[flexcoders] How much do you charge for Flex development?

2005-07-20 Thread Devin Holloway
As a CF developer, I've been recently been putting more serious thought into becoming a Flex developer. It would be a long time before the company I work for could move into this direction, if ever. So I'd have to become a contractor or find a Flex position at another company. But I'm

[flexcoders] dynamic hight for textarea

2005-07-20 Thread npw99uk
Hi all, i was wondering about the textarea and is it possible to dynamically change the size (height and width) dependant upon the text, so no scroll bar would appear I was wondering about the possiblity of using the layoutHeight and layoutWidth in combination with the text length. Any tips

[flexcoders] Re: BubbleChart: Multiple Bubble Colors and Axis Formatting

2005-07-20 Thread Jim Laing
Just thought I'd bump this, since the Macromedia people are back on the list now ... Jim On 7/19/05, Jim Laing [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, This shouldn't be too difficult, but I haven't had much experience with Flex charts, so the answer isn't apparent to me: I'd like to have a

RE: [flexcoders] dynamic hight for textarea

2005-07-20 Thread Philippe Maegerman
This could help: ?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.macromedia.com/2003/mxml"mx:Script![CDATA[function updateHeight(target){target.height = target.label.textHeight + 25;}]] /mx:Scriptmx:TextArea id="ta" keyDown="updateHeight(event.target)"

[flexcoders] create children from dataprovider

2005-07-20 Thread ROUSSELIE David ROSI/SIFAC
hello, I would like to create children from the dataProvider attribut like TileList. Where is the cleaner place to iterate over dataProvider to call createChild ? In createChildren, dataProvider not yet initialized and is undefined. For the moment, I create children in a handle method when

Re: [flexcoders] How much do you charge for Flex development?

2005-07-20 Thread Clint Modien
I've been offered as much as $70/hr as a lead on a project. (Project was for a year.) I think the going rate is $55/hr for a flex resource. Never been offered salary before. On 7/20/05, Devin Holloway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As a CF developer, I've been recently been putting more

RE: [flexcoders] TitleWindow passing vars back to another TitleWindow

2005-07-20 Thread Sauro, Nick
can't u do something like recpName.text={test.text} which will bind them together? Nick Sauro+R O U N D A R C H + bus 212.909.2335+ mob 914.882.3687 From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of kreddington1Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 8:44 PMTo:

RE: [flexcoders] Minimal webapp

2005-07-20 Thread German M. Gomez
Thanks Matt, that was exactly what i needed. --- Matt Chotin [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: You need your MXML and AS files and everything under WEB-INF/flex *except* for the generated directory (which may be taking up some space). An empty flex.war is approximately 11 MB though samples.war

[flexcoders] initializing global variables

2005-07-20 Thread Clint Modien
OK so umm... http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/15/flex_docs_en/0505.htm I'm confused. My grandkids and my kids get initialized before I do? (The application) Uhh... how am I supposed to setup the any global vars in the app? Even the creationCompletes of my grandkids fires before the

RE: [flexcoders] initializing global variables

2005-07-20 Thread Sauro, Nick
Well, your parent won't be fully created until its children are, since the children are its data members, so how can the parent be 'completed', w/o its data/members/children being completed first? As for your global vars, have you tried using the initialize handler? Nick Sauro+R O U

Re: [flexcoders] initializing global variables

2005-07-20 Thread Clint Modien
Ya i did try to use the initialize handler... but apparently it get's called after the initialize handler of my grandchild. Check the link.On 7/20/05, Sauro, Nick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, your parent won't be fully created until its children are, since the children are its data

[flexcoders] Flex CPU License(s)

2005-07-20 Thread jwc_wensan
To All: Yesterday I made a post regarding trying to determine how many users a single server with one CPU could handle. I realize it depends and I did not define any type of application. I am trying to get some type of handle on what my costs will be regarding CPU licenses, servers, etc. So

Re: [flexcoders] initializing global variables

2005-07-20 Thread JesterXL
Is their creationPolicy not set to "all"? - Original Message - From: Clint Modien To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 10:12 AM Subject: Re: [flexcoders] initializing global variables Ya i did try to use the initialize handler... but apparently it get's

RE: [flexcoders] Business Delegate, command class, service locator, etc, etc

2005-07-20 Thread Steven Webster
Hi there, Just a *quick* response for now ... the code for the credit card example *is* available at http://flexbook.iterationtwo.com/ (scroll to the bottom of the filelist for downloading code, and there's a ZIP with ALL code). You also want to checkout the Cairngorm Store example, which is a

Re: [flexcoders] How much do you charge for Flex development?

