[flexcoders] RE: Form indentation

[michael_regert]

I have, but cannot seem to make any CSS changes that cause indentation.  I have 
tried two forms as suggested, but then the logic for the items to be aligned to 
the longest label fails since they're no longer in the same form so all items 
are not properly aligned.  *sigh*



Michael J. Regert
Software Development Sr. Engineer
Dell | Enterprise Systems Management
office +1 512 728 4483
fax +1 512 723 1952
Dell Inc. One Dell Way, MS RR5-32, Round Rock, TX 78682

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Davidson, Jerry
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 8:10 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] RE: Form indentation


Have you tried using CSS?

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michael_reg...@dell.com
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 5:06 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] Form indentation


Is there an easy with a Spark Form to accomplish indentation on some of the 
items' labels?  I'm not seeing a good way unless I write a whole new skin...  I 
want the text input boxes left and right aligned, but want the 2nd and third 
items to have their label indented from the top one.  Thanks!

Some File Directory:[]
   User Name:  []
   Password: []

Michael

[flexcoders] Form indentation

[michael_regert]

Is there an easy with a Spark Form to accomplish indentation on some of the 
items' labels?  I'm not seeing a good way unless I write a whole new skin...  I 
want the text input boxes left and right aligned, but want the 2nd and third 
items to have their label indented from the top one.  Thanks!

Some File Directory:[]
   User Name:  []
   Password: []

Michael

[flexcoders] New Spark DG vs. MX ADG

[michael_regert]

Now that Adobe released the new Spark DataGrid in 4.5+, what are the main 
differences with the MX AdvancedDataGrid, and why is there not an equivalent 
Spark AdvancedDataGrid component? When should I use one vs the other?   Thanks 
for your time on this!

Michael

RE: [flexcoders] Errors in flash.external::ExternalInterface$/call()

[michael_regert]

Changing the function use encoding (%3D in place of the =) causes the function 
to completely fail.  I guess I can chalk this one up as an Adobe bug overall?

ExternalInterface.call("window.open",urlString,"_blank","status%3D1,scrollbars%3D1,toolbar%3D1,menubar%3D1,location%3D1,resizable%3D1");


Michael J. Regert

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Alex Harui
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2012 11:46 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Errors in flash.external::ExternalInterface$/call()



I'm just guessing here, but I get suspicious when I see non-alphas (equal 
signs, dashes) in a URL.  See this link: 
http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_urlencode.asp


On 7/6/12 6:22 AM, "michael_reg...@dell.com"  wrote:





Thank you Alex for your reply.  Can you further clarify what you mean by "try 
encoding entities in the urlString and maybe the additional args".  I guess I'm 
not understanding.  The URLString I'm passing in is like 
https://hostname/resources/locale/en_US/help/GUID-1234567890.html and the args 
I'm passing are shown below...  How do I encode them?



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Behalf Of Alex Harui
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 11:18 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Errors in flash.external::ExternalInterface$/call()



It appears that ExternalInterface.call takes its arguments and encodes them 
into XML before passing them to the HTML/JS wrapper.  If there is something in 
the arguments that messes up the encoding then maybe you would get this error.  
I would try encoding entities in the urlString and maybe the additional args.


On 7/5/12 12:46 PM, "michael_reg...@dell.com"  wrote:






I'm working on a bug which has us puzzled and I'm looking for a bit of 
direction.  When we launch our external help documents (HTML) with the 
following command, sometimes we get an array of XML parse errors.  It is very 
inconsistent and sometimes requires clicking the help button multiple times 
before it appears.  I cannot step into the ExternalInterface code to see what 
it is failing on.  The help page DOES launch correctly, so I know the URL is 
fine.  But when I close the HTML page, I get an error sometimes.  The error is 
not consistent either.  Any pointers on how to debug this?  Is the XML it is 
trying to parse the actual HTML?  I would think that Flex would just open a 
browser window, ignoring the content.  We're using Flex 4.0 SDK.

