[flexcoders] String Data Type Maximum Size

2008-07-22 Thread Jurgen Beck
What is the maximum size of the String data type? Thanks, JB

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Rich Text Editor

2008-02-15 Thread Jurgen Beck
And let's not forget that we need a way in Flex to work with simple HTML content that does not use Flash's antiquated set of HTML formatting. We already know the challenges of implementing a full browser in Flash/Flex (at least outside of AIR.) At least allow us to represent and edit

Re: [flexcoders] FlexAuthority.com

2008-01-14 Thread Jurgen Beck
Have you been able to contact Moniker Online Services to pass a message on to the domain owner? A WHOIS lookup shows them as the Registration record entry. Jurgen On Jan 14, 2008, at 3:09 AM, Judith Dinowitz wrote: There's a good chance that we can have a high quality Flex-only magazine,

[flexcoders] Looking for an HTMLEditor Component

2007-12-14 Thread Jurgen Beck
We are building a CMS in Flex and one of the biggest challenges at the moment is the fact that Flex (Flash) doesn't have good support for HTML tags. We are currently using the RichTextEditor component and convert the HTML output to valid HTML tags. However, this leaves us with some serious

[flexcoders] Re: Traverse List of All Children

2007-11-06 Thread Jurgen Beck
out some curlies or semicolons here. Adam --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Jurgen Beck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need to traverse the list of all children in a component. What's the best approach to doing that? It gets fairly complex with nested sets of child components, so I'm looking

[flexcoders] Traverse List of All Children

2007-11-05 Thread Jurgen Beck
I need to traverse the list of all children in a component. What's the best approach to doing that? It gets fairly complex with nested sets of child components, so I'm looking for an efficient solution. Thanks, Jurgen

[flexcoders] TileList ItemRenderer with different sizes possible?

2007-10-26 Thread Jurgen Beck
I'm looking for a way to show ItemRenderers of various sizes in a TileList. variableRowHeight will let us set the row height for cells in grids, but there doesn't seem to be a way to have varying sizes of ItemRenderers for a TileList, or is there? Any suggestion are appreciated! Jurgen

[flexcoders] List Component: Working with Collapsed and Expanded ItemRenderer

2007-10-18 Thread Jurgen Beck
I am experiencing something mildly strange with the List component when using a custom item renderer that has two states, a collapsed state and an expanded state. When I have one or more item renderers in the expanded state, the List component eventually will display the vertical scrollbar.

RE: [flexcoders] List Component: Working with Collapsed and Expanded ItemRenderer

2007-10-18 Thread Jurgen Beck
. As such, all aspects of its visuals must be driven by the .data object including which state it is in. From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jurgen Beck Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 11:14 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] List

[flexcoders] Re: List Component: Working with Collapsed and Expanded ItemRenderer

2007-10-18 Thread Jurgen Beck
programmed it up ended up using a VBox. Juan scalenine.com | degarafa.com | ocflex.org --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Jurgen Beck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Makes sense, Alex. Thanks! I also found an entry in the Flex Bug system after I posted on the list. So, this is for documentation

RE: [flexcoders] List Component: Working with Collapsed and Expanded ItemRenderer

2007-10-18 Thread Jurgen Beck
it is in. From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jurgen Beck Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 11:14 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] List Component: Working with Collapsed and Expanded ItemRenderer I am experiencing something mildly

RE: [flexcoders] List Component: Working with Collapsed and Expanded ItemRenderer - Solution

2007-10-18 Thread Jurgen Beck
it is in. From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jurgen Beck Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 11:14 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] List Component: Working with Collapsed and Expanded ItemRenderer I am experiencing something mildly

Re: [flexcoders] Dynamic Scaling of a Flex Application

2007-09-21 Thread Jurgen Beck
*From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Jurgen Beck *Sent:* Thursday, September 20, 2007 4:18 PM *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com *Subject:* [flexcoders] Dynamic Scaling of a Flex Application

