[flexcoders] Loading Images into a loaded SWF

2010-08-24 Thread Julian Tenney
I asked this a couple of weeks ago, just before I went on holiday. This is the problem: I have an Air application. That loads a SWF from my drive soemwhere. That SWF is trying to load an image on a relative path to the swf. When I run the swf directly, it loads the image fine: when the swf is

[flexcoders] Re: Speeding project compilation

2010-08-24 Thread Amy
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, dorkie dork from dorktown dorkiedorkfromdorkt...@... wrote: There's an option in Project Properties Flex Compiler called Copy non-embedded files to the output folder. Unfortunately, we can't uncheck this, or our XML files don't get copied. You would

RE: [flexcoders] Loading Images into a loaded SWF

2010-08-24 Thread Keith Reinfeld
Once your SWF is loaded the path is relative to your Air app. Place a copy of your media folder and its contents accordingly. Regards, Keith Reinfeld Home Page: http://keithreinfeld.home.comcast.net/ http://keithreinfeld.home.comcast.net

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Speeding project compilation

2010-08-24 Thread mark . jonkman
Why not create a simple ANT build script that simply copies your XML files into the appropriate directory for you. Then uncheck the copy non-embedded files checkbox. Then execute that script when you need to (assuming your XML doesn't change every time) or add the script as another builder on

[flexcoders] Announcement: Flextras Flex Calendar Component

2010-08-24 Thread Jeffry Houser
Hi Everyone, I'm pleased to announce the release of the Flextras Calendar Component. This was a big undertaking for us and we can't wait to have a few people take a look and tell us what we did wrong (or right). The Calendar is a great way for you to deal with date based data in a Flex

[flexcoders] Appli. Text color

2010-08-24 Thread Christophe
Hello, How to setup the text color of all the text in an application ? Thank you, Christophe,

RE: [flexcoders] Loading Images into a loaded SWF

2010-08-24 Thread Julian Tenney
I don't get why the path that's trying to load isn't the base of the Air application then? In ioError I get file:///media/DSC_0095.JPG file:///\\media\DSC_0095.JPG is failing to load. That's not the dir of the Air app, so are you sure that's what's going on, or have I missed anything else?

[flexcoders] WebSphere configuration errors

2010-08-24 Thread Matthew
Hi - This is my first time deploying my Flex war on WebSphere and I'm running into difficulties. I've got two errors when I compile my app from these files: ibm-web-bnd.xmi ibm-web-ext.xmi The main error message is this: org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xmi.PackageNotFoundException: Package with uri

RE: [flexcoders] Loading Images into a loaded SWF

2010-08-24 Thread Julian Tenney
No, when I move the folder into the air app folder, the image DEFINITELY does not load. So, WTF? From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Keith Reinfeld Sent: 24 August 2010 14:29 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Loading

[flexcoders] NumericInput UI control

2010-08-24 Thread Nick Middleweek
Hello, Up until now I've been using a NumericStepper Control for number entry fields... My client has been suggesting changes to the default behaviour of the Control to the point where it's almost not worth using a NumericStepper anymore... What does everyone use for numeric data entry fields?

[flexcoders] Re: New Flex Mapping Framework

2010-08-24 Thread Ariel J
Bravo, this is very nice. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, bryan.dresselhaus bryan.dresselh...@... wrote: Hey guys, Just wanted to let you know about a new Flex Component Framework I've been working on for the last year or so. Its for building rich, interactive polygon based maps.

Re: [flexcoders] Loading Images into a loaded SWF

2010-08-24 Thread Alex Harui
Is the loaded SWF a Flex SWF? Is it using SWFLoader/Image? Are you using Flex 4? What is the path to the AIR app, the SWF and the image and what are you using for a relative path? On 8/24/10 8:58 AM, Julian Tenney julian.ten...@nottingham.ac.uk wrote: No, when I move the folder into

Re: [flexcoders] Appli. Text color

2010-08-24 Thread Alex Harui
Use CSS color property in the global selector. How to do it depends on which version of Flex. See mx:Styles or fx:Styles doc On 8/24/10 7:24 AM, Christophe christophe_jacque...@yahoo.fr wrote: Hello, How to setup the text color of all the text in an application ? Thank you,

Re: [flexcoders] Re: New Flex Mapping Framework

2010-08-24 Thread Tim Statler
+1 on that, very nice. On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Ariel J arielj...@yahoo.com wrote: Bravo, this is very nice. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, bryan.dresselhaus bryan.dresselh...@... wrote: Hey guys, Just wanted to let you know about a new

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Speeding project compilation

2010-08-24 Thread dorkie dork from dorktown
rantBecause it's a pain in the a$$. You have to install Ant which requires you to install other crap. Then you have the learning curve associated with ANT. Then you run into random errors where something doesn't copy and you waste hours tracking it down to having spaces in your file path. In the

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Speeding project compilation

2010-08-24 Thread Oleg Sivokon
Ant generally requires only JRE (some extensions may require other things, but, if you have Flex / Flash Builder, chances are you already have JRE).

[flexcoders] Speeding+project+compilation

2010-08-24 Thread Haykel BEN JEMIA
Hi Amy, try putting the assets outside the 'src' directory. Haykel.

