[flexcoders] Adobe AIR powered cyn.in desktop fuses instant messengers and web based collabor

2008-12-17 Thread abhishek.gurang
Hello All, Check out another Adobe AIR app at http://blogs.adobe.com/air/2008/12/adobe_air_powered_cynin_deskto.html Regards, Abhi

[flexcoders] Re: getting refs to items in Group.mxmlContent?

2008-12-17 Thread Mic
I think I need more help on this one :-( I found getElementAt(), getElementIndex() etc in the GraphicElement-ContentElement class, but not sure how to relate any of this to the loaded .fxg object: If I go to this.contentGroup __mxmlContent [0] VGroup (button group) [1] displayGroup

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Padding/spacing before the first line in a TextArea

2008-12-17 Thread bjorn
Jon: Thanks for taking the time to answer this so extensively. Your Method 2 is what I've come up with so far, only using descent instead of ascent, as you pointed out. And yeah, you're right - it doesn't always work since Flash does not seem to return accurate values for ascent/descent/etc. for

[flexcoders] Re: Programmatically managing BlazeDS ServerConfig

2008-12-17 Thread cornelcreanga
I've tested using SDK 3.1.0 and the following XML is obtained from ServerConfig.serverConfigData services service id=remoting-service/ service id=proxy-service destination id=DefaultHTTP channels channel ref=my-amf/ /channels /destination /service service

Re: [flexcoders] Rounding error

2008-12-17 Thread Maciek Sakrejda
ActionScript's Number follows the IEEE 754 floating point standard ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_754 ). It's essentially lossy by design. It's not the really the right thing to use for financial calculations, but ActionScript doesn't really have alternatives. It has essentially two numeric

Re: [flexcoders] Rounding error

2008-12-17 Thread Jules Suggate
Valdhor already gave you all the info you need, but I like the sound of my own fingers typing. I also like to procrastinate, so I'm in heaven right now :p - Some numbers that are easy to represent in decimal are hard to represent in binary, just as some numbers that are easy to represent in

Re: [flexcoders] Loadbytes - Exclude framework?

2008-12-17 Thread Peter Hall
If you load a class at run-time, and a class already exists in the same application domain, with the same qualified name, then the class will be skipped and the first one that was loaded will be used. So the implications should relate to unecessary filesize. Peter On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 10:15

RE: [flexcoders] Re: Weborb to return XML data

2008-12-17 Thread Tracy Spratt
This depends on what you really mean. XML is a data format. AMF and HTTPService and SOAP are transport protocols. You can send XML formatted data via any protocol. One of the benefits of xml is it is a self-describing structure and you do not need design and build your own DTOs or be

RE: [flexcoders] sort XMLListcollection in dp

2008-12-17 Thread Tracy Spratt
You need to define a custom sort function. Tracy From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Kenneth Sutherland Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 9:40 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] sort

Re: [flexcoders] data returned from WSDL call

2008-12-17 Thread Nate Beck
You can also put a mx:TraceTarget / at the top of your MXML document to see all the data going back and forth. That's how I troubleshoot when I'm dealing with SOAP. Cheers, Nate On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 9:21 AM, Tracy Spratt tspr...@lariatinc.com wrote: Have you set resultFormat=e4x? If

RE: [flexcoders] Common base class for components

2008-12-17 Thread Alex Harui
In theory, if your base class implements IUIComponent, then your visual components will work in Flex From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jules Suggate Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 8:56 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders]

[flexcoders] problem with Consumer

2008-12-17 Thread Dominic Pazula
I have a flex project using BlazeDS where I am trying to create a message destination dynamically and then subscribe to it in Flex. I've been using the sample from Blaze as a reference. Java method returns the string of the new destination: ... ms = (MessageService)

[flexcoders] Bug: history.js issues in IE7

2008-12-17 Thread flexaustin
Wondering if anyone else has seen this issue. In IE7 our application, which has a swf file (via Flex) in it is showing an extra white box or div at the botoom of the page, which is roughly 200 pixels wide and 15 pixels tall, that has the name IFRAME id=ie_historyFrame. Also on this same page,