2005-07-20 Thread JesterXL
Busy/Bad Mood = $60/hour I like you/Not Busy/Good Mood = $30/hour As far as salary, I'd think because of your server background, 70-90 is fair market rate (per various job sites the USA government department of commerce salary reports) depending on company size, but depends on the direction

[flexcoders] Nice to meet you

2005-07-20 Thread Tarik Ahmed
Hey Justin, Was nice to meet you, you guys have some interesting stuff going on. Wish you guys the best of luck in your endeavors! Thanks! Justin Everett-Church wrote: Hi, I just joined the Flexcoders list today and Im sure Im going to have lots of questions as

RE: [flexcoders] How much do you charge for Flex development?

2005-07-20 Thread Rob Rusher
What?! Are you guys crazy? My mechanic charges me more than that. Consultancies are going to charge between $100 (newbie) and $250 (guru) an hour for a Flex developer. Sure, as an independent, you will charge less but not that much less. Maybe I'm spoiled, but Jesse you're worth way more my

RE: [flexcoders] ERROR MESSAGE : Branch between 7543 and 40329 around line 0 exceeds 32K span. If possible, please refactor this component

2005-07-20 Thread david_gal-reyniez
Hi everybody For people who faces with the same problem I had... http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_19520 Bye De: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] De la part de david_gal-reyniezEnvoyé: mardi 19 juillet 2005 17:07À:

[flexcoders] Flex 2.0

2005-07-20 Thread jwc_wensan
To All: Anyone have any idea, speculation, guess, etc. on release timeframe of Flex 2.0 ? Thanks in advance, Jack -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com

Re: [flexcoders] How much do you charge for Flex development?

2005-07-20 Thread JesterXL
I live in Cumming, Georgia, not Manhattan. Additionally, the typical Flash projects I get are small in scope; either support apps for existing CMS systems, custom built small apps (such as a airport control tower radar screen configurable by XML used in a recent movie), or custom web apps

[flexcoders] Closing Title Popup with [Escape], works in Mozilla but not IE??

2005-07-20 Thread Allen Manning
Hello Flexcoders, I can close the pop-up with the Escape key in Mozilla but not IE. Any ideas? Index.mxml ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8? mx:Application xmlns:mx=http://www.macromedia.com/2003/mxml mx:Script private function openPopup():Void { /*

Re: [flexcoders] initializing global variables

2005-07-20 Thread Clint Modien
The behavior is apparently by default.. http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/15/flex_docs_en/0505.htm On 7/20/05, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is their creationPolicy not set to all? - Original Message - From: Clint Modien To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent:

[flexcoders] Automatic Scrolling via Tab in a Container

2005-07-20 Thread Allen Manning
Hello Flexcoders, I did a bit of research sorry if it has been posted already. Any idea how can I make a containers view port automatically scroll when I tab to a control outside of the view port? ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8? mx:Application

Re: [flexcoders] How much do you charge for Flex development?

