Re: [flexcoders] Which AIR SDK to use with Flex? [1 Attachment]

2014-10-23 Thread John McCormack j...@easypeasy.co.uk [flexcoders]
is now run by Apache Foundation. John On 23/10/2014 16:26, Dave Glasser dglas...@pobox.com [flexcoders] wrote: On the download page for the AIR SDK: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/air-sdk-download.html It says: Note: Flex users will need to download the original AIR SDK without the new

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Future Scope of Flex

2014-08-18 Thread John Hall jh...@cactusware.com [flexcoders]
be the same level of knowledge in this case wouldn't it.) -- John Hall jh...@cactusware.com http://www.cactusware.com

Re: [flexcoders] Problem with Flash 13

2014-05-16 Thread John Hall jh...@cactusware.com [flexcoders]
-- John Hall jh...@cactusware.com http://www.cactusware.com

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex alternatives

2013-05-10 Thread John McCormack
Alex I pointed someone to this on Flashcoders: http://www.mail-archive.com/flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com/msg58770.html Do you have any new views on where Flash is heading? John On 20/12/2012 05:50, Alex Harui wrote: Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex alternatives Well, there are several pieces

[flexcoders] Chart Horizontal axis length

2013-05-02 Thread John
How can I determine the length of the Horizontal Axis of a Chart. I know how to get the width of the Chart. What I am looking for is the length or width of the Horizontal Axis. Thank you, this has really stumped me.

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex alternatives

2012-12-23 Thread John McCormack
for the end of term. It's a great thing that Adobe have continued to keep you involved with the project. John On 21/12/2012 21:43, Alex Harui wrote: Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex alternatives Actually, I’m not just hanging in there, I’m still paid by Adobe to spend all of my time on Flex. My

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex alternatives

2012-12-21 Thread John McCormack
Brilliant. Thank you. I am pleased that existing SWF's will run in an embedded VM in the new player. Do you think the next-generation of ActionScript will be similar enough to make migration easy? and Is FlashBuilder likely to be the IDE that creates code for the new VM? John On 20/12

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex alternatives

2012-12-21 Thread John McCormack
to know. Looks like I am all set for a while, at least. I noticed you still hanging in there... http://incubator.apache.org/flex/team.html Thanks again. John

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex alternatives

2012-12-19 Thread John McCormack
is such a seductive one, with that easy marriage of graphics and code, that I don't want to lose it. I have used C++ to produce graphical programs and the AS3 route is a godsend in comparison. One wonders Is HMTL5 going to use any less CPU cycles than AS3, once it is doing similar work? John On 18/12/2012

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex alternatives

2012-12-17 Thread John McCormack
or is it an alternative to HTML5? I am asking because I am hoping Flash Builder will continue to offer me a way forward (AS3+HTML5). John

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex alternatives

2012-12-17 Thread John McCormack
for the next three to five years? John On 17/12/2012 16:31, Alex Harui wrote: Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex alternatives Adobe has no plans that I know of to get ActionScript to work with HTML5 in the same way that Google is proposing Dart as an alternative to JavaScript. The Apache Flex project

Re: [flexcoders] wrong mac debug fp version???

2012-08-29 Thread John McCormack
... https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/flashlight-1/?src=api John On 29/08/2012 14:26, Csomák Gábor wrote: Hi! I've downloaded the mac debug flash player. the installer said 11.4, but the installed version (capabilities.version) is 10.3. 183.23. can this happen?? is it occur at anybody

Re: [flexcoders] Loading the IDE (Flash Builder) error

2012-05-14 Thread John Fletcher
Hahahaha. New cafeteria menus promote tighter bun control in schools. 2012/5/11 Davidson, Jerry jerry.david...@illinois.gov ** Whoops. I once asked a guy about “gun control”, but I used a “B” instead and was told to go to the gym. ** **

