[flexcoders] Whats up with MXNA

2007-01-31 Thread Jason Hawryluk
4 pages of Cynergy Systems Blog posts (old ones mind you), after page 4 nothing ?? Anyone else getting this.. jason

Re: [flexcoders] Re: PNG transparency failing in @Embed?

2007-01-31 Thread dorkie dork from dorktown
heres my image: http://judahfrangipane.com/blog/wp-content/themes/default/bin/images/kubrickheader_mask.png i'm loading it in externally though. it works at the first url but does not work in the second url: http://judahfrangipane.com/blog/wp-content/themes/default/bin/header.html http://judahfra

RE: [flexcoders] AS variables at the top level of a package

2007-01-31 Thread Stembert Olivier \(BIL\)
Sorry, I didn't understand "at the top level of a package" This one compiled fine. package { public class Test { } } var var1 : String; Other examples: 1) compiles fine package { class Test { } } var var1 : String; function dummy():void{}

[flexcoders] AS variables at the top level of a package

2007-01-31 Thread Stembert Olivier \(BIL\)
Hi again, In the AS3.0 pdf page39, one can read: "Many developers, especially those with Java programming backgrounds, may choose to place only classes at the top level of a package. ActionScript 3.0, however, supports not only classes at the top level of a package, but also variables, functions,

[flexcoders] Project structure

2007-01-31 Thread Stembert Olivier (BIL)
Hi flexcoders, I'd like to put many mxml applications in only one eclipse project. The problem is that I can only put my applications in the main flex folder. I don't like it because I want to structure my project and put my applications in subfolders. Is there a workaround using Flex Builder? I k

[flexcoders] Possible to update an XML List collection while keeping a Tree Control open ?

2007-01-31 Thread helihobby
Hello, I have an XMLListCollection which is used as a data source for a Tree control. The problem is that when I get a new update from an HTTP Service, the Binding updates the complete Tree thus closing all current Leafs. Is it possible to keep the folders / leafs keep their state while after

[flexcoders] Re: PNG transparency failing in @Embed?

2007-01-31 Thread ben.clinkinbeard
http://three.fsphost.com/flex2/png/assets/user.png --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, JesterXL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Open it in Fireworks, he's the master of PNG's. If yall don't have > it, fire it my way. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Feb 1, 2007, at 12:28 AM, ben.clinkinbeard wrot

[flexcoders] Re: PNG transparency failing in @Embed?

2007-01-31 Thread ben.clinkinbeard
It seems to me like there is something funky going on with the PNG itself. Like I said, Photoshop doesn't even recognize the transparency, and that makes me uber-suspicious. Is the mime type or something along those lines jacked up? Ben --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Matt Chotin" <[EMAIL PR

RE: [flexcoders] Re: PNG transparency failing in @Embed?

2007-01-31 Thread Matt Chotin
Please file a bug too if you haven't already. Matt From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Doug McCune Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 9:29 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Re: PNG transparency fa

RE: [flexcoders] Latest FABridge release- is the source complete?

2007-01-31 Thread Matt Chotin
Uh oh, I wonder if the file was mailed around internally for posting. I will ping folks. Matt From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ben.clinkinbeard Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 4:12 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com

RE: [flexcoders] Time Entry Component

2007-01-31 Thread Matt Chotin
Sweet! From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brendan Meutzner Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 2:58 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Time Entry Component Thanks guys.. Just updated to avoid widt

[flexcoders] Re: Passing Value Object to CFC as an argument?

2007-01-31 Thread malik_robinson
Hi, That helps quite a bit. Two questions arise. 1. Can you explain the dynamic class usuage and why one might use that? 2. I always see VO's with an empty function declared after the properties (see below) , why is this? public function securityVO() { } Thanks for your help -M --- I

[flexcoders] Re: fixed the problem!!

2007-01-31 Thread ben.clinkinbeard
No, casting in AS takes the form of TypeToCastTo(objectToCast), and objectToCast as TypeToCastTo is virtually identical, except for the fact that a failed cast with as returns null, and the more traditional syntax will throw an exception upon failure. new ArrayCollection(something) calls the const

Re: [flexcoders] Re: PNG transparency failing in @Embed?