2005-07-20 Thread Clint Modien
might be comparing apples to oranges there... Typical flex project = 6 months Typical car repair = 6 hours On 7/20/05, Rob Rusher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What?! Are you guys crazy? My mechanic charges me more than that.Consultancies are going to charge between $100 (newbie) and $250 (guru)

Re: [flexcoders] initializing global variables

2005-07-20 Thread JesterXL
Yeah, that's what you want; you want your Application to be initialized after everyone in it is done. As far as global vars, "Singleton is the new _global." As such, if you define them in a Singleton class, all children will have access to them immediately. If you want them as member

RE: [flexcoders] initializing global variables

2005-07-20 Thread Matt Chotin
If you need this thing to be done right at startup you can consider a static method like weve recommended in the past to make a faceless object an event dispatcher. mx:Script public static var foo:String; static function initGlobal():Boolean { foo = someValue; return true;

Re: [flexcoders] initializing global variables

2005-07-20 Thread Clint Modien
Fantastic... thanks Matt. On 7/20/05, Matt Chotin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you need this thing to be done right at startup you can consider a static method like we've recommended in the past to make a faceless object an event dispatcher. mx:Script public static var

Re: [flexcoders] Automatic Scrolling via Tab in a Container

2005-07-20 Thread Clint Modien
have a peek @ vPosition On 7/20/05, Allen Manning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Flexcoders, I did a bit of research sorry if it has been posted already. Any idea how can I make a container's view port automatically scroll when I tab to a control outside of the view port?

[flexcoders] Cache issue on CheckBox( CellRenderer)

2005-07-20 Thread Shahnavaz Alware
Hi, I have a DataGrid with Checkbox (CellRenderer). I do some checkbox selection and hit SAVE which brings up a different view. I come back to the same screen with DataGrid (with Checkbox), my checkbox at same index (I did the selection last time I came to this page) in the datagrid

RE: [flexcoders] Cache issue on CheckBox( CellRenderer)

2005-07-20 Thread Stacy Young
Unless you explicitly remove all items in the grid or nuke its dataprovider the values will stay populated. (in turn setting the value in ur cellrenderer) -Stace From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shahnavaz Alware Sent: Wednesday, July

RE: [flexcoders] Automatic Scrolling via Tab in a Container

2005-07-20 Thread Allen Manning
Clint, Are you suggesting that I databind to this property against some maths inside of the container? I guess I could update the vPostion when a tab event fires, but I was hoping for something cleaner if you get my drift. Thanks for your help, Allen http://www.prismix.com/

[flexcoders] Error: No service is known to Flash Remoting MX

2005-07-20 Thread charlespaz1
I'm running an integrated install with ColdFusion 6.1 and Flex 1.5 as per http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flex/1_5/flexforcf.html The samples run fine EXCEPT for Remote-Objects. All calls give the same error: No service named ... is known to Flash Remoting MX. I've even

[flexcoders] Problem calling HTTPService under Sun One WebServer

2005-07-20 Thread colinblackmore
I am trying to deploy a flex client on Sun's WebServer 6.1 (I know this is not a supported configuration, but this is the requirement). The pages compile and display correctly, but whenever an HTTPService is called, the client waits indefinitely with the wait cursor on the screen without calling

Re: [flexcoders] Automatic Scrolling via Tab in a Container

2005-07-20 Thread Clint Modien
ok i see what your asking... you should be able to do this when the control gets the focus. set the vPosition = the difference between the form's x value and the controls x value kinda tricky getting that... you gota use localToGlobal and the back again var formPoint = {x:yourFormsID.x,

[flexcoders] Disabling theme on a component?

2005-07-20 Thread Stacy Young
Is it possible to disable the theme on a single component? Dont want a grid to show any colors for selectedIndex, rollover etc. Cant set the colours to white either due to alternating row colours Thx! Stace -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ:

[flexcoders] cellRenderer question

2005-07-20 Thread sanjayd
Hi. I have a public method inside a cellRenderer and I want to call the method from the mxml file that holds the grid. So, my cellRenderer has code like this: mx:Script ![CDATA[ public function test1() { mx.controls.Alert.show(got here , TestCellRenderer);

Re: [flexcoders] Minimal webapp

2005-07-20 Thread Aldo Bucchi
Matt, If you just want the SWF (and don't need to re-compile) then I'm sure you can get away with a lot less, but assuming you have the developer license that may only last you a day. I am building some POCs and I wouldn't like to deliver the MXML / AS sources. Two questions: - Can I

[flexcoders] Re: Flex CPU License(s)

2005-07-20 Thread kaibabsowats
I won't give you definite answer as it does really depend, but give you a at least number. With Java the JVM has a 1.5Gb ram limitation (unless using Sun boxes or 64 bit correct me if I am wrong). So I usually try and get 2Gb of ram minimum. This allows the JVM use its limit if needed and

Re: [flexcoders] Disabling theme on a component?

