[flexcoders] Re: CB dataProvider - can it be filenames in a folder (maybe with CF7.0.2)?

2007-09-16 Thread shawn.gibson
No, you understand it, that's what I'm aiming for - a text rep. of a part of the filesystem, in this case all the titles of all files in one particular folder somewhere under the webroot passed into Flex as data of some sort. Thanks Tracy. I'm guessing my other response (thinking I need to use

[flexcoders] Re: CB dataProvider - can it be filenames in a folder (maybe with CF7.0.2)?

2007-09-15 Thread shawn.gibson
Tracy - it's always a single directory, no subfolders, so no hierarchy concerns, I'd think. I've done some studying. Am I on the right track by thinking I should use the cfdirectory tag, set to a list, turned into a query variable, and pass that back to Flex as some sort of object, which then

[flexcoders] Re: CB dataProvider - can it be filenames in a folder (maybe with CF7.0.2)?

2007-09-14 Thread shawn.gibson
Any suggestions for this? Things move pretty fast on this board these days! Shawn:)

[flexcoders] Re: CB dataProvider - can it be filenames in a folder (maybe with CF7.0.2)?

2007-09-14 Thread shawn.gibson
Thanks Tracy. I'm not sure what you mean by client - internet users boxes? I have both the development machine running Flex, and I push the files over to my own in-house coldfusion server. I am in the midst of building the box (old one is waay too old/slow), it's CF7.0.2/Win2003SBS/MS

[flexcoders] OT: tutorials - CF7.0.2+IIS+Win2003 Server + MS SQL Server 2005 + MS Exchange

2007-09-13 Thread shawn.gibson
Hi Guys, My plan is to run all my Flex apps through the above configuration (pushed from my dev box onto the server), on a SuperMicro dual-proc AMD Opteron box, which I finally have up and running. I'm coming from XP Pro+Apache+MySQL+CF/PHP+Xmail (pretty much plug and play stuff via bundles

[flexcoders] CB dataProvider - can it be filenames in a folder (maybe with CF7.0.2)?

2007-09-04 Thread shawn.gibson
A few firsts for me. I've never used the ComboBox before, and I've never tried to take the title of the files in a folder and use them as the source of a dataProvider (for any component). For example, I have a Tree with HTTPService/e4x xml files loading into it. Those files have a title

[flexcoders] first remoteObject - basic CRUD and nothing fancy

2007-08-24 Thread shawn.gibson
I get the database part, I get HTTPServices (enough to botch my way through it thanks to Tracy), but for a blog I'm trying to build (a very simple blog!) I don't think HTTPService is the answer. I think I need to use CF Remoting. There are examples all over the place, some very simple (read a

[flexcoders] Re: first remoteObject - basic CRUD and nothing fancy

2007-08-24 Thread shawn.gibson
By 'textfields' I mean TextArea of course...sorry about that. Shawn

[flexcoders] Can Flex/SVN take a site-wide 'snapshot'?

2007-06-10 Thread shawn.gibson
By some freak of nature (and lots of help here!), I've been able to get Flex 2.0.1, CF7.0.2, PHP, Apache 2.2, MySQL 5, PHPEclipse, CFEclipse and SVN/Subclipse/TortoiseSVN all to run (developing in Eclipse of course) without causing an atomic mushroom cloud around my home...and it all seems to work

[flexcoders] more OT: separating dev't, testing prod machines...Flex/CF/PHP/MySQL/Apache

2007-05-21 Thread shawn.gibson
Hi Guys, I'm trying to separate out my system: development machine runs CF PHP-based backends running MySQL,and the hope is to get both running Flex 2 front ends, with the occasional html-based front end (i.e., Ray Camden's Blog, LinPHA for a couple of friend's simple photo galleries, etc.).

[flexcoders] Re: OT: SVNSubclipseFlex/CF/MySQL

2007-05-08 Thread shawn.gibson
Following your guidelines, I got this working, including SVN/TortoiseSVN directly on my drive. It's great! However, I've just been offered a couple of (probably freebee) jobs, and since I really am a newbie still, my immediate (and required) response was to install PHP (to access the plethora

[flexcoders] Re: OT: SVNSubclipseFlex/CF/MySQL

2007-04-26 Thread shawn.gibson
Hi Kevin, thanks very much, it sounds better now:) I'll give this a go and see what happens. The online service looks like a good way to start too, and then after learning the ropes I can decide if I want to 'bring it all home' or not. Thanks a lot for your help, I'll get cracking on it after

