Re: [flexcoders] Odd text rendering issue

[Michael Chealander]

Something like the issues described here: 
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=140415 ?

On 23 Aug, 2012, at 8:00 AM, Tom McNeer wrote:

 I'm looking into a very weird problem on a pre-existing application, which 
 occurs only when using Chrome on Windows.
 
 
 The only specific instance I have access to is Flash Player 11.3.31.227, 
 Chrome 21.0.1180.79, Windows Vista SP 2; but the same problem has been 
 reported on other OS versions.
 
 When the SWF loads, all text is rendered correctly. But immediately 
 thereafter, much of the text re-renders illegibly.
 
 I'll try to provide more details later. But I'd just be interested to know if 
 anyone has ever seen a text rendering issue like this, which was 
 platform/browser-specific.
 
 -- 
 Thanks,
 
 Tom
 
 Tom McNeer
 MediumCool
 http://www.mediumcool.com
 1735 Johnson Road NE
 Atlanta, GA 30306
 404.589.0560
 
 

Re: [flexcoders] Charles Proxy, Flex, and ColdFusion 9

[Michael Wills]

Hi Bill,

I didn't see a reply on the list but the developer of Charles Proxy is 
pretty responsive. Maybe record a session and send it to him?


Michael


*From:* BillF bill.frank...@bayer.com
*Date:* April 24, 2012 12:47 AM
*To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
*Subject:* [flexcoders] Charles Proxy, Flex, and ColdFusion 9

Just wondering if anyone has had any luck with getting the SQLQuery 
information in AMF response header with Charles Proxy after upgrading 
to ColdFusion 9. It works correctly on ColdFusion 8, with the exact 
same debugging settings, but although the header comes shows up, it 
does not have any of the child objects in it. I had thought that the 
JSON Serialization issue, that was fixed in ColdFusion 9.0.1 Hot Fix 
2, would fix it...but alas, it did not.

[flexcoders] image is caching

[Michael Sumner]

Working on a home owners association site.  I am uploading a pet picture, it is 
getting to the server, being processed, I am changing the name to reference the 
residence and the pet.  In the tab for pets I have a spark image and I use the 
source property and relative paths to the image.  Once an image is uploaded, if 
someone would want to change it in the same session the picture uploads and 
changes on the server but the image does not change particularly if you use IE. 
 After a successful upload I have tried setting the source to null, to a 
default blank image until the user picks a pet in a datagrid.  If I clear the 
browser cache in IE it will change but that is about it.  Firefox works well - 
change the image and it will show the new image.  Most of the residents will 
probably have IE, I am hosted on a ColdFusion server and have added cfheader 
tags on my local box but that makes no difference either.

Any suggestions are welcome.

Thanks,

Mike

[flexcoders] adding and managing children dynamically - accordion

[Michael Sumner]

I was trying to build a component that would dynamically add NavigatorContent 
as children to an Accordion based on how many items were in an ArrayCollection. 
 That worked I got the expected number of accordion tabs labeled correctly.  I 
now want to add a DataGrid to each NavigatorContent.

When I set a break point I do not see a reference to the NavigatorContent by 
the id that I set when they were added to the Accordion or anywhere in the 
component.

How can I work with the DataGrid and set its DataProvider, etc?

I will want to work with data in the DataGrid - crud

I was trying to mimic what I had done using JQueryMobile with header tag and 
queries return to the cfm page.  They have a collapsible content block that 
worked well on the small screen, but I need to be able to do more when a larger 
screen is available.

Any suggestion?

[flexcoders] maya to flash 10

[MIchael]

Hi,

Is there a tutorial that shows a good workflow for exporting a maya model and 
importing it as a 3d movie clip in flash 10?

thanks,
Michael

[flexcoders] Re: maya to flash 10

[MIchael]

This is for papervison3d. As far as I can tell I should not need that.  Flash 
10 has 3d built in.

Is there a process that mimics the papervision3d process but for flash 10?


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, cuttenv cutt...@... wrote:

 Blender to flash! http://gotoandlearn.com/play?id=106
 
 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, MIchael madmik3@ wrote:
 
  Hi,
  
  Is there a tutorial that shows a good workflow for exporting a maya model 
  and importing it as a 3d movie clip in flash 10?
  
  thanks,
  Michael
 

[flexcoders] Re: maya to flash 10

[MIchael]

I don't want to use papervision. I want to use the 3d engine built into flash 
10. 

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Paul Andrews p...@... wrote:

 On 06/04/2010 21:23, MIchael wrote:
  Hi,
 
  Is there a tutorial that shows a good workflow for exporting a maya model 
  and importing it as a 3d movie clip in flash 10?
 
  thanks,
  Michael
 
 I'm not sure your question has any relevance to Flex at all. You'd be 
 better off asking on a papervision forum - you'll probably find a 
 collada workflow for Maya that you can use.
 
 Paul

[flexcoders] Re: maya to flash 10

[MIchael]

My understanding is that is exactly what papervision3d does as well.  How does 
papervision3d differ?

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Paul Andrews p...@... wrote:

 On 06/04/2010 22:51, MIchael wrote:
  I don't want to use papervision. I want to use the 3d engine built into 
  flash 10.
 
 You misunderstand. Flash 10 doesn't have a built in 3D engine. It 
 supports 3D manipulation of planes - that's all.
 
 Paul
 
  --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Paul Andrewspaul@  wrote:
 
  On 06/04/2010 21:23, MIchael wrote:
   
  Hi,
 
  Is there a tutorial that shows a good workflow for exporting a maya model 
  and importing it as a 3d movie clip in flash 10?
 
  thanks,
  Michael
 
 
  I'm not sure your question has any relevance to Flex at all. You'd be
  better off asking on a papervision forum - you'll probably find a
  collada workflow for Maya that you can use.
 
  Paul
 
   
 

[flexcoders] Re: FlexUnit + Ant + Continuos Integration

[Michael]

You might try looking at:

http://www.insideria.com/2008/04/unit-testing-with-flexunit-1.html

for a good getting started article with FlexUnit.

Regards,
Michael Portuesi

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Nahla Laribi nahloulaha...@... wrote:

 
 Hello :)
 
 Did you find  good site which explains step by step how to use Flex Unit 
 please ??
 
 Thanks 
 
 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
 From: mportu...@...
 Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 19:44:12 +
 Subject: [flexcoders] Re: FlexUnit + Ant + Continuos Integration
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
   
   
   Hey there,
 
 
 
 I've successfully integrated FlexUnit tests into my continuous integration 
 environment (in my case, CruiseControl.rb).
 
 
 
 I did things a little differently than most people:
 
 
 
 1) I don't use Ant to drive the tests.  We have our own build scripts in 
 Ruby, and don't make much use of Ant.
 
 
 
 2) The test runner in my case is an AIR application.  This sidesteps several 
 problems inherent with FlexUnit, one of them (as you noted) the need to open 
 a web browser.
 
 
 
 I wrote this all up on my blog:
 
 
 
 http://digitaldumptruck.jotabout.com/?p=26
 
 
 
 Hope you find some of this useful.
 
 
 
 Regards,
 
 Michael Portuesi
 
 
 
 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, M. Fernanda Gioiosa fgioiosa@ wrote:
 
 
 
  Hello,
 
   I'm working in a project with FlexUnit, Ant and Bamboo as continuos
 
  integration tool, have you ever try to do this? How is the ant tasks that
 
  you need to Run? How the FlexUnitTestRunner works in the servers (because
 
  always open the browser for running the tests)? Do you have any example of
 
  this working?
 
  I would appreciate any information about this, there isn't much information
 
  about this in the websites!
 
  
 
  Thanks a lot,
 
  Fer
 
  
 
  this is the part that runs the test in the ant file.
 
  
 
  !-- Run unit test --
 
  target name=unit-tests depends=init description=Compiles and runs
 
  the tests
 
  mxmlc file=${flex.unit.runner}
 
  output=${flex.unit.swf}
 
  actionscript-file-encoding=${ENCODING}
 
  keep-generated-actionscript=false
 
  incremental=false
 
  load-config filename=${FLEX_HOME}/frameworks/flex-config.xml
 
  /
 
  source-path path-element=${FLEX_HOME}/frameworks /
 
  compiler.source-path path-element=${src.dir} /
 
  compiler.include-libraries dir=${lib.dir}
 
  append=true
 
  include name=**/*.swc /
 
  /compiler.include-libraries
 
  /mxmlc
 
  echoRunning Test Runner SWF/echo
 
  flexunit swf=${flex.unit.swf}
 
  toDir=${report.dir}
 
  haltonfailure=false
 
  verbose=true
 
  localTrusted=true
 
  timeout=9/
 
  echoRan Test Runner SWF/echo
 
  
 
  echoGenerate Readable Tests/echo
 
  junitreport todir=${report.dir}
 
  fileset dir=${report.dir}
 
  include name=Test-*.xml/
 
  /fileset
 
  report format=frames todir=${report.dir}/html/
 
  /junitreport
 
  echoGenerated Readable Tests/echo
 
  /target
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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[flexcoders] Re: FlexUnit + Ant + Continuos Integration

[Michael]

Hey there,

I've successfully integrated FlexUnit tests into my continuous integration 
environment (in my case, CruiseControl.rb).

