Re: [flexcoders] Re: You are the product

2011-12-28 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
I used flash for a while, a long time ago. I enjoyed it while it lasted, but I haven't got to use AS3. This highly-hyped java-like language wasn't a good fit for me, lots of flaws. I'm starting to play with flash again, indirectly, through haXe. I will never, ever focus my time on proprietary

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex/Flash dev without FlexBuilder / FDT

2009-12-19 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa celose...@... wrote: However, I'm no longer a Eclipse guy, I don't like bloated software anymore and learned to love the Ruby/Rails way of doing things. In this time I was away from Flex, I was doing

[flexcoders] Flex/Flash dev without FlexBuilder / FDT

2009-12-18 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Hello list, After almost 3 years away from the Flash Platform, a new venture of mine, which can use the great potential of the Flash/AIR ecosystem, will require me to go back to the field. I'm pleasured to do that, since I always loved Flash and its potential to create high-quality use

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flash For linux

2008-03-14 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Well, I wish I could run they natively, too. However, virtualization is the only option currently (or use wine, but I find wine to be too buggy for any serious-use). Again, hoping that Adobe will release native versions of their software (Photoshop, Flash IDE and Flex IDE) for Linux soon! Lack

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flash For linux

2008-03-13 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Unfortunately, there's nothing like the Flash IDE or Photoshop that will run natively on *nix. I currently use Gentoo as my main workstation OS. It is fast, stable and totally open. I do miss the Flash stack of software, but for that I have a VM with Windows XP installed. However, I will

[flexcoders] Stop being Windows-oriented!

2008-01-16 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
We want freedom and high quality software. Flash, the platform and the tools (provided by Adobe and former Macromedia) are high-quality software. Before I start to argue on the point of this message, I would like to say that I have nothing against Windows. I used to be a happy XP user for a long

Re: [flexcoders] Re: [ANN] PyAMF 0.1 Alpha released

2007-12-13 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Great work. Python is a sweet language, I couldn't stand PHP anymore (even though AMFPHP was a great effort, I just can't swallow php..) keep up the great work! On Dec 13, 2007 2:49 PM, Todd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ahhh, so cool. It's nice to see my favorite server scripting language

[flexcoders] Linux Flash Player 9 buggy ?

2007-05-28 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Hello folks, I finally made my switch to GNU/Linux. It has been an awesome experience so far (both in terms of fun and learning). I'm using Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn). However, I found out that the Linux version of Flash Player 9 appears to be somewhat buggy. It starts with the context menu,

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex 2 for Mac Release Coming Within 7 Days

2007-01-08 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Hi Tom, Have you tried the various free offerings out there already ? Which one are you referring to? Marcelo. On 1/8/07, Tom Chiverton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 06 January 2007 12:09, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote: I'm on Ubuntu right now and I would be willing to pay

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex 2 for Mac Release Coming Within 7 Days

2007-01-06 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Great news! Now, the missing piece is the Linux version! I'm on Ubuntu right now and I would be willing to pay the price for a native Linux version of Flex2 and Flash9 IDE as I don't really feel like using Windows again. Marcelo. On 1/4/07, Robert Chyko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for

Re: [flexcoders] flash 8 vs flash 9 player datagrid benchmarks?

2006-12-29 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Theorically, Flash 9 should win, of course. But the interesting fact is that I usually find datagrid components from Flex 1.5 do render faster. On 12/29/06, fuad_kamal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: has anyone seen any kind of benchmarks comparing the flash 8 player vs. flash 9 player? especially

Re: [flexcoders] why AMFPHP , i still can not get the point :(

2006-12-18 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
AMFPHP makes remoting for Flash painless and costless. Yioit, Flash Remoting is about calling methods via RPC. You define your service classes on the server side, and then call them on the client-side defining call-backs for the results, then you wait for the results (if any) - i.e: You don't

Re: [flexcoders] why AMFPHP , i still can not get the point :(

2006-12-18 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Hello Webdevotion, Wow, that's some great news! Seems like I've spent too much time on my last flash8 RIA and forgot to read my RSS feeds. Marcelo. On 12/18/06, Webdevotion [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marcello, Just a little remark: AMFPHP is heading towards AMF3 support, including

Re: [flexcoders] Google Code Search

2006-10-10 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Is there any other code search engine with AS2/FLEX2/AS3 code?On 10/6/06, Johannes Nel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: well google are looking for as coders and for flex coders...On 10/6/06, Prakaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is ActionScript,

Re: [flexcoders] Multiple Inheritance

2006-10-10 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Use Interfaces and composition to work around the lack of multiple inheritance.On 10/10/06, Daniel Freiman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know that strictly speaking there is no way for an object to inherit from two superclasses, but doesn't anyone know a good

