[flexcoders] How do you use the img tag with TextLayout.swc

[djhatrick]

I know it might sound like a dumb question, but I added something like
 in a paragraph.  and nothing showed up.

Thanks,

[flexcoders] I've run into som real woes with FB4

[djhatrick]

I've had to re-install the application after my application became unusable. 

I've run into a handful of show stoppers, and real annoying things.


noted on OSX

first imports started importing in the middle of my class files with the auto 
mode instead of at the top

4.00 sdk debugger fails often on my AS project using the the 4.00 sdk

my project became unreadable had to check it out again, kept telling me to 
restart

the find replace plugin failed, and made my night a disaster

and finally the software had to be reinstalled because my workspace wouldn't 
reset to FLASH

And, last but not least, my software, full release says BETA on the top bar.  

Hope a patch comes out soon

[flexcoders] Why the color change of the flash program icon from red to white in FB4

[djhatrick]

Just curious? I liked the red icon, know it's hard to see my .fla icon, amidst 
all my others, is this icon customizable?


Thanks,
Patrick

[flexcoders] Re: Make a Timer's first timeout event immediate

[djhatrick]

By the way, here's how i skin this cat:

10ms and 0ms might be the same thing to flashplayer, as people have mentioned 
before me


updateTimer = new Timer();
pollTimer = new Timer(6*60*5,0);

updateTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER,onUpdateTimer);
updateTimer.start();
onUpdateTimer(null)

[flexcoders] Wow. Healthcare passed and flashbuilder 4 all in the same day

[djhatrick]

Hi, 

Now how much is the upgrade, and how do i buy it? Looks like the upgrade is not 
available through the on-line adobe store.

Cheers engineers, and qa and the whole loop.

[flexcoders] LocalConnection onFlexApp from Air - problem, errors

[djhatrick]

[AsyncErrorEvent type="asyncError" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2 
text="Error #2095: flash.net.LocalConnection was unable to invoke callback 
passUser." error=ReferenceError: Error #1069: Property passUser not found on 
flash.net.LocalConnection and there is no default value. errorID=1069]
LocalConnectionProxy.tryConnection()
LocalConnectionProxy. ArgumentError: Error #2082: Connect failed because the 
object is already connected.

I have allowScriptAccess set to always, and any ideas on the #1069? I 
definitely have a public method called, passUser, and i have the client 
property setup = this.

[flexcoders] LocalConnection onFlexApp from Air - problem, errors

[djhatrick]

[AsyncErrorEvent type="asyncError" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2 
text="Error #2095: flash.net.LocalConnection was unable to invoke callback 
passUser." error=ReferenceError: Error #1069: Property passUser not found on 
flash.net.LocalConnection and there is no default value. errorID=1069]
LocalConnectionProxy.tryConnection()
LocalConnectionProxy. ArgumentError: Error #2082: Connect failed because the 
object is already connected.

I have allowScriptAccess set to always, and any ideas on the #1069? I 
definitely have a public method called, passUser, and i have the client 
property setup = this.

[flexcoders] Re: Why most Flex Developer job ads ask now for Knowledge in Java??

[djhatrick]

Don't you think those requirements are cut and paste? Being a good flex 
developer with experience in other structured languages is good, but usually 
isn't a deal-breaker, I mean really, are you going to be crafting a backend 
unit and doing all the ui too? If you are, well more power to you, I find the 
flex/air sandbox enough work to keep my nose out of most of the backend, on big 
projects anyway.

Food for thought.

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "fred44455"  wrote:
>
> Since this year you don't seems to be able to find a Job Offer in Flex 
> without the requirement: Knowledge in Java, JEE2 etc.. required( Most job ads 
> in Dice.com) Is that mean that now not only I need to learn Flex but also 
> Java to be able to find a Flex Developer job??
>

[flexcoders] Keyboard constants gone....

[djhatrick]

OMG, why were these removed from the flex sdk.

why?  Annoying.

[flexcoders] Re: PureMVC Folks...

[djhatrick]

ew. javascript :( But me loves puremvc

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "jamesfin"  wrote:
>
> 
> For you PureMVC/AS3 Folks...
> 
> There's a new PureMVC Port in town...JavaScript.  Well sort of.  There's 
> really an update using MooTools which will really move JavaScript along in 
> the AS3/PureMVC developers toolbox.
> 
> Base Project:
> http://trac.puremvc.org/Demo_JS_BoxSplash
> 
> Demo:
> http://puremvc.org/pages/demos/JS/Demo_JS_BoxSplash/
> 
> Source:
> http://puremvc.org/pages/demos/JS/Demo_JS_BoxSplash/js/boxsplash.js
> 
> If you have ever thought of writing JS, this is a good place to start.
>

[flexcoders] Copy/Paste Camino Fedora 12 Linux

[djhatrick]

Fails. anybody?


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "djhatrick"  wrote:
>
> This actually works now... nm... Maybe Camino 2.01 fixed this it works now.  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "djhatrick"  wrote:
> >
> > Copy and Paste, will this work on Camino in the near future?
> >
>

[flexcoders] Re: Copy/Paste Camino

[djhatrick]

This actually works now... nm... Maybe Camino 2.01 fixed this it works now.  




--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "djhatrick"  wrote:
>
> Copy and Paste, will this work on Camino in the near future?
>

[flexcoders] Copy/Paste Camino

[djhatrick]

Copy and Paste, will this work on Camino in the near future?

[flexcoders] Re: FocusManager throws an error once in a while - defaultButton null

[djhatrick]

Looks like this has been fixed in the 3.5 sdk, thanks engineers

 if (_defaultButton)
_defaultButton.emphasized = true;





--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "djhatrick"  wrote:
>
> TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object 
> reference.
>   at 
> mx.managers::FocusManager/focusInHandler()[C:\autobuild\3.4.0\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\managers\FocusManager.as:601]
> 
> 
> 
> There's nothing in the debugger but this error, happens a lot,
> 
> 
>   // restore the default button to be the original one
>   if (defButton && defButton != _defaultButton)
>   {
>   defButton.emphasized = false;
>   defButton = _defaultButton;
>   _defaultButton.emphasized = true;
>   }
>

[flexcoders] FocusManager throws an error once in a while - defaultButton null

[djhatrick]

TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object 
reference.
at 
mx.managers::FocusManager/focusInHandler()[C:\autobuild\3.4.0\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\managers\FocusManager.as:601]



There's nothing in the debugger but this error, happens a lot,


// restore the default button to be the original one
if (defButton && defButton != _defaultButton)
{
defButton.emphasized = false;
defButton = _defaultButton;
_defaultButton.emphasized = true;
}

[flexcoders] Re: LocalConnection has me really confused

[djhatrick]

Anybody anybody??! I am on mac, and localConnections is not working between 
flash and air. Connections stay open, and my desktop client doesn't receive a 
connection from my browser.  

See, if navigateToURL posted it's params, I wouldn't be here. Any reason why 
navigateToURL doesn't post variables properly, although the documentation would 
lead you to believe it does.  My use-case requirement is straight forward, you 
click on a button in my air app, and automatically you are logged into the 
flash app.  

Any ideas?  What to do? I can't satisfy my requirements until I can get past 
this hurdle.


Thanks,
Patrick

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "djhatrick"  wrote:
>
> Has anybody successfully got air and a flash app in the browser to working?
> 
> 
> 
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "djhatrick"  wrote:
> >
> > Alex,
> > 
> > yes, I did, localConnection has some problems in flash 10, connections stay 
> > open, and the api is unreliable at best.
> > 
> > Unfortunately, I am trying to bridge air-browser app integration
> > 
> > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui  wrote:
> > >
> > > Did you use "_" as described here? 
> > > http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=17_Networking_and_communications_4.html
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On 1/15/10 3:51 PM, "djhatrick"  wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I can't get localConnection working with flashplayer and the air app.  Is 
> > > this going to be fixed in 10.1.  I'm into about 5 hours of trying to make 
> > > this to work and getting nowhere.
> > > 
> > > I've read about connections staying open, but have yet to send anything 
> > > successfully between flash and air.
> > > 
> > > Thanks, please fix tomorrow ;P
> > > Patrick
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --
> > > Alex Harui
> > > Flex SDK Team
> > > Adobe System, Inc.
> > > http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
> > >
> >
>

[flexcoders] Will there be any changes in the current 3.x SDK to measure text correctly

[djhatrick]

This is a fundamental thing, right, measuring text?  It shouldn't require some 
hacks, with timeouts to try to measure text after you change it.  This is my 
biggest complaint, please.

Fix text.  Fix Text. Make it measure, give us internal access to numRows, or 
something and the internal textField, without having to extend text... please 
please, I beg of you... We ask that you do this?

I just can't figure out for the life of me this is even this way.  I have 
components that need to resize depending on the real-true height of their 
internal text component.  

Is there any proven solution to make this work correctly?

Why oh why, is this the way it is?  Please explain or point blame to another 
team.

Off the soapbox, I apologize if I offended you, but it offends me that I can't 
with one line of code get the true height of my text.

-Sincerely,
Disgruntled

[flexcoders] Re: HTTPService token: a bug or by design?

[djhatrick]

This is a bug with the 3.4 sdk, pick up the 3.41 , or 3.5 sdk.

P

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tim Romano  wrote:
>
> I've run into one bug in the mx.rpc.http.HTTPService class  in FB4 beta 
> 2   -- the AsyncResponder's onResult function fires *twice* unless you 
> wire up a dummy eventhandler.  And so I am wondering if the following is 
> not also a bug:
> 
> var myResponder : AsyncResponder= new AsyncResponder(onResult, onFault);
> var token: AsyncToken;
> token = send();
> token.addResponder(myResponder);
> function  onResult(e:ResultEvent , token:Object=null):void {}
> 
> The token parameter is always null in the onResult function. Isn't that 
> parameter supposed to contain the token to which the Responder was added?
> 
> Thanks
> Tim Romano
>

[flexcoders] Flash 10.1 - When???

[djhatrick]

When are the official releases for Flashbuilder, Flash 10.1 and Air 2.0.  I am 
bragging about some of the new features , and i get asked "when"?

Please don't reply with, "when it's ready"

thanks,
Patrick

[flexcoders] Re: LocalConnection has me really confused

[djhatrick]

Has anybody successfully got air and a flash app in the browser to working?



--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "djhatrick"  wrote:
>
> Alex,
> 
> yes, I did, localConnection has some problems in flash 10, connections stay 
> open, and the api is unreliable at best.
> 
> Unfortunately, I am trying to bridge air-browser app integration
> 
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui  wrote:
> >
> > Did you use "_" as described here? 
> > http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=17_Networking_and_communications_4.html
> > 
> > 
> > On 1/15/10 3:51 PM, "djhatrick"  wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I can't get localConnection working with flashplayer and the air app.  Is 
> > this going to be fixed in 10.1.  I'm into about 5 hours of trying to make 
> > this to work and getting nowhere.
> > 
> > I've read about connections staying open, but have yet to send anything 
> > successfully between flash and air.
> > 
> > Thanks, please fix tomorrow ;P
> > Patrick
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > Alex Harui
> > Flex SDK Team
> > Adobe System, Inc.
> > http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
> >
>

[flexcoders] Re: LocalConnection has me really confused

[djhatrick]

Alex,

yes, I did, localConnection has some problems in flash 10, connections stay 
open, and the api is unreliable at best.