We're calling:
 ExternalInterface.call("window.open",urlStri! 
ng,"_blank","status=1,scrollbars=1,toolbar=1,me! nubar=1, 
location=1,resizable=1");

Errors seen include:
 TypeError: Error #1090: XML parser failure: element is malformed.
at flash.external::ExternalInterface$/call()

TypeError: Error #1095: XML parser failure: Unterminated attribute.
at flash.external::ExternalInterface$/call()

Error: Error #1502: A script has executed for longer than the default timeout 
period of 15 seconds.
at flash.external::ExternalInterface$/_argumentsToXML()
at flash.external::ExternalInterface$/call()

- Michael J. Regert





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Flex SDK Team
Adobe Systems, Inc.
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui

RE: [flexcoders] Re: Errors in flash.external::ExternalInterface$/call()

[michael_regert]

Thanks.  I'm not retrieving any XML content though.  All we're doing is 
launching an external browser window to display a URL so no data is coming in.

Michael J. Regert

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Jameel Ahmad
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2012 1:41 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Errors in flash.external::ExternalInterface$/call()



Hi Michael,
I have already encountered this kind of errors. Please check the XML content 
that is returned by the file which you call through the external interface. I 
am sure there is some  syntax error while the XML content is constructed. Like 
some start tag "" missing the end tag "". So you have to 
examine the XML content. simplest way is you copy the XML content and save it 
as html file,then open with a browser.check if the content are coming in a 
correct format.
Thanks & regards,
SK Jameel Ahmad.

RE: [flexcoders] Errors in flash.external::ExternalInterface$/call()

[michael_regert]

Thank you Alex for your reply.  Can you further clarify what you mean by "try 
encoding entities in the urlString and maybe the additional args".  I guess I'm 
not understanding.  The URLString I'm passing in is like 
https://hostname/resources/locale/en_US/help/GUID-1234567890.html and the args 
I'm passing are shown below...  How do I encode them?


Michael J. Regert

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Of Alex Harui
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 11:18 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Errors in flash.external::ExternalInterface$/call()



It appears that ExternalInterface.call takes its arguments and encodes them 
into XML before passing them to the HTML/JS wrapper.  If there is something in 
the arguments that messes up the encoding then maybe you would get this error.  
I would try encoding entities in the urlString and maybe the additional args.


On 7/5/12 12:46 PM, "michael_reg...@dell.com"  wrote:





I'm working on a bug which has us puzzled and I'm looking for a bit of 
direction.  When we launch our external help documents (HTML) with the 
following command, sometimes we get an array of XML parse errors.  It is very 
inconsistent and sometimes requires clicking the help button multiple times 
before it appears.  I cannot step into the ExternalInterface code to see what 
it is failing on.  The help page DOES launch correctly, so I know the URL is 
fine.  But when I close the HTML page, I get an error sometimes.  The error is 
not consistent either.  Any pointers on how to debug this?  Is the XML it is 
trying to parse the actual HTML?  I would think that Flex would just open a 
browser window, ignoring the content.  We're using Flex 4.0 SDK.

We're calling:
 
ExternalInterface.call("window.open",urlString,"_blank","status=1,scrollbars=1,toolbar=1,menubar=1,location=1,resizable=1");

Errors seen include:
 TypeError: Error #1090: XML parser failure: element is malformed.
at flash.external::ExternalInterface$/call()

TypeError: Error #1095: XML parser failure: Unterminated attribute.
at flash.external::ExternalInterface$/call()

Error: Error #1502: A script has executed for longer than the default timeout 
period of 15 seconds.
at flash.external::ExternalInterface$/_argumentsToXML()
at flash.external::ExternalInterface$/call()

- Michael J. Regert





--
Alex Harui
Flex SDK Team
Adobe Systems, Inc.
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui

<><>

[flexcoders] Errors in flash.external::ExternalInterface$/call()

[michael_regert]

