RE: [flexcoders] This mailing list vs the forum.

[Gregor Kiddie]

It kind of works...

 

It only mangles some code samples, I've never had problems with the
subject lines (though I know others have), and I get threading via
outlook some of the time (though outlook has the same problem with this
mailing list).

 

It's usable enough for me to prefer it over actually visiting the
forums.

 

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From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Tom Chiverton
Sent: 13 August 2009 16:39
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] This mailing list vs the forum.

 

  

On Thursday 13 Aug 2009, Gregor Kiddie wrote:
> It does have to be said, I use the Mailing list functionality of the
> Adobe forums rather than visiting the forum directly...

Last time I checked, this was utterly broken. With mangled bodies,
mangled 
subject lines and the lack of correct headers to allow threading.

[flexcoders] set focus to iframe

[niamath basha]

Hi

I have an application with an iframe showing pdf file at the top
and an advanced datagrid(editable) at the bottom

I want to set focus to the pdf while entering data in datagrid by pressing
ctrl+t.

I added listner for key down and used iframe.setFocus();
ya i know it will not work. how can I achive this..
this is similar as Alt + tab change to next open window in the same way
i want to implement this.. any suggestions are appreciated.

With Regards,
Niamath Basha

[flexcoders] ItemRenderer Effects Virtualization

[Baz]

Is it possible to implement effects on virtualized itemrenderers? What about
if the change in underlying data is based on an ArrayCollection
filterFunction?

Basically, I show/hide items based on keywords users type. I would like to
fade the items in and out when they are shown/hidden. The show/hide is
implemented using a filterFunction on my source ArrayCollection, so the data
isn't actually being added/removed.

Thoughts?

Cheers,
Baz

[flexcoders] regex: keyword search

[Baz]

Users provide keywords separated by spaces through an input box, and I would
like to see if they all exist in a certain text. So for example if a user
provides "flex awesome" or "awesome flex" they should both match the phrase
"flex is quite awesome". The following regex won't work because it is order
dependent: .*keyword1.*keyword2.*

Is there a way to tell the regex to search the entire string from the
beginning for each keyword?

Currently I am looping through each keyword and testing them separately - if
all tests pass then I return true, but that seems wasteful.

Thanks,
Baz

[flexcoders] *** So you think you know ActionScript? (THE ANSWER) ***

[Dave Glasser]

Consider this code snippet:

var xml:XML = null;
var xmlList:XMLList = xml.inner;
trace(xmlList == null);

What does the trace statement output, true or false, and why?

Well, first, let's stipulate that the "innner" element in the XML object 
contains the String "null". It's not an empty element, for those who might 
think that "null" is interpreted as a literal null.

Second, the expression "xml.inner" returns a non-null XMLList object, which is 
assigned to the variable xmlList. If you were to dereference the xmlList 
variable, say by calling its "length()" method, it would assuredly not throw a 
#1009 null reference error, but rather it would return 1, which is the number 
of child elements of "outer" that have the name "inner". So the "inner" element 
is the only member of xmlList.

So now you have reference to a non-null XMLList of length 1. It seems obvious 
that comparing that reference to null with the equality operator (==) should 
evaluate to false, right?

Well, it doesn't. The expression:

xmlList == null

evaluates to true, and that is what the trace statement outputs in the original 
example.

After spending about 4 hours looking in all the wrong places for a bug that was 
actually caused by this odd little quirk, once I found out what was really 
causing the problem, I thought for sure that it had to be a bug in the 
ActionScript or E4X implementation. After all, it can't be right that a 
non-null object reference is considered equivalent to null, right?

Wrong again. If you read the ASDoc for the equality operator, that's what it's 
supposed to do. In the Flex 3.2 Language Reference, the section on the equality 
operator says:

"If the data types of the operands do not match, the result is false except in 
the following circumstances: 
  ...
One operand is of type XMLList, and either of the following conditions is true: 
 * The length property of the XMLList object is 0, and the other object is 
undefined.
 * The length property of the XMLList object is 1, and one element of the 
XMLList object matches the other operand."

In our case, the length "property" (poor choice of words, since .length would 
return another XMLList) is 1, so the result will be based on a comparison 
between the one element of the XMLList, which is an XML object, and the other 
operand, which is null.

So what does the equality operator doc say about XML objects to non-XML 
operands? It says the result is false unless "one operand is of type XML with 
simple content (hasSimpleContent() == true), and after both operands are 
converted to strings with the toString() method, the resulting strings match."

So here, we do in fact have an XML object, the "inner" node, with simple 
content, i.e. the String "null". And when you convert that XML object to a 
string with the toString() method, you will simply have the string "null". And 
when you convert the OTHER OPERAND, which is null, to a string, you will also 
have "null", and therefore the equality operation will return true.

So there you have it. It's working the way it was designed to work. A null is 
converted to the string "null" for the purpose of an equality comparison. 
Personally, I think it was a poorly thought-out design decision, but hey, what 
do I know? Maybe they had their reasons. I think the language designers should 
have made a separate rule or two to cover cases when one operand is null or 
undefined and the other is not.

And as a side note, if the strict equality operator (===) is used, then the 
expression:

xmlList === null

evaluates to false, as you would expect.

RE: [flexcoders] Re: *** So you think you know ActionScript? (Read original post first) ***

[Gordon Smith]

Well, the == operator produces a lot of "interesting" behavior. That's why 
there's a === operator. ☺

Gordon Smith
Adobe Flex SDK Team

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Dave Glasser
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 4:39 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Re: *** So you think you know ActionScript? (Read 
original post first) ***


By my reading, everything seems to be working how it's supposed to work. But 
how it's "supposed to work" is very surprising to me. And it's not really E4X 
that's producing the odd behavior, it's the == operator. I'll go ahead and post 
the answer and explanation in my next message.

--- On Thu, 8/13/09, Gordon Smith  wrote:

From: Gordon Smith 
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Re: *** So you think you know ActionScript? (Read 
original post first) ***
To: "flexcoders@yahoogroups.com" 
Date: Thursday, August 13, 2009, 6:54 PM

Does anybody want to try to figure out what the E4X spec says it should do? 
It's certainly possible that the Player implementation of E4X is doing it wrong.

Gordon Smith
Adobe Flex SDK Team

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Tracy Spratt
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 3:10 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Re: *** So you think you know ActionScript? (Read 
original post first) ***


Ok, if you say so.  What is the result of your investigation?

It gets kind of complicated because AS does implicit toString() sometimes which 
can hide what is really happening.
Do:
trace(xmlList == null);
and
trace(xmlList == “null”);
return the same result?

Tracy Spratt,
Lariat Services, development services available

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Dave Glasser
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 5:22 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Re: *** So you think you know ActionScript? (Read 
original post first) ***


Actually, no. It would interpret it as null if it were enclosed in curly braces 
like this:

var xml:XML = {null};

And even then, null might be converted to its String value, "null", as the 
content of the element. I'd have to try it to know for sure.

In the example I gave, the content of the element is a String consisting of the 
letters "n", "u", "l" and "l", in that order.

In any case, the xmlList variable would reference a non-null XMLList object. 
That's easily proven by dereferencing it:

trace("The length is " + xmlList.length());

That would output "The length is 1".

--- On Thu, 8/13/09, Tracy Spratt  wrote:

From: Tracy Spratt 
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Re: *** So you think you know ActionScript? (Read 
original post first) ***
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, August 13, 2009, 3:49 PM

Ah, I see something I missed at first.  This example is using “literal” xml, so 
the null IS getting interpreted by AS as null and not as a string.  I bet it 
would be different if you did:
var xml:XML = XML(“ null ”);

Even so I am still surprised because the null should be the text node and the 
expression should return an XMLList with zero length.  Very interesting.

Tracy Spratt,
Lariat Services, development services available

From: flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com [mailto:flexcoders@ yahoogroups. com] On 
Behalf Of jaywood58
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 12:48 PM
To: flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] Re: *** So you think you know ActionScript? (Read 
original post first) ***



--- In flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com, "Tracy Spratt" < tracy @...> wrote:
>
> _
>
> From: flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com] On
> Behalf Of Paul Andrews
> Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 9:33 PM
> To: flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com
> Subject: Re: [flexcoders] *** So you think you know ActionScript? (Read
> original post first) ***
>
>
>
>
>
> Dave Glasser wrote:
> > Consider this code snippet:
> >
> > var xml:XML =  null ;
> > var xmlList:XMLList = xml.inner;
> > trace(xmlList == null);
> >
> > What does the trace statement output, true or false, and why?
> >
> > Please provide an answer without running the code (of course) and, better
> yet, without consulting any documentation, or any of the other answers that
> may have been posted already (if you read the list in chronological order.)
> Pretend it's a job interview question and you have to give it your best shot
> off the top of your head.
> >
> > And also, if you don't mind, don't top-post your answer, so that if
> someone does read your answer before the original post, they might get a
> chance to answer without having seen yours first.
> >
>
> xmlList is set to point at somthing which isn't a list, so I think the
> trace statement will not be reached. That's my 02:31AM thought..
>
>
>
> All e4x expressions return an XMLList. It can be empty but is never a null.
> Besides, the characters. "null" in a t

RE: [flexcoders] Re: *** So you think you know ActionScript? (Read original post first) ***

[Dave Glasser]

By my reading, everything seems to be working how it's supposed to work. But 
how it's "supposed to work" is very surprising to me. And it's not really E4X 
that's producing the odd behavior, it's the == operator. I'll go ahead and post 
the answer and explanation in my next message.

--- On Thu, 8/13/09, Gordon Smith  wrote:

From: Gordon Smith 
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Re: *** So you think you know ActionScript? (Read 
original post first) ***
To: "flexcoders@yahoogroups.com" 
Date: Thursday, August 13, 2009, 6:54 PM













 
 
















Does anybody want to try to figure out what the E4X spec says it
should do? It's certainly possible that the Player implementation of E4X is
doing it wrong. 

   

Gordon Smith 

Adobe Flex SDK Team 

   





From:
flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Tracy
Spratt

Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 3:10 PM

To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com

Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Re: *** So you think you know ActionScript?
(Read original post first) *** 





   

   









Ok, if you
say so.  What is the result of your investigation? 

