Re: [flexcoders] Which AIR SDK to use with Flex? [1 Attachment]

The link "Read the ActionScript Compiler 2.0 (PDF, 20Kb)file " explains that "... it does not support mxmlc compc compiling Flex applications" Maybe its because some of Flex

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex alternatives

it. So any pain points you experience now are likely to be solved in the near future. If you can continue to use Flash/AIR and let others suffer through the growing pains, consider yourself lucky. Otherwise, put on some pads and join the battle. On 12/19/12 9:29 AM, "John McCormack&qu

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex alternatives

hat run without Flash. My thoughts on that topic and prototype is written up here: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLEX/Alex%27s+FlexJS+Prototype On 12/21/12 12:50 PM, "John McCormack" wrote:

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex alternatives

On 21/12/2012 18:52, Alex Harui wrote: Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex alternatives To not allow existing SWFs to play where they currently play would “break the web” and Adobe has no interest in doing that. The next generation of AS is supposed to be easy to migrate to if you just want to get your

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex alternatives

lucky. Otherwise, put on some pads and join the battle. On 12/19/12 9:29 AM, "John McCormack" wrote: Thank you again. Although ActionScript is not being developed for the FlashPlayer, is it possible that it may still be developed separately for use in AIR?

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex alternatives

esktops/laptops. On 12/17/12 10:48 AM, "John McCormack" wrote: Thank you. That's interesting and very helpful. One does wonder if a separate translation tool would do the job faithfully, and so creates doubt. For someone that wants to use SWFs

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex alternatives

ntion by Apache Flex than Adobe. If you want to continue to use ActionScript 3 to develop RIAs, I would encourage you to get involved with the Apache Flex project. On 12/17/12 2:16 AM, "John McCormack" wrote: On 17/12/2012 05:12, Alex Harui wrote: Re: [flexc

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex alternatives

On 17/12/2012 05:12, Alex Harui wrote: Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex alternatives Adobe has spent the year donating the Flex SDK and Falcon compilers to the Apache Software Foundation. While Adobe has a small set of people contributing to Flex in Apache and a team that shipped Flash Builder 4.7

Re: [flexcoders] wrong mac debug fp version???

Make sure you use the correct Adobe uninstaller - some were for specific versions. I had a problem previously because my IDE didn't have the path set to run Firefox and the standalone player ran instead, so check your IDE. Flashlight lets you know which player versions you have available... htt

Re: [flexcoders] robotlegs

a layer of complication on small projects I have found that even on those when last minute changes came up they were easy to accommodate because of the structure implicit in the framework. cheers, Rob On 2012-05-11, at 1:20 PM, John McCormack wrote: Thanks Robert. It has really good repo

Re: [flexcoders] robotlegs

ay, May 10, 2012, John McCormack wrote: Hi there. I am about to start some small AS3 projects. I do like the idea of the structure that robotlegs offers and am considering whether to invest the time to get into it. Please let me know if... a) you use robotlegs and like it.

[flexcoders] robotlegs

Hi there. I am about to start some small AS3 projects. I do like the idea of the structure that robotlegs offers and am considering whether to invest the time to get into it. Please let me know if... a) you use robotlegs and like it. b) you consider it worthwhile for small projects. Thanks J

Re: [flexcoders] Debug Woes - Redux

Just wondering... If you copy the variable's value to the variable 'temp' and test that, what do you see? John On 27/03/2012 21:34, Davidson, Jerry wrote: It's happening again. This never happened when I was using Flex 3.5. Make a change in the code. Do a Project | Clean. Make sure the

Re: [flexcoders] Debug driving me crazy

I had something similar once, due to the fact that I thought I was including a certain AS3 file but was , in fact, using SWC code instead. So perhaps your code isn't coming from the place you think it is. John On 27/03/2012 15:26, Davidson, Jerry wrote: In debug mode of Flex (4.5) I have a va

Re: [flexcoders] You are the product

The general consensus is that a. People hate Flash. ( dont really know why!!! after reading all the HTML 5 vs Flash articles... ) / Developers hate javascript ( atleast the people who like the OOP paradigm! ). b. Developers love AS3. ( Its the next best thing to chocolate! ) / People love