2005-07-20 Thread Sreejith Unnikrishnan
mx:DataGrid alternatingRowColors=[0xFF,0xFF] *selectable=false * ... Should do the job?? Sree Stacy Young wrote: Is it possible to disable the theme on a single component? Don’t want a grid to show any colors for selectedIndex, rollover etc. Can’t set the colours to white

RE: [flexcoders] Minimal webapp

2005-07-20 Thread Rob Rusher
Aldo, I am building some POCs and I wouldn't like to deliver the MXML / AS sources. Two questions: - Can I deliver just the compiled SWFs? How? Yes you can if the SWF doesn't use the Flex proxy for anything (e.g. RemoteObject). You simply set the keep-generated-swfs to true in flex-config.xml,

[flexcoders] ASDoc of createComponent()?

2005-07-20 Thread Jeff Tapper
I've been looking for the ASDoc on the createComponent and/or createComponents() methods, but havent been able to find them. I'd assumed they were methods of Container, but I cant find it there. Does this exist in ASDoc and I'm just missing it, was it an intentional ommision, or just a bug?

Re: [flexcoders] ASDoc of createComponent()?

2005-07-20 Thread Clint Modien
http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/15/flex_docs_en/1145.htm http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/15/flex_docs_en/1146.htm and for good measure http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/15/flex_docs_en/1006.htm i find it helpful to use a wildcard (*) when searching livedocs On 7/20/05,

Re: [flexcoders] ASDoc of createComponent()?

2005-07-20 Thread Jeff Tapper
I've actually seen those, what I'm looking for is the ASDoc, so I can find out what class its a method of, return values, things like that. Anyone know if these methods are actually documented in ASDoc, or is it just in Developing Flex Apps docs. At 04:32 PM 7/20/2005, Clint Modien wrote:

Re: [flexcoders] ASDoc of createComponent()?

2005-07-20 Thread Clint Modien
yes they are not documented in ASDocs and it works for all classes down to UIObject the return for createComponent is the component created the return type for createComponents is *probably* void i agree they should be in the ASDocs docsOn 7/20/05, Jeff Tapper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: is it

RE: [flexcoders] Looking for a consistent way to close the current browser window in Flex

2005-07-20 Thread Tracy Spratt
See if this makes any difference: getURL(_javascript_:window.opener=self; window.close();); And I only use IE. There are likely browser issues. Tracy From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Steiner Sent: Wednesday, July 20,

Re: [flexcoders] How much do you charge for Flex development?

2005-07-20 Thread Scott Barnes
$45 AUD an hour is the typical rate at this end, so i guess i may seem slave labor to the US counterparts? heh. Plus, i prefer to quote on projects instead of hourly rates, as i feel at times hourly rates tend to breed distrust or associates a negative to the deal (ie if you just paid a

Re: [flexcoders] How much do you charge for Flex development?

2005-07-20 Thread Clint Modien
great there goes my job... it's all getting outsourced to AU :pOn 7/20/05, Scott Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:$45 AUD an hour is the typical rate at this end, so i guess i may seem slave labor to the US counterparts? heh.Plus, i prefer to quote on projects instead of hourly rates, as i

[flexcoders] Re: Wait for Popup to close

2005-07-20 Thread vanhoese
Why don't you just add an event listener in your parent. Then all your popup has to do is dispatch the event. You can even pass data in the event. Checkout addEventListener for the parent Checkout dispatchEvent for the popup --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, charlespaz1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [flexcoders] Looking for a consistent way to close the current browser window in Flex

2005-07-20 Thread Clint Modien
yep... can't close a dialog in firefox with _javascript_ unless the user has his browser set up to do that... which is not the default.. in IE unless the window was opened with _javascript_ you'll get a prompt saying a script is trying to close the window... do you want to let it do that...