I did things a little differently than most people:

1) I don't use Ant to drive the tests.  We have our own build scripts in Ruby, 
and don't make much use of Ant.

2) The test runner in my case is an AIR application.  This sidesteps several 
problems inherent with FlexUnit, one of them (as you noted) the need to open a 
web browser.

I wrote this all up on my blog:

http://digitaldumptruck.jotabout.com/?p=26

Hope you find some of this useful.

Regards,
Michael Portuesi

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, M. Fernanda Gioiosa fgioi...@... wrote:

 Hello,
  I'm working in a project with FlexUnit, Ant and Bamboo as continuos
 integration tool, have you ever try to do this? How is the ant tasks that
 you need to Run? How the FlexUnitTestRunner works in the servers (because
 always open the browser for running the tests)? Do you have any example of
 this working?
 I would appreciate any information about this, there isn't much information
 about this in the websites!
 
 Thanks a lot,
 Fer
 
 this is the part that runs the test in the ant file.
 
 !-- Run unit test --
 target name=unit-tests depends=init description=Compiles and runs
 the tests
 mxmlc file=${flex.unit.runner}
 output=${flex.unit.swf}
 actionscript-file-encoding=${ENCODING}
 keep-generated-actionscript=false
 incremental=false
 load-config filename=${FLEX_HOME}/frameworks/flex-config.xml
 /
 source-path path-element=${FLEX_HOME}/frameworks /
 compiler.source-path path-element=${src.dir} /
 compiler.include-libraries dir=${lib.dir}
 append=true
 include name=**/*.swc /
 /compiler.include-libraries
 /mxmlc
 echoRunning Test Runner SWF/echo
 flexunit swf=${flex.unit.swf}
 toDir=${report.dir}
 haltonfailure=false
 verbose=true
 localTrusted=true
 timeout=9/
 echoRan Test Runner SWF/echo
 
 echoGenerate Readable Tests/echo
 junitreport todir=${report.dir}
 fileset dir=${report.dir}
 include name=Test-*.xml/
 /fileset
 report format=frames todir=${report.dir}/html/
 /junitreport
 echoGenerated Readable Tests/echo
 /target

[flexcoders] Re: Capturing and Saving an image in Flex (BitmapData)

[Michael]

In order to save the image file to disk, you need to use the AIR File API, 
which is available only to AIR applications.

You can capture the image, encode it as PNG or JPEG using 
mx.graphics.codec.JPEGEncoder or mx.graphics.codec.PNGEncoder, then upload the 
resulting byte to a server.  Then your server application can save the file to 
disk on the server.

I found these two links helpful:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/780018/in-flex-how-do-i-create-populate-and-display-a-bitmap

http://blog.everythingflex.com/2008/02/25/create-images-with-air-and-jpegencoder/

Hope this helps,
Michael Portuesi

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Wally Kolcz wko...@... wrote:

 Can someone point me to an example of using the BitmapData.draw() to 
 capture an image of a container on the screen and save it to the 
 harddisk of the server. I see some that show me how to capture and 
 process the image, but the saving it to the server is a mystery.
 
 I want my kids to be able to save their drawings/colorings to the web 
 site art gallery. Thanks!

[flexcoders] Re: Changing the background of an AS3 project in Flex

[Michael]

In your top-level application MXML file, try adding this attribute to your 
mx:Application tag:

mx:Application 
  xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml; 
  backgroundColor=#ff




--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Calbeans jwrigh...@... wrote:

 Hi All, 
 
 I'm working on an AS3 project using Flex and I'm trying to figure out how to 
 change the background from that default light off blueish color to something 
 different.  I looked at the index.template.html file and figured that I can 
 do it in there, but it appears that I can't.  Anyone have an idea on how to 
 do this?? Thanks in advance.

[flexcoders] Top 10 things new Flex developers should know

[Michael]

I hope this article on my blog is useful for those who are newcomers to Flex.

http://digitaldumptruck.jotabout.com/?p=39

Michael Portuesi

[flexcoders] Re:Flex Builder 3 for Linux updated

[Michael Slinn]

Life is short.  Microsoft is aggressive, and HTML5 looms.  Without 
cross-platform support for developers and users Flex and the Flash 
Platform can't compete.  Flex had a decent chance to become more than a 
promising product, but the end of that opportunity is in sight.  Without 
strong Linux support, Flex will be a casualty of the RIA war; the 
question has become when Flex will cease to be a viable business decision.

This loss was preventable.  I say this in the past tense, because 
dithering only begets more dithering.  Borland's JBuilder died because 
of dithering, and Borland died in large part because they did not 
respond appropriately to Microsoft and Eclipse.  Big Bill is likely to 
win again, using the same tried-and-true script, while playing clean.

Mike

[flexcoders] Re: Developing Flash/Flex on Linux

[Michael Slinn]

IntelliJ IDEA for Flex, even v9M1 (Maia), doesn't quite work properly  
:( 
You can see for yourself: http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/nextversion/
It's been a while, but the issues remain.  Maia seems stalled.

A free policy for open source projects would speed adoption of any IDE; 
also a free student policy, but this issue is not related to the choice 
of O/S.  Here is the Flex Builder student policy: 
https://freeriatools.adobe.com/flex/

Another idea for speeding adoption would be to get FDT placed into the 
Ubuntu commercial source repositories, like 
{feisty,gutsy,hardy,intrepid,jaunty,karmic,lucid}-commercial.  See 
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu

$700 is fairly steep for individuals and small businesses, which is why 
the competition (Flex Builder) has an intermediate price point.  FDT 
would need to carve out features differently, however.  The marketing 
story for IDEs is always productivity.  $700 would be perceived to be 
good value by enterprises and hard-core Flex developers if productivity 
gains justified the expense.  If your bill rate is third-world ($15/hr) 
then productivity is not an issue.  If your bill rate is enterprise 
level ($125-200/hr) then productivity is very important.  The developers 
of successful open source products are very good, and they are 
often/usually employed by large companies.  A product offering that 
addressed open source projects would allow these star developers to 
become familiar with FDT, and if they liked the IDE they would spread 
adoption throughout their (wide) circle of influence.

I hope that a 64 bit version of FDT for Linux would be the goal.  A 
visual design surface is not important, just the basics of an IDE: edit, 
compile, debug, unit test. Strong refactoring features could be 
restricted to the higher price point of a tiered product offering.

Mike

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Training Courses

[Jason Michael Perry]

I'm an Adobe Certified Instructor and I can tell you that the  
instructor makes all of the difference.


I'm not sure where you took your class but my former employer Fig Leaf  
Software is one of the best providers of onsite and hands-on training.


I think self paced training is good, but it lacks the interaction with  
an instructor.  If you can afford training I suggest something like lynda.com 
 to augment the class.  You should read and watch videos so you can  
challenge your instructor...


Just my two cents.
-Jason

On Oct 9, 2009, at 1:31 PM, valdhor wrote:

Just as an aside, I don't think much of the Adobe Certified Training  
companies. Our company purchased training for ten people here and I  
sat in on it (I had about six months of self taught Flex at the  
time). Basically the course consisted of running through the Flex 3  
Training from the Source book. You could have gotten just as much  
at a lot less cost by reading that book. As far as the trainer; I  
knew way more than he did.


The online video's and reference are a much better learning material  
than any other I have seen.


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Dan Pride danielpr...@... wrote:

 The Lynda.com courses are basic but quite good.
 There is also a wealth of free video training on adobe such as
 http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/videotraining/
 If your department needs some on line help getting started there  
are a number of people up here who would be interested (including  
me :))

 Dan Pride
 http://www.danielpride.com


 --- On Fri, 10/9/09, Wesley Acheson wesley.ache...@... wrote:

 From: Wesley Acheson wesley.ache...@...
 Subject: [flexcoders] Training Courses
 To: flexcoders flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
 Date: Friday, October 9, 2009, 1:43 PM












 Hi,

 My boss was wondering if there are any recommended training  
courses for flex. We are based in Gibraltar but I don't think  
traveling is an issue.


 Personally I'd like to see some kind of certification out of it.   
Any recommended courses?



 I know its vague because I haven't specified a level however the  
flex abilities of my department are very mixed.


 Regards,

 Wes





__
Jason Michael Perry
ja...@jasonmperry.com
www.jasonmperry.com
tel: 504-383-FLEX

[flexcoders] Re:Need good links for learning LCDS

[Michael Slinn]

This book has a lot of useful information for people who want to learn 
LCDS.  Of course, I may be biased ;-)

http://slinnbooks.com

Mike

[flexcoders] Re: AIR from a Flex ActionScript Project?

[Michael]

John,

Though your code is in ActionScript, you should just be able to use the MXML 
WindowedApplication tag just at the very top-level, and initialize your main 
ActionScript UI within an mx:Script tag.