I'm working on a bug which has us puzzled and I'm looking for a bit of 
direction.  When we launch our external help documents (HTML) with the 
following command, sometimes we get an array of XML parse errors.  It is very 
inconsistent and sometimes requires clicking the help button multiple times 
before it appears.  I cannot step into the ExternalInterface code to see what 
it is failing on.  The help page DOES launch correctly, so I know the URL is 
fine.  But when I close the HTML page, I get an error sometimes.  The error is 
not consistent either.  Any pointers on how to debug this?  Is the XML it is 
trying to parse the actual HTML?  I would think that Flex would just open a 
browser window, ignoring the content.  We're using Flex 4.0 SDK.

We're calling:
 
ExternalInterface.call("window.open",urlString,"_blank","status=1,scrollbars=1,toolbar=1,menubar=1,location=1,resizable=1");

Errors seen include:
 TypeError: Error #1090: XML parser failure: element is malformed.
at flash.external::ExternalInterface$/call()

 TypeError: Error #1095: XML parser failure: Unterminated attribute.
at flash.external::ExternalInterface$/call()

 Error: Error #1502: A script has executed for longer than the default 
timeout period of 15 seconds.
at flash.external::ExternalInterface$/_argumentsToXML()
at flash.external::ExternalInterface$/call()


- Michael J. Regert

[flexcoders] Binding from a

[michael_regert]

Just found out that you can no longer bind FROM a spark label's text TO some 
other object.  With MX components, this could be done.  Looking at the Adobe 
code, seems like they removed (or forgot) the binding on the text property for 
Spark.   Is there a reason for this change, or is this a bug?  This is with the 
4.6 SDK.

http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009";
xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx" 
minWidth="955" minHeight="600">
  



   
   



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[cid:image002.png@01CD4B0B.C7B4A2C0]



Michael J. Regert
<><>

[flexcoders] utf-8 format with csv extension

[michael_regert]

I want to save a file in utf-8 encoding format (NOT utf-8 without BOM). There 
is no explicit information on Adobe Charset support page 
(http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/charset-codes.html)
I want to save the file in utf-8 format with csv extension. I have tried the 
following but i am getting what i want:
byte.writeMultiBytes(fileContent,"utf-8");
I have also tried,
unicode-1-1-utf-8,
unicode-2-0-utf-8,
x-unicode-2-0-utf-8.
I have also tried with other methods as well but still not getting the required 
encoding format:
writeUTF(var:String)
writeByte(var:String)
Here's what I have right now,
var fileReference:FileReference = new FileReference();
var bytes:ByteArray = new ByteArray();

// SAVING file in utf-8 encoding format.
bytes.writeUTFBytes(this.fileContents);
fileReference.save(bytes, "PluginLog.csv");
closePopup(null);




Michael J. Regert
Software Development Sr. Engineer
Dell | Enterprise Systems Management
office +1 512 728 4483
fax +1 512 723 1952
Dell Inc. One Dell Way, MS RR5-30, Round Rock, TX 78682

[flexcoders] RE: Using Windows fonts in Flex

[michael_regert]

Got it working.

Michael J. Regert

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Regert, Michael
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 1:38 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] Using Windows fonts in Flex


How can I use the fonts in the Windows/Fonts directory in Flex?  Looks like in 
Flex 3, I could say @font-face {src:local("fontname"_...
But, with Flex 4, it says local is no longer supported.  I don't want to 
hardcode a url, like c:\Windows\Fonts given that it may not be installed on C:


Michael J. Regert

[flexcoders] Using Windows fonts in Flex

[michael_regert]

How can I use the fonts in the Windows/Fonts directory in Flex?  Looks like in 
Flex 3, I could say @font-face {src:local("fontname"_...
But, with Flex 4, it says local is no longer supported.  I don't want to 
hardcode a url, like c:\Windows\Fonts given that it may not be installed on C:


Michael J. Regert

[flexcoders] css syntax for states

[michael_regert]

