RE: [flexcoders] dispatching effects

2005-07-19 Thread Philippe Maegerman
I would go for : obj.dispatchEvent({type:'resize'}) Philippe Maegerman From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sauro, NickSent: lundi 18 juillet 2005 21:55To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.comSubject: [flexcoders] dispatching effects Hey guys, here'sa

[flexcoders] Re: No Deserializer for List -- more information

2005-07-19 Thread Daniel Harfleet
or working very hard ;-) Anyways, today does not seem to be a good day for tough questions and expert answers! *FlexCoders are on vacation, I think!!!* Regards, Sree -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives:

[flexcoders] DataGrid labelFunction AMF

2005-07-19 Thread Devis
Hi, it's possibile to write a LabelFunction for DataGrid with an AMF? for example i wish getNumberOrder(item) ... RemoteObject.getOrder(item.cod_cli).result.NUMBER_ORDER? ... pls can you give me some suggestion Devis -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ:

[flexcoders] A set of images in a canvas

2005-07-19 Thread dimkapimkakolbasa
What should I do to place on canvas a set of images and to access them later? How can I make an array of controls? This doesn't work: imagesInCanvas[currentIndex] = imageCanvas.createClassObject( mx.controls.Image, imagesInCanvas[+string(currentIndex)+],

[flexcoders] Is there a certification test that can be taken

2005-07-19 Thread nostra72
To become a Flex Programmer, if so how hard is the test? -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group

[flexcoders] Re: Extending DataGridColumn + emitting events = java.lang.NullPointerException

2005-07-19 Thread mrmcfeely8
FYI The final word on this from MM: Unlike most other objects, DataGridColumns don't implement the feature of event emission. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, mrmcfeely8 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Comments inline --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, alex_harui [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The

[flexcoders] flex Validators

2005-07-19 Thread michael BADEN
Did someone know a way to acces Flex validators source code ? Thanks for your help. Mike -- 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] DataGrid labelFunction AMF

2005-07-19 Thread Theodore E Patrick
Sure. The key is that you need to build your DataGrid with defined columns before your data arrives in AMF. When DataProvider is set, the Columns and DataGrid are used as a template against DataProvider to define the view. You can define a labelFunction or cellRenderer to customize the rendering

[flexcoders] BubbleChart: Multiple Bubble Colors and Axis Formatting

2005-07-19 Thread Jim Laing
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 BubbleChart which has a single BubbleSeries (see below). However, I'd like each bubble in the series to be a different color based on a varying

Re: [flexcoders] Re: If I buy a flex license can I host other peoples apps on the license?

2005-07-19 Thread Jonathan Bezuidenhout
On a slightly different note. I can tell you that in our multibillion dollar organization Flex is most likely about to be thrown out. We were going to buy something like 8 or 14 additional licenses to the multitude we already have, and the pricing is just totally ridiculous for what we need it

Re: [flexcoders] Re: If I buy a flex license can I host other peoples apps on the license?

2005-07-19 Thread JesterXL
Management is ready to cut their losses and redevelop with something non-proprietary ...how did they get multibillion dollar again? - Original Message - From: Jonathan Bezuidenhout [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 10:05 AM Subject: Re:

RE: [flexcoders] Re: If I buy a flex license can I host other peoples apps on the license?

2005-07-19 Thread Rick Bullotta
Your multibillion dollar company is hedging on $120K-$225K??? And dont you have a purchasing organization that can negotiate a volume price? I find that hard to believe From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Bezuidenhout

RE: [flexcoders] Re: If I buy a flex license can I host other peoples apps on the license?

2005-07-19 Thread Rick Bullotta
You would have a hard time convincing me that, if there are application development benefits and sunk costs in development, that (after discounts) $60-125K is an issue From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Anthony Merryfield Sent:

RE: [flexcoders] Re: If I buy a flex license can I host other peoples apps on the license?

2005-07-19 Thread Anthony Merryfield
Depends what you're comparing. If I was atechnical beancounter looking at the cost of Flex, comparing it to open source solutions and then seeing what ourapplication requirements were; I'd be asking why we were spendingANY thousands of pounds on proprietary software over seemingly free

Re: [flexcoders] Re: If I buy a flex license can I host other peoples apps on the license?

