[flexcoders] AdvancedDataGrid: Disable Dragging Columns

2008-07-30 Thread Paul Whitelock
In the Adobe documentation it says the following about disabling the ability to re-arrange columns by dragging: To disable dragging of all columns in a group, set the AdvancedDataGridColumnGroup.childrenDragEnabled property to false. To disable dragging for a single column, set the

[flexcoders] Detecting the Access of a Non-Existant Property

2008-05-25 Thread Paul Whitelock
I thought I read somewhere that there is a way to intercept an attempted access of a non-existent object property. For example, suppose an attempt is made to access the property bar of an object foo which is an instance of the class FooBar (i.e. x = foo.bar). Further suppose that the property bar

[flexcoders] Re: Detecting the Access of a Non-Existant Property

2008-05-25 Thread Paul Whitelock
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Whitelock Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 1:42 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Detecting the Access of a Non-Existant Property I thought I read somewhere that there is a way to intercept an attempted access of a non-existent

[flexcoders] When are asynchronous events processed?

2008-05-21 Thread Paul Whitelock
When a response is received from a web service (for example), when is the listener code executed? The beginning of the next frame? I'm assuming that currently executing code is not suspended so that an asynchronous event can be handled, but I was curious as to exactly when asynchronous events are

[flexcoders] Re: When are asynchronous events processed?

2008-05-21 Thread Paul Whitelock
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 7:48 PM, Paul Whitelock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When a response is received from a web service (for example), when is the listener code executed? The beginning of the next frame? I'm assuming that currently executing code is not suspended so

[flexcoders] Re: How to tell if variable is an int, uint, or a Number?

2008-05-16 Thread Paul Whitelock
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Whitelock Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 3:59 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: How to tell if variable is an int, uint, or a Number? Thanks for the suggestion, but it still considers an int to be a uint if the int

[flexcoders] How to tell if variable is an int, uint, or a Number?

2008-05-15 Thread Paul Whitelock
I have a situation where an untyped variable is passed in a method call and I need to determine the data type for the variable. My first thought was to use typeof, but typeof returns number for an int, uint, or a Number. The operator is will not work on primitives. Is there any way to determine

[flexcoders] Re: How to tell if variable is an int, uint, or a Number?

2008-05-15 Thread Paul Whitelock
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Whitelock Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 12:31 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] How to tell if variable is an int, uint, or a Number? I have a situation where an untyped variable is passed in a method call and I need to determine the data

[flexcoders] Re: How to tell if variable is an int, uint, or a Number?

2008-05-15 Thread Paul Whitelock
= testNumber; trace (uint: + (obj is uint obj is int)); trace (int: + (obj is int !(obj is uint))); trace (Number: + ((obj is Number) !(obj is int) !(obj is uint))); Output: uint: false int: false Number: true --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Paul Whitelock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

[flexcoders] Re: How to tell if variable is an int, uint, or a Number?

2008-05-15 Thread Paul Whitelock
from a uint. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Paul Whitelock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I found another way that seems to work (not sure why though): var testUint:uint = 1; var testInt:int = -1; var testNumber:Number = 1.1; var obj:Object = testUint; trace (uint: + (obj is uint obj

[flexcoders] Re: How to tell if variable is an int, uint, or a Number?

2008-05-15 Thread Paul Whitelock
Thanks for the suggestion, but it still considers an int to be a uint if the int is positive. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Sherif Abdou [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: try using a dictionary instead of object - Original Message From: Paul Whitelock [EMAIL PROTECTED

[flexcoders] [Fixed] Flex Weirdness: Verify Errors and E4X

2008-05-10 Thread Paul Whitelock
chokes on fairly simple E4X expressions. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Paul Whitelock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Verify errors generally mean that you fooled the compiler somehow. Sometimes, name collisions can fool the compiler. Hmmm, odd. I wasn't doing anything out of the ordinary. What

[flexcoders] Flex Weirdness: Verify Errors and E4X

2008-05-04 Thread Paul Whitelock
For some reason I've been seeing a lot of verify errors on a project I'm working on. The error always seems to be: VerifyError: Error #1025: An invalid register 5 was accessed. It seems to be related to constructing an event within a dispatchEvent call, but I've done this countless times and

[flexcoders] Re: Flex Weirdness: Verify Errors and E4X

2008-05-04 Thread Paul Whitelock
not be in the default namespace. From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Whitelock Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 2:49 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Flex Weirdness: Verify Errors and E4X For some reason

[flexcoders] Re: How do I get status codes and responses from httpservice faults?