[flexcoders] Dynamic Scaling of a Flex Application

2007-09-20 Thread Jurgen Beck
I am looking for a way to visually scale a Flex application similar to what is possible with a Flash SWF. For example, creating a Flash SWF and changing the size of the movie will scale all content, including text and other elements. Looking for the same with a Flex application, I haven't been

[flexcoders] Styling: Clearing Validation Errors on TextInput

2007-09-13 Thread Jurgen Beck
Looks like clearing a validation error with UIComponent.errorString = also gets rid of the inset border on TextInput components. How can we change that behavior? I need to return the TextInput style to the normal inset border when the error is cleared. Anyone run into this? If so, is there a

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex Builder 2.0.1: Change Browser for Debugging

2007-08-30 Thread Jurgen Beck
(without the URL on the end), and see if Safari opens. - Mike --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, Jurgen Beck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Mike, Thanks for the response! This is happening on Mac OS X with Flex Builder 2.0.1. The system's default browser

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex Builder 2.0.1: Change Browser for Debugging

2007-08-30 Thread Jurgen Beck
with the Java code that is behind it. - Mike Morearty Adobe Flex Builder team --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, Jurgen Beck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Strange indeed. Shell script opens up Safari without any issues. Remember that the same is true for FB when opening

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Stupid question - get ready to throw fruit.

2007-08-29 Thread Jurgen Beck
What about just setting it to null? myArrayCollection = null; That should free it up in memory. Isn't that what you need? Jurgen candysmate wrote: --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, Tracy Spratt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where is the ArrayCollection

Re: [flexcoders] Flex Builder 2.0.1: Change Browser for Debugging

2007-08-29 Thread Jurgen Beck
I asked this yesterday, but I'm not sure if I missed any possible responses to it. So here is another quick summary: How can we change the browser that FB uses for debugging? Thanks, Jurgen Jurgen Beck wrote: Even though there is a FB Preferences setting for using a browser when Web pages

Re: [flexcoders] Flex Builder 2.0.1: Change Browser for Debugging

2007-08-29 Thread Jurgen Beck
- Original Message From: Jurgen Beck [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 10:06:39 AM Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Flex Builder 2.0.1: Change Browser for Debugging I asked this yesterday, but I'm not sure if I missed any possible responses to it. So

Re: [flexcoders] Flex Builder 2.0.1: Change Browser for Debugging

2007-08-29 Thread Jurgen Beck
%40yahoogroups.com, Jurgen Beck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, but that doesn't seem to have an effect on the browser that the debugger uses. This seems to only affect the browser use for the help documentation. I'm sure I'm missing something. Jurgen carlos m wrote: In FB click on the Window

[flexcoders] Flex Builder 2.0.1: Change Browser for Debugging

2007-08-28 Thread Jurgen Beck
Even though there is a FB Preferences setting for using a browser when Web pages are opened, this seems to mostly be targeting the display of help documentation. If we need to change the specific browser we want to open when FB starts a debugging process, it seems that the only way of doing

[flexcoders] Flex Builder 2.0.1 and Firefox Cache Issues

2007-08-28 Thread Jurgen Beck
This is happening on a Mac OSX environment: I'm discovering that from time to time the cache in Firefox causes the debugger in Flex Builder to behave abnormally. It seems that Firefox retrieves a copy of the debug output SWF from its internal cache rather than loading it fresh from the output

Re: [flexcoders] What's the secret - close button TitleWindow

2007-08-28 Thread Jurgen Beck
Have you looked at the following property for the TitleWindow? showCloseButton=true Jurgen Ben Marchbanks wrote: Okay I give up. How you you make the close button ALWAYS visible for a titleWindow ? I have defined the custom icon for all states yet the button only appears on

Re: [flexcoders] What's the secret - close button TitleWindow

2007-08-28 Thread Jurgen Beck
Also, make sure that when you use your own icon for the close button that you include all the states of the button in your skin. If the button only shows up when the mouse is over it, there may be an issue with your 'up' state skin. Ben Marchbanks wrote: Okay I give up. How you you make the

[flexcoders] new Date() not producing current date

2007-08-27 Thread Jurgen Beck
I am tracking down the source of an issue with the Date() class. It seems that the following line should be producing today's date: var now:Date = new Date(); However, when running this today (8/27/2007), the resulting date object contains values for 7/1/2007. Has anyone run into this issue?