2007-01-31 Thread Doug McCune
Just to follow up, here's my post that explains the issue and my workaround: http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/01/31/problem-with-transparent-pngs-in-flex-using-embed/ Doug Pan Troglodytes wrote: Doug, Very cool that you tracked it down in SWFLoader. Right now I can get by with using GIF, b

Re: [flexcoders] Re: fixed the problem!!

2007-01-31 Thread Doug McCune
I believe: ArrayCollection(something) will do the same thing as: new ArrayCollection(something) and not the same thing as: something as ArrayCollection To cast to ArrayCollection you have to use "as" Doug Tracy Spratt wrote: Good question. I still stumble over casts vs new vs top-level func

Re: [flexcoders] Passing Value Object to CFC as an argument?

2007-01-31 Thread Douglas Knudsen
you need a EmployeeVO CFC with matching properties and the full array of mutators and accessors. Further you need to add the metadata to your AS VO so Flex knows how to tie it in to your CFC. THen service.saveEmployee( employeeVO ) can work on the EmployeeVO CFC bamm! Below is a example packag

RE: [flexcoders] Re: fixed the problem!!

2007-01-31 Thread Tracy Spratt
Good question. I still stumble over casts vs new vs top-level functions. I bet that will work. Tracy From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ben.clinkinbeard Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 7:45 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Datagrid Custom Renderer and Embeded Images.

2007-01-31 Thread cisnky
Doug, Thanks for that. Problem solved. I tried calling a function from the attribute source before, but didn't add the curly braces. On 1/31/07, Doug Lowder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Try the following in the icons.mxml file: If that works, I'm sure it will get you on your way to a co

[flexcoders] Re: Usergroup in Minneapolis?

2007-01-31 Thread evert_dennis
Yes. There are two flash/flex user groups in Minneapolis. One is more of a lecture based/QA user group for all levels of skills called FlashMN (http://www.flashmn.com/). And is an open invitation for anyone. The other is in a discussion format where a new topic is brought to the table for each m

[flexcoders] About using embedded fonts in loaded applications

2007-01-31 Thread arcencie1978
Hello guys I have a question about using embedded fonts in multiple applications that are loaded... As far as I know, if a font is embedded in the main application, every application that is loaded into it doesn't have to actually embed the same font as long as it has the right style name..

[flexcoders] About using embedded fonts in loaded applications

2007-01-31 Thread arcencie1978
Hello guys I have a question about using embedded fonts in multiple applications that are loaded... As far as I know, if a font is embedded in the main application, every application that is loaded into it doesn't have to actually embed the same font as long as it has the right style name..

[flexcoders] Usergroup in Minneapolis?

2007-01-31 Thread dorkie dork from dorktown
Are there any usergroups in Minneapolis? There is an Adobe office 2 miles from where I live so I would imagine there should be something nearby but the offices are heavily guarded with laser beams and newbie be gone.

[flexcoders] Re: fixed the problem!!

2007-01-31 Thread ben.clinkinbeard
Does myExperiments = ArrayCollection(event.result.experiments.experiment) work? --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Tracy Spratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That IS unexpected. > > Tracy > > > > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTEC

[flexcoders] Re: Datagrid Custom Renderer and Embeded Images.

2007-01-31 Thread Doug Lowder
Try the following in the icons.mxml file: If that works, I'm sure it will get you on your way to a complete solution. Good luck! Doug --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "cisnky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm still having problems getting my icons to render in the datagrid. > > I've u

[flexcoders] Time Slider function problem

2007-01-31 Thread g_vaccarezza
Guys, I'm trying to pul a time range selector so I can trim down the data I show in a graph. I copied the example from the charting explorer and my change function goes like this: function sliceResults():void { slicedResults = myData.lastResult.data.month.slice(slider.values [0],slider.value

[flexcoders] FDS save problem w/Hibernate collection

2007-01-31 Thread parkerwhirlow
Hello, I'm getting back a Hibernate "NonUniqueObjectException" when trying to update an item via FDS. This happens (as far as I can tell) any time you update a property of an object in a collection that is NOT a managed association in FDS. Here's the details: Single FDS destination: Family F

[flexcoders] Passing Value Object to CFC as an argument?