Unfortunately, I am trying to bridge air-browser app integration

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui  wrote:
>
> Did you use "_" as described here? 
> http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=17_Networking_and_communications_4.html
> 
> 
> On 1/15/10 3:51 PM, "djhatrick"  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I can't get localConnection working with flashplayer and the air app.  Is 
> this going to be fixed in 10.1.  I'm into about 5 hours of trying to make 
> this to work and getting nowhere.
> 
> I've read about connections staying open, but have yet to send anything 
> successfully between flash and air.
> 
> Thanks, please fix tomorrow ;P
> Patrick
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Alex Harui
> Flex SDK Team
> Adobe System, Inc.
> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
>

[flexcoders] LocalConnection has me really confused

[djhatrick]

I can't get localConnection working with flashplayer and the air app.  Is this 
going to be fixed in 10.1.  I'm into about 5 hours of trying to make this to 
work and getting nowhere.

I've read about connections staying open, but have yet to send anything 
successfully between flash and air.

Thanks, please fix tomorrow ;P
Patrick

[flexcoders] Issue with packages and folders - ui

[djhatrick]

I have a package 'flexlib.controls.gauge' and there are no class files in 
controls, just the folder/package gauge

The way flashbuilder works with packages, I can't drag/save a file into the 
flexlib.controls folder...The workaround is to drag and drop outside flex into 
the my flexlib.controls

Is this intended,seems like a ui oversight to me.


Also, why can't we drag and drop multiple files into packages from our desktop 
into flashbuilder.  That bug has been really annoying, and affected 
flex/flashbuilder 4eva.


Thanks for helping,
Patrick

[flexcoders] Custom List

[djhatrick]

I have a custom item renderer, and it's based on textInput. 
I want the user to use my list control, much like a textArea, where
he/she can just, ENTER,TAB,DOWN_CURSOR, through the control.  And after,
the next item is added and focus is set automatically.

I can't seem to manage focus on this control in a list, I have the property 
renderAsEditor=true, however when I hit enter, focus doesn't take the user 
automatically to the next item and set focus on my textInput in the list.  I 
tried to add a setFocus on a creationComplete event, to no avail.

What are the steps to making this work please?  I saw some datagrid exmaple's 
on Alex Hurai's blog, but I think it's not with a custom Item Renderer.

Thanks,
Patrick

[flexcoders] Re: mx.controls.Text

[djhatrick]

This is interesting, a hack, I created a uiTextField, on my component, and on 
an interval, check the height of the uiTextField and use the height of the 
uiTextField to set my text/componenent's height, and it works.

I'm hoping in Flex4, there's a better way to work with Text, although, I'm in a 
major Flex 3 project, a year long project, so it  might be about 6 months 
before I take that dive.

Thanks,
Patrick

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "invertedspear"  wrote:
>
> Not sure exactly what your trying to but might the getBounds() method help 
> you out?
> 
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "djhatrick"  wrote:
> >
> > is there anyway to find the number of textRows in a TEXT.
> > 
> > I can't seem to get my text to measure properly, it's anywhere between
> > 5 and 80 pixels off. It's a subject of much frustration, unfortunately, the 
> > the Text component has a lot of protected properties. 
> > 
> > Any suggestions on a free component as a replacement, etc.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Patrick
> >
>

[flexcoders] Re: how to open pdf, word file using flex

[djhatrick]

You need to use Live Cycle Data Service, or Air. Unfortunately, PDF support is 
not baked into Flex.  But I wish it was, it would be fantastic if it came 
bundled, it would make Flex so much more popular.

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "vikranth4u"  wrote:
>
> Hi
>  can anybody help me regarding how to write a code to open a pdf or doc file 
> using flex
>

[flexcoders] mx.controls.Text

[djhatrick]

is there anyway to find the number of textRows in a TEXT.

I can't seem to get my text to measure properly, it's anywhere between
5 and 80 pixels off. It's a subject of much frustration, unfortunately, the the 
Text component has a lot of protected properties. 

Any suggestions on a free component as a replacement, etc.

Thanks,
Patrick

[flexcoders] Flash components in Flex

[djhatrick]

I built a gauge component all in Actionscript, that I added to a uicomponent.  
My question is, what's the best way to use fonts from an actionscript based 
Flash component, in a uiComponent shell.

I tried using a UITextField in my component and using the textFormat class to 
set my fontFamily, which worked, however, when I change the values, the font's 
would revert to being not embedded, no matter if i set the textFormat on the 
uiTextField after the change, again.

I noticed the Font. top level class is not available to the flex SDK.  Any 
help, would be greatly appreciated.  My textfields are all dynamic, that show 
up around my circle... 

Thanks community.  Using 3.41 SDK.
Patrick

[flexcoders] Re: html_template replaces in js folder at random

[djhatrick]

I misspoke, it's actually my bin_debug js folder that's getting these 
mysterious js files in there... 

Does just replacing the folder fix this issue, thx?


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "djhatrick"  wrote:
>
> It's always replacing these files -  I don't know where it gets them from, 
> they are not in my project.  Is there a way to make the ones I want 'stick', 
> I have my html_template connected with subversion, so I can get my files back.
> 
> Thanks for your time,
> patrick
>

[flexcoders] Re: Changing the background of an AS3 project in Flex

[djhatrick]

If you don't need it to by dynamic put this at the top of your constructor:

[SWF(width="1000", height="1000", frameRate="24", 
backgroundColor="#00")]

P

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Calbeans"  wrote:
>
> 
> 
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Michael"  wrote:
> >
> > In your top-level application MXML file, try adding this attribute to your 
> >  tag:
> > 
> >  >   xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; 
> >   backgroundColor="#ff"
> > >
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Calbeans"  wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi All, 
> > > 
> > > I'm working on an AS3 project using Flex and I'm trying to figure out how 
> > > to change the background from that default light off blueish color to 
> > > something different.  I looked at the index.template.html file and 
> > > figured that I can do it in there, but it appears that I can't.  Anyone 
> > > have an idea on how to do this?? Thanks in advance.
> > >
> >
> 
> Since it's all AS3, i don't have an MXML file =(  I guess I can just publish 
> another HTML file and just use that one.  It's just one less step I wanted to 
> take, but I guess it's not a huge problem.
>

[flexcoders] html_template replaces in js folder at random

[djhatrick]

It's always replacing these files -  I don't know where it gets them from, they 
are not in my project.  Is there a way to make the ones I want 'stick', I have 
my html_template connected with subversion, so I can get my files back.

Thanks for your time,
patrick

[flexcoders] LocalConnection - Meh!

[djhatrick]

[flexcoders] Anyone having issues with the debugger not working correctly in Flashbuilder

[djhatrick]

I have lines of code where I can't step through in the debugger, flashbuilder 
seems to "skip" them

[flexcoders] Flashbuilder and SnowLeopard ok?

[djhatrick]

I want to upgrade to Snow Leopard, first things first, do Flasbuilder and 
SnowLeopard work ok together?

[flexcoders] Suggestion for Adobe Team: Open Browser project

[djhatrick]

Open Browser project... Since Adobe has done such a masterful job with 'The 
Open Screen Project'.  I think you should follow suit and do an Open Browser 
Project.  I am one of those developers who would like to see the flashplayer 
get more horsepower to handle the ever-growing scope of our applications.  Some 
of the support I'd like to see:

- Full Restful support in all browser, allowing all status code results to get 
to flashplayer

- Ability to set encoding in header to ask for GZIP datasets from the browser

- Proper scroll-wheel implementation with Firefox on Mac

- Ability to paste into textfields on Camino

- Proper Wmode support

If you were able to work with the browser community as well as the handset 
manufacturers Flashplayer would be a lot better.  It is time consuming, and 
your end developer community on the front-line has to make the excuse why 
things that should work don't.  So, it's just a suggestion for the comment box.

Thanks,
Patrick

[flexcoders] SwfObject and 3.41 compiler - why not?

[djhatrick]

I've been using the swfobject compiler for a while now and, it's ease of use 
and simple api is great.  I know on Flashbuilder 4 projects that use the new 
compiler and actionscript project, the swfOBject template is used

Question:  How come after the cross-scripting vulnerability in the AC_OETags.js 
file wasn't the swfObject template replaced?  Just curious


Here's a good template to use the browserHistoryManager with SWFAddress, 
another great tool.

http://olegflex.blogspot.com/2008/06/swfobject-2-flex-template.html

Thanks,
Patrick

[flexcoders] Re: Fonts re-vanishing in module - Solved finally

[djhatrick]

I didn't trace I used the debugger but it doesn't seem to be a problem now.

Wow how dumb of me, i had the style sheet embedded to the module and didn't 
even notice, probably because it was the first one  I created.

This is fixed and I am doing things properly, this is great read for anybody 
who is diving into the fantastic land of modules and how style work with them:

http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=styles_10.html



--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui  wrote:
>
> How did you prove it is null?  IIRC, it doesn't always trace() very well.
> 
> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> djhatrick [djhatr...@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 2:19 PM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Fonts re-vanishing in module
> 
> 
> 
> var myLoaderContext:LoaderContext = new LoaderContext();
> myLoaderContext.applicationDomain = ApplicationDomain.currentDomain;
> 
> why would applicationDomain be null after setting it in a creationComplete?
> 
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, 
> "djhatrick"  wrote:
> >
> > Only one module gives me this problem, but it went away for an hour and is 
> > back.
> >
> > I'm :(
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Patrick
> >
>

[flexcoders] Re: What's up with Flashbuilder beta2 and the export release build

[djhatrick]

Right.  Tanks for remindin me.

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Nick Collins  wrote:
>
> Um.. that's why it's Beta.
> 
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 6:41 PM, djhatrick  wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > Takes a half hour, then says my project has errors and can't do it -- the
> > compiler can't find em i guess -- what a suck-a-thon!
> >
> >  
> >
>

[flexcoders] What's up with Flashbuilder beta2 and the export release build

[djhatrick]

Takes a half hour, then says my project has errors and can't do it --  the 
compiler can't find em i guess -- what a suck-a-thon!

[flexcoders] Fonts re-vanishing in module

[djhatrick]

Only one module gives me this problem, but it went away for an hour and is 
back.  

I'm :(

Thanks,
Patrick

[flexcoders] Re: Fonts re-vanishing in module

[djhatrick]

var myLoaderContext:LoaderContext = new LoaderContext();
myLoaderContext.applicationDomain = ApplicationDomain.currentDomain;

why would applicationDomain be null after setting it in a creationComplete?


