Re: [flexcoders] Re: custom application preloaders
Heh, I've Lee's video but totally missed the fact that is was an app preloader. I thought it was just any old progress bar. That's definitely the ticket. Thanks. On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 4:07 PM, valdhor valdhorli...@embarqmail.comwrote: Here's a few I had bookmarked (Although I haven't had the time to do my own yet): http://jessewarden.com/2007/07/making-a-cooler-preloader-in-flex-part-1-of-3.html http://www.pathf.com/blogs/2008/08/custom-flex-3-lightweight-preloader-with-source-code/#more-1101 http://www.gotoandlearn.com/play?id=108 http://www.flashmagazine.com/Tutorials/detail/how_to_make_a_custom_as3_preloader/ --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, Joel Stransky stranskydes...@... wrote: Just wanted to check with you guys before I wasted any time following obsolete tutorials. I want to replace the default app preloader with preferable a .swc of my own creation. The best tut I can find is this one from Flex 2 circa 2006. http://www.onflex.org/ted/2006/07/flex-2-custom-preloaders.php There's got to be an easier way by now. Got any good links? -- --Joel Stransky stranskydesign.com -- --Joel Stransky stranskydesign.com
[flexcoders] custom application preloaders
Just wanted to check with you guys before I wasted any time following obsolete tutorials. I want to replace the default app preloader with preferable a .swc of my own creation. The best tut I can find is this one from Flex 2 circa 2006. http://www.onflex.org/ted/2006/07/flex-2-custom-preloaders.php There's got to be an easier way by now. Got any good links? -- --Joel Stransky stranskydesign.com
Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex Builder 3 Pro project preferences bug
Bingo! That was it! The applications node must have an entry. *Wrong* applications/ *Right* applications application path=MyApp.mxml / /applications Thanks a ton. That was driving me nuts. On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 8:41 AM, valdhor valdhorli...@embarqmail.com wrote: Have you tried deleting the .project and .actionScriptProperties files in the project folder? How about the .settings folder? The compiler settings are saved to the .actionScriptProperties file. It is an XML file so you can try opening it in your favorite text editor. Check to see if the XML is valid. Make sure that when you save it the OS or the app has not added a hidden extension (eg. like .txt) to the file name. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, Joel Stransky stranskydes...@... wrote: I'm having the strangest issue with Flex Builder project properties. If I right click on a project and choose properties, every section allows me to make changes except for Flex Compiler. When I choose that section, the 'Apply' and 'OK' buttons dim out. Even if I don't change anything, choosing another section pops up an error box entitled Could Not Accept Changes with the message, The Currently displayed page contains invalid values I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling Flex Builder 3 both with and without removal of the settings file. I tried repairing permissions in Disk Utility but nothing works. Has anyone seen anything like this? specs: Mac OS X 10.6.2 Flex Builder 3 Professional [stand alone] (build 3.0.2.214193) -- --Joel Stransky stranskydesign.com -- --Joel Stransky stranskydesign.com
[flexcoders] Flex Builder 3 Pro project preferences bug
I'm having the strangest issue with Flex Builder project properties. If I right click on a project and choose properties, every section allows me to make changes except for Flex Compiler. When I choose that section, the 'Apply' and 'OK' buttons dim out. Even if I don't change anything, choosing another section pops up an error box entitled Could Not Accept Changes with the message, The Currently displayed page contains invalid values I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling Flex Builder 3 both with and without removal of the settings file. I tried repairing permissions in Disk Utility but nothing works. Has anyone seen anything like this? specs: Mac OS X 10.6.2 Flex Builder 3 Professional [stand alone] (build 3.0.2.214193) -- --Joel Stransky stranskydesign.com
[flexcoders] line breaks in htmlText
Ok, htmlText seems to be even worse in Flex and I didn't think it could be much worse. I'm trying to render a simple piece of html that consists of an image, a line break and two paragraphs but no matter what I do, the first line of text insists in filling in on starting next to the image instead of below it. Are br tags completely ignored. Do I have to style a p tag? Is condenseWhite even recommended? What gives? -- --Joel Stransky stranskydesign.com
[flexcoders] css reset
Are there any popular css reset files out there similar to the YUI xhtml resets? -- --Joel Stransky stranskydesign.com
[flexcoders] font-face not cascading throughout app
I wanted to change the default font throughout my flex app so I simply
embeded the font using @font-face in a .css file and then using the
Application type selector, set its fontFamily to my chosen name like so:
@font-face
{
src: url(../fonts/HelveticaCondensed.ttf);
fontFamily: HelveticaCnd;
}
Application
{
fontFamily:HelveticaCnd;
}
Which works pretty well except for on components. For instance my TabBar
defaults to Times for some reason as does a CombBox and ToggleButtonBar. The
drop down elements on the combobox are using the correct font but the main
element is Times.
Any thoughts?
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[flexcoders] Using custom subclasses as children of larger components
Is there way to tell a TabBar component to use custom subclass of Button for each of its tabs? -- --Joel Stransky stranskydesign.com
[flexcoders] Using dropShadows in selectedUp style
I have a TabBar that I want to apply a drop shadow to the TEXT LABEL of the selected tab. How on earth do I do this? I'm in my 'I hate flex mode right now. -- --Joel Stransky stranskydesign.com
[flexcoders] TabNavigator stacking order
By default, a TabNavigator adds its TabBar on top of the viewstack. Is there a way to force it to draw it underneath the subcontainers? -- --Joel Stransky stranskydesign.com
Re: [flexcoders] Re: combining multiple styles
Thanks Mitch,
You're showing multiple selectors where I wanted to combine multiple styles
in one selector.
The CSS equivalent of:
myBox.x = myBox.y = 10;
Is what I was hoping for.