2007-01-31 Thread malik_robinson
Hi, I am confused on how pass in arguments to the CFC when I am sending a ValueObject in from Flex. I have this code. public function saveEmployee( employeeVO : EmployeeVO ): void { var call:AsyncToken = service.saveEmployee( employeeVO ); call.addResponder( responder ); } The parameter emp

Re: [flexcoders] Accessibility and imported components

2007-01-31 Thread Jason Goodwin
I have tried it in both forms mode and virtual cursor modes, in JAWS 6.0.65U . - J On 1/23/07, Andrew Kirkpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jason, The short answer is that it does work. The longer, more useful answer requires more information from you about what you've tried, and how you ar

RE: [flexcoders] parent-child hierarchy of data using Flex, FDS and Hibernate

2007-01-31 Thread Jeff Vroom
This relates to your other question about the association tags in the section. There are two ways you can work with non-primitive object properties using FDMS. You can either have them be "managed associations" or you can treat them as "hierarchical values". If you choose the former, you define

Re: [flexcoders] Re: PNG transparency failing in @Embed?

2007-01-31 Thread Pan Troglodytes
Doug, Very cool that you tracked it down in SWFLoader. Right now I can get by with using GIF, but it's great to know if I absolutely have to have more than 256 colors I can use your code. Hopefully Adobe is following this thread. Either that, or they already tracked it down and have it fixed i

RE: [flexcoders] Re: Flex 2 HTTPService best practices

2007-01-31 Thread Tracy Spratt
http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/2/docs/1149.html Tracy From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of brent_trx Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 5:51 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Flex 2 HTTPServi

[flexcoders] Datagrid Custom Renderer and Embeded Images.

2007-01-31 Thread cisnky
I'm still having problems getting my icons to render in the datagrid. I've uploaded the app with source to the following location. http://www.tsuma.biz/flex/filebrowser/ Xml pulled in via the http request. http://www.tsuma.biz/flex/filebrowser/file_directory_list.php Does anybody know why my e

[flexcoders] Re: date formating

2007-01-31 Thread Roger Ross
Thank you Brian, that worked. starting to understand this stuff a litte more each day... --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Brian Holmes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Roger, > Use the following function. > > > > public function > gridDateFormatter(item:Object,column:DataGrid

[flexcoders] Re: Flex 2 HTTPService best practices

2007-01-31 Thread brent_trx
Correct ... but that's just because I'm lazy and wanted to play with objectToInstance for automation purposes, as our model and XML responses should always be in structural sync. In a previous iteration, I was just mapping by hand. I'll have to look more into AsyncToken, Tracy ... Got any recommen

[flexcoders] Loading module from module

2007-01-31 Thread tvikatos
Loading a module from a module does not work for me. A->B->C When B tries to load C (using ModuleManager) the factory returns null, although all types seem setup correctly. However if I do A->C and then: A->B->C then C is succesfully loaded and instantiated within A and B. Any suggestions of what

RE: [flexcoders] Re: Flex 2 HTTPService best practices

2007-01-31 Thread Tracy Spratt
I have never been comfortable with the "black box" conversion from xml to mx:Object. I went with xml in 1.5 and am delighted with e4x. I read the post above on XMLEncode with interest and plan to look at that, but since I hav so far been in control of both ends, the data type problems has not bee

Re: [flexcoders] Flex 3: The Survey (Please participate!)

2007-01-31 Thread Thijs Triemstra
Interesting survey. I'm curious about the results for question 15 "which edition of Flex Data Services do you use in production".. i assume and hope enough people answer that the cost is too high. Even Red5 is mentioned :) Thijs Op 31-jan-2007, om 2:47 heeft greg h het volgende geschreven

Re: [flexcoders] Html in Flex?