2008-05-02 Thread Paul Whitelock
When an error occurs a web service will typically return a HTTP error code with the error message in the body. The problem is that Flex does not allow you to access the body and just throws a 2032 error. None of the information from the HTTP response describing the actual error is available in the

[flexcoders] Re: error when ttring to create web application which uses HTTP service

2008-04-04 Thread Paul Whitelock
One thing to check is if the web service is returning an error. Normally if there is a problem with the request (parameters, etc.) the web service will return a HTTP error code with the error message in the body. The problem is that Flex does not allow you to access the body and just throws a

[flexcoders] How to Clear/Reset Item Renderers When the Data Provider Changes?

2008-04-03 Thread Paul Whitelock
I have a single row DataGrid with a typed object bound as a data provider. When data is entered in all columns the handler for itemEndEvent updates another DataGrid and creates a new empty object that replaces the previous data provider for the DataGrid. Even though the data in the new object

[flexcoders] Re: How to Clear/Reset Item Renderers When the Data Provider Changes?

2008-04-03 Thread Paul Whitelock
an effect. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Paul Whitelock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a single row DataGrid with a typed object bound as a data provider. When data is entered in all columns the handler for itemEndEvent updates another DataGrid and creates a new empty object

[flexcoders] Re: How to Clear/Reset Item Renderers When the Data Provider Changes?

2008-04-03 Thread Paul Whitelock
@yahoogroups.com, Paul Whitelock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After a bit more investigation it appears that it might be a redraw issue since the last cell that is clicked is the one where the ghost data appears. Is there a way to force the DataGrid and all custom renderers to redraw? I've tried calling

[flexcoders] Re: HTTPService Error - Response Body Text?

2008-03-30 Thread Paul Whitelock
with the browser makers to eliminate this issue. Or just not use the browser's socket and their own instead. From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Whitelock Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 5:51 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re

[flexcoders] Re: HTTPService Error - Response Body Text?

2008-03-30 Thread Paul Whitelock
@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Whitelock Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 2:30 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: HTTPService Error - Response Body Text? I've now tried using HTTPService, WebService, and the low-level URLStream and in every

[flexcoders] HTTPService Error - Response Body Text?

2008-03-28 Thread Paul Whitelock
I'm using an Amazon Web Service (REST) and when an there is an error in a request AWS returns HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request and the HTTP service throws an IOErrorEvent 2032. The problem is that AWS also returns XML text in the response body (which I see if a sniffer) but I can't see the response text

[flexcoders] Re: HTTPService Error - Response Body Text?

2008-03-28 Thread Paul Whitelock
] On Behalf Of Paul Whitelock Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 9:28 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] HTTPService Error - Response Body Text? I'm using an Amazon Web Service (REST) and when an there is an error in a request AWS returns HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request and the HTTP

[flexcoders] Re: how to make opaque panel border?

2008-03-25 Thread Paul Whitelock
There is a style borderAlpha that you can use to change the opacity of the title bar, control bar and sides of the Panel. You can experiment with some different Panel styles and see the generated style code using a design application that I wrote for FBPanelBgSkin (my free component that adds new

[flexcoders] FREE Component: New Styles for Panel, TitleWindow and Alert

2008-03-21 Thread Paul Whitelock
and copy the resulting CSS class selector to your application. For more information, or to download the component, documentation and source code visit: http://blog.mediablur.com/2008/03/21/enhanced-panel-skin-for-flex/ Enjoy! Paul --- Paul Whitelock Denver, Colorado

[flexcoders] Subversion and Subclipse for Flex on Leopard

2008-03-03 Thread Paul Whitelock
://blog.mediablur.com/2008/03/03/setting-up-subversion-for-flex-on-leopard/ Hope this is helpful! Paul --- Paul Whitelock Denver, Colorado

[flexcoders] No Serial Numbers for Flex Builder 3?