  

It gets
kind of complicated because AS does implicit toString() sometimes which can
hide what is really happening. 

Do: 

trace(xmlList
== null); 

and 

trace(xmlList
== “null”); 

return
the same result? 

  



Tracy
Spratt, 

Lariat
Services, development services available 











From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dave Glasser

Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 5:22 PM

To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com

Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Re: *** So you think you know ActionScript?
(Read original post first) *** 



  

 
 








 
  
  Actually,
  no. It would interpret it as null if it were enclosed in curly braces like
  this:

  

  var xml:XML = {null};

  

  And even then, null might be converted to its String value, "null",
  as the content of the element. I'd have to try it to know for sure.

  

  In the example I gave, the content of the element is a String consisting of
  the letters "n", "u", "l" and "l", in
  that order.

  

  In any case, the xmlList variable would reference a non-null XMLList object.
  That's easily proven by dereferencing it:

  

  trace("The length is " + xmlList.length());

  

  That would output "The length is 1".

  

  --- On Thu, 8/13/09, Tracy Spratt 
  wrote: 
  

  From: Tracy Spratt 

  Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Re: *** So you think you know ActionScript? (Read
  original post first) ***

  To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com

  Date: Thursday, August 13, 2009, 3:49 PM 
  
   
   
  
  
  Ah, I
  see something I missed at first.  This example is using “literal” xml,
  so the null IS getting interpreted by AS as null and not as a string.  I
  bet it would be different if you did: 
  var
  xml:XML = XML(“ null ”); 
    
  Even so
  I am still surprised because the null should be the text node and the
  expression should return an XMLList with zero length.  Very interesting. 
    
  
  Tracy
  Spratt, 
  Lariat
  Services, development services available 
  
  
  
  
  
  From:
  flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com [mailto:flexcoders@ yahoogroups. com] On
  Behalf Of jaywood58

  Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 12:48 PM

  To: flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com

  Subject: [flexcoders] Re: *** So you think you know ActionScript?
  (Read original post first) *** 
  
    
   
   
  
  
  
  --- In flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com, "Tracy Spratt"
  < tracy @...> wrote:

  >

  > _ 

  > 

  > From: flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogro
  ups.com] On

  > Behalf Of Paul Andrews

  > Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 9:33 PM

  > To: flexcod...@yahoogro
  ups.com

  > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] *** So you think you know ActionScript? (Read

  > original post first) ***

  > 

  > 

  > 

  > 

  > 

  > Dave Glasser wrote:

  > > Consider this code snippet:

  > >

  > > var xml:XML =  null
  ;

  > > var xmlList:XMLList = xml.inner;

  > > trace(xmlList == null);

  > >

  > > What does the trace statement output, true or false, and why?

  > >

  > > Please provide an answer without running the code (of course) and,
  better

  > yet, without consulting any documentation, or any of the other answers
  that

  > may have been posted already (if you read the list in chronological
  order.)

  > Pretend it's a job interview question and you have to give it your best
  shot

  > off the top of your head.

  > >

  > > And also, if you don't mind, don't top-post your answer, so that if

  > someone does read your answer before the original post, they might get a

  > chance to answer without having seen yours first.

  > > 

  > 

  > xmlList is set to point at somthing which isn't a list, so I think the 

  > trace statement will not be reached. That's my 02:31AM thought..

  > 

  > 

  > 

  > All e4x expressions return an XMLList. It can be empty but is never a
  null.

  > Besides, the characters. "null" in a 

RE: [flexcoders] Re: *** So you think you know ActionScript? (Read original post first) ***

[Dave Glasser]

--- On Thu, 8/13/09, Tracy Spratt  wrote:


>Ok, if you say so.  What is the
>result of your investigation? 


I just checked, and it does indeed convert null to "null". So it's effectively 
the same with or without the curly braces. The element contains a String 4 
characters long.


>It gets kind of complicated because AS does
>implicit toString() sometimes which can hide what is really happening. 
>
>Do: 
>
>trace(xmlList == null); 
>
>and 
>
>trace(xmlList == “null”); 
>
>return the same result? 

Surprisingly, the second one doesn't compile. It failed with the error:

"Error: Comparison between a value with static type XMLList and a possibly 
unrelated type String."

But if it did compile, I would expect it to produce the same result. And just 
to make sure, I was able to compile and run this:

...
var s:* = "null"
trace(xmlList == s);

and the output was the same as when comparing xmlList to null.



  

RE: [flexcoders] Re: *** So you think you know ActionScript? (Read original post first) ***

[Gordon Smith]

Does anybody want to try to figure out what the E4X spec says it should do? 
It's certainly possible that the Player implementation of E4X is doing it wrong.

Gordon Smith
Adobe Flex SDK Team

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Tracy Spratt
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 3:10 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Re: *** So you think you know ActionScript? (Read 
original post first) ***


Ok, if you say so.  What is the result of your investigation?

It gets kind of complicated because AS does implicit toString() sometimes which 
can hide what is really happening.
Do:
trace(xmlList == null);
and
trace(xmlList == "null");
return the same result?

Tracy Spratt,
Lariat Services, development services available

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Dave Glasser
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 5:22 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Re: *** So you think you know ActionScript? (Read 
original post first) ***


Actually, no. It would interpret it as null if it were enclosed in curly braces 
like this:

var xml:XML = {null};

And even then, null might be converted to its String value, "null", as the 
content of the element. I'd have to try it to know for sure.

In the example I gave, the content of the element is a String consisting of the 
letters "n", "u", "l" and "l", in that order.

In any case, the xmlList variable would reference a non-null XMLList object. 
That's easily proven by dereferencing it:

trace("The length is " + xmlList.length());

That would output "The length is 1".

--- On Thu, 8/13/09, Tracy Spratt  wrote:

From: Tracy Spratt 
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Re: *** So you think you know ActionScript? (Read 
original post first) ***
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, August 13, 2009, 3:49 PM

Ah, I see something I missed at first.  This example is using "literal" xml, so 
the null IS getting interpreted by AS as null and not as a string.  I bet it 
would be different if you did:
var xml:XML = XML(" null ");

Even so I am still surprised because the null should be the text node and the 
expression should return an XMLList with zero length.  Very interesting.

Tracy Spratt,
Lariat Services, development services available

From: flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com [mailto:flexcoders@ yahoogroups. com] On 
Behalf Of jaywood58
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 12:48 PM
To: flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] Re: *** So you think you know ActionScript? (Read 
original post first) ***



--- In flexcod...@yahoogro 
ups.com, "Tracy Spratt" < tracy 
@...> wrote:
>
> _
>
> From: flexcod...@yahoogro 
> ups.com 
> [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogro 
> ups.com] On
> Behalf Of Paul Andrews
> Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 9:33 PM
> To: flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com
> Subject: Re: [flexcoders] *** So you think you know ActionScript? (Read
> original post first) ***
>
>
>
>
>
> Dave Glasser wrote:
> > Consider this code snippet:
> >
> > var xml:XML =  null ;
> > var xmlList:XMLList = xml.inner;
> > trace(xmlList == null);
> >
> > What does the trace statement output, true or false, and why?
> >
> > Please provide an answer without running the code (of course) and, better
> yet, without consulting any documentation, or any of the other answers that
> may have been posted already (if you read the list in chronological order.)
> Pretend it's a job interview question and you have to give it your best shot
> off the top of your head.
> >
> > And also, if you don't mind, don't top-post your answer, so that if
> someone does read your answer before the original post, they might get a
> chance to answer without having seen yours first.
> >
>
> xmlList is set to point at somthing which isn't a list, so I think the
> trace statement will not be reached. That's my 02:31AM thought..
>
>
>
> All e4x expressions return an XMLList. It can be empty but is never a null.
> Besides, the characters. "null" in a text node are just a string. "null" in
> an AS comparison is a special value. The trace will display false.
> Trace("xmllist. text() =="null" ); //would return true.
>
>
>
> Tracy Spratt,
>
> Lariat Services, development services available
>

Like Tracy , I thought it would return false, for the same reason -- that 
null< /inner> would be interpreted as a string. Was surprised when I ran 
the code and saw true. What's going on? It seems like the AS decoder recognizes 
"null" as a special case.

RE: [flexcoders] Re: *** So you think you know ActionScript? (Read original post first) ***

[Tracy Spratt]

Ok, if you say so.  What is the result of your investigation?

 

It gets kind of complicated because AS does implicit toString() sometimes
which can hide what is really happening.

Do:

trace(xmlList == null);

and

trace(xmlList == "null");

return the same result?

 

Tracy Spratt,

Lariat Services, development services available

  _  

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Dave Glasser
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 5:22 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Re: *** So you think you know ActionScript? (Read
original post first) ***

 

  


Actually, no. It would interpret it as null if it were enclosed in curly
braces like this:

var xml:XML = {null};

And even then, null might be converted to its String value, "null", as the
content of the element. I'd have to try it to know for sure.

In the example I gave, the content of the element is a String consisting of
the letters "n", "u", "l" and "l", in that order.

In any case, the xmlList variable would reference a non-null XMLList object.
That's easily proven by dereferencing it:

trace("The length is " + xmlList.length());

That would output "The length is 1".

--- On Thu, 8/13/09, Tracy Spratt  wrote:


From: Tracy Spratt 
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Re: *** So you think you know ActionScript? (Read
original post first) ***
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, August 13, 2009, 3:49 PM

  

Ah, I see something I missed at first.  This example is using "literal" xml,
so the null IS getting interpreted by AS as null and not as a string.  I bet
it would be different if you did:

var xml:XML = XML(" null ");

 

Even so I am still surprised because the null should be the text node and
the expression should return an XMLList with zero length.  Very interesting.

