RE: [flexcoders] Re: How do I convert an object to an arrayCollection?

2007-10-28 Thread Alex Harui
You are basically trying to convert data from one format to another, so you'll have to loop through all of it. My previous post contained a rough code for the recommended way of doing what you did. If you define an actual class with fields, you'll get much better performance and type-safety

RE: [flexcoders] Odd setinterval timer error

2007-10-28 Thread Alex Harui
Flex always has a timer running. Use the profiler to see how many timers there are and who created them. From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Austin Kottke Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 6:01 PM To:

RE: [flexcoders] flash player 9.0.60

2007-10-28 Thread Alex Harui
No official release date as of yet, and you can't force an upgrade to it either until it is officially released. From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of danielvlopes Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 2:47 PM To:

Re: [flexcoders] Error with htmlText property of TextArea - Error #2044: Unhandled IOErrorEvent:. text=Error #2124: Loaded file is an unknown type?

2007-10-28 Thread arpan srivastava
Hi Dan, There is no stacktrace, this is the only thing i get. - Original Message From: Daniel Freiman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 9:02:27 PM Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Error with htmlText property of TextArea - Error #2044:

[flexcoders] framerate bug of flex.

2007-10-28 Thread icykorpio
hi everyone, many times I encounter this kind of situation. when I change the framerate to a higher number, say 60. there is some flicker on some graphics code(ex: switch image etc.). however, if I low the framerate to 10-30. everything is smooth. I guess if I set the framerate to a number

[flexcoders] Getting Debugger window when running flex application

2007-10-28 Thread essuark
I just installed the latest beta. When I run (clicking the play button NOT the debug button), I get the dialog box that says Where is the debugger or host application running? with radio buttons saying localhost or other machine. Actually debugging in debugging mode works fine, just not

[flexcoders] Re: flash player 9.0.60

2007-10-28 Thread danielvlopes
Hi Alex, thanks for answer, you think can take long? Thanks, bye. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No official release date as of yet, and you can't force an upgrade to it either until it is officially released.

Re: [flexcoders] Re: How to set Script time limit in Flex 2 (or 3)?

2007-10-28 Thread Paul Decoursey
I had thought that too, but think about it, if you have a script that runs for a minute users are not going to be happy. You need to break that up into smaller parts so that the UI can update and the user doesn't think it's broken. In fact I like the default of 15 seconds, it helps me to

Re: [flexcoders] Getting Debugger window when running flex application

2007-10-28 Thread Paul Decoursey
I think that this is because the beta player installs to a different file than the official release. I think that flex is checking for the official release and doesn't find it. I don't think there is a way to turn off this warning, at least I haven't found one. I've reverted back to the

[flexcoders] Re: Deep binding with Cairngorm question

2007-10-28 Thread ben.clinkinbeard
I think maybe you're confused about what final is used for. http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/201/langref/statements.html#final HTH, Ben --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, arieljake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could you declare the productList final and force future modifiers to call removeAll()

[flexcoders] removechild and addchild cause flickering , help~

2007-10-28 Thread icykorpio
hi , here is the simple code var image1:Image; var image2:Image; public function init():void { image1 = new Image(); image1.x = image1.y = 0; image1.width = image1.height = 200; image1.source = U:\\6.jpg; image2 = new Image(); image2.source = U:\\5.jpg; image2.x = image2.y = 0; image2.width

[flexcoders] Re: removechild and addchild cause flickering , help~

2007-10-28 Thread icykorpio
by flickering, i mean there is a time between the change, the background show up. then the second iamge appear.

[flexcoders] Re: removechild and addchild cause flickering , help~

2007-10-28 Thread icykorpio
i find only the first time i do the switch, the flicker appear. seems any UIComponent the first time be drawn needs two frames to show up.

Re: [flexcoders] Swapping color from Bitmap

2007-10-28 Thread Claudia Barnal
Thanks, I'll look into this. On 10/27/07, Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alex probably meant BitmapData.threshold() Anyways perhaps this actionscript example might help you http://www.sephiroth.it/tutorials/flashPHP/thresold/ On 10/27/07, Alex Harui [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe

Re: [flexcoders] Changing the width to 100%

2007-10-28 Thread Paul Decoursey
try percentWidth verses witdh On Oct 28, 2007, at 8:36 AM, George Georgiou wrote: Hi there, This is a very simple but I can't get it work. I have a panel and I want to change it's with to 100% by means of ActionScript. Here's what I do: public function changeWidth():void {

Re: [flexcoders] Error with htmlText property of TextArea - Error #2044: Unhandled IOErrorEvent:. text=Error #2124: Loaded file is an unknown type?

2007-10-28 Thread Daniel Freiman
Ok, if you're getting this from an rss feed then you're not going to like this. Also this solution uses mx_internal. If you don't know what that is, it's a set of methods/properties, that adobe says may change so they should be used with extreme care because your code might break on updates.