2005-07-19 Thread Sjors Pals
I don't think that's true, even at bigger organisations you see a shift to use of free (opensource) software. Even when 225k is not a lot of money for a company, if you can safe it, its easy money. Its also a strange thing that you pay 30% more for a flex license in europe, and please,

RE: [flexcoders] Re: If I buy a flex license can I host other peoples apps on the license?

2005-07-19 Thread Rick Bullotta
Agree with you. But 125K for a system that would be deployed broadly and may be mission critical would seem tiny probably the same as the janitorial budget for a day or two. I also agree with your choice of wording in seemingly free alternatives. J - Rick From:

RE: [flexcoders] Re: If I buy a flex license can I host other peoples apps on the license?

2005-07-19 Thread Anthony Merryfield
Apple say that price flucuations in their hardware isto do with local taxes, who am I to argue? Oh, and shipping costs ;) T. -Original Message-From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Sjors PalsSent: 19 July 2005 15:46To:

RE: [flexcoders] Re: If I buy a flex license can I host other peoples apps on the license?

2005-07-19 Thread Anthony Merryfield
Wasn't sure that'd be picked up on ;) I gather from Jons wording though, they aren't using it for mission critical. Maybe they use it to schedule janitorial duties :) T. -Original Message-From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Rick

RE: [flexcoders] Re: If I buy a flex license can I host other peoples apps on the license?

2005-07-19 Thread Valy Sivec
It's kinda childish to think that for a billion dollar company 60k-120k in Flex's fees isstill abargain... Don't know whysome people ignore the fact that Flex is just only a component ( presentation layer ) and in addition to Flex you have to invest in J2EE or .NET infrastructure. Imagine

RE: [flexcoders] Re: If I buy a flex license can I host other peoples apps on the license?

2005-07-19 Thread Tolulope Olonade
Hi Rick its always an Issue. I work in the same kind of company and they always see IT Department/Group as a place to cut COSTS. They always want you to build them World Class solution on shoe string budgets and who are you to complain? Unless you found another job somewhere else J

RE: [flexcoders] Re: If I buy a flex license can I host other peoples apps on the license?

2005-07-19 Thread Stacy Young
I think the critical factor is the first flex project. Thats what will make or break the perception of bean counters. Usability improvements, reduced development costs, look and feel all come into play. That very first project needs to make a statementor you may be up the creek the next

RE: [flexcoders] Re: If I buy a flex license can I host other peoples apps on the license?

2005-07-19 Thread Carson Hager
We resell quite a bit of software in our US and European offices and that's almost always tariffs and VAT. It's true of just about every US software product that exists. Carson Carson HagerCynergy Systems, Inc.http://www.cynergysystems.com

RE: [flexcoders] Re: If I buy a flex license can I host other peoples apps on the license?

2005-07-19 Thread Sauro, Nick
score 5: Informative 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 Valy SivecSent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 10:51 AMTo: flexcoders@yahoogroups.comSubject: RE: [flexcoders] Re: If I buy a

RE: [flexcoders] Re: If I buy a flex license can I host other peoples apps on the license?

2005-07-19 Thread Philippe Maegerman
Let's add a FlashComm license on top of that ;) Philippe Maegerman From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Valy SivecSent: mardi 19 juillet 2005 16:51To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.comSubject: RE: [flexcoders] Re: If I buy a flex license can I host other

RE: [flexcoders] Re: If I buy a flex license can I host other peoples apps on the license?

2005-07-19 Thread Carson Hager
These are excellent points. The thing that I would ask is why would anyone need that many licenses? I guess I could see this when you're using RemoteObjects or possibly the proxy. Given that RemoteObjects use a binary protocol, they have limited use. And the proxy services are only

RE: [flexcoders] Re: If I buy a flex license can I host other peoples apps on the license?

2005-07-19 Thread Jeff Steiner
It also depends upon the type of information in the RIA that your team builds. For example, if you are spending a ton of money for a 3-5 tier setup where everything is load balanced, but the app is only going to be used a few thousand times a week, you are probably not going to be saving

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

2005-07-19 Thread david_gal-reyniez
Hi everyboby! Can anybody explain to me the reason of this regularly error message I have *** Branch between 7543 and 40329 around line 0 exceeds 32K span. If possible, please refactor this component

[flexcoders] OT: MACR may not be getting flexcoders emails

2005-07-19 Thread Matt Chotin
FYI, looks like at least some of us haven't gotten flexcoders emails since some time on Friday. From checking the archives you guys are doing fine without us, but just wanted you to know why we aren't really responding to anything. When it comes back up (we've asked our IT to look into it) we'll

Re: [flexcoders] Re: If I buy a flex license can I host other peoples apps on the license?