I have a label which I need to change the font color on various states.  
Originally I had the code as below with no CSS:



I'm trying to move everything into a CSS and have the syntax as follows, but 
the state ones do not seem to get triggered.  Why?



s|Label.MyLabel { color: #202020; fontSize: 24; textAlign: center; }
s|Label. MyLabel:over { color: #a12100; }
s|Label. MyLabel:down { color: #a12100; }

Michael J. Regert

RE: [flexcoders] Fonts and localization

[michael_regert]

Can you clarify something then?  I’m learning all of this.  For Korean, 
Simplified Chinese, and Japanese, I’m being told the font (or rendering) of 
characters in MX is cleaner and more readable then the Spark components.  Why 
the change?  Using MX only would be a serious step backwards…

Michael J. Regert

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Alex Harui
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 3:11 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Fonts and localization



You would have to use MX components everywhere (and not need right-to-left 
language support)


On 4/11/12 9:43 AM, "michael_reg...@dell.com"  wrote:





Thanks.? I’m being told by our Korean QA that the default font that is used in 
the MS Advanced Data Grid is much cleaner than what is used in the Spark 
controls.? How do I change this to use the same font as the grid across my 
whole app?


Michael J. Regert

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From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Alex Harui
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 11:38 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Fonts and localization



MX uses TextField, Spark defaults to TextLine which will render a bit 
differently.


On 4/11/12 8:26 AM, "michael_reg...@dell.com"  wrote:






I’m trying to understand what Adobe Flex is doing for Korean (and other 
languages) fonts.  I’m seeing that the font used for a Spark label is different 
than what is used in an MX Advanced Data Grid.  I’m using Adobe Flex 4.0 and 
4.6.

I have the following sample app.  The font used to display the label when run 
is different than the grid, even though I am not defining a font or setting 
anything in a css.  Why?  Screenshot attached (if it comes through in the post).



http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009";
xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx">
 

 


   

   
 


  
 
 
   

   







[cid:image001.png@01CD17F8.E3EAB330]




Michael




--
Alex Harui
Flex SDK Team
Adobe Systems, Inc.
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui

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RE: [flexcoders] Fonts and localization

[michael_regert]

Typo Correction: … in the MX Advanced Data Grid…

Michael J. Regert

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Of Regert, Michael
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 11:43 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Fonts and localization


Thanks.  I’m being told by our Korean QA that the default font that is used in 
the MS Advanced Data Grid is much cleaner than what is used in the Spark 
controls.  How do I change this to use the same font as the grid across my 
whole app?

Michael J. Regert

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[mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] 
On Behalf Of Alex Harui
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 11:38 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Fonts and localization



MX uses TextField, Spark defaults to TextLine which will render a bit 
differently.


On 4/11/12 8:26 AM, "michael_reg...@dell.com"  wrote:





I’m trying to understand what Adobe Flex is doing for Korean (and other 
languages) fonts.  I’m seeing that the font used for a Spark label is different 
than what is used in an MX Advanced Data Grid.  I’m using Adobe Flex 4.0 and 
4.6.

I have the following sample app.  The font used to display the label when run 
is different than the grid, even though I am not defining a font or setting 
anything in a css.  Why?  Screenshot attached (if it comes through in the post).



http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009";
xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx">
  
 
  


   
 
   
  
 

  
 
  

 
   







[cid:image001.png@01CD17D8.6D366AB0]




Michael





--
Alex Harui
Flex SDK Team
Adobe Systems, Inc.
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui

<>

RE: [flexcoders] Fonts and localization

[michael_regert]

Thanks.  I’m being told by our Korean QA that the default font that is used in 
the MS Advanced Data Grid is much cleaner than what is used in the Spark 
controls.  How do I change this to use the same font as the grid across my 
whole app?

Michael J. Regert

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From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Alex Harui
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 11:38 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Fonts and localization



MX uses TextField, Spark defaults to TextLine which will render a bit 
differently.