[flexcoders] data returned from WSDL call

2008-12-17 Thread Louise Rains
I'm getting data back from a wsdl call that looks like this: ?xml version=1.0 encoding=windows-1252? ns0:ROOT xmlns:ns0=urn:AMAT_Asset_KeyGen xmlns:xsd= http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema; xmlns:xsi= http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance; ns0:getListValues

[flexcoders] PFolder vs. Folder

2008-12-17 Thread Mike Oliver
I cannot find documentation on the List Controls member elements folder and pfolder. I see them everywhere in the examples but noplace can I find the explanation of the difference, where would I use folder vs. pfolder and why? -- View this message in context:

[flexcoders] Real Time data grid updates/streaming - Oracle - Flex using BlazeDS ???

2008-12-17 Thread johnpagetbourke
Folks, I have an Oracle application which is updating tables. I want to display these tables in a Flex data grid and update them in real time as the Oracle tables get updated. So the question is, how do I get Oracle to pass real time updates to Java/Tomcat/BlazeDS application to interface to

[flexcoders] Stop the flicker between menu items

2008-12-17 Thread danielrkrueger
When I place the mouse in just the right spot between 2 menu items I can get a flicker. Does anyone know how to stop this?

[flexcoders] Issue with Flash 10 3d api and Flex/AIR

2008-12-17 Thread sofiane.oubraham
I'm looking to do a simple flip effect via the new rotationY attribute. I'm building my example in Flex 3.2 on AIR 1.5 using Flash player 10. My example is comprised of a viewstack with two children (canvases). The stylenames on each of the children just apply a background image. I'm also wrapping

[flexcoders] RestExpressionNode not yet implemented

2008-12-17 Thread Nate Beck
I wanted to get some input on this. I'm writing a DateTime object using Proxy, (for all of the timezone stuff I'm working on) and I'm a little annoyed trying to make the DateTime constructor work exactly like the Date constructor. Here's my code... commented out code was other attempts: public

[flexcoders] Shape blocking mouse down

2008-12-17 Thread Jesse Warden
I'm drawing a horizontal timeline graph, my own component, not Flex charting. The horizontal bars are blocking the mouse down event from reaching a component in a lower depth. I'm confused because I've set the parent, the children, and everything near there's mouseChildren and mouseEnabled to

[flexcoders] Re: BadPaddingException using RTMPS

2008-12-17 Thread taze170171
Hello Seth! We either get the SSLHandshake exception like below or the following: javax.net.ssl.SSLException: Inbound closed before receiving peer's close_notify: possible truncation attack? at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Alerts.getSSLException (Alerts.java:166) at

RE: [flexcoders] data returned from WSDL call

2008-12-17 Thread Tracy Spratt
Have you set resultFormat=e4x? If not, you are not working with xml. Flex has generated a tree of dynamic objects. Though it allows you to go straight to an arrayCollection, this format is rarely desirable. Set the resultFormat, then in your result handler do: var xmlResult = event.result

[flexcoders] Strange #2147 error

2008-12-17 Thread tom s
I am using an embedded PNG as the background for my app: mx:Application backgroundImage=@Embed('c:/we/assets/skins/design-empty1.png') .. I have my Flash Global Security Setting set to: Always trust files from these locations: 'c:\' When I run the app it tells me 'SecurityError:

[flexcoders] How do I expand the console buffer in the debugger?

2008-12-17 Thread luvfotography
Hi, how can I expand the Console Window buffer in the debugger so that my 1000 messages don't scroll off the screen and never to be seen again? thanks,

Re: [flexcoders] File Explorer

2008-12-17 Thread ivo
I worked on something similar not too long ago and my approach for #1 was to load top-level folders only and only drill inward with a server call as the user clicks on the expand arrow on individual folders. It made it appear more responsive for huge structures. For #2 you can have each of

[flexcoders] Solved: Issue with selectedItem Indices with lists and uiComponent..