 

Tracy Spratt,

Lariat Services, development services available

  _  

From: flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com [mailto:flexcoders@ yahoogroups. com] On
Behalf Of jaywood58
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 12:48 PM
To: flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] Re: *** So you think you know ActionScript? (Read
original post first) ***

 

  

--- In flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com, "Tracy Spratt" < tracy @...> wrote:
>
> _ 
> 
> From: flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com] On
> Behalf Of Paul Andrews
> Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 9:33 PM
> To: flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com
> Subject: Re: [flexcoders] *** So you think you know ActionScript? (Read
> original post first) ***
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Dave Glasser wrote:
> > Consider this code snippet:
> >
> > var xml:XML =  null ;
> > var xmlList:XMLList = xml.inner;
> > trace(xmlList == null);
> >
> > What does the trace statement output, true or false, and why?
> >
> > Please provide an answer without running the code (of course) and,
better
> yet, without consulting any documentation, or any of the other answers
that
> may have been posted already (if you read the list in chronological
order.)
> Pretend it's a job interview question and you have to give it your best
shot
> off the top of your head.
> >
> > And also, if you don't mind, don't top-post your answer, so that if
> someone does read your answer before the original post, they might get a
> chance to answer without having seen yours first.
> > 
> 
> xmlList is set to point at somthing which isn't a list, so I think the 
> trace statement will not be reached. That's my 02:31AM thought..
> 
> 
> 
> All e4x expressions return an XMLList. It can be empty but is never a
null.
> Besides, the characters. "null" in a text node are just a string. "null"
in
> an AS comparison is a special value. The trace will display false.
> Trace("xmllist. text() =="null" ); //would return true.
> 
> 
> 
> Tracy Spratt,
> 
> Lariat Services, development services available
>

Like Tracy , I thought it would return false, for the same reason -- that
null< /inner> would be interpreted as a string. Was surprised when I
ran the code and saw true. What's going on? It seems like the AS decoder
recognizes "null" as a special case. 

[flexcoders] Data binding inside Repeater?

[gmbroth]

Hi,

I'm having a bit of trouble using the following combination of data binding and 
Repeater and could use some enlightenment:

 some data here... 


  



  


The intention is to have my chart bind to 'fred' via the Repeater iteration 
over "measurements", a kind of double-binding, I suppose. My chart component 
does render the initial data in 'fred' but doesn't respond to subsequent 
changes to 'fred', i.e., I'm not getting dynamic binding. But if I change the 
repeater line above to this:

  

then everything works as expected. Is there a way to do in MXML what I'm trying 
to do above?

Thanks, Garry

Re: [flexcoders] drawings dont get clipped by holder

[thomas parquier]

Well, actually the contentHolder (said as a uicomponent) is a class
extending "uicomponent" and overriding "measure()", which is using
"getBounds()".
Also drawing is done into sprites within the "contentHolder".
The problem is drawings arent clipped till a certain "distance of moving",
which corresponds I think to the orgin of sprite within the contentHolder
coordinates space. But the origin of sprite is not the left most graphics
element drawn into the sprite.

thomas
---
http://www.web-attitude.fr/
msn : thomas.parqu...@web-attitude.fr
softphone : sip:webattit...@ekiga.net 
téléphone portable : +33601 822 056


2009/8/10 Alex Harui 

>
>
>  If you draw into a UIComponent, the UIComponent needs to report the
> correct width/height for the Canvas to clip it properly.  UIComponent
> doesn’t do that automatically so you’d need to create a custom component.
>
>
>
> Alex Harui
>
> Flex SDK Developer
>
> Adobe Systems Inc. 
>
> Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
>
>
>
> *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] *On
> Behalf Of *thomas parquier
> *Sent:* Saturday, August 08, 2009 10:24 AM
> *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> *Subject:* [flexcoders] drawings dont get clipped by holder
>
>
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I writing an app which can draw shapes on sprites within a uicomponent
> (contentHolder), which holds some other canvas components.
> This contentHolder can be move within a canvas (drawingCanvas) which has
> "clipContent=true".
> But clipping seems erratic : shapes dont seem to be taken into account
> especially at left hand side of drawingCanvas when some graphics are
> negative in sprites coordinates space.
>
> thomas
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>   
>

[flexcoders] Re: any tool can create Java entities from as 3 VOs?

[Geoffrey]

This is the plugin I used.  
http://docs.codehaus.org/display/XDOCLET/Actionscript+plugin

Maybe someone made a plugin that goes the other way, AS to Java.

Geoff
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Geoffrey"  wrote:
>
> I've used XDoclet to create VOs from Java Beans, so I'd imagine the process 
> can work in reverse.  Here's the xml XDoclet uses:
> 
> 
>  value="C:/eclipse/xdoclet-plugins-dist-1.0.4"/>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  location="${xdoclet.plugin.install.dir}/lib/xdoclet-plugin-actionscript-1.0.4.jar"/>
> 
> 
>  classpathref="xdoclet.task.classpath"/>
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  dir="C:/workspace/beans/target/generated-sources/xjc/com/gdais/emtk/beans">
> 
>
> 
> 
>  destdir="C:/workspace/flex-value-objects/generated-VOs"/>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> HTH,
> Geoff
> 
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "markflex2007"  wrote:
> >
> > Hi
> > 
> > I have build many AS3 VOs (about 150),may I use some tool to create java 
> > VOs from the AS 3 VOs.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Mark
> > 
> > (PS:VO:Value Object(Properties and get/set mothods))
> >
>

[flexcoders] Re: any tool can create Java entities from as 3 VOs?

[Geoffrey]

I've used XDoclet to create VOs from Java Beans, so I'd imagine the process can 
work in reverse.  Here's the xml XDoclet uses:


















 







HTH,
Geoff

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "markflex2007"  wrote:
>
> Hi
> 
> I have build many AS3 VOs (about 150),may I use some tool to create java VOs 
> from the AS 3 VOs.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> 
> Mark
> 
> (PS:VO:Value Object(Properties and get/set mothods))
>

RE: [flexcoders] Re: *** So you think you know ActionScript? (Read original post first) ***

[Dave Glasser]

Actually, no. It would interpret it as null if it were enclosed in curly braces 
like this:



var xml:XML = {null};



And even then, null might be converted to its String value, "null", as
the content of the element. I'd have to try it to know for sure.



In the example I gave, the content of the element is a String consisting of the 
letters "n", "u", "l" and "l", in that order.

In any case, the xmlList variable would reference a non-null XMLList object. 
That's easily proven by dereferencing it:

trace("The length is " + xmlList.length());

That would output "The length is 1".

--- On Thu, 8/13/09, Tracy Spratt  wrote:

From: Tracy Spratt 
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Re: *** So you think you know ActionScript? (Read 
original post first) ***
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, August 13, 2009, 3:49 PM






 





  







Ah, I see something I missed at
first.  This example is using “literal” xml, so the null IS
getting interpreted by AS as null and not as a string.  I bet it would be
different if you did: 

var xml:XML = XML(“ null ”); 

   

Even so I am still surprised because the
null should be the text node and the expression should return an XMLList with
zero length.  Very interesting. 

   



Tracy Spratt, 

Lariat Services, development services
available 











From:
flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com [mailto:flexcoders@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of 
jaywood58

Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009
12:48 PM

To: flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com

Subject: [flexcoders] Re: *** So
you think you know ActionScript? (Read original post first) *** 



   

   









--- In flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com,
"Tracy Spratt" < tracy @...>
wrote:

>

> _ 

> 

> From: flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com
[mailto:flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com]
On

> Behalf Of Paul Andrews

> Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 9:33 PM

> To: flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com

> Subject: Re: [flexcoders] *** So you think you know ActionScript? (Read

> original post first) ***

> 

> 

> 

> 

> 

> Dave Glasser wrote:

> > Consider this code snippet:

> >

> > var xml:XML =  null ;

> > var xmlList:XMLList = xml.inner;

> > trace(xmlList == null);

> >

> > What does the trace statement output, true or false, and why?

> >

> > Please provide an answer without running the code (of course) and,
better

> yet, without consulting any documentation, or any of the other answers
that

> may have been posted already (if you read the list in chronological
order.)

> Pretend it's a job interview question and you have to give it your best
shot

> off the top of your head.

> >

> > And also, if you don't mind, don't top-post your answer, so that if

> someone does read your answer before the original post, they might get a

> chance to answer without having seen yours first.

> > 

> 

> xmlList is set to point at somthing which isn't a list, so I think the 

> trace statement will not be reached. That's my 02:31AM thought..

> 

> 

> 

> All e4x expressions return an XMLList. It can be empty but is never a
null.

> Besides, the characters. "null" in a text node are just a
string. "null" in

> an AS comparison is a special value. The trace will display false.

> Trace("xmllist. text() =="null" ); //would return true.

> 

> 

> 

> Tracy Spratt,

> 

> Lariat Services, development services available

>



Like Tracy , I
thought it would return false, for the same reason -- that null< /inner>
would be interpreted as a string. Was surprised when I ran the code and saw
true. What's going on? It seems like the AS decoder recognizes "null"
as a special case.  










 

  




 

Re: [flexcoders] This mailing list vs the forum.

[Wesley Acheson]

I don't think I'm going to bother joining the forums then.

On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 5:38 PM, Tom Chiverton  wrote:

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Re: [flexcoders] Re: TabNavigator changing from MXML to actionscript.

[Wesley Acheson]

I have it working now thanks for all your assistance.