2007-01-31 Thread dorkie dork from dorktown
I have been secretly working on an html component for the last 2 months that is close to release. It has support for iframes but also support for straight html without iframes. I will be doing a beta in a few weeks and post a link to examples in the next couple of days. I've tested a bunch of cool

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex applications look like Fisher-Price toys

2007-01-31 Thread Bjorn Schultheiss
nice work! On 01/02/2007, at 3:26 AM, Dave Wolf wrote: Thanks! We have some awesome guys here who make all the magic happen. Yes indeed we did. -- Dave Wolf Cynergy Systems, Inc. Adobe Flex Alliance Partner http://www.cynergysystems.com http://www.cynergysystems.com/blogs Email: [EMAIL P

RE: [flexcoders] Host Name? How do I get my current host name?

2007-01-31 Thread Tracy Spratt
Maybe you could parse Application.url? Tracy From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brendan Meutzner Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 1:25 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Host Name? How do I get my

Re: [flexcoders] Onscreen keyboard

2007-01-31 Thread Daniel Wabyick
Thanks Jim. Using automation as a base is a very good idea. TextFieldAutomationHelper seems like the key. It may be a bit more heavy-handed then I need for this application, but I haven't decided which way to go yet. Thanks again ... Jim Cheng wrote: > > Daniel Wabyick wrote: > > > I am worki

[flexcoders] Re: Cairngorm 2.1 AMFPHP 1.9

2007-01-31 Thread mapper2255
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "ericbichara" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, your config script looks fine to me, give us an example of your > service.mxlm file, maybe youre calling the service inccorectly? Here > is an example of mine: > > >xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mx

Re: [flexcoders] Re: tracking a user session

2007-01-31 Thread Rachel Maxim
I had a similar issue, I used ColdFusion to manage the authentication and to create a session ID, then I had a remoteObject in Flex that called that CFC to get the credentials. If the length of the session, etc is of importance than you would probably also want to include the creation time in the

[flexcoders] How to create a Windows taskbar notification?

2007-01-31 Thread Rachel Maxim
I need to create a Windows Taskbar notification (like the Outlook "new message" balloon) from Flex. I'm wondering if anyone can recommend a tool for doing this, I'd expect it to be some type of ActiveX or COM object. I'm using ColdFusion on the back end. I know almost nothing about Windows program

RE: [flexcoders] Re: Html in Flex?

2007-01-31 Thread Tracy Spratt
Apollo will have full html parsing. That is why is is not available in the FlashPlayer, including a full html parsing engine would make the player way too large. Tracy From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of thegators_200

[flexcoders] unable to build font

2007-01-31 Thread Rick
I am getting the following error in Flex 2.0: "exception during transcoding: Unexpected exception encountered while reading font file 'path/to_font/font.tff" (in this case C:\flex2tfs\MyPlan_Inc1\css\Avenir85Heavy.ttf). In this case, the font file is in the same directory as the css file that conta

RE: [flexcoders] Index of an itemRenderer

2007-01-31 Thread Tracy Spratt
Uh oh. That question makes me suspect you have not learned a key concept in working with flex data driven controls. There is almost no case where accessing such a thing as "the index number of an itemRenderer" makes any sense. This is because the renderer instances are windows to your data

[flexcoders] TabNavigator Tab BackgroundImage

2007-01-31 Thread cgiamett2
I have been doing a lot of looking around and cannot come across how to add a BackgroundImage to tabs in a TabNavigator. I have seen buttons added, etc. Is there a simple way to just add an image to tabs?

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex 2 HTTPService best practices

2007-01-31 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'd assume your companies objects' members exactly match the nodes in the xml ? so if your xml has a node called "name" you have a property on your companies object called 'name' ? Grant. - Original Message - From: brent_trx [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: 1/31/07

[flexcoders] Re: Flex 2 HTTPService best practices

2007-01-31 Thread brent_trx
Here's a snippet from my XMLUtils class that converts an XML list of "companies" to an ArrayCollection of Company objects (relies on Darron Schall's ObjectTranslator tools for convenience): /** * Convert from XML List to Company ArrayCollection *

