[flexcoders] Adding Icons with Actionscript

2005-10-13 Thread r_woess
Hi, I want to add an icon to a button at runtime. I watched the generated as-File and the button mx:Button icon=@Embed('test.gif')/ was generated to this code: new mx.core.UIObjectDescriptor({ type: mx.controls.Button, id: Button7, _properties: function() { return { icon:

RE: [flexcoders] Adding Icons with Actionscript

2005-10-13 Thread Dirk Eismann
Hi, not directly, you need to embed the resource and assign a name to it: // somewhere in you code [Embed(test.gif)] public var testIcon:String; this makes the resource available through the testIcon identifier. Later on you can assign the icon by doing myButton =

[flexcoders] Re: Remote Objects and stateful-class

2005-10-13 Thread greenfishinwater
Douglas, Thanks for the link, it kinda clarified my own direction which was tending towards stateless classes. My whole design philosophy is really to have stand alone calls to remote objects, any info required has to be passed into the call. So far all my flex work has been on querying data for

Re: [flexcoders] binary data to render...

2005-10-13 Thread Aly Sidi
HI Abdul, I was looking more of an in memory image, that way we dont have to deal with clean up on the server. Also, multiple users may be logged on and requesting different photos. any way to go base64-binary-image in memory in AS2? -alyOn 10/12/05, Abdul Qabiz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

RE: [flexcoders] date sort

2005-10-13 Thread Nischal Pathania
Matt: I tried your example script but it works for only first click and sort data in ascending order. Any click after then produce no change to grid items. This script raises me another question to you, feedbackCreationDate is declared as Date data type which means the default ordering should

RE: [flexcoders] Java VO.

2005-10-13 Thread Kelly Roman
Are you making corresponding AS classes to match your Java VO classes? If so are you declaring the remoteClass so that Flex knows which AS classes match which Java VO classes? From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Omar Ramos

[flexcoders] Application frameRate???

2005-10-13 Thread sergei_tsoganov
Can anybody explain to me what for is frameRate property. It seems that nothing changes when I change framerate of my flex application to 120. Does it mean that if I change it to 120 the flex application will run smoother and quicker? ANd what is the maximum framRate??

[flexcoders] Object properties

2005-10-13 Thread Alban Soupper
Hi all, is there a way to get the property list and the type of an object? Best regards, Alban. *** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or

Re: [flexcoders] Me go to MAX alone. you be my friend?

2005-10-13 Thread Stanislav Zayarsky
Hello All, I will be there too :) I'm 23 and I'm from Kiev, Ukraine. Looking forward to see you all there. Best regards Stanislav On 10/12/05, Douglas Knudsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe we can write 'FLEXCODERS' on our badges. Then we can spot each other in the halls, in sessions, or

RE: [flexcoders] Object properties

2005-10-13 Thread Derrick Grigg
Try the code below, you'll need to put a TextArea somewhere on screen with the id=trace_txt. trace_txt.text = 'Object type: ' + typeof(obj) + '\n'; for (var p in obj){ trace_txt.text += p + ' - ' + obj[p] + '\n'; } -Original Message- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com

RE: [flexcoders] date sort

2005-10-13 Thread Matt Chotin
Yes, as I said the example was meant to get you part way, to get the sort to work in both directions you need to do more work that I dont have time to write for you. There are some sorting examples for different purposes on my blog at

RE: [flexcoders] Object properties

2005-10-13 Thread Matt Chotin
I think we also have a className property that you can use since typeof wont give you any details beyond object for a class. Matt From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Derrick Grigg Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 9:01 AM To:

RE: [flexcoders] binary data to render...

2005-10-13 Thread Philippe Maegerman
In coldfusion you would have to do : cffile action="" file="C:\CFusionMX7\wwwroot\1890.jpg" variable="data"cfcontent variable="#data#" type="image/jpeg" or get the data from a database field, it's the return header that will make it work Philippe Maegerman From:

Re: [flexcoders] Me go to MAX alone. you be my friend?

2005-10-13 Thread Omar Ramos
Hi all, I will be attending too. 27 from Puerto Rico so just look for the latin guy lol Omar Ramos System Developer On 10/13/05, Stanislav Zayarsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello All,I will be there too :)I'm 23 and I'm from Kiev, Ukraine.Looking forward to see you all there. Best

Re: [flexcoders] Java VO.

