Re: [flexcoders] Could AIR create an automation app?

[Pete]

In short, I don't think so, you are pretty much in a sand box as you run 
an Air app. I haven't checked the state of play with 4.5, things have 
maybe improved.


I think that Adobe are terrified that someone will write a virus in 
Air!  So they keep you away from all that system level stuff...  All a 
little bit nanny state to my mind, Air should have access to the system 
to be a viable language IMO, no-one blames Microsoft for all the VB 
malware out there!


I mentioned FlourineFX as a last week, it provides access to .NET but I 
think it only works on Windows (although it is compatible with Mono).  
Might be a way to do it?  I'm not a .NET guy so don't know what's in 
there :)


Regards,
Pete



On 08/08/2011 05:07, MicC wrote:


Does AIR have enough hooks to the os to create an automation app? 
Programs like Automate and WinAutomation script mouse position and 
clicks to control an app's gui, and Automate automatically recognizes 
menus and buttons etc if the app to be controlled conforms to 
something - not sure what.


I really need the power of actionscript to control a widget intensive 
music gui. TIA,


Mic.

Re: [flexcoders] Could AIR create an automation app?

[James Ong]

Not direct invocation but you can control them through NativeProcess that
can pass a command of argument and received standard output from the
application like Command Prompt. That right, AIR is made to be as portable
as possible.

For your case, you can use .Net or C# to automate those task. For easier
coding, consider AutoIT which is widely use by System Admin to automate
routine tasks, you can do a simple control like mouse and window position to
advance control like hook DLL. I did used AutoIT in the past.


On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 12:07 PM, MicC  wrote:

> **
>
>
> Does AIR have enough hooks to the os to create an automation app? Programs
> like Automate and WinAutomation script mouse position and clicks to control
> an app's gui, and Automate automatically recognizes menus and buttons etc if
> the app to be controlled conforms to something - not sure what.
>
> I really need the power of actionscript to control a widget intensive music
> gui. TIA,
>
> Mic.
>
>  
>

[flexcoders] Could AIR create an automation app?

[MicC]

Does AIR have enough hooks to the os to create an automation app? Programs like 
Automate and WinAutomation script mouse position and clicks to control an app's 
gui, and Automate automatically recognizes menus and buttons etc if the app to 
be controlled conforms to something - not sure what.

I really need the power of actionscript to control a widget intensive music 
gui. TIA,

Mic.

[flexcoders] Flex 4.5 debugging issue

[richmcgillicuddy]

I am upgrading my projects from Flex 3 to Flashbuilder 4.5. The final swfs are 
part of a bigger web site that requires authentication. 

In Flex 3, I could open a IE browser window, log in, leave that window open, 
then when I debugged an SWF, it opened a new browser window but the 
authentication that created in the other window was valid for my debugging 
session.

In FB 4.5, it looks like my authentication is lost which makes debugging very 
difficult or impossible.

The authentication is stored in cookies in the browser, any ideas?

Re: [flexcoders] Newbie Question: Library Path for Using a 3rd-party utility

[dorkie dork from dorktown]

BTW Welcome to Flex! :)

On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 6:59 AM, tacman1123  wrote:

> **
>
>
> I'm new to Flex, I've been reading the Adobe Training from the Source book,
> but am stuck on a simple setup question.
>
> I want to integrate SQLite, and figured I'd use probinson's sqlite
> utilities (https://github.com/probertson/air-sqlite) to manage the
> connections.
>
> My question is where do I download this set of utilities so that I can
> incorporate them into other projects? I'm modifying the test application
> FlexGrocer to store the inventory locally rather than via the web, but I
> don't want to copy the files into the FlexGrocer/src directory, but probably
> somewhere else that can be more easily used by other projects.
>
> I suspect there's a path I need to set somewhere for where to look for the
> libraries, and then I can just use
>
> import com.probertson.data.QueuedStatement;
> import com.probertson.data.SQLRunner;
>
> In the Project Properties, there's an option for adding a source path --
> should I use that? Or import the swc file that's available from git? If I do
> this, how can I then apply these settings to my project, is that something I
> need to do manually each time I set up a new project?
>
> Thanks, sorry for such basic questions!
>
> Tac
>
>  
>

Re: [flexcoders] Newbie Question: Library Path for Using a 3rd-party utility

[dorkie dork from dorktown]

Hi Tac,

First setup your library project. Then go back to your original project and
go into Properties > Flex Build Path and click Add Project. A dialog will
display available library projects for you to choose. Select your new
library and click OK. The workspace will rebuild if it doesn't click Project
> Clean. From now on your original project will be able to access classes in
your library project. Note you may need to open the library project when
working in your main project.

On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 6:59 AM, tacman1123  wrote:

> **
>
>
> I'm new to Flex, I've been reading the Adobe Training from the Source book,
> but am stuck on a simple setup question.
>
> I want to integrate SQLite, and figured I'd use probinson's sqlite
> utilities (https://github.com/probertson/air-sqlite) to manage the
> connections.
>
> My question is where do I download this set of utilities so that I can
> incorporate them into other projects? I'm modifying the test application
> FlexGrocer to store the inventory locally rather than via the web, but I
> don't want to copy the files into the FlexGrocer/src directory, but probably
> somewhere else that can be more easily used by other projects.
>
> I suspect there's a path I need to set somewhere for where to look for the
> libraries, and then I can just use
>
> import com.probertson.data.QueuedStatement;
> import com.probertson.data.SQLRunner;
>
> In the Project Properties, there's an option for adding a source path --
> should I use that? Or import the swc file that's available from git? If I do
> this, how can I then apply these settings to my project, is that something I
> need to do manually each time I set up a new project?
>
> Thanks, sorry for such basic questions!
>
> Tac
>
>  
>

[flexcoders] Newbie Question: Library Path for Using a 3rd-party utility

[tacman1123]

I'm new to Flex, I've been reading the Adobe Training from the Source book, but 
am stuck on a simple setup question.