On 4/11/12 8:26 AM, "michael_reg...@dell.com"  wrote:





I’m trying to understand what Adobe Flex is doing for Korean (and other 
languages) fonts.  I’m seeing that the font used for a Spark label is different 
than what is used in an MX Advanced Data Grid.  I’m using Adobe Flex 4.0 and 
4.6.

I have the following sample app.  The font used to display the label when run 
is different than the grid, even though I am not defining a font or setting 
anything in a css.  Why?  Screenshot attached (if it comes through in the post).



http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009";
xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx">
  
 
  


   
 
   
  
 

  
 
  

 
   







[cid:image001.png@01CD17D8.49B69650]




Michael




--
Alex Harui
Flex SDK Team
Adobe Systems, Inc.
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui

<>

[flexcoders] Fonts and localization

[michael_regert]

I’m trying to understand what Adobe Flex is doing for Korean (and other 
languages) fonts.  I’m seeing that the font used for a Spark label is different 
than what is used in an MX Advanced Data Grid.  I’m using Adobe Flex 4.0 and 
4.6.

I have the following sample app.  The font used to display the label when run 
is different than the grid, even though I am not defining a font or setting 
anything in a css.  Why?  Screenshot attached (if it comes through in the post).



http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009";
xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx">
   
  
   


   
  
   
   
  

  
 
   
 
  
   







[cid:image001.png@01CD17CD.95207800]



Michael
<>

[flexcoders] FT Permanent Flex position @ Dell, Inc.

[michael_regert]

If you know of anyone looking for a full-time, permanent Flex 4 development 
position in the Austin, Texas area, please email me an updated and complete 
resume.  Right now, I'm being told by HR this is for US residents only 
(meaning, Dell cannot do international relocation at this time, sorry).  Local 
to Texas is preferred, must be willing to relocate.  Remote work or contract 
work not available at this time.


Michael J. Regert
Software Development Sr. Engineer
Dell | Enterprise Systems Management
office +1 512 728 4483
fax +1 512 723 1952
Dell Inc. One Dell Way, MS RR5-32, Round Rock, TX 78682

[flexcoders] Skinning question

[michael_regert]

I'm still trying to learn solid skinning practices and looking for a 
recommendation.  I need to skin a component based on our UXD design.  I can do 
half of what I need in CSS ,but then I need to actually copy the spark skin and 
modify it for the remain part. My question is, since I'm already creating a new 
skin class to do part of what I need, is there any benefit to declaring the 
remaining pieces in CSS, or should I just hard code all of it in the new skin 
class?  To me, it seems like I'd want all of the changes together for a future 
developer to read rather than half in CSS and half in a skin class.  Thoughts?


Michael J. Regert

RE: [flexcoders] Re: Flex alternatives

[michael_regert]

You bring up some good points.  I have been on a few calls between our company 
and with Adobe on this exact subject right after the announcements were made.  
We grilled them with questions, and though I won't fully disclose many of their 
answers here, our development teams were confident enough to stick with Adobe 
Flex.  We realize that long-term, technologies shift.  I started out as a C++ 
developer doing low-level SCSI.  Now doing UIs in Flex.  In 5 years will I be 
doing HTML 5, ZK, Silverlight, some other new technology?  Who knows.  But for 
now, I'm actually excited to have a greater role in the direction Flex takes 
for now, and welcome any challenges making it Open Source may bring.

The product we developed using Adobe Flex was ranked as one of the top 15 
products for 2011 by CRN.  Didn't see any HTML 5 apps there.  I think this says 
something about where Flex is, and it still holds some ground.  The technology 
decision should be based on your projects, your long-term direction, and your 
talent pool.  I'd recommend not jumping ship, just to jump ship.  You never 
know where that ship may sail!

Michael J. Regert

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Ron G
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 11:39 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Flex alternatives



Hi James,

I certainly respect the decision of those who are sticking with Flex, but I 
would suggest that developers do so with the recognition that they may be 
developing with a technology that isn't going to be around that long.

