[flexcoders] Weird font issues

Hi there I'm experiencing a strange issue where when compiling running my project with FlexBuilder, text in a custom implementation of Flex's new text-layout control periodically disappears and re-appears, or just doesn't display at all. I put this build (debug or release) up for my

[flexcoders] Re: Special characters (eg. Cyrillic) TextArea

, but about Flash player features. -- Best regards, Andriy Panas 2009/12/1 polestar11 polesta...@... Hi there It is the mx:TextArea: mx:TextArea width=200 y=20 x=20 / Here is a code snippet: mx:Box width=100% height=100% horizontalAlign=center verticalAlign=middle

[flexcoders] Re: Special characters (eg. Cyrillic) TextArea

] On Behalf Of Andriy Panas Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 10:49 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Special characters (eg. Cyrillic) TextArea Hi polestar11, Simple code sample will definitely help to understand your issue. -- Best regards, Andriy Panas

[flexcoders] Special characters (eg. Cyrillic) TextArea

Hi there I have a problem where I am not able to paste special characters (eg. cyrillic arabic) into a flex TextArea component. This occasionally happens in a debug version of my app and always happens in a release build. I created a test application in the same project to try isolate the

[flexcoders] FlexBuilder - Release Build - Cannot type Cyrillic foreign characters

Hi there All of a sudden when creating a release build of my application, users are not able to type Cyrillic other foreign characters into textareas. If I test on a debug version I am able to enter in these characters, but not if I make a release build. This is strange because I have made

[flexcoders] Re: Flex Debug Problem

Hi there I managed to find a solution to the problem. It has to do with outdated app xml config files (which I think don't get committed into source control) So after importing my project from source control, I create a new application (eg. Test) and run / debug it, which works fine. Compare

[flexcoders] Re: FB3 Debug: Launch Failed: Invalid argument

Have you tried debugging your app with FireFox? I'm also on a mac but have never tried debugging using Safari Cheers Tracy --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Stephen Downs st...@... wrote: I've having an extremely agonizing time dealing with mysterious alert messages when trying to debug my

[flexcoders] Re: Wondering about buttons..

I would do the same, where these public properties update the style information of the button (icon labelPlacement) I would also probably do this as an mxml component (with the code inside a mx:Script tag) --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, valdhor valdhorli...@... wrote: If I were going

[flexcoders] Re: How can I populate the data in PopUpMenuButton?

I have never worked with an AdvancedDataGrid, but for a regular DataGrid I would do the following: - create a new component that will be the item-renderer (possibly extend DataGridItemRenderer) - this new component would contain a popup-menu component - at this component level you have access to

[flexcoders] Re: Create Flex Ajax Bridge menu option - Crashes FlexBuilder

FlexBuilder 3 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tom Chiverton tom.chiver...@... wrote: On Friday 05 Dec 2008, polestar11 wrote: So often I have accidentally clicked the 'Create Ajax Bridge' menu option which is located just above the SVN 'Team' menu option. I then click cancel

[flexcoders] Create Flex Ajax Bridge menu option - Crashes FlexBuilder

rant So often I have accidentally clicked the 'Create Ajax Bridge' menu option which is located just above the SVN 'Team' menu option. I then click cancel and ... wallah ... Flex Builder has crashed. /rant

[flexcoders] Re: Custom Components - updateDisplay results in ghost children drawn

Well what do u know. I moved my component from my test sandbox to my production environment and the problem went away - no strange graphics lingering behind. Very strange, but at least it works. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Josh McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think

[flexcoders] Re: Performance, Event Listeners and removedFromStage

Is there any other way / event to completely remove events instead of using the removedFromStage event? --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Weak refs work. You can rely on them, but not count on when an object will finally go away. removedFromStage

[flexcoders] Re: Custom Components - updateDisplay results in ghost children drawn

Thanks Josh This example was a simple case. What I actually want to is have my component behave like a container where it centres its child items. In retrospect I would have to extend from the Container class. The absoulte size would fix the problem (in that the item re-draws would occur