I want to integrate SQLite, and figured I'd use probinson's sqlite utilities 
(https://github.com/probertson/air-sqlite) to manage the connections.

My question is where do I download this set of utilities so that I can 
incorporate them into other projects?  I'm modifying the test application 
FlexGrocer to store the inventory locally rather than via the web, but I don't 
want to copy the files into the FlexGrocer/src directory, but probably 
somewhere else that can be more easily used by other projects.  

I suspect there's a path I need to set somewhere for where to look for the 
libraries, and then I can just use 

import com.probertson.data.QueuedStatement;
import com.probertson.data.SQLRunner;

In the Project Properties, there's an option for adding a source path -- should 
I use that? Or import the swc file that's available from git?  If I do this, 
how can I then apply these settings to my project, is that something I need to 
do manually each time I set up a new project?

Thanks, sorry for such basic questions!

Tac

Re: [flexcoders] Error TooTips in Spark Forms

[dorkie dork from dorktown]

Hi Jeff,

Since I've been working on mobile I don't have much room either. I use a
label for error messages with includeInLayout and visible set to false and
place it inside the FormItem container. If it's a vertical form item then
the error label shows up beneath the form item. If it's horizontal layout I
need to put both the form item and the error label in a VGroup. This allows
the form to flow when error messages are visible.

On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 8:21 AM, Battershall, Jeff <
jeff.battersh...@djindexes.com> wrote:

> **
>
>
>  What I’m discovering about Spark Forms is  that error messaging is inside
> the form item container and unless I make the form large enough to
> accommodate the error message I might see some unexpected layout issues such
> as the error text appearing over the form element, etc.  Pretty darned ugly.
> 
>
> ** **
>
> What I’d prefer is to have the error tips appear over the form and not be
> constrained by the form dimensions.  It appears that the only option I have
> is to roll my own solution using skins and ToolTipManager, etc.  I’m
> prepared to dig in to do this but I just wanted to make sure that I wasn’t
> missing a more straightforward solution.  
>
> ** **
>
> 
>
> * *
>
> *Jeff Battershall*
> Application Architect
>
> T 609 520 5637
>
> F 609 520 5370
> C 484 477 9900
> *jeff.battersh...@djindexes.com*
>
> *Dow Jones Indexes*
> 4300 Route 1 North
>
> South Brunswick, NJ 08852
>
> www.djindexes.com 
>
>  
>

Re: [flexcoders] Preventing Spark List from scrolling to top when adding / removing items.

[dorkie dork from dorktown]

See if this will work,

// your code
var index:int = list.selectedIndex;
list.dataProvider.addItem(item);
list.validateNow();
moveToIndex(index);

protected function moveToIndex(index:int):void {
var point:Point =
list.layout.getScrollPositionDeltaToElement(index);
if (point) {
list.scroller.viewport.horizontalScrollPosition =
point.x;
}
}

let me know if it works for you


On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 2:27 PM, vigilsolace  wrote:

> **
>
>
> Any time I add or remove an item from a Spark list, the list resets itself
> to display the first element at the top. Is there a way to get the list to
> remember its current location? For example if I'm scrolled half way down a
> list and remove an item I would like the list to remain scrolled to where it
> was, rather than resetting.
>
> I'm currently listening for change events on the dataprovider and capturing
> the list layout's lastIndexInView, then using ensureIndexIsVisible to
> restore that index after the next display update. However, this still
> results in the list jumping around quite a bit. Is there a better solution?
> Shouldn't the list handle this by default?
>
>  
>

[flexcoders] Error TooTips in Spark Forms

[Battershall, Jeff]

What I'm discovering about Spark Forms is  that error messaging is inside the 
form item container and unless I make the form large enough to accommodate the 
error message I might see some unexpected layout issues such as the error text 
appearing over the form element, etc.  Pretty darned ugly.

What I'd prefer is to have the error tips appear over the form and not be 
constrained by the form dimensions.  It appears that the only option I have is 
to roll my own solution using skins and ToolTipManager, etc.  I'm prepared to 
dig in to do this but I just wanted to make sure that I wasn't missing a more 
straightforward solution.



Jeff Battershall
Application Architect

T 609 520 5637
F 609 520 5370
C 484 477 9900
jeff.battersh...@djindexes.com

Dow Jones Indexes
4300 Route 1 North
South Brunswick, NJ 08852
www.djindexes.com

Re: [flexcoders] Interface design

[Paul Andrews]

On 07/08/2011 06:12, cjacquel73 wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have to select 4 values of percentages. The sum of this 4 values should be 
> equal to 100%.
>
> How to design an interface (with sliders or other), to select this 4 
> percentages ?

Have a bar with three dividers.  The bar represents 100%. The space 
between dividers and the edges represents a percentage. Drag the divider 
bars to set the percentages.

or,

Have four entryfields. When they don't total 100 colour the background 
red and mark them as invalid,

or,

..


>
> Thank you,
> Christophe
>
>
>
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[flexcoders] Interface design

[cjacquel73]

Hello, 

I have to select 4 values of percentages. The sum of this 4 values should be 
equal to 100%. 

How to design an interface (with sliders or other), to select this 4 
percentages ?

Thank you,
Christophe