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "djhatrick"  wrote:
>
> Only one module gives me this problem, but it went away for an hour and is 
> back.  
> 
> I'm :(
> 
> Thanks,
> Patrick
>

[flexcoders] Line 717 of ModuleManager

[djhatrick]

Anybody have a problem with this line

  moduleEvent.bytesLoaded = loader.contentLoaderInfo.bytesLoaded;

sometimes  I get a null reference.

Thanks,
patrick

[flexcoders] Re: Mind telling us progress on very annoying bugs in the sdk

[djhatrick]

Sorry these are really important to my dev, maybe not yours... 
I'm just asking for some light on the picture here.  

If you haven't been plagued by these issues affecting your application, oh well 
you are lucky.  

Losing the focus of the flash player when scrolling a datagrid or having a 
double event fire with using HTTPService in IResponder is kind of a big deal.  

Patrick


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "turbo_vb"  wrote:
>
> 
> "speaking on behalf of every developer"
> 
> Since your choice of words and approach is very annoying in itself,
> please just speak for yourself.
> 
> -TH
> 
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "djhatrick"  wrote:
> >
> > The Scrollbug where if you are scrolling through a big page, the
> flashplayer loses focus
> >
> >
> > IResponder being called twice with http service results in 3.4?
> >
> > Are these bugs going to be fixed in 3.5?
> > They are pretty important to us (speaking on behalf of every
> developer)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Parick
> >
>

[flexcoders] Mind telling us progress on very annoying bugs in the sdk

[djhatrick]

The Scrollbug where if you are scrolling through a big page, the flashplayer 
loses focus


IResponder being called twice with http service results in 3.4?

Are these bugs going to be fixed in 3.5?
They are pretty important to us (speaking on behalf of every developer)

Thanks,
Parick

[flexcoders] Re: calling new CSSStyleDeclaration

[djhatrick]

ok, thanks, Where do I call this, on my module in initialize?


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui  wrote:
>
> Try validateNow
> 
> Alex Harui
> Flex SDK Developer
> Adobe Systems Inc.<http://www.adobe.com/>
> Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
> 
> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On 
> Behalf Of djhatrick
> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 6:41 AM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [flexcoders] calling new CSSStyleDeclaration
> 
> 
> 
> causes all my components to flash, is there a way to avoid this?
> 
> Thanks,
> Patrick
>

[flexcoders] calling new CSSStyleDeclaration

[djhatrick]

causes all my components to flash, is there a way to avoid this?

Thanks,
Patrick

[flexcoders] Re: SSL - POSTS and GETS Stream Errors 2032's/401 errors, confusing...

[djhatrick]

And this problem has magically fixed itself again, after an hour of confusion?  
 I'm wondering if the the cookies that are passed in with the header, because 
nothing else has changed with my service call.   

By the way, the name/password in my first message was changed.  Didn't want 
anybody thinking I would have put my header in my message without changing that 
first.


Thanks,
Patrick



--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "djhatrick"  wrote:
>
> Anyone, have problems that happen when trying to use SSL, where these errors 
> happen:
> 
> 
> I get an OS dialog that prompts me for a username/password from my API?   
> Which fails if I enter it... 
> 
> 
> I tried to make my call a POST and it is transformed as a GET somewhere?? I 
> am running Charles, but I don't know if that compounds the problem?
> 
> I get 2032 errors in Flex... and my header looks like this:
> 
> GET /version/1.0/?method=voxel.hapi.authkeys.read HTTP/1.1
> Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
> Authorization: Basic MzU1NISOSkZTIzZGIx
> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/526.9+ 
> (KHTML, like Gecko) AdobeAIR/1.5
> Referer: app:/VoxCloud.swf
> X-Flash-Version: 10,0,12,36
> Accept: */*
> Accept-Language: en-us
> Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
> Cookie: 
> __utmz=143675698.1243012113.1.1.utmcsr=(direct)|utmccn=(direct)|utmcmd=(none);
>  __utma=143675698.2378374740763779600.1243012113.1243012113.1243012113.1
> Connection: keep-alive
> Proxy-Connection: keep-alive
> Host: api.voxel.net
> 
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/490806/http-basic-authentication-with-httpservice-objects-in-adobe-flex-air
> 
> I've implemented the above solution.  Last time this happened for a few hours 
> then the problem magically fixed itself, and now it comes back again.  Please 
> throw me some solutions, as this stops development completely and ruins my 
> Monday.  I just don't know what's going on, but it is really troublesome.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Patrick
>

[flexcoders] SSL - POSTS and GETS Stream Errors 2032's/401 errors, confusing...

[djhatrick]

Anyone, have problems that happen when trying to use SSL, where these errors 
happen:


I get an OS dialog that prompts me for a username/password from my API?   Which 
fails if I enter it... 


I tried to make my call a POST and it is transformed as a GET somewhere?? I am 
running Charles, but I don't know if that compounds the problem?

I get 2032 errors in Flex... and my header looks like this:

GET /version/1.0/?method=voxel.hapi.authkeys.read HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Authorization: Basic MzU1NISOSkZTIzZGIx
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/526.9+ 
(KHTML, like Gecko) AdobeAIR/1.5
Referer: app:/VoxCloud.swf
X-Flash-Version: 10,0,12,36
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en-us
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Cookie: 
__utmz=143675698.1243012113.1.1.utmcsr=(direct)|utmccn=(direct)|utmcmd=(none); 
__utma=143675698.2378374740763779600.1243012113.1243012113.1243012113.1
Connection: keep-alive
Proxy-Connection: keep-alive
Host: api.voxel.net

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/490806/http-basic-authentication-with-httpservice-objects-in-adobe-flex-air

I've implemented the above solution.  Last time this happened for a few hours 
then the problem magically fixed itself, and now it comes back again.  Please 
throw me some solutions, as this stops development completely and ruins my 
Monday.  I just don't know what's going on, but it is really troublesome.


Thanks,
Patrick

[flexcoders] Copy/Paste from textInput

[djhatrick]

I am using Camino, and when the user makes a selection over a textinput and 
copies, all seems to go well, but then it fails to paste...

Are there any limitations to this?  This is standard requirement for my app.

Thanks,
Patrick

[flexcoders] Re: variableRowHeight

[djhatrick]

Got it, so that's the issue then, how do I know if my itemRenderer is off the 
screen so I can reset it's measuredHeight, is there a way I can find this 
information out?

Thanks,
Patrick

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui  wrote:
>
> The list always remeasures the renderers.  It assigns the .data property, 
> sets explicitWidth then calls measure(), then checks for explicitHeight then 
> measuredHeight, and that's the height it uses.
> 
> But if you can only see three renderers, it will probably create a new one 
> for the one just off-screen, but it will re-use the first renderer for the 
> fifth row assuming the first row is now off-screen.  If that renderer still 
> thinks it is in the expanded state when it is not representing row 5 which is 
> not expanded, then scrolling will be off.
> 
> Alex Harui
> Flex SDK Developer
> Adobe Systems Inc.<http://www.adobe.com/>
> Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
> 
> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On 
> Behalf Of djhatrick
> Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 10:09 AM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [flexcoders] Re: variableRowHeight
> 
> 
> 
> OK makes sense, the problem I am having is that if I have 4 item renderers, i 
> expand renderers 1,2,3, and if the 4th one is out of view when I scroll 
> the list it does not work, until I expand the 4th item, then the scroll works 
> correctly?
> 
> Is there a way to force the list to remeasure the height of all the renderers 
> to determine how scrolling works?
> 
> Thanks,
> Patrick
> 
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, Alex 
> Harui  wrote:
> >
> > Remember that renderers are recycled so the size of the renderer must be 
> > determined from the .data property, it can't just be stored in the renderer 
> > instance.
> >
> > Alex Harui
> > Flex SDK Developer
> > Adobe Systems Inc.<http://www.adobe.com/>
> > Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
> >
> > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> 
> > [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>] On 
> > Behalf Of djhatrick
> > Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 6:19 AM
> > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [flexcoders] variableRowHeight
> >
> >
> >
> > I have collapsing/expanding item renderers in a List, all works well, but 
> > there is a case where the scrolling doesn't work correctly?
> >
> > Is there a way to force the list to measure all of it's item renderers 
> > correctly please?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Patrick
> >
>

[flexcoders] Re: variableRowHeight

[djhatrick]

OK makes sense, the problem I am having is that if I have 4 item renderers, i 
expand renderers 1,2,3, and if the 4th one is out of view  when I scroll 
the list it does not work, until I expand the 4th item, then the scroll works 
correctly?

Is there a way to force the list to remeasure the height of all the renderers 
to determine how scrolling works?

Thanks,
Patrick

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui  wrote:
>
> Remember that renderers are recycled so the size of the renderer must be 
> determined from the .data property, it can't just be stored in the renderer 
> instance.
> 
> Alex Harui
> Flex SDK Developer
> Adobe Systems Inc.<http://www.adobe.com/>
> Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
> 
> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On 
> Behalf Of djhatrick
> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 6:19 AM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [flexcoders] variableRowHeight
> 
> 
> 
> I have collapsing/expanding item renderers in a List, all works well, but 
> there is a case where the scrolling doesn't work correctly?
> 
> Is there a way to force the list to measure all of it's item renderers 
> correctly please?
> 
> Thanks,
> Patrick
>

[flexcoders] variableRowHeight

[djhatrick]

I have collapsing/expanding item renderers in a List, all works well, but there 
is a case where the scrolling doesn't work correctly? 

Is there a way to force the list to measure all of it's item renderers 
correctly please?

Thanks,
Patrick

[flexcoders] Re: Flash is weak because it can't handle proper status codes in AS

[djhatrick]

I actually deleted this post, I didn't want a bunch of flex fans to gang up on 
me.  

I just hope the powers that be can read through the lines and see how 
frustrating this issue is.  Everyday I defend the virtues of Flash. I have to 
tell you though, on this point,  the naysayers of Flash that mutter bs like 
'Flash isn't a proper development framework' score a point one for their side 
of court on this issue.  I'll be a very happy person and do my victory dance 
when this issue if totally resolved and make sure that I point out to them this 
issue has been fixed.

Danny, Thanks for asking the question, and please continue to ask... I am 
actually going to start pointing my frustration at the people who develop 
browsers too..


Thanks,
Patrick  




--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, DannyT  wrote:
>
> I actually raised this at FOTB, whilst no one had a definitive answer it's
> possible the cause of this stems from the Browser Plugin APIs available for
> the Flash Player to leverage. FP relies on the browser for it's REST
> implmentation (AIR offers full support apparently) and as such can only get
> at what the plugin api offers.
> 
> However, this isn't necessarily STILL the case but could have been in older
> browsers. No one I spoke to had the answer for sure so I'd still be very
> interested in a more precise explanation.
> 
> 2009/9/29 djhatrick 
> 
> >
> >
> > Sorry, I am tired to explaining why this doesn't work to our REST api
> > programmers, and it's been years and still no solution It's so annoying,
> > because it makes programming very difficult... Standards are out there for a
> > reason! Will somebody raise their hand ask the teams why this still isn't
> > addressed at adobe max next week for me, please?
> >
> > Maybe somebody at Adobe should get off their ass and prioritize this issue
> > with browser vendors?
> >
> > Pissed and frustrated, again and again
> > Patrick
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> http://danny-t.co.uk
>

[flexcoders] Crafting a unique solution to handle status codes other than 200

[djhatrick]

So we're getting ready for our first release of this massive flex app, and 
we've just switched to SSL for our auth... Since we have this new central auth 
server, our API developers want to use status codes for results.  So, I am at 
the juncture, again for the 5th time in my dev career how am I going to get 
around that http status code crap again!