[flexcoders] Re: Custom Components - updateDisplay results in ghost children drawn

()); } _nameText = nameText; _numberText = numberText; invalidateProperties(); } --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, polestar11 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Josh This example was a simple case. What I actually want to is have my component behave like

[flexcoders] Re: Custom Components - updateDisplay results in ghost children drawn

()); } _nameText = nameText; _numberText = numberText; invalidateProperties(); } --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, polestar11 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Josh This example was a simple case. What I actually want to is have my component behave like a container

[flexcoders] Re: Fast String concatenation

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of polestar11 Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 5:54 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Fast String concatenation Hi there I wanted to check if there are any

[flexcoders] Performance, Event Listeners and removedFromStage

Hi I know it's good practise to clean up event listeners to improve on performance. I see 2 ways of doing this: - Explicitly clean up listeners (using removeEventListener(...)) - Specify 'useWeakRefrerences = true' when adding the event listener (addEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE,

[flexcoders] Custom Components - updateDisplay results in ghost children drawn

Hi I've been working with custom components only just noticed a strange re-drawing issue where I get ghost versions of the children in my component appearing. I've only just noticed this since I set the child's position relative to unscaledWidth, which changes and so allows me to see N

[flexcoders] Fast String concatenation

Hi there I wanted to check if there are any tricks one can do to improve the speed on concatenating strings. I know in Java there is a StringBuilder class which is faster than the '+' operator. I havent seen an equivallent for Actionscript, so is var mystring:String = 'string1' + 'string2' the

[flexcoders] Re: Fast String concatenation

, Simon Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try the much faster appendText() method :) Cheers, Simon On 11 Jul 2008, at 13:53, polestar11 wrote: Hi there I wanted to check if there are any tricks one can do to improve the speed on concatenating strings. I know in Java

[flexcoders] Interesting XML performance discovery

Hi there I'm busy crunching through xml data, stripping out nodes that don't have children. Perhaps its not the best way to do things, but I use a for loop that checks and deletes any item with no children. I've always found XML delete tricky and to do this I reference the parent which finds the

[flexcoders] Re: Interesting XML performance discovery

in the loop on a large list of children is hugely inefficient. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, polestar11 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there I'm busy crunching through xml data, stripping out nodes that don't have children. Perhaps its not the best way to do things, but I use a for loop

[flexcoders] AIR HTML component - html tag / text selection

Hi there I'm trying to access selected html text from an HTML component in an AIR app. I'm able to get selected text that excludes html tags by calling a JS function: window.getSelection(). This excludes the HTML tags though. I've tried using my HTML component's textSnapshot property this has a

[flexcoders] Skinning in Flex - What a nightmare!!!

Please help There is virtually no documentation on Flex skinning. I am really struggling with border sizes and content sizes with custom skins, in particular Panel skins using the borderSkin property. I'm currently trying to skin an Alert box. I have the following properties set: Alert {

[flexcoders] Re: Skinning in Flex - What a nightmare!!!

to download) They really make life easier. But I have to say: I'm still having trouble with Panel skins too. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, polestar11 polestar11@ wrote: Please help There is virtually no documentation on Flex skinning. I am really struggling with border sizes

[flexcoders] Is this a performance gain?

Hi there Is the follwing actually slightly faster or is it pretty much the same when referencing object functions in a loop? var f:Function = obj.getValue; // bring function to this level var val:Number; for(var i:int=0; i1; i++) { val = f(i); } VERSUS var val:Number; for(var i:int=0;

[flexcoders] Re: Custom skinning and strokes

Anyone??? --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, polestar11 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there I have a question about implementing a custom skin for a panel, and components in general. How does using strokes affect the layout of the skins? I'm having trouble getting my custom skins (eg. Panel

[flexcoders] Custom skinning and strokes

Hi there I have a question about implementing a custom skin for a panel, and components in general. How does using strokes affect the layout of the skins? I'm having trouble getting my custom skins (eg. Panel with ControlBar) to line up exactly. I suspect it might have something to do with using

[flexcoders] UIComponent children, preventing scale on parent scale

Hi there I have a UIComponent that has a collection of Bitmap children. I want parts of these children to not scale when the parent container scales (i.e. scale-9 for these children). I have set scale-9 for each child instance, but they still scale when the parent. I can simulate this scenario

[flexcoders] Creating a constantly pressed button - reptative firing of Mouse_Down event?