Re: [flexcoders] Re: new Date() not producing current date

2007-08-27 Thread Jurgen Beck
candysmate wrote: --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, Jurgen Beck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am tracking down the source of an issue with the Date() class. It seems that the following line should be producing today's date: var now:Date = new Date(); However

Re: [flexcoders] new Date() not producing current date - Clarification

2007-08-27 Thread Jurgen Beck
? Shouldn't the properties of the 'now' Date object show the correct information? Thanks, Jurgen Beck Jurgen Beck wrote: I am tracking down the source of an issue with the Date() class. It seems that the following line should be producing today's date: var now:Date = new Date(); However

Re: [flexcoders] Re: new Date() not producing current date

2007-08-27 Thread Jurgen Beck
Thanks, Graham. As always, it helps reading the documentation carefully. :-) I didn't see the zero-based mention of the properties... Cheers, Jurgen candysmate wrote: --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, Jurgen Beck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yup

Re: [flexcoders] Duplicating a component

2007-06-09 Thread Jurgen Beck
Can you post your code? Jurgen Robs wrote: Hi all, I have a component having 3 combos 2 buttons 'Add' 'Delete'. I have a scenario wherein the moment I click on 'Add', the entire component should be duplicated. Currently, on using 'addChild', I'm getting an index bound error. Can someone

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex Component Kit for Flash

2007-06-08 Thread Jurgen Beck
Hi Jason, Are your issues related to the IFlexDisplayObject too? So far I haven't seen any response from Matt or Alex. Not that they have to respond, but it would be nice to see if this is a known issue. :-) Jurgen Jason wrote: I too am having difficulty accessing a Flash created .swc in

[flexcoders] Flex Component Kit Issue: mx.core.IFlexDisplayObject marked as extern

2007-06-07 Thread Jurgen Beck
I am getting an error in a large Flex project when trying to use a SWC that was produced with the Flex Component Kit in Flash CS3: Inconsistant linkage in DownloadProgress.swc(mx/core/IFlexDisplayObject) - 'mx.core:IFlexDisplayObject' is marked as extern, but 'mx.core.IFlexDisplayObject' is

Re: [flexcoders] Landscape printing in Flex

2007-06-04 Thread Jurgen Beck
Look at the PrintJobOrientation class and see if that helps: http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/2/langref/flash/printing/PrintJobOrientation.html Jurgen archtechcomputers wrote: Is there anyway to define landscape to the printer? I am working on a project that I need to print a single page that

Re: {Disarmed} RE: [flexcoders] Landscape printing in Flex

2007-06-04 Thread Jurgen Beck
I'm curious, Mike. While the PrintJob.orientation property is read-only, you can rotate the sprite based on what the orientation setting of the printer is. Wouldn't that work? Jurgen Mike Weiland wrote: Unfortunelty there is no way to set the orientation, it is read only. What I do for

Re: [flexcoders] frustrating error thats a non error

2007-06-04 Thread Jurgen Beck
How are you setting up the ns1 namespace? Make sure it points to the correct location. Jurgen iilsley wrote: Could not resolve ns1:comp to a component implementation. main.mxml If I just a blank new line to main.mxml and save it the error goes away , if I then modify comp.mxml and save

Re: [flexcoders] summing a value in an arrayCollection?

2007-06-03 Thread Jurgen Beck
Need to correct (add) one line. Forgot to add the cursor.moveNext(): var cursor:IViewCursor = myAC.createCursor(); var sumPop:int = 0; var myObject:Object; while (!cursor.afterLast) { myObject = cursor.current; sumPop += myObject.population; cursor.moveNext(); } Jurgen Beck wrote

Re: [flexcoders] Change Object Reference

2007-06-03 Thread Jurgen Beck
Rather than just assigning the model.someObject directly to the vo object, you may first need to instantiate it with: var vo:Object = new Object(); The assign the model.someObject to it: vo = model.someObject; When you then assign a different object to it, it should leave model.someObject