---

Is it possible to trap these responses in the browser with a javascript and 
return them into flashplayer through external interfface?  Is that possible, 
does anybody have any suggestions on how to handle tokens on this one? I am 
using HTTP delegates for my service calls with IRespnder.  How would I return 
the token?  Is that possible?

http://code.google.com/p/as3httpclientlib/

Might be a good alternative to http, but can it it be used with delegates and 
IResponder?

If you have had some success with this and don't mind helping another 
developer, while the blame game happens and nobody can figure out how to fix 
this paralyzing issue to us flash developers... please advise.

Thanks,
Patrick

(as I delete my hastily terse comment on FlexCoders and try to come up with a 
workable solution)

[flexcoders] Flash is weak because it can't handle proper status codes in AS

[djhatrick]

Sorry, I am tired to explaining why this doesn't work to our REST api 
programmers, and it's been years and still no solution It's so annoying, 
because it makes programming very difficult... Standards are out there for a 
reason!  Will somebody raise their hand ask the teams why this still isn't 
addressed at adobe max next week for me, please?

Maybe somebody at Adobe should get off their ass and prioritize this issue with 
browser vendors?

Pissed and frustrated, again and again
Patrick

[flexcoders] Re: title Window added to the sytemManager breaks tabIndex

[djhatrick]

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui  wrote:
>
> Try using PopUpManager.  It will install a focusManager for the popup for you.
> 
> Alex Harui
> Flex SDK Developer
> Adobe Systems Inc.<http://www.adobe.com/>

Alex,

You put me in the right direction. I  made my own pop-up manager to support a 
3d transition... i added 1 line of code to handle tabIndexing

value being the displayObject that I was displaying...


var focusManager:FocusManager   = new FocusManager(value as 
IFocusManagerContainer,value);


Thanks,
Patrick


> Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
> 
> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On 
> Behalf Of djhatrick
> Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 10:00 AM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [flexcoders] title Window added to the sytemManager breaks tabIndex
> 
> 
> 
> I can't seem to tab through my form with
> 
> Application.application.systemManager.addChild(value)
> 
> Any suggestions how to re-implement this functionality?
> 
> Thanks,
> Patrick
>

[flexcoders] Hiding a specific divider in in dividedbox

[djhatrick]

Is there a way to do this? 

Thanks,
Patrick

[flexcoders] Re: SDK 3.2 upgrade to 3.4 issue

[djhatrick]

I use this template here for my html template... under 3.3 sdk is this still 
affected?

SWFObject flex template

http://www.robgonda.com/blog/index.cfm/2008/7/15/SWF-Object-21-Flex-Template

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Jim Cheng  wrote:
>
> If you do hang back with 3.3 _AND_ are using Flex Builder's 
> automatically generated HTML wrapper, you should be aware that there was 
> a bug discovered in the express-install template files that can expose 
> you to a cross-site-scripting (XSS) attack.  Adobe fixed this in 3.4, 
> but with that revision, also introduced the nasty bug with HTTPService 
> responders getting called twice.
> 
> If you are using the vanilla express-install templates to generate HTML 
> for you, you might want to patch your 3.3 SDK while you wait for 3.5.
> 
> Here's the relevant links:
> 
> http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-13.html
> 
> http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/495/cpsid_49530.html
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> Jim Cheng
> EffectiveUI
> 
> Jake Churchill wrote:
> >  
> > 
> > Thanks for the info. I was just upgrading to stay current, no particular
> > reason so I'll hang back on 3.3 for a while until 3.5 is released.
>

[flexcoders] Re: Flickering in datagrid Header Renderer while loading data

[djhatrick]

Alex,

No, 3.4 didn't solve the problem... 

I just got upgraded and came across this nasty bug: 
http://enigmaticthought.com/2009/09/sdk-2233-flex3-4-httpservice-bug/

Maybe in the next release you get that flicker taken care in data grid header 
renderers (I'm using factories btw)

So I am back to 3.3, since i can't have multiple results etc.

Thanks,
Patrick



--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui  wrote:

>
> File a bug with a simple test case.  Also make sure you're using Flex 3.4
> 
> Alex Harui
> Flex SDK Developer
> Adobe Systems Inc.<http://www.adobe.com/>
> Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
> 
> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On 
> Behalf Of djhatrick
> Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 10:17 AM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Flickering in datagrid Header Renderer while 
> loading data
> 
> 
> 
> I'm having this issue and it sucks. To work around it internally I am adding 
> a bitmap image-copy of the datagrid inside until it renders completely, which 
> I've figured on some arbitrary number...
> 
> This really sucks for us developers, makes our projects look unstable... Is 
> this going to be addressed? I too am using the prescribed method of factories 
> in the flex cookbook.
> 
> Thanks,
> Patrick
> 
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, Alex 
> Harui  wrote:
> >
> > It depends on what you mean by flickering. It would be unusual for a label 
> > to flicker. Images often do, and SuperImage from quietlyscheming.com can 
> > help, but if the label if flickering, something else might be the issue.
> >
> > Alex Harui
> > Flex SDK Developer
> > Adobe Systems Inc.<http://www.adobe.com/>
> > Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
> >
> > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> 
> > [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>] On 
> > Behalf Of Dharmendra Chauhan
> > Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 11:05 AM
> > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [flexcoders] Flickering in datagrid Header Renderer while loading 
> > data
> >
> >
> > I m also facing similar issue,Please see my code below:-
> >
> > Custom Header Renderer:
> >
> > [Bindable]
> > private var theImage:Class;
> > override public function set data(value:Object):void
> > {
> > dgColumn = value as DataGridColumn;
> > if(dgColumn.sortDescending)
> > this.theImage = this.downArrow;
> > else
> > this.theImage = this.upArrow;
> > }
> >
> > ]]>
> > 
> >
> > 
> >
> >
> > Image is flicking when data loads in data grid. I also tried Label with 
> > some text, that to is flicking.
> > Everything looks good as soon as data loading is over .Is there any ways to 
> > avoid this flicker ??
> >
> > Please throw some light in to it
> >
> > Regards,
> > Dharmendra
> >
>

[flexcoders] Re: Flickering in datagrid Header Renderer while loading data

[djhatrick]

I'm having this issue and it sucks.  To work around it internally I am adding a 
bitmap image-copy of the datagrid inside until it renders completely, which 
I've figured on some arbitrary number...

This really sucks for us developers, makes our projects look unstable... Is 
this going to be addressed?  I too am using the prescribed method of factories 
in the flex cookbook.

Thanks,
Patrick



--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui  wrote:
>
> It depends on what you mean by flickering.  It would be unusual for a label 
> to flicker.  Images often do, and SuperImage from quietlyscheming.com can 
> help, but if the label if flickering, something else might be the issue.
> 
> Alex Harui
> Flex SDK Developer
> Adobe Systems Inc.
> Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
> 
> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On 
> Behalf Of Dharmendra Chauhan
> Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 11:05 AM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [flexcoders] Flickering in datagrid Header Renderer while loading 
> data
> 
> 
> I m also facing similar issue,Please see my code below:-
> 
> Custom Header Renderer:
> 
> [Bindable]
> private var theImage:Class;
> override public function set data(value:Object):void
> {
> dgColumn = value as DataGridColumn;
> if(dgColumn.sortDescending)
> this.theImage = this.downArrow;
> else
> this.theImage = this.upArrow;
> }
> 
> ]]>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Image is flicking when data loads in data grid. I also tried Label with some 
> text, that to is flicking.
> Everything looks good as soon as data loading is over .Is there any ways to 
> avoid this flicker ??
> 
> Please throw some light in to it
> 
> Regards,
> Dharmendra
>

[flexcoders] Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE triggering twice twice inside my uiComponent

[djhatrick]

I made a module, create a flash component added it to my uiComponent, and the 
result is that objects inside my flash component, movieclip and sprites get the 
ADDED_TO_STAGE method fired twice.

Anyone else notice this?

Thanks,
Patrick

[flexcoders] Re: How to dynamically add series to an areaChart/cartesian chart

[djhatrick]

No, I tried that and it didn't work.  Basiially, you create an array then 
assign the series to that array, then you have the ability to style your series 
through styles like...

metricsChart.series  =_seriesArray;
metricsChart.series[i]  = series;

Thanks,
Patrick


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Wally Kolcz"  wrote:
>
> With actionscript you can add them on the fly with addChild(), I don't think 
> you can add them dynamically with mxml unless they are 'static' options that 
> may or may not appear, then I think you can just have them set to 
> visible=false and includeInLayout=false.
> 
> 
> From: "djhatrick" 
> Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 9:52 AM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [flexcoders] How to dynamically add series to  an 
> areaChart/cartesian chart 
> 
> Hi, 
> 
> I am working with about 8 charts in my ui, they all share common 
> functionality, how do I dynamically add series to my charts... is it as 
> simple as setting series on my super.chart?
> 
> Are there any examples out there that show this?  Best practices too? Using 
> mxml or actionscript?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Patrick
>

[flexcoders] .swc files / base classes and flash->flex playing nicely together

[djhatrick]

I have a complex project and I have .swc file, I've added classes in flash that 
have their linkage set up.  I compile my .swc add it to my project, and then 
when I compile in flex I get ambiguous references.

What's the sure-fire way to make this work correctly.  This is a powerful 
feature, and I don't want to have to maintain these class for my flash 
component outside my project structure folder...

Thannks,
Patrick

[flexcoders] using curve, drawPolyLine throws error.. any suggestions

[djhatrick]

love when classes are sealed, how do i debug?
mx.charts.chartClasses::GraphicsUtilities$/drawPolyLine 


TypeError: Error #1010: A term is undefined and has no properties.
at 
mx.charts.chartClasses::GraphicsUtilities$/drawPolyLine()[C:\work\flex\dmv_automation\projects\datavisualisation\src\mx\charts\chartClasses\GraphicsUtilities.as:305]
at 
mx.charts.renderers::AreaRenderer/updateDisplayList()[C:\work\flex\dmv_automation\projects\datavisualisation\src\mx\charts\renderers\AreaRenderer.as:153]
at 
mx.skins::ProgrammaticSkin/validateDisplayList()[C:\autobuild\3.3.0\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\skins\ProgrammaticSkin.as:421]
at 
mx.managers::LayoutManager/validateDisplayList()[C:\autobuild\3.3.0\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\managers\LayoutManager.as:622]
at 
mx.managers::LayoutManager/doPhasedInstantiation()[C:\autobuild\3.3.0\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\managers\LayoutManager.as:695]
at Function/http://adobe.com/AS3/2006/builtin::apply()
at 
mx.core::UIComponent/callLaterDispatcher2()[C:\autobuild\3.3.0\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\core\UIComponent.as:8633]
at 
mx.core::UIComponent/callLaterDispatcher()[C:\autobuild\3.3.0\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\core\UIComponent.as:8573]

[flexcoders] How to dynamically add series to an areaChart/cartesian chart

[djhatrick]

Hi, 

I am working with about 8 charts in my ui, they all share common functionality, 
how do I dynamically add series to my charts... is it as simple as setting 
series on my super.chart?

