Re: [flexcoders] Warning/Error Hints

2007-03-31 Thread André Rodrigues Pena
%40yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tom Chiverton Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 10:08 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Warning/Error Hints On Friday 30 Mar 2007, André Rodrigues Pena wrote: decreases the need of interaction and the use of the boring

[flexcoders] Warning/Error Hints

2007-03-30 Thread André Rodrigues Pena
Hi all, I'm developing an application for 1 month and already get bored with the Alert.show() dialog box. I don't think it's ideal to show error and warning messages to the user when he/she is interacting with a form or a button (I think it's interesting but not in these situations). I'd like to

Re: [flexcoders] Warning/Error Hints

2007-03-30 Thread Tom Chiverton
On Friday 30 Mar 2007, André Rodrigues Pena wrote: something like a balloon to let the user know something in a more slightly way. Like the Validator one you mean ? -- Tom Chiverton Helping to paradigmatically transition impactful technologies on: http://thefalken.livejournal.com

Re: [flexcoders] Warning/Error Hints

2007-03-30 Thread André Rodrigues Pena
I was thinking of something like the found new hardware or low disk space balloons of Windows XP. But thinking twice, they are no necessary. I can use validators (as you said) and disable all functionalities I don't want users to use in some states.. That decreases the need of interaction and the

Re: [flexcoders] Warning/Error Hints

2007-03-30 Thread Tom Chiverton
On Friday 30 Mar 2007, André Rodrigues Pena wrote: decreases the need of interaction and the use of the boring Alert.show() method. Thanks! :) 's what we did- started out using Alert's to display form errors, moved to Validators as we got the hang of it. -- Tom Chiverton Helping to

Re: [flexcoders] Warning/Error Hints

2007-03-30 Thread Clint Tredway
I am going to assume that you are talking about an input form(although you may not be), you can use the built in validators to validate the form elements as the user navigates the form. On 30 Mar 2007 06:53:43 -0700, André Rodrigues Pena [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I'm developing an

RE: [flexcoders] Warning/Error Hints

2007-03-30 Thread Tracy Spratt
I created a status bar for one app. Tracy -Original Message- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Chiverton Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 10:08 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Warning/Error Hints On Friday 30 Mar 2007