2005-07-19 Thread Clint Modien
Thought I'd kick in a story... I'm on a project @ one of the largest IT company's in the world and was talking with the lead on diff project in the same office (for one of the biggest clients here). They were really tyring to get the client to go down the flex road on the project. (It was

RE: [flexcoders] Re: If I buy a flex license can I host other peoples apps on the license?

2005-07-19 Thread Valy Sivec
Many times companies have a portfolio of apps that are sold to their clients. Due to some usability things, if you have a client that likes Flex interfaces or accepted an application written in Flex because it looks cool or is just different... going back to straight HTML/JSP/ASPapp will be a

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

2005-07-19 Thread Sauro, Nick
you should look into data binding. 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 Kim ReddingtonSent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 11:33 AMTo: flexcoders@yahoogroups.comSubject: [flexcoders]

[flexcoders] Re: If I buy a flex license can I host other peoples apps on the license?

2005-07-19 Thread kaibabsowats
My question about this story is your take on the cost of development of Flash compared to Flex. Figure in development cost (Design Time, Training, Maintenance, etcÂ… ) for one 1 year or more. Is there a big enough difference in Staff Costs to warrant a $750k licensing of Flex over a longer period

Re: [flexcoders] Re: If I buy a flex license can I host other peoples apps on the license?

2005-07-19 Thread Jonathan Bezuidenhout
Hi, If you have ever worked for a large corp, you will know that in the end, things are made up of small depts with maybe small pots of budgets. Only difference is that there are people that make decisionson how the pot of money is spent. And then there are committees that make decisions (e.g.

Re: [flexcoders] Re: If I buy a flex license can I host other peoples apps on the license?

2005-07-19 Thread naden
Hi Stace,I am over here at a university in Perth, Australia and are looking at Flex for one of our software projects.I would be immensely grateful if you had any thoughts on Flex in general, whether it is worth the money etcUsability improvements and reduced development costs are always a huge

[flexcoders] Extended ComboBox can't use mx:dataProvider /

2005-07-19 Thread Darron J. Schall
I've run into an interesting situation. I needed to extend the combobox, and in doing so, I'm not longer able to nest the mx:dataProvider tag. For example, the following code doesn't work. controls:MyCustomComboBox mx:dataProvider mx:Array mx:StringItem 1/mx:String

[flexcoders] Tree DataGrid

2005-07-19 Thread Eric Guesdon
Hi to all, In join file i make a Tree DataGrid that can expand / collapse. The join file isn't complete, it doesn't care about sort for moment. In fact sort must be captured by headerRelease to rewrite sort/group by functionality. I would really please to read you about my little solution

[flexcoders] Flex License(s) Performance

2005-07-19 Thread jwc_wensan
To All: I have asked MM and have not gotten what I see as a reasonable answer. Their own website says that the typical application would need 6-8 licenses. Let's take this example server: Dell Server @ 3.8 GHz with 1 GB RAM JRUN4 Win 2000 Server 1 Flex license MySQL

RE: [flexcoders] Re: If I buy a flex license can I host other peoples apps on the license?

2005-07-19 Thread Stacy Young
Just my opinion but to get it right the first time and make that positive impact, its going to cost you time and money. Not just in licensing costs but in developer ramp-up time and so forth. Secondly, you really need a fresh perspective from a design standpoint. Every single developer

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

2005-07-19 Thread a8i364io
hello everyone, this is my first post to the group. I am a long-time CF guy and have bought (5 copies!) and read the RIA book and had Figleaf come inhouse to give Flex beginning training. We want to start really getting some applications out the door, but I want to make sure I understand the

[flexcoders] Re: Flex license - ASP hosting? (Long)

2005-07-19 Thread davidm888
I too have been wondering what in the world 3(c) in the EULA means, and even as an IP attorney / developer, I've read it over and over and have been left scratching my head as to what it could possibly mean. Below are some of my observations and speculations and are not legal advice. If you are

Re: [flexcoders] Flex License(s) Performance

2005-07-19 Thread Dave Carabetta
I'll take a stab at a high level. Comments inline below On 7/19/05, jwc_wensan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To All: I have asked MM and have not gotten what I see as a reasonable answer. Their own website says that the typical application would need 6-8 licenses. Let's take this

Re: [flexcoders] Flex License(s) Performance

2005-07-19 Thread Darron J. Schall
jwc_wensan wrote: With the above scenario how many simultaneous users can adequately access the server before I would need a second server? Or is it better to ask how many per hour? See Ted's entry here about scaling Flex: http://www.powersdk.com/ted/2005/05/scaling-flex.php I completely

Re: [flexcoders] Re: If I buy a flex license can I host other peoples apps on the license?