[flexcoders] FB4: Looping thru itemrenderers

2010-08-24 Thread sdl1326
I have a scrollable SkinnableDataContainer which contains thumbnail images (in an itemrenderer). While there can be several hundred thumbnail images, only 10 itemrenderers are viewable on the screen at a time. If I need to loop through the 10 viewable itemrenderers, what's the best way to do it?

Re: [flexcoders] Speeding project compilation

2010-08-24 Thread Haykel BEN JEMIA
Try putting the assets outside the 'src' directory. On Monday, August 23, 2010, Amy amyblankens...@bellsouth.net wrote: Hi all; We have a project that uses a lot of embedded assets. However, when the project compiles, it deletes all of the assets from the

[flexcoders] 3D Carousel in Flex 4?

2010-08-24 Thread hdave_123
I am desperate to get a 3D Carousel in my Flex 4 web app. I found this example: http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/11/19/flex-coverflow-performance-improvement-flex-carousel-component-and-vertical-coverflow/ It has been last updated in 2008. Does anyone where know of where I can get a component

[flexcoders] Re: Vertical CoverFlow or carousel linked to data grid

2010-08-24 Thread hdave_123
Did you get it working? I'm interested in this as well! --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, tonyhansen51 tonywhan...@... wrote: Anyone have info on doing this? Need it for store, search creates grid of results and carousel of pictures. Changing the picture selects the grid row, clicking a

Re: [flexcoders] Semi-dial / speedo-type control in flex

2010-08-24 Thread Lalit Lak
Hi Nick , You can use degrafa. Degrafa comes with MIT licensed. http://www.flexjunk.com/examples/DegrafaExample3/DegrafaExample3.html Regs, Laks From: Nick Middleweek n...@middleweek.co.uk To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, August 23, 2010 8:40:19 PM

[flexcoders] window resizing issues

2010-08-24 Thread h_chris_87
I have window W1 which has a Vertical Box which in turn has a Datagrid and one of those DataGrid columns of the Datagrid has a Horizontal Box which has a button icon. The MXML is somewhat like mx:VBox width=100% paddingBottom=10 paddingLeft=10 paddingRight=10 paddingTop=10 styleName=formSection

RE: [flexcoders] Flex Library Project compiled to SDK 4.0 using Halo Theme

2010-08-24 Thread Charlie Skinner
Managed to answer my own question. Just had to use -theme ${flexlib}/themes/Halo/halo.swc in compiler settings. From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Charlie Skinner Sent: 23 August 2010 13:03 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Flex

[flexcoders] File Download MIME Type Problem

2010-08-24 Thread jamie.paragon
Hey Guys, I have an excel (xls) file living on a server that I'm trying to download via flex with a FileReference. I'm having a hard time setting the MIME type. The Save as type drop down in the browsers file download dialog is always blank in IE, and is set to All Files (*) in Firefox but

[flexcoders] Re: Nested Modules

2010-08-24 Thread BillF
They are all being compiled in the same project as the Application shell, using 3.5 SDK --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui aha...@... wrote: Sounds like one of the modules is being compiled with different version of the SDK. On 8/23/10 12:39 PM, BillF bill.frank...@... wrote:

[flexcoders] Re: dynamic carousel

2010-08-24 Thread hdave_123
Have you gotten past these issues? I too am trying to do the same thing. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Darrin Kay dar...@... wrote: Good Day, I was able to take Doug McCune Carousel and make it dynamic, so I wanted to share that. I am having two issues that I can use help with. I

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Nested Modules

2010-08-24 Thread Alex Harui
Is your shell a Flex app? Are you fiddling with the appdomain parameters when loading modules? On 8/24/10 6:10 AM, BillF bill.frank...@bayercropscience.com wrote: They are all being compiled in the same project as the Application shell, using 3.5 SDK --- In

[flexcoders] Re: Speeding project compilation

2010-08-24 Thread Amy
Because I'm not the only one on the team and I doubt that option is politically viable. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, mark.jonk...@... wrote: Why not create a simple ANT build script that simply copies your XML files into the appropriate directory for you. Then uncheck the copy

[flexcoders] Re: Speeding project compilation

2010-08-24 Thread Amy
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, dorkie dork from dorktown dorkiedorkfromdorkt...@... wrote: rantBecause it's a pain in the a$$. You have to install Ant which requires you to install other crap. Then you have the learning curve associated with ANT. Then you run into random errors where

[flexcoders] Re: FB4: Looping thru itemrenderers

2010-08-24 Thread Amy
You should never do this. What is the end goal? --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, sdl1326 azsl1326-em...@... wrote: I have a scrollable SkinnableDataContainer which contains thumbnail images (in an itemrenderer). While there can be several hundred thumbnail images, only 10 itemrenderers

[flexcoders] Re: FB4: Looping thru itemrenderers

2010-08-24 Thread sdl1326
Here's some additional insight into what I am trying to do. The user can click on one of the thumbnails(itemrenderer) which changes the background color and launches a larger version of the image. Within that larger image is a next and previous button which will navigate to the next/previous

[flexcoders] enterState exitState frustrations

2010-08-24 Thread striton_ca
I am a new Flex coder. So far I'm enjoying the flexibility of the framework, but I am having a heck of a time with state changes. I'm using Flex 4.1. I'm working on a basic GUI. You start with a welcome screen, followed by a state change to a login screen, and a state change to a chat lobby.