Are there any examples out there that show this?  Best practices too? Using 
mxml or actionscript?

Thanks,
Patrick

[flexcoders] title Window added to the sytemManager breaks tabIndex

[djhatrick]

I can't seem to tab through my form with 

Application.application.systemManager.addChild(value)


Any suggestions how to re-implement this functionality?

Thanks,
Patrick

[flexcoders] Sealed Classes and how to debug

[djhatrick]

I am using the method findDatapoints with some mouse action, and a lot of the 
time, I get a findDataPoints error.  Although, since the class is sealed any 
suggestions on how to debug this type of thing?

Thanks,
patrick

[flexcoders] Re: Modules and fonts vanishing is giving me the cramps

[djhatrick]

Very doubtful that I did that.  


To be on the safe side, is having this inside my creationComplete event of 
every module a good idea? Yes. 

var myLoaderContext:LoaderContext = new LoaderContext();
myLoaderContext.applicationDomain = ApplicationDomain.currentDomain;

I always make sure that my visual components for whatever module I am creating 
are only inside my module.

It was really weird, the puremvc, issue, it was just a reference to my model 
with with retrieveProxy inside of one of my shell commands.  All I did was 
remove that reference and my fonts reapeared.  


What I do is put all my commands in my shell, and use the puremvc 
shellModuleJuction paradigm, which cleanly, decouples any references to the 
modules directly through a nice event mechanism.  


This is a pretty intense flex project.   Off hand, say you have a module that 
checks in at 1.2 megs with out doing the link reports.  When I do all the link 
stuff with a build script, what can I expect that to be reduced to? Any ideas, 
mostly it's datagrids and charts inside.

Also, looks like I am not going to make Adobe Max this year, :(   I saw you 
speak last year. 

Thanks,
Patrick




--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui  wrote:
>
> The rule for fonts in Flex is that whatever TextField or subclass of 
> TextFIeld (like DataGridItemRenderer) is displaying the font must be created 
> in the module containing the font.  I haven't used pureMVC so I don't know 
> how it could break that.  Most Flex components use a lookup scheme to figure 
> out which moduleFactory to use.  Others like Charts and DataGrid need to use 
> ContextualClassFactory instead of the default ClassFactory.  Could you have 
> changed something in there?
> 
> Alex Harui
> Flex SDK Developer
> Adobe Systems Inc.<http://www.adobe.com/>
> Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
> 
> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On 
> Behalf Of djhatrick
> Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 2:32 PM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Modules and fonts vanishing is giving me the cramps
> 
> 
> 
> Alex,
> 
> My problem I think is because i accessed my modules model directly from one 
> of my commands in my shell -- on accident... (using puremvc)
> 
> Is kind of thing normal? Any reason to why this would make one of my fonts 
> disappear. I want to prevent accidents like this in the future, Link reports 
> are next on my hit-list with this project.
> 
> Thanks for responding,
> Patrick
> 
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, Alex 
> Harui  wrote:
> >
> > Most common scenario: you switched to using a bold font, but didn't embed 
> > the bold font, just the normal font.
> >
> > Second: The font didn't get embedded. Use -keep-generated-actionscript or 
> > -link-report to see if the font is really there
> >
> > Third: If fonts are in modules, make sure they are loaded and didn't get 
> > unloaded
> >
> > Alex Harui
> > Flex SDK Developer
> > Adobe Systems Inc.<http://www.adobe.com/>
> > Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
> >
> > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> 
> > [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>] On 
> > Behalf Of djhatrick
> > Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 9:59 AM
> > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Modules and fonts vanishing is giving me the 
> > cramps
> >
> >
> >
> > All of a sudden this happened again, to my modules, all my fonts are 
> > missing? I don't know how to restore my previous changes and see what 
> > simple change could have caused this. Other than replacing about 5 hours 
> > work and trying to re-add each change one at a time.
> >
> > On a scale of 1-10 for annoying problems this off the chart. I am not doing 
> > anything unusual here. I just made a few changes to some properties and 
> > collections and now I don't see any fonts.
> >
> > Any suggestions here?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Patrick
> >
> > --- In 
> > flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com><mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>,
> >  Alex Harui  wrote:
> > >
> > > Not sure I understood the problem, but the first thing to know about 
> > > sub-modules is that by default they load into sibling applicationdomains. 
> > > This is due to the way applicationdomains work. You can look at the 
> > > diagrams in the modules presentation on my blog to help visualize it.
> &

[flexcoders] Re: Modules and fonts vanishing is giving me the cramps

[djhatrick]

Alex,

My problem I think is because i accessed my modules model directly from one of 
my commands in my shell -- on accident... (using puremvc)  

Is kind of thing normal?  Any reason to why this would make one of my fonts 
disappear.  I want to prevent accidents like this in the future, Link reports 
are next on my hit-list with this project.

Thanks for responding,
Patrick





--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui  wrote:
>
> Most common scenario:  you switched to using a bold font, but didn't embed 
> the bold font, just the normal font.
> 
> Second:  The font didn't get embedded.  Use -keep-generated-actionscript or 
> -link-report to see if the font is really there
> 
> Third:  If fonts are in modules, make sure they are loaded and didn't get 
> unloaded
> 
> Alex Harui
> Flex SDK Developer
> Adobe Systems Inc.<http://www.adobe.com/>
> Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
> 
> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On 
> Behalf Of djhatrick
> Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 9:59 AM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Modules and fonts vanishing is giving me the cramps
> 
> 
> 
> All of a sudden this happened again, to my modules, all my fonts are missing? 
> I don't know how to restore my previous changes and see what simple change 
> could have caused this. Other than replacing about 5 hours work and trying to 
> re-add each change one at a time.
> 
> On a scale of 1-10 for annoying problems this off the chart. I am not doing 
> anything unusual here. I just made a few changes to some properties and 
> collections and now I don't see any fonts.
> 
> Any suggestions here?
> 
> Thanks,
> Patrick
> 
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, Alex 
> Harui  wrote:
> >
> > Not sure I understood the problem, but the first thing to know about 
> > sub-modules is that by default they load into sibling applicationdomains. 
> > This is due to the way applicationdomains work. You can look at the 
> > diagrams in the modules presentation on my blog to help visualize it.
> >
> > The main Flex app almost always has ModuleManager in it to support CSS and 
> > Resource Modules. When you load a module, the main app's appDom is the 
> > parent and the module gets loaded as a child of that appdom. That's what we 
> > want, right? But the problem is that when that module tries to load a 
> > sub-module, it is going to use the main apps' ModuleManager and thus the 
> > sub-module loads as a child of the main app's appdom and not the module's 
> > appdom and then sub-module can't see the module's classes. I'm guessing 
> > that's your problem.
> >
> > The solution is to explicitly set the applicationDomain parameter when 
> > loading the sub-module. But even that can be tricky because when you say 
> > "new ApplicationDomain(ApplicationDomain.currentDomain)" if that code is in 
> > a class loaded in the main app's appdom, currentDomain is the main app's 
> > appdom. So be sure the code that calls load is in the module and nowhere 
> > else.
> >
> > Maybe that'll help.
> >
> > Alex Harui
> > Flex SDK Developer
> > Adobe Systems Inc.<http://www.adobe.com/>
> > Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
> >
> > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> 
> > [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>] On 
> > Behalf Of djhatrick
> > Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 10:13 AM
> > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [flexcoders] Modules and fonts vanishing is giving me the cramps
> >
> >
> >
> > Alex (or/and others)
> >
> > Here's my issue, I have a module that loads another module, a sub module. I 
> > am trying to access the loaded module, the problem is that first, if I add 
> > it to my shared code file, doesn't it compiled into the shell? or just a 
> > reference
> >
> > I can access methods on my module through it's public properties, but I 
> > have to assign it as wildcard, "*"? Which works 90 percent of the time, but 
> > once in a while the module's or it's properties come back as undefined. So, 
> > I tried the shared code solution again, but then my fonts mysteriously 
> > vanish out of my app.
> >
> > Help, I am gonna go smack my head with a hammer a few times, Thanks,
> > Patrick
> >
>

[flexcoders] Re: Modules and fonts vanishing is giving me the cramps

[djhatrick]

All of a sudden this happened again, to my modules, all my fonts are missing?  
I don't know how to restore my previous changes and see what simple change 
could have caused this.  Other than replacing about 5 hours work and trying to 
re-add each change one at a time.

On a scale of 1-10 for annoying problems this off the chart.  I am not doing 
anything unusual here. I just made a few changes to some properties and 
collections and now I don't see any fonts.

Any suggestions here?

Thanks,
Patrick


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui  wrote:
>
> Not sure I understood the problem, but the first thing to know about 
> sub-modules is that by default they load into sibling applicationdomains.  
> This is due to the way applicationdomains work.  You can look at the diagrams 
> in the modules presentation on my blog to help visualize it.
> 
> The main Flex app almost always has ModuleManager in it to support CSS and 
> Resource Modules.  When you load a module, the main app's appDom is the 
> parent and the module gets loaded as a child of that appdom.  That's what we 
> want, right?  But the problem is that when that module tries to load a 
> sub-module, it is going to use the main apps' ModuleManager and thus the 
> sub-module loads as a child of the main app's appdom and not the module's 
> appdom and then sub-module can't see the module's classes.  I'm guessing 
> that's your problem.
> 
> The solution is to explicitly set the applicationDomain parameter when 
> loading the sub-module.  But even that can be tricky because when you say 
> "new ApplicationDomain(ApplicationDomain.currentDomain)" if that code is in a 
> class loaded in the main app's appdom, currentDomain is the main app's 
> appdom.   So be sure the code that calls load is in the module and nowhere 
> else.
> 
> Maybe that'll help.
> 
> Alex Harui
> Flex SDK Developer
> Adobe Systems Inc.<http://www.adobe.com/>
> Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
> 
> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On 
> Behalf Of djhatrick
> Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 10:13 AM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [flexcoders] Modules and fonts vanishing is giving me the cramps
> 
> 
> 
> Alex (or/and others)
> 
> Here's my issue, I have a module that loads another module, a sub module. I 
> am trying to access the loaded module, the problem is that first, if I add it 
> to my shared code file, doesn't it compiled into the shell? or just a 
> reference
> 
> I can access methods on my module through it's public properties, but I have 
> to assign it as wildcard, "*"? Which works 90 percent of the time, but once 
> in a while the module's or it's properties come back as undefined. So, I 
> tried the shared code solution again, but then my fonts mysteriously vanish 
> out of my app.
> 
> Help, I am gonna go smack my head with a hammer a few times, Thanks,
> Patrick
>

[flexcoders] BrowserManagerShim, the workaround to fix preloader issues throws error...