Hi there How would one set up events on a button so that a function can be called while it is in the pressed state? For example, I want an item on the stage to scale while I hold down the Scale button. Mouse_Down is only called once. I tried setting up Mouse_Over events in the mouseDownHandler,

[flexcoders] Re: Creating a constantly pressed button - reptative firing of Mouse_Down event?

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: autoRepeat=true, and listen for buttonDown, not mouseDown THANKS!

[flexcoders] Container scaling and child icons

Hi there I have a set of linkbuttons within a container. These linkbuttons have icon images that I want to maintain their size when the container scales. Is there any way to easily do this? Cheers Tracy

[flexcoders] Re: Container scaling and child icons

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Sherif Abdou [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: set the width and height property on them I do already set the width height of the linkbuttons, but they would still automatically scale when being included in a parent container that scales. There seems to be no icon

[flexcoders] NetStream - any way to play bytes

Hi Is there any way that a Netstream class can play bytes in memory, rather than referencing a filename? Cheers Tracy

[flexcoders] VideoDisplay over RTMP - Not possible?

Hi I've run into a seemingly common problem of setting videoDisplay source to an rtmp stream. I get the following exception as soon as the video-display's play is triggered: ArgumentError: Error #2126: NetConnection object must be connected. at flash.net::NetStream/construct() at

[flexcoders] VideoDisplay.totalTime is 0

Hi there With Flex3B3 I am trying to init a slider bar to have a max value of a videoDisplay.totalTime value. I have bound it to the value, but it always returns 0. It looks like the value only gets initialized once the video has played through once, even though i only do the init on progress

[flexcoders] Flex 3 Dynamic Button Width - No longer supported?

Hi I posted this before, but am trying again for a response: After upgrading to Flex3Beta3, Button labels get truncated in the over state. The only way around this seems to be by setting explicit button width. Tweaking padding doesnt have any effect. Does Flex no longer support dynamic button

[flexcoders] Re: Flex 3 Dynamic Button Width - No longer supported?

appropriately, deleting the old one. Result is a new symbol, with the exact same scale-9 values. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, polestar11 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I posted this before, but am trying again for a response: After upgrading to Flex3Beta3, Button labels get truncated in the over

[flexcoders] Re: LinkButton textSelectedUpColor ???

Hi Kevin I ran into the same problem managed to get around it with the following hack. Basically having 2 style declarations for the selected unselected states dynamically determining the stylename: mx:LinkButton id=viewLibrary label=LIBRARY styleName={(viewLibrary.selected) ? 'linkSelected'

[flexcoders] Flex Binding Issues

Hi there I've run into binding issues with Flex 3B3. I have the following setup: - TitleWindow with a singleton TitleWindowController that gets initilaized in TitleWindow.onInitialize() - DetailsWindow which sits inside TitleWindow and has a getter / setter of 'controller' for

[flexcoders] Re: Flex Binding Issues

, controller); } ... binding works Strange --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, polestar11 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there I've run into binding issues with Flex 3B3. I have the following setup: - TitleWindow with a singleton TitleWindowController that gets

[flexcoders] Flex 3Beta3 and Button width

After upgrading to Flex3Beta3 I'm finding that Button labels get truncated in the over state. I have changed the padding left right properties, but this seems to have no effect. After reading this post:

[flexcoders] Preloader - only shows after app has loaded

Hi I have an app that's approx. 2MB big was using the default Flex preloader, which has suddenly stopped working. I have confirmed this by throttling my app with Charles. While my app loads, there is a blank screen. Once the swf has loaded, the preloader displays for a short few seconds then

[flexcoders] Re: Preloader - only shows after app has loaded

the browser cache results in the same behavior --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tom Chiverton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 21 Jan 2008, polestar11 wrote: preloader, which has suddenly stopped working. What had you just changed ? Roll back in your version control and trya some older

[flexcoders] AIR - notifyUser ... expected behaviour?