2008-02-25 Thread Paul Whitelock
I purchased the upgrade to Flex Builder 3 Professional and after the order went through instead of a serial number all that I got was a message that said Contact Customer Service. I just got off of a 15 minute phone call with Customer Service and was told that it will take 24 to 48 hours before

[flexcoders] Re: No Serial Numbers for Flex Builder 3?

2008-02-25 Thread Paul Whitelock
, Claus. Paul Whitelock wrote: I purchased the upgrade to Flex Builder 3 Professional and after the order went through instead of a serial number all that I got was a message that said Contact Customer Service. I just got off of a 15 minute phone call with Customer Service

[flexcoders] Free Image Cropping Component

2008-02-20 Thread Paul Whitelock
the component, documentation and source code here: http://blog.mediablur.com/2008/02/20/flex-image-cropping-component/ Paul --- Paul Whitelock Denver, Colorado

[flexcoders] Disable Auto-Highlighting in FlexBuilder 3?

2008-02-13 Thread Paul Whitelock
I just started working with the FlexBuilder 3 beta and found that it highlights (in an ugly cyan color) all instances of a variable name, function name, etc. whenever you click in one. Is there any way to disable this or change the color? Can't seem to find anything in the Eclipse 3.3.1.1

[flexcoders] Re: Disable Auto-Highlighting in FlexBuilder 3?

2008-02-13 Thread Paul Whitelock
@yahoogroups.com, Sherif Abdou [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Top, --Mark Occurences is that what you are talking bout. - Original Message From: Paul Whitelock [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 11:45:59 AM Subject: [flexcoders] Disable Auto

[flexcoders] Blurring Application Area Beneath TitleWindow (Like an Alert)

2008-01-11 Thread Paul Whitelock
I need to blur the application area beneath a TitleWindow based on what's going on in the TitleWindow. The blur effect I'm looking for is the same that is drawn when an Alert window pops up but the difference is that I want to be able to programatically disable or enable the application blur based

[flexcoders] Re: Blurring Application Area Beneath TitleWindow (Like an Alert)

2008-01-11 Thread Paul Whitelock
From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Whitelock Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 1:07 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Blurring Application Area Beneath TitleWindow (Like an Alert) I

[flexcoders] Keycode for Cmd-V (Paste) on Mac?

2007-12-29 Thread Paul Whitelock
I'm trying to detect when a paste is performed from the keyboard when I get a KeyboardEvent. On Windows I just look for event.ctrlKey and event.keyCode == 86 but this does not work on the Mac. The keyCode that I get for a CMD-V on a Mac is 0x (charCode = 0). How do you detect a paste

[flexcoders] ContextMenu: Detecting when Paste is selected

2007-12-28 Thread Paul Whitelock
a MENU_ITEM_SELECT event listener. Any idea how I can detect when Paste is selected from a ContextMenu in a TextArea? Thanks! Paul --- Paul Whitelock Denver, Colorado

[flexcoders] DISREGARD: FileReference on Mac - When will it be fixed?

2007-12-02 Thread Paul Whitelock
I figured it out -- I didn't realize that the data reported by FileReference depends on the OS on which Flash Player is running. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Paul Whitelock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just tried Ubuntu and no joy there either -- maybe it shares the same code base

[flexcoders] FileReference on Mac - When will it be fixed?

2007-12-01 Thread Paul Whitelock
I've read that the bugs with FileReference on the Macintosh have been fixed, but I'm still having problems uploading (as in uploads don't work). The problem exists in Leopard (Mac Pro running Flash Player 9.0.98.0) and Tiger (MacBook Pro running 9.0.60.235). No problems with uploads running on

[flexcoders] Re: FileReference on Mac - When will it be fixed?

