[flexcoders] is there a way to restrict height of a TileGroup?

2011-08-12 Thread mark.embrey
I have a TileGroup with the following properties: requestedColumnCount="3" requestedRowCount="3" As I add more items to the TileGroup I get more than 3 rows (though, for some reason, columns remain unchanged). Is there a way to make this behave like a List and cause it to scroll if the row cou

[flexcoders] Adobe AIR - interimittent online/offline storage (à la Google Gears)

2010-08-08 Thread mark.embrey
What is the best way to to store data locally while offline and to automatically detect a connection and sync local data with remote services? thanks!

[flexcoders] Value Object --- Object Proxy --- huh???

2010-07-22 Thread mark.embrey
I'm trying to wrap my feeble brain around these concepts. Are they the same? -similar? -completely different? Your feedback will be appreciated by this greenhorn. Mark

[flexcoders] Re: How to retrieve "name" property of file object in ArrayCollection

2010-07-20 Thread mark.embrey
Amy, thanks for the suggestion, I'll look it up right now. I'm learning all of this from scratch... how does an ObjectProxy compare to a Value Object? thanks, Mark --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Amy" wrote: > > That's why God invented ObjectProxy. Google it... >

[flexcoders] Re: textInput databinding

2010-07-15 Thread mark.embrey
Bingo! that did it! the final solution, in my example, is: text="{myDataProvider.getItemAt(0).name}" thanks for your help, Oleg, and to everyone who contributed to the conversation. best, Mark --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Oleg Sivokon wrote: > > Hi, I think square brackets may be an

[flexcoders] Re: textInput databinding

2010-07-15 Thread mark.embrey
Brendan, Actually, that's where I started, as it worked in Flex 3. The only properties of Spark TextInput are: wrote: > > Why wouldn't you just do this: > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 4:38 PM, mark.embrey wrote: > > >

[flexcoders] Re: textInput databinding

2010-07-15 Thread mark.embrey
> Brendan > > > > On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 4:39 PM, mark.embrey wrote: > > > > > > > thanks for the suggestion, Oleg, but that didn't solve my problem... any > > other ideas? > > > > thanks, > > > > Mark > > > > &

[flexcoders] Re: textInput databinding

2010-07-15 Thread mark.embrey
3. > > You are trying to use a binding expression in ActionScript code which will > never work. Binding expressions like that will only work in MXML code. > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "mark.embrey" wrote: > > > > Adobe, in their infinite wisdom,

[flexcoders] Re: textInput databinding

2010-07-15 Thread mark.embrey
thanks for the suggestion, Oleg, but that didn't solve my problem... any other ideas? thanks, Mark --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Oleg Sivokon wrote: > > That won't also work because there's a redundant dot before the bracket. ;) >

[flexcoders] Re: textInput databinding

2010-07-15 Thread mark.embrey
thanks for the suggestion, but that doesn't work --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Brendan Meutzner wrote: > > [Bindable] > public var collection:String = myDataProvider.data.name.[0]; > > Does that work? > > > > > On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 12:59 PM, mark

[flexcoders] textInput databinding

2010-07-15 Thread mark.embrey
Adobe, in their infinite wisdom, removed the "data" property from Spark TextInput. There is an example of assigning bindable data to a variable for use in the text value with Flex 4 at Binding to an MXML TextInput control