RE: [flexcoders] mxml compile fails

2006-01-10 Thread Mika Kiljunen
I solved it so forget the previous post (my bad) J But I ran into another weird behaviour: My app does not compile properly when compiled with mxmlc!! It reports some errors (all valid errors so far) and fails. The funny thing is that it does compile when compiled on flex server!!

[flexcoders] How to determine the content length in mx:Text?

2006-01-10 Thread svktiilikainen
Hi, does anyone know how you can determine the length of text in mx:Text component before the component is drawn? In other words, is it possible to find out that the to-be contents of a Text component are too big to fit into the component without clipping? The Text component here is of fixed

[flexcoders] Re: How to determine the content length in mx:Text?

2006-01-10 Thread svktiilikainen
OK, probably managed to solve this. I can always compare preferredHeight with height and preferredWidth with width, and this seems to work for now. Satu --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, svktiilikainen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, does anyone know how you can determine the length of

RE: [flexcoders] Re: Dynamically increasing size of container to fit all characters

2006-01-10 Thread Leon Tanner
Hi Brendan, It would need to resize itself at run-time, but not to the extent that scaling the window will trigger a resize. If I explain the required result a little more, hopefully it'll make more sense! An informational bar is collapsed by default, showing minimum information. On selecting

RE: [flexcoders] mxml compile fails

2006-01-10 Thread Leon Tanner
Mika, Are you trying to access remote objects/web services etc (anything that essentially leaves the client)? Or is your app not getting past the initial progress screen? Is your compiled swf the expected byte size? Mxmlc as far as I am aware can produce zero byte swfs if compilation is

RE: [flexcoders] Re: How to determine the content length in mx:Text?

2006-01-10 Thread Leon Tanner
Hi Satu, Is the question I am asking 'Dynamically increasing size of container to fit all characters' of interest? I haven't got any solutions as yet, but it may be useful... Leon -Original Message- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of svktiilikainen

RE: [flexcoders] mxml compile fails

2006-01-10 Thread Mika Kiljunen
No worries, I fixed the errors mxmlc complained about (mainly some imports with case-sensitivity issues). And now it compiles ok on both. I also noticed huge performance boost since it now frees up a big chunk of memory on server. When compiling on server it eats up a whopping 550 Mb

RE: [flexcoders] mxml compile fails

2006-01-10 Thread Leon Tanner
Mika, Good stuff. I agree its a much better way to deploy to production! Leon From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mika Kiljunen Sent: 10 January 2006 10:44 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [flexcoders] mxml compile

[flexcoders] Re: How to determine the content length in mx:Text?

2006-01-10 Thread svktiilikainen
Hi, and yes, I already viewed your question which is close to what I was seeking. In my case, I do not need dynamic size increase, just to find out that contents are larger than the component can show. It would also be great to be able to tackle, after setting the text, the contents that CAN

RE: [flexcoders] Re: How to determine the content length in mx:Text?

2006-01-10 Thread Leon Tanner
Hi, I think in any case, we'll need a fixed width font... Could be wrong though... Do you mean you would like to know how to show the clipped contents within the text area/input? Leon -Original Message- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

[flexcoders] Re: How to determine the content length in mx:Text?

2006-01-10 Thread svktiilikainen
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Leon Tanner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I think in any case, we'll need a fixed width font... Could be wrong though... Do you mean you would like to know how to show the clipped contents within the text area/input? Leon Hi, mx:Text component can and

[flexcoders] Yahoo! Maps hiring contractors

2006-01-10 Thread Aaron King
Hello all! For anyone wanting to work on a Flex project with large exposure, Yahoo! Maps is currently looking to contract several Flex/Actionscript developers. You would need to be able to work onsite in our offices in Santa Clara, CA. If interested, please send your resume to [EMAIL

[flexcoders] Flex 2.0 Remote database sorting

2006-01-10 Thread Dion Mendel
Hi All, I have a database with a large list of records that I want to access from Flex. I wrote a custom class based on mx.collections.IList that retrieves the data in pages, handles caching and recycling of old items. Everything works fine so far. I've used a technique similar to Matt Chotin

[flexcoders] Selective Scaling ColumnChart

2006-01-10 Thread martin schioeth
Hi everybody, Im new here: This is my first post. Hope Im not doing anything wrong. Here goes: I have an example of a problem I cant solve http://195.41.47.16:8700/mingoville/test/index.mxml I want to scale the Y-axis as is done on the top chart, and keep the x-axis as it is

Re: [flexcoders] Remoting over HTTPS fails in IE 6.0

2006-01-10 Thread Leif Wells
Not really a solution but... We've seen something happen in SSL and Remoting with Internet Explorer and certificates that are NOT fully verified.Take a look at this blog post on Gary Matthew Roger's site and see if that make sense:

[flexcoders] Control devices from Flex

2006-01-10 Thread Martin Paoletta
Hi,We're currently evaluating Flex for an ATM software platform. One of our requirements is that we need to control some of the devices of the machine (the machine mailbox, printer, etc). One possibility we've been investigating is to host an HTTP server that would control all the devices. The

RE: [flexcoders] Control devices from Flex

2006-01-10 Thread Abdul Qabiz
Hi, I am not sure about licensing in Flex 1.5, where you can not embed Flex apps in windows-application. However, I tell how I have done something in past in my previous company in some similar projects using Flash: * Embed Flash application in windows-application (VB/C++/C#) and do

Re: [flexcoders] Remoting over HTTPS fails in IE 6.0

2006-01-10 Thread Mykola Paliyenko
Leif Thanx for the link, I've tried it before and it does not help. I think problem is in IE security, no idea but it does not send any https remoting call to the server. On 1/10/06, Leif Wells [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not really a solution but... We've seen something happen in SSL and