Re: [flexcoders] Loading the IDE (Flash Builder) error

2012-05-11 Thread John Fletcher
2012/5/10 Davidson, Jerry ** I spoke too soon. We are suing ClearCase and I can’t check out and update a module now without the error. Sue the pants off them I say! John

Re: [flexcoders] robotlegs

2012-05-11 Thread John McCormack
Thanks Robert. It has really good reports. I was trying not to overcomplicate things but it certainly feels like a good way to go. John On 11/05/2012 17:39, Robert VanCuren Jr wrote: I starting using robotlegs about a year ago and I really like it. It's by far my favorite framework (mvc

Re: [flexcoders] robotlegs

2012-05-11 Thread John McCormack
wondered if it was overkill but I am really attracted by the structure and I am reassured by yours and Rob VanCuren's comments, so thank you both. John On 11/05/2012 19:10, Rob Romanek wrote: I've been using it since the beginning of the year. All though it can seem like it adds a layer

[flexcoders] robotlegs

2012-05-10 Thread John McCormack
John

Re: [flexcoders] Debug Woes - Redux

2012-03-28 Thread John McCormack
Just wondering... If you copy the variable's value to the variable 'temp' and test that, what do you see? John On 27/03/2012 21:34, Davidson, Jerry wrote: It's happening again. This never happened when I was using Flex 3.5. Make a change in the code. Do a Project | Clean. Make sure

Re: [flexcoders] Debug driving me crazy

2012-03-27 Thread John McCormack
I had something similar once, due to the fact that I thought I was including a certain AS3 file but was , in fact, using SWC code instead. So perhaps your code isn't coming from the place you think it is. John On 27/03/2012 15:26, Davidson, Jerry wrote: In debug mode of Flex (4.5) I have

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex alternatives

2012-01-17 Thread John Fletcher
Out of interest... why does ZK marketing material never mention HTML5? They used to say direct RIA though I can't see that on the site anymore. I thought HTML5 was the new buzzword and that it would make sense to state it at least 3 times on every page? John 2012/1/17 Ron G rgri...@sinclairoil.com

Re: [flexcoders] Re: date problem?

2012-01-13 Thread John Fletcher
Months start at 0 and go up to 11. Don't ask me why. John 2012/1/12 luvfotography ygro...@all-digital-links.com ** http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/Date.html#methodSummary says: If you pass two or more arguments, the Date object is assigned a time

Re: [flexcoders] Re: date problem?

2012-01-13 Thread John Fletcher
Or maybe the person that wrote the Java Date class is from Venus and the person that wrote the Actionscript one just copied him. You might get quite some support on the Java assertion... John 2012/1/13 Rick Winscot rick.wins...@zyche.com ** I'm suspicious… I think that the person

Re: [flexcoders] Timed Progress bar for 2 minutes.

2012-01-11 Thread John Fletcher
. John 2012/1/10 Paul Andrews p...@ipauland.com ** On 10/01/2012 22:39, Guy Morton wrote: The OP has said what it's doing - a firmware update. It takes 2-3 minutes. It's not a db transaction. Ah, I missed that. In that case the bar with enter_frame/timer will do the trick. Thanks

Re: [flexcoders] How to access IP camera with Adobe air?

2012-01-11 Thread John Fletcher
that. Of course you could always try and get the relevant HTML page inside air but I don't think that is what is happening in the link. John 2012/1/11 markflex2007 markflex2...@yahoo.com ** IP camera can provide a line with mjpeg format. I am not sure how air can access it. I like do

Re: [flexcoders] FlexPMD / cut and paste detector - is it alive ?

2012-01-09 Thread John Fletcher
No but I've noted down to look into this tool soon. John 2012/1/8 Rick Winscot rick.wins...@zyche.com ** I'm a heavy PMD / CPD user… I'll do what I can. Cheers, Rick Winscot From: tom.chiverton ya...@falkensweb.com Reply-To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Date

[flexcoders] Bug tracking Jira / Apache

2011-12-22 Thread John Fletcher
This might be of interest to anyone who logs bugs in Flex: http://forums.adobe.com/message/4097963

Re: [flexcoders] You are the product

2011-12-19 Thread John McCormack
manage to do: http://away3d.com/showcase/ Isn't AIR is the obvious choice, and not Flash, when you want avoid browser multiplicity? John

Re: [flexcoders] Flex to HTML5 Conversion tool?