[flexcoders] Re: Flex CPU License(s)

2005-07-20 Thread jwc_wensan
Renaun: I appreciate your input. That number seems low. What do you see is the bottleneck? Flex, CPU, RAM, etc.? Without going live, any suggestions on how to benchmark? Thanks, Jack --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, kaibabsowats [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I won't give you definite

[flexcoders] ComboBox has problems with Selection in TextArea

2005-07-20 Thread Bruno Martins
I try to build this componet but, when a use a combo to set a new property the Selection returns in a wrong way. If someone can solve this. Fix and send to me. Thanks. -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives:

[flexcoders] Re: Flex CPU License(s)

2005-07-20 Thread kaibabsowats
The number was a at least number, so it was definetely low. I'll take a stab and trying to explain all the depends, but I might be off on some of these. Performance hit - Flex compiling the MXML into SWF files, there is caching mechanisms built in, dont know the extent how well the caching

[flexcoders] Re: Flex CPU License(s)

2005-07-20 Thread kaibabsowats
Here is my short answer to your bottleneck question. The RAM will be the bottleneck of your server as stated below. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, jwc_wensan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Renaun: I appreciate your input. That number seems low. What do you see is the bottleneck? Flex,

Re: [flexcoders] Flex 2.0

2005-07-20 Thread Scott Barnes
I have it on a good source that it will be released on July 10th, 2009 at 3pm. This same source also told me that Yahoo stock would crash within the first day of it being listed and it was a throwaway technology - as Lycos is much more lucrative. :) I think it would be too early to speculate on

[flexcoders] Re: Wait for Popup to close

2005-07-20 Thread mrvinedit
This IS possible. I've done it. Here's some code: if (clickedOnWhat==btnRemoveFromGList) { var myClickHandler = function (evt) { if (evt.detail == mx.controls.Alert.OK) { //mx.controls.Alert.show(evt.detail); _root.GroupsRO.RemoveGroupMember(_root.oUserInfo,o

Re: [flexcoders] Tutorial: PopUp Requester Dialog

2005-07-20 Thread Douglas Knudsen
nice. Now, say you have a large app, you wouldn't want to stick all that stuff in your root mxml, eh? So where best to put it? If using cairngorm, where? modellocator? DK On 7/20/05, charlespaz1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Something I needed to work on, and I've made a short tutorial out of

RE: [flexcoders] Problem calling HTTPService under Sun One WebServer

2005-07-20 Thread Matt Chotin
Can you try running a sniffer between your client and the proxy? Looks like youre seeing what the proxy sees, better see what the client is actually seeing too. Sniffer.exe might come if you do the integrated install, otherwise you can find it from Axis and some other locations (or

RE: [flexcoders] Closing Title Popup with [Escape], works in Mozilla but not IE??

2005-07-20 Thread Matt Chotin
Im not sure Ive ever gotten IE to pass the escape key through to the Player unfortunately. Matt From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Allen Manning Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 9:45 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject:

RE: [flexcoders] create children from dataprovider

2005-07-20 Thread Matt Chotin
creationComplete or initialize would probably be fine event triggers. If this is a subclass you could probably override commitProperties too (make sure to call super.commitProperties). Matt -Original Message- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

RE: [flexcoders] Visible Enabled behavior for controls Containers

2005-07-20 Thread Matt Chotin
Probably you should pass in the text input itself into the controlBehavior function so that it can modify the proper component. Function controlBehavior(comp:UIObject, x:String):Void { Comp.visible = Comp.enabled = } creationComplete=controlBehavior(event.target,

RE: [flexcoders] Minimal webapp

2005-07-20 Thread Matt Chotin
There is a keep-generated-swfs flag in the flex-config.xml that you could set and then you can simply point your browser at the SWF.  If youre adjusting the html wrapper you can just save off a copy of the one generated for your MXML file and edit it appropriately. Feel free to talk