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 8:22 AM, mitchgrrt mitch_g...@hotmail.com wrote:
Sort of.
.leftTab, .rightTab {
fontFamily: Rockwell;
fontSize: 20;
}
.leftTab {
color: #ff;
}
.rightTab {
color: #00ff00;
}
leftTab and rightTab will share the first set of declarations, and then
each one will use the additional declarations that are just for it. Not sure
if that's what you wanted.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, Joel
Stransky stranskydes...@... wrote:
In a Flex .css document, is there any shorthand for using the same value
on
multiple styles?
For instance:
.leftTab{
selectedUpSkin, selectedOverSkin, selectedDownSkin:
Embed(source=myImage.png);
}
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--Joel Stransky
stranskydesign.com
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stranskydesign.com
Re: [flexcoders] Re: id css selectors
I'm using 3.4
That article I linked to was last edited april 4th 2009. I'm new to flex so
I just assumed that was an accurate spec.
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 9:36 AM, valdhor valdhorli...@embarqmail.comwrote:
What version of the SDK are you using?
From what I can ascertain, ID selectors are new as of FB4.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, Joel
Stransky stranskydes...@... wrote:
How is it that this page claims id selectors are valid yet Flex Builder
balks when I try to use them?
http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/CSS+Advanced+Selectors
According to the article, I should be able to do this.
in HelloFlex.mxml
?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
mx:Application xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml;
mx:Canvas id=theCanvas /
/mx:Application
in HelloFlex.css
#theCanvas{}
What gives?
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stranskydesign.com
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stranskydesign.com
[flexcoders] Installed Flash Player Is Not a Debugger
Everytime I debug in Flex Builder I get this alert box. /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin Flex Builder cannot locate the required debugger version of Flash Player. You might need to install the debugger version of Flash Player 9 or reinstall Flex Builder. Do you want to try to debug with the current version? But I have FP10 debugger installed. I'm using OSX Snow Leopard. How do I fix this? -- --Joel Stransky stranskydesign.com
[flexcoders] Re: Installed Flash Player Is Not a Debugger
Weird, just reinstalled FP10 debugger and it went away. On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Joel Stransky j...@stranskydesign.comwrote: Everytime I debug in Flex Builder I get this alert box. /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin Flex Builder cannot locate the required debugger version of Flash Player. You might need to install the debugger version of Flash Player 9 or reinstall Flex Builder. Do you want to try to debug with the current version? But I have FP10 debugger installed. I'm using OSX Snow Leopard. How do I fix this? -- --Joel Stransky stranskydesign.com -- --Joel Stransky stranskydesign.com
Re: [flexcoders] Re: id css selectors
Thank you for the clarification.
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 2:00 PM, valdhor valdhorli...@embarqmail.comwrote:
You need to read the section titled Summary and Background.
In that section it states Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are used in Flex to
apply styles to visual components on the application display list. To-date
we've supported simple type selectors and universal class selectors.
Customers have requested more advanced CSS selectors and in Gumbo we plan to
provide two new selector types - id selectors and descendant selectors - as
well as fix class selectors so that they can be a condition of type
selectors.
Now that you know ID selectors will be added in Gumbo you can do a Google
search on Flex Gumbo and find out that Gumbo is the code name for the next
version of Flex (ie. Flex 4/Flash Builder 4). Gumbo was defined in July 2008
and the first Beta was available in June 2009.
If you wish to use ID selectors you can download the Flex 4 SDK and target
Flash Player 10.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, Joel
Stransky stranskydes...@... wrote:
I'm using 3.4
That article I linked to was last edited april 4th 2009. I'm new to flex
so
I just assumed that was an accurate spec.
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 9:36 AM, valdhor valdhorli...@...wrote:
What version of the SDK are you using?
From what I can ascertain, ID selectors are new as of FB4.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comflexcoders%
40yahoogroups.com, Joel
Stransky stranskydesign@ wrote:
How is it that this page claims id selectors are valid yet Flex
Builder
balks when I try to use them?
http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/CSS+Advanced+Selectors
According to the article, I should be able to do this.
in HelloFlex.mxml
?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
mx:Application xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml;
mx:Canvas id=theCanvas /
/mx:Application
in HelloFlex.css
#theCanvas{}
What gives?
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--Joel Stransky
stranskydesign.com
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--Joel Stransky
stranskydesign.com
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--Joel Stransky
stranskydesign.com
[flexcoders] combining multiple styles
In a Flex .css document, is there any shorthand for using the same value on
multiple styles?
For instance:
.leftTab{
selectedUpSkin, selectedOverSkin, selectedDownSkin:
Embed(source=myImage.png);
}
--
--Joel Stransky
stranskydesign.com
[flexcoders] new flex newb
Hi guys, So I'm taking the leap in to Flex. So far it seems like it wants to be xhtml really bad but using that assumption has me running into spider webs. I find it odd how Flex's CSS support, while cool lacks some obvious implementation. For instance, x and y locations have to be set at tag attributes and are not allowed via styling. You can set a background image via styling, but you can't set background image positions. It's as if someone on the Flex team took CSS to mean Cascading Skinning Sheets rather than Cascading Styling Sheets. Anyway, based on that perception, I'd be happy to hear any basic rules of thumb you think I should know and be prepared for a lot of easy questions. :) -- --Joel Stransky stranskydesign.com
[flexcoders] id css selectors
How is it that this page claims id selectors are valid yet Flex Builder
balks when I try to use them?
http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/CSS+Advanced+Selectors
According to the article, I should be able to do this.
in HelloFlex.mxml
?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
mx:Application xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml;
mx:Canvas id=theCanvas /
/mx:Application
in HelloFlex.css
#theCanvas{}
What gives?
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--Joel Stransky
stranskydesign.com