2005-10-13 Thread Omar Ramos
Yes I have both VO identical and registered via registerObject. Java just seams to put my properties to lowercase. I guess I will have to just go with lowercase properties. Omar Ramos System Developer On 10/12/05, Kelly Roman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are you making corresponding AS classes

Re: [flexcoders] Java VO.

2005-10-13 Thread Oscar . Cortes
Omar, Are you using ColdFusion with Flex? Check out the gateway-config.xml file and check the serialization section. I had the same problem, and you actually have different options. !-- Determines how complex objects/generic class data types are to be handled by the

Re: [flexcoders] chart dynamic data effect

2005-10-13 Thread Tom Fitzpatrick
All right, I figured this one out - using the SeriesInterpolate effect demonstrated in the chart explorer. (In case anyone else was wondering how to do this.) - Tom At 09:08 AM 10/12/2005, you wrote: I've created a chart with a dynamically changing dataprovider. Is there a way to add an effect

[flexcoders] tree, remoteobject, VO, and isBranch

2005-10-13 Thread Douglas Knudsen
Ok, I am building a tree using a remoteobject call to get the data for it. The data returned is an array of VOs. The result is only one level deep, the top level of the tree. I plan to dynamically build child nodes via the change event. The data is a list of US states. When I click a state I

RE: [flexcoders] binary data to render...

2005-10-13 Thread Abdul Qabiz
Hi, Yeah that is surely possible, if you look at second way I mentioned in my last mail. ButI am not sure, how it would work with webservices. You can pass a servlet url to Image tag, that servlet cant return content of type image/jpeg to flex... -abdul From:

[flexcoders] falseOverSkin not working

2005-10-13 Thread Raymond Camden
For some reason, my falseUpSkin and falseDownSkin work fine, but when I add falseOverSkin (using the same value as down) it doesn't work. Any ideas why? mx:SimpleButton falseUpSkin={ModelLocator.assets.coverage_nw_off} falseDownSkin={ModelLocator.assets.coverage_nw_on}

[flexcoders] Component storage

2005-10-13 Thread rgwilson26
I would like to know how to store and access components in more than one directory. I have a directory called components that holds my navigation components that I referr to in my main.mxml file as such xmlns:nav=Navigation_Components.*. What I want to do is create another directory with my

RE: [flexcoders] Can someone help me with this code please

2005-10-13 Thread Kevin Langdon
This would work, but you need two welcomeMessage variables initApptwo() is just overwriting the first should be: public function initApptwo() { mySO2 = SharedObject.getLocal(mydata2); welcomeMessageTwo = Hello + getNametwo(); } and mx:Label id=label2 text={welcomeMessageTwo}

[flexcoders] Immediate Requirement for a flex Developer in Boston, MA

2005-10-13 Thread kiranitcsolutions
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[flexcoders] Cause and Effect

2005-10-13 Thread Greg Johnson
Ok. Lets say I have a search screen(btw the queries are running via a webservice to a set of CFCs). The search screen lets you choose between person, department, and company. Person Search returns a list of people you can select from. Department Search returns a list of departments you can

Re: [flexcoders] Java VO.

2005-10-13 Thread Omar Ramos
Hi Oscar, I am using Flex with JRUN and Java classes. Does this applies too? And what did you do to fix the problem. Thanks Omar Ramos System Developer On 10/13/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Omar,Are you using ColdFusion with Flex? Check out the gateway-config.xml file and

[flexcoders] Browser Close Event.

2005-10-13 Thread Omar Ramos
Hi Guys, Anyone knows how to detect the browser close event in flex? To do something before the browser is closed? I have tried the unload event on the application tag but that doesn't seam to work.Any Ideas? Omar Ramos System Developer -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ:

[flexcoders] Re: Cause and Effect

2005-10-13 Thread Greg Johnson
It might help if I also actually asked a question I guess :) I need the department to people list to be generic, but depending on what tab you are on for the result event to be handled by a function based on the tab you ahve selected. I am guessing this means using a custom event that is

Re: [flexcoders] Java VO.

2005-10-13 Thread Oscar . Cortes
If you have the file and the same options it should. We change serialization to 'Flex' and lowercase-keys to False. This actually assigns the name according to the getter in you Java class. Let's say for example you have an attribute called myFullName but you have a getter for this attribute

[flexcoders] Re: tree, remoteobject, VO, and isBranch

2005-10-13 Thread Douglas Knudsen
ok, suddenly, yes suddenly, I started getting the nifty arrow next to each item. Removing isBranch from my VO makes it go away. kewl. But now all items appear as [object Object],1, , [object Object] oddness...one of those days...with MAX on my mind I'm probably missing some silly thing. DK

Re: [flexcoders] Java VO.