2011-12-02 Thread John Fletcher
There's another key issue - who wants to work with machine converted code? Sounds like a nightmare. John 2011/12/1 Doug McCune d...@dougmccune.com ** Just to throw in my two cents... I would not hold out any hope for any solution that will magically convert your Flex app to a HTML/JS app

[flexcoders] Git and Flash Builder

2011-12-02 Thread John Fletcher
Anyone here using Git and Flash Builder? John

[flexcoders] States are single-use

2011-11-23 Thread John Fletcher
to the best way forward? John

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Why Flex now?

2011-11-18 Thread John Fletcher
this categorisation is true in all cases. They are really a different kettle of fish and more often a good fit to Flex. John 2011/11/18 Angelo Anolin angelo_ano...@yahoo.com ** 95% of organizations and businesses bottom line is to be able to deliver projects and applications with the least amount of time

Re: [flexcoders] No, Flex Flash Are Not Dead

2011-11-17 Thread John Fletcher
Ermm, that post only repeats what adobe just said, but with a different headline. And highlights a sentence in red, for special value-add. John 2011/11/16 turbo_vb timh...@aol.com ** http://www.tricedesigns.com/2011/11/16/no-flex-flash-are-not-dead/

Re: [flexcoders] Why Flex now?

2011-11-16 Thread John Fletcher
immediately buy it. John 2011/11/15 Farid Shahlavi fshahl...@gmail.com ** This is basically all the rats abandoning ship in my opinion, here's an article from just over a month ago from Adobe that completely contradicts what they announced last Friday, how is this possible that they didn't have

Re: [flexcoders] Errors during build - ASDoc Configuration

2011-11-08 Thread John Fletcher
suppose if you're using Flash Builder it shouldn't really be your responsibility to spend hours debugging it. Regards, John 2011/11/7 Merrill, Jason jason.merr...@bankofamerica.com ** Both my co-worker and I get this message on every other build in debug mode. It’s strange, it doesn’t happen

Re: [flexcoders] ALEX HAURI please help

2011-11-04 Thread John Fletcher
Deepa, I'm not sure that such a subject line conforms to mailing list etiquete; in any case if you want someone's help, may I suggest that you first take care to spell his name correctly. People tend to like their own names. Regards, John 2011/11/3 deepa_pathuri deepa_path...@yahoo.co.in

Re: [flexcoders] Re: is there another flexcoders list?

2011-10-12 Thread John Fletcher
I only came to this list because I tried posting on the forums and never got a single reply. And I saw heaps other unanswered questions. Hopefully they are getting better... John 2011/10/7 valdhor valdhorli...@embarqmail.com ** Of course, all the most knowledgeable people are still here

[flexcoders] Re: Chart data disappears when printing with a print-specific output format

2011-10-12 Thread John Fletcher
aha I figured it out, the series array is getting mucked up/changed around by the print specific line chart. You have to duplicate it, see http://www.saltwebsites.com/2011/flex-print-specific-chart John 2011/10/11 John Fletcher I followed the advice at http://help.adobe.com/en_US/flex/using

[flexcoders] Chart data disappears when printing with a print-specific output format

2011-10-11 Thread John Fletcher
interesting side-effect is that after you print and the data disappears from your chart, you can still hover over the empty chart and get the dataTips pop up! :-) John ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8? s:WindowedApplication xmlns:fx=http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009; xmlns:s=library

Re: [flexcoders] Flex line chart

2011-09-13 Thread John Fletcher
Generally you have to reconstruct the data into an appropriate format for a Flex chart, you can do that server-side or client-side before giving it to the chart. John 2011/9/13 Brendan Meutzner bmeutz...@gmail.com ** I've re-read your post 3 times, and still can't make sense of how your

[flexcoders] i18n labelFunction

2011-09-06 Thread John Fletcher
I've got a Spark ButtonBar with a labelfunction which goes like this private function lab(s:String):String { return resourceManager.getString('main', s); } The labels don't update when I change locale. How can I acheive this? Is this a problem with labelFunction on all elements? John

[flexcoders] Why is CSS replaced by skins in Flex 4.x?