Hi I have an AIR app that minimizes to the system-tray, displaying an icon. When calling stage.nativeWindow.notifyUser(NotificationType.INFORMATIONAL); ... I expect the icon to do something exciting, but it stays exactly the same. Debugging the app confirms that the function is being called. Is

[flexcoders] Re: AIR app wrapper - Strange UI behaviour

file with an AIR app? --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, polestar11 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I'm using an AIR app to wrap an existing Flex app. I do this via loading the Flex app swf with SWFLoader. I'm finding the following issues: 1) Some styles / custom skins do not appear (only

[flexcoders] AIR app wrapper - Strange UI behaviour

Hi I'm using an AIR app to wrap an existing Flex app. I do this via loading the Flex app swf with SWFLoader. I'm finding the following issues: 1) Some styles / custom skins do not appear (only some, which is strange) 2) I have a large amount of padding around my app content, despite setting all

[flexcoders] Local Shared Object alternative?

Hi there What do you do if your users want to avoid detection and update their Flash Player settings and set Local Storage to 0, making any user-based information stored as a LSO not possible? Are there any alternatives to LSO's? Cheers Tracy

[flexcoders] Re: Local Shared Object alternative?

? --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tom Chiverton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 16 Jan 2008, polestar11 wrote: What do you do if your users want to avoid detection and update their Flash Player settings and set Local Storage to 0, What sort of detection does this avoid, and why don't your

[flexcoders] FlexBuilder 3 Beta 3 - Overstate causes resizing effect

Hi there I upgraded from FlexBuilder 3 Beta 2 to Beta 3 and am suddenly getting some strange rendering / sizing issues, particularly for over states of buttons and scrollbars. Buttons: In some cases my over-state for buttons results in the label to move slightly to the left the button size

[flexcoders] Re: How does scale-9 placement affect the size of a border-skin?

on it From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of polestar11 Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 5:51 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] How does scale-9 placement affect the size of a border-skin? Hi there I've created

[flexcoders] Re: FlexBuilder 3 Beta 3 - Overstate causes resizing effect

@yahoogroups.com, polestar11 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there I upgraded from FlexBuilder 3 Beta 2 to Beta 3 and am suddenly getting some strange rendering / sizing issues, particularly for over states of buttons and scrollbars. Buttons: In some cases my over-state for buttons results

[flexcoders] How does scale-9 placement affect the size of a border-skin?

Hi there I've created some custom skins for various components, eg. Canvas.borderSkin myTabStyleName.upSkin. I find that the placement of the scale-9 grid lines affects the size of the way the component renders the skin and sometimes even the component size. For example ... if I place the

[flexcoders] Re: FlexBuilder 3 Beta 2 charting and license

Hi there We purchased FlexBuilder 2 with Charting used the serial number for FlexBuilder 3. This removed the watermark. Now we are running a later build version of FlexBuilder 3 and the watermark has re-appeared. Is there anything we can do to get rid of this? Cheers Tracy B --- In

[flexcoders] Re: Any way to cast a string reference of a class name to its Class equivallent

SDK Team From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of polestar11 Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 4:05 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Any way to cast a string reference of a class name to its Class

[flexcoders] Any way to cast a string reference of a class name to its Class equivallent

Hi there I have a list of class names stored as strings in an xml file. Is there any way to cast them to actual class items programatically once the file has loaded. Eg. item classname=aClass/ // in code myComponent.setStyle(icon, Class([EMAIL PROTECTED])); Cheers Tracy

[flexcoders] Re: Scale 9 not being picked up

Hi Juan Our ScrollBar arrow turned out to be a Bitmap, so you were right about scale-9 not being picked up for Bitmaps. Changing that to a vector fixed it. The scale-9 issue seems to only be a problem for ComboBoxes. Our ComboBox arrows are vectors and we are developing in FlexBuilder 3 Beta 2.