[flexcoders] OT: SVNSubclipseFlex/CF/MySQL

2007-04-25 Thread shawn.gibson
I'm a bit in the dark here, but am I correct in assuming that I can use the above setup to have my main Flex/CF development machine, an occasional desktop at home, and my server all 'in sync' AND ensure that wherever I've happened to work last, I can be on any of these computers at some point and

[flexcoders] Re: trying here- get an image name and the images itself to load

2007-04-22 Thread shawn.gibson
As promised, the url, VS Enabled. I'd be grateful for any help. http://shawngibson.com/imagesmech/main.html Shawn

[flexcoders] trying here- get an image name and the images itself to load

2007-04-22 Thread shawn.gibson
I swear to god I'm doing the best I can here, and I do seem to be getting closer. My problem right now is that I don't seen to be able to get the main image (orthe text label) to load after a particular thumb is clicked. I SEEM to be loading the entire array...which of course makes no sense. The

[flexcoders] Re: trying here- get an image name and the images itself to load

2007-04-22 Thread shawn.gibson
Michael: You did it! Thanks. And what makes it both wonderful for me and also very frustrating (but just in a DOH! way) is that I totally understand what you did. I guess I've lost a bit of perspective here, and need to step back a bit, because even I should have been able to figure that

[flexcoders] HorizontalListrepeaterno scrollbar (mouse action moves left-right)

2007-04-22 Thread shawn.gibson
Taking a break from the data aspect of my project, and have a visual part I'd like to get working (more for a breather than anything else, though I do have to get it working eventually...). I have a HorizontalList populated by HTTPService/xml file...it loads thumbnails, as many as are in the

[flexcoders] Re: HorizontalListrepeaterno scrollbar (mouse action moves left-right)

2007-04-22 Thread shawn.gibson
that scrollbar either! You can turn it off by setting horizontalScrollPolicy to off. Then on roll over or whatever (two buttons on either side) you can set horizontalScrollPosition. On 4/23/07, shawn.gibson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Taking a break from the data aspect of my project, and have

[flexcoders] Re: Time to start over: XML/dbentry pointstreethumbnailsmain image

2007-04-13 Thread shawn.gibson
a hosting service. BTW, what is an Adjacency modeled gallery table? - Gordon From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of shawn.gibson Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 3:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Time

[flexcoders] Re: Time to start over: XML/dbentry pointstreethumbnailsmain image

2007-04-12 Thread shawn.gibson
on that. Keep questions specific. Tracy From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of shawn.gibson Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 6:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [flexcoders] Time to start over: XML/dbentry

[flexcoders] Time to start over: XML/dbentry pointstreethumbnailsmain image

2007-04-11 Thread shawn.gibson
I must be approaching this system completely wrong because people don't really be willing to offer help, which to me just says I've done it completely wrong as people around here are always usually helpful. I'm open to any suggestions as to how to get the following mockup (link) to work properly,

[flexcoders] Re: Time to start over: XML/dbentry pointstreethumbnailsmain image

2007-04-11 Thread shawn.gibson
Thanks Tom. In a nutshell, I'm trying to have multiple entry points: 1) links from blog areas (not created yet) 2) direct entry into the Images Gallery page via a navigational button 3) Newest Images Scroller on Home Page ...all bring you to the Images Gallery. With 1 and 3 it needs to bring

[flexcoders] Re: HTTPService: various entry pointsload thumbscrollerfire off to big image

2007-04-08 Thread shawn.gibson
I've dumbed this down to a page that does nothing more than attempt to get this aspect working, stripped everything else out: http://74.121.128.139:8500/dataflow/bin/dataflow.html VS is enabled. I figure my real task to to ensure whenever you load into the page with the Current Gallery and Main

[flexcoders] simple I hope for once - replace HTTPService content with new content

2007-04-08 Thread shawn.gibson
Well for once I have a simple question poeple might be willing to help to answer:) I have been able to get HTTPService to load gal_red.xml into my scroller component, and now I can APPEND the gal_blue.xml file from clicking a button, but I am hoping to REPLACE the gal_red.xml with the

[flexcoders] HTTPService: various entry pointsload thumbscrollerfire off to big image

2007-04-04 Thread shawn.gibson
Hi all, With my server in the shop, I figured now was a good time to start from scratch with my gallery data programming. I found a thumbscroller originally populated by a flickr service, and moved it local (I can give the link when I find it! LOL). Now, visually, it's exactly what I want

[flexcoders] Re: HTTPService: various entry pointsload thumbscrollerfire off to big image