[djhatrick]

Any suggestions how to overcome this error with the BroswerManagerShim:


ReferenceError: Error #1065: Variable ContextMenuClipboardItems is not defined.


I need a preloader to work with anchor tags... thanks.  Software should operate 
like a German car, not a French car.

Thanks,
Patrick

[flexcoders] Embedded .swf's as classes with meta-data not always compiling

[djhatrick]

I have a few uicomponent classes that have movieclips linked up through 
metadata.  It seems every time that I compile, I have to switch up the 
base-class from sprite to movieclip in my class, or movieclip to sprite, in 
order for the code to actually compile into the project.

Is there a list of best practices, tutorial, or anything specific I can look at 
so I can make sure that I am not doing something wrong that obvious...   

Is it true the difference between the plain old actionscript compiler and the 
flex compiler, when it comes to compiled embedded clips, that the base class is 
sprite in flex - if the asset has only one frame, and multiple frames are 
automatically movieclips.  Does this also mean in flash, in the properties i 
should extend the base class as Sprite instead of movieclip?

as always, Thanks for your time.

Patrick

[flexcoders] Weird issue with movieclip/sprite uiComponent

[djhatrick]

I have an embedded UIComponent, with a sprite inside, what's weird is that 
every time I compile I either have to extend Sprite, or MovieClip to make my 
component work.  I understand that Flex automatically uses a movieclip as a 
sprite if it has one frame in the timeline, like usually all my Flash swf's 
have.

So basically, I need to keep switching my base class on my movieclip to work.  

Any suggestions why I need to keep changing the base class for my uicomponent 
to compile in my project.

Thanks again community,
Patrick

[flexcoders] Charts - how to disable the little arm stroke to the chart dataTip

[djhatrick]

I want to hide that element, if possible. 

Thanks,
Patrick

[flexcoders] Re: Flex & 3d Tweening and best practice/results for Text

[djhatrick]

Resetting the 2d matrix works great for me.  Thanks, I love simple solutions!

Patrick



--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Chet Haase  wrote:
>
> 
> Ah, okay. The yes: resetting the matrix seems to be the way to workaround 
> this problem (which must be what we’re doing internally, as of Flex 4).
> 
> Thanks,
> Chet.
> 
> 
> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On 
> Behalf Of thomas parquier
> Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 6:31 AM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Flex & 3d Tweening and best practice/results for 
> Text
> 
> 
> 
> Chet,
> 
> The blurry effect doesnt occur any more with sdk4.
> The component I wrote uses sdk3.3, which leaves blurry the buttons from the 
> example code you sent.
> 
> thomas
> ---
> http://www.web-attitude.fr/
> msn : thomas.parqu...@...<mailto:thomas.parqu...@...>
> softphone : sip:webattit...@...<mailto:sip%3awebattit...@...>
> téléphone portable : +33601 822 056
> 
> 2009/8/8 Chet Haase mailto:cha...@...>>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> That’s not what I’m seeing: in the code below, the rotator effect rotates 
> the button around the Y axis, ending at rotationY==0, at which point the text 
> in the button is no longer blurry:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; layout="absolute">
> 
>  toValue="0" target="{button1}"/>
> 
> 
> 
>  click="rotator.play()"/>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Are you doing anything with the 3D properties besides setting rotationY? Post 
> all of the code (if you can boil it down to a simple case)
> 
> 
> 
> Chet.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com> 
> [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com>] On 
> Behalf Of thomas parquier
> Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 3:40 PM
> 
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Flex & 3d Tweening and best practice/results for 
> Text
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Chet,
> 
> Yet in a mxml component I had to do the following :
> 
>  effectEnd="twoSidedDO3D.transform.matrix=new Matrix(1,0,0,1,width/2,0);"  />
> 
> thomas
> ---
> http://www.web-attitude.fr/
> msn : thomas.parqu...@...<mailto:thomas.parqu...@...>
> softphone : sip:webattit...@...<mailto:sip%3awebattit...@...>
> téléphone portable : +33601 822 056
> 
> 2009/8/7 Chet Haase mailto:cha...@...>>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> You don’t necessarily have to reset the 2d matrix â€" you just have to make 
> sure that all of your 3d properties are set back to the values they would 
> have if the object were again in 2d.
> 
> 
> 
> In the original example, if the only thing you did was to change the z 
> location, and then you reset it to 0, then the text should not be blurry any 
> longer (we recognize that the object no longer needs a 3D transform and just 
> do the right 2D thing instead). I suspect that you are setting more 3D 
> properties than simply the z property (like rotationX, rotationY, etc.), so 
> even though you’re zeroing-out the ‘z’ property, that’s not enough to 
> take the object out of 3D and put it on the 2D plane again.
> 
> 
> 
> Figure out the other 3D properties that you’re tweaking (just take a look 
> at the matrix when it’s back in the state where you think it should be 2D) 
> and reset the ones that are still in 3D.
> 
> 
> 
> Chet.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com> 
> [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com>] On 
> Behalf Of thomas parquier
> Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 11:21 AM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Flex & 3d Tweening and best practice/results for 
> Text
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> When objects are back to 2d, you have to reset 2d matrix to get rid of blurry 
> effect.
> 
> thomas
> ---
> http://www.web-attitude.fr/
> msn : thomas.parqu...@...<mailto:thomas.parqu...@...>
> softphone : sip:webattit...@...<mailto:sip%3awebattit...@...>
> téléphone portable : +33601 822 056
> 
> 2009/8/5 djhatrick mailto:djhatr...@...>>
> 
> 
> 
> I have a displayObject, a panel, doing 3d stuff with the panel... However 
> after I tween my object to z=0, the text looks blurry after the animation has 
> stopped.
> 
> Is there a way to make the text look sharp:
> 
> fontAntiAliasType="advanced"
> 
> I've tried but that gives not-passable results.
> 
> Thanks,
> Patrick
>

[flexcoders] Modules and fonts vanishing is giving me the cramps

[djhatrick]

Alex (or/and others)

Here's my issue, I have a module that loads another module, a sub module.  I am 
trying to access the loaded module, the problem is that first, if I add it to 
my shared code file, doesn't it compiled into the shell? or just a reference

I can access methods on my module through it's public properties, but I have to 
assign it as wildcard, "*"?  Which works 90 percent of the time, but once in a 
while the module's or it's properties come back as undefined.  So, I tried the 
shared code solution again, but then my fonts mysteriously vanish out of my app.

Help, I am gonna go smack my head with a hammer a few times, Thanks,
Patrick

[flexcoders] Flex & 3d Tweening and best practice/results for Text

[djhatrick]

I have a displayObject, a panel, doing 3d stuff with the panel... However after 
I tween my object to z=0, the text looks blurry after the animation has stopped.

Is there a way to make the text look sharp:

 fontAntiAliasType="advanced" 

I've tried but that gives not-passable results.

Thanks,
Patrick

[flexcoders] Solved with Inredi-Hack - > Re: contextMenus and Modules and Tree == Fail

[djhatrick]

I added the contextMenu to the application and it worked... seems modules need 
a lot of improvement in the framework. I have had so many problems with them...

BTW, will the 3.4 sdk be improved since 4 is already coming out soon.  I would 
hope so, at least for a year or more.  We can't all update to flex4 in at 
Adobe's pace unfortunately, especially for projects we just started a few 
months ago... my food for thought.

Thanks,
Patrick

(Now if i can get that big white ugly box from showing up!)



--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "djhatrick"  wrote:
>
> I am having the difficult time, trying to apply a context Menu to a TreeList 
> in module, has anybody had such a difficult time?
> 
> 
> I've tried this:
> http://blog.arc90.com/2008/04/adding_a_contextmenu_to_a_flex.php
> 
> and I've tried this:
> 
> http://michael.omnicypher.com/2007/02/flex-trees-with-context-menu_14.html
> 
> Seems when I put my contextMenu inside a module, when I right click nothing 
> shows up, although it's created.
> 
> Also, when I right click on my module and move the mouse off a big ugly white 
> box fills my container, yuck..  
> 
> Any suggestions,
> 
> Thanks,
> Patrick
>

[flexcoders] contextMenus and Modules and Tree == Fail

[djhatrick]

I am having the difficult time, trying to apply a context Menu to a TreeList in 
module, has anybody had such a difficult time?


I've tried this:
http://blog.arc90.com/2008/04/adding_a_contextmenu_to_a_flex.php

and I've tried this:

http://michael.omnicypher.com/2007/02/flex-trees-with-context-menu_14.html

Seems when I put my contextMenu inside a module, when I right click nothing 
shows up, although it's created.

Also, when I right click on my module and move the mouse off a big ugly white 
box fills my container, yuck..  

Any suggestions,

Thanks,
Patrick

[flexcoders] Re: Sticky Scroll bars

[djhatrick]

Too Late. I crafted a  javascript work-around solution, similar to the way to 
get the mouse wheel to work in OSX: http://www.patricklemiuex.com/?p=68

Tho, you know what's weird is that the when Flash misses mouse Up event it is 
caught by the browser.  I should have done your solution with the mouseLeave 
event.

Thanks,
Patrick

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui  wrote:
>
> It shouldn't require javascript.  If you listen for MOUSE_LEAVE and dispatch 
> a fake MOUSE_UP that should suffice.  I think the fix may go into Flex 3.4 as 
> well.
> 
> In general, you cannot mix module versions.  The SWF loading the module and 
> the module must be compiled with the same version of Flex otherwise you risk 
> problems.  See the Marshall Plan presentation on my blog.
> 
> Alex Harui
> Flex SDK Developer
> Adobe Systems Inc.<http://www.adobe.com/>
> Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
> 
> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On 
> Behalf Of djhatrick
> Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 7:54 AM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Sticky Scroll bars
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I use Firefox, like most in our office. Is this possible with the the help of 
> a javascript library, similar to the way the mouse scroll wheel library works 
> in javascript? if it's just missing a mouseUp, maybe I can add that event and 
> send it into flex, would that work?
> 
> By the way, Alex, so I've heard that flex 3 modules will run in Flex4. I am 2 
> months into a new application on Flex3, but I really want to use Flex4, 
> though I am a little concerned on the learning curve since I've done very 
> little with flex 4.0 sdk.
> 
> Will Flex4 modules run in flex3, or that does sound like a bad idea..
> (seems like?)
> 
> Thanks,
> Patrick
> 
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, Alex 
> Harui  wrote:
> >
> > I hope to fix it in Flex 4. Should work on IE? Some of the other platforms 
> > don't send mouseUp from off the stage...
> >
> > Alex Harui
> > Flex SDK Developer
> > Adobe Systems Inc.<http://www.adobe.com/>
> > Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
> >
> > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> 
> > [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>] On 
> > Behalf Of djhatrick
> > Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 7:46 AM
> > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [flexcoders] Sticky Scroll bars
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > After a mouse up on my flex app the scroll bar still sticks as I move the 
> > mouse around, until another click. This is a real annoying bug, anybody 
> > know if this is going to be addressed?
> >
> > How did this bug get out in the first place from QA?
> >
>

[flexcoders] Module height and width

[djhatrick]

Modules seem to get their height from the screen rect bounds and not the parent 
container.  What I've done to work around this, is make my container follow my 
vScroll Position so it won't allow my module to get cut off, since it's a 
non-modal container...