2008-12-17 Thread djhatrick
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, djhatrick djhatr...@... wrote: I have an itemRenderer that copies bitmapdata into my uiComponent inside my itemRenderer. the problem comes up when I try to run a filter on my list and then the bitmapData changes, I am clearing out the bitmapData and the

Re: [flexcoders] FlexBuilder on 64bit machine any good?

2008-12-17 Thread Faisal Abid
same kind of performance really. Never noticed anything, i mean its faster because you have more ram, not because you have a 64 bit. On 15-Dec-08, at 3:01 AM, Ralf Bokelberg wrote: Hi guys I'm in the process of choosing a new machine to be placed under my christmas tree :). I wonder, if

[flexcoders] sort XMLListcollection in dp

2008-12-17 Thread Kenneth Sutherland
I'm trying to apply a sort to an XMLListcollection that is assigned to a dataprovider. Each element of the collection has the following format and I've no control over the format to change it. f rablah/ra roblah/ro fs dithe name to filter

RE: [flexcoders] Test-driven development in Flex

2008-12-17 Thread Errol Thompson
Thanks for the helpful comments and suggestions. Here is what I have already looked at. We looked at PureMVC for the project that I am on but stayed with Cairngorm because of the applications already written in Cairngorm that are also part of the project. However, we have written a version of

[flexcoders] Rounding error

2008-12-17 Thread Ken Johnson
Hi Everyone - Given the following code: var num1:Number = 0.72; var num2:Number = 0.198; var num3:Number; num3 = num1; num3 += num2; I would expect num3 to equal 0.918. Instead, it equals 0.9179. And when I apply a

Re: [flexcoders] Test-driven development in Flex

2008-12-17 Thread Jules Suggate
Hey, a fellow Kiwi? Cool :) I am based out of Christchurch... Having used Cairngorm plenty in the past, I always found it pretty excellent, just a little out of date these days perhaps -- your changes sound (IMHO) sane and reasonable, as does your decision to go with Cairngorm if you are

Re: [flexcoders] SWC compression format?

2008-12-17 Thread John McCormack
If you rename the *.swc file to a *.zip file you can open it with Windows Vista (and XP?) or with 7-zip (etc.) without renaming it, so it must be a derivation of the pkzip format. There are some zip functions in the nochump branch of papervision3D so that might help. John aaron smith wrote:

[flexcoders] Flex + Papervision Business Applications

2008-12-17 Thread monkeyden
Has anyone really developed a true business application using Flex + Papervision? I have been researching integration of the two but so far have found very little. I've found a couple good links on getting started but the solutions aren't optimal and no one seems to have brought it out of the

Re: [flexcoders] Strange #2147 error

2008-12-17 Thread ivo
I have noticed this as well but only on IE6. My solution was to move the background into a stylesheet, ex: .applicationStyle{ background-image: Embed('c:/we/assets/ skins/design- empty1.png'); } ... mx:Application styleName=applicationStyle .. - Ivo

RE: [flexcoders] Shape blocking mouse down

2008-12-17 Thread Alex Harui
Use getDisplayObjectsUnderPoint() or break on SystemManager.mouseDownHandler and see what the target is. From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jesse Warden Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 3:33 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders]

[flexcoders] Re: How does Flex Builder validate a BlazeDS/LCDS J2EE project?

2008-12-17 Thread cornelcreanga
I've tested now the button validate location from Flex Server - yes it seems broken, I think you should fill a bug.