Re: [flexcoders] RobotLegs Framework

Have a look at John Lindquist's video - 3rd one down: http://pv3d.org/ John Patricia Han wrote: > > > Hi Everyone, > > Have you used Robotlegs framework? Please share your experience with > me. (compare with Cairngorm or PureMVC) > Thanks, > > Pat > > > >

Re: [flexcoders] Reference for flex tutorial

This is very through: Professional Flex 3 from www.wrox.com p2p.wrox.com isbn: 978-0-470-22364-2 This does tutorials Adobe Flex 3 Training from the Source isbn-13: 978-0-321-52918-3 www.adobepress.com John sony antony wrote: > > > Hi, > > Could any one please suggest me a book I can refer for f

Re: [flexcoders] Embed FlashPlayer in C++ app tutorial?

Rodney, I would be interested too if you find anything. I have considered overlaying a transparent AIR app to add content to my C++ programs. Just a thought. John Rodney Smith wrote: > > > Are there any tutorials on how to embed Flash Player in a C++ app on > both Mac and Windows (for the purp

Re: [flexcoders] Scotland: Any Flash/Flex/AS3 conferences?

I don't know of any here in the north (CA26 3QS). Two years ago I went to an Adobe event in London for AIR and that was very good. If there were more I would go. I recently attended Seb Lee-Delisle's course on Papervison3D in Brighton and that was also good. http://sebleedelisle.com/ I am sure

Re: [flexcoders] User manual

Hi Christophe, The user manual exists in printed form (4 books, about 15cm thick) but it has no index in the back, which makes it hard to use. I have it, but the pdf format is better. John Christophe wrote: > Hello, > > Does the user manual is still existing for a flex application ? > > Or d

Re: [flexcoders] SecureSWF obfuscation

I use SecureSWF and have found it fine, however I think the idea is that you push the settings as far as you can to get the best obfuscation. So far I have found that if I untick the main application name, it's okay - the main instance on the timeline... I have a SWF called Tangrams.swf and unde

Re: [flexcoders] flexcoders stats and charts (and full data download)

> Flex Builder on Linux being scrapped - 38 messages > New Adobe Forums coming! - 37 messages > Question about a Flex component - 34 messages > Roles Based UI - 33 messages > Ribbon in FLEX - 30 messages > > On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 9:02 AM, John McCormack <mailto:j...@easy

Re: [flexcoders] flexcoders stats and charts (and full data download)

And an specially big thank you to Alex Harui and Matt Chotin from Adobe for their Herculean work rate. John Doug McCune wrote: > > > Seems to be back up, god I hate servers, but I guess that's why I do > front-end development. > > BTW, I'm going to be investigating getting a full dataset of the

Re: [flexcoders] flexcoders stats and charts (and full data download)

Very interesting stats., and it's hat's off to Tom Chiverton and Tracy Spratt. Thank you to them. How about a star burst to show which topics led to the most subsequent activity? John Doug McCune wrote: > > > Seems to be back up, god I hate servers, but I guess that's why I do > front-end dev

Re: [flexcoders] Re: AIR from a Flex ActionScript Project? SOLVED

WF, you compile the ActionScript class file. When using ActionScript, > the main class must extend flash.display.Sprite." > > Also see "Create the AIR application descriptor file" > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, John McCormack wrote: > >> reflexactions wrote

Re: [flexcoders] Re: AIR from a Flex ActionScript Project? SOLVED

reflexactions wrote: > FYI The Adobe docs do describe how to create a pure AS (i.e. not using MXML) > AIR application. > I haven't found that, although I have found lots of other references. Unfortunately the Adobe PDF help files overlap and they have no dates, so things are hard to find. So

Re: [flexcoders] Re: AIR from a Flex ActionScript Project? SOLVED

message. Steps 1-3 are > sufficient to run your AIR app in the debugger, but to distribute your AIR > application you typically need to generate and sign a .air file. Flex > Builder can do that; from the raw SDK, you should check out the adt tool. > > Hope this helps, > Michael Portu

Re: [flexcoders] Re: AIR from a Flex ActionScript Project?

eed to generate and sign a .air file. Flex > Builder can do that; from the raw SDK, you should check out the adt tool. > > Hope this helps, > Michael Portuesi > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, John McCormack wrote: > >> Thanks Michael, >> >> I

Re: [flexcoders] Re: AIR from a Flex ActionScript Project?

mxmlc) in your build > scripts. If you're using Flex Builder, you can add an AIR Project Builder to > your in the Project Properties > Builders pane. > > That should be enough to get you started. Good luck. > > Michael Portuesi > > >

[flexcoders] AIR from a Flex ActionScript Project?