Any ideas is this is going to addressed in the 4.0 sdk?

Thanks,
Patrick

[flexcoders] Re: Sticky Scroll bars

[djhatrick]

I use Firefox, like most in our office.  Is this possible with the the help of 
a javascript library, similar to the way the mouse scroll wheel library works 
in javascript?  if it's just missing a mouseUp, maybe I can add that event and 
send it into flex, would that work?

By the way, Alex, so I've heard that flex 3 modules will run in Flex4. I am 2 
months into a new application on Flex3, but I really want to use Flex4, though 
I am a little concerned on the learning curve since I've done very little with 
flex 4.0 sdk.

Will Flex4 modules run in flex3, or that does sound like a bad idea..
(seems like?)

Thanks,
Patrick





--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui  wrote:
>
> I hope to fix it in Flex 4.  Should work on IE?  Some of the other platforms 
> don't send mouseUp from off the stage...
> 
> Alex Harui
> Flex SDK Developer
> Adobe Systems Inc.<http://www.adobe.com/>
> Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
> 
> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On 
> Behalf Of djhatrick
> Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 7:46 AM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [flexcoders] Sticky Scroll bars
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> After a mouse up on my flex app the scroll bar still sticks as I move the 
> mouse around, until another click. This is a real annoying bug, anybody know 
> if this is going to be addressed?
> 
> How did this bug get out in the first place from QA?
>

[flexcoders] Re: IP Adress

[djhatrick]

Only with the help of a server telling you it's ip address.


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "christophe_jacquelin" 
 wrote:
>
> Hello, 
> 
> Is it possible to get the IP adress or the computer name on the client side 
> from a flex application ? 
> 
> Thank you,
> Christophe,
>

[flexcoders] Re: Radio Button in DataGrid urgent Plz

[djhatrick]

The flex 3 Cookbook covers this pretty well.


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Harish Sivaramakrishnan 
 wrote:
>
> Use a boolean property (ex: selected) in the dataProvider Object and bind
> the CheckBox in the itemRenderer's 'selected' property to {data.selected}
> 
> Cheers
> Harish
> 
> On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 12:37 PM, vin.flex  wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks for your response Harui.
> >
> > I have tried your checkbox renderer. I want to preselect a checkbox
> > depending on the value of a field in my dataprovider.
> >
> > Can you help me how can I bind the check box to a field in my dataprovider?
> >
> > thanks
> > vin
> >
> >
> > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com ,
> > "vin.flex"  wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi there,
> > >
> > > I had requirment for having radio button for one of the column in
> > Datagrid and the user should be able to select only one row radiobutton.
> > >
> > > I have used item renderer and assigned it to a RadioButton Group. But I
> > got scrolling issues and also I was unable to preselect one row(which is
> > required).
> > >
> > > Can any body help me and share the code if you have .
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance
> > >
> > > vin
> > >
> >
> >  
> >
>

[flexcoders] Re: Modules - Height and width doesn't work correctly

[djhatrick]

The problem I have found is that the module get's it's height from the 
screenRect, instead of the container that it sits in... SO, I  am working with 
a draggable module, and it has this vanishing point because it is out of the 
screenRect Bounds...





--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "djhatrick"  wrote:
>
> Modules don't get correct width and height from the framework?  Are there any 
> plans to get this working in another SDK release for flex 3.  This bug will 
> stop my app from going to production, and the thing is, I don't know how to 
> work around to fix it?
> 
> Thanks,
> Patrick
>

[flexcoders] Modules - Height and width doesn't work correctly

[djhatrick]

Modules don't get correct width and height from the framework?  Are there any 
plans to get this working in another SDK release for flex 3.  This bug will 
stop my app from going to production, and the thing is, I don't know how to 
work around to fix it?

Thanks,
Patrick

[flexcoders] Sticky Scroll bars

[djhatrick]

After a mouse up on my flex app the scroll bar still sticks as I move the mouse 
around, until another click.  This is a real annoying bug, anybody know if this 
is going to be addressed?  

How did this bug get out in the first place from QA?

[flexcoders] Re: Accurate way of measuring a datagrid

[djhatrick]

Lulz thanks for the that!  I must be tired ... but i  got this to work, 
correctly,  I have multiple rows that can be longer than others, so this was my 
error...  By the way, is there an event I can subscribe to that will tell me 
when everything is rendered, or do i have to rely on my trusty timeout?

Thanks For your help.

Patrick





--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "valdhor"  wrote:
>
> I hate to be picky but my math makes it 52.
> 
> Anyway, did you count things like padding, vertical gap etc?
> 
> 
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "djhatrick"  wrote:
> >
> > Tom:
> > 
> > Thanks for that, but unfortunately that method is inaccurate( Maybe it 
> > doesn't work for very good for factories... Here's how i am getting my 
> > height, i am setting a height on my value object after i add my labels in a 
> > vertical column, then i listen for an event on my collection dataProvider, 
> > the last item, which I then loop through and calculate the values?  
> > 
> > See my examples:
> > 
> > idSGrid.measureHeightOfItems 612
> > Measuring each row height> 560
> > idSGrid.measureHeightOfItems 612
> > Measuring each row height> 560
> > 
> > 
> > It's off by 72 pixels... that's quite a difference.
> > 
> > Patrick
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Tim Hoff"  wrote:
> > >
> > > 
> > > Hi Patrick,
> > > 
> > > private function resizeDataGrid():void
> > > {
> > >   myDataGrid.height = myDataGrid.measureHeightOfItems(0,
> > > myDataGrid.dataProvider.length) + myDataGrid.headerHeight + 2;
> > > }
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > -TH
> > > 
> > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "djhatrick"  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > My datagrid won't measure correctly, i have variable row height, but
> > > it can't seem to get it right, I don't want any scroll bars..., is there
> > > an easy way to override some function so i can get the actual rowheight
> > > of each row and determine my height correctly
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,Patrick
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Wow, i had to rejoing Flexcoders Google Groups are better than
> > > yahoogroups, sorry yahoogroups,
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

[flexcoders] Sticky scrollbars

[djhatrick]

Sticky scrollbars, even with livescrolling set to false..

This is so frustrating, tell me this stuff is fixed in fb4?  
I wouldn't call developing in flex as RIA, there's just too many things like 
these bugs that are annoying... I am venting today.

But the framework drives me crazy when things like this sticky scrolling 
happens, scroll wheel not working on mac, module memory leaks... This stuff has 
to get better.

[flexcoders] Re: Accurate way of measuring a datagrid

[djhatrick]

Tom:

Thanks for that, but unfortunately that method is inaccurate( Maybe it doesn't 
work for very good for factories... Here's how i am getting my height, i am 
setting a height on my value object after i add my labels in a vertical column, 
then i listen for an event on my collection dataProvider, the last item, which 
I then loop through and calculate the values?  

See my examples:

idSGrid.measureHeightOfItems 612
Measuring each row height> 560
idSGrid.measureHeightOfItems 612
Measuring each row height> 560


It's off by 72 pixels... that's quite a difference.

Patrick



--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Tim Hoff"  wrote:
>
> 
> Hi Patrick,
> 
> private function resizeDataGrid():void
> {
>   myDataGrid.height = myDataGrid.measureHeightOfItems(0,
> myDataGrid.dataProvider.length) + myDataGrid.headerHeight + 2;
> }
> 
> 
> 
> -TH
> 
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "djhatrick"  wrote:
> >
> > My datagrid won't measure correctly, i have variable row height, but
> it can't seem to get it right, I don't want any scroll bars..., is there
> an easy way to override some function so i can get the actual rowheight
> of each row and determine my height correctly
> >
> > Thanks,Patrick
> >
> >
> > Wow, i had to rejoing Flexcoders Google Groups are better than
> yahoogroups, sorry yahoogroups,
> >
>

[flexcoders] Accurate way to measure variable row datagrid

[djhatrick]

Is there an accurate way to measure a datagrid's height with variable row 
height?  Can I extend datagrid and extend something to find this property?

By the way, are other people having issues with posts not showing up on 
flexcoders?  What's the delay before something shows up, I forget who moderates 
this list, is it because they all need to be approved?

[flexcoders] Accurate way of measuring a datagrid

[djhatrick]

My datagrid won't measure correctly, i have variable row height, but it can't 
seem to get it right, I don't want any scroll bars..., is there an easy way to 
override some function so i can get the actual rowheight of each row and 
determine my height correctly

Thanks,Patrick


Wow, i had to rejoing Flexcoders Google Groups are better than yahoogroups, 
sorry yahoogroups,

[flexcoders] Modules - Just can't get it right when it comes to width and height

[djhatrick]

I have non-modal module in a layout container... in a canvas, my app is big, it 
expands vertically, unfortunately, there's this cut off - of invisibility where 
the module is hidden... and I can't figure out for the life of me make this 
module box be as big as the stage...

Believe me, I've tried everything forcing it's height and width, making it some 
huge number like 5000 for width and height, and get crappy results, why doens't 
the module take into account the actual height and width

Any suggestions...  This is really disappointing...

[flexcoders] Anybody else having issues with the debugger in Flex4?

[djhatrick]

I get null lang exceptions all the time and variables doens't work, kind of a 
big bummer.

Patrick

[flexcoders] Re: How do I do a sort on IHierarchicalCollectionView

[djhatrick]

I created my sort, applied called my grouping Collection.refresh() and the data 
duplicates in the advancedDatagrid, any ideas?

Thanks,
Patrick




--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "foobone9"  wrote:
>
> I don't think that it is different. IHierarchicalCollectionView extends 
> ICollectionView which is where the sort is defined.
> 
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "djhatrick"  wrote:
> >
> > By the way, why is the sort different from ICollectionView?  This makes 
> > this confusing because all my items duplicate... etc.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > private function sortDataField(value:String):void
> > {
> > 
> > //var hd:IHierarchicalCollectionView  = 
> > IHierarchicalCollectionView(adg.dataProvider);
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > var hd:IHierarchicalCollectionView  
> > =adg.dataProvider as IHierarchicalCollectionView;
> > var sort:Sort   =   
> > new Sort();
> > sort.fields 
> > =   [new SortField("id")];
> > hd.sort 
> > =   sort;
> > gc.refresh();
> > }
> >     
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "foobone9"  wrote:
> > >
> > > Just sort the collection that the grid is bound to.
> > > 
> > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "djhatrick"  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > How do i duplicate the functionality of of sorting an advancedDatagrid 
> > > > without a header release event.  
> > > > 
> > > > I'd like to sort my IHierarchicalCollectionView recursively.
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Patrick
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

[flexcoders] Re: VO Issues

[djhatrick]

I think we'd need to see more code to help you more.  Usually, something is 
being casted with as and it doesn't match the data type, it will throw null.  I 
would try removing the class alias, and see what happens.  Also, try calling 

registerClassAlias("com.rottmanj.model.vo.CompanyVO")

In your startup, if that doesn't work, try just populating a generic object.