RE: [flexcoders] date formating

2007-01-31 Thread Brian Holmes
Roger, Use the following function. public function gridDateFormatter(item:Object,column:DataGridColumn):String { var f:DateFormatter = new DateFormatter(); f.formatString = "DD-MMM-"; re

[flexcoders] Re: Cairngorm 2.1 AMFPHP 1.9

2007-01-31 Thread ericbichara
Hi, your config script looks fine to me, give us an example of your service.mxlm file, maybe youre calling the service inccorectly? Here is an example of mine: http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; xmlns:cairngorm="com.adobe.cairngorm.business.*"> and script:

Re: [flexcoders] Re: PNG transparency failing in @Embed?

2007-01-31 Thread Doug McCune
You're definitely right, that's a clear bug in how SWFLoader works. I have a solution that involves duplicating the code for SWFLoader and modifying it a little bit. What's interesting is that in the Design view of FB, the PNG has perfect transparency in both cases. But in the published SWF, th

[flexcoders] date formating

2007-01-31 Thread Roger Ross
Hello, I have a date field in a grid. what is the correct syntax to get it to display MM/DD/ right now it displays as Wed Jan 30 00:00:00 GMT I have as my date format and I added the syntax to the datafield dataField="{df.format(entrydate)}" But this just gives me an error. I found how to

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex 2 HTTPService best practices

2007-01-31 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'd love to see an example, we were about to parse the XML and create our own array objects with the correct types for binding but this sounds like a much cleaner method. Cheers, Grant - Original Message - From: brent_trx [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: 1/31/07 4:

[flexcoders] Re: Setting variables... confusion over scope, ref/val etc.

2007-01-31 Thread jamiebadman
Thanks Ralf - extremely helpful. Just looked at ObjectUtil and that looks like it'll do the job. I'm at home now though so it'll wait 'til tomorrow ;-) Cheers, Jamie. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Ralf Bokelberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Jamie > > The following two simple rules m

[flexcoders] Re: Flex 2 HTTPService best practices

2007-01-31 Thread brent_trx
I was facing a very similar issue just recently. I had all these AS model classes that mapped identical properties in accordance to the backend objects I was dealing with, but no FDS-style convenience mechanism to handle typing via HTTPService calls. What I found out is the beauty of the "xmlDecode

Re: [flexcoders] Re: PNG transparency failing in @Embed?

2007-01-31 Thread dorkie dork from dorktown
Pan, I see the background in one and no background in the other. I think I am having the same problem and I have had no idea what is causing it. Take a look at my post about it. http://www.judahfrangipane.com/blog/?p=71 You can see it works on a page by itself but embedded into my blog header ther

[flexcoders] Re: PNG transparency failing in @Embed?

2007-01-31 Thread ben.clinkinbeard
Yes, I get transparency with that syntax... but not with your PNG. Opening your PNG in Photoshop also doesn't yield any transparency. So I am confused on how you're getting the transparency at all (Your sample appears as described- one opaque, one transparent). Ben --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.

Re: [flexcoders] Is this possible - SVG to PDF(vector) ?

2007-01-31 Thread John Dowdell
Alexander Tsoukias wrote: > How is it possible to take a canvas from FLEX and convert it to vector > PDF? I'm not sure... when you say "FLEX" are you thinking of the Flex Builder development environment, or the Flex Data Services server, or the Adobe Flash Player which is running a SWF which hap

[flexcoders] Cairngorm 2.1 AMFPHP 1.9

2007-01-31 Thread mapper2255
Hello, Have been trying all day to get CairngromStore running and keep getting this error: theMessagingError message='Unknown destination 'AMFPHP1_9'.' Using xampp/php 5. Have searched a long time for the answer with no help. Ran across this thread: http://www.mail- archive.com/flexcoders@yaho

[flexcoders] Re: tracking a user session

2007-01-31 Thread superstella_uk
Im guessing you want to pass the session id onto any web servics called from Flex? Maybe you could have the initial dyn html pages pass the session to the flash applet, and the Flex can pick that up and send it along with a param to all server calls? --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "mthielman11

[flexcoders] Problem with state based on another state

2007-01-31 Thread theflashcanon
I'm going to do the best I can to explain this without showing code (legal reasons). Here is an example of my states "layout": BaseState StateOne --StateOneA (based on StateOne) --StateOneB (based on StateOne) --StateOneC (based on StateOne) StateTwo --StateTwoA (based on StateTwo) --StateTwoB (ba

[flexcoders] Latest FABridge release- is the source complete?