2011-09-02 Thread John Fletcher
element. Skins are great, but couldn't we have skins AND CSS? Why are many CSS properties missing on elements? It would make my code so much more lightweight. John

Re: [flexcoders] Axis Scale problem on Dual Axis Chart

2011-09-01 Thread John Fletcher
? Then modify this. 2) Set the min and max to NaN after they have been set. This re-enables autoscaling. Regards, John 2011/8/30 Deidre I have a simply dual axis chart similar to the samples found all over the internet. The chart has a line series on one Linear vertical axis and a column series

[flexcoders] Reopen bug in Flex JIRA

2011-08-26 Thread John Fletcher
anyone's attention anymore. What should I do in such a case? https://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-27873 John

Re: [flexcoders] Launch a .bat

2011-08-25 Thread John Fletcher
Air lets you run programs on the local machine in the desktopProfile (you have to do a little research on that) so I guess .bat would work too. John 2011/8/5 Pete pete313...@yahoo.com ** Actually, there was something nagging at me all day yesterday and I remembered what it was today

[flexcoders] Question about using [RemoteClass(alias=...)]

2010-09-06 Thread John Mesheimer
problem clearly.) How can I accomplish both tasks using a single Review.as class? Thanks for any help, folks. John PS. I am using the Flex 3.5 SDK.

[flexcoders] Re: Question about using [RemoteClass(alias=...)]

2010-09-06 Thread John Mesheimer
at 1:52 PM, John Mesheimer john.meshei...@gmail.comwrote: I have an ActionScript class that creates a custom Review object, like so: / Review.as / Taken from one of Adobe's online samples package samples.restaurant { import mx.formatters.DateFormatter; // [RemoteClass(alias

[flexcoders] 360Flex DC is coming up soon! Don't miss it!

2010-08-17 Thread John Wilker
can make it, here's a special discount just for Flexcoders members! flexcodersrocks saves you 10% off the $699 registration price. By the way, $699 is for 4 days of content. 40+ sessions, from over 30 speakers, many from this list even! Check out the line up. See you in DC! John Wilker Co

Re: [flexcoders] RobotLegs Framework

2010-04-29 Thread John McCormack
Have a look at John Lindquist's video - 3rd one down: http://pv3d.org/ John Patricia Han wrote: Hi Everyone, Have you used Robotlegs framework? Please share your experience with me. (compare with Cairngorm or PureMVC) Thanks, Pat

Re: [flexcoders] Reference for flex tutorial

2010-04-21 Thread John McCormack
This is very through: Professional Flex 3 from www.wrox.com p2p.wrox.com isbn: 978-0-470-22364-2 This does tutorials Adobe Flex 3 Training from the Source isbn-13: 978-0-321-52918-3 www.adobepress.com John sony antony wrote: Hi, Could any one please suggest me a book I can refer for flex

[flexcoders] FB3/Eclipse - CSS design view not showing images

2010-04-13 Thread John Robinson
show up. It displays the little blue icon all stretched out (like a missing image icon). Anyone? Thanks! John

Re: [flexcoders] Embed FlashPlayer in C++ app tutorial?

2010-04-05 Thread John McCormack
Rodney, I would be interested too if you find anything. I have considered overlaying a transparent AIR app to add content to my C++ programs. Just a thought. John Rodney Smith wrote: Are there any tutorials on how to embed Flash Player in a C++ app on both Mac and Windows (for the purpose

Re: [flexcoders] Scotland: Any Flash/Flex/AS3 conferences?