2007-12-01 Thread Paul Whitelock
Just tried Ubuntu and no joy there either -- maybe it shares the same code base as the Mac since they are both Unix. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Paul Whitelock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've read that the bugs with FileReference on the Macintosh have been fixed, but I'm still having

[flexcoders] Re: Vista, Eclipse 3.2.2 and a Microsoft Mouse

2007-11-10 Thread Paul Whitelock
Microsoft just doesn't like Java applications ;-) Paul --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Paul Whitelock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought Eclipse 3.3 had some problems with Flex 2.0.1 -- is this not the case? One odd thing is that if I spin the mouse wheel really fast I can scroll

[flexcoders] Re: Vista, Eclipse 3.2.2 and a Microsoft Mouse

2007-11-08 Thread Paul Whitelock
Can't ... take it ... any ... more ... Aagg! I just ordered a Logitech mouse.

[flexcoders] Vista, Eclipse 3.2.2 and a Microsoft Mouse

2007-11-08 Thread Paul Whitelock
not function with a Microsoft mouse in Eclipse), but I haven't seen any solutions. Has anyone here had the problem and found a workaround? It's a real pain not to be able to scroll through my Flex code with the scroll wheel Thanks! Paul --- Paul Whitelock Denver, Colorado

[flexcoders] Re: Vista, Eclipse 3.2.2 and a Microsoft Mouse

2007-11-08 Thread Paul Whitelock
@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Whitelock Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 3:25 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Vista, Eclipse 3.2.2 and a Microsoft Mouse My old mouse went to the big cheese factory in the sky and I replaced it with a Microsoft

[flexcoders] Re: Programatic Icon

2007-04-28 Thread Paul Whitelock
Thanks Mike and Paul for the style solution. I changed my class so that the icon is controlled by styles rather than using mx_internal. The only change I made was to override the styleChanged() function rather than retrieving style information in updateDisplayList(). Paul --- In

[flexcoders] Programatic Icon

2007-04-27 Thread Paul Whitelock
Would anyone know if there is a way to create an component that can be used as an icon for any component that accepts an icon? For example, TitleWindow accepts a titleIcon. I would like to create an AS3 class that I can instantiate and specify for the TitleWindow's titleIcon. As conditions change

[flexcoders] Re: Programatic Icon

2007-04-27 Thread Paul Whitelock
in the component UI. Peace, Mike On 4/27/07, Paul Whitelock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would anyone know if there is a way to create an component that can be used as an icon for any component that accepts an icon? For example, TitleWindow accepts a titleIcon. I would like to create an AS3 class

[flexcoders] Re: Programatic Icon

2007-04-27 Thread Paul Whitelock
hehe I was thinking about something else when I responded and forgot the internal icon is typed IFlexDisplayObject. On 4/27/07, Paul Whitelock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well here's the deal. I've created an simple icon class that draws a red square like this: package

[flexcoders] Re: Programatic Icon

2007-04-27 Thread Paul Whitelock
; BTW we all know mx_internal is not supported but it will get you what you want. :) Peace, Mike On 4/27/07, Paul Whitelock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unfortunately that did not work. It looks like the setter is not really being called after all. When I do

[flexcoders] Re: Programatic Icon

2007-04-27 Thread Paul Whitelock
Sorry, that error should be: TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert mx.containers::[EMAIL PROTECTED] to Namespace. My copying and pasting got a little mixed up there :-) Paul --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Paul Whitelock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I got a different

[flexcoders] Re: Programatic Icon

2007-04-27 Thread Paul Whitelock
Ahhh, the Chemical Brothers -- I haven't heard them in a while. Maybe I should dig them out of my collection :-) Thanks for the colorful description of mx_internal. I also just found a good description here: http://tinyurl.com/3y62jd However, yours is more fun :-) Thanks again for the help.