2005-07-19 Thread Tarik Ahmed
At Flex's old price making the case was do-able. Where I'm at now... One of our sub-companies wanted us to build a new intranet for them based on the apps we've built; and they were looking at about 16 CPUs in Web Servers and once they saw the price... They decided they'll skip on the Flex

Re: [flexcoders] Re: If I buy a flex license can I host other peoples apps on the license?

2005-07-19 Thread Tarik Ahmed
I've seen it happen where I work. I.T typically gets the remains of whatever budget is left over. Product Development gets first dibs at the budget. Rick Bullotta wrote: You would have a hard time convincing me that, if there are application development benefits

[flexcoders] MXML / Remoting Calls on WebLogic plugin

2005-07-19 Thread Kevin Towes \(New Toronto Group\)
Quick question on a Flex install on WebLogic. Hypothetical Install situation: [PUBLIC FACING SERVER] WebLogic plugin on Windows IIS [INTERNAL SERVER] FLEX running on WebLogic * Remote Objects are being used. QUESTION 1 : Can a Flex Application invoke a Remote Service

[flexcoders] Re: Flex License(s) Performance

2005-07-19 Thread jwc_wensan
Darron: Thanks for your input. I read Ted's post. His production server does not have Flex. Where is the SWF being served from? Forgive my ignorance, but if you need a flex license for every server the SWF sits on, what's the difference? Can you elaborate further? Thanks again, Jack --- In

[flexcoders] Re: Flex License(s) Performance

2005-07-19 Thread jwc_wensan
Dave: First, thanks for your input. The site will be public and I do not know how many users will be accessing at this time. I realize there is no specific user number, but I was trying to get a round number, if that's possible. From a due deligence standpoint, how do you determine the server

[flexcoders] Chain webservices

2005-07-19 Thread Rajesh Jayabalan
Hi, I am unable to call a webservice which has as a parameter Object A which containts a list of Object B I am planning to call a chain of webservice. CreateObjA(Obj A) CreateObjBs(Obj[] b) but before I can call createObjBs I need the result of the first call (which return an ID) so that I

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

2005-07-19 Thread Rob Rusher
You need to view the following breezo: http://macromedia-v5.emea.breezecentral.com/architectingflexapplications/ It demonstrates the .95 version. Regards, Rob Rusher Macromedia Certified Flex Instructor e:[EMAIL PROTECTED] c:303.885.7044 im:robrusher -Original Message- From:

RE: [flexcoders] MXML / Remoting Calls on WebLogic plugin

2005-07-19 Thread Stacy Young
Using Apache, yes so Id assume IIS as well although I havent personally configured that Using Apache, yesApache receives the request and based on the context, routes the request to the appropriate plugin. In our case weve got WL and JRun plugin configured on

RE: [flexcoders] Re: Flex License(s) Performance

2005-07-19 Thread Rob Rusher
Jack, You compile the SWF on a server with Flex install. Then copy the generated SWF over to your web server and embed it in a web page. The difference is that you don't need a Java Application Server running. i.e. more system resources I'm not positive, but I think you need special licensing

Re: [flexcoders] Chain webservices

2005-07-19 Thread Alex Cruikshank
Hi Rajesh, You can execute synchronous web service calls by making the second call from within the result handler of the first. I believe the above code should look something like this: import mx.utils.Delegate; public function createMarketRequest() { marketRequest = new MarketRequest(); var

[flexcoders]

2005-07-19 Thread RAMSEY,MARK
HI, I came across a problem in using effects in Flex. The parameters used to control custom effects are integers, and won't parse percentage strings. This is not a problem if you're building an application that has a locked size. If your app needs to resize, custom effects will give you

[flexcoders] Re: If I buy a flex license can I host other peoples apps on the license?