2010-02-28 Thread John McCormack
sure Flash On the Beach would be worthwhile. It's always sold out. Please let me know if you hear of anything. John Clark Stevenson wrote: Is there any events on in Scotland or the North of England at any point during the year which i could attend? It seems Flash on the Beach is the only UK

Re: [flexcoders] User manual

2010-01-22 Thread John McCormack
Hi Christophe, The user manual exists in printed form (4 books, about 15cm thick) but it has no index in the back, which makes it hard to use. I have it, but the pdf format is better. John Christophe wrote: Hello, Does the user manual is still existing for a flex application ? Or did

Re: [flexcoders] SecureSWF obfuscation

2009-12-14 Thread John McCormack
and under Identifiers renaming I untick Tangrams. On the other Tab, Labels, I also untick Tangrams. The SWF' is okay after that. John method_air wrote: Hi there, What swf obfuscator do you use and recommend? We would like to run the obfuscator in linux as a command line. I'm getting Flex

Re: [flexcoders] flexcoders stats and charts (and full data download)

2009-11-03 Thread John McCormack
Very interesting stats., and it's hat's off to Tom Chiverton and Tracy Spratt. Thank you to them. How about a star burst to show which topics led to the most subsequent activity? John Doug McCune wrote: Seems to be back up, god I hate servers, but I guess that's why I do front-end

Re: [flexcoders] flexcoders stats and charts (and full data download)

2009-11-03 Thread John McCormack
And an specially big thank you to Alex Harui and Matt Chotin from Adobe for their Herculean work rate. John Doug McCune wrote: Seems to be back up, god I hate servers, but I guess that's why I do front-end development. BTW, I'm going to be investigating getting a full dataset of the Adobe

Re: [flexcoders] flexcoders stats and charts (and full data download)

2009-11-03 Thread John McCormack
to find all those wise words about a topic of concern. John Doug McCune wrote: I've got the numbers for longest threads too, just didn't include those stats in the post. Here are the top 5 threads for all time and for the past year. For all time: Splitting FlexCoders into smaller, focused

Re: [flexcoders] Re: AIR from a Flex ActionScript Project? SOLVED

2009-10-06 Thread John McCormack
into a new function called main, added an instance to the stage, see below, and completed the construction via main(). It could then proceed since stage was no longer null. My background colour has changed and the aligment isn't working but it looks very promising. Thanks again. John ?xml

Re: [flexcoders] Re: AIR from a Flex ActionScript Project? SOLVED

2009-10-06 Thread John McCormack
of my problems were because I was using various properties of the main Class and when it because an AIR application it wasn't the main class any more. If possible, please point me to the particular document it's in. Thanks John

Re: [flexcoders] Re: AIR from a Flex ActionScript Project? SOLVED

2009-10-06 Thread John McCormack
Much appreciated! John reflexactions wrote: Developing Adobe AIR 1.5 Applications with Flex: See section Creating your first AIR application with the Flex SDK See the para Write the application code Note: SWF-based AIR applications can use a main class defined either with MXML

Re: [flexcoders] Re: AIR from a Flex ActionScript Project?

2009-10-01 Thread John McCormack
Brilliant support! I did hope to do it like this, by instantiating an instance of my previous main document class within ![CDATA[ tags but that didn't work I will try these out in the next couple of days. I also downloaded the AIR help file you pointed me to. Thank you. John Michael wrote

[flexcoders] AIR from a Flex ActionScript Project?