[flexcoders] Re: Scale 9 not being picked up

symbol for the arrow button (just by breaking the symbol apart, rendering it in the same raw state as for the editable ComboBox arrow) and wallah, it works! --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, polestar11 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Juan Our ScrollBar arrow turned out to be a Bitmap, so you were

[flexcoders] Scale 9 not being picked up

Hi There Does anyone have any idea why flash symbols for skinned controls with scale-9 would not be picked up? Specifically arrows for the ComboBoxes and Scrollbars. Scaling the resources in Flash also results in the arrow symbols being scaled incorrectly with no scale-9. Cheers Tracy

[flexcoders] Scale 9 Issues

Hi there We are trying to skin our app and have added skins for ComboBoxes and Scrollbars. We have scale-9 set on the skin symbols for the arrow buttons but for some reason it is not being picked up in our Flex app. I have looked at the default AeonGraphical theme seen that the right side

[flexcoders] Re: Actionscript: Copy an Object or Dictionary

a dictionary assign its child values. The other alternative was to create an array of keys, iterate those assign the dictionary values to the new dictionary. Cheers Tracy --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tom Chiverton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 30 Nov 2007, polestar11 wrote: for each

[flexcoders] Re: Flex Preloader, not displaying immediately

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you have a custom preloader? If too much code is brought in by the preloader, it will delay it. Hi Alex No, we are using the standard Flex preloader. It seems that the bulk of the flex app / swf is loading

[flexcoders] Tab Width Issues when Extending TabBar for TabNavigator

Hi There I am extending the TabNavigator (actually SuperTabNavigator) class and have the corresponding children classes that extend TabBar and Tab (SuperTabBar and SuperTab). What I want to do is include a 2nd text field in my custom tab that is displayed next to the existing textField. I'm

[flexcoders] Flex Preloader, not displaying immediately

Hi There I'm experiencing some issues with the default Flex preloader. It used to display immediately in our application but now recently as the app loads there is a blank white screen for the bulk of of the upload the preloader displays for a short instance just before the app load completes. I

[flexcoders] Actionscript: Copy an Object or Dictionary

Hi there Does anyone know how to iterate through an Object / Dictionary copy child items. I've tried ObjectUtil, but it only copies over object values, not exact values. cheers tracy

[flexcoders] Re: Actionscript: Copy an Object or Dictionary

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, ben.clinkinbeard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: it only copies over object values, not exact values. Huh? @Tom How would one bind the keys to the new dictionary children? var newDict:Dictionary = new Dictionary(); var item:Class for each(item in

[flexcoders] Initializing Conainer's children properties

Is there any way to force the initialization of a container's children without adding it to the stage. I have set show hide style effects on children, but these only get initialized if I add them to the stage. I can add then remove the parent container to force these properties to be activated,

[flexcoders] Re: Overriding inherited skin style

I tried that, but I get the following exception: TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert null to Class. at mx.core::Container/isBorderNeeded()[E:\dev\flex_3_beta2\sdk\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\core\Container.as:4054] --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui

[flexcoders] Re: Overriding inherited skin style

Bingo! The solution was to set the style back to the default, Halo theme: borderSkin: ClassReference(mx.skins.halo.HaloBorder); Thanks Tom --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tom Chiverton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 14 Nov 2007, polestar11 wrote: I tried that, but I get

[flexcoders] Overriding inherited skin style

Hi there I have a global Panel style defined, which contains a border-skin swf. I want to be able to turn this off for specific panels. There seems to be no explicit way to turn this off (Eg. boder-skin:none) the only way I have managed so far is to reference a transparent / blank swf as the

[flexcoders] FLV Recorded stream contains strange additional blank space / frames

Hi there We're recorded a series of flv files using getCamera() Red5. Some of our recorded flv's have a chunk of dead video space at the begining. Using RichFLV to analyze the timeline, one can see a few key frames, then a huge chunk of blank space spanning for about 1 minute, then continuing

[flexcoders] Re: What do you do when you're waiting for moxie to build?