Is there any easy way to publish a Flex ActionScript Project as an AIR file. This project, by its nature, has no mxml tags. John

Re: [flexcoders] How can I view internet traffic for an Air App?

Charles Proxy is great for capturing http headers. John luvfotography wrote: > To view internet traffic while using a Flex app, I just use Safari and go to > the menu bar and go to Window/Activity. > > Is there an equivalent tool to see internet traffic to and from an Air app??? > > (while not in

Re: [flexcoders] How to make the effect smooth

I have the numbers 0 to 9 typed into Flash file, broken down into vector graphics. They scale up okay, but I treat each digit as a movieClip imported into Flex from a swc. Placing the digits is a lot of work, but you don't need a particular font. John Chet Haase wrote: > > > Scaling text is a f

Re: [flexcoders] ActionScript Project in AIR

select change project to - and > select desktop project. Worked for me. > > barry. > > > > John McCormack wrote: > >> >> >> Hi List, >> >> I have an ActionScript AS3 project that I build in Flex Builder 3 and >> want to convert it to

[flexcoders] ActionScript Project in AIR

Hi List, I have an ActionScript AS3 project that I build in Flex Builder 3 and want to convert it to AIR I started a new desktop project but it is built as an alternative to mxml format. The classes and assets have been imported all the project. Creating an instance of my original class inside

Re: [flexcoders] SWF & SWC File extensions. What they stands for..??

I think the C means compiled. John Manu Dhanda wrote: > My understanding about SWF: > SWF(Shockwave Flash) which was later changed to "Small Web Format". > > SWC - ??? > > Can anybody post me the extension details about swc. What it stands for? > I know that it is an extension for library files. B

Re: [flexcoders] FlexBuilder Shortcuts

It'll never work. John Tom Chiverton wrote: > > > On Tuesday 08 Sep 2009, Satish Chowdary wrote: > > Anybody having FlexBuilder Shortcuts > > http://bit.ly/56ONs > > -- > Helping to enthusiastically iterate experiences as part of the IT team > of the > year, '09 and '08 > > *

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Question about how to learn Flex 3

fred44455 wrote: > However I am a little confused. when I go to Flex 3.3 Language Reference , I > see a mix of Flash and Flex( Flash packages listed in the Language Reference to develop with Flex 3? Thanks > You will probably end up using a mixture of the two languages. The Flex bits will help

[flexcoders] SWF to save scores via php: how different is IIS to unix?

My SWFs sends scores to a php script. This script locks an xml file and saves the sorted scores in it. When the SWFs and php are served from a Unix environment it works fine. These SWFs might be deployed on a Unix server, an IIS server or across a school network ( Microsoft?). Can anyone offer a

Re: [flexcoders] Problem With debugging

Vamsi, < flex builder 3.0 My Flex Builder was updated to 3.02 some time ago. Such an update might cure link problems with the system but I suspect your code is picking up something that won't run in the debugger. I suspect that your SWF is not getting built properly. Your build process may not b

Re: [flexcoders] Problem With debugging

layer to see if that version pops up and runs. Is the SDK version setting okay? Is it possible that some security problem is blocking access - I can't help you there but it's possible. John John McCormack wrote: > Hi Vamsi, > > I don't know if I can help but I can

Re: [flexcoders] Problem With debugging

r2" John vamsi krishna wrote: > > > Hi John, > Thank you for your help. But my problem is not resolved. Can you > suggest me any other way. > > --- On *Sat, 4/7/09, John McCormack //* wrote: > > > From: John McCormack > Subject: Re: [flexcod

Re: [flexcoders] Problem With debugging

Hi, You may have other versions of the FlashPlayer - I found lots of versions when I had trouble - Firefox an IE use different programs. The uninstaller should be used, not the control panel: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html This may not be the latest version. Anggie Bratadinata over a

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Detect exeptions - help!!

iversity days ;-} > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, John McCormack wrote: > >> Thanks valdhor, >> >> Does Charles manage to capture the local host traffic? >> I want to capture the messages between an exe and an Adobe swf file. >> >> John >> &g

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Detect exeptions - help!!