2009-09-29 Thread John McCormack
Is there any easy way to publish a Flex ActionScript Project as an AIR file. This project, by its nature, has no mxml tags. John

[flexcoders] ActionScript Project in AIR

2009-09-25 Thread John McCormack
!CDATA[ ] doesn't work, neither does pasting the code into !CATA block or setting my original class as the default. How do I get my original main class to be called from the mxml AIR file? Is anyone doing this or are you using mxml projects in the first place? John

Re: [flexcoders] How to make the effect smooth

2009-09-25 Thread John McCormack
I have the numbers 0 to 9 typed into Flash file, broken down into vector graphics. They scale up okay, but I treat each digit as a movieClip imported into Flex from a swc. Placing the digits is a lot of work, but you don't need a particular font. John Chet Haase wrote: Scaling text

Re: [flexcoders] How can I view internet traffic for an Air App?

2009-09-25 Thread John McCormack
Charles Proxy is great for capturing http headers. John luvfotography wrote: To view internet traffic while using a Flex app, I just use Safari and go to the menu bar and go to Window/Activity. Is there an equivalent tool to see internet traffic to and from an Air app??? (while

Re: [flexcoders] SWF SWC File extensions. What they stands for..??

2009-09-11 Thread John McCormack
I think the C means compiled. John Manu Dhanda wrote: My understanding about SWF: SWF(Shockwave Flash) which was later changed to Small Web Format. SWC - ??? Can anybody post me the extension details about swc. What it stands for? I know that it is an extension for library files. But, I am

Re: [flexcoders] FlexBuilder Shortcuts

2009-09-09 Thread John McCormack
It'll never work. John Tom Chiverton wrote: On Tuesday 08 Sep 2009, Satish Chowdary wrote: Anybody having FlexBuilder Shortcuts http://bit.ly/56ONs -- Helping to enthusiastically iterate experiences as part of the IT team of the year, '09 and '08

[flexcoders] RemoteObject Transmission Delays

2009-09-04 Thread John Luke Mills
My application has been having problems with remoteObject taking up to 8 seconds to transmit. I read somewhere about remoteObject batching and so on to optimize, but I can't figure out how to control it. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, John Luke Mills

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Question about how to learn Flex 3

2009-08-10 Thread John McCormack
Flex for coding. Eventually, I may use some Flex code, supported by AS3 to write some different types of applications. You will get more done with Flex but I think you will need AS3 eventually. I would learn both. Think of it as two tracks that merge or separate as the needs change. John

[flexcoders] SWF to save scores via php: how different is IIS to unix?

2009-08-06 Thread John McCormack
any advice as to how different the php script needs to be to run from the different servers? If not, can you possibly point me to a good source of information? Thanks, John

Re: [flexcoders] Problem With debugging

2009-07-06 Thread John McCormack
found that the collected entries in files.txt were numerous - i.e. possibly unused versions sprinkled about. John

Re: [flexcoders] Problem With debugging

2009-07-05 Thread John McCormack
\Macromed\Flash Do you get any such program appear when you run your SWF? If so, what are its properties? Are you running the version you expect? Find its place in filing system, go to ti with Windows Explorer and look at its properties. When I do this mine says Adobe Flash Player Helper 10.0 r2 John

Re: [flexcoders] Problem With debugging

2009-07-05 Thread John McCormack
to see if that version pops up and runs. Is the SDK version setting okay? Is it possible that some security problem is blocking access - I can't help you there but it's possible. John John McCormack wrote: Hi Vamsi, I don't know if I can help but I can give it a try. First, which versions

Re: [flexcoders] Problem With debugging

2009-07-04 Thread John McCormack
renaming them. Perhaps it's an issue to do with the local connection. Presumably you are hitting F11 to debug. John vamsi_vitla999 wrote: Hi I have strucked up with an debugger issue. Please help me out in resolving in this issue. when i tried to debug an application. it gives me an Pop up

Re: [flexcoders] general tips: port javascript to as3

2009-06-03 Thread John King
Thanks, Yes, I'm using the flash/flex api now. I like this lib's functionality better than what I can currently see available in flex, but I couldn't find a version of markerclusterer in actionscript.

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex Builder on Linux been scrapped ?