I could write at length about this, but, in a nutshell, here's why. On the one 
hand, you have an open-source project that is geared toward enterprise 
application development, but it is completely dependent on a proprietary 
runtime. That runtime is manufactured by a company who has stated its future is 
"digital media and digital marketing", and that it believes the future of 
enterprise web application development is HTML5. It then begs the question, 
"How long will they bloat their Flashplayer to support an open-source Flex 
community's enterprise web application development goals and wishes?"

To accommodate the Flex community, Adobe gets nothing in return for its 
expenditure of time and money in designing, developing, testing the features 
the Flex community requires now and in the future. It also means that, by 
supporting Flex in their runtime, the Flashplayer has an unnecessarily larger 
footprint than would otherwise be required.

So, ask yourself if you truly believe Flex will be a supported product by Adobe 
in 5-10 years from now. I highly doubt it.

On the other hand, I think if a developer uses Flash Pro to develop digital 
media for their applications, they can probably count on that being around 
indefinitely. But, not Flex.

Ron

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, James 
Ong mailto:yanlilei64@...>> wrote:
>
> Using ZK and Java is great. I'm still sticking to Flex for developing
> desktop applications and gaming.
> Of course, many will still using it for animations, there is no such thing
> as "abandon", some developers
> are just over use Flash and end up hurting user experience than necessary.
>
> When it comes to web application, I stick to PHP but will definitely use
> Flex for mobile, desktop and
> components within the web browser.
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 10:16 AM, 
> mailto:michael_regert@...>> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > Staying with Flex. Not looking elsewhere.
> >
> > ** **
> >
> > *Michael*
> >
> > ** **
> >
> > *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com 
> > [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] *On
> > Behalf Of *Ron G
> > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 11, 2012 8:15 PM
> > *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> > *Subject:* [flexcoders] Re: Flex alternatives
> >
> > ** **
> >
> > 
> >
> > Yes, we have also abandoned Flex in favor of ZKoss. Since we are already a
> > Java shop, on the server side, it seemed logical to use a Java based
> > framework on the client-side.
> >
> > The thing I really like about ZK or ZKoss is that it has equivalent
> > components to Flex. In fact, it actually has more components than Flex.
> >
> > It implements an approach that I really like of separating the UI into
> > appearance and behavior - much like the Spark components of Flex. Well, not
> > exactly, but sort of. :) Here's what I mean. For each UI object, it has a
> > client side (widget) and server side (component). I won't go into further
> > detail, but it gives you a nice separation of concerns that you can avail
> > yourself of. This feature also greatly insulates the rendered pages from
> > x-browser compatibility issues.
> >
> > Check it out for yourself at their site (zkoss.org).
> >
> > Ron
> >
> > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, 
>

RE: [flexcoders] Re: Flex alternatives

[michael_regert]

Staying with Flex.  Not looking elsewhere.

Michael

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Ron G
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 8:15 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Flex alternatives



Yes, we have also abandoned Flex in favor of ZKoss. Since we are already a Java 
shop, on the server side, it seemed logical to use a Java based framework on 
the client-side.

The thing I really like about ZK or ZKoss is that it has equivalent components 
to Flex. In fact, it actually has more components than Flex.

It implements an approach that I really like of separating the UI into 
appearance and behavior - much like the Spark components of Flex. Well, not 
exactly, but sort of. :) Here's what I mean. For each UI object, it has a 
client side (widget) and server side (component). I won't go into further 
detail, but it gives you a nice separation of concerns that you can avail 
yourself of. This feature also greatly insulates the rendered pages from 
x-browser compatibility issues.

Check it out for yourself at their site (zkoss.org).