[flexcoders] Re: TitleWindow, Borderskin, and the Move Effect

2007-04-17 Thread Paul Whitelock
@yahoogroups.com, Paul Whitelock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I think I've solved one part of the problem and stumbled into another. I looks like PopUpManager.centerPopUp is causing the problem with the background color fill. I create the TitleWindow using PopUpManager.createPopUp

[flexcoders] Re: White box problem with custom scrollbar skins SOLVED

2007-04-16 Thread Paul Whitelock
I ran into the scrollbar white box problem also and this posting helped, but there is a problem with the workaround. While it will work if the scrollbars are static, if they are dynamically added and removed then an error will occur when the scrollbars are removed because they will attempt to

[flexcoders] TitleWindow, Borderskin, and the Move Effect

2007-04-09 Thread Paul Whitelock
I have a TitleWindow that uses a BorderSkin (based on HaloBorder) to draw a custom background in the window's content area. The skin works fine until I try applying a Move effect to the TitleWindow. What happens is that when the move begins from offscreen top, the TitleWindow's content background

[flexcoders] Re: TitleWindow, Borderskin, and the Move Effect

2007-04-09 Thread Paul Whitelock
in the Window disappear when the Move animation is performed (the form fields are still there). Programming is fun, isn't it? :-) Paul --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Paul Whitelock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a TitleWindow that uses a BorderSkin (based on HaloBorder) to draw a custom background

[flexcoders] 1 Pixel Gap Between Scrollbar and List Component

2007-04-07 Thread Paul Whitelock
I have a scrollbar skin that was created in Flash, but I've discovered a problem when the vertical scrollbar is first displayed in a List component. When an item is added to a list causing the vertical scrollbar to be drawn for the first time, there is a 1 pixel gap between the right edge of the

[flexcoders] SOLVED: 1 Pixel Gap Between Scrollbar and List Component

2007-04-07 Thread Paul Whitelock
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Paul Whitelock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a scrollbar skin that was created in Flash, but I've discovered a problem when the vertical scrollbar is first displayed in a List component. When an item is added to a list causing the vertical scrollbar to be drawn

[flexcoders] Re: Tiling a Background Image

2007-04-05 Thread Paul Whitelock
Thanks Alex, I'll take a look at that. Paul --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd make a custom border class. From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Whitelock Sent: Wednesday

[flexcoders] Image Item Renderer in ActionScript for DataGrid

2007-04-05 Thread Paul Whitelock
I need to draw a number of icons in one DataGrid column based on a quantity value and a type value in the data. The icons are embedded assets. For the past few hours I've been trying to figure out how to write an Item Renderer in ActionScript to accomplish this task, but I'm not getting anywhere.

[flexcoders] SOLVED: Image Item Renderer in ActionScript for DataGrid

2007-04-05 Thread Paul Whitelock
-- including making addChild calls -- in the data function). It seems to work regardless of whether or not it's technically right :-) Paul --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Paul Whitelock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need to draw a number of icons in one DataGrid column based on a quantity

[flexcoders] Tiling a Background Image

2007-04-04 Thread Paul Whitelock
I've just started work on the UI/Graphic Design for a Flex application and I need to tile a seamless image as the application's background. I've found that while it is possible to specify an image for the application background, I see no way to tile the image. I assume that I'll need to write my

[flexcoders] Re: RegExp Help

2007-03-31 Thread Paul Whitelock
Actually, Flex does a pretty good job of supporting Regular Expressions. They can be tricky, however, and all it takes is one character in the wrong place to give you a totally unexpected result. A good book to get your feet wet with is Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes by Ben Forte. Some other

[flexcoders] New Adobe Products and Flex

2007-03-27 Thread Paul Whitelock
In case you weren't aware, there seem to be a lot of goodies in the new Adobe products for Flex developers. In particular, check out these three CS3 packages (click the Feature Tour button for some of the highlights): Fireworks CS3: http://www.adobe.com/products/fireworks/?xNav=WPFW Flash

Re: [flexcoders] New Adobe Products and Flex

2007-03-27 Thread Paul Whitelock
Yes, April 20th for most of the new products. The video products and the Master Collection will not be available until July, but if you're interested in the Master Collection (which includes everything) you can buy one of the other Creative Suite packages now (like the Web Premium package) and