2009-05-04 Thread john fisher
Howard, once something gets traction, then licenses and boxes can be bought. In spite of our stripped to the bone status, money somehow appears for projects that have to get done. Howard Fore wrote: How were you going to buy Flex Builder even if it was going to be available on Linux?

Re: [flexcoders] Flex Builder on Linux been scrapped ?

2009-05-04 Thread john fisher
I was thinking the same... thomas parquier wrote: As eclipse is java based, how does fb happen to be incompletely ported to linux ? What about opening source of fb ? There must be some java developers who will be able to work on fb.

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex Builder on Linux been scrapped ?

2009-05-01 Thread john fisher
. It seemed to me that Adobe was following a semi-open model with Flex, for instance open bug reporting, and that attracted me in the first place. and so forth John daxdr9 wrote: If your willing to drop Flex because they don't sell an IDE for Linux, you're basing a technical decision on emotion.

Re: [flexcoders] Flex Builder on Linux been scrapped ?

2009-05-01 Thread john fisher
Paul Andrews wrote: A really difficullt viewpoint to understand. FB != Flex - there's always the SDK - most people don't use the design view that much - do they? won't I lose the debugger too? as noted I have to try it... Linux doesn't have the Design View. but you do seem happy

Re: [flexcoders] Flex Builder on Linux been scrapped ?

2009-04-30 Thread john fisher
on Java. -grieving already John and at a time when Linux is gnawing away at laptop market from below and the desktop market is dying...

Re: [flexcoders] Flex Builder on Linux been scrapped ?

2009-04-30 Thread john fisher
an open-source project? I like the way they are running Flex otherwise, but maybe I indulged in wishful thinking on the Linux support. John Guy Morton wrote: Wouldn't you still be able to build your own IDE using the free SDK? As I understand it a lot of people do this now to avoid having to buy

Re: [flexcoders] Flex Builder on Linux been scrapped ?

2009-04-30 Thread john fisher
well thanks for that Matt, I'll wait for announcements. John Matt Chotin wrote: I'm going to continue to stay out of the fray, but just to be clear, that conversation is about Flex Builder, not the SDK. We will always support developers on Linux, it's a question of what we tools beyond

[flexcoders] 360|Whisperings online Technical articles, looking for authors.

2009-04-23 Thread John Wilker
For those that don't know me, I'm John Wilker, co-founder of 360|Conferences (360|Flex, and 360|iDev). Tom Ortega and I have created a new venture to go along with our community oriented conferences. 360|Whisperings ( http://www.360whisperings.com). For those of you who own Amazon Kindles you know

Re: [flexcoders] Polling vs. Timeout error vs. ???

2009-04-21 Thread John Robinson
if you only have to reload the data every 3 minutes, you should be fine using a timer. You won't get the 'script running too long' error as a result of using a timer. That error happens basically when code takes too long to process or goes into an infinite loop. john On Apr 21, 2009

RE: [flexcoders] Re: Flex Developer Needed (Fulltime)

2009-04-16 Thread Ellenberger, John
On this group's header they say we should use the flexjobs newsgroup but I tried to post some Flex job openings there and they've been waiting for approval for two days. Not sure if the thing is dead...the last post was in Feb. There also seems to be a Google Flex jobs list.

Re: [flexcoders] Cant receive socket data

2009-04-10 Thread John Fisher
hmmm. I could easily append some bytes and see what happens, but not 'til Monday when I go back to work. Thanks! Maciek Sakrejda wrote: Interesting. We ran into this issue with URLStream: http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FP-748 -- maybe your problem is related? Actually, searching Adobe

[flexcoders] Cant receive socket data

2009-04-09 Thread john fisher
* { socket.send(xmldata); } *private function *dataReceived(dataEvent:DataEvent):*void* { trace(dataEvent.data); var xml:XML = *new *XML(dataEvent.data); } Thanks John |