On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 5:44 PM, jaywood58  wrote:

> An easy way might be to use different viewstates (e.g., a base state
> without the restricted tab, and a derived state that includes the restricted
> tab), then simply set the appropriate viewstate based on user permissions.
> Similar to your init() code, it might look something like:
>
> if (Permissions.hasPermission("restrictedTab")
>   {
> currentState = "stateWithRestrictedTab";
>
> Good luck!
>
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Wesley Acheson 
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi I've an application already mostly written.
> >
> > *Background*:
> >
> > This application uses several custom components that extend or contain
> > TabNavigators.
> >
> > A requrirement which I've missed is that if the user doesn't have
> permission
> > to view a tab then the tab doesn't appear in the tab navigators.
> >
> > However tabs still appear even if the child elements they refer to are
> > invisible.
> >
> > So I guess that I need to do something like this in my MXML files.
> >
> >
> > http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";
> > xmlns:component="com.example.test.*" CreationComplete="init()">
> > ...
> > //Normal stuff in here
> > ...
> > public var tab1:CustomComponent1;
> > public var tab2:CustomComponent2;
> > //etc
> > ...
> >
> > private function init():void
> > {
> >   if (Permissions.hasPermission("viewTab1")
> >   {
> > tab1 = new CustomComponent1;
> > ...
> > // Set the properties that are normally specified in MXML
> > // Add event listeners for all the events normally specified in mxml.
> > // e.g. tab1.addEventListener(SaveEvent.SAVE, handleSave);
> > // Do any bindings that are normally associated with the MXML
> >   }
> > }
> >
> > ...
> > 
> >
> > *Questions:*
> >
> >1. How do I set up the bindings? I have seen
> >
> http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=databinding_7.htmlhowever
> > this leaves me worried that binding will occur differently.  I'm
> >particually worried that I'll get binding events occuring before the
> >component is initialised which won't (As is normal in mxml) be
> swallowed by
> >the framework. I don't even know where I'd put a try block for these
> errors.
> >2. Doing things in this way means that tabs the user has permission
> for
> >but hasn't clicked on don't apply for deferred instanceiation. Is
> there any
> >way to get this back.  (Normally the tab navigator only instances its
> >children when the appropiate tab is selected).
> >3. Creating the child after CreationComplete doesn't feel right to me.
> I
> >guess I could overwrite create children in the above example but not
> when my
> >MXML file contains a TabNavigator rather than is a TabNavigator which
> is
> >also a situation elsewhere in the application. Is there a better way
> arround
> >this?  Creating a ChildDiscriptor object. Does doing things in this
> way mean
> >a blank component appears then its contents appear?
> >
> > Thanks in Advance,
> > Wes
> >
>
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[flexcoders] manual update of air by opening new version fails - but update framework works

[arieljake]

We are able to use the update framework to update our apps, and I remember at 
one point, users could double click a newer version of our .air file to update 
their program, but that has stopped working.

What needs to be in place for that type of manual update to work?

Thanks.

Re: [flexcoders] alt+f4 Short cut key

[Mark Lapasa]

The day Flash Player provides alt-f4 support is the day when World of 
Warcraft provides it too

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=12454665647

jitendra jain wrote:
>  
>
> Hi friends,
>
>   I want to implement alt+f4 key functionality in my swf application. 
> How can I override the browser keys? Any help will be appreciated
>
> Thanks,
>
> with Regards,
> Jitendra Jain
> Software Engineer
> 91-9979960798
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[flexcoders] any tool can create Java entities from as 3 VOs?

[markflex2007]

Hi

I have build many AS3 VOs (about 150),may I use some tool to create java VOs 
from the AS 3 VOs.



Thanks



Mark

(PS:VO:Value Object(Properties and get/set mothods))

RE: [flexcoders] Re: *** So you think you know ActionScript? (Read original post first) ***

[Tracy Spratt]

Ah, I see something I missed at first.  This example is using "literal" xml,
so the null IS getting interpreted by AS as null and not as a string.  I bet
it would be different if you did:

var xml:XML = XML("null");

 

Even so I am still surprised because the null should be the text node and
the expression should return an XMLList with zero length.  Very interesting.

 

Tracy Spratt,

Lariat Services, development services available

  _  

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of jaywood58
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 12:48 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] Re: *** So you think you know ActionScript? (Read
original post first) ***

 

  

--- In flexcod...@yahoogro  ups.com,
"Tracy Spratt"  wrote:
>
> _ 
> 
> From: flexcod...@yahoogro  ups.com
[mailto:flexcod...@yahoogro  ups.com]
On
> Behalf Of Paul Andrews
> Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 9:33 PM
> To: flexcod...@yahoogro  ups.com
> Subject: Re: [flexcoders] *** So you think you know ActionScript? (Read
> original post first) ***
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Dave Glasser wrote:
> > Consider this code snippet:
> >
> > var xml:XML = null;
> > var xmlList:XMLList = xml.inner;
> > trace(xmlList == null);
> >
> > What does the trace statement output, true or false, and why?
> >
> > Please provide an answer without running the code (of course) and,
better
> yet, without consulting any documentation, or any of the other answers
that
> may have been posted already (if you read the list in chronological
order.)
> Pretend it's a job interview question and you have to give it your best
shot
> off the top of your head.
> >
> > And also, if you don't mind, don't top-post your answer, so that if
> someone does read your answer before the original post, they might get a
> chance to answer without having seen yours first.
> > 
> 
> xmlList is set to point at somthing which isn't a list, so I think the 
> trace statement will not be reached. That's my 02:31AM thought..
> 
> 
> 
> All e4x expressions return an XMLList. It can be empty but is never a
null.
> Besides, the characters. "null" in a text node are just a string. "null"
in
> an AS comparison is a special value. The trace will display false.
> Trace("xmllist.text() =="null" ); //would return true.
> 
> 
> 
> Tracy Spratt,
> 
> Lariat Services, development services available
>

Like Tracy, I thought it would return false, for the same reason -- that
null would be interpreted as a string. Was surprised when I
ran the code and saw true. What's going on? It seems like the AS decoder
recognizes "null" as a special case. 

[flexcoders] Re: Flex integration with SAP no login

[valdhor]

Does the web service allow you to send login credentials as part of the XML? If 
so, how? (Envelope or headers)


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "shailesh_natu"  wrote:
>
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to get data from SAP for my Flex application using webservice. 
> It ask me to login to system to get SAP data. Is there any wayout through 
> which I can pass user/password so that whenever I execute my Flex application 
> will not ask me login credentials.
>

[flexcoders] Re: RegExpValidator Not working with code-behind

[Geoffrey]

Didn't seem to help.

I changed the String to a RegExp, escaped and didn't escape the {} characters, 
and also tried with and without the [Bindable] metadata tag.  As long as the 
regular expression is in the actionscript file, it just doesn't work properly.  
Actually, in this instance, nothing ever validates as a valid IP address.

Geoff

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Ian Thomas  wrote:
>
> Geoff,
>Try:
> 
> public var validIPExpression:RegExp =
> /^(([01]?[0-9]\{1,2\}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.)\{3\}([01]?[0-9]\{1,2\}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])$/;
> 
> instead.
> 
> Could be because by directly specifying the expression, the MXML->AS
> parser correctly decides to treat it as a RegExp. But when directly
> binding to the value, binding sees it just as a String.
> 
> HTH,
>Ian
> 
> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Geoffrey wrote:
> >
> >
> > We use the code-behind technique to attach AS to MXML. Doing this has caused
> > an interesting issue with RegExpValidator. If the regular expression is
> > defined in the AS file and contains a quantifier, it causes validation to
> > act funky.
> >
> > In the following example, if you type about 20 zeroes into the IP field it
> > goes from invalid, to valid, and back to invalid. Obviously it should be
> > invalid after the first zero is typed and stay that way unless a proper IP
> > is entered. However, if you take the same regExp string and put it in the
> > MXML file it works as expected. Note that escaping or not escaping the { or
> > } characters while the string is in the AS file has no effect on the
> > validation.
> >
> > Test.mxml
> > -
> > http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";
> > xmlns:local="*"
> > minWidth="800" minHeight="600">
> >
> > 
> >
> > 
> >
> > MyComp.mxml
> > ---
> > 
> > http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";
> > xmlns:custom="*">
> >
> >  > label="IP Address: "
> > required="true">
> > 
> > 
> >
> >  > expression="{validIPExpression}"
> > source="{tiIPAddress}"
> > property="text"
> > trigger="{tiIPAddress}"
> > triggerEvent="change"
> > noMatchError="Invalid IP Address Format."/>
> >
> > 
> >
> > 
> >
> > MyCompScript.as
> > ---
> > package
> > {
> > import mx.containers.Form;
> >
> > public class MyCompScript extends Form
> > {
> > [Bindable]
> > public var validIPExpression:String =
> > "^(([01]?[0-9]{1,2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.){3}([01]?[0-9]{1,2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])$";
> > //public var validIPExpression:String =
> > "^(([01]?[0-9]\{1,2\}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.)\{3\}([01]?[0-9]\{1,2\}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])$";
> > // Neither of the above work
> >
> > public function MyCompScript()
> > {
> > super();
> > }
> > }
> > }
> >
> > Does this seem like a bug, or just a limitation introduced by using the
> > code-behind technique?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Geoff
> >
> > p.s. Don't know what code-behind is?
> > http://learn.adobe.com/wiki/display/Flex/Code+Behind
> >
> >
>

RE: [flexcoders] Flex Sprite Double click not working

[Gordon Smith]

You have to "opt in" to doubleclicks. An InteractiveObject doesn't dispatch a 
DOUBLE_CLICK event when it is double-clicked unless its doubleClickEnabled 
property is true.

Gordon Smith
Adobe Flex SDK Team

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Sajid Hussain
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 5:46 AM
To: Code
Subject: [flexcoders] Flex Sprite Double click not working


very strange and annoying issue I m facing

I have one sprite with drawing api I have one circle init ,where I m trying to 
call double click but its not working where as mouseup or down and click 
function working

Sajid

_,___

re: [flexcoders] Re: ameature question but am desperate

[Wally Kolcz]

I was getting the same CFC cannot be invoked error. What I found out, from my 
set up, that I was using MySQL and you cannot add a true/false to the database 
as a Boolean field. Its either a 1 or 0. If you create a varchar field, the 
code works fine.

Not sure what type of DB you were using or how you set up your tables.


From: "Wally Kolcz" 
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 10:15 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: re: [flexcoders] Re: ameature question but am desperate 

Ohhh I am wrong, you want to pass in a Boolean. So forget my last response. 
However. I still am curious about your CFC path and your CFC, itself, it 
returning a 'String' (returnType), but you're not returning anything after the 
query


From: "stinasius" 
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 6:00 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] Re: ameature question but am desperate 

this is the code

"mxml file with Remote object call"



http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; layout="absolute">















  



"cfc"









INSERT INTO cats(cat)

VALUES("#arguments.cat#")

[flexcoders] mxmlc compiling errors with swc created with flash cs4

[icecreamrapper]

Hi, I am building up an ANT task which is giving me some grief when the 
compilation occurs.

 

I have 3 SWC's. One of them contains a few movieclips I converted to a SWC to 
use as animated graphics in my UI.

FlexBuilder compiles the file with no problems. When I run ANT task and it hits 
the mxmlc action it throws an error and says

 

"Error: Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant"

 

this is the compiler part of the ANT task.