My Flexbuilder slowness has reached a new record high. After thinking that 3mins was completely unbearable, the new record is approaching 8minutes. This is with all possible attempts / options of setting FB up for optimal build time. I am working with a library project which i build then copy

[flexcoders] [Bindable] not binding

Hi there I've used the [Bindabe] meta-tag 100's of times, but for some reason it seems to have stopped working. I have a very straight-forward setup with a controller, properties and a view. I have a bindable reference to the controller in the view, while the controller has a bindable 'title'

[flexcoders] Re: [Bindable] not binding

controller: QController = new QController(); - Original Message From: polestar11 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 6:20:12 AM Subject: [flexcoders] [Bindable] not binding Hi there I've used the [Bindabe] meta-tag

[flexcoders] Re: [Bindable] not binding

--- Sean wrote: Event better would be to do it like cairngorm and create your controller before the view then your view objects well be correctly bound from the beginning. - Me: Modified the code slightly so that the controller is created before the view. Still no luck --- Jon wrote: Shot in

[flexcoders] Re: @Embed directive in mx:source tag not working for swfs

I have experienced something similar think it is to do with the different paths for design view vs runtime view. Runtime uses the assets in the bin folder while compilation design view use the assets relative to the project folder. Just check that assets are found in both. Alternatively you

[flexcoders] Flex Fonts: How to implement the Bitmap text (no anti-alias) effect in Flex

Hi there Flash 8 and up provide an option in the property panel for textfields, Bitmap text (no anti-alias). I can use this with embedded fonts to get clear text without depending on the user having the font installed. How do I do this with the Flex compiler? From what I can see, I can only set

[flexcoders] Re: Datagrid auto sorting. Has anyone done this?

Thanks Alex My sort was pretty simple straight-forward, but I was doing something wrong. So eventually I ended up sub-classing the header renderer like you suggested got it to work well. I actually used your Custom Header Renderer example to get me started:

[flexcoders] Re: Datagrid auto sorting. Has anyone done this?

Hi there I tried exactly that in various different ways, but wasnt able to get it to work. I have an array, which I convert to an array collection, on which I sort and refresh, after which I set as a dataProvider for my DataGrid. Still no sort arrow is shown. I then tried extending the

[flexcoders] Detect focusOut on Application / Stage

Hi there I would like to detect a user entering and exiting a Flex app. My initial assumption was to use FocusIn/Out on either the generic stage / application objects: stage.addEventListener( FocusEvent.FOCUS_IN, onFocusIn ); stage.addEventListener( FocusEvent.FOCUS_OUT, onFocusOut ); This

[flexcoders] Error 2025 with images

Hi there This question was previously asked on Flexcoders and not addressed: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/message/64576 I have dug futher into the problem know what may be causing it. Here is a description of the problem: I load html text into a textarea. I then edit the text

[flexcoders] Re: Auto-expand Treenodes - ValidateNow - THANKS!!

I've also been having serious problems with tree nodes: auto-expanding child nodes and setting (highlighting) a selected node. MyTree.validateNow() was the answer to getting all of this working. What I did to get it working was: 1) Search my dataProvider for a particular item (returning an

[flexcoders] Re: Error 2025 with images?