[flexcoders] Re: Setting the Font Color for a Selected ComboBox Item

2007-03-27 Thread Paul Whitelock
on a property, they should be ignoring the default color always. From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Whitelock Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 7:06 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Setting the Font

[flexcoders] Re: Setting the Font Color for a Selected ComboBox Item

2007-03-27 Thread Paul Whitelock
: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Whitelock Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 8:40 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Setting the Font Color for a Selected ComboBox Item Yes, that's what I would have thought too :-) On the ComboBox

[flexcoders] Re: New Adobe Products and Flex

2007-03-27 Thread Paul Whitelock
I've seen it pop up a few places on the web, but most notably it's the date that Amazon lists as the ship date. It's probably just a best guess that Adobe gave to retailers, but I'm hoping that it's an accurate guess :-) Paul --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Nancy Gill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[flexcoders] SOLVED: Setting the Font Color for a Selected ComboBox Item

2007-03-27 Thread Paul Whitelock
@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In theory, if your renderer picks a new font color based on a property, they should be ignoring the default color always. From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul

[flexcoders] Disabling Selectable Text for a ComboBox

2007-03-20 Thread Paul Whitelock
I've got a ComboBox in a Form and for some reason the text is selectable (i.e., the I-bar cursor is displayed when you move over the ComboBox and you can drag-select the text displayed for the currently selected list item). The editable property is not defined, and it doesn't make a difference if

[flexcoders] Re: Disabling Selectable Text for a ComboBox

2007-03-20 Thread Paul Whitelock
the i-beam. After a bit of investigation, it seems that having enabled=false in the ComboBox's MXML tag (then enabling it at some point of course) causes the selectable text. Any idea on a workaround? Thanks, Ben --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Paul Whitelock news@ wrote: I've

[flexcoders] Re: Disabling Selectable Text for a ComboBox

2007-03-20 Thread Paul Whitelock
(disabling only the ComboBox left the Form item's label untouched). Still, it's better than the alternative of selectable text in the ComboBox. Paul --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Paul Whitelock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Ben, that helped a bit. I have two ComboBoxes on the Form

[flexcoders] Trace Output Stopped Working

2007-03-16 Thread Paul Whitelock
Yesterday for some mysterious reason the trace() statement stopped sending data to the console. Event a simple statement like trace(Here) did nothing (and yes, I was in debug mode). I tried restarting Eclipse, rebooting the computer, etc. and nothing helped. Finally I uninstalled the Flex plug-in,

[flexcoders] Re: Trace Output Stopped Working

2007-03-16 Thread Paul Whitelock
No, I'm on a PC. Flex Builder connects to the SWF and I can set breakpoints so I don't think there's a problem with the Flash Player but maybe I'll try re-installing the debug version just to see if it makes a difference. Thanks for the reply! Paul --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Brian

[flexcoders] Re: Trace Output Stopped Working

2007-03-16 Thread Paul Whitelock
Just tried re-installing the Flash Player Debug version and no luck :-( Paul --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Paul Whitelock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, I'm on a PC. Flex Builder connects to the SWF and I can set breakpoints so I don't think there's a problem with the Flash Player

[flexcoders] Re: Trace Output Stopped Working

2007-03-16 Thread Paul Whitelock
Through the console in Flex Builder. I've been using Flex Builder since about August of last year and this is the first time that I've had a problem with the trace statement not working. It's especially odd that it's happened two days in a row now. Paul --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Clint

[flexcoders] Re: Trace Output Stopped Working

2007-03-16 Thread Paul Whitelock
environment ;-) Paul --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Paul Whitelock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Through the console in Flex Builder. I've been using Flex Builder since about August of last year and this is the first time that I've had a problem with the trace statement not working. It's

[flexcoders] Re: O'Reilly's Programming Flex 2 book

2007-03-16 Thread Paul Whitelock
Amazon sent me a notification recently that the publication date has changed to May 15th. Paul --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone have this book yet? O'Reilly Press Programming Flex 2: The Comprehensive Guide to Creating Rich Media