[flexcoders] Re: data returned from WSDL call

2008-12-17 Thread valdhor
I have two recommendations for you: 1. Use the debugger. Put a breakpoint in your resultEvent handler and check the event.result variable. 2. Get a copy of Charles (http://www.charlesproxy.com). This should show the actual objects returned. HTH. Steve --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com,

[flexcoders] Re: Rounding error

2008-12-17 Thread valdhor
No, you're not doing anything wrong. It's just a fact of life that computers use binary and we humans use decimal. You will get a rounding error when converting between the two radix's. There are a number of posts on the net explaining this better than me:

[flexcoders] Re: Weborb to return XML data

2008-12-17 Thread gjessup1
Why would you want to do this? I would adjust the graph to take an array collection or object as a datasource. I think you could hack it in your C# code to pass a xml object or array with xml in it. But To me it defeats the purpose of weborb. I would take the approach of changing the

[flexcoders] Looking for LCDS paging for server to datasource Example

2008-12-17 Thread bonny_us
Hi All, I am Bonny working as Flex Developer. I want to know about paging in LCDS. So please if you have any example for LCDS paging for server to datasource. Then please let me know about that. It is very helpful to me. Right now we are using client-server paging and want to move on server

[flexcoders] Re: Weborb to return XML data

2008-12-17 Thread valdhor
AFAIK Weborb sends and receives only via AMF. Of course, why would you want to use Weborb to receive XML? Just use a standard HTTPService call. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, timgerr tgallag...@... wrote: I have been working with weborb and I think it is great. I am working on a graph

Re: [flexcoders] SWC compression format?

2008-12-17 Thread Johannes Nel
i think its gnu zip On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 5:13 PM, John McCormack j...@easypeasy.co.ukwrote: If you rename the *.swc file to a *.zip file you can open it with Windows Vista (and XP?) or with 7-zip (etc.) without renaming it, so it must be a derivation of the pkzip format. There are some

[flexcoders] Getting progress of a POST operation (HTTPService or any other way)?

2008-12-17 Thread dave_defusion
Is it possible to get the progress (or at least bytes sent) for a POST operation in any way, I'm currently using HTTPService but will happily change to something else if it will give me the ability to track the progress of the POST.

RE: [flexcoders] Rounding error

2008-12-17 Thread Kenneth Sutherland
What you could do is look into fixed point maths. This is how you do maths when you don't want to (can't) use floating point numbers. That way you control the precision, it's used in games as its generally quicker than using decimals and as it uses integers there isn't any rounding, but you have

[flexcoders] Re: Looking for LCDS paging for server to datasource Example

2008-12-17 Thread meteatamel
Hi Bonny, Here's a reply from Ed Solovey, one of our engineers in the LCDS team: The first thing you want to do is enable Server-to-data-source paging, also referred to as paged-fill, by implementing the useFillPage method in your extension of AbstractAssembler: @Override public boolean

Re: [flexcoders] Rounding error

2008-12-17 Thread Paul Andrews
Jules, For financial applications, it's far more problematic than testing for equality. For example, if you are applying a discount to a price the resulting price must have exact two digit decimal accuracy, otherwise by the time you have discounted a few items you have an invoice whose total

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Looking for LCDS paging for server to datasource Example

2008-12-17 Thread Vivian Richard
Try this link http://coenraets.org/blog/category/lcds/ On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 12:35 PM, meteatamel meteata...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi Bonny, Here's a reply from Ed Solovey, one of our engineers in the LCDS team: The first thing you want to do is enable Server-to-data-source paging,

Re: [flexcoders] Loadbytes - Exclude framework?

2008-12-17 Thread Johannes Nel
export the framework as an external RSL for both your main app and the runtime loaded class swf, that way your external swf won't have the bytes in it and the main app will mount all the needed classes from the rsl as is necesary. of course you are also helping all the rest of us who then export

Re: [flexcoders] Re: getting refs to items in Group.mxmlContent?

2008-12-17 Thread Haykel BEN JEMIA
displayGroup.getItemAt(0) should return the FXG object and then you should be able to use the content management functions, i.e. to get the number of items: displayGroup.getItemAt(0).numItems to get the second item: displayGroup.getItemAt(0).getItemAt(1) Haykel Ben Jemia Allmas Web RIA

[flexcoders] SWC compression format?