[flexcoders] Re: Getting Debugger window when running flex application

2007-10-28 Thread essuark
thanks... how does one revert back to the older flash player? --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Paul Decoursey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think that this is because the beta player installs to a different file than the official release. I think that flex is checking for the official

[flexcoders] List change event to BubbleChart

2007-10-28 Thread picklzzz
I'm a newbie and have, what I think is, a simple task: I have a BubbleChart populated from an ArrayCollection consisting of fields name, x, y, and size. I populate an adjoining List with the name field. I would like to be able to select on, possibly multiple, names in the List and have the bubble

[flexcoders] Tween Motion along a path

2007-10-28 Thread snowjunkie73
At Adobe Max 2007 I went to a session on creating custom components in Flex. The example component used in the session was a custom carousel component where objects would tween along a circular path. The source for this example class was never released, but I am fairly certain that the math for

Re: [flexcoders] Changing the width to 100%

2007-10-28 Thread Bailey
Hi George, yeah the width property will only take an integer so you must use the percentProperty to set a percent. So something like this would be fine~ public function changeWidth():void { mainPanel.percentWidth = 100; } On 10/28/07, George Georgiou [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [flexcoders] flash player 9.0.60

2007-10-28 Thread eoptica
correct. 9.0.60 is a beta, i.e. not ready for primetime. In fact the beta is now... 9.0.64? -radley On Oct 27, 2007, at 2:46 PM, danielvlopes wrote: Hello, Anyone know when adobe will release flash player 9.0.60 for every user? If i'm not wrong, i think flash player 9.0.60 only

[flexcoders] POST vs GET vs SEND ...not the same inside Flex

2007-10-28 Thread i.yoho
The more I play with this, the more I am convinced that it is acting wrong because of Flex. I am watching the Apache server access.log as the data goes by. And I just can't figure this out. My apologies for the cross-post with Flash-Tiger group but I haven't heard anything and thought it might be

[flexcoders] Transition changing z-order before transition effect starts

2007-10-28 Thread Daniel Freiman
I'm working with transitions. I'm trying apply an effect to a component, then removing children, replacing children, and then applying another effect to the component. This is working except that before the first effect plays, the child indexes/z-order get all screwed up. Since I'm using a

RE: [flexcoders] Re: How to set Script time limit in Flex 2 (or 3)?

2007-10-28 Thread Tracy Spratt
I also have a use case that makes this limit very hurtful. Setting a 60 second limit because you think that users might be unhappy arrogantly assumes you know what my app is doing. What if FlexBuilder blew up anytime your project took longer than 60 seconds to compile? Would you be happy?

RE: [flexcoders] POST vs GET vs SEND ...not the same inside Flex

2007-10-28 Thread Tracy Spratt
Use HTTPService. Don't mess with contentType, but send your xml as a string in a name=value pair. Set the method as post. Set resultFormat=e4x. It will work without any problems, Tracy Sample code using HTTPService, e4x, handler function to populate a list item. Also shows usage of

[flexcoders] FileReference upload passing parameters in URLRequest

2007-10-28 Thread letterpigeon
Hi all, I'm having this strange problem while uploading file in flex using FileReference, that even though I set the the request attribute on the flex side, and I verified that before I call fileRef.upload, the URLRequest object has all the attributes I set in its data property. But when the

[flexcoders] Binding to a subclass of a proxy object

2007-10-28 Thread Austin Kottke
Hi, Here's what I'm trying to do. Load in an xml file, assign this to a settings singleton which extends flash_proxy and then bind to these properties. Essentially: public function setupXMLProxy( contentToProxy:XML ):void { logger.debug( setupXMLProxy() called. )

[flexcoders] Find colors used in an image

2007-10-28 Thread Claudia Barnal
Hi, what is a quick way to find out what colors are being used in a Bitmap (loaded image)? As far as I know it is only possible looping through each pixel in the bitmap. Basically, I need to find the each color instance to create a Color Palette/Swatch/Table for that image. Thanks, Claudia

[flexcoders] Triggering a function in the main application from popup window.

2007-10-28 Thread kalpkat9
Hi, This might be a really petty question to ask, but I will great appreciate if someone can answer. How can I trigger a function in my main application mxml, from a popup window(title window/panel) after a submit button click. (I am trying to change the state of my main application by

[flexcoders] Trigger a function in the main applicatoin mxml from a popup window.

2007-10-28 Thread kalpkat9
Hi, This might be a really petty question to ask, but I will greatly appreciate if someone can answer. How can I trigger a function in my main application mxml, from a popup window(title window/panel) after a submit button click. (I am trying to change the state of my main application by

Re: [flexcoders] Trigger a function in the main applicatoin mxml from a popup window.