Something like:

mx:WindowedApplication xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml; 
  applicationComplete=init();
mx:Script
![CDATA[
private function init():void
{
// Fire up all your AS stuff here
}
]]
/mx:Script
/mx:WindowedApplication


Finally, I left out a step (4) in my previous message.  Steps 1-3 are 
sufficient to run your AIR app in the debugger, but to distribute your AIR 
application you typically need to generate and sign a .air file.  Flex Builder 
can do that; from the raw SDK, you should check out the adt tool.

Hope this helps,
Michael Portuesi


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, John McCormack j...@... wrote:

 Thanks Michael,
 
 I will give this a try.
 
 Currently, within FB3 I can create an AIR project and it does these 
 things for me but the output is structured similarly to a Flex project 
 but my projects are ActionScript projects built within FB3 and so the 
 conversion isn't quite the same.
 
 Perhaps I should be looking to convert from AcitionScript to Flex as an 
 intermediate step: by minimizing the mxml and calling my main Document 
 Class from the main mxml class and then modify that for AIR.
 
 It's annoying because from within Flash Prof. I can publish as AIR, but 
 that's a conversion step backwards.
 
 John
 
 
 Michael wrote:
  John,
 
  You can convert your Flex project to an AIR application pretty easily.  
  There's three basic steps involved:
 
  1) Your application should be declared as inheriting from 
  WindowedApplication, rather than Application in your main myapp.mxml file.
 
  mx:WindowedApplication xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml; xmlns=*
 
  !-- declaration of your app top-level fixtures goes here --
 
  /mx:WindowedApplication
 
  2) Create an AIR app descriptor file. Here's an example.  Name it 
  myapp-app.xml and place in the same folder as your main myapp.mxml file. 
 
  ?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8?
  application xmlns=http://ns.adobe.com/air/application/1.5.1;
  idcom.myapp.tester/id
  version0.1/version
  filenametester/filename
  nameFlexUnit Test Runner/name
  initialWindow
  contenttester.swf/content
  visibletrue/visible
  systemChromestandard/systemChrome
  transparentfalse/transparent
  width1024/width
  height768/height
  /initialWindow
  /application
 
  There is detailed documentation on the AIR app descriptor format on the 
  Adobe site:
 
  http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AIR/1.5/devappsflex/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d118666ade46-7ff1.html
 
  3) Use the AIR MXML compiler (amxmlc rather than mxmlc) in your build 
  scripts.  If you're using Flex Builder, you can add an AIR Project Builder 
  to your in the Project Properties  Builders pane.
 
  That should be enough to get you started.  Good luck.
 
  Michael Portuesi
 
 
  --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, John McCormack john@ wrote:

  Is there any easy way to publish a Flex ActionScript Project as an AIR 
  file.
  This project, by its nature, has no mxml tags.
 
  John
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
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[flexcoders] Re: AIR from a Flex ActionScript Project?

[Michael]

John,

You can convert your Flex project to an AIR application pretty easily.  There's 
three basic steps involved:

1) Your application should be declared as inheriting from WindowedApplication, 
rather than Application in your main myapp.mxml file.

mx:WindowedApplication xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml; xmlns=*

!-- declaration of your app top-level fixtures goes here --

/mx:WindowedApplication

2) Create an AIR app descriptor file. Here's an example.  Name it myapp-app.xml 
and place in the same folder as your main myapp.mxml file. 

?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8?
application xmlns=http://ns.adobe.com/air/application/1.5.1;
idcom.myapp.tester/id
version0.1/version
filenametester/filename
nameFlexUnit Test Runner/name
initialWindow
contenttester.swf/content
visibletrue/visible
systemChromestandard/systemChrome
transparentfalse/transparent
width1024/width
height768/height
/initialWindow
/application

There is detailed documentation on the AIR app descriptor format on the Adobe 
site:

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AIR/1.5/devappsflex/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d118666ade46-7ff1.html

3) Use the AIR MXML compiler (amxmlc rather than mxmlc) in your build scripts.  
If you're using Flex Builder, you can add an AIR Project Builder to your in the 
Project Properties  Builders pane.

That should be enough to get you started.  Good luck.

Michael Portuesi


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, John McCormack j...@... wrote:

 Is there any easy way to publish a Flex ActionScript Project as an AIR file.
 This project, by its nature, has no mxml tags.
 
 John

[flexcoders] Implement Multiple Interfaces in a MXML component

[Michael Ridland]

Hi

I want to be able to implement multiple interfaces in a MXML Component. But
I get this error, 'Attribute implements was already specified for element
mx:Canvas.'.

Thanks in Advance.


Michael

Re: [flexcoders] Implement Multiple Interfaces in a MXML component

[Michael Ridland]

Thanks.. I didnt think this question needed sample code.

Here is a sample...
mx:Canvas  xmlns=* xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml;
 implements=lib.ISurfaceObject implements=lib.ISurfaceObject2
verticalScrollPolicy=off 
/mx:Canvas




On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 8:04 PM, Fidel Viegas fidel.vie...@gmail.com wrote:



 Hi Michael,


 On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Michael 
 Ridlandrid...@gmail.comrid00z%40gmail.com
 wrote:
 
 
  Hi
 
  I want to be able to implement multiple interfaces in a MXML Component.
 But
  I get this error, 'Attribute implements was already specified for
 element
  mx:Canvas.'.

 Without the sample code, it is really difficult for people help you.

 Regards,

 Fidel.
  

[flexcoders] Dynamically Created Components Added to Custom Components

[Michael Ridland]

Hi

I am created a dynamically adding a VBox, that contains two images. Into a
Custom Component that is derived from UIComponent. The problem is the Vbox
that contains the two image is only a really tiny size. I would like the
VBox stretch to the size of the two images.

This is how I am creating the Vbox
var open:Image = new Image();
open.source = 'assets/icons/open.png';

var save:Image = new Image();
save.source = 'assets/icons/save.png';

var box:VBox = new VBox();
box.addChild(open);
box.addChild(save);

The component is like this
public class MyComponent extends UIComponent

I assign the VBox to the component like this(this is after the
creationComplete event)
public function set VBoxOptions(value:UIComponent) : void {
if(_vBoxOptions){
removeChild(_vBoxOptions);
}
_vBoxOptions = value;
addChild(_vBoxOptions);
invalidateSize();
}

In the update display list I do this..
override protected function updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth:Number,
unscaledHeight:Number):void {
   if(_hoverOptions)
  {
  _hoverOptions.move(unscaledWidth+2,2); //please note this is not the
problem,
   }
}

Thanks for help in Advance...

Re: [flexcoders] Implement Multiple Interfaces in a MXML component

[Michael Ridland]

Thanks, I should of thought about that.



On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 7:54 PM, Johannes Nel johannes@gmail.com wrote:



 only one attribute, but comma deliminated interface paths in that
 attributes text



 On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Michael Ridland rid...@gmail.com wrote:



 Hi

 I want to be able to implement multiple interfaces in a MXML Component.
 But I get this error, 'Attribute implements was already specified for
 element mx:Canvas.'.

 Thanks in Advance.


 Michael




 --
 j:pn
 \\no comment
  

[flexcoders] Adobe Air Screenshot

[Michael Ridland]

Hi

I have looked around the internet for how I can do a screen grab with Adobe
Air.

I have found this.
http://blog.everythingflex.com/2008/04/24/do-a-screen-capture-with-adobe-air/

Has anyone used this method in a commercial app? Is it stable? Does it work?
Across all platforms?

Can anyone recommend any other methods?


Thanks in Advance

Michael

[flexcoders] Flex Builder 3 - Conditional Debugging

[Michael Ridland]

Hi

Is is possible to have conditional breakpoints in Flex Builder 3? Either via
the editor or action script.

It would be cool if I could go
if(ShouldBreak())
Debugger.Break();

Is there anything like this? or hacks?

Thanks in Advance.

[flexcoders] Re: What is the best material to learn Flex 3 and AS3?

[Michael Portuesi]

Adobe also offers another video tutorial series, hosted by Doug Winnie:

http://www.adobe.dougwinnie.com/actionscript-11/

This series provides an introduction to ActionScript, and Doug is an excellent 
teacher.  Episode 13 covers all the addlistener stuff.

Michael Portuesi

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, valdhor valdhorli...@... wrote:

 Start with the Adobe Flex in a Week video training at 
 http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/videotraining/
 
 
 
 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, fred44455 fred44455@ wrote:
 
  I got 2 books , one Flex 3 cookbook and it seems to difficult to follow.
  I purchased Actionscript 3(Lynda.com) video with Joel Lott and that seems 
  hard to follow as well.All that addlistener  dispatcher seems pure Hebrew 
  to me. I only did a little bit of html in my life so maybe Flex 3 is too 
  much for me? Any suggestions that you may have that could help me learn 
  Flex 3?
 

[flexcoders] Re: Send an automatic Password

[Michael Slinn]

I recently set up an IPN responder with PayPal so I can email people
download instructions who buy my book. I blogged about this last week:
http://www.insideria.com/2009/08/certified-adobe-flex-3-with-ai.html
It only took a day and a half to get the proof of concept working, but
another 7 days to make it industrial strength.