Re: [flexcoders] Change Object Reference

2007-06-03 Thread Jurgen Beck
, 2007, at 9:33 AM, Jurgen Beck wrote: Rather than just assigning the model.someObject directly to the vo object, you may first need to instantiate it with: var vo:Object = new Object(); The assign the model.someObject to it: vo = model.someObject; When you then assign a different object

Re: {Disarmed} [flexcoders] Flex Component Kit for Flash CS3 - item not showing

2007-06-02 Thread Jurgen Beck
Does the Design view in FB give you any errors? If so, you'd need to look closer at the code. Jurgen Mark wrote: I created a simple test in Flash CS3 that mostly works in Flex. The problem I'm having is I don't see it in Flex Builder 2. Code view is giving me everything it should and looks

Re: [flexcoders] Flex Component Kit for Flash CS3 - item not showing

2007-06-02 Thread Jurgen Beck
perfectly it just doesn't display within FB. Wether I run it nromal or in debug mode, what shows in the browser is fine. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, Jurgen Beck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does the Design view in FB give you any errors? If so, you'd need

Re: [flexcoders] WebServices and ObjectProxy

2007-06-02 Thread Jurgen Beck
this on. Jurgen ehsiao_bea wrote: Hi, Jurgen, Not sure how you can do this within the DataGrid Control itself. Can you please elaborate? I would like to bind Physician.Firstname to the DataField. JT --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, Jurgen Beck [EMAIL

Re: [flexcoders] summing a value in an arrayCollection?

2007-06-02 Thread Jurgen Beck
Hi Todd, One of the ways would be to traverse your ArrayCollection with a cursor: var cursor:IViewCursor = myAC.createCursor(); var sumPop:int = 0; var myObject:Object; while (!cursor.afterLast) { myObject = cursor.current; sumPop += myObject.population; } Jurgen todd_geist wrote:

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex Component Kit for Flash CS3 - item not showing

2007-06-02 Thread Jurgen Beck
Sorry about that! That was obvious. :-) It's been a long week... Flex components created in Flash will not show up in Design View. Adobe says that this will be addressed in a future update of Flex (well, 'next version'.) So, if you're compiled app is showing the component, you're good to

Re: {Disarmed} [flexcoders] WebServices and ObjectProxy

2007-06-01 Thread Jurgen Beck
When returning a result set, make sure you are accessing the proxy through the object property: var myObject:yourVO = event.result.object as yourVO; Jurgen ehsiao_bea wrote: I am calling a web service and the objects are being wrapped with mx.utils.objectProxy. However, I can't seem to get

Re: {Disarmed} [flexcoders] URL parameters into mx:application

2007-05-31 Thread Jurgen Beck
You do this the same way you would with a Flash application. You can use flashvars to do that, which become available in your application. Look for info on Flex and flashvars. Jurgen Rohan Pinto wrote: how do I pass URL parameters into my application ? I need to be able to pass URL

[flexcoders] creationPolicy Issues?

2007-05-30 Thread Jurgen Beck
I'm running into a strange problem with the Accordion container. Setting creationPolicy to 'all' on the Accordion container will not force the controls in all the views to be created. It behaves as if it is still set to the default (auto). Anyone run into the same problem? Jurgen

[flexcoders] Re: creationPolicy Issues? - Issue solved

2007-05-30 Thread Jurgen Beck
the Mac assigns a different name to it dynamically). So, all this to say that creationPolicy works as expected and this is something external to Flex, but still the source of some frustration if you don't pay attention to it. Hope this helps someone else! :-) Jurgen Jurgen Beck wrote: I'm

[flexcoders] Events in AS3 Classes

2007-05-30 Thread Jurgen Beck
I know that I can write my own custom event class, but I was wondering about something that seems to be undocumented and that seems to initially be promising: When adding a meta tag to an AS class such as: [Event(name=myEvent,type=flash.events.Event)] the event shows up when using the class

Re: {Disarmed} [flexcoders] Re: Events in AS3 Classes

2007-05-30 Thread Jurgen Beck
Makes sense. Thanks, Justin! Jurgen justinbuser wrote: --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, Jurgen Beck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know that I can write my own custom event class, but I was wondering about something that seems to be undocumented

Re: {Disarmed} [flexcoders] Re: Events in AS3 Classes

2007-05-30 Thread Jurgen Beck
simple 'custom' events (those that don't require additional objects or arguments packaged with it) to self-register through a new class. Jurgen justinbuser wrote: --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, Jurgen Beck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know that I can

Re: {Disarmed} [flexcoders] Just getting started, hitting walls...

