\foo.mxml  

 

The itemRenderer is ListRenderer.mxml

 

No problems right.

 

What I can't figure out is how I can put ListRenderer.mxml anywhere apart
from the source root  src\ListRenderer.mxml

 

itemRenderer=" what do I put here if I want to add a path other than root to
the render? "

 

I know I can add the Renderer with AS, but there must be a simple way to use
the code above.

 

ta   

 

 

   Glenn Williams



 

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[flexcoders] Help With Log Out

[Glenn Williams]

Hi all.

 

Can anyone tell me if there is a way to fully reset a flex application
programmatically?

 

My problem is this.

 

I'm using states to manage my apps logging in/out

 

But, when a user logs out, then back in again all of the components have
already been initialized during the first log in, so not all
creationComplete Events are being triggered on the users second visit
(without leaving the browser and closing the application)

 

What i want to know is this.

 

Is there a way to clear all the objects that are not displayed when on the
LOGGEDOFF State Or can I trigger the application to reset itself (like play
for a flash swf) so that everything is cleared properly?

 

I only noticed this problem just. After using a PopUpButton and setting the
.popUp=foo property to a menu I create on the creationComplete event of the
PopUpButton. It's all working ok, until the users logs off (and the state is
set to LOGGEDOFF) then logs back in again. I need to be able to reinitialize
all components to their 'first run' values then the user logs back in.

 

Any ideas?

 

Hope I'm making sense here.

 

 

 

   

   Glenn Williams



 

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