2005-07-19 Thread jwc_wensan
Tarik: Why so many CPUs? What was the expected number of users? Thanks, Jack --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tarik Ahmed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At Flex's old price making the case was do-able. Where I'm at now... One of our sub-companies wanted us to build a new intranet for them

[flexcoders] extra 2-cpu license

2005-07-19 Thread charged2885
Our company has obtained an extra 2-CPU flex license from an aquisition. With the recent changes in flex's pricing, we thought there may be a market to sell it. If you are interested, please contact me. 2 CPU license + 5 flex builder licenses. Todd -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ:

RE: [flexcoders] Re: If I buy a flex license can I host other peoples apps on the license?

2005-07-19 Thread James
I've been reading on this post for a bit and I find it funny, that anybody could consider the initial cost of any software development environment the ONLY cost. As it has been said before and alluded to in other posts, while Flex is a wonderful piece of software, version 2 is coming, and I would

[flexcoders] Re: Flex License(s) Performance

2005-07-19 Thread davidm888
This brings up another ambiguity in the Flex EULA. Paragraph 3(n): (n) If and only if the Software is Macromedia Flex software. Any application or content created using Macromedia Flex must be deployed with an authorized and validly licensed copy of the Macromedia Flex presentation server.

[flexcoders] Re: Flex License(s) Performance

2005-07-19 Thread jwc_wensan
Rob: Does the SWF have to be embedded in the web page or can it be standalone? Thanks, Jack --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Rob Rusher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jack, You compile the SWF on a server with Flex install. Then copy the generated SWF over to your web server and embed it in

RE: [flexcoders] Re: Flex License(s) Performance

2005-07-19 Thread Dennis
Embed with the object tag and reference filename.mxml.swf Create as a html page in a browser not embedded by referencing filename.mxml From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of jwc_wensan Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 2:07 PM To:

RE: [flexcoders] extra 2-cpu license

2005-07-19 Thread Dennis Hamilton
What is the price? From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of charged2885 Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 1:44 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] extra 2-cpu license Our company has obtained an extra 2-CPU flex license from

[flexcoders] Macromedia people please answer

2005-07-19 Thread Dennis
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/flex/articles/client_perf.html how would I go about getting the mention of my companies name on this page corrected? Who do I send an email about what the company should appear as a name? -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ:

[flexcoders] Longhorn Impact

2005-07-19 Thread jwc_wensan
To All: Just interested to hear your opinions. Regardless of when Microsoft's Longhorn ships, either mid/late 2006 or even 2007, what are your thoughts on its impact to the RIA development area? Will it force MM's hand on pricing? Other thoughts? Thanks, Jack -- Flexcoders Mailing List

Re: [flexcoders] Longhorn Impact

2005-07-19 Thread JesterXL
Straigh bangin' thread!!! XAML is an XML definition that is very low level and no one in their right mind will hand code. Therefore, there will be good editors to write that for you. Catch that? An editor to write XMAL for you. XML is... what? XML. MXML is... what? XML. Compiling Flex

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

2005-07-19 Thread kreddington1
Using data binding, I run into the same problem. The 2nd window doesn't seem to be able to talk to the first window. Is there another method I could try? Thanks --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Sauro, Nick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: you should look into data binding. Nick Sauro + R O U N D

RE: [flexcoders] extra 2-cpu license

2005-07-19 Thread Carson Hager
That's against the license agreement. Check the fine print. This is the case with just about every development tool, server, etc. on the market. Carson Carson HagerCynergy Systems, Inc.http://www.cynergysystems.com Email: [EMAIL

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

2005-07-19 Thread Sauro, Nick
i'm not fully understanding the problem here, a code excerpt might help clarify 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 4:03 PMTo:

[flexcoders] Re: If I buy a flex license can I host other peoples apps on the license?

2005-07-19 Thread ejames8124
Take a look at http://www.openlaszlo.org/ this is an open source version of a server side flash code generator that in the latest 3.x version is matched very closely in features as Flex. It doesn't have as fully featured a development environment as Flex Builder but the current Open Source IDE for

[flexcoders] Re: firefox set variable

2005-07-19 Thread nextadvantage
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, nextadvantage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We are tring to set a variable in HTML, to set the focus of an flex accordion. We are having issues passing the value from firefox. Can someone please post the javascript/mxml required to do this. Thanks please...