Re: [flexcoders] Multiple Inheritance

2006-10-10 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
in the ActionScript language Things evovle and there are other ways to accomplish something you may be used to from prior experience. Peace, MikeOn 10/10/06, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Use Interfaces and composition to work around the lack of multiple

Re: [flexcoders] Best AMF debugger for Flex2

2006-10-07 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
? I am using OS X running Apache2. thanx, Julian Julian Sander Burbacherstraße 5853129 Bonnt/f +49 228 21 27 15m +49 172 250 6524 On 07.10.2006, at 02:14, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote: Ahuuu! Charles is the best! Very flexible, a must have tool indeed. The only downside is the graphics

Re: [flexcoders] Re: WebOrb for Rails

2006-10-06 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
WebOrb seems indeed very powerful and promising. I would love to see some integration between the php version and CakePHP :) On 10/6/06, barry.beattie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why isn't WebOrb all over the dev center? Why isn't Adobe pushing it? why the heck should they push it?!? In my

Re: [flexcoders] Best AMF debugger for Flex2

2006-10-06 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Ahuuu! Charles is the best! Very flexible, a must have tool indeed. The only downside is the graphics interface, however, it's gradually getting better!On 10/6/06, Paul Spitzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll second that. Charles is a must have tool! I'm using

Re: [flexcoders] ServiceCapture, Charles opern source equivalent?

2006-09-04 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Developer..so I think, he would keep adding some cool features .. Charles kindda works but requires restart, if you are using trial version..If I am not using AMF, I prefer using LiveHTTPHeader (firefox extension)..-abdul On 9/1/06, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [flexcoders] Passing variables from Flex to swf

2006-09-04 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
I think you'll need to use LocalConnection...On 9/4/06, robavey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there, Just wondering if its possible to pass a selected item object (from a tilelist) to a flash movie which has been loaded into the Flex app? thanx ahead of time

Re: [flexcoders] Flex Books? Suggestions...

2006-09-01 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
There's the RIA book that's currently in it's pre-release stage. I've seen some drafts and I can say it seems promising. I guess that the url is www.ria-book.com, not sure though. Marcelo.On 9/1/06, Micky Hulse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Just joined the

Re: [flexcoders] ServiceCapture, Charles opern source equivalent?

2006-09-01 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Well, I have been in this quest a while ago but ended up by purchasing a Charles license (haven´t found anything os that worked). I'm quite happy with it.Marcelo.On 9/1/06, Oriol Gual [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi,Does any one know an open-source (or at least

Re: [flexcoders] Flex Books? Suggestions...

2006-09-01 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Did someone say PHP... ? That's what I call timing.http://www.themidnightcoders.com/blog/ Looks like they'll be releasing a php version of FDS in the next few hours... You're kidding!? That's some great news!!Marcelo.On 9/1/06, Thijs Triemstra | Collab [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [flexcoders] [ann] WebORB for PHP (with AMF3 support)

2006-09-01 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
That's awesome. Can't wait to see the other FDS features implemented! That is really promising :)Marcelo.On 9/1/06, Mark Piller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, We just released WebORB for PHP. The product is free and open-source and functions as a remoting

Re: [flexcoders] [ann] WebORB for PHP (with AMF3 support)

2006-09-01 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
problem, or do we have to make some tricks like the $_explicitType with AMFPHP? Oriol.2006/9/1, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa [EMAIL PROTECTED] : That's awesome. Can't wait to see the other FDS features implemented! That is really promising :)Marcelo.On 9/1/06, Mark Piller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [flexcoders] AMFPHP: Mapping date objects between PHP and Flex

2006-08-21 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Take a look at amfphp.org, on the docs section, the part about class mapping explains it all.If you´re using RemoteObjectAMF0, just take a look at the samples Renaun provides. If you´re using CakePHP, you can also have your Cake models typemapped. There´s a TypeMapper written by Martin on

Re: [flexcoders] AMFPHP: Mapping date objects between PHP and Flex

2006-08-21 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Sorry, I didn´t read your post subject´s clearly. If it´s only about the date type, I guess you shouldn´t have problems converting, take a look at amfphp.org documentation. Never did it though. On 8/21/06, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Take a look at amfphp.org, on the docs

Re: [flexcoders] Re: AMFPHP: Mapping date objects between PHP and Flex

2006-08-21 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
://www.amfphp.org/docs/datatypes.html and note the DateWrapper class... maybe it could solve your problem?Marcelo. On 8/21/06, Stefan Schmalhaus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you´re using

Re: [flexcoders] Re: AMFPHP: Mapping date objects between PHP and Flex

2006-08-21 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
by 1000, and when receiveing from Flex, divide it also by 1000. If not, the date is not the same. Anyone knows why? Oriol. 2006/8/21, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hmm.. I haven´t ran the login sample app. For dates, I always used unix timestamps and converted thetimestamp

[flexcoders] multi-swf Flex 2 application. How to do it?