BTW, the book is called *Flex Data Services, Eclipse and Hibernate*
and it is available now from http://slinnbooks.com

Mike

-- 
*Michael Slinn* +1-415-367-3789
Independent full-service software contractor and author
Certified Adobe Flex 3 with AIR ACE

[flexcoders] Re: how to search a file in directory using flex

[Michael Portuesi]

You can use AIR functionality in your Flex application.  However, when you 
incorporate the AIR API into your Flex application, it no longer runs inside a 
web browser. It is converted into a desktop-based AIR application.
 
Michael Portuesi

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Adarsh Agrawal agrawal_ada...@... wrote:

 Thank you so much for your prompt reply..
  
 so can i use air functionality in flex??
 
 
 
 --- On Thu, 6/8/09, Tom Chiverton tom.chiver...@... wrote:
 
 
 From: Tom Chiverton tom.chiver...@...
 Subject: Re: [flexcoders] how to search a file in directory using flex
 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
 Date: Thursday, 6 August, 2009, 3:59 PM
 
 
   
 
 
 
 On Thursday 06 Aug 2009, Adarsh Agrawal wrote:
  can any one help me regarding how to search a required file name in  a
  directory using flex..and as3...whether it is possible?
 
 You can't do this without AIR - Flex (in a web page) can only ask a user to 
 select a file.

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[Michael Paley]

[flexcoders] error message

[Michael Sumner]

Is anyone familiar with this error message.  I think I have a problem in my
services-config file.

 

Channel definition, mx.messaging.channels.RTMPChannel, cannot be found.

 

I am using the default WEB-INF folder, and have a mapping to it as I have it
at c:\InetPub\wwwroot\

 

I would appreciate any insight.

 

Michael Sumner

Nations Best Sports

RE: [flexcoders] Re: error message

[Michael Sumner]

}{context.root}/flex2gateway/http;
class=flex.messaging.endpoints.HTTPEndpoint/

/channel-definition

 

channel-definition id=java-secure-http
class=mx.messaging.channels.SecureHTTPChannel

endpoint
uri=https://{server.name}:{server.port}{context.root}/flex2gateway/httpsecu
re class=flex.messaging.endpoints.SecureHTTPEndpoint/

/channel-definition

/channels

 

logging

target class=flex.messaging.log.ConsoleTarget level=Error

properties

prefix[Flex] /prefix

includeDatefalse/includeDate

includeTimefalse/includeTime

includeLevelfalse/includeLevel

includeCategoryfalse/includeCategory

/properties

filters

patternEndpoint.*/pattern

patternService.*/pattern

patternConfiguration/pattern

patternMessage.*/pattern

/filters

/target

/logging

 

system

manageablefalse/manageable

!-- 

redeploy

enabledtrue/enabled

watch-interval20/watch-interval

 
watch-file{context.root}/WEB-INF/flex/services-config.xml/watch-file

 
watch-file{context.root}/WEB-INF/flex/proxy-config.xml/watch-file

 
watch-file{context.root}/WEB-INF/flex/remoting-config.xml/watch-file

 
watch-file{context.root}/WEB-INF/flex/messaging-config.xml/watch-file

 
watch-file{context.root}/WEB-INF/flex/data-management-config.xml/watch-fi
le

touch-file{context.root}/WEB-INF/web.xml/touch-file

/redeploy

 --

/system

 

/services-config

 

Michael Sumner

Nations Best Sports

817-788-0034 ext 244

817-788-8542 fax

 

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of valdhor
Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 10:21 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] Re: error message

 

  

What code generates the error?

Can you post your services-config file?

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com ,
Michael Sumner msum...@... wrote:

 Is anyone familiar with this error message. I think I have a problem in my
 services-config file.
 
 
 
 Channel definition, mx.messaging.channels.RTMPChannel, cannot be found.
 
 
 
 I am using the default WEB-INF folder, and have a mapping to it as I have
it
 at c:\InetPub\wwwroot\
 
 
 
 I would appreciate any insight.
 
 
 
 Michael Sumner
 
 Nations Best Sports

[flexcoders] Re: Programmaticly created Consumer does not find endpoint

[Michael Slinn]

No-one replied to my earlier post, is an Adobean available to look at
this?


The testdrive-datapush sample program uses AMF as the primary channel,so
AMFStreaming was probably never used. I should have previously mentioned
that I had changedmessaging-config.xml as follows so streaming is used
exclusively for messaging:
   default-channels
 channel ref=my-streaming-amf/
 /default-channels


I modified services-config.xml so my-streaming-amf is now defined as
follows:
channel-definition id=my-streaming-amf
class=mx.messaging.channels.StreamingAMFChannel
endpoint
url=http://{server.name}:{server.port}/{context.root}/messagebroker/str\
eamingamf class=flex.messaging.endpoints.StreamingAMFEndpoint
properties
idle-timeout-minutes0/idle-timeout-minutes
max-streaming-clients10/max-streaming-clients
server-to-client-heartbeat-millis5000/server-to-client-heartbeat-mill\
is
user-agent-settings
!-- MSIE 5, 6, 7 limit is 2. --
user-agent match-on=MSIE max-streaming-connections-per-session=1
kickstart-bytes=2048/
!-- MSIE 8 limit is 6. --
user-agent match-on=MSIE 8 max-streaming-connections-per-session=5
kickstart-bytes=2048/
!-- Firefox 1, 2 limit is 2. --
user-agent match-on=Firefox
max-streaming-connections-per-session=1/
!-- Firefox 3 limit is 6. --
user-agent match-on=Firefox/3
max-streaming-connections-per-session=5/
!-- Safari 3, 4 limit is 4. --
user-agent match-on=Safari
max-streaming-connections-per-session=3/
!-- Chrome 0, 1, 2 limit is 6. --
user-agent match-on=Chrome
max-streaming-connections-per-session=5/
!-- Opera 7, 9 limit is 4.--
user-agent match-on=Opera max-streaming-connections-per-session=3/
!-- Opera 8 limit is 8. --
user-agent match-on=Opera 8
max-streaming-connections-per-session=7/
!-- Opera 10 limit is 8. --
user-agent match-on=Opera 10
max-streaming-connections-per-session=7 /
/user-agent-settings
/properties
/endpoint
/channel-definitionThe log messages have now changed to: 
my-streaming-amf' channel endpoint set to
http://localhost:8400/samples/messagebroker/amfstreaming
'B48F00D0-58FC-D64F-8F15-7F561D53C000' consumer set destination to
'feed'.
'B48F00D0-58FC-D64F-8F15-7F561D53C000' consumer subscribe.
'my-streaming-amf' pinging endpoint.
'my-streaming-amf' channel got status. (Object)#0
code = NetConnection.Call.Failed
description = HTTP: Failed
details = http://localhost:8400/samples/messagebroker/amfstreaming;
level = error
'my-streaming-amf' channel polling stopped.
'my-streaming-amf' channel connect failed.
'B48F00D0-58FC-D64F-8F15-7F561D53C000' consumer channel faulted with
Channel.Connect.Failed NetConnection.Call.Failed: HTTP: Failed: url:
'http://localhost:8400/samples/messagebroker/amfstreaming'
Suggestions?

Mike
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Michael Slinn msl...@... wrote:


 I am able to programmatically create a RemoteObject to call RPCs
 against, and now I am trying to programmatically create a messaging
 Consumer that listens on a streaming AMF channel.

 I have cranked up logging verbosity. I note the 404 (not found)
message:
 [SWF] /samples/testdrive-datapush/ProgMsg.swf - 883,736 bytes after
 decompression
 'my-streaming-amf' channel endpoint set to
 http://localhost:8400/samples/messagebroker/amfstreaming
 'A9D9B478-E4BB-6C26-196F-7B082707F804' consumer set destination to
 'feed'.
 'A9D9B478-E4BB-6C26-196F-7B082707F804' consumer subscribe.
 'my-streaming-amf' pinging endpoint.
 'my-streaming-amf' channel got status. (Object)#0
code = NetConnection.Call.Failed
description = HTTP: Status 404
details =
http://localhost:8400/samples/messagebroker/amfstreaming;
level = error
 'my-streaming-amf' channel polling stopped.
 'my-streaming-amf' channel connect failed.
 The streaming AMF endpoint looks right to me. What am I missing?

 Here is the (small) test project source code:
 http://www.mslinn.com/sites/flex/progMsg.zip

 For convenience, the SWF and HTML files built by this test project
drop
 into the {BlazeDsTurnkey}/tomcat/webapps/samples/testdrive-datapush
 directory and the project can be run from
 http://localhost:8400/samples/testdrive-datapush/ProgMsg.html

[flexcoders] Programmaticly created Consumer does not find endpoint

[Michael Slinn]

I am able to programmatically create a RemoteObject to call RPCs
against, and now I am trying to programmatically create a messaging
Consumer that listens on a streaming AMF channel.