Re: [flexcoders] Cant receive socket data

2009-04-09 Thread john fisher
yikes, please ignore extraneous asterisks in snippet. this is corrected: - the server code ( perl) snippet: my $NULLBYTE = pack( 'c', 0 ); if ( $1 eq new ) { print STDOUT request is: $1 sending xml data\n;

Re: [flexcoders] Cant receive socket data

2009-04-09 Thread john fisher
Thanks - but I added this code and no change. The events don't fire. socket = new XMLSocket(); configureListeners(socket); private function configureListeners(dispatcher:IEventDispatcher):void { dispatcher.addEventListener(Event.CLOSE, closeHandler);

Re: [flexcoders] Cant receive socket data

2009-04-09 Thread john fisher
the nullbyte from the perl code no data ever appears. -puzzled John

Re: [flexcoders] Re: binding not updating for ArrayCollection when item changes?

2009-03-13 Thread John Robinson
Thanks Josh! I haven't tried to implement this yet but so far it makes sense. Thanks again, John On Mar 12, 2009, at 9:01 PM, Josh McDonald wrote: In your custom control, change this: public function set dataProvider(dp:ArrayCollection):void { _dp = dp; trace(this fires when

Re: [flexcoders] Re: binding not updating for ArrayCollection when item changes?

2009-03-12 Thread John Robinson
contents change); } /mx:Script /customComponent Thanks again! John On Mar 10, 2009, at 4:44 PM, valdhor wrote: How do you update a given UserVO's userData? Do you directly access the public properties? I have never done it this way - I use getters and setters... package

Re: [flexcoders] Re: binding not updating for ArrayCollection when item changes?

2009-03-10 Thread John Robinson
Nice catch! That didn't seem to be causing the problem but thanks for pointing it out. I've simplified the case in that I'm not calling the web service anymore, just flipping the enabled property but binding still is not updating. Any other ideas? Thanks, John On Mar 10, 2009, at 10:53 AM

[flexcoders] binding not updating for ArrayCollection when item changes?

2009-03-09 Thread John Robinson
, I update the given UserVO's userData, but this time, the bindings fail to update. I feel like I've seen this before but can't find where or what the workaround might be. I guess I'm just looking for confirmation that this should or shouldn't work. Thanks! John

[flexcoders] problem with HTTPS

2009-03-05 Thread John Deutsch
if the solution is fairly complex. Thanks, John

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Detect exeptions - help!!

2009-02-06 Thread John McCormack
Thanks Steve, I will give it a go. My problem with the communication was that I didn't know the order of messages between exe and swf and so couldn't fix it. Perhaps I can now. John valdhor wrote: John Yes it does. It acts as a proxy between whatever application you are using

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Detect exeptions - help!!

2009-02-05 Thread John McCormack
will capture localhost traffic? John oneworld95 wrote: John -- WireShark (free download from http://www.wireshark.org/) is my current favorite. It shows all the network traffic and can be filtered based on IP, etc. I've blogged about it here with instructions on using it: http

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Detect exeptions - help!!

2009-02-05 Thread John McCormack
Thanks valdhor, Does Charles manage to capture the local host traffic? I want to capture the messages between an exe and an Adobe swf file. John valdhor wrote: My favorite (The one I own) is Charles (http://www.charlesproxy.com). The two things that made it my pick is that it is cross

Re: [flexcoders] Detect exeptions - help!!

2009-02-04 Thread John McCormack
Alex, Can you recommend a particular network monitor? I would like to catch all the local connection messages - i.e. between a Windows exe and Flash swf working on the same PC. John Alex Harui wrote: It would be unusual for Flex to hang waiting for the server. Use a network monitor to see

Re: [flexcoders] Flex Builder debugger problems

2009-01-23 Thread John McCormack
no content when interrupted by Flash/Flex. John Curtis Barrett wrote: I'm running into an odd problem with the Flex Builder debugger. About 4/5ths of the times that I click the debug button I get a nice, white IE page. It has the loading icon down at the bottom and aside from

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