Re: [flexcoders] Control devices from Flex

2006-01-10 Thread Martin Paoletta
Thanks for the tips. Martin Abdul Qabiz wrote: Hi, I am not sure about licensing in Flex 1.5, where you can not embed Flex apps in windows-application. However, I tell how I have done something in past in my previous company in some similar projects using Flash: *

[flexcoders] cell renderer question

2006-01-10 Thread Robert Brueckmann
I have got two cell renderers on my datagridone is a simple checkbox, the other is a yes/no radio button group. If the user checks one of the checkboxes but then picks a different date which causes the data in the datagrid to refresh with a new datasetdespite it being new data in the

Re: [flexcoders] cell renderer question

2006-01-10 Thread JesterXL
What does your setValue function look like? - Original Message - From: Robert Brueckmann To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 11:01 AM Subject: [flexcoders] cell renderer question I have got two cell renderers on my datagridÂ…one is a simple checkbox,

[flexcoders] Re: Drawing on a chart?

2006-01-10 Thread Doug Wagner
Flex will not allow me to add a UIComponent to my PlotChart, it says that I may not add visual children because it is not a container. If I just add the UIComponent to the application, how will I be able to determine where the chart is so that I can draw on top of it? Doug --- In

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex 2 - swf symbols

2006-01-10 Thread Manish Jethani
On 1/9/06, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I didn't use String because I got compilation errors or some such issue when trying to add an embedded image to the display list, bitching about it being a string or whatever. Will have to go back and find out why. If you type is as String, use

[flexcoders] Re: Multi frame swfs not playing

2006-01-10 Thread Brendan Meutzner
Is this behaviour a bug then? Should I be implementing it a different way? --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Brendan Meutzner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Roger, Well, that get's me one step closer. If I extend MyMovieAsset from either MovieClip or SkinMovieClip it gives me the

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Multi frame swfs not playing

2006-01-10 Thread Manish Jethani
On 1/10/06, Brendan Meutzner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, that get's me one step closer. If I extend MyMovieAsset from either MovieClip or SkinMovieClip it gives me the following RTE TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coersion failed: cannot convert [EMAIL PROTECTED] to mx.core.IUIComponent

Re: [flexcoders] nested applications / widgets

2006-01-10 Thread Manish Jethani
On 1/10/06, Angus Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it possible to use more than one application container? I can envisage a master application container which has our main shell (global nav bar's etc) and each widget running it's own application container. Yes. See the structure of the

[flexcoders] Databinding in custom component

2006-01-10 Thread superabe superabe
Hi all, Had a question on how to handle databinding related visual changes in a custom AS component. Say, we have a custom AS component myComp that extends off a VBox. myComp has a data object property called dataModel myComp handles all ui creation by overriding the createChildren method

[flexcoders] Re: Multi frame swfs not playing

2006-01-10 Thread Brendan Meutzner
I've tried adding it directly on the Application root, and also inside a VBox container. It seems that the only way to embed a swf so that it plays properly, is to associate it with a class which derives from MovieClip. It appears that anything added to a container must extend from IUIComponent.

[flexcoders] Re: Multi frame swfs not playing

2006-01-10 Thread Brendan Meutzner
Sorry Roger, didn't see your reply before I submitted my previous post. I'll give this a try and report... Brendan --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Roger Gonzalez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hrm, no, not a bug. I thought MXML containers could add IFlexDisplayObjects as children, but I'm

[flexcoders] Re: Multi frame swfs not playing

2006-01-10 Thread Brendan Meutzner
Roger, Thank you. I managed to get it to work. I had tried referencing the class as the source yesterday, but must have forgotten to wrap the class name in {} as it didn't work then (feeling sheepish). However, it works now. So here's the final solution: //MyMovieAsset.as package {

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex2 :: Grid / drop-in cellrenderer / drag-drop / exception / bug?

2006-01-10 Thread Manish Jethani
On 1/8/06, Manish Jethani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/5/06, Michael Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check out the example here: http://www.mindinteraction.com/bin/TestDataGrid2.html (Note Flex2 app) Drag an item to generate an exception. Basically it's a drag enabled datagrid

RE: [flexcoders] Control devices from Flex

2006-01-10 Thread Abdul Qabiz
Another possiblity, I forgot to mention: XMLSocket in Macromedia Flash Player 7, if you are making Flex 1.5 application. Flex App (in browser) XMLSocket Socket Server (in OS App) - Other apps -abdul From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [flexcoders] problem in displaying pie chart

2006-01-10 Thread Matt Horn
If you can reorg the data provider a little, you can then specify the field and nameField of the pie series like this: ?xml version=1.0? mx:Application xmlns:mx=http://www.macromedia.com/2005/mxml; mx:Script![CDATA[ public var USAMedals:Object = [ {Color: Gold, Amount: 35},

RE: [flexcoders] Control devices from Flex

2006-01-10 Thread anatole tartakovsky
Martin, What is the platform of the ATM? There are several "projectors" that will give you access to the low-level functionality. You can also communicate with "outside"world within the local machine via _javascript_ - and that can utilize "trusted" activeXs or applets. The main question

[flexcoders] Re: Remoting over HTTPS fails in IE 6.0

2006-01-10 Thread Eric Raymond
This may be the result of adding the HTTP header pragma no-cache. It's antiquated at best, but it actually causes IE and Flash to fail on remote service calls that would otherwise suceed. It's part of a common recipe to avoid the ugliness when a browser caches server requests. --

[flexcoders] Re: How to determine the content length in mx:Text?

2006-01-10 Thread svktiilikainen
Thanks, Doug, for the tip. This function will be useful. Satu --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, douglowder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Satu, Have you taken a look at TextFormat.getTextExtent() function? It sounds like that may be what you want. Documentation on the TextFormat class