2005-10-13 Thread Omar Ramos
Hi Oscar, I have my gateway.config with serializationFlex/ serialization lowercase-keysfalse/ lowercase-keys And my getter and setters like this private String _name_en; public int getName() {return this._name_en;}public void setName(int _name) {this_name_en = _name;} And still flex

[flexcoders] Any explanation as to why this would happen(Question about accordions)

2005-10-13 Thread nostra72
I am having some problems getting a button on one panel of an accordion to change the textinput box on another panel of an accordion and I was wondering if someone can give me some idea as to what could be causing this? -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ:

RE: [flexcoders] Object properties

2005-10-13 Thread Abdul Qabiz
You can also use instanceof operator to compare the type of objects.. var a:Array= new Array(); if(a instanceof Array) { //true } -abdul From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt ChotinSent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 6:05 AMTo:

Re: [flexcoders] Java VO.

2005-10-13 Thread Aldo Bucchi
Hi Omar, I don't see the problem. That's the way it should work. Flex will find a getName getter and determine that the name of the variable is name according to javabean naming conventions. You should NEVER use uppercase initial letters in variables. period. This is a widely used convention.

Re: [flexcoders] Any explanation as to why this would happen( Question about accordions)

2005-10-13 Thread Oscar . Cortes
If the second panel has not been open yet then it has not been created thus the first panel would not have a way to reach it. Is this the case?

RE: [flexcoders] Any explanation as to why this would happen(Question about accordions)

2005-10-13 Thread João Fernandes
Are both panels in the same accordion? if it's the case, are you sure that the text input is already created? João Fernandes Secção de Desenvolvimento Departamento de Informática -Original Message- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu 13-Oct-05 7:41

Re: [flexcoders] Any explanation as to why this would happen( Question about ...

2005-10-13 Thread nostra72
I think I understand what your saying the second panel has to be opened before the first one can reach it right? -- 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] Application frameRate???

2005-10-13 Thread David Harris
From What I understand, the frameRate is a limiter value. EG: if you set it to 120, the maximum it will go if 120. The Framerate depends largely on the clients machine, and how good it is. You can't force the Flash runtime (aka Flash player) to do 120 framerate (frames per second) on a 486 with

Re: [flexcoders] Any explanation as to why this would happen( Question about ...

2005-10-13 Thread nostra72
Is there any way to set it up to wehre I would not have to open the second panel first though? -- 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] Re: Cause and Effect

2005-10-13 Thread Tracy Spratt
Perhaps you are over-complicating this. Or I am over-simplifying it! Why not just invoke the second search in the result handler of the first? Tracy -Original Message- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Johnson Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005

RE: [flexcoders] Re: tree, remoteobject, VO, and isBranch

2005-10-13 Thread Tracy Spratt
That means you are trying to assign a complex object to a display component that needs text. You will want to define the labelField property if the data you want for the label is a first level property of your node. If the data you want for the label consists of more than one property, or the

Re: [flexcoders] Java VO.

2005-10-13 Thread Omar Ramos
Hi Aldo, I currently have it like this. The reason I wanted it the other way around is because I come more from a .NET programing language. In .NET you have your properties defined this way. This reflects the properties of a Sql Table which are defined the same way. So I wanted to maintain

[flexcoders] centering a form....

2005-10-13 Thread Greg Morphis
I'm trying to center a form within a Canvas which is within a Panel. We're using multiple MXML files. I've got a loginView.mxml file and a main.mxml files. On the main.mxml file we use a panel and a viewstack to display the login and main views. Within the loginView.mxml page we have a Canvas,

[flexcoders] followup on rollovers

2005-10-13 Thread Raymond Camden
So I asked a little while ago about why falseOverSkin didn't seem to be working in SImpleButton. I decided to simply set the value myself using mouseOver. However, this doesn't seem to be working. Assuming that FOO is a simplebutton - how would I change the visible skin? --

RE: [flexcoders] Any explanation as to why this would happen( Question about ...