 


  
  
  


 //  I have tried removing the .swc 
but still no luck
  


 

Am I missing something from the args?

 

thanks

 

MaTT

[flexcoders] Sandbox Bridge Help!

[Allan Pichler]

Hi all and thank you for a great mailing list.

I'm trying to use the parentSandboxBridge, but I can't really find any
good explanations of it.

Here is what i'm trying to do.

I have an AIR application where the users can create overlays on a
video file. One example of this would be to place a SWF file with a
form in it on top of a video. The submit function of the form needs to
call a function in the air application, which throws a security
sandbox violation.

It seems that the sandbox bridge should be able to allow this
functionality, but i can't seem to figure out how.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Allan

[flexcoders] Re: *** So you think you know ActionScript? (Read original post first) ***

[jaywood58]

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Tracy Spratt"  wrote:
>
>   _  
> 
> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of Paul Andrews
> Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 9:33 PM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [flexcoders] *** So you think you know ActionScript? (Read
> original post first) ***
> 
>  
> 
>   
> 
> Dave Glasser wrote:
> > Consider this code snippet:
> >
> > var xml:XML = null;
> > var xmlList:XMLList = xml.inner;
> > trace(xmlList == null);
> >
> > What does the trace statement output, true or false, and why?
> >
> > Please provide an answer without running the code (of course) and, better
> yet, without consulting any documentation, or any of the other answers that
> may have been posted already (if you read the list in chronological order.)
> Pretend it's a job interview question and you have to give it your best shot
> off the top of your head.
> >
> > And also, if you don't mind, don't top-post your answer, so that if
> someone does read your answer before the original post, they might get a
> chance to answer without having seen yours first.
> > 
> 
> xmlList is set to point at somthing which isn't a list, so I think the 
> trace statement will not be reached. That's my 02:31AM thought..
> 
>  
> 
> All e4x expressions return an XMLList. It can be empty but is never a null.
> Besides, the characters. "null" in a text node are just a string.  "null" in
> an AS comparison is a special value.  The trace will display false.
> Trace("xmllist.text() =="null" );  //would return true.
> 
>  
> 
> Tracy Spratt,
> 
> Lariat Services, development services available
>

Like Tracy, I thought it would return false, for the same reason -- that 
null would be interpreted as a string. Was surprised when I ran 
the code and saw true. What's going on? It seems like the AS decoder recognizes 
"null" as a special case. 

Re: [flexcoders] RegExpValidator Not working with code-behind

[Ian Thomas]

Geoff,
   Try:

public var validIPExpression:RegExp =
/^(([01]?[0-9]\{1,2\}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.)\{3\}([01]?[0-9]\{1,2\}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])$/;

instead.

Could be because by directly specifying the expression, the MXML->AS
parser correctly decides to treat it as a RegExp. But when directly
binding to the value, binding sees it just as a String.

HTH,
   Ian

On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Geoffrey wrote:
>
>
> We use the code-behind technique to attach AS to MXML. Doing this has caused
> an interesting issue with RegExpValidator. If the regular expression is
> defined in the AS file and contains a quantifier, it causes validation to
> act funky.
>
> In the following example, if you type about 20 zeroes into the IP field it
> goes from invalid, to valid, and back to invalid. Obviously it should be
> invalid after the first zero is typed and stay that way unless a proper IP
> is entered. However, if you take the same regExp string and put it in the
> MXML file it works as expected. Note that escaping or not escaping the { or
> } characters while the string is in the AS file has no effect on the
> validation.
>
> Test.mxml
> -
> http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";
> xmlns:local="*"
> minWidth="800" minHeight="600">
>
> 
>
> 
>
> MyComp.mxml
> ---
> 
> http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";
> xmlns:custom="*">
>
>  label="IP Address: "
> required="true">
> 
> 
>
>  expression="{validIPExpression}"
> source="{tiIPAddress}"
> property="text"
> trigger="{tiIPAddress}"
> triggerEvent="change"
> noMatchError="Invalid IP Address Format."/>
>
> 
>
> 
>
> MyCompScript.as
> ---
> package
> {
> import mx.containers.Form;
>
> public class MyCompScript extends Form
> {
> [Bindable]
> public var validIPExpression:String =
> "^(([01]?[0-9]{1,2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.){3}([01]?[0-9]{1,2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])$";
> //public var validIPExpression:String =
> "^(([01]?[0-9]\{1,2\}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.)\{3\}([01]?[0-9]\{1,2\}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])$";
> // Neither of the above work
>
> public function MyCompScript()
> {
> super();
> }
> }
> }
>
> Does this seem like a bug, or just a limitation introduced by using the
> code-behind technique?
>
> Thanks,
> Geoff
>
> p.s. Don't know what code-behind is?
> http://learn.adobe.com/wiki/display/Flex/Code+Behind
>
> 

[flexcoders] RegExpValidator Not working with code-behind

[Geoffrey]

We use the code-behind technique to attach AS to MXML.  Doing this has caused 
an interesting issue with RegExpValidator.  If the regular expression is 
defined in the AS file and contains a quantifier, it causes validation to act 
funky.

In the following example, if you type about 20 zeroes into the IP field it goes 
from invalid, to valid, and back to invalid.  Obviously it should be invalid 
after the first zero is typed and stay that way unless a proper IP is entered.  
However, if you take the same regExp string and put it in the MXML file it 
works as expected.  Note that escaping or not escaping the { or } characters 
while the string is in the AS file has no effect on the validation.


Test.mxml
-
http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";
xmlns:local="*"
minWidth="800" minHeight="600">





MyComp.mxml
---

http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";
xmlns:custom="*">


   








MyCompScript.as
---
package
{
import mx.containers.Form;

public class MyCompScript extends Form
{
[Bindable]
public var validIPExpression:String = 
"^(([01]?[0-9]{1,2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.){3}([01]?[0-9]{1,2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])$";
//public var validIPExpression:String = 
"^(([01]?[0-9]\{1,2\}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.)\{3\}([01]?[0-9]\{1,2\}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])$";
// Neither of the above work

public function MyCompScript()
{
super();
}
}
}

Does this seem like a bug, or just a limitation introduced by using the 
code-behind technique?

Thanks,
 Geoff

p.s.  Don't know what code-behind is?  
http://learn.adobe.com/wiki/display/Flex/Code+Behind

Re: [flexcoders] Charts - how to disable the little arm stroke to the chart dataTip

[thomas parquier]

I'm not sure, but I think the following style applied to your chart should
do the trick :

> callout-stroke: ClassReference(null);
>

thomas
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2009/8/11 djhatrick 

>
>
> I want to hide that element, if possible.
>
> Thanks,
> Patrick
>
>  
>

[flexcoders] Re: crossdomain.xml trhough https (IIS)

[Flap Flap]

Ok, so I narrow down the scope :

In fact I have three crossdomain.xml file one is the root :





and two others in 2 different virtual directory for the webservices with
that :






What seems to happening is that in HTTPS, the crossdomain policy of the
virtual directory are not loaded.

So I'm not sure if its an IIS rediredtion problem or a crossdomain issue.

Addind this tags :




to the root crossdomain file make all works fine but it's not a good
solution.

Benoît Milgram / Flapflap
http://www.kilooctet.net

I'm also a music mashup / bootlegs producer :
http://www.djgaston.net


On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Flap Flap wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have an IIS server that can serve both http and https webservice.
> I must access webservice from local swf file to both protocol.
> So I have my crossdomain.xml like that :
>
> - <#123146758b920521_> 
>
>
>
>
> Which works fine in HTTP (despite it's says that it will ignore the secure
> false) but doesn't in HTTPS.
> If I use IE to watch the files I get both of them (in HTTP / HTTPS)
>
> Any clue ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Benoît Milgram / Flapflap
> http://www.kilooctet.net
>
> I'm also a music mashup / bootlegs producer :
> http://www.djgaston.net
>

[flexcoders] Re: TabNavigator changing from MXML to actionscript.

[jaywood58]

An easy way might be to use different viewstates (e.g., a base state without 
the restricted tab, and a derived state that includes the restricted tab), then 
simply set the appropriate viewstate based on user permissions. Similar to your 
init() code, it might look something like:

if (Permissions.hasPermission("restrictedTab")
   {
 currentState = "stateWithRestrictedTab";

Good luck!

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Wesley Acheson  wrote:
>
> Hi I've an application already mostly written.
> 
> *Background*:
> 
> This application uses several custom components that extend or contain
> TabNavigators.
> 
> A requrirement which I've missed is that if the user doesn't have permission
> to view a tab then the tab doesn't appear in the tab navigators.
> 
> However tabs still appear even if the child elements they refer to are
> invisible.
> 
> So I guess that I need to do something like this in my MXML files.
> 
> 
> http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";
> xmlns:component="com.example.test.*" CreationComplete="init()">
> ...
> //Normal stuff in here
> ...
> public var tab1:CustomComponent1;
> public var tab2:CustomComponent2;
> //etc
> ...
> 
> private function init():void
> {
>   if (Permissions.hasPermission("viewTab1")
>   {
> tab1 = new CustomComponent1;
> ...
> // Set the properties that are normally specified in MXML
> // Add event listeners for all the events normally specified in mxml.
> // e.g. tab1.addEventListener(SaveEvent.SAVE, handleSave);
> // Do any bindings that are normally associated with the MXML
>   }
> }
> 
> ...
> 
> 
> *Questions:*
> 
>1. How do I set up the bindings? I have seen
>
> http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=databinding_7.htmlhowever
> this leaves me worried that binding will occur differently.  I'm
>particually worried that I'll get binding events occuring before the
>component is initialised which won't (As is normal in mxml) be swallowed by
>the framework. I don't even know where I'd put a try block for these 
> errors.
>2. Doing things in this way means that tabs the user has permission for
>but hasn't clicked on don't apply for deferred instanceiation. Is there any
>way to get this back.  (Normally the tab navigator only instances its
>children when the appropiate tab is selected).
>3. Creating the child after CreationComplete doesn't feel right to me. I
>guess I could overwrite create children in the above example but not when 
> my
>MXML file contains a TabNavigator rather than is a TabNavigator which is
>also a situation elsewhere in the application. Is there a better way 
> arround
>this?  Creating a ChildDiscriptor object. Does doing things in this way 
> mean
>a blank component appears then its contents appear?
> 
> Thanks in Advance,
> Wes
>

Re: [flexcoders] This mailing list vs the forum.