2007-05-30 Thread Jurgen Beck
Welcome to the community, Dave, good to have you! Essentially, the key to what you are trying to do is split up your application into individual modules. It's a bit difficult to give you a link to a single source that will step you through the process, because there are a number of items

Re: {Disarmed} [flexcoders] SWF Size gets bigger (and bigger... but why??)

2007-05-30 Thread Jurgen Beck
Can't tell you why it is growing, other than agreeing with you that at times the compiled app is growing beyond what it should be. You can use the Project-Clean... command in Flex Builder to clean your project and reduce the SWF size to what it normally is. Hope this helps, Jurgen

Re: {Disarmed} Re: {Disarmed} [flexcoders] Just getting started, hitting walls...

2007-05-30 Thread Jurgen Beck
Code is code. Not wanting to sound rude, but as with any other application that requires visual elements, you'll have to eventually create them somehow. The huge difference Flex makes is how you go about it. Essentially you will need to work with display containers, such as canvases, panels

Re: {Disarmed} Re: {Disarmed} [flexcoders] Just getting started, hitting walls...

2007-05-30 Thread Jurgen Beck
I'll address your first question: I'm doing this all the time. I'm working on my fourth huge Flex application. I've been developing enterprise type distributed applications for over 15 years and I can tell you that Flex is one of my favorite tools in terms of creating large RIA type apps.

Re: {Disarmed} RE: {Disarmed} [flexcoders] SWF Size gets bigger (and bigger... but why??)

2007-05-30 Thread Jurgen Beck
of handy shortcuts, especially for finding stuff in a long application. Control-F is tiresome. Thanks for the tip, Patrick *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Jurgen Beck *Sent

Re: [flexcoders] [OT] Where is Disarmed coming from? Was:Just getting started, hitting walls...

2007-05-30 Thread Jurgen Beck
, Colin. Jurgen Beck wrote: Welcome to the community, Dave, good to have you! Essentially, the key to what you are trying to do is split up your application into individual modules. It's a bit difficult to give you a link to a single source that will step you through the process, because

Re: {Disarmed} RE: {Disarmed} RE: [flexcoders] Flickr - Issue with LoaderContext

2007-05-29 Thread Jurgen Beck
you'll find out why. So suddenly, they've made flash apps harder and proxy servers are needed. HTH, -Alex *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Jurgen Beck *Sent

Re: {Disarmed} RE: [flexcoders] Flickr - Issue with LoaderContext

2007-05-26 Thread Jurgen Beck
can almost always load it, you just can't always access its pixels. *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Jurgen Beck *Sent:* Friday, May 25, 2007 3:34 PM *To:* flexcoders

[flexcoders] Flickr - Issue with LoaderContext

2007-05-25 Thread Jurgen Beck
I'm running into security sandbox violation issues trying to load images from a Flickr account. Since the Image component derives from SWFLoader I am setting the LoaderContext before the image source is assigned. The image component is used inside my custom component, which in turn is used as

Re: {Disarmed} [flexcoders] Possible to send object to POST data?

2007-05-23 Thread Jurgen Beck
You might want to check out WebORB for PHP at http://www.themidnightcoders.com. http://themidnightcoders.com/weborb/php/remoteobjectandphp.htm Jurgen TCash21 wrote: Hi all, Is it possible to pass an object (i.e. Graph) to a PHP script in a POST? and then store it in a database? Would I have

Re: {Disarmed} Re: {Disarmed} [flexcoders] Possible to send object to POST data?