2005-10-13 Thread Tracy Spratt
On the accordion tag, set creationPolicy=all. Search the archives, or the FAQ or cflex.net or google for more detail on deferred instantiation Tracy From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday,

Re: [flexcoders] Re: tree, remoteobject, VO, and isBranch

2005-10-13 Thread Douglas Knudsen
Thanks Tracy. Right, I got the labelField property setup corectly. I just discovered my faux pau. My VO in as relating to my Java VO had a constructor with args. I didn't realise this was a no no. Apparently not only does the Java version of your VO require a no-args constructor, your as VO

[flexcoders] Re: Cause and Effect

2005-10-13 Thread Greg Johnson
I am probably over-complicating it, thats always a possiblity. However the reason I can't is because the second search that actually gets used will be dependent on which of the 4 tabs you select. But the first search needs to stay the same. IOW for example 1. Search for Departments based on

RE: [flexcoders] Any explanation as to why this would happen(Question about accordions)

2005-10-13 Thread Gordon Smith
This is due to a feature of Flex known as Deferred Instantiation. My post on Tuesday entitled Re: Unable to refer controls in Accordion ! addressed the issue. - Gordon From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [flexcoders] Any explanation as to why this would happen( Question about ...

2005-10-13 Thread Oscar . Cortes
I think you can use some binding here. However, I am not sure if you are using the button in the first panel for testing, or for calling some more logic. In any case you can trying binding a control in the first panel with the second. For example: If you have Panel1 ---

[flexcoders] Why you shouldn't set creationPolicy=all to solve your deferred instantiation problems

2005-10-13 Thread Gordon Smith
On the accordion tag, set creationPolicy=all. Setting a creationPolicy=All on the accordian container will cause all of the children to be created when the accordian is created. In my post two days ago I tried to explain why setting creationPolicy=all is not The Right Way to

[flexcoders] Re: falseOverSkin not working

2005-10-13 Thread tom_sobut
I'm just debugging that one myself. If you embed the images, all works fine. When you use the Cairngorm model of loading the assets in an asset class, then bind them to SimpleButton, button hilites don't work in my app until I click on the buttons a few times. --- In

[flexcoders] Args in functions

2005-10-13 Thread David Harris
Hi, Is there any way to handle undeclared Arguments passed in to function? eg: function myFunction(oneArg:String,twoArg:Boolean[,...other args]) I think you can do this sort of thing in Java and Javascript. I think they are avalible in an array called args. so args[0] refers to oneArg. Any

[flexcoders] How to save uploaded file in database

2005-10-13 Thread sandip_patil01
HI all, I have successfully done uploading file in a directory using fileIO feature provided by Flex using Flash 8. Now I wanna to save the uploaded file in database. SO can anybody tell me how to save uploaded file in database using Flex.My databse is oracle 9i. Any url or suggessions ?

RE: [flexcoders] Reading the displayed value in a DataGrid - How to

2005-10-13 Thread Oscar . Cortes
Thanks Matt, I might give this a try. I ended up using something like this which also works: For (var i:Number=0; I dg.rowcount; i++) { For (var j:Number=0; I dg.columns.length; j++) { myHTML += dg.rows[i].cells[j].value; } } As I said, this works and makes

RE: [flexcoders] Re: Cause and Effect

2005-10-13 Thread João Fernandes
Greg, set an show function for each Car/DoorKey/EmploymentFile/Room tab. This function should check if any department was selected or not. you can define an unique function and with the tab.selectedIndex you can know wich tab was clicked and call the right webservice. Then the

RE: [flexcoders] How to save uploaded file in database

2005-10-13 Thread Carson Hager
Search the web. There are hundreds of examples that show you the debachle that is Oracle's JDBC driver and binary data. Carson Carson Hager Cynergy Systems, Inc. http://www.cynergysystems.com Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: 866-CYNERGY ext.

[flexcoders] How to create a cell in data grid that displays text in two lines?

2005-10-13 Thread Marcin Glowacki
I need to display text in one cell in up to two lines. If text fits in one line I should show one line. If the text fits in two lines, I should display them, and at last if the text is really long, I should trancate it at the end of second line. I tried to create cell renderer that is a mx:Text

Re: [flexcoders] Args in functions

2005-10-13 Thread Darron J. Schall
David Harris wrote: Is there any way to handle undeclared Arguments passed in to function? Check out the arguments array that is created inside of the function automatically for you function foo() { trace( arguments[0] ); } foo( bar ); // output bar -d

[flexcoders] Re: centering a form....

2005-10-13 Thread Greg Morphis
This works incase anyone else runs into the same problem... mx:Panel id=AOPScheduler title=Login dropShadow=true x={(this.width - AOPScheduler.width) / 2} y={(this.height - AOPScheduler.height) / 2} On 10/13/05, Greg Morphis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to center a form within a

[flexcoders] How to cancel drag 'n drop operation?