[Tom Chiverton]

On Thursday 13 Aug 2009, Gregor Kiddie wrote:
> It does have to be said, I use the Mailing list functionality of the
> Adobe forums rather than visiting the forum directly...

Last time I checked, this was utterly broken. With mangled bodies, mangled 
subject lines and the lack of correct headers to allow threading.

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Re: [flexcoders] *** So you think you know ActionScript? (Read original post first) ***

[Tom Chiverton]

On Thursday 13 Aug 2009, Dave Glasser wrote:
> Neither. It's for amusement only, for anyone who wants to take a crack at
> it. And the "cloak and dagger" response stuff, is, as I explained, so those
> who would like to take a crack at it can do so without being influenced by
> others' answers.

I would have expected 'not reading the replies' to cover that :-)

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[flexcoders] crossdomain.xml trhough https (IIS)

[Flap Flap]

Hi all,

I have an IIS server that can serve both http and https webservice.
I must access webservice from local swf file to both protocol.
So I have my crossdomain.xml like that :

- <#> 
   
   
  

Which works fine in HTTP (despite it's says that it will ignore the secure
false) but doesn't in HTTPS.
If I use IE to watch the files I get both of them (in HTTP / HTTPS)

Any clue ?

Thanks

Benoît Milgram / Flapflap
http://www.kilooctet.net

I'm also a music mashup / bootlegs producer :
http://www.djgaston.net

[flexcoders] High CPU usage when I hover and remain in AdvaceddataGrid cell

[garfild190]

Hi guys,
I created a tree using AdvancedDataGrid and I have 2 very very troubling
problems.

1. When I hover over a cell which I have a renderer for, The cpu goes up to 30 
and stay there, even if I'm not moving the mouse.

2. For 1000 rows the vertical scroll is realy legging behind the mouse.

Are those 2 connected?
How can I solve it, the 1'st is more crucial.

Please please help

Thanks

Jo 

[flexcoders] Re: IS IT POSSIBLE??Load an SWF in another SWF using 2 diff loaderContext appdomain

[valdhor]

I don't use loaders - I use modules. Here is a quick and dirty example:


http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";
layout="vertical"
 creationComplete="onCreationComplete()">
 
 
 
 
 
 


TestModule.mxml

http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; layout="vertical">
 
 
 
 



--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Mehdi"  wrote:
>
> I am getting to the conclusion that the following is not supported at
all. (Using flex 3.2 SDK):
> Loading one SWF into another one using 2 different loaderContext. I
tried using the Loader and the SWFLoader (and to some extend the
ModuleLoader)
>
> 1- Build a simple Flex App with a combo box or Alert Message (on click
of a button for instance).  (=="TestCombo.swf")
> 2. Load that SWF (from Step 1) using the Loader in a new application
Domain (as such:
> var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest("TestCombo.swf");
> _loader = new Loader();
>
_loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,handleModuleLo\
aded);
>
_loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR,handleE\
rror);
>
_loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(SecurityErrorEvent.SECURITY_E\
RROR,handleError);
> _loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.UNLOAD,
unloadHandler1);
> var context:LoaderContext =  new LoaderContext();
> context.applicationDomain = new ApplicationDomain();  //  that's KEY!
> _loader.load(request,context);
>
> In the handleModuleLoaded function, I am simply adding the content of
the comboSWF into a vbox
> vbx.rawChildren.addChild(_loader.content);
>
> 3. Attempt to see the content of the combo or click on the button to
see the Alert from the loaded SWF, and you get an exception. (see below)
>
>   TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null
object reference.
>   at
mx.managers::SystemManager/addPopupRequestHandler()[C:\autobuild\3.2.0\f\
rameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\managers\SystemManager.as:3604]
>   at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEventFunction()
>   at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent()
>   at
mx.managers::PopUpManagerImpl/addPopUp()[C:\autobuild\3.2.0\frameworks\p\
rojects\framework\src\mx\managers\PopUpManagerImpl.as:294]
>   at
mx.managers::PopUpManager$/addPopUp()[C:\autobuild\3.2.0\frameworks\proj\
ects\framework\src\mx\managers\PopUpManager.as:169]
>   at
mx.controls::Alert$/show()[C:\autobuild\3.2.0\frameworks\projects\framew\
ork\src\mx\controls\Alert.as:519]
>   at
TestCombo/___TestCombo_Button1_click()[M:\projects\flex-projects\TestCom\
bo\src\TestCombo.mxml:16]
>
> The same code works perfectly fine if you attempt to load the SWF into
the same applicationDomain, but that's totally not acceptable for us
here.
>
> Using the SWFLoader as opposed to the Loader does not even get you
this far. The TestCombo.swf is not even loaded. I get the following
exception when trying to load the module: (basically complaining about
the system Manager being null)
>
>  TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null
object reference.
>   at
mx.controls::SWFLoader/initSystemManagerCompleteEventHandler()[C:\autobu\
ild\3.2.0\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\controls\SWFLoader.as:217\
4]
>   at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEventFunction()
>   at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent()
>   at
mx.managers::SystemManager/initHandler()[C:\autobuild\3.2.0\frameworks\p\
rojects\framework\src\mx\managers\SystemManager.as:2862]
>
> Anything would help. I just need to know whether that's possible or
not using flex sdk 3.2.
>
> Cheers.
>

[flexcoders] Re: BitmapData and Matrix: teach a man to fish (aka matrix).

[flexaustin]

So I made the following changes:

FROM THIS:-

numberOfPDFPanelsHigh = Math.max( 1, Math.round(( (_bounds.height *
_percentageToScalePrintOut) / imageHeight) + 2.5) );
numberOfPDFPanelsWide = Math.max( 1, Math.round(( (_bounds.width *
_percentageToScalePrintOut) / imageWidth) + 15.5) );

TO THIS: ---
numberOfPDFPanelsHigh = Math.max( 1, Math.round( (_bounds.height / imageHeight) 
)  );
numberOfPDFPanelsWide = Math.max( 1, 
Math.round( (_bounds.width  / imageWidth)  )  );

I get all the pages, but it is copying a lot of extra whitepages which then 
need to be removed, not efficient, but it is quick.

Re: [flexcoders] *** So you think you know ActionScript? (Read original post first) ***

[Jeffry Houser]

Although I did enjoy reading the answers of others; it is unusual to 
see queries like this on the list, especially with so many disclaimers. 


Dave Glasser wrote:
 

Neither. It's for amusement only, for anyone who wants to take a crack 
at it. And the "cloak and dagger" response stuff, is, as I explained, 
so those who would like to take a crack at it can do so without being 
influenced by others' answers.


--- On *Thu, 8/13/09, Jeffry Houser //* wrote:


From: Jeffry Houser 
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] *** So you think you know ActionScript?
(Read original post first) ***
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, August 13, 2009, 7:50 AM

 



Why all the cloak and dagger response stuff?  Did you get asked
this on an interview?  Or are you testing responses to a question
you want to ask while interviewing?   


Dave Glasser wrote:

 


Consider this code snippet:

var xml:XML =  null ;
var xmlList:XMLList = xml.inner;
trace(xmlList == null);

What does the trace statement output, true or false, and why?

Please provide an answer without running the code (of course)
and, better yet, without consulting any documentation, or any of
the other answers that may have been posted already (if you read
the list in chronological order.) Pretend it's a job interview
question and you have to give it your best shot off the top of
your head.

And also, if you don't mind, don't top-post your answer, so that
if someone does read your answer before the original post, they
might get a chance to answer without having seen yours first.



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[flexcoders] Connecting to remote JMS: name TopicConnectionFactory not bound

[vermeulen_bas]

Dear all,

I'm trying to send messages from and to a remote JMS (activemq) (it is on 
localhost now for testing purposes). However, I keep getting error messages no 
matter how I try. The message is:

INFO: [LCDS] [INFO] JMS consumer for JMS destination 
'java:comp/env/jmz/topic/flex/simpletopic
' is being removed from the JMS adapter due to the following error: 
Name TopicConnectionFactory
 is not bound in this Context

My tomcat/conf/server.xml looks as follows:

 


WEB-INF/web.xml




   



 

My messaging config is:



 



   


  




Topic
javax.jms.TextMessage
java:comp/env/jms/flex/TopicConnectionFactory

java:comp/env/jmz/topic/flex/simpletopic

APP.STOCK.MARKETDATA

NON_PERSISTENT
DEFAULT_PRIORITY
AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE
false
  
   
Context.PROVIDER_URL
vm://localhost

 


  
Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY


org.apache.naming.java.javaURLContextFactory
   
  
  
Context.URL_PKG_PREFIXES
java:org.apache.naming



 









 



 
I have tried removing the part about the initial context factory and using the 
activemq initital context factory.Further I have tried changing 
Context.Provider_URL to localhost:61616 and the brokerURL to vm:localhost 
without results.

Anyone ideas?

Best regards,

Bas

[flexcoders] How to AIR applications can access files from remote SMB shares

[Shayed Ahammed (dedar)]

can any body help me to connect with SMB?

Thanks

[flexcoders] Re: Open network share in Explorer and Finder

[Shayed Ahammed (dedar)]

You got any solution at last?
I also need SMB or AFP connection.

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Chad Gray"  wrote:
>
> Ok, in safari if I type afp://server/share it mounts the share.
> 
> If I put this in my AS the button does not launch the browser.
> 
> I have a feeling the URLRequest type does not like the afp:// section.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On 
> Behalf Of Tom Chiverton
> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 11:26 AM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Open network share in Explorer and Finder
> 
> On Friday 28 Mar 2008, Chad Gray wrote:
> > var url:String = "file://server/share";
> 
> There should be 3 slashes after the colon.
> Does MacOS need 'smb' or 'smbfs' rather than file protocol ? What does the 
> URL 
> to a Windows share look like on their brand of Unix ?
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[flexcoders] Flex integration with SAP no login

[shailesh_natu]

Hi,

I am trying to get data from SAP for my Flex application using webservice. 
It ask me to login to system to get SAP data. Is there any wayout through which 
I can pass user/password so that whenever I execute my Flex application will 
not ask me login credentials.

