[flexcoders] Nominations for essays worthy of inclusion in "The Best Software Writing II"?

2005-09-02 Thread Greg Hamer
Have you read any particularly insightful blog posts lately? Nominations are open for "The Best Software Writing II".  Nominations are made online at http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?bsw If you haven't seen "The Best Software Writing I", you can find the Amazon page for it here:

[flexcoders] Re: Tab Navigator or LinkBar text color after selection

2005-09-02 Thread Andrew Spaulding
For the linkbar try the disabledColor style. The tab label is a little more difficult as it doesn't have a similar disabled style property. You wll have to write a change event handler that would manually set the styles on the individual tabs. Something to the effect of - function changeTabCol

RE: [flexcoders] combo box problem I think!

2005-09-02 Thread James
Hello All, I have an issue you might be able to point me in the right direction, or show me what I'm doing wrong. Here's the scenario: This is a logout routine for cashiers. As they come into this popup, it presents them with a list of currently logged in cashiers. They select a cashier to log out

[flexcoders] Tab Navigator or LinkBar text color after selection

2005-09-02 Thread delaquae
Is there any way to set the text color of a Tab or LinkBar label after it is selected? i.e. I have set the color of a selected Tab to be a dark color and would like the text to be white once it has been selected (not just while it is being selected). Yahoo! Groups S

[flexcoders] Re: Background alpha in Tree control does not seem to be working

2005-09-02 Thread delaquae
If they don't support it, then why does Flex Builder display it in the properties panel when a Tree Control is selected? --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Matt Chotin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't think Tree or the Lists support alpha for their background. I > might be wrong but it'

Re: [flexcoders] Flex & Cairngorm + ColdFusion + Framework?

2005-09-02 Thread Paul Kenney
Thanks for posting this. Now I have a simple flash sample. On 9/2/05, Philippe Maegerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Found a flex sample for using with Tartan @ flashAnt http://www.flashant.org/index.php?p=438&c=1   Philippe Maegerman   From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexco

[flexcoders] Flex Runtime Application Error

2005-09-02 Thread pathy_live
Hi all, I have the flex license even though the error is coming, when I run the application it says "This standalone application was created with the Developer edition of Macromedia Flex and has expired. Contact the author of this application for a new copy" please anyone can help me to solv

Re: [flexcoders] How to use the label Function in a Tree that has different labels in the parents and the children - Solved

2005-09-02 Thread Oscar . Cortes
I changed the function to : private function lblFunc(oItem:Object):String { if (oItem.hasChildNodes()){ return oItem.getProperty("deptDesc"); } else { return oItem.getProperty("empName"); } }

[flexcoders] File Download Using FP8 Limited?

2005-09-02 Thread Stacy Young
I’m in the midst of adding file download to a current Flex application using an embedded flash 8 swf as per the article on MM.com. There doesn’t seem a way to allow flash to accept a filename set in the header from the server. For instance a download servlet that changes the filename base

[flexcoders] How to use the label Function in a Tree that has different labels in the parents and the children.

2005-09-02 Thread Oscar . Cortes
I am trying to populate a Tree with a result that has hierarchical data. It actually populates correctly but the parent and the children don't have the same label description, and the children are displaying as [object][object]. I am using a label function to get the parent label name, and that's w

RE: [flexcoders] Warning refinement request

2005-09-02 Thread Matt Chotin
Can you file that on the wishlist please?  http://www.macromedia.com/go/wish.  We’ll see if we’ve done better in our current builds.   Matt   From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Aral Balkan Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 8:52 AM

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[flexcoders] Invalidate Question

2005-09-02 Thread Kim Reddington
I have a component that is part of a viewStack.  The component contains a form with fields and there is validation set up for these fields.  When the viewStack changes I want the fields to empty and the validation to be disabled.  Essentially want the whole screen to refresh when the user

[flexcoders] Warning refinement request

2005-09-02 Thread Aral Balkan
Hi, As so many Flex engineers frequent this list, I thought it would be best to send this here. If there's a better place, let me know. If you have a method with the same name as your Class but starting with a lowercase letter, Flex gives you the following warning: Warning D:\web\xampp\xampp\