2008-12-17 Thread aaron smith
Does anyone have any idea what format a swc is compressed with? I'm trying to figure out how to take the ouput of a swc (with the -directory switch from compc), run the optimize command line tool on the library.swf, and then zip it back up as a swc. any ideas? thanks

[flexcoders] Common base class for components

2008-12-17 Thread Jules Suggate
Hi list, anyone know if it's possible to have all our components inherit from a common base component of our own making? There are some things in our app that every View component will have to do at loadtime, and it'd be nice to just write that code once and have all the other components inherit

[flexcoders] Re: Disable Flash Player Settings Panel

2008-12-17 Thread vinayakvijay_v
Thanks a lot Nate. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Nate Beck n...@... wrote: That's a tough problem that I've had to deal with before. Here is what I figured out. - You widget MUST be 216 x 140 (some people will argue you can do 215 wide, but in my testing sometimes that causes

Re: [flexcoders] Rounding error

2008-12-17 Thread Jules Suggate
I may be missing something from your explanation. Are you seeing erroneous calculations? Are there bugs? What exactly is the problem we are trying to solve. AFAIK, 2 digit accuracy is a given. In fact, it goes many digits higher than that (I forgete exactly how many -- too long since my

[flexcoders] File Explorer

2008-12-17 Thread Dan Vega
I am building a full featured file explorer and I am stuck on one part of the application. On the left hand side I will have a base root directory (root) and a listing of all directories that fall under it (no end). When you click on a folder they will show up in the datagrid to the right. My

[flexcoders] BlazeDS and Internet Explorer (7 at least)

2008-12-17 Thread jatbas
Hello :) I have started exploring BlazeDS (Turnkey) and after I followed and understood this hello world example, http://blog.ashier.com/2008/02/22/bl...world-example/, it became very confusing to me :| Locally everything runs fine in IE, but remotely its a living hell... it simply does not

RE: [flexcoders] problem in WebService help me plz

2008-12-17 Thread Tracy Spratt
Google: Flex WebService document literal xml Also, you will find it much easier to debug problems if you build the webservice request object in AS rather than in declarative mxml;. Tracy From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com

[flexcoders] Re: problem in WebService help me plz

2008-12-17 Thread valdhor
I don't believe the Flex WebService allows you to send plain XML. I think you need to create objects which Flex will parse to create SoapObjects. I have put together a demo application that you can use as a starting point: ?xml version=1.0? mx:Application xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml;

[flexcoders] Loadbytes - Exclude framework?

2008-12-17 Thread Sceneshift
I am loading in a external SWF at runtime using loadBytes, so I am able to retrieve library items / class names created via the designers in the SWF. I need to use loadBytes so I can use timeline AS3 code etc. I was wondering what the implications are of this, since the exported SWFs filesize

[flexcoders] Issue with selectedItem Indices with lists and uiComponent in ItemRenderer

2008-12-17 Thread djhatrick
I have an itemRenderer that copies bitmapdata into my uiComponent inside my itemRenderer. the problem comes up when I try to run a filter on my list and then the bitmapData changes, I am clearing out the bitmapData and the bitmap Container, on my commitProperties. Any suggestion on this? the

Re: [flexcoders] SWC compression format?

2008-12-17 Thread aaron smith
thanks guys, I think this should work. On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 7:49 AM, Johannes Nel johannes@gmail.com wrote: i think its gnu zip On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 5:13 PM, John McCormack j...@easypeasy.co.uk wrote: If you rename the *.swc file to a *.zip file you can open it with Windows Vista

[flexcoders] SWF file format question - SymbolClass Tag

2008-12-17 Thread aaron smith
Has anyone read through the SWF file format, and been able to decipher how exactly AS3 classes are compiled into the SWF? From reading through all of the control tags it seems it would be the SymbolClass tag. So, it would seem, I could rip out SymbolClass tags from the bytecode (for a specific

[flexcoders] How to open the popup many time?