2007-05-23 Thread Jurgen Beck
to it. Essentially it comes down to your preference. Check both of them out, but my pick would be WebORB. :-) Jurgen TCash21 wrote: --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, Jurgen Beck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You might want to check out WebORB for PHP

Re: {Disarmed} Re: {Disarmed} [flexcoders] Possible to send object to POST data?

2007-05-23 Thread Jurgen Beck
will end up in the PHP version too, at least that's what was stated by Mark in the past. If you require the full feature set of FDS now, you'll need to consider it instead. Jurgen TCash21 wrote: --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, Jurgen Beck [EMAIL

Re: {Disarmed} [flexcoders] Data Paging a la Matt Chotin for Flex 2.1

2007-05-23 Thread Jurgen Beck
Hey Shaun, You may want to check out the FlexBox components list. There are two components, one for a paged DataGrid, the other one for a paged ArrayCollection. http://flexbox.mrinalwadhwa.com/ Jurgen Shaun wrote: I am getting ready to implement a report for a project that requires the

Re: {Disarmed} Re: {Disarmed} [flexcoders] Data Paging a la Matt Chotin for Flex 2.1

2007-05-23 Thread Jurgen Beck
, Jurgen Beck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Shaun, You may want to check out the FlexBox components list. There are two components, one for a paged DataGrid, the other one for a paged ArrayCollection. http://flexbox.mrinalwadhwa.com/ Jurgen Shaun wrote: I am getting ready to implement

Re: {Disarmed} Re: {Disarmed} [flexcoders] Data Paging a la Matt Chotin for Flex 2.1

2007-05-23 Thread Jurgen Beck
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, Jurgen Beck jurgen@ wrote: Hey Shaun, You may want to check out the FlexBox components list. There are two components, one for a paged DataGrid, the other one for a paged ArrayCollection. http://flexbox.mrinalwadhwa.com

Re: {Disarmed} RE: {Disarmed} [flexcoders] Data Paging a la Matt Chotin for Flex 2.1

2007-05-23 Thread Jurgen Beck
back to the server as needed to get chunks of the data. With 150k records, I need the on demand paging. Shaun --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, Jurgen Beck jurgen@ wrote: Hey Shaun, You may want to check out the FlexBox components list

Re: {Disarmed} Re: {Disarmed} RE: {Disarmed} [flexcoders] Data Paging a la Matt Chotin for Flex

2007-05-23 Thread Jurgen Beck
Flex in this case strictly acts as a pure presentation layer. In other words, the data that is viewable in Flex is prepared and provided by the .NET end. More specifically, it is a remote object with a set number of records in the form of a list. Without the more powerful data mangement

Re: {Disarmed} RE: [flexcoders] Re: Am I using the right technology?

2007-05-21 Thread Jurgen Beck
Hi Mark, Seeing that you want to use ASP.NET, WebORB would be the way to go. It is pricey and Midnightcoders would make a killing if they would reduce the pricing for it as more firms would jump on the boat. I've been working with WebORB and must say that the tools that come with it beat

Re: {Disarmed} RE: [flexcoders] Re: Am I using the right technology?

2007-05-21 Thread Jurgen Beck
I'm doing this right now with the Standard version of WebORB. I've written my class library (wrapped in a DLL) that connects to the database. If you need full data management, you need to be looking at the Professional version at minimum. Check out the examples on the WebORB site. Go to:

Re: {Disarmed} RE: [flexcoders] Re: Am I using the right technology?

2007-05-21 Thread Jurgen Beck
similar to: Flex - WebOrb - .NET Library ? Thanks, Mark *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Jurgen Beck *Sent:* 21 May 2007 16:42 *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com

[flexcoders] ListCollectionView.addItemAt Bug?

2007-05-21 Thread Jurgen Beck
It seems that there is a problem with the ListCollectionView class when using it with an ArrayCollection. Using the addItemAt method produces an index out of bounds error when an item is added with an index that is beyond the length of the collection. However, the Flex Reference states that:

Re: {Disarmed} [flexcoders] ListCollectionView.addItemAt Bug?