2007-01-31 Thread ben.clinkinbeard
I am seeing several files like this and wondering if something got hosed during the upload process: FABridg.txt === FILE QUARANTINED Antigen for Exchange removed winmail.dat->FABridge->FABridge.js since it was found to match the FILE FILTER= unnamed: *.js file filter. I

RE: [flexcoders] Re: Question on managing Flex libaries and Modules

2007-01-31 Thread Roger Gonzalez
If you mark the library as external from the modules, you'll need to ensure that it is either fully included in the application or else loaded as a RSL by the application. -rg From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of zzwi8

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Does asdoc work??

2007-01-31 Thread Anatole Tartakovsky
Other alternative is to load plugin for the asdoc - out beta is @ www.flex2doc.org Regards, Anatole On 1/31/07, Stephen Gilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Here is how I generated ASDoc for Cairngorm: 1. Copied the Cairngorm files to the asdoc directory under wherever you installed the sdk

[flexcoders] Re: Question on managing Flex libaries and Modules

2007-01-31 Thread zzwi89
I should add that for the two non-library projects, I have set the project properties to include the library. I even tried setting the link type of the library in each project to External, which has the desired effect of decreasing file size, but causes this error: VerifyError: Error #1014: Class

[flexcoders] MenuBar component: Open on rollover, not click?

2007-01-31 Thread August Kaiser
Is there a simple way to show MenuBar drop-downs on rollover, instead of click? - August

RE: [flexcoders] Re: Does asdoc work??

2007-01-31 Thread Stephen Gilson
Here is how I generated ASDoc for Cairngorm: 1. Copied the Cairngorm files to the asdoc directory under wherever you installed the sdk. The source files are therefore in: FLEXINSTALLDIR\asdoc\Cairngorm\com\adobe\cairngorm 2. Ran the following command from the asdoc directory: ..\bin\asdoc -

[flexcoders] Checking data entered in an editable datagrid

2007-01-31 Thread withoutname5962
Hello, I'm using an editable datagrid. I want to check the data entered in the cells using the "DataGridEvent.ITEM_EDIT_END" event. How can I obtain the entered data? And how send the corrected data to the DataGrid? Thanks a lot.

[flexcoders] Re: Flex 2 HTTPService best practices

2007-01-31 Thread Chris Luebcke
So I tried setting the resultFormat to "object" for a service that returns a fairly deep XML structure. I found that it did a pretty good job of mapping the text nodes to the correct types (Boolean, String and Number); it didn't map "2006-11-17" to a Date, but hey, you can't be all things to all pe

[flexcoders] Question on managing Flex libaries and Modules

2007-01-31 Thread zzwi89
I have tried to split up my project in Flex Builder into three separate 'projects'. First, we have the library project I created. In this I've put everything that gets reused a lot - meaning custom components and skin classes. Next, the module project. I created this following Adobe's module guid

[flexcoders] Embedding all or part of SWF assets

2007-01-31 Thread dorkie dork from dorktown
Lets say I have a swf file that has 10 assets (say skins) in it. If I use this swf in my flex project but I only use one of those assets does Flex compile in the other nine? For example, I saw a theme.swf that contained skinning elements for a theme. I want to embed one skin from it but I don't w

Re: [flexcoders] Re: PNG transparency failing in @Embed?