I have cranked up logging verbosity. I note the 404 (not found) message:
[SWF] /samples/testdrive-datapush/ProgMsg.swf - 883,736 bytes after
decompression
'my-streaming-amf' channel endpoint set to
http://localhost:8400/samples/messagebroker/amfstreaming
'A9D9B478-E4BB-6C26-196F-7B082707F804' consumer set destination to
'feed'.
'A9D9B478-E4BB-6C26-196F-7B082707F804' consumer subscribe.
'my-streaming-amf' pinging endpoint.
'my-streaming-amf' channel got status. (Object)#0
   code = NetConnection.Call.Failed
   description = HTTP: Status 404
   details = http://localhost:8400/samples/messagebroker/amfstreaming;
   level = error
'my-streaming-amf' channel polling stopped.
'my-streaming-amf' channel connect failed.
The streaming AMF endpoint looks right to me. What am I missing?

Here is the (small) test project source code:
http://www.mslinn.com/sites/flex/progMsg.zip

For convenience, the SWF and HTML files built by this test project drop
into the {BlazeDsTurnkey}/tomcat/webapps/samples/testdrive-datapush
directory and the project can be run from
http://localhost:8400/samples/testdrive-datapush/ProgMsg.html

[flexcoders] Re: mx:VideoDisplay does not return QuickTime metadata

[Michael Slinn]

Thank you for the information.  It is helpful to understand.

Because I want to size the player at the start of loading the file, and
I do not want to have to rearrange the contents of every file that is
uploaded, I think a server-side Java program that reads the metadata and
sends it to a custom player via RPC or POST is the best way for me to
go.  Here is a first attempt at such a program:
import javax.media.CannotRealizeException; import
javax.media.MediaLocator; import javax.media.NoPlayerException; import
javax.media.Player; import javax.media.Manager; import
java.awt.Component; import java.awt.Dimension; import
java.io.IOException; import java.net.URL;  public class
MediaMetadataReader {  public MediaMetadataReader(URL
mediaLocator) throws NoPlayerException, IOException,
CannotRealizeException { Player player =
Manager.createPlayer(mediaLocator); Component mediaViewer =
player.getVisualComponent(); Dimension mediaDimension =
mediaViewer.getPreferredSize(); double width =
mediaDimension.getWidth(); double height =
mediaDimension.getHeight(); System.out.println(width= + width
+ , height= + height); }  public static void main(String[]
args) throws NoPlayerException, IOException, CannotRealizeException {
if (args.length==0) { System.out.println(Usage:
MediaMetadataReader fileToRead); System.exit(-1); }
MediaMetadataReader metaReader = new MediaMetadataReader(new
URL(args[0])); } }
If anyone has a finished version of something similar, I'd like to hear
about it.

[flexcoders] mx:VideoDisplay does not return QuickTime metadata

[Michael Slinn]

The docs say that mx:VideoDisplay should play MOV files with Flash
Player 10.  I created a file with QuickTime Pro 7.  I can see that the
MOV file loads, but the metatdata property is null, and videoHeight and
videoWidth are zero.  Not only that, but onMetaDataReceived(event) is
never invoked:
mx:VideoDisplay
 metadataReceived=onMetaDataReceived(event)
 ready=onVideoReady()
 source=yourFile.mov /
Any suggestions?

RE: [flexcoders] CRUD generator...

[Michael Sumner]

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817-788-0034 ext 244

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From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Marvin Froeder
Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 5:54 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] CRUD generator...

 






Hi,

 

Does someone know any CRUD generator tool?  I would like to generate CRUDs
based on my VOs.

 

 

VELO

[flexcoders] e4x challenge

[Michael Slinn]

I would like to filter out all elements with type=file from the following 
XML.  That turns out to be rather difficult because node/ elements are 
nested.  Any suggestions?

?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8?
node name=classes type=dir uri=file:/classes/
node name=spring-beans-2.0.dtd type=file 
uri=file:/classes/spring-beans-2.0.dtd /node name=.svn type=dir 
uri=file:/classes/.svn/node name=props type=dir 
uri=file:/classes/.svn/props/ /node name=text-base type=dir 
uri=file:/classes/.svn/text-base/node name=sample.log4j.xml.svn-base 
type=file uri=file:/classes/.svn/text-base/sample.log4j.xml.svn-base 
//nodenode name=format type=file uri=file:/classes/.svn/format 
/node name=prop-base type=dir uri=file:/classes/.svn/prop-base/node 
name=sample.log4j.xml.svn-base type=file 
uri=file:/classes/.svn/prop-base/sample.log4j.xml.svn-base //nodenode 
name=entries type=file uri=file:/classes/.svn/entries /node name=tmp 
type=dir uri=file:/classes/.svn/tmp/node name=props type=dir 
uri=file:/classes/.svn/tmp/props/ /node name=text-base type=dir 
uri=file:/classes/.svn/tmp/text-base/ /node name=prop-base type=dir 
uri=file:/classes/.svn/tmp/prop-base/ //node/nodenode name=com 
type=dir uri=file:/classes/com/node name=.svn type=dir 
uri=file:/classes/com/.svn/node name=props type=dir 
uri=file:/classes/com/.svn/props/ /node name=text-base type=dir 
uri=file:/classes/com/.svn/text-base/ /node name=format type=file 
uri=file:/classes/com/.svn/format /node name=prop-base type=dir 
uri=file:/classes/com/.svn/prop-base/ /node name=entries type=file 
uri=file:/classes/com/.svn/entries /node name=tmp type=dir 
uri=file:/classes/com/.svn/tmp/node name=props type=dir 
uri=file:/classes/com/.svn/tmp/props/ /node name=text-base type=dir 
uri=file:/classes/com/.svn/tmp/text-base/ /node name=prop-base type=dir 
uri=file:/classes/com/.svn/tmp/prop-base/ //node/nodenode 
name=kahootz type=dir uri=file:/classes/com/kahootz/node 
name=activemq.xml type=file uri=file:/classes/com/kahootz/activemq.xml 
/node name=context type=dir 
uri=file:/classes/com/kahootz/context/node name=remote-jms-context.xml 
type=file uri=file:/classes/com/kahootz/context/remote-jms-context.xml 
/node name=.svn type=dir 
uri=file:/classes/com/kahootz/context/.svn/node name=props type=dir 
uri=file:/classes/com/kahootz/context/.svn/props/ /node name=text-base 
type=dir uri=file:/classes/com/kahootz/context/.svn/text-base/node 
name=jms-context.xml.svn-base type=file 
uri=file:/classes/com/kahootz/context/.svn/text-base/jms-context.xml.svn-base 
/node name=remote-jms-context.xml.svn-base type=file 
uri=file:/classes/com/kahootz/context/.svn/text-base/remote-jms-context.xml.svn-base
 //nodenode name=format type=file 
uri=file:/classes/com/kahootz/context/.svn/format /node name=prop-base 
type=dir uri=file:/classes/com/kahootz/context/.svn/prop-base/node 
name=jms-context.xml.svn-base type=file 
uri=file:/classes/com/kahootz/context/.svn/prop-base/jms-context.xml.svn-base 
/node name=remote-jms-context.xml.svn-base type=file 
uri=file:/classes/com/kahootz/context/.svn/prop-base/remote-jms-context.xml.svn-base
 //nodenode name=entries type=file 
uri=file:/classes/com/kahootz/context/.svn/entries /node name=tmp 
type=dir uri=file:/classes/com/kahootz/context/.svn/tmp/node name=props 
type=dir uri=file:/classes/com/kahootz/context/.svn/tmp/props/ /node 
name=text-base type=dir 
uri=file:/classes/com/kahootz/context/.svn/tmp/text-base/ /node 
name=prop-base type=dir 
uri=file:/classes/com/kahootz/context/.svn/tmp/prop-base/ 
//node/nodenode name=server-context.xml type=file 
uri=file:/classes/com/kahootz/context/server-context.xml /node 
name=jms-context.xml type=file 
uri=file:/classes/com/kahootz/context/jms-context.xml //nodenode 
name=space type=dir uri=file:/classes/com/kahootz/space/node 
name=context type=dir uri=file:/classes/com/kahootz/space/context/node 
name=remote-space-context.xml type=file 
uri=file:/classes/com/kahootz/space/context/remote-space-context.xml /node 
name=.svn type=dir 
uri=file:/classes/com/kahootz/space/context/.svn/node name=props 
type=dir uri=file:/classes/com/kahootz/space/context/.svn/props/ /node 
name=text-base type=dir 
uri=file:/classes/com/kahootz/space/context/.svn/text-base/node 
name=space-context.xml.svn-base type=file 
uri=file:/classes/com/kahootz/space/context/.svn/text-base/space-context.xml.svn-base
 /node name=local-space-context.xml.svn-base type=file 
uri=file:/classes/com/kahootz/space/context/.svn/text-base/local-space-context.xml.svn-base
 /node name=remote-space-context.xml.svn-base type=file 
uri=file:/classes/com/kahootz/space/context/.svn/text-base/remote-space-context.xml.svn-base
 //nodenode name=format type=file 
uri=file:/classes/com/kahootz/space/context/.svn/format /node 
name=prop-base type=dir 
uri=file:/classes/com/kahootz/space/context/.svn/prop-base/node 
name=space-context.xml.svn-base type=file 
uri=file:/classes/com/kahootz/space/context/.svn/prop-base/space-context.xml.svn-base
 /node 

[flexcoders] Re: Increasing the Panel scroll speed?