RE: [flexcoders] Re: flashvars question

2005-09-02 Thread Abdul Qabiz
Macromedia Flex application supports browser's back/next button. For example, if you have a tab navigator and you switch between different tabs, you can use browser's navigation button to see previous selected view... Give it a try, you will get the idea.. Like tab-navigator, accordion or viewsta

Re: [flexcoders] Re: passing array of Form values in VO

2005-09-02 Thread Chris Ruegger
The form is dynamically generated, so the amount of items in the form are not known until runtime. Daniel Harfleet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Will your form have a fixed amount of 'name' inputs, or will the userkeep adding inputs by clicking a button (or similar) ?dan--- In flexcoders@yahoogroup

RES: [flexcoders] Cairgorm features

2005-09-02 Thread Michel Bertrand
Title: Mensagem Hello Steven !   -Mensagem original-De: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Em nome de Steven WebsterEnviada em: quinta-feira, 1 de setembro de 2005 17:04Para: flexcoders@yahoogroups.comAssunto: RE: [flexcoders] Cairgorm features   Hey Mic

[flexcoders] Re: flashvars question

2005-09-02 Thread pilby1
Hi, Matt, thank you for your response. I'm a bit confused though by what you mean. A flex app, by its very nature, does not utilize or require the use of the forward/back buttons of the browser, as that will bring the user out of the flex app. I took out all historyURL and lc_id occurrences in

Re: [flexcoders] MXML Components and instanceof

2005-09-02 Thread Reto M. Kiefer
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RE: [flexcoders] Flex & Cairngorm + ColdFusion + Framework?

2005-09-02 Thread Philippe Maegerman
Found a flex sample for using with Tartan @ flashAnt http://www.flashant.org/index.php?p=438&c=1   Philippe Maegerman   From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Simon BarberSent: mercredi 31 août 2005 17:06To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.comSubject: [flexcoders

RE: [flexcoders] MXML Components and instanceof

2005-09-02 Thread Dirk Eismann
Are you still passing in the "this" reference? I suspect that may be the reason why you getting the error. > Would you be so kind and provide me with a link for this > solution. I have my Flex book @ home and I am on tour till > tuesday... Well, I don't know if this will work for you because t

Re: [flexcoders] MXML Components and instanceof

2005-09-02 Thread Reto M. Kiefer
Hi Dirk! Thanks a lot for your answer. Unfortunatly the parentDocument doesn't work, I still got the error "Two MXML Files cannot reference each other as child tags." > Another idea: why not dispatching an event object from your > basicSearchCompany? The embedding component could register for thi

[flexcoders] Re: Cairgorm features

2005-09-02 Thread Daniel Harfleet
I would add that although Cairngorm uses patterns that are also used by Struts, to a certain extent that is where the similarity stops; from a programming perspective Flex probably compares more closely to Swing, MFC, Motif or similar event driven UI languages and Cairngorm is a set of patterns to

RE: [flexcoders] MXML Components and instanceof

2005-09-02 Thread Dirk Eismann
If you just nned to check the type of the component your basicSearchCompany currently sits in during runtime try: if (parentDocument instanceof marketingMain) { parentDocument.marketingDetails.selectedIndex = 2; parentDocument.gridContacts.dragable = true; } parentDocument points

[flexcoders] MXML Components and instanceof

2005-09-02 Thread Reto M. Kiefer
Dear all, I have quit a strange problem with a mxml component I developed. It is a search form which is used more than once in the whole application. >From one of the the main screens / parents it is embedded with: . In the component I need a switch that decides how the component behaves dep

[flexcoders] Re: passing array of Form values in VO

2005-09-02 Thread Daniel Harfleet
Will your form have a fixed amount of 'name' inputs, or will the user keep adding inputs by clicking a button (or similar) ? dan --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "cruegger2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want to have a form on the client side that accepts > a list of items of the same typ

RE: [flexcoders] Drawing on canvas

2005-09-02 Thread Abdul Qabiz
Try this: http://www.macromedia.com/2003/mxml";> I need to investigate to find out why your approach is not working. -abdul -Original Message- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Prasad Dhananjaya Sent: Frida

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Custom Component builder

2005-09-02 Thread Alberto Albericio Salvador
Ok, thanks all... it seems I will have to deal with AS hehe parinda_b_patel escribió: >You will need to write your own MXML or ActionScript to perform that. >There is no ready to use tool in order to do that. > >--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alberto Albericio Salvador ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> w