2007-10-28 Thread Bjorn Schultheiss
Listen to the closeEvent from the popup and call the function from the handler. Bjorn On 29/10/2007, at 12:10 PM, kalpkat9 wrote: Hi, This might be a really petty question to ask, but I will greatly appreciate if someone can answer. How can I trigger a function in my main application

Re: [flexcoders] Tween Motion along a path

2007-10-28 Thread Bjorn Schultheiss
I wasn't at Max, but have you seen this, http://labs.zeh.com.br/blog/? p=95 ? Bjorn On 29/10/2007, at 1:34 AM, snowjunkie73 wrote: At Adobe Max 2007 I went to a session on creating custom components in Flex. The example component used in the session was a custom carousel component where

[flexcoders] Re: Trigger a function in the main applicatoin mxml from a popup window.

2007-10-28 Thread kalpkat9
Thanks for taking your time to respond, Bjorn. I am triggering a function called submitData() from the click event of my button inside the popup window. private function submitData():void{ mainApp.currentState.name = secondState; } This doesnt seem to accomplish what I wish for (of changing the

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Trigger a function in the main applicatoin mxml from a popup window.

2007-10-28 Thread Bjorn Schultheiss
Try from in the mainApp scope. http://livedocs.adobe.com/labs/flex3/html/help.html? content=controls_22.html ?xml version=1.0? !-- controls\alert\AlertIcon.mxml -- mx:Application xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml; mx:Script ![CDATA[ import mx.controls.Alert;

[flexcoders] Re: Trigger a function in the main applicatoin mxml from a popup window.

2007-10-28 Thread kalpkat9
ok, I guess this will suffice if the popup was just an alert. but the popup window i am working on is a component by itself with datagrids and states, so i have to trigger the with button click from this titlewindow/popup window component. how is that i could access a function in the mainApp.mxml

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Trigger a function in the main applicatoin mxml from a popup window.

2007-10-28 Thread Bjorn Schultheiss
I guess you would have to consider coupling. You could have your mainApp register as a listener to your popup. dispatch an event from your popup that triggers the method in your mainApp view. I guess you could also register your mainApp as a 'mediator' of your component popup. Normally i

Re: [flexcoders] Tween Motion along a path

2007-10-28 Thread Doug McCune
For starters, the presentation you're referring from Michael Labriola to was just posted online: http://blogs.digitalpri mates.net/codeSlinger/index.cfm/2007/10/28/Max-Presentation The basic idea that I think makes sense for you to approach the problem with is that you want a function that lays

Re: [flexcoders] Re: iterating across an object

2007-10-28 Thread Doug McCune
BTW, check out Josh Tynjala's writeup of some of the new stuff that's going to be in ECMAScript: http://www.zeuslabs.us/2007/10/28/discover-ecmascript-4-the-future-of-actionscript/ Included is Map :) You can read the document outlining some of the new stuff in ECMAScript 4 here:

RE: [flexcoders] Re: Trigger a function in the main applicatoin mxml from a popup window.

2007-10-28 Thread Alex Harui
If changeState() was public you could call Application.application.changeState() from the popup From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of kalpkat9 Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 7:56 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject:

RE: [flexcoders] Re: removechild and addchild cause flickering , help~

2007-10-28 Thread Alex Harui
Image loading is asynchronous and could take any number of frames on a slow network. From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of icykorpio Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 8:03 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders]

RE: [flexcoders] Re: flash player 9.0.60

2007-10-28 Thread Alex Harui
I would expect it to be before or on the date of Flex 3.0 From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of danielvlopes Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 6:22 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: flash player 9.0.60

Re: [flexcoders] FileReference upload passing parameters in URLRequest

2007-10-28 Thread Abdul Qabiz
Note sure, but you might need to set the method in URLRequest. request.method = URLRequestMethod.POST; -abdul On 10/29/07, letterpigeon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I'm having this strange problem while uploading file in flex using FileReference, that even though I set the the

Re: [flexcoders] crossdomain.xml... real or not-so-real security?

2007-10-28 Thread Abdul Qabiz
If that same evil person can get to your hosts file, that's the fault of the OS and not Flash. Yup! Machine is already compromised and that guy can do lots of other things :) -abdul On 10/27/07, Alex Harui [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's right. The goal of crossdomain.xml is to limit

Re: [flexcoders] Re: removechild and addchild cause flickering , help~

2007-10-28 Thread Abdul Qabiz
Yup! To avoid that you can load the image in other loader and swap it once it's loaded...Something like double-buffering.. -abdul On 10/29/07, Alex Harui [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Image loading is asynchronous and could take any number of frames on a slow network.

Re: [flexcoders] JS - How to send a byteArray using HTTPService??

2007-10-28 Thread Abdul Qabiz
Note sure, if HTTPService allows anything beyond text You can use URLLoader to send the data to server.. -abdul On 10/25/07, Jeff Schuenke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello All, I need to do a screen capture of a UIComponenet and allow the user to save this to their local drive. I