[Michael Schmalle]

Hi,

You can use these two properties to control scroll speed;

container.verticalLineScrollSize
container.verticalPageScrollSize

Mike

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Sascha sbal...@... wrote:

 In Flex if you wrap a component into a Panel (or Canvas) which is larger
 than the Panel, by default the Panel will show scroll bars and can be
 scrolled. However the default speed for this scrolling is very slow so I'm
 wondering if there is any known workaround to make them faster? There seems
 to be no property or style which could control the speed.
 
 Sascha

[flexcoders] Re: Accessing the border of a container

[Michael Schmalle]

Hi,

using mx_internal you could;

import mx.core.mx_internal;

myInstance.tk_internal::background


or;

rawChildren.getChildByName(border);

Mike

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, florian.salihovic florian.saliho...@... 
wrote:

 I don't know if i'm just blind atm or if it's indded hard to access the 
 border of a Container.
 
 I can access the rawChildren. That's good since i could introspect the 
 children's class name and search for the classname of the asset. But my 
 problem ist, that the border get's compiled and the classname might change. 
 As far as i see, the original name will bechanged to something like:
 
 suprise__embed_cssflash_PlaylistAssets_swf_some_name_for the 
 asset_1052501028
 
 Is there a chance to simply get access to the border?
 
 Best regards!

[flexcoders] Re: Creating a SWc without the Flex classes?

[Michael Schmalle]

Hi,

I use this in my build file;

!-- Include the necessary framework libraries as external libraries --
arg line=-external-library-path '${flexsdk.libs.player.dir}'/
arg line=-external-library-path '${flexsdk.libs.dir}'/

This uses those swcs to compile against but bot include the byte code in your 
swc.

Mike

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Sascha sbal...@... wrote:

 Hi List,
 
 I'm trying to compile a SWC with compc (Flex 3.3) from my source code
 library but the compiler always includes all the default Flex classes which
 makes the SWC quite large. Is there a way to exlude all the Flex classes
 from being in the resulting SWC or is this a necessity?
 
 Sascha

RE: [flexcoders] Newbie SOA question (maintaining login state)

[Michael Pengi]

I'd be interested in hearing more about this. Isn't there a 'normal' way to
do this with flex? Maintaining login state would seem to be a basic
requirement for web apps. Just curious.


Tracy Spratt wrote:
 
 I have a lot to learn about security, and had difficulty wading through
 all
 of the levels and options, so I devised my own programmatic solution.
 
 When a user logs in from the Flex app (md5 hash on the password), I create
 a
 sessionId, store it in a hashtable in the .net app, and pass it back to
 the
 Flex app.  The Flex app sends this token with each call.  The server
 checks
 the passed in session id and compares the timestamp to the current time. 
 If
 it is within the timeout period specified, it updates the timestamp and
 authorizes the call.  If authorization fails, the user must log in again.
 
 I am certainly open to a better approach.
 
 Tracy Spratt,
 
 Lariat Services, development services available
   _  
 
 From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On
 Behalf Of variableop
 Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 4:07 PM
 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: [flexcoders] Newbie SOA question
 
  
 
 I would like to provide a solution to maintaining login state over
 multiple
 calls to my .NET web service layer. So basically, the user logs in, then
 stores a login token internally on the Flex side so that each web
 service
 call can be authenticated as being made by someone who has already logged
 in to the system. Does anyone have any ideas on how to approach this? My
 initial approach was to cache the user's username/password and
 authenticate
 on each web service call (Direct Authentication). I was told, for obvious
 reasons, that this is insecure method and requires database hit each call.
 I
 am trying to implement WSE 3.0 enabled web services on the .NET side. Is
 this an SSO problem, or should I be using STS/Brokered Authentication
 approach? We just started our upgrade to VS2008, so maybe I should just
 pursue WCF methods instead? Any experiences with this would be greatly
 appreciated.
 
 TIA,
 
 variable
 
 
 
 
 

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Re: [flexcoders] Negative Mask

[Michael Wills]

Is the mask you want an image or going to be drawn dynamically? Do you 
have a movieclip or some other graphic that will be the mask and you 
want to invert its masking effect so it cuts out instead?

Also, related to what Kenneth posted, which Flash player are you 
targeting? 9 or 10?

Michael

app.developer wrote:

 If I wanted to have an image, would someone point me to a negative or 
 reverse mask tutorial. I'm having a dickens of a time locating a 
 current AS 3.0 or Flex 3 or 4 example.

 TIA,
 P

 

[flexcoders] Flex 2 Store That Works In Flex 3?

[Michael]

When I import the Flex Store that was created in version 2, I run the 
application  but it loads about 75% and then stops.  I know Adobe noted that 
some changes might be necessary for the Flex 2 store to run properly in Flex 3. 
 Does anyone have those changes that must be made or a source link of the store 
running in 3?

[flexcoders] Re: problem with XML in flex

[Michael]

Type adobe flex cms into youtube and you will find a member mikenku who 
created a cms in flex but as an air.  That air program then creates an xml file 
and uploads it.  Hope some code there helps.

Re: [flexcoders] Convert Air app. to Flex

[Michael D Corbridge]

change:

mx:WindowedApplication 

to

mx:Application 

and remove any AIR dependent code



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[flexcoders] Re: Flex 3.3 SDK and AdvancedDataGrid

[Michael Slinn]

The online docs and the previous posting suffer from invalid characters.  Also, 
the path needs to be in quotes.  Try this:

java -jar DMV-source.jar C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application 
Data\Adobe\Flex

[flexcoders] Flex ajax bridge in IE without document.write()

[Michael Pelz-Sherman]

Hi,

I'm trying to embed a flex swf into my app without using document.write().

Instead I want to use the standard Ajax technique of setting the innerHTML 
property on a div object, like so:

varflexObjTag =AC_FL_RunContent(...args...);
$('flexDiv').innerHTML = flashObjTag;

To do this, I modified these functions from AC_OETags.js like so:

function AC_Generateobj(objAttrs, params, embedAttrs) 
{ 
var str = '';
if (isIE  isWin  !isOpera)
{
  str +='object ';
  for (var i in objAttrs)
  str += i + '=' + objAttrs[i] + ' ';
  str += '';
  for (var i in params)
  str +='param name='+i +' value='+params[i]+' / ';
  str +='/object';
} else {
  str += 'embed ';
  for (var i in embedAttrs)
  str += i + '=' + embedAttrs[i] + ' ';
  str +=' /embed';
}

return str;
}

function AC_FL_RunContent(){
  var ret = 
AC_GetArgs
(  arguments,.swf,movie,clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-44455354
 ,application/x-shockwave-flash
);
  return AC_Generateobj(ret.objAttrs, ret.params, ret.embedAttrs);
}

This works fine in Firefox and Safari, but not in IE7. I'm getting the 
following error:

try { 
document.getElementById(graph_div).SetReturnValue(__flash__toXML(FABridge__bridgeInitialized([flash]))
 ); } catch (e) { 
document.getElementById(graph_div).SetReturnValue(undefined/); }

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

- Michael

[flexcoders] archived Flash players - why so huge?

[Michael Pelz-Sherman]

I found this page today while searching for a way to downgrade to an earlier 
version of Flash:

http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_14266

Can anyone explain why the installer files are so huge?

- Michael

Re: [flexcoders] archived Flash players - why so huge?

[Michael Pelz-Sherman]

Um... never mind: I didn't realize that these files contained archives of 
multiple version for multiple platforms!

Suggestion for Adobe: how 'bout making the individual files available for 
download as well? Some of us aren't blessed with infinite bandwidth. Thanks! :-)




From: Michael Pelz-Sherman mpelzsher...@gmail.com
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 2:31:47 PM
Subject: [flexcoders] archived Flash players - why so huge?


I found this page today while searching for a way to downgrade to an earlier 
version of Flash:

http://kb.adobe. com/selfservice/ viewContent. do?externalId= tn_14266

Can anyone explain why the installer files are so huge?

- Michael

Re: [flexcoders] Moving a viewStack through actionscript

[Michael Wills]

Hey there Wally,

You can get access to the currently selected viewstack, and also set it, 
through selectedIndex. So your initial declaration would be like
mx:ViewStack id=questionVS etc... selectedIndex=0 
click=nextQuestion()

and in your function nextQuestion you can increment the selectedIndex. 
I'd have to check but I think you can find the number of items in your 
viewStack with numChildren. That would give you your max value to finish 
your quiz or handle the end how you would like.

You can find more about what you can do with viewstacks in the docs:

http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/mx/containers/ViewStack.html

Hope that helps!