Thanks valdhor, Does Charles manage to capture the local host traffic? I want to capture the messages between an exe and an Adobe swf file. John valdhor wrote: > My favorite (The one I own) is Charles (http://www.charlesproxy.com). > > The two things that made it my pick is that it is cross plat

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Detect exeptions - help!!

Thanks Alex. I had a peek at your blog and followed the link for localhost but they say it doesn't work at for the local ip address of 127.0.0.1 - on Windows. All the same, thank you for telling me about it, it sounds really good. I shall give it a go for other purposes. I wonder if Charles wi

Re: [flexcoders] Detect exeptions - help!!

Alex, Can you recommend a particular network monitor? I would like to catch all the local connection messages - i.e. between a Windows exe and Flash swf working on the same PC. John Alex Harui wrote: > > It would be unusual for Flex to hang waiting for the server. Use a > network monitor to se

Re: [flexcoders] Flex Builder debugger problems

If the SWF takes a long time to build you will see that. I sometimes got that when it couldn't find the debugger, but not recently. It's sometimes slow waiting for something to be loaded/decoded, or even when waiting at a breakpoint. Because the two programs don't run independently IE may show no

Re: [flexcoders] use an actionscript class from a SWC in actionscript

dnk wrote: > Hi there i have written a very simple class in AS that has ben added > to a personal library (SWC). > > Now in mxml I can reference the classes and components easily by > putting a: > > xmlns:mycomps="*" > > > Now what I would like to know is how would I reference a class that is

Re: [flexcoders] My frustrations with the Adobe Bug Report system

I found it extremely slow and painful yesterday when I tried to add feature requests for Flex 4. Might it work better as an Air application sorted on build number. We don't have many builds out in the field so it might not be a problem. Thanks John Matt Chotin wrote: > Hi Jason, > > Thanks for y

Re: [flexcoders] SWC compression format?

If you rename the *.swc file to a *.zip file you can open it with Windows Vista (and XP?) or with 7-zip (etc.) without renaming it, so it must be a derivation of the pkzip format. There are some zip functions in the nochump branch of papervision3D so that might help. John aaron smith wrote: >

Re: [flexcoders] Who is Rxxxx Txxxxxx?

Alan wrote: > I think singling out someone like this is inappropriate. Especially > since on the web our names pop up enough on the web. Agreed. Some of what he had to say was interesting. I don't like swearing. But I can understand people getting angry. Anytime soon this planet's going to be in

Re: [flexcoders] Flex and Vista 64

Flex Builder 3.0 works great on Vista Ultimate x64. John mvbaffa wrote: > Hi All, > > Does Flex Builder 3.0 works with Vista x64 > > Thanks in advance >

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Splitting FlexCoders in smaller, focused groups

How about an agreed list of acronyms that we use to prepend the Subject line with: NEWB, MXML, AS3, DESIGN, HTTP, ALL, etc., and we do the sorting ourselves with the mail rules? John

Re: [flexcoders] Math.abs() Limitation?

Inside a Flex Builder 3 Actionscript project, when debugging.. Code: var n1:int=Math.abs(int.MAX_VALUE - 1290); var n2:int=Math.abs(int.MAX_VALUE - 1284); var n3:Number=Math.abs(int.MAX_VALUE - 1290); var n4:Number=Math.abs(int.MAX_VALUE - 1284); if (Math.abs(int.MAX_VALUE - 1290) == Math.abs(int

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Importing SWC Files in FLEX

Hi Anuj, //"An internal build error has occurred. Right-click for more information." I had difficulty in understanding exactly what was needed to use Flash assets and had similar errors. It doesn't help when the documentation varies so much on what to do. Unfortunately the Adobe PDF's have no p

Re: [flexcoders] SWFLoader not scaling properly

In the constructor try stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.EXACT_FIT; and in the Flex Navigator right click the project and choose properties, then ActionScript Compiler and in additional compiler arguments enter the size... -default-size 800 600 John - Original Message - From: "Austin Ko