2007-05-21 Thread Jurgen Beck
isn't grown when the index exceeds the length of the list. :-) Anyone concur? If so, I'll submit a report to Adobe. Jurgen Jurgen Beck wrote: It seems that there is a problem with the ListCollectionView class when using it with an ArrayCollection. Using the addItemAt method produces an index

Re: {Disarmed} RE: {Disarmed} [flexcoders] ListCollectionView.addItemAt Bug?

2007-05-21 Thread Jurgen Beck
. *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Jurgen Beck *Sent:* Monday, May 21, 2007 1:38 PM *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com *Subject:* Re: {Disarmed} [flexcoders] ListCollectionView.addItemAt Bug? Well

Re: {Disarmed} Re: {Disarmed} Re: [flexcoders] Flex on Mac

2007-05-17 Thread Jurgen Beck
, and my Mac Pro has 3 monitors. I've had no issues. Paul fuad_kamal wrote: you can't (multiple monitors). It's an issue w/Eclipse on Mac. Solution: cinema display :P --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, Jurgen Beck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Same here. I

[flexcoders] Fade Effect on Labels

2007-05-17 Thread Jurgen Beck
It seems that fade effects (fade in or fade out) do not fully work on labels, at least not the way I have implemented the fading. I have created MXML components containing labels that use embedded fonts configured through a style sheet. The fonts look fine, except that during a fade transition

Re: {Disarmed} [flexcoders] Re: Fade Effect on Labels

2007-05-17 Thread Jurgen Beck
Hi Brian, Well, that may be the reason indeed. That's where Flex is getting a bit funky. I've embedded the fonts into the application, but for some reason Flex is not taking them. I've had mixed results embedding system/native fonts in Flex. Some of them take fine, others won't. I'll dig

[flexcoders] Strange Error with Embed Statement

2007-05-17 Thread Jurgen Beck
I've been working on this big project for the last 5 weeks and all of a sudden today started getting errors on all my Embed statements in my style sheet. The following lines are an example of what Flex Builder now thinks are invalid statements: .trashButton {

Re: {Disarmed} Re: [flexcoders] Flex on Mac

2007-05-11 Thread Jurgen Beck
Same here. I actually switched from Windows XP Professional running stand-alone Flex Builder to a Mac Pro and MacBook Pro. Works great. In fact, I seem to have less memory issues with Flex Builder on the Mac than I had with running it on Windows XP. The only thing I wish it would do on the

Re: {Disarmed} [flexcoders] Flex SWF running slow

2007-05-11 Thread Jurgen Beck
Came up really snappy for me. No performance issues at all. You may need to check and see what else is going on with your Flash player and the browser you are testing this with. If you are running this on Windows, check with the Task Manager to see what processes are consuming a lot of CPU

Re: {Disarmed} [flexcoders] Flex SWF running slow

2007-05-11 Thread Jurgen Beck
Correction! On second and subsequent loads I could see what you exeperience. Here's what I first saw: When the application first loaded, I saw all the UI components on the form. Didn't take long to load the application. I then started playing around by clicking on checkboxes and noticed that

Re: {Disarmed} Re: {Disarmed} [flexcoders] Flex SWF running slow

2007-05-11 Thread Jurgen Beck
Frame rate is still very much part of Flex, which by default uses 24 frames per second. You can change that during compile time. Here is a good write-up on frame rates: http://ajax.sys-con.com/read/303778.htm Question: Are the 300 plus UI elements the checkboxes, labels, etc.that you have

[flexcoders] Convert Non-server Flex Project to Server Project

2007-05-07 Thread Jurgen Beck
Is there a way to convert a non-server Flex project to a server project? When setting up a Flex project I can of course select the type. However, I need to convert a Basic Flex Project to a Flex Data Services project. Seems like the in the Flex properties for the project the Flex Server items

Re: {Disarmed} RE: [flexcoders] Convert Non-server Flex Project to Server Project

2007-05-07 Thread Jurgen Beck
of projects I've done a right click on the project and select Apply Flex Nature *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Jurgen Beck *Sent:* Monday, May 07, 2007 3:25 PM *To:* flexcoders