Michael

Wally Kolcz wrote:

 I have a test that I want to walk through the questions using a 
 function. How can I set the inital value of the ViewStack 
 (questionsVS) to 0 and then increment it by one each time someone 
 clicks a button?

 mx:ViewStack id=questionsVS width=98% height=100% paddingLeft=10
 questions:question1 /
 questions:question2 /
 questions:question3 /
 questions:question4 /
 /mx:ViewStack

 

Re: [flexcoders] Moving a viewStack through actionscript

[Michael Wills]

If I am understanding your code correctly, you actually want to call 
test1(parent).checkSingle instead of testMod. The reason is because you 
are instantiating a brand new, and unrelated, test1 component with

public var testMod:test1 = new test1();

You might be able to do

public var testMod:test1 = test1(parent);

casting the variable to the type test1.

If it's a simple app you are working on, you can do this kind of tightly 
coupled design. By that I mean, your question1 component knows about 
your test1 component. If it's a more complex app though, you may want to 
look at decoupling your app. Otherwise this app will quickly become 
inflexible and harder to maintain as it grows.

In this case, you could set up your question components to dispatch an 
event that your test1 then listens to. That way question1 doesn't have 
to be directly connected to parent.

I hope that makes sense!

Michael

Wally Kolcz wrote:

 When I added the click=nextQuestion() it was triggered off the 
 selecting of a radio button and not the button. Here all the code I 
 have. It is telling me that the viewStack doesn't exist when I believe 
 it should.

 test1.mxml

 ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
 mx:Module xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml; layout=vertical 
 width=100% height=98% 
 xmlns:questions=com.ipexpert.questions.q1.* 
 creationComplete=initApp() 
 mx:Script
 ![CDATA[
 import mx.core.Application;   

 public var testID:int = 1;
 public var currentQuestion:int = 0;

 public function initApp():void {

 }   

 public function checkSingle(answer:Object):void {
 if (answer !=0) {
 Application.application.score += 1;
 }
 currentQuestion += 1;
 nextQuestionPlease();
 }

 public function nextQuestionPlease():void {
 }
 ]]
 /mx:Script
 mx:ViewStack id=questionsVS width=98% height=100% 
 paddingLeft=10

 questions:question1 /
 questions:question2 /
 questions:question3 /
 questions:question4 /
 /mx:ViewStack
 /mx:Module


 question1.mxml

 ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
 mx:VBox xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml; width=98% 
 height=98%

 mx:Script
 ![CDATA[

 import com.ipexpert.tests.test1;

 public var testMod:test1 = new test1();
 ]]
 /mx:Script

 mx:Label fontWeight=bold text=1. Which layer(s) of the OSI 
 Reference Model provide(s) for internetwork connectivity? /
 mx:RadioButtonGroup id=group1 /
 mx:RadioButton paddingLeft=10 groupName=group1 label=Data 
 Link value=0 selected=true /
 mx:RadioButton paddingLeft=10 groupName=group1 
 label=Physical value=0 /   
 mx:RadioButton paddingLeft=10 groupName=group1 
 label=Session value=0 /   
 mx:RadioButton paddingLeft=10 groupName=group1 
 label=Network value=1 /   
 mx:RadioButton paddingLeft=10 groupName=group1 
 label=Presentation value=0 /   

 mx:Button label=Next 
 click=testMod.checkSingle(group1.selectedValue) /
 /mx:VBox

 
 *From*: Michael Wills mich...@mawills.com
 *Sent*: Monday, March 09, 2009 10:55 AM
 *To*: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
 *Subject*: Re: [flexcoders] Moving a viewStack through actionscript

 Hey there Wally,

 You can get access to the currently selected viewstack, and also set it,
 through selectedIndex. So your initial declaration would be like
 mx:ViewStack id=questionVS etc... selectedIndex=0
 click=nextQuestion()

 and in your function nextQuestion you can increment the selectedIndex.
 I'd have to check but I think you can find the number of items in your
 viewStack with numChildren. That would give you your max value to finish
 your quiz or handle the end how you would like.

 You can find more about what you can do with viewstacks in the docs:

 http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/mx/containers/ViewStack.html 
 http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/mx/containers/ViewStack.html

 Hope that helps!

 Michael

 Wally Kolcz wrote:
 
  I have a test that I want to walk through the questions using a
  function. How can I set the inital value of the ViewStack
  (questionsVS) to 0 and then increment it by one each time someone
  clicks a button?
 
  mx:ViewStack id=questionsVS width=98% height=100% 
 paddingLeft=10
  questions:question1 /
  questions:question2 /
  questions:question3 /
  questions:question4 /
  /mx:ViewStack
 
 


 

Re: [flexcoders] Moving a viewStack through actionscript

[Michael Wills]

Hi Wally, sorry I missed the hierarchy there. You have checkSingle on 
the module and not the Viewstack. In that case, you should be able to do 
parent.parent.checkSingle and leave out the cast as test1. So


public var testMod:Object = parent.parent;

The last one failed because it was trying to convert a viewstack into a 
test1 which of course isn't a viewstack. But I'm not sure about this one 
because the parent.parent is a module. You could also forgo using the 
testMod variable and in your click declaration instead of


click=testMod.checkSingle(group1.selectedValue)

use

click=parent.parent.checkSingle(group1.selectedValue) /

Hopefully that'll work for you.

If you have a little time to invest, and if you may be doing more Flex 
apps in the future, even though this one is not going to be a full-on 
huge app, I'd learn about dispatching custom events. It's not that 
complicated but it takes some time to understand. It would save some of 
the hassle you're trying to do of course at the expense of a new and 
different kind of hassle. :-)


Michael


Wally Kolcz wrote:


Wow...its a 'simple' one time create app.

All I want to do is when the user selects an answer on the 
question1.mxml component, they can click a button,  pass the value of 
the radio button to the test1 module's checkSingle() method  and then 
move to the next question in the test1 module's stack.


When I changed the function call on the button of question1.mxml to 
test1(parent).checkSingle(group1.selectedValue); mx:Button 
label=Next click=test1(parent).checkSingle(group1.selectedValue) /


I get this error:

TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert 
mx.containers::viewst...@6563ae1 to com.ipexpert.tests.test1.
at 
com.ipexpert.questions.q1::question1/___question1_Button1_click()[D:\wkolcz\My 
Documents\Flex Builder 
3\IPExpertBrainBuster\src\com\ipexpert\questions\q1\question1.mxml:21]


Here is checkSingle() and nextQuestionPlease()

public function checkSingle(answer:Object):void {
if (answer !=0) {
Application.application.score += 1;
}
currentQuestion += 1;
nextQuestionPlease();
}

public function nextQuestionPlease():void {
   
 questionsVS.selectedIndex=currentQuestion;

}


*From*: Michael Wills mich...@mawills.com
*Sent*: Monday, March 09, 2009 11:44 AM
*To*: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
*Subject*: Re: [flexcoders] Moving a viewStack through actionscript

If I am understanding your code correctly, you actually want to call
test1(parent).checkSingle instead of testMod. The reason is because you
are instantiating a brand new, and unrelated, test1 component with

public var testMod:test1 = new test1();

You might be able to do

public var testMod:test1 = test1(parent);

casting the variable to the type test1.

If it's a simple app you are working on, you can do this kind of tightly
coupled design. By that I mean, your question1 component knows about
your test1 component. If it's a more complex app though, you may want to
look at decoupling your app. Otherwise this app will quickly become
inflexible and harder to maintain as it grows.

In this case, you could set up your question components to dispatch an
event that your test1 then listens to. That way question1 doesn't have
to be directly connected to parent.

I hope that makes sense!

Michael

Wally Kolcz wrote:

 When I added the click=nextQuestion() it was triggered off the
 selecting of a radio button and not the button. Here all the code I
 have. It is telling me that the viewStack doesn't exist when I believe
 it should.

 test1.mxml

 ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
 mx:Module xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml 
http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml layout=vertical

 width=100% height=98%
 xmlns:questions=com.ipexpert.questions.q1.*
 creationComplete=initApp() 
 mx:Script
 ![CDATA[
 import mx.core.Application;

 public var testID:int = 1;
 public var currentQuestion:int = 0;

 public function initApp():void {

 }

 public function checkSingle(answer:Object):void {
 if (answer !=0) {
 Application.application.score += 1;
 }
 currentQuestion += 1;
 nextQuestionPlease();
 }

 public function nextQuestionPlease():void {
 }
 ]]
 /mx:Script
 mx:ViewStack id=questionsVS width=98% height=100%
 paddingLeft=10

 questions:question1 /
 questions:question2 /
 questions:question3 /
 questions:question4 /
 /mx:ViewStack
 /mx:Module


 question1.mxml

 ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
 mx:VBox xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml 
http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml width=98%

 height=98%

 mx:Script
 ![CDATA[

 import com.ipexpert.tests.test1;

 public var testMod:test1 = new test1();
 ]]
 /mx:Script

 mx:Label fontWeight=bold text=1. Which layer(s) of the OSI
 Reference Model provide(s) for internetwork connectivity? /
 mx:RadioButtonGroup id=group1

Re: [flexcoders] Architecture / Design question...