[flexcoders] How to control cahing in flex3....

[lokee_mca]

Hi all,
How to control the image caching in flex3. i.e i need to stop the 
images to store into temporary internet files.
 
   Plz help me

  Regards,

  Lokesh

[flexcoders] Flex integration with SAP no login

[shailesh_natu]

Hi,

I am trying to get data from SAP for my Flex application using webservice. 
It ask me to login to system to get SAP data. Is there any wayout through which 
I can pass user/password so that whenever I execute my Flex application will 
not ask me login credentials.

re: [flexcoders] Multiple currencies

[Wally Kolcz]

Sets a variable (via combox box, link, locale) that directs a function that 
performs a currency conversion (math)


From: "christophe_jacquelin" 
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 6:38 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] Multiple currencies 

Hello, 

How to manage a paiement system with several currencies (Euros and Dollars) in 
a flex application ? 

Thank you,

Christopher

re: [flexcoders] 2 Flex App on an unique URL

[Wally Kolcz]

Or have a main app that uses the navigateToURL to two different HTML pages that 
contain the apps.

Or since all the app is is a swf, embed 2 swf's on one HTML page.


From: "christophe_jacquelin" 
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 6:36 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] 2 Flex App on an unique URL 

Hello, 

I have two flex application that I want to put on an unique website. 

I don't want to use modules. 

How to organise the web site to launch the 2 applications ? 

Thank you,

Christopher, 

re: [flexcoders] 2 Flex App on an unique URL

[Wally Kolcz]

Two different host html pages and one page linking them. I.E. clients.html 
(client.swf application) and admin.html (contains admin.swf)


From: "christophe_jacquelin" 
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 6:36 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] 2 Flex App on an unique URL 

Hello, 

I have two flex application that I want to put on an unique website. 

I don't want to use modules. 

How to organise the web site to launch the 2 applications ? 

Thank you,

Christopher, 

[flexcoders] Multiple currencies

[christophe_jacquelin]

Hello, 

How to manage a paiement system with several currencies (Euros and Dollars) in 
a flex application ? 

Thank you,
Christopher

[flexcoders] 2 Flex App on an unique URL

[christophe_jacquelin]

Hello, 

I have two flex application that I want to put on an unique website. 

I don't want to use modules. 

How to organise the web site to launch the 2 applications ? 

Thank you,
Christopher, 

Re: [flexcoders] This mailing list vs the forum.

[Paul Andrews]

Ian Thomas wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Andriy Panas wrote:
>
>   
>> Forums in general are way superior to mailing lists to exchange the
>> knowledge on the Internet.
>> 
>
> My main issue with that is:
>   Mailing lists are push. Forums are pull.
>
> I'm on 6 or 7 different mailing lists. There's no way I'd get round to
> visiting 6 or 7 different forums to see what's updated several times a
> day; therefore I wouldn't ever read anything or answer anyone.
>
> Ian
>
>   
+1

RE: [flexcoders] This mailing list vs the forum.

[Gregor Kiddie]

It does have to be said, I use the Mailing list functionality of the
Adobe forums rather than visiting the forum directly...

 

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Behalf Of Ian Thomas
Sent: 13 August 2009 14:02
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] This mailing list vs the forum.

 

  

On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Andriy Panasmailto:a.panas%40gmail.com> > wrote:

> Forums in general are way superior to mailing lists to exchange the
> knowledge on the Internet.

My main issue with that is:
Mailing lists are push. Forums are pull.

I'm on 6 or 7 different mailing lists. There's no way I'd get round to
visiting 6 or 7 different forums to see what's updated several times a
day; therefore I wouldn't ever read anything or answer anyone.

Ian

Re: [flexcoders] *** So you think you know ActionScript? (Read original post first) ***

[Dave Glasser]

Neither. It's for amusement only, for anyone who wants to take a crack at it. 
And the "cloak and dagger" response stuff, is, as I explained, so those who 
would like to take a crack at it can do so without being influenced by others' 
answers.

--- On Thu, 8/13/09, Jeffry Houser  wrote:

From: Jeffry Houser 
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] *** So you think you know ActionScript? (Read 
original post first) ***
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, August 13, 2009, 7:50 AM






 





  





Why all the cloak and dagger response stuff?  Did you get asked this on
an interview?  Or are you testing responses to a question you want to
ask while interviewing?   



Dave Glasser wrote:
 

  
  Consider this code snippet:

  

var xml:XML =  null ;

var xmlList:XMLList = xml.inner;

trace(xmlList == null);

  

What does the trace statement output, true or false, and why?

  

Please provide an answer without running the code (of course) and,
better yet, without consulting any documentation, or any of the other
answers that may have been posted already (if you read the list in
chronological order.) Pretend it's a job interview question and you
have to give it your best shot off the top of your head.

  

And also, if you don't mind, don't top-post your answer, so that if
someone does read your answer before the original post, they might get
a chance to answer without having seen yours first.

  

  
  
 


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Re: [flexcoders] This mailing list vs the forum.

[Ian Thomas]

On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Andriy Panas wrote:

> Forums in general are way superior to mailing lists to exchange the
> knowledge on the Internet.

My main issue with that is:
  Mailing lists are push. Forums are pull.

I'm on 6 or 7 different mailing lists. There's no way I'd get round to
visiting 6 or 7 different forums to see what's updated several times a
day; therefore I wouldn't ever read anything or answer anyone.

Ian

Re: [flexcoders] This mailing list vs the forum.

[Tom Chiverton]

On Thursday 13 Aug 2009, Andriy Panas wrote:
>Adobe Forums are definitely the future for the main communication
> medium for Adobe Flex experts.

I have to disagree.

>Things that jump into my mind first - Adobe Forums have better text
> and code formatting support, 

Not needed.

> pretty good search functionality, 

Google searches both, so any built-in system is pointless.

> Adobe  
> forums are hosted and supported by vendor technology (Adobe), thus you
> are more likely to receive the response from Adobe's engineers over
> there. 

You know the forum software isn't Adobes, right ? And do you look at who posts 
here with @adobe address ?

> Last, but not the least - most active member of Adobe Forums 
> are promoted with points score,

So what ? 

> pretty good stuff for your individual
> ego.

If you are in it for your ego, I have bad news for you :-)

>   Of course, Adobe Forums still have a room to improve,

Because they suck ?
There's no point me reposting the complaints I've posted on it since it's 
relaunch, I'm sure you'll be able to locate them easily with the forums 
search engine...

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[flexcoders] Flex Sprite Double click not working

[Sajid Hussain]

very strange and annoying issue I m facing 

I have one sprite with drawing api I have one circle init ,where I m trying to 
call double click but its not working where as mouseup or down and click 
function working 

Sajid



  

Re: [flexcoders] Re: How to run another air application from air application

[Tom Chiverton]

On Thursday 13 Aug 2009, vladakg85 wrote:
> Yes, but I don;t want to use framework. I have to make manual update.

By writing your own framework ? Why bother... ? I don't see you having any 
particularly odd requirements.

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[flexcoders] alt+f4 Short cut key

[jitendra jain]

Hi friends,

  I want to implement alt+f4 key functionality in my swf application. How can I 
override the browser keys? Any help will be appreciated

Thanks,

with Regards,
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Re: [flexcoders] *** So you think you know ActionScript? (Read original post first) ***

[Jeffry Houser]

Why all the cloak and dagger response stuff?  Did you get asked this on 
an interview?  Or are you testing responses to a question you want to 
ask while interviewing?   


Dave Glasser wrote:
 


Consider this code snippet:

var xml:XML = null;
var xmlList:XMLList = xml.inner;
trace(xmlList == null);

What does the trace statement output, true or false, and why?

Please provide an answer without running the code (of course) and, 
better yet, without consulting any documentation, or any of the other 
answers that may have been posted already (if you read the list in 
chronological order.) Pretend it's a job interview question and you 
have to give it your best shot off the top of your head.


And also, if you don't mind, don't top-post your answer, so that if 
someone does read your answer before the original post, they might get 
a chance to answer without having seen yours first.






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[flexcoders] How to get the DataGridColumn where a drop occurred

[marc.gigu...@ymail.com]

Hi, I'm fairly new to Flex and I'd appreciate your help. I'm trying the 
following:

I have a DataGrid with 28 columns representing a calendar of some sort with 
"dropEnabled" set to "true" and all the drop events defined (dragEnter, 
dragExit, dragDrop). This part works very well.

The leftmost column, which is locked ("lockedColumnCount=1"), represents 
resources and the other columns have a count of defects associated to each 
resource at a specific date.

I also have a List with "dragEnabled" set to "true". This list contains a list 
of defect objects which are different than what is displayed in the DataGrid.

When the user clicks on a number of defects displayed in the DataGrid for a 
resource, the list of defects is displayed in the list.

My goal is to be able to drag a defect displayed in the list to a new resource 
/ date location in the DataGrid and update the counts displayed.

So far, I'm able to get the row (through "calculateDropIndex") but I am unable 
to figure out the column.

I tried calculating the column from the mouse position (x) by adding the 
columns widths as I iterate through the columns this way:

===
private function calculateDropColumn(event:DragEvent):int {

   var colWidth:int = 0;
   var mouseXpos:int = event.localX;
   var dropTarget:DataGrid = DataGrid(event.currentTarget);

   for (var i:int = 0; i < dropTarget.columns.length; i++) {

  if (mouseXpos >= colWidth && mouseXpos <= (colWidth +
 dropTarget.columns[i].width)) {

 return i;
  }

  colWidth += dropTarget.columns[i].width;

   }

   return -1;
}
===

It works fine until I start scrolling the columns to the right...

I saw that the DataGrid maintains an Array of "visibleColumns" and 
"visibleLockedColumns" internally through the debugger, but they are not 
exposed (mx_internal namespace).

Anybody has a better way? Am I using the correct component for this kind of 
thing? Is there a way to determine the "visibleColumns" another way?

Thanks for your help as I am at a lost...

Marc

[flexcoders] How to handle Remote Service retries?

[kevnug]

Let me say firstly that I have posted this in the Adobe Cairngorm forum but got 
no replies so hoping someone here can help me (I'll update the forum thread 
when I get an answer).