[flexcoders] Setup Issues with Release 3.1.0.1

2007-05-02 Thread Jurgen Beck
I may have missed something setting up the latest release on a test server, but I am getting strange errors: Going t the Management console I get an immediate Security error dialog that states that 'Send failed'. A follow-up error pop-up states the following:

Re: {Disarmed} [flexcoders] metadata tags and events

2007-05-01 Thread Jurgen Beck
You can find some of them explained here, but that is not the complete list either: http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/201/html/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=LiveDocs_Book_Partsfile=metadata_141_01.html Jurgen Kenneth Sutherland wrote: Does anyone have information on the various

Re: {Disarmed} Re: {Disarmed} [flexcoders] metadata tags and events

2007-05-01 Thread Jurgen Beck
/metadata.html I don't know what all of them do, including the ones Kenneth asked about, but I'm working on it. - Dan Freiman On 5/1/07, *Jurgen Beck* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can find some of them explained here, but that is not the complete list either

Re: {Disarmed} [flexcoders] Regd flex

2007-04-30 Thread Jurgen Beck
You need to be looking at something like MDM Zinc, which supports Flash and Flex: http://www.multidmedia.com/ Jurgen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Thanks in Advance I am new to Flex, how to Convert the flex project into Exe Version as we do in Flash. Awaiting for your reply mail.

Re: {Disarmed} Re: {Disarmed} [flexcoders] Regd flex

2007-04-30 Thread Jurgen Beck
Zinc is available for both Windows and Mac OS. mychemic Carlo Gulliani wrote: but this mdm zinc version support only macos, but not support win - Original Message From: Jurgen Beck [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 4:05:18 PM Subject: Re

[flexcoders] Flickr and Flex Implementation

2007-04-26 Thread Jurgen Beck
I am working on a photo gallery app that is supposed to access private images from a Flickr account. While it's pretty straight forward accessing publicly viewable images from a Flickr user or account, there seems to be a big problem with accessing private images AND keep everything user

[flexcoders] Fade Effect and StartDelay Issue/Bug?

2007-04-20 Thread Jurgen Beck
Seems like I'm having an issue with the Fade effect and using startDelay. I have the following Fade effect defined: mx:Fade id=fadeIn duration=200 alphaFrom=0.0 alphaTo=1.0 startDelay=1000/ This is used by a canvas component: mx:Canvas id=myCanvas width=400 height=400

Re: {Disarmed} [flexcoders] 360Flex vs. Adobe MAX - which would you attend?

2007-04-09 Thread Jurgen Beck
Can't speak for MAX, but if you are mainly looking at Flex, you should definitely do 360. I've been there in March and I can tell you that you'll learn LOTS and have access to the right people to ask your questions. Jurgen ben.clinkinbeard wrote: Hello, I will most likely be able to attend

RE: {Disarmed} [flexcoders] New Adobe Products and Flex

2007-03-27 Thread Jurgen Beck
It's going to be VERY nice having a smooth workflow. I think this will further boost Flex as a viable tool for web applications. Is April 20th the published ship date? Jurgen From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Whitelock Sent: Tuesday, March 27,

[flexcoders] Scaling Fonts in Flex

2007-01-23 Thread Jurgen Beck
This may be an odd one and I know that you guys are going to respond that you shouldn't really do this in Flex considering that Flex applications are something different than Flash movies. :-) So here it goes: Has anyone figured out a way to scale fonts (text, either with embedded fonts or

RE: [flexcoders] Data synchronisation tip and tricks?

2006-09-14 Thread Jurgen Beck
Very good topic! I'm working on a RIA using Flex that deals with a similar situation for an online ticketing system. Imagine two or more folks selecting the same seat and wanting to purchase a ticket for it. Essentially this is collision bound, unless it is being handled carefully. I see

[flexcoders] Background Image Alignment using SWF as Background

2006-08-19 Thread Jurgen Beck
I am using a CSS style to set the background of a mx:Box. The embedded image is a movie clip object from an asset SWF. Everything works fine, the SWF resource shows up in my application. However, I cannot figure out how to get Flex to align the embedded SWF object on the left side. It seems that