2008-12-17 Thread markflex2007
Hi, I have a component file. BasicWindow.mxml ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8? mx:Window xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml; layout=absolute width=300 height=200 mx:Script ![CDATA[ [Bindable] public var showText:String;

[flexcoders] How focusOut Event works in Flex

2008-12-17 Thread b.kotireddy
Hi, I have multiple tabs, My users requirement is to save the data of one of his tab form if he move from that tab to another tab with out pressing save button. I was trying with focusOut event. It was not working properly. If i click some where in the current tab also it is invoking every time i

Re: [flexcoders] Flex + Papervision Business Applications

2008-12-17 Thread gabriel montagné
hello monkeyden, On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 2:06 PM, monkeyden monk...@monkeyden.com wrote: The main question seems to be transitioning a 3D object (bitmap) back to a UIComponent. I'd done a UIComponent viewer for displaying and using with bindings, states, etc., papervision DisplayObject3D

Re: [flexcoders] How focusOut Event works in Flex

2008-12-17 Thread Fotis Chatzinikos
Hi, did you try show / hide events? You could also use the containers change event: change=navigatorClicked() for example and in there check for unsaved data On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 11:55 PM, b.kotireddy koti_reddy...@yahoo.comwrote: Hi, I have multiple tabs, My users requirement is to

[flexcoders] Error Message

2008-12-17 Thread jch92592
I am trying to get a Flex App to access a Cold Fusion CFC on my CF 7.0.2 server. I get the following error: MessagingError message='Destination 'ColdFusion' either does not exist or the destination has no channels defined (and the application does not define any default channels Using:

RE: [flexcoders] File Explorer

2008-12-17 Thread Tracy Spratt
If I am going to be updating this collection (deleting / adding / renaming directories) that I should be using an ArrayCollection Don't believe everything that you hear. Demand an explanation why. I advise staying with XML. Like the filesystem structure, XML is inherently hierarchical. The

Re: [flexcoders] File Explorer

2008-12-17 Thread Dan Vega
Thank you so much! After screwing around with this for awhile I am finding that to be the real problem. When you get into unlimited numbers of sub directories the array collection becomes very hard to manage. I think to return my list of files an arrayCollection will work just fine but for the

[flexcoders] Re: File Explorer

2008-12-17 Thread Amy
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, ivo cervantes_v...@... wrote: I worked on something similar not too long ago and my approach for #1 was to load top-level folders only and only drill inward with a server call as the user clicks on the expand arrow on individual folders. It made it appear

Re: [flexcoders] Re: File Explorer

2008-12-17 Thread Fotis Chatzinikos
Depends on your style / preferences... XML might be easier to handle but arrays are much faster to wire and compute.. I use the following array based structure , where parent helps upward tree traversal (children contains CategoryTree instances): public class CategoryTree {

RE: [flexcoders] Re: File Explorer

2008-12-17 Thread Tracy Spratt
Amy, I have never worked with HierarchicalCollectionView. What are its advantages over e4x XML? Is it mainly integration with AdvancedDataGrid? Tracy From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Amy Sent: Wednesday,

RE: [flexcoders] File Explorer

2008-12-17 Thread Tracy Spratt
...talking about directories, I might as well go build them all out now... Try it. But if the server is large, there may still be thousands of directories. But maybe not. Did I say try it? Tracy From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com

[flexcoders] Re: data returned from WSDL call

2008-12-17 Thread weezee49
Thanks, that's the ticket. mx:WebService doesn't have a resultFormat attribute, but mx:operation does. Setting the operations' resultFormat to e4x gave me XML back. I also had to play around with the result to get past the outer layers. It involved the following: var xmlResultList:XMLList =

RE: [flexcoders] Re: data returned from WSDL call

2008-12-17 Thread Tracy Spratt
One issue with dynamic objects is the speed of access compared to strongly typed value objects. It is usually only an issue if you have large numbers of item renderers on screen. In that case, accessing values from dynamic objects or even XML nodes (which are essentially dynamic) is

Re: [flexcoders] Stop the flicker between menu items

2008-12-17 Thread Mark Carter
danielrkrueger wrote: When I place the mouse in just the right spot between 2 menu items I can get a flicker. Does anyone know how to stop this? I also experience this. But its not just between two menu items. It happens whenever you hover the mouse over any part of the border of a

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Is Flex the wrong technology for widgets? SWF file sizes are too big...