2007-01-31 Thread Pan Troglodytes
Could you clarify what you mean by "works for me"? Do you mean you are getting transparency on the PNG? I uploaded my full code for an example: http://three.fsphost.com/flex2/png/PNGBug.html Just right-click to view the source. They both use the same png file. The first one renders with an

[flexcoders] Re: Flex 2 HTTPService best practices

2007-01-31 Thread Chris Luebcke
Hi Ian, I'm using XML over HTTPService in my current app and may be able to help with some of this. Responses inline below. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Ian Shafer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ...regarding using HTTPService: > > * Should I be using it? I'm choosing to use HTTPService becaus

Re: [flexcoders] Onscreen keyboard

2007-01-31 Thread Jim Cheng
Daniel Wabyick wrote: > I am working on an onscreen keyboard for a touchscreen Flex application. > > Building out the UI should be simple, but I am wondering if anyone has > ideas on the best way to 'plug in' to the normal Flash key event > system. I know I can get the current focused object

[flexcoders] Re: PNG transparency failing in @Embed?

2007-01-31 Thread ben.clinkinbeard
orks for me... Not sure what else to recommend. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Pan Troglodytes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sadly, no. It also doesn't work if you declare a variable like > > [Embed(source="/assets/user-big.png")] private var userIcon:Class; > > > FYI, from the docs:

[flexcoders] Re: using soapHeaders to pass UserName and Password

2007-01-31 Thread Mark
Jamie, Thanks for the fast reply to this problem but it seems like you posted partial code. I feel like you left out some important pieces to the puzzle so I'm confused as to how you're calling your function and what is ModelLocator, ourService and myWebService (I'm guessing the id to the WebS

Re: [flexcoders] tracking a user session

2007-01-31 Thread Jeffry Houser
You don't need to track sessions in the same way that you would in Web Applications. Adding a string at the end of the URL to track sessions is fine. All flex-based apps will most likely be served off the same URL, won't they? Just store your session variables as 'local' to the Flex in

[flexcoders] Any good Tutorials to jump into AMFPHP 1.9

2007-01-31 Thread Agent RR-007
HI everyone. Great information on the list to read upon everyday. I have a small question. Are there any good Tutorials to start running with Flex and AMFPHP 1.9. Thanks. Always trust your Agent, RR-007

Re: [flexcoders] Time Entry Component

2007-01-31 Thread Brendan Meutzner
Thanks guys.. Just updated to avoid width shift on am/pm and put an example in there similar to what Doug suggested for the updatable current time. Brendan On 1/31/07, Ely Greenfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Awesome work Brendan. -- *From:* flexcoders@yah

[flexcoders] Flex 2 HTTPService best practices

2007-01-31 Thread Ian Shafer
Hello, I'm pretty new to Flex and Flash (about two weeks in). I'm an experienced Java developer, so I do have a solid background. I have a number of questions regarding using HTTPService: * Should I be using it? I'm choosing to use HTTPService because I don't want to pay for FDS and it (HTTPServi

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Is this possible - SVG to PDF(vector) ?

2007-01-31 Thread Doug McCune
I have a feeling this is going to really tough. What you want is like the ability to get bitmapData from a component, but instead of bitmapData you want vectorData that would give you all the vector points used to draw the component. I have a feeling this is going to require work on the core le

[flexcoders] text input controls

2007-01-31 Thread Roger Ross
Hello, New to Flex and still getting use to everything. When using a text input control why does the width of the text input field change as you scroll through records displayed in a grid control? Also can you right justify the label on the form item that is created when you add a text input con

RE: [flexcoders] Time Entry Component

2007-01-31 Thread Ely Greenfield
Awesome work Brendan. From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brendan Meutzner Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 10:31 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Time Entry Component Hi, So if it turns out

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Is this possible - SVG to PDF(vector) ?

2007-01-31 Thread Brendan Meutzner
Alex, I never did complete that hurdle... making it a seamless download... I'll leave this question to others who might have a solution for that. I'd be interested to know as well. Thanks, Brendan On 1/31/07, Alexander Tsoukias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: That would be great, although,

[flexcoders] Re: Is this possible - SVG to PDF(vector) ?