2006-08-21 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
With Flash, I used to develop my RIA in the following way:- Each ARP form in it's own .SWF file;- Each common/shared class library in it's own SWF file- MTASC Exclude files applied to every SWF file being compiled but the class libraries SWF files; - RSL to share common visual controls and

Re: [flexcoders] multi-swf Flex 2 application. How to do it?

2006-08-21 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
to build large applications. So it's imperative to continue researching the best way to get multi-module apps in a productive and easy way. Hope you get that link useful. If you know more links please, post here.Best,C.On 8/21/06, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [flexcoders] Flex 1.5 to 2.0 migration question

2006-08-19 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Use the Class datatype, like this:var myClass:Class = flash.util.getClassByName(mycomponents.myPanel);Take a look at addChild() method definition, it should now accept a Class argument instead of a string. Marcelo.On 8/19/06, jgraham_us [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [flexcoders] Re: pageable records with amfphp

2006-08-18 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
first asked :) Event though, It would be nice to know what is the equivalent of the RecordSet class on Flex 2. Cheers,Marcelo.On 8/18/06, Gunther Konig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/17/06, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know

Re: [flexcoders] hi

2006-08-18 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Any OOP language knowledge will help you on your path to AS3 mastery :)btw, I use PHP on the server side... CakePHP fits all my application server needs nicely :DMarcelo. On 8/18/06, Famakinwa Babatunde [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is not a must to know JAVA. I

[flexcoders] Flex 1.5 apps faster than Flex 2 ones?

2006-08-18 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
I´ve just tested some flex 1.5 applications and they really seem to run faster and more smooth than Flex 2 ones. Take the Flex Store and compare with any of the Flex 2 sampe apps at adobe Flex 2 samples. It may be a wrong impression of mine though.. but it really intrigued me! Marcelo.

[flexcoders] Re: Flex 1.5 apps faster than Flex 2 ones?

2006-08-18 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Well, After some thiking, I supose that it´s becouse of the advanced gfx and filters used (Flash Player 8/9).On 8/18/06, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:I´ve just tested some flex 1.5 applications and they really seem to run faster and more smooth than Flex 2 ones. Take

Re: [flexcoders] Re: pageable records with amfphp

2006-08-17 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Maybe it would be easier if you would control the paging yourself instead of relying on the RecordSet class i.e: You would pass number of the page to the server, and the server would return the records related to tha page. At least, it is what I´m doing with my flex2/CakePHP application.I know

[flexcoders] NetConnection Debugger for Flex2

2006-08-16 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Hi, I´m just starting to use Flex Builder 2 and the Flex2 SDK and my test application uses the RemoteObjectAMF0 to connect to AMFPHP 1.2 services. I´ve searched everywhere for a debugger like Flash's NetConnection debugger but couldn´t find anything similar. Isn´t there anything like this

Re: [flexcoders] hi

2006-08-15 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Hey Samuel, you´re absolutely right on the sleepless nights and our best friend coffee! And of course once you´re in you can never go back! Flash Platform will hook you forever.And no, you shouldn´t know java. However both languages are pretty similar, so, knowing one will let you move to

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex and Server-Side Technology Recommendations

2006-07-17 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
What about CakePHP alongside with CakeAMFPHP? It´s AMF0, but I´m very happy with that.On 7/17/06, Tim Hoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Andy, So CF would replace ASP.Net as the middle tier. I have no exposure to CF, so that clears things up a bit. But,

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex and Server-Side Technology Recommendations

2006-07-17 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Here´s a relevant link: http://blogs.adobe.com/mikepotter/2006/02/flex_and_php_us.htmlOn 7/17/06, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What about CakePHP alongside with CakeAMFPHP? It´s AMF0, but I´m very happy with that.On 7/17/06, Tim Hoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [flexcoders] Dashboard Sample: problems

2006-07-16 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Matt, what do you mean by app compiled for the wrong player? On 7/14/06, Matt Chotin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I get the same scenario as Paul, dashboard is fine for me but Jesse's app on Firefox failed. Also loading Jesse's SWF directly using the

Re: [flexcoders] Flex 2.0 component in Flash 8

2006-07-12 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Even with the Flash 9 AS3 preview? I guess if the SWF is being exported to AS3/FP9 it could in theory load a Flex2 SWF without any problems.On 7/12/06, Tim Scollick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think that the only way to do it would be to put it into a div

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Intro to Flash development using Flex?

2006-06-16 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Abdul, why don´t you use mtasc instead flash ide mmc to compile (damn slow) ? Just curious ;)Marcelo.On 6/16/06, Abdul Qabiz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FlexBuilder 2 is great tool for ActionScript 3 based application development. But if you are going to develop for