Ron

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Sal" 
mailto:sal.celli@...>> wrote:
>
> hi,
> as i can sadly see from the message history bottom grid, many programmers are 
> leaving flex.
> So this thread is to ask you all, if you have already found a valid 
> alternative to flex for RIA development.
>

[flexcoders] Flash Caching

[michael_regert]

I'm seeing an issue maybe some of you have run into.  IE 9 seems to be caching 
our Flex app swf, even after clearing the cache.  I've confirmed using Charles 
Proxy that sure enough, the SWF is never requested and IE 9 is using a cached 
version.  We can try clearing the cache all day, shutting down all windows, no 
luck.  BUT, using the F12 Developer Tools in IE9 and clearing the cache there 
DOES fix it.  Any idea why?



Michael J. Regert
Software Development Sr. Engineer
Dell | Enterprise Systems Management
office +1 512 728 4483
fax +1 512 723 1952
Dell Inc. One Dell Way, MS RR5-32, Round Rock, TX 78682

[flexcoders] How to get the right locale in IE?

[michael_regert]

I'm trying to get the locale from IE 9.  I've written the following, but it is 
not working as expected.  In IE 9, I can add more than one language, so I can 
add [de], then [de_DE], then [en_US] (listed in that order).

If I call 'navigator.userLanguage.toString', then IE returns en-us, even though 
I know German is listed first and working (Google comes up in German).  I 
thought maybe it was because it was trying to return an Array of languages, so 
I changed my code to look for an Array or an Object.  Nothing works.


var l10NCodes:Object = null;
var l10nCode:String = null;

/* Try to get the language code from the browser first.  The browser returns 
both
the language code and the country code rather than just the language code 
alone. */
if (ExternalInterface.available) {
   l10NCodes = ExternalInterface.call('navigator.userLanguage');
   l10nCode = ExternalInterface.call('navigator.userLanguage.toString');
}




Michael J. Regert

RE: [flexcoders] Re: Red error borders on form items before form is validated

[michael_regert]

Can you give an example of how you've written your validator?  I'm suspecting 
it is on how you defined the trigger.

Michael J. Regert

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Khanh
Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 4:20 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Red error borders on form items before form is 
validated



It's a focus border.
Usually, it's blue. I'm not sure how it's red in your case!
You can change the color following this example.
Thanks to Peter Dehaan for his great tip.
http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/04/12/changing-the-focus-rectangle-color-on-a-textinput-control-in-flex/

OR you can hide this by using the property: focusAlpha


Good luck.

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, dorkie 
dork from dorktown 
mailto:dorkiedorkfromdorktown@...>> wrote:
>
> When I display my Form elements (TextInput, Combox, etc) the red error
> border is shown right away before the user even types into it. Why is this
> happening? How can I prevent it from showing a red error border when it's
> first displayed?
>

RE: [flexcoders] e4x help

[michael_regert]

Ahhh.  YES!  That fixed it.  Thanks!

Michael J. Regert

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Of Haykel BEN JEMIA
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 10:48 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] e4x help


because the elements are then defined in the namespace 
"http://schemas.dell.com/wbem/biosattributeregistry/1";. To access them through 
e4x you have to create a corresponding namespace object, e.g.:

private namespace biosattributeregistry = 
"http://schemas.dell.com/wbem/biosattributeregistry/1";;
use namespace biosattributeregistry;

Haykel Ben Jemia

Allmas
Web & RIA Development
http://www.allmas-tn.com



On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 4:32 PM, 
mailto:michael_reg...@dell.com>> wrote:

I guess I should have copied the entire XML.

http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; 
xsi:schemaLocation="http://schemas.dell.com/wbem/biosattributeregistry/1 
file:///C:/work/12G/Attribute%20Registry/DCIM_AttributeRegistry.xsd" 
xmlns="http://schemas.dell.com/wbem/biosattributeregistry/1";>

Turns out if I just remove the last namespace, 
xmlns="http://schemas.dell.com/wbem/biosattributeregistry/1";

Then it works correctly.

Any idea why this would cause it to not be able to find the children?