--

Hi,
 
I'm using Cairngorm for my flex apps which have a lot of database/server 
interaction.

Occasionally my host is slow and doesn't respond in time.  I'd like to retry 
these failed remote service calls a few times before alerting the user that 
there really is a problem.
 
Are there any conventions for doing this?
 
I'm thinking of adding a retry counter somewhere - maybe the Model or 
ServiceLocator? - and then dispatching a new Event in the Command fault handler.

public function fault(event:Object):void {
 if(retryCount < retryMax) {
  new MyServiceEvent...
 }else{
  Alert.show...
}

I'm wondering whether I'll run into issues generating another event in the 
fault handler?  This must have been solved before! - but I've read through the 
Cairngorm docs, searched the forums and can't find any mention of it.  All 
Command Fault Handler examples I've found either do nothing or generate an 
Alert.
 
I'm also having trouble simulating the timeout if anyone has any suggestions? - 
I'm using Zend PHP server side.
 
 
cheers

[flexcoders] Re: ameature question but am desperate

[stinasius]

when i use the following code "private function insertHandler( ):void{
   if (cat.selected == true) {
  catManager.cats( "cats");
   }
}
" i get the following error "Unable to invoke CFC - The CAT argument passed to 
the cats function is not of type boolean."

[flexcoders] Re: How to run another air application from air application

[vladakg85]

No, download goes ok, if I run file.air manually update is OK. Old version is 
replaced with new.

This is how I get file:

urlStream.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loaded);
urlStream.load(urlReq);

private function loaded(event:Event):void
{
urlStream.readBytes(fileData, 
0, urlStream.bytesAvailable);
writeAirFile();
}

private function writeAirFile():void
{

file=File.applicationStorageDirectory.resolvePath("xyz.air");
var fileStream:FileStream=new 
FileStream();
fileStream.open(file, 
FileMode.WRITE);
fileStream.writeBytes(fileData, 
0, fileData.length);
fileStream.close();
trace("The AIR file is 
written.");

Alert.show("The AIR file is 
written.");

var 
fileSpecialToInstallUpdate:File=new File();
fileSpecialToInstallUpdate=file;


var updater:Updater = new 
Updater();
var airFile:File = 
fileSpecialToInstallUpdate;
updater.update(airFile, 
updateVersionName.text); 




}

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Ian Thomas  wrote:
>
> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 11:44 AM, vladakg85 wrote:
> >
> >
> > Yes, but I don;t want to use framework. I have to make manual update. I have
> > methods that check if there is new version on server,manually download new
> > version from server, and manually run installer, but I recived this message.
> >
> > This application cannot be installed because this installer has been
> > mis-configured. Please contact the application author for assistance.
> 
> Does the 0.2 .air file on the _server_ actually work properly when you
> try to manually install it? If no, there's your problem right there.
> :-)
> 
> Does the 0.2 downloaded .air file actually work properly when you try
> to manually install it? If not, the download has gone wrong (nothing
> to do with the update framework).
> 
> It the second case is true, try looking at the .air file contents in a
> text editor - does it just contain some HTTP or PHP error data or
> something? If a text editor doesn't reveal the answer, try a HTTP
> monitor such as Charles to see if anything odd is going on with the
> request/response. And try a byte-editor compare between your server
> .air file and the downloaded .air file.
> 
> If the downloaded file _does_ work properly when manually installed,
> then I'm afraid I don't know what's going on - would need more
> context/test files.
> 
> HTH,
>Ian
>

Re: [flexcoders] Re: How to run another air application from air application

[Ian Thomas]

On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 11:44 AM, vladakg85 wrote:
>
>
> Yes, but I don;t want to use framework. I have to make manual update. I have
> methods that check if there is new version on server,manually download new
> version from server, and manually run installer, but I recived this message.
>
> This application cannot be installed because this installer has been
> mis-configured. Please contact the application author for assistance.

Does the 0.2 .air file on the _server_ actually work properly when you
try to manually install it? If no, there's your problem right there.
:-)

Does the 0.2 downloaded .air file actually work properly when you try
to manually install it? If not, the download has gone wrong (nothing
to do with the update framework).

It the second case is true, try looking at the .air file contents in a
text editor - does it just contain some HTTP or PHP error data or
something? If a text editor doesn't reveal the answer, try a HTTP
monitor such as Charles to see if anything odd is going on with the
request/response. And try a byte-editor compare between your server
.air file and the downloaded .air file.

If the downloaded file _does_ work properly when manually installed,
then I'm afraid I don't know what's going on - would need more
context/test files.

HTH,
   Ian

[flexcoders] Re: How to run another air application from air application

[vladakg85]

Yes, but I don;t want to use framework. I have to make manual update. I have 
methods that check if there is new version on server,manually download new 
version from server, and manually run installer, but I recived this message.

This application cannot be installed because this installer has been 
mis-configured. Please contact the application author for assistance. 

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Ian Thomas  wrote:
>
> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 11:07 AM, vladakg85 wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi, you help me a lot, but now I have some strange problem:
> >
> > This application cannot be installed because this installer has been
> > mis-configured. Please contact the application author for assistance.
> 
> If you're having trouble rolling your own updater, perhaps you should
> consider using the Air Update Framework which is supplied with the
> Flex SDK?
> 
> There's information here:
> http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/articles/air_update_framework.html
> http://blog.everythingflex.com/2008/08/01/air-update-framework/
> 
> HTH,
>Ian
>

Re: [flexcoders] Re: How to run another air application from air application

[Ian Thomas]

On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 11:07 AM, vladakg85 wrote:
>
>
> Hi, you help me a lot, but now I have some strange problem:
>
> This application cannot be installed because this installer has been
> mis-configured. Please contact the application author for assistance.

If you're having trouble rolling your own updater, perhaps you should
consider using the Air Update Framework which is supplied with the
Flex SDK?

There's information here:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/articles/air_update_framework.html
http://blog.everythingflex.com/2008/08/01/air-update-framework/

HTH,
   Ian

[flexcoders] Re: How to run another air application from air application

[vladakg85]

Hi, you help me a lot, but now I have some strange problem:

This application cannot be installed because this installer has been 
mis-configured. Please contact the application author for assistance.

I make one relase 0.0.1. and install on client.

I make new relase 0.0.2.

I put new relase on server, also I put descriptor file on the server 0.0.2.

I call method to download this new version. Ok.
In here updater.update(airFile, updateVersionName.text); 

updateVersionName.text is number of new version 0.0.2.

and it still show this error.

So:
Certificates are the same.
Version on release config and descriptor on server are the same.
Client config is lower then on the server and there is still error.


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Ian Thomas  wrote:
>
> Take a look at the flash.desktop.Update class - call the update()
> method on the AIR file in question rather than using URLLoader().
> 
> There's a code snippet that does what you want here:
> http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=updating_apps_1.html
> 
> HTH,
>Ian
> 
> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 8:24 AM, vladakg85 wrote:
> >
> >
> > I have one air application. Now I want to make custom update (no default, I
> > want my component) and I made it to download new application version to my
> > app folder now I need to install it, but I don't know how to invoke
> > newVersion.air from action script code???
> > I try with this but doesn't work:
> >
> > var req:URLRequest = new URLRequest("file:///c:\Documents and
> > Settings\vvucetic.newVersion.air");
> > var rld:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
> > rld.load(req);
> >
> > fscommand("exec", "file:///c:\Documents and
> > Settings\vvucetic.newVersion.air");
> >
> >
>

RE: [flexcoders] How to search a file name and its path in local machine using adobe AIR

[Gregor Kiddie]

Take a look at the File class

http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/flash/filesystem/File.html

It's AIR only.

You can use it to reference files by path, load them and manipulate
them.

 

Gk.

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From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Adarsh Agrawal
Sent: 13 August 2009 10:20
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] How to search a file name and its path in local
machine using adobe AIR

 

  

 

Hello,

i'm strugling with above mentioned subjetc line.

can any body help me  regarding this.

 

actually i've to load a file wchich is stored in local machine..so i've
to find ou t the path where the file is stored and then i've to load the
file..

 

thanks in advance

 

regards,

adarsh 







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Re: [flexcoders] This mailing list vs the forum.

[Andriy Panas]

Hi all,

   Adobe Forums are definitely the future for the main communication
medium for Adobe Flex experts.

   Forums in general are way superior to mailing lists to exchange the
knowledge on the Internet.

   Things that jump into my mind first - Adobe Forums have better text
and code formatting support, pretty good search functionality, Adobe
forums are hosted and supported by vendor technology (Adobe), thus you
are more likely to receive the response from Adobe's engineers over
there. Last, but not the least - most active member of Adobe Forums
are promoted with points score, pretty good stuff for your individual
ego.

  Of course, Adobe Forums still have a room to improve, because
StackOverFlow web-site is even better :P
  http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/flex

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Best regards,
Andriy Panas

[flexcoders] How to search a file name and its path in local machine using adobe AIR

[Adarsh Agrawal]

Hello,
i'm strugling with above mentioned subjetc line.
can any body help me  regarding this.
 
actually i've to load a file wchich is stored in local machine..so i've to find 
ou t the path where the file is stored and then i've to load the file..
 
thanks in advance
 
regards,
adarsh 


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RE: [flexcoders] This mailing list vs the forum.

[Gregor Kiddie]

I use both, mainly answering questions rather than asking them.

It's obvious that the majority of the new members of the community have
migrated to the forums rather than this list, which generates a lot of
noise, which lowers its usefulness to anyone who "surfs" for useful
posts.

The mailing list still has the best posters on it (though we appear to
have lost Alex to the forums :-(), has less noise and generally has more
informed questions and answers.

 

Definitely prefer Flexcoders...

Gk.

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From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Wesley Acheson
Sent: 12 August 2009 16:09
To: flexcoders
Subject: [flexcoders] This mailing list vs the forum.

 

  

I saw a mail a while ago about new Adobe forums. Those of you who use
both which do you perfer flexcoders or the Adobe forums?  I've an
impression that the community is pretty strong here.  ]

Please only answer If you use both. Its not a real opinion to get the
opinion of someone who only uses the group as they can't compare. 

Regards,
Wes