[flexcoders] Re: DB access in Apollo

2007-03-07 Thread Paul Whitelock
than later. Paul --- Paul Whitelock Denver, Colorado --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, steve_benfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So if we install our own DB with Apollo, how does Apollo communicate with that DB? From what I've heard there is no native DLL access in Apollo, so how

[flexcoders] Re: Determining Drop Index in a List

2007-02-18 Thread Paul Whitelock
Axel, Thank you very much for the tip on calculateDropIndex and the link to the example. I'll take a look a look and give it a try. Paul --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, jensen.axel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul, I think I found a good source to look at for the answer, use a function

[flexcoders] Determining Drop Index in a List

2007-02-16 Thread Paul Whitelock
When doing a drag-and-drop between two Lists, the target List shows a line to indicate where in the target List the source item will be placed when it is dropped. Is there any way to tell what this index is in the target List while handling the dragDrop event? Thanks! Paul --- Paul Whitelock

[flexcoders] Re: Exporting Charts as Image

2007-02-14 Thread Paul Whitelock
in the package/class the image tools are located? Also, is there an example or documentation somewhere regarding how to send a JPG or PNG created in a Flex application from a bitmap to ColdFusion and have ColdFusion create the physical file on the server? Thanks! Paul --- Paul Whitelock Denver

[flexcoders] Re: Exporting Charts as Image

2007-02-14 Thread Paul Whitelock
Thanks Brendan! I was indeed looking in the Language Reference documents which is why I couldn't find anything. In the last section of the Andrew Trice tutorial he's doing pretty much what I'd like to do, but he doesn't supply the source. The piece that I think I need is how to handle the data

[flexcoders] Re: Exporting Charts as Image

2007-02-14 Thread Paul Whitelock
Hi Andy, I'm using remoting/AMF in other parts of my application, so I don't think I'll have a problem sending the data to ColdFusion after it's prepared. I just wasn't sure what to do with the data once I got it to ColdFusion to turn it into a file (I'm fairly new to ColdFusion). I'll take a

[flexcoders] Re: Exporting Charts as Image

2007-02-14 Thread Paul Whitelock
A. Thank you! That's what I needed to know! I'll be looking forward to seeing your article once it is released :-) Paul --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Andrew Trice [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In it's most simple form: this is all you need to do in CF. You don't need to convert it. It

[flexcoders] Controlling a Component in an Item Renderer

2007-02-09 Thread Paul Whitelock
I have an item renderer specified for a List component and there is a CheckBox component within the item renderer so that each List element displays a CheckBox. What I'd like to do is if a certain condition exists in the application I'd like to disable the item renderer's CheckBox for specific

[flexcoders] Re: Controlling a Component in an Item Renderer

2007-02-09 Thread Paul Whitelock
Thanks Tracy! I did a quick test and that appears to do exactly what I need! Paul --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tracy Spratt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You must work with the dataProvider. The renderer must set its enabled state based on a field/property/attribute in the dataProvider in

[flexcoders] Re: Full Application Reset?

2007-02-05 Thread Paul Whitelock
I've found that if you have open windows created by an application you can't just remove the application from the display list and set it to null -- the windows will remain open. Also, any listeners that have been registered will continue to fire even though the application component is no longer

[flexcoders] Re: Flex Builder no longer compiles

2007-01-17 Thread Paul Whitelock
, but try clearing the cache next time you see this problem and see if it helps. Paul --- Paul Whitelock Denver, Colorado --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, dustyjewett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I made a variable of a class private instead of public, then attempted to sort an ArrayCollection

[flexcoders] Problem with Visibility at Beginning of Effect Animation

2007-01-08 Thread Paul Whitelock
I've been trying to figure out this problem for a few hours now and I'm not getting anywhere so I figured it's time to ask :-) I have a simple panel onscreen but with visible=false. When a button is clicked I want to move the panel from an off screen position to its current position (or vice

[flexcoders] Flex 2 for Mac Available Now

2007-01-05 Thread Paul Whitelock
Just noticed that you can purchase Flex 2 for Mac at the Adobe web store now. It's available as a download or boxed. Paul --- Paul Whitelock Denver, Colorado