2007-01-31 Thread Alexander Tsoukias
That would be great, although, I need to be able to download it as eps directly from flex. Would that be a possibility? Alex --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Brendan Meutzner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've had success in the past converting to EPS format from Flash Player > (which succ

[flexcoders] PrintDataGrid Scrollable Rows

2007-01-31 Thread loisgh
Hi All, The nextPage() function sets the PrintDataGrid verticalScrollPosition property to equal verticalScrollPosition + (number of scrollable rows). In other words it advances the printing x number of rows. Here's my question. What property constitutes the number of scrollable rows. I have

Re: [flexcoders] Apollo features

2007-01-31 Thread Impudent1
word. add my vote to being able to pass parameters to other exes Impudent1 LeapFrog Productions

Re: [flexcoders] Host Name? How do I get my current host name?

2007-01-31 Thread Ralf Bokelberg
Can't you extract it from Application.url? Cheers, Ralf. On 1/31/07, Brendan Meutzner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm pretty sure this information wouldn't be accessible from within Flash, but you could use Javascript to pass in the information to the swf via URL params, or ExternalInterface c

[flexcoders] tracking a user session

2007-01-31 Thread mthielman11
I am having a surprisingly very difficult time finding a concrete answer as to how to handle sessions in flex. We need to be able to track a user once they are logged into the system. Security in our app is critical and every post needs to be validated. IN our current web app we simply had a stri

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Time Entry Component

2007-01-31 Thread Brendan Meutzner
Hey Doug, Yeah, the width thing is bugging me too... it is a result of the min/max values on the NumericStepper getting set for am/pm... I'll try to find an alternate solution to prevent that. And I thought about the setting of the clock... would be easy enough to do if somebody wanted to. I di

Re: [flexcoders] Is this possible - SVG to PDF(vector) ?

2007-01-31 Thread Brendan Meutzner
I've had success in the past converting to EPS format from Flash Player (which successfully opened in vector format inside Illustrator) by using Print to File with specific print drivers... it's not exactly seamless, but it worked. I can track down the specific print drivers if that would help...

[flexcoders] Re: Time Entry Component

2007-01-31 Thread dougmccune
Ohh, that's a fun component. Can you make one that ticks up the seconds (like the bottom example) but also lets you change the time? That seems the most like the Windows one. If you change the seconds it just starts ticking from the new value you entered. My other comment is to ask why setting the

[flexcoders] Re: Does asdoc work??

2007-01-31 Thread tvikatos
Yes, I have. I am probably doing something wrong but it's extremely difficult to figure out what. This has to become friendlyer than command line and give meaningful feedback... --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Stephen Gilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Have you checked the doc on ASDoc: >

Re: [flexcoders] Re: PNG transparency failing in @Embed?

2007-01-31 Thread Pan Troglodytes
Sadly, no. It also doesn't work if you declare a variable like [Embed(source="/assets/user-big.png")] private var userIcon:Class; FYI, from the docs: About the source parameter In almost all cases, you must specify the source parameter or nothing is embedded. The source parameter is the def

[flexcoders] generate a report with flex and cf report builder

2007-01-31 Thread flexnid
hi, Does someone have an exemple showing how to generate a report (pdf) from a flex application (or AS3) with cf report builder (or other)? The idea is to generate an order or something like that from a marketing application.

[flexcoders] Is this possible - SVG to PDF(vector) ?

2007-01-31 Thread Alexander Tsoukias
Hi all... How is it possible to take a canvas from FLEX and convert it to vector PDF? Is taking SVG and converting to a PDF a way? Does coldfusion have any way of doing this? Thanks, Alexander

[flexcoders] Time Entry Component

2007-01-31 Thread Brendan Meutzner
Hi, So if it turns out that there is indeed a Time Entry control in Flex, I end up looking like a doof... HOWEVER, I haven't seen anything remotely resembling a time entry similar to the Windows time... so http://www.stretchmedia.ca/code_examples/time_entry/TimeEntryTester.html Would love f

Re: [flexcoders] Host Name? How do I get my current host name?

2007-01-31 Thread Brendan Meutzner
I'm pretty sure this information wouldn't be accessible from within Flash, but you could use Javascript to pass in the information to the swf via URL params, or ExternalInterface calls... Brendan On 1/31/07, Matt Maher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I need to know what box and what domain I am

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