2007-04-04 Thread shawn.gibson
Duh: http://74.121.128.139:8500/ScrollerExplorer/bin/ScrollerExplorer.html :(

[flexcoders] Re: Getting the RichTextEditor to do some dancing in a database... to XML file

2007-04-01 Thread shawn.gibson
Hi Tracy, thanks very much. Sorry for the delayed response, my server is in the shop. It seems Windows Server 2003SBS didn't like my PNY Quadro, so now I gotta split it up, have a web/email/database server and I guess I'm getting a power laptop for developing and photography (i.e., Flex and

[flexcoders] Getting the RichTextEditor to do some dancing in a database... to XML file

2007-03-29 Thread shawn.gibson
Hi Guys, I want to add a comments area to the gallery/blog I'm building, and I'd like to be able to offer users an RTE interface, with the resultant html text to be properly displayed when later retrieved. This, in my case, will most likely be a 2-part affair. The user will enter a comment into a

[flexcoders] CF/Flex Wizard for CRUD CFCs - any tutorials out there?

2007-03-23 Thread shawn.gibson
Hi Guys, I'm using the CF/Flex Wizard at this stage to build my database queries, and while it does a great job, if you massage it a bit, it still has a major problem in that it, if you are running multiple queries, and something goes wrong with one, you have to redo the entire Wizard, and

[flexcoders] Re: CF/Flex Wizard for CRUD CFCs - any tutorials out there?

2007-03-23 Thread shawn.gibson
] ** From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of shawn.gibson Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 10:50 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] CF/Flex Wizard for CRUD CFCs - any tutorials out there? Hi Guys, I'm using the CF/Flex Wizard at this stage

[flexcoders] Re: Application background colour during pre-loader

2007-03-19 Thread shawn.gibson
I did this using a compiler directive which changes the blue-grey to whatever you want, including the preloader etc. You change the properties of your project and add the colour you want to use. I found it in the Flex documentation. But it sounds like you already found a way that works:)

[flexcoders] Re: Unbelievably embarassing question - making components talk (and modules) amongst

2007-03-19 Thread shawn.gibson
; Application.application.galleries_module1.thumbloader.thumbService.se nd( ); Tracy From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of shawn.gibson Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 1:39 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re

[flexcoders] Re: Unbelievably embarassing question - making components talk (and modules) amongst

2007-03-18 Thread shawn.gibson
said in my other post, there are many ways. Tracy From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of shawn.gibson Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 6:15 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Unbelievably

[flexcoders] Re: Apollo (Should Adobe Keep the Name)

2007-03-16 Thread shawn.gibson
Absolutely, Apollo was the God of Light, and he was strongly associated with the higher arts, as opposed to the baser arts of Dionysus (I'll leave the analogues up to you...). Apollo is the best name ever for what promises, in my limited knowledge so far, to be as important to the web and

[flexcoders] Please give me a list of EVERY book I should read on CF, Flex and SQL/db design

2007-03-16 Thread shawn.gibson
I want to learn this stuff as much as possible. Please tell me I can do so without Java LOL. If you had $500 to spend for someone on the above topics, what books would you choose? Yes, I sold my mother's pancreas to come up with the money, but that's another story... I'm printing the entire

[flexcoders] Unbelievably embarassing question - making components talk (and modules) amongst

2007-03-15 Thread shawn.gibson
Thanks to Tracy's earlier help, I was able to get at least the ugly (i.e., my) version of HTTPService going (and I'll revisit it to Tracy's specs one I figure this here problem out), but in order for me to do it, I had to de-compartmentalize all my code. In other words, I have originally been

[flexcoders] Re: Unbelievably embarassing question - making components talk (and modules) amongst

2007-03-15 Thread shawn.gibson
into the help screen. Go figure :S Shawn --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, shawn.gibson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks to Tracy's earlier help, I was able to get at least the ugly (i.e., my) version of HTTPService going (and I'll revisit it to Tracy's specs one I figure this here problem out

[flexcoders] Re: Unbelievably embarassing question - making components talk (and modules) amongst

2007-03-15 Thread shawn.gibson
Hi Tracy, thanks:) Yes, I mean the capital M but my reasons are, well, one reason: the ability for the client to download only the packets (generically meant) of data and compiled swfs when requested. The Module does the second part, i.e., through a user event it's loaded. I think, on my first

[flexcoders] Re: HTTPService-driven Tree

2007-03-12 Thread shawn.gibson
@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of shawn.gibson Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 5:38 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] HTTPService-driven Tree Hi Guys, I finally figured I'd ask here, I have practically given up LOL. Is there any way to populate the Flex 2