Re: Apache Flex Book Topic Wish List

2014-01-24 Thread simon gladman
I'd plus one on workers and also add an introduction to Stage3D and AGAL programming. Cheers all, Simon On 23 January 2014 19:38, Jake Churchill reyna...@gmail.com wrote: +1 On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 1:32 PM, Sean Thayne s...@skyseek.com wrote: I think it would be very beneficial for

Re: Apache Flex Book Topic Wish List

2014-01-24 Thread Angelo Lazzari
Hi all, As mobile and web app world expect really nice graphics and beautiful interfaces, i think the Apache Flex book should have a good section where the reader can have a complete guide about how to customize the Flex graphics interface, effects and so onstarting from the easiest way to

AIR on Android x86 based devices

2014-01-24 Thread mspecht
I know there is already a post on the Apache Flex Development forum, but I think that this issue also might effect a lot of users of Apache Flex which develop mobile apps for Android. (http://apache-flex-development.247.n4.nabble.com/AIR-on-Android-x86-based-devices-td31724.html#a34150) Short

play sound after suspending and reactivating app

2014-01-24 Thread Federico De Maddalena
Hi! I've an issue reported by a customer. In my flex mobile app there is a function for playing external sound obtained from a server. The issue is: the app is running, audio work fine. then, the device go in standby state. when I turn on the device, audio doesn't work. please help me :) sorry for

Disabling stage

2014-01-24 Thread Scott Matheson
Hi I am building an educational app, when we are playing sound clips (instructions) to the student, we would like a simple technique to disable all actions until the sound has completed playing, I could achieve this the hard way, of adding state to all actions, however I was wondering if

Re: Disabling stage

2014-01-24 Thread Scott Matheson
Mike DaĆ  I am so dump thanks Scott On 1/24/14, 3:09 PM, Mark Line markl...@gmail.com wrote: You could set the enabled flag on the Application, this will stop all mouse interactions? Or create a transparent model pop up on screen till are done? -Original Message- From: Scott

Re: O'Reilly Apache Flex book help

2014-01-24 Thread Diogo Vieira
Excelent news +1 for pre order!!! Att, Diogo. 2014/1/24 Joseph Balderson n...@joeflash.ca Thanks for the testimonial, Peter. It was a great pleasure working with you and the others on the Wrox book back in '09. I'm not looking for writing partners on the upcoming Flex book at the

Re: Focus in DataGrid

2014-01-24 Thread Alex Harui
Not sure I understood that. Is your goal just to have Tab move down instead of across? If so, one way folks do that is to get the keyFocusChange event, call stopImmediatePropagation, then fake an Enter key event. On 1/23/14 10:00 PM, Devesh Mishra devesh.mis...@mastek.com wrote: Hi, I am

Re: O'Reilly Apache Flex book help

2014-01-24 Thread Joseph Balderson
Well, I just heard back from O'Reilly. And unfortunately they're not interested in publishing an Apache Flex book of any kind, because their official position is that We're not interested in publishing titles that we feel don't have a significant market demand. Flex falls into this category. We

Re: Apache Flex Book Topic Wish List

2014-01-24 Thread Joseph Balderson
In case you have not heard on the other thread, the O'Reilly book idea is dead. But not the book itself. I'm in the process of contacting other publishers, and will keep everyone informed of the progress. Meanwhile, keep posting your suggestions of what I had to learn the hard way when I learned

Re: O'Reilly Apache Flex book help

2014-01-24 Thread Alex Harui
I stumbled on the fact today that the Apache Subversion project drafts its O'Reilly book as part of the project. It is checked in to their repository, gets updated as needed, and then every once in a while, O'Reilly prints a bunch. Could we/should we do the same? On 1/24/14 1:48 PM, Joseph

Re: O'Reilly Apache Flex book help

2014-01-24 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, Well, I just heard back from O'Reilly. And unfortunately they're not interested in publishing an Apache Flex book of any kind While it would of been nice to have them as a publisher (print book, distribution, marketing etc etc) do we actually need a publisher? In this day and age it's

Re: O'Reilly Apache Flex book help

2014-01-24 Thread Joseph Balderson
It's a nice idea, but, different projects, different O'Reilly managers, different policies. It's been made clear to me by two senior acquisition staff members at O'Reilly that they are simply not interested in a Flex book of any kind at this time, there wasn't even an opening for negotiation.

Re: O'Reilly Apache Flex book help

2014-01-24 Thread Jeffry Houser
On 1/24/2014 5:10 PM, Justin Mclean wrote: Hi, Well, I just heard back from O'Reilly. And unfortunately they're not interested in publishing an Apache Flex book of any kind While it would of been nice to have them as a publisher (print book, distribution, marketing etc etc) do we actually

Re: O'Reilly Apache Flex book help

2014-01-24 Thread Jeffry Houser
On 1/24/2014 5:31 PM, Joseph Balderson wrote: These days, if you want to get on Amazon, you need to be with a major publisher. In my version of the world, this isn't true: https://kdp.amazon.com/ -- Jeffry Houser Technical Entrepreneur http://www.jeffryhouser.com 203-379-0773

Re: O'Reilly Apache Flex book help

2014-01-24 Thread Angelo Anolin
How about LeanPub? Would that be an option? On 2014-01-24 4:47 PM, Jeffry Houser jef...@dot-com-it.com wrote: On 1/24/2014 5:31 PM, Joseph Balderson wrote: These days, if you want to get on Amazon, you need to be with a major publisher. In my version of the world, this isn't true:

Re: AIR on Android x86 based devices

2014-01-24 Thread Frank Dahmen
Do i understand right, that it is possible to run air apps on x86 devices if you package the runtime (or tell the user how to install it) or is Air just not working under x86? Thanks Am 24.01.2014 09:52, schrieb mspecht: I know there is already a post on the Apache Flex Development forum, but