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Jeremy Rottman"  wrote:
>
> I have written a vo that for some odd reason always comes up null when I try 
> to populate it. Everything I have tried comes up with the same results. I 
> could use an extra set of eyes to see if there is something small I am 
> missing.
> 
> Any help with this is greatly appreciated.
> 
> 
> CompanyVO:
> package com.rottmanj.model.vo
> {
>   import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;
>   
>   [RemoteClass(alias="com.rottmanj.model.vo.CompanyVO")]
>
>   [Bindable]
>   public class CompanyVO
>   {
>   
>   public var company_uuid:String  
> = "";
>   public var company_indst:String 
> = "";
>   public var company_class:String 
> = "";
>   public var description:String   
> = "";
>   public var isPriv:Boolean   
> = false;
>   public var alt_id:String
> = "";
>   public var entity_name:String   
> = "";
>   public var create_who:String
> = "";
>   
>   // address vo 
>   
>   public var address_id:String
> = "";
>   public var address1:String  
> = "";
>   public var unit_type:String 
> = "";
>   public var unit_number:String   
> = "";
>   public var address2:String  
> = "";
>   public var city:String  
> = "";
>   public var state_prov:String
> = "";
>   public var code_zip:String  
> = "";
>   public var country:String   
> = "";
>   public var type:String  
> = "";
>   
>   
>   public function CompanyVO()
>   {
>   }
> 
>   }
> }
> 
> Populating the VO:
> 
> [Bindable]
> public var companyVO:CompanyVO;
> 
> private function sSelectCompany(event:ListEvent):void
> {
>   companyVO = event.itemRenderer.data as CompanyVO
> trace(ObjectUtil.toString(companyVO));
> }
> 
> When a user clicks on a row in a datagrid, sSelectCompany is called via 
> itemDoubleClick="sSelectCompany(event)". This works perfectly fine. 
> 
> This is the result I get from tracing out the event.itemRenderer.data
> (Object)#0
>   address1 = ""
>   address2 = ""
>   address_id = ""
>   alt_id = "ALC05042009_0001"
>   city = ""
>   code_zip = ""
>   company_class = "Schol"
>   company_indst = "Elect"
>   company_uuid = "COM05042009_0001"
>   country = ""
>   create_who = ""
>   description = "This is agreat Company"
>   entity_name = "Test Company"
>   isPriv = 0
>   mx_internal_uid = "F1EC080D-498D-9825-761F-5DF5E33C39DF"
>   state_prov = ""
>   type = ""
>   unit_number = ""
>   unit_type = ""
> 
> I have tested my coldfusion code and it returns the proper VO. I have 
> verified that case is not the issue.
> 
> component com.rottmanj.model.vo.CompanyVO
> ADDRESS1  [empty string]
> ADDRESS2  [empty string]
> STATE_PROV[empty string]
> ALT_IDALC05042009_0001
> DESCRIPTION   This is agreat Company
> CODE_ZIP  [empty string]
> ADDRESS_ID[empty string]
> ISPRIV0
> CITY  [empty string]
> COUNTRY   [empty string]
> COMPANY_UUID  COM05042009_0001
> UNIT_NUMBER   [empty string]
> ENTITY_NAME   Test Company
> TYPE  [empty string]
> COMPANY_INDST Elect
> UNIT_TYPE [empty string]
> COMPANY_CLASS Schol
> CREATE_WHO[empty string]
>

[flexcoders] Re: Pure MVC vs Cairgorm

[djhatrick]

Pure mvc whips the camel's ass!  You should use it, I absolutely love the way 
it "just" works. 

P


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "aphexyuri"  wrote:
>
> So which one is the Ferrari and which the mini ;)
> 
> One of the biggest advantages of PureMVC has, lies with the multicore build. 
> It allows you to have multiple application cores, and comms between them via 
> a "Pipes" utility...perfect for working with modules...100%...loosly-coupled. 
> Also, I think it's currently ported to 11 other languages, reducing your 
> learning curve if you are considering adventures in PHP, C#, Objective C, 
> Java, Python, Rudy, etc, etc
> 
> It really depends of the complexity of your app. The more complex, the bigger 
> the need to use a proven framework. For some time now, I've only been coding 
> with the PureMVC (mostly standard build, except when the project is really 
> big=multicore, or really small=none). It takes a bit longer to set up your 
> project, but once you're there, coding is SUPER FAST, and a lot gets taken 
> care of for you.
> 
> Some reference to put you on your way:
> http://trac.puremvc.org/PureMVC_AS3/
> http://tinyurl.com/ofgpx8
> http://tinyurl.com/o88se6
> 
> ...and a great book I would recommend if you are serious about OOP AS3, and 
> considering 'rolling your own':
> http://tinyurl.com/osr8cl
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
> 
> 
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Andrews"  wrote:
> >
> > - Original Message - 
> > From: "mhbmarcos" 
> > To: 
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 6:44 PM
> > Subject: [flexcoders] Pure MVC vs Cairgorm
> > 
> > 
> > > Hi!!!, which is the best option?
> > 
> > Would you say a Ferrari is best or a Mini?
> > 
> > If you want to impress expensive women, then the Ferrari would do well, but 
> > if you want to go shopping and be able to negotiate narrow uneven streets, 
> > I'd go for the Mini.
> > 
> > As it is with cars, the same follows for software.
> > 
> > Some people like PureMVC, some people go with the Adobe-approved Cairngorm.
> > 
> > Look them both up on google and check them out.
> >
>

[flexcoders] Re: Flash and REST

[djhatrick]

Hello, we use REST as well, unfortunately, browser limitations prevent the 
browser from sending anything but a 200 to the flash.  The way we work around 
this issue, is we use our own status codes, that basically wraps normal status 
codes, so inside your result event handler switch on the status codes that you 
would.  

We all wish Adobe could implement REST into Flashplayer, but it requires 
support from browsers to do so. So don't hold your breath.

Hope this helps,
Patrick




--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Terry May  wrote:
>
> Hello,
> 
> I am currently working on integrating our company's soon to be public API
> with Flash/Flex.  Our server side engineers have built a sensible REST based
> service, after years of working with flash integration using XML-RPC I am
> very happy with the API they have put together and want to try to maintain
> the simplicity, Flash/Flex/AIR on the other hand, want nothing to do with
> it.
> 
> I was trying to use BlazeDS as a Proxy to get around the Browser's
> retardation with status codes and headers (I am just going to assume you all
> know what I mean.)  but as it turns out BlazeDS doesn't do the right thing
> either.  So I thought I would get on the list and see what suggestions you
> guys (and gals) might have.
> 
> Here are 2 responses from our service, the first is a sucessful
> registration.  In Flex when I get this response it fires a proper result
> event, and I get the message body just fine.  it is the location header that
> I don't seem to be able to get to.  (using HTTPSerivce with or without
> proxy)
> 
>  > POST /v1/eprize/ews01/profiles HTTP/1.1
> > User-Agent: curl/7.16.3 (powerpc-apple-darwin9.0) libcurl/7.16.3
> OpenSSL/0.9.7l zlib/1.2.3
> > Host: foo-.int.eprize.net
> > Accept: */*
> > Content-Length: 84
> > Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
> >
> < HTTP/1.1 201 Created
> < Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 14:12:39 GMT
> < Server: Apache/2.2.4 (Unix) mod_perl/2.0.3 Perl/v5.8.8
> < location: http://foo-.int.eprize.net/eprize/ews01/profile/7
> < pragma: no-cache
> < cache-control: no-cache
> < expires: Wed, 20 May 2009 14:12:39 GMT
> < content-length: 201
> < Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
> <
> 
> 
>   
> 7
> 
> terry
> 
> 
>   
> 
> 
> 
> The second response is a fault response.  I caused the fault by trying to
> register the same account information twice.  This is really where the
> biggest problem is, using BlazeDS I can only see the HTTP Status Code in
> fault event.  I really need the message body and in some cases the headers
> in the fault event.  I looked into the BlazeDS source and it is actually
> throwing the fault exception before it can write the headers and body to the
> response, frustrating.
> 
> > POST /v1/eprize/ews01/profiles HTTP/1.1
> > User-Agent: curl/7.16.3 (powerpc-apple-darwin9.0) libcurl/7.16.3
> OpenSSL/0.9.7l zlib/1.2.3
> > Host: foo-.int.eprize.net
> > Accept: */*
> > Content-Length: 84
> > Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
> >
> < HTTP/1.1 409 Conflict
> < Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 14:15:05 GMT
> < Server: Apache/2.2.4 (Unix) mod_perl/2.0.3 Perl/v5.8.8
> < pragma: no-cache
> < cache-control: no-cache
> < expires: Wed, 20 May 2009 14:15:05 GMT
> < content-length: 113
> < Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
> <
> 
> 
>   duplicate_account
> 
> 
> 
> so this is my last ditch effort to figure out a solution to this before I
> tell our server side engineers to make a special method for 'Broken' http
> clients to always pass status of 200, and include all the http junk in the
> xml..  this makes me sad, because it means some extra work on the client
> side and it sure is not as elegant.  Perhaps I missed something with
> BlazeDS, sure would be great to have some second opions.  (I have looked the
> as3HTTPClient listed in the Flex cookbook, and I am not really into using it
> because it seems like it would cause a customer support nightmare)
> 
> Thanks,
> Terry May
> Flash Platform Software Engineer
> Detroit Area Abode User Group Manager
>

[flexcoders] How do I do a sort on IHierarchicalCollectionView

[djhatrick]

By the way, why is the sort different from ICollectionView?  This makes this 
confusing because all my items duplicate... etc.



private function sortDataField(value:String):void
{

//var hd:IHierarchicalCollectionView  = 
IHierarchicalCollectionView(adg.dataProvider);



var hd:IHierarchicalCollectionView  
=adg.dataProvider as IHierarchicalCollectionView;
var sort:Sort   =   
new Sort();
sort.fields 
=   [new SortField("id")];
hd.sort 
=   sort;
gc.refresh();
}






--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "foobone9"  wrote:
>
> Just sort the collection that the grid is bound to.
> 
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "djhatrick"  wrote:
> >
> > How do i duplicate the functionality of of sorting an advancedDatagrid 
> > without a header release event.  
> > 
> > I'd like to sort my IHierarchicalCollectionView recursively.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Patrick
> >
>

[flexcoders] AdvancedDataGrid, calling a sort on a column without a hidden header.

[djhatrick]

How do i duplicate the functionality of of sorting an advancedDatagrid without 
a header release event.  

I'd like to sort my IHierarchicalCollectionView recursively.

Thanks,
Patrick