RE: [flexcoders] Re: firefox set variable

2005-07-19 Thread Matt Chotin
Have you checked out the Flash _javascript_ Integration Kit? http://www.osflash.org/doku.php?id=flashjsDokuWiki=130da08e95389715134ef60400ddb09f Matt From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of nextadvantage Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005

[flexcoders] we're back

2005-07-19 Thread Matt Chotin
Please re-post messages waiting for Macromedia answers. And then wait a while, we're in a big set of meetings anyway :-) Thanks, Matt -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives:

[flexcoders] test message

2005-07-19 Thread nostra72
Sorry for the test message but I sent two messages to the list and neither of them went through I want to see if this one does. -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives:

RE: [flexcoders] Extended ComboBox can't use mx:dataProvider /

2005-07-19 Thread Alistair McLeod
Hi Darron, Change mx:dataProvider to controls:dataProvider Because dataProvider is a property of the ComboBox, it should use the same namespace as its parent. Cheers, Ali -- Alistair McLeod Development Director iteration::two [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: +44 (0)131 338 6108 This e-mail and

[flexcoders] Re: Macromedia people please answer

2005-07-19 Thread m_chotin
There's a feedback link below the table of contents on the left-hand side of the page. That's probably the easiest way to get things in. Matt --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Dennis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/flex/articles/client_perf.html how would I

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

2005-07-19 Thread a8i364io
great! thanks so much - that made it a lot clearer - I also just found the HTML help docs installed from the cairngorm extract which look to be good stuff. I really appreciate the pointer. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Rob Rusher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You need to view the following

[flexcoders] extended tree class with improved drag and drop feedback available

2005-07-19 Thread edeustace
hello, i was working on a project recently where the client wanted the drag and drop behaviour of the tree to be improved as the tree they were using only had folders in it and they felt the black line wasn't very intuitive. so i extended the tree class for them, and now i've extended it again to

[flexcoders] Re: Longhorn Impact

2005-07-19 Thread jwc_wensan
Jester: I didn't mean how Flex could run on or with Longhorn, but rather from the development side with .NET and other development platforms that work with Longhorn/Avalon. And don't have the same high server cost. By pricing, I meant do you think with the release of Longhorn that MM might

[flexcoders] Re: Flex License(s) Performance

2005-07-19 Thread jwc_wensan
Dennis: Thanks, Jack --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Dennis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Embed with the object tag and reference filename.mxml.swf Create as a html page in a browser not embedded by referencing filename.mxml _ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com

[flexcoders] Is there such a test

2005-07-19 Thread nostra72
To become a certifiedFlex Programmer, if so how hard is the test? I mean I was just wondering? -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com

[flexcoders] Re: Flex License(s) Performance

2005-07-19 Thread jwc_wensan
Rob: Thanks, Jack --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Rob Rusher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jack, You need the Flash Player to run a SWF standalone, so in most cases you will embed it in a web page. You can get an idea of what the HTML looks like by viewing the source of the page on

RE: [flexcoders] Is there such a test

2005-07-19 Thread Rob Rusher
No such test as of yet. Regards, Rob Rusher RIA Consultant Macromedia Certified Flex Instructor e:[EMAIL PROTECTED] c:303.885.7044 im:robrusher From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Re: [flexcoders] Re: If I buy a flex license can I host other peoples apps on the license?

2005-07-19 Thread Clint Modien
Hey Matt... can host another persons flex app on my license? *i would charge them for it*On 7/19/05, ejames8124 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Take a look at http://www.openlaszlo.org/ this is an open sourceversion of a server side flash code generator that in the latest 3.xversion is matched very

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Longhorn Impact

2005-07-19 Thread JesterXL
No, there is tons of people putting 95+ million dollars a year in MM's pockets for Flash, and fixin' to put more for Flash Lite all collectively screaming for Flex' capabilities. There are many smaller software shops that share the same sentiments, only don't take it as personally as I do and

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Longhorn Impact

2005-07-19 Thread Scott Barnes
I've played around in both, and in truth, FLEX by far seems the more suitable pick. I guess Microsoft in many ways learnt a lot about .NET and Browser-ware applications. It probably didn't really occur to them until late in the piece that folks would prefer to have remote applications that are

[flexcoders] RE: Flex Jusitification (Was: if I buy a flex license can I host other peoples apps on the license?)