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, John Wilker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm working on a quicky little RSS Reader and having some trouble. I've got a DG on one side, which then populates a textArea on the other side. Here's the feed (mine) http://www.red-omega.com/blog/rss.cfm?mode=full

[flexcoders] Tree labelField and hiding leaf nodes

Hi there I have a Tree component that I feed in XML as its dataProvider. I clean up this XML data before passing it too the tree by adding a new attribute @nodeName to nodes that should be displayed. My assumption is that nodes without this field would not be displayed, but what actually happens

[flexcoders] HDividedBox - on-release-outside + updateAfterEvent problems

Hi there I have an HDividedBox control that divides 2 children that resize with dragging. There are 2 issues that I am having with this control: 1) the updates to the child container sizes dont occur simultaneously, resulting in visual errors of size position (which are fixed when dragging

[flexcoders] Bitmap or BitmapData used for backgroundImage

Hi there I want to know if its possible to use Bitmap or BitmapData for the backgroundImage style property of a Flex Container component. My reason for this is that I store all my styling assets in a swf file have a method that extracts them as MovieClips transforms them into Bitmaps. An

[flexcoders] Re: Importing mx packages into AS3 project

, Gordon Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a surprising amount of bloat. Do you have a list of the framework components that you're using? - Gordon From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of polestar11 Sent

[flexcoders] Re: Importing mx packages into AS3 project

To the best of my knowledege this is done through: Project-Properties-Flex Compiler-Additional compiler arguments: -debug=false I have done this for both projects. Debug files are still created for both despite this option being specified. My Flex project is reduced to 440KB (vs 485KB), which is

[flexcoders] Re: Importing mx packages into AS3 project

Thanks Gordon I eventually ended up converting to an mx project, which bloated my app from 162K to 480K. At the moment size isnt an issue and I have gone for the ease of development over size. Customizing the flex component code is an option I havent considered yet, thinking that my only hopes

[flexcoders] Importing mx packages into AS3 project

Hi there I have an AS3 project want to use the rich Flex components (since AS3 components are non-existant and I dont feel like re-inventing the wheel). I recently discovered that u can only use these in a Flex project. The reasons why I wanted an AS3 project was to leave out all the heavy stuff

[flexcoders] Re: TextField.embedFont strange behavior

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Daniel Freiman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I hate to ask a stupid question, but are you sure the entire font (or at least the Latin characters) is embedded? How are you embedding the font? Hi Daniel I wasnt embedding the font at all other than specifying the

[flexcoders] TextField.embedFont strange behavior

Hi there I'm getting a strange error when dynamically adding a TF and turning on the embedFonts property. Without the property turned on, all the text is displayed, but with embedFonts set to true I only see the text up to 'ABCDEFGH'. This is very odd behavior, am I missing something blatantly

[flexcoders] Re: Multiple classes per package

Thanks, Claus That's exactly what I was looking for. Tracy -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go

[flexcoders] Re: Multiple classes per package

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Claus Wahlers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Use the 'internal' access modifier: // File mypackage/MainClass.as package mypackage { public class MainClass { // .. } } // File mypackage/HelperClass.as package mypackage { internal class

[flexcoders] Multiple classes per package

Hi there Does anyone know if Actionscript 3 and Flexbuilder2 support multiple classes per package, where only 1 class is declared as public, while the remaining classes are only available inside the package? Eg. package mypackage { public class MainClass { public function MainClass() {}

[flexcoders] Embed an image for a Sprite

Hi there How does one attach an image to a sprite class? I have tried the following example, but nothing gets displayed on the screen: package { import flash.display.Bitmap; import flash.display.Sprite; public class MySprite extends Sprite{

[flexcoders] Re: Embed an image for a Sprite

Ok, I managed to figure out what the problem was from a previous post - one cannot add a sprite directly to a container, one has to first add it to a UIComponent type. Anyone with more info / experience with this? Cheers Tracy --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, polestar11 [EMAIL PROTECTED

[flexcoders] Event listeners: Removing a listener prevents future added listeners

Hi there I'm struggling with a series of KeyboardEvents. Here is the scenario: - I have mouse-down and mouse-up event listeners for my UIComponent. - In the mouse-down event I add a new listener for key-up(so that I can capture mouse-down + a key pressed) - I remove the key-up listener in the

[flexcoders] Overlying UIComponent prevents click event

Hi there I have an Image control that sits ontop of a button. I am trying to capture the click event of the underlying button, but it looks like the overlaying image is blocking access to the button. How can I disable this behaviour? The actual setup is slightly more complex: parent canvas: -

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