2005-10-13 Thread Stacy Young
How do you cancel a drag 'n drop operation so they object is dragging is not placed anywhere...and the original is not removed from the source component? Thanks! Stace Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome

RE: [flexcoders] How to save uploaded file in database

2005-10-13 Thread Abdul Qabiz
Hi, You would be required to write server-side logic for the same. You can write code in your server-side file, which is being used for file upload, to save to Oracle DB as BLOB. Search google to find out how to save a file as BLOB in a DB. -abdul -Original Message- From:

RE: [flexcoders] How to cancel drag 'n drop operation?

2005-10-13 Thread Tracy Spratt
Typically we do not manipulate either the source or target until the dragDrop event happens over a valid target. When in the drag operation are you wanting to cancel? Tracy -Original Message- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stacy Young Sent:

[flexcoders] Datagrid Selective Cell Tabbing

2005-10-13 Thread thisdudenamedjon
Suppose I have a datagrid. I'd like to be able to restrict certain editable columns from being accessed using the tab key. Is there a way to disable tabbing for a particular column? Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you

[flexcoders] SpringBeanAdapter

2005-10-13 Thread Richard Rodseth
Any reports from the field on SpringBeanAdapter? http://www.carbonfive.com/community/archives/2005/07/springbeanadapt.html Thanks - Richard -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives:

RE: [flexcoders] How to cancel drag 'n drop operation?

2005-10-13 Thread Stacy Young
Its an unusual situationIm trying to prevent an item from being dropped outside a set of folders (in the root)so I have completed the logic to detect if this happensand if so, I can stop the item from being addedbut its still being removed from the original component via my

RE: [flexcoders] centering a form....

2005-10-13 Thread Abdul Qabiz
Hi, You can get the width/height of root element using width/height variable in the same file(scope). Assuming Canvas is root element of LoginView.mxml: mx:Canvas width=600 height=600 xmlns:mx=http://www.macromedia.com/2003/mxml; mx:Panel id=AOPScheduler title=Login dropShadow=true

RE: [flexcoders] How to cancel drag 'n drop operation?

2005-10-13 Thread Stacy Young
Not very elegant but I got around it with using a boolean variableif the location isnt valid, just sets a flag that is then checked on doDragComplete From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stacy Young Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 7:07 PM

RE: [flexcoders] How to cancel drag 'n drop operation?

2005-10-13 Thread Tracy Spratt
Could you apply the location checking logic in the dragOver? From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Stacy Young Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 7:43 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [flexcoders] How to cancel drag 'n

RE: [flexcoders] How to cancel drag 'n drop operation?

2005-10-13 Thread Stacy Young
Yep that works, thx! any idea if I can trigger that x icon (shows when hovering over object that doesnt support drag n drop) to provide additional feedback when hovering over an invalid position? From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tracy

Re: [flexcoders] How to create a cell in data grid that displays text in two lines?

2005-10-13 Thread Manish Jethani
On 10/13/05, Marcin Glowacki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried to create cell renderer that is a mx:Text control, but with no success... I cound not get the second line to be displayed... I think you need to set variableRowHeight to true. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor

RE: [flexcoders] How to cancel drag 'n drop operation?

2005-10-13 Thread Tracy Spratt
Are you calling: event.target.showDropFeedback(); From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Stacy Young Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 8:37 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [flexcoders] How to cancel drag 'n drop

RE: [flexcoders] How to cancel drag 'n drop operation?

2005-10-13 Thread Stacy Young
Yesif the location is valid, I call that function From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tracy Spratt Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 8:58 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [flexcoders] How to cancel drag 'n drop operation?

RE: [flexcoders] Me go to MAX alone. you be my friend?

2005-10-13 Thread Kelly Roman
I will be there too. I am also 23 but my birthday is on Saturday so I will be 24 when I get there. Hahahaha I will be in pretty much every Flex session though. Weee See you there --Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com

Re: [flexcoders] How to save uploaded file in database

2005-10-13 Thread Rich Rodecker
I've always heard that it's bad to save files as BLOBs in the database, and that it was better to save the file to the file system and store a reference to the file in the db...no? On 10/13/05, Carson Hager [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Search the web. There are hundreds of examples that show

RE: [flexcoders] How to save uploaded file in database

2005-10-13 Thread Carson Hager
I don't see any problem with it provided you design your tables to keep the data in a separate table, possibly separate tablespace, etc. Most reasonably good databases today have very good blob/clob support. Carson Carson HagerCynergy