Michael J. Regert

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From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com 
[mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On 
Behalf Of Brendan Meutzner
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 10:20 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] e4x help



You shouldn't do a check on the length() for xmlRoot... that represents the 
REGISTRY level... otherwise your code looks fine.


On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 4:54 PM, 
mailto:michael_reg...@dell.com>> wrote:

I must be missing something simple here.  I’m reading in XML that looks like 
this:



  
  

  Attr_1


  Attr_2


  Attr_3

  


I’m trying to get all  nodes using the .. operator, but it always 
returns 0, even though xmlRoot looks fine.

protected function xmlService_resultHandler(event:ResultEvent):void
{
  if (event != null && event.result != null && event.result is XML) {
var xmlRoot:XML = event.result as XML;
if (xmlRoot && xmlRoot.length() > 0) {
  var lst:XMLList = xmlRoot..Attribute;
  trace("lst length = " + lst.length());
}
  }
}


Michael

RE: [flexcoders] e4x help

[michael_regert]

I guess I should have copied the entire XML.

http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; 
xsi:schemaLocation="http://schemas.dell.com/wbem/biosattributeregistry/1 
file:///C:/work/12G/Attribute%20Registry/DCIM_AttributeRegistry.xsd" 
xmlns="http://schemas.dell.com/wbem/biosattributeregistry/1";>

Turns out if I just remove the last namespace, 
xmlns="http://schemas.dell.com/wbem/biosattributeregistry/1";

Then it works correctly.

Any idea why this would cause it to not be able to find the children?

Michael J. Regert

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From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Brendan Meutzner
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 10:20 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] e4x help



You shouldn't do a check on the length() for xmlRoot... that represents the 
REGISTRY level... otherwise your code looks fine.


On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 4:54 PM, 
mailto:michael_reg...@dell.com>> wrote:

I must be missing something simple here.  I’m reading in XML that looks like 
this:



  
  

  Attr_1


  Attr_2


  Attr_3

  


I’m trying to get all  nodes using the .. operator, but it always 
returns 0, even though xmlRoot looks fine.

protected function xmlService_resultHandler(event:ResultEvent):void
{
  if (event != null && event.result != null && event.result is XML) {
var xmlRoot:XML = event.result as XML;
if (xmlRoot && xmlRoot.length() > 0) {
  var lst:XMLList = xmlRoot..Attribute;
  trace("lst length = " + lst.length());
}
  }
}


Michael

[flexcoders] e4x help

[michael_regert]

I must be missing something simple here.  I'm reading in XML that looks like 
this:



  
  

  Attr_1


  Attr_2


  Attr_3

  


I'm trying to get all  nodes using the .. operator, but it always 
returns 0, even though xmlRoot looks fine.

protected function xmlService_resultHandler(event:ResultEvent):void
{
  if (event != null && event.result != null && event.result is XML) {
var xmlRoot:XML = event.result as XML;
if (xmlRoot && xmlRoot.length() > 0) {
  var lst:XMLList = xmlRoot..Attribute;
  trace("lst length = " + lst.length());
}
  }
}


Michael

RE: [flexcoders] Problem with showing less then sign as axis label

[michael_regert]

Try:

{Month:"

[flexcoders] Flex job @ Dell, Inc.

[michael_regert]

Dell is looking for an experienced Flex developer for the Austin, TX area.  
Please email me your questions and/or resume privately if you are interested or 
know someone.  Serious emails only.

8+ years software development experience or MSCS
Experience with developing Rich Internet Applications (RIA)
Strong knowledge of Adobe Flex and ActionScript (Flex 4 preferred)
Experience with the Cairngorm framework
Experience with developing custom Spark components preferred
Experience with skinning Flex components preferred
Experience with web services / WSDL a plus


Michael J. Regert
Software Development Sr. Engineer
Flex UI Development Team Lead
Dell | Enterprise Systems Management
Dell Inc. One Dell Way, MS RR5-32, Round Rock, TX 78682

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