2008-12-17 Thread gabriel montagné
On Dec 16, 2008, at 9:36 PM, devenhariyani wrote: Thanks for the advice so far. If I follow the advice not to use the Application tag, *and* if I also remove all the MXML and re- write the app to use only ActionScript do you think I can get the size down to under 200KB? I think Flex is a

Re: [flexcoders] File Explorer

2008-12-17 Thread Dan Vega
So I am working with the file explorer and I came across another problem. Server side I am writing out the following xml root node label=Root Directory node label=bin path=H:\JRun4\bin isBranch=false/ node label=docs path=H:\JRun4\docs isBranch=true/ node label=jnbridge

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Is Flex the wrong technology for widgets? SWF file sizes are too big...

2008-12-17 Thread Josh McDonald
I definitely agree with you Gabriel, you wouldn't catch me doing a non-Flex Flash project at all- I was under the impression the OP was *very* concerned about size, although that could just've been my (often lax) comprehension skills :) -Josh On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 2:38 PM, gabriel montagné

[flexcoders] uploading a file with ruby

2008-12-17 Thread tchredeemed
Anyone done this? This is how I try to do it: fileReference.upload( new URLRequest( http://localhost:3000/files/upload; ) ); however, I get Error #2038 File I/O error Anyone know why I am getting this error? can you not post to the localhost? Is there something else I have to do?

[flexcoders] Database connection from AIR application

2008-12-17 Thread kotha poornima
Hi all, I am going to create a AIR Desktop application. Am i able to connect to the database such as SQL Server or MYSQL from AIR to retrieve data. Can anyone give me an idea how can i do this task or send me any websites regarding the same. Thanks in Advance, Poornima

Re: [flexcoders] Database connection from AIR application

2008-12-17 Thread Fidel Viegas
On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 7:59 AM, kotha poornima poorni_ag...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi all, I am going to create a AIR Desktop application. Am i able to connect to the database such as SQL Server or MYSQL from AIR to retrieve data. Can anyone give me an idea how can i do this task or send me any

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Is Flex the wrong technology for widgets? SWF file sizes are too big...

2008-12-17 Thread Ralf Bokelberg
If you go for size, i'd use Flash. There is nothing wrong with it, as you are not developing a enterprise application with a big team. Cheers Ralf. On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 5:50 AM, Josh McDonald dzn...@gmail.com wrote: I definitely agree with you Gabriel, you wouldn't catch me doing a non-Flex

[flexcoders] Re: File Explorer

2008-12-17 Thread Cato Paus
Waht server are you using ? Java ? if so I can dig up an old project form flex2 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Dan Vega danv...@... wrote: I am building a full featured file explorer and I am stuck on one part of the application. On the left hand side I will have a base root directory

[flexcoders] Re: File Explorer

2008-12-17 Thread Cato Paus
I have emailed you the project, I see that you are using JRun4 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Dan Vega danv...@... wrote: I am building a full featured file explorer and I am stuck on one part of the application. On the left hand side I will have a base root directory (root) and a

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Is Flex the wrong technology for widgets? SWF file sizes are too big...

2008-12-17 Thread Ricky Bacon
Josh McDonald wrote: I definitely agree with you Gabriel, you wouldn't catch me doing a non-Flex Flash project at all- I was under the impression the OP was *very* concerned about size, although that could just've been my (often lax) comprehension skills :) Strictly my opinion, but I'd do