[flexcoders] Installing Flex 2.0.1 Update

2007-01-05 Thread Paul Whitelock
What's the deal with installing the 2.0.1 update? Do you need to uninstall Flex Builder 2.0, install the demo download, and then re-register with your current serial number? I've got other plug-ins installed in the Flex Builder version of Eclipse and I'd hate to have to reinstall everything, but I

[flexcoders] Re: Installing Flex 2.0.1 Update

2007-01-05 Thread Paul Whitelock
Nevermind, I found the answer here: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/flexteam/archives/2007/01/flex_201_is_her.cfm --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Paul Whitelock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's the deal with installing the 2.0.1 update? Do you need to uninstall Flex Builder 2.0, install

[flexcoders] Flex 2 Updater Available for Download

2007-01-05 Thread Paul Whitelock
It can be found here: http://www.adobe.com/support/flex/downloads_updaters.html It's not clear to me whether the updater updates Flex Charting and Flex Data Services. The page says: The 2.0.1 updates for these Flex products can be implemented by installing the full, updated versions of the

[flexcoders] Re: Flex 2 Updater Available for Download

2007-01-05 Thread Paul Whitelock
@yahoogroups.com, Paul Whitelock news@ wrote: It can be found here: http://www.adobe.com/support/flex/downloads_updaters.html It's not clear to me whether the updater updates Flex Charting and Flex Data Services. The page says: The 2.0.1 updates for these Flex products can

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

2007-01-04 Thread Paul Whitelock
Amazon shows Flex 2 for Macintosh is in stock, but they are charging $10 more than Adobe's price for the Windows version. Paul

[flexcoders] DataGrid Background Anomoly During Vertical Scroll

2007-01-03 Thread Paul Whitelock
. The DataGrid has an itemRenderer, but it's just a simple mx:Text component, so that shouldn't have anything to do with it. Anyone know what's going on and how to prevent the DataGrid from sticking a white rectangle up at some scroll positions? Thanks! Paul --- Paul Whitelock Denver, Colorado

[flexcoders] Re: DataGrid Background Anomoly During Vertical Scroll

2007-01-03 Thread Paul Whitelock
strangeness with datagrids in title windows. Try setting the cacheAsBitmap property to false on the titlewindow and/or datagrid and see if that helps. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Paul Whitelock news@ wrote: I've got a basic DataGrid inside a VBox which is inside of a TitleWindow

[flexcoders] Re: DataGrid Background Anomoly During Vertical Scroll

2007-01-03 Thread Paul Whitelock
] wrote: Is the issue you're seeing the same as in this thread? http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/message/46996 Maybe there are some tips in the various responses that can help. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Paul Whitelock news@ wrote: Hi Doug, Thanks

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

2007-01-02 Thread Paul Whitelock
I received the reply copied below regarding the problem that I had with the beta for Flex 2 Mac expiring unexpectedly and thought I'd pass it on. Paul --- Paul Whitelock Denver, Colorado Hi, The commercial version of Flex Builder for the Mac will be available within the next 7 days, so your

[flexcoders] Converting Rich Text to HTML

2006-12-29 Thread Paul Whitelock
Is there some sample code anywhere that shows how to convert htmlText generated by the RichTextEditor to standard HTML? For instance, when adding a bulleted list in the RichTextEditor it generates LI tags but no enclosing UL tag. Any pointers are appreciated Paul

[flexcoders] Anchor Tags in Rich Text

2006-12-29 Thread Paul Whitelock
Whenever an anchor tag appears in Rich Text the cursor always changes to a hand when you move over it and the link is clickable. In some instances I would like to disable this behavior so that the anchor text behaves just like normal text (i.e., it is not clickable). I don't want to remove the

[flexcoders] Re: change markup in richTextEditor

2006-12-29 Thread Paul Whitelock
Funny, I must have posted my question about the RichTextEditor (Converting Rich Text to HTML ) at just about the same time as this thread was started. If the methods referred to below are undocumented, where can information about them be found? Also, since they are undocumented is there a chance

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