2005-07-19 Thread Scott Barnes
Firstly, moved this to a separate thread (no use hijacking an existing one - hope no1 minds much) I've moaned and groaned about the price tag since it was first announced. I've been on both ends in trying to implement the technology. The thing is, it is selling, and since I last heard - selling

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Longhorn Impact

2005-07-19 Thread Clint Modien
I have to agree with Scott with MM's foothold this early in the game they're pretty much assured dominance in the RIA marketplace M$ or not. MSN search still pale's when compared to Google, and the XBox has to be sold at a loss to compete with the PS2. When it comes to catch-up I think M$

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

2005-07-19 Thread kreddington1
OK, here's a sample of what I'm trying to do. I want Window2 to populate recpName.text which can be found in Window1 when the input field in Window2 is changed. If I change Window1 to be mx:Application, then recpName.text gets populated correctly, but once I change it back to TitleWindow, it

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

2005-07-19 Thread mrvinedit
I hope this helps... First, yes it is possible. For brevity here's some code snippets: First Popup TitleWindow (code snippet) - __ mx:Script function call2ndPopup() { var initObj:Object = new Object(); var oUserInfo:Object = new Object();

RE: [flexcoders] Re: If I buy a flex license can I host other peoples apps on the license?

2005-07-19 Thread Matt Chotin
Someone sent part of this thread to us while we were down and I forwarded it to product management. Hopefully we will see a more official answer from someone who understands the license in all its glory detail. So this is coming from me with my trivial understanding of the license and is

[flexcoders] XML Safe String?

2005-07-19 Thread Stacy Young
Im creating a XML snippet in AS from a remote object and I need to escape any special xml charssomething like XMLFormat in CF? Muchos Gracias Stace -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives:

Re: [flexcoders] RE: Flex Jusitification (Was: if I buy a flex license can I host other peoples apps on the license?)

2005-07-19 Thread Douglas Knudsen
good post. We just convinced the big boys to spring for Flex. Gota couple licenses at a vendor pricing, we have over 30 CF liceneses around here. Pricing was not so bad, we are a big oracle shop, Oracle is far from cheap. We also are a Siebel and Websphere shop in the enterprise area.We happen

RE: [flexcoders] extended tree class with improved drag and drop feedback available

2005-07-19 Thread Matt Chotin
Nice. Ive forwarded this on internally in case there are ideas we might want to incorporate into the next version. Matt From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of edeustace Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 1:21 PM To:

RE: [flexcoders] XML Safe String?

2005-07-19 Thread Matt Chotin
Is escape() not going to cut it? We dont have a function built-in that will do entity encoding. From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Stacy Young Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 6:20 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject:

RE: [flexcoders] Minimal webapp

2005-07-19 Thread Matt Chotin
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 was about 18 MB to start. If you just want the SWF (and dont need to re-compile) then Im

RE: [flexcoders] XML Safe String?

2005-07-19 Thread Stacy Young
Looked at that but is url encodingfor now Im just using string util to replace stringsworks but iz icky. Thx Matt From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Matt Chotin Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 9:38 PM To:

[flexcoders] Visible Enabled behavior for controls Containers

2005-07-19 Thread Ghislain Simard
Hi, I'm trying to find a way to get the fields in a form visible or enabled based on a value received from an Object. I'm sure I'm not far from the solution. But as I am not skilled in ActioScript, I need some help to figure out this one. I would like to get a generic script that could be

RE: [flexcoders] extra 2-cpu license

2005-07-19 Thread Jeff Steiner
Careful about reselling that might want to check with your Account Manager first. Jeff Founder Flex Authority http://www.flexauthority.com We are actively seeking contributors for the site. Have a sample that you want to share with the world? Send it to us! From:

RE: [flexcoders] Longhorn Impact

2005-07-19 Thread Jeff Steiner
I cant imagine it would. From a developers perspective, are you going to want to create an application that is available to ~50% of Windows installs 6 years after it debuts? Jeff Founder Flex Authority http://www.flexauthority.com We are actively seeking contributors for the

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

2005-07-19 Thread Jeff Steiner
I am looking to close a window after a Flex app loads in it. I am using the following function it seems to close every now and then but not all the time. function closeWindow() { getURL('_javascript_:window.close()'); } Anyone have a sure fire way of doing this? Thanks,

[flexcoders] Equivalent to html embed tag's scale attribute?

2005-07-19 Thread cazzaran
Is there any way to achieve what the scale=noBorder attribute in the html embed tag does? I need to have a flash movie take up the whole area of an mx:Image tag without being shrunk or distorted. The scale=noBorder usually does this in HTML, or Stage.scaleMode = noBorder in straight-up Flash, but