[Michael Wills]

Wow yeah that would depend on a lot of things. Some thoughts that help 
me narrow down prospects like that:

Am I doing all of the subcomponents in MXML? If so I could manage it 
with States perhaps using addChild. Pass the state in on 
instantiation/show/creationComplete, etc.
Am I doing all of the subcomponents in AS3? Then I can dynamically 
instantiate things on the fly depending on those requirements.
Whether or not I actually use the states tags, are their actual states 
with shared components? If so I might make a set of flags. If flag x is 
present, add component x, or if y is present, add y.

But it depends on how detailed it needs to be, and how convoluted the 
solution might be. It might be better not to put it ALL in one 
component, but have one component that loads subsections as well. It all 
depends on what you need. And, just a caveat, I am not a Flex guru. They 
might pine in with much better solutions.

Michael

tchredeemed wrote:

 I have a situation in which I am currently using a very ugly set up to 
 get the job done, but I want to change this (will explain) and I am 
 looking for some insight.

 The process is this.

 A user gets to a piece of our app and they are presented with some 
 options. The options are very different depending on which route they 
 take to get there.

 For instance, they might see a checkbox about saving a piece of their 
 file as a note.

 They might see a set of radio buttons to order different quantities 
 (in this case the price can change depending on which radio button is 
 selected [the price is on the same screen]).

 They might see a mailing address or an email address, depending on the 
 medium of the item they are purchasing.

 Basically, the options vary greatly, so I currently have a different 
 custom component depending on which they are using.

 I want to be able to use one component and have different options on 
 that component, but I am not sure of an efficient way to do it.

 I know this is random and probably not easily answered without a 
 specific understanding of the system, but I thought I would ask :)

 

Re: [flexcoders] jQuery for Flex - a Behavior Injection Framework

[Michael Wills]

Heh yeah just a play on the names you mentioned in your blog, i.e. 
decaf, cola, bif(ff?), etc. I am only just getting started with 
Mate but have appreciated the injection concept. My first hands on dose 
of that was with PureMVC's ViewMediators. Mate and your framework is 
simpler for folks to understand though. The setup and usage is quite 
clear just looking at the code. I actually hadn't even seen or used the 
Contents or Swap tags before. I still have to go look those up in the 
related docs. :-)

Michael

Sean Clark Hess wrote:

 @Sam, Thanks for adding that link. Guess I shouldn't try to do fancy 
 html emails for the first time when making important announcements :)


 @Michael - Thanks! I wouldn't say it would be a decaf *version* of 
 anything :) It's supposed to play friendly with application frameworks. 



 On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Michael Wills mich...@mawills.com 
 mailto:mich...@mawills.com wrote:

 I like the possibility of using it with Mate/Cairngorm.

 So then it would be the decaf versions of mate/cairngorm? :-)

 Seriously though this is quite cool.


 Sam Lai wrote:
 I think you forgot the link (or my phone's playing tricks with me).

 http://code.seanhess.net/?p=156 http://code.seanhess.net/?p=156

 Nice work btw. I'm going to have to think about how it fits in with
 Flex and my current workflow, but I'll give it a shot in my new
 project :)

 On 3/3/09, Sean Clark Hess seanh...@gmail.com 
 mailto:seanh...@gmail.com wrote:
   
 jQuery for Flex - a Behavior Injection
 Frameworkhttp://code.seanhess.net/?p=156 
 http://code.seanhess.net/?p=156

 [...] I’ve just finished my pre-alpha version of a Behavior Injection
 framework for Flex. It adds support for functionality similar to jQuery 
 for
 flex, along with support for a more complete CSS syntax. The approach is
 slightly different than jQuery, and hopes to play along with Flex’s
 strengths as well. [...]

 
 

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Re: [flexcoders] jQuery for Flex - a Behavior Injection Framework

[Michael Wills]

I like the possibility of using it with Mate/Cairngorm.

So then it would be the decaf versions of mate/cairngorm? :-)

Seriously though this is quite cool.

Sam Lai wrote:

I think you forgot the link (or my phone's playing tricks with me).

http://code.seanhess.net/?p=156

Nice work btw. I'm going to have to think about how it fits in with
Flex and my current workflow, but I'll give it a shot in my new
project :)

On 3/3/09, Sean Clark Hess seanh...@gmail.com wrote:
  

jQuery for Flex - a Behavior Injection
Frameworkhttp://code.seanhess.net/?p=156

[...] I’ve just finished my pre-alpha version of a Behavior Injection
framework for Flex. It adds support for functionality similar to jQuery for
flex, along with support for a more complete CSS syntax. The approach is
slightly different than jQuery, and hopes to play along with Flex’s
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Re: [flexcoders] Re: Can't seem to get Myriad Pro to encode in Flex

[Michael Wills]

Hi Adrian,

Did this ever get worked out?

And by any chance did you publish your swf font to Flash 8? I seem to 
remember the docs saying Flex uses Flash 8 for swf fonts. I'll have to 
look that up to be sure if that's a requirement though.


Oh and Flex can only transcode TTF files so yeah, OTF files are out.

Michael

Adrian Gillette wrote:


By the way, I used Flash CS4 to create my font swf.

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com 
mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, Adrian Gillette 
gille...@... wrote:


 I'm trying to embed couple versions of Myriad Pro into my Flex project:
 Myriad Pro Semibold Condensed
 Myriad Pro Semibold Condensed Italic
 Myriad Pro Condensed

 I've tried two different methods to embed the fonts using CSS:
 1. Using an OTF file.
 2. Using a fla file with embedded fonts using dynamic text boxes.

 I can embed fonts that has any combination of these styles: bold,
 italic, or normal.

 But it does not seem to allow me to transcode fonts that have anything
 outside of those styles, such as semibold, condensed, etc.

 Has anyone successfully dealt with this problem or knows how to?

 Thanks,

 Adrian

[flexcoders] single double click event handling on same component

[Michael Pelz-Sherman]

I need to handle both single  double clicks on a UIComponent.

Unfortunately my single click handler is preventing the double click handler 
from executing.

I found a nice blog post that explains a workaround for this:

http://blogs.sophiacom.fr/flex/2008/08/double-click.html

Before I implement this workaround, is there a better way?

- Michael

[flexcoders] Re: How to set the endpoint address in Coldfusion side?

[Michael VanDaniker]

The flex2gateway is defined in the services-config.xml file found in
your_cf_install_path/wwwroot/WEB_INF/flex/

Depending on how you set up your flex project, this file will be used
during compilation so your remote objects will know what
'destination=ColdFusion' actually means.

After you edit this file, you'll need to restart ColdFusion for the
changes to taken effect.

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, markflex2007 markflex2...@...
wrote:

 How do you know flex2gateway here.do I set it in somewhere?
 Thanks
 
 Mark

Re: [flexcoders]Architect an image gallery transition effect - design suggestions

[Michael VanDaniker]

Why not have two Image components, one on top of the other?  As the
user brings up on image you can fade one out and fade the other in.

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, dorkie dork from dorktown
dorkiedorkfromdorkt...@... wrote:

 I'm trying to create an image gallery component and I need some
help. I have
 an Image component working. It has next and previous buttons that
change the
 source of the Image component when they are clicked. This works fine
so far.
 The problem is it looks like crap when it changes. How would you
architect a
 source change effect so there would be a nice transition between the
current
 image and the next or previous image?
 
 For example, I want it to handle a crossfade where one image fades
out and
 the next fades in or a move in effect where one image moves off the
screen
 (and fades out) and another image fades in and moves in to the
current image
 location. I know there is a showEffect and hideEffect but I need
something
 like a sourceChangeNextEffect and a sourceChangePreviousEffect.

[flexcoders] flex app making undefined http requests

[Michael Pelz-Sherman]

My flex app is making http requests to a url with the string undefined.

These requests are showing up as 404 errors in the web browser.

I have no idea where these requests are coming from.

Any suggestions on how to debug this?

Thanks!

- Michael

Re: [flexcoders] dynamic context menu problem

[Michael Pelz-Sherman]

Thanks Gregor! This is slightly more elegant than the solution I've come up 
with.

I *think* I follow you up to the last sentence.

How do you force the UI component to display its context menu? The display() 
method is AIR-only... right?

Is this an actual ContextMenu instance or a UI component masquerading as a 
ContextMenu?

- Michael




From: Gregor Kiddie gkid...@inpses.co.uk
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 5:22:20 AM
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] dynamic context menu problem


The solution I put in place for a similar
problem…
Add some javascript to eat the right click
event (so the default menu isn’t shown), and have it dispatch an event to
the application.
The application then dispatches a “RIGHT_CLICK”
event having it bubble.
Any UI component listening for that event
captures is and prevents it from bubbling further (You want to let it get to
the topmost point in the display list, and catch it on the way back down).
That UI component opens up the menu you’ve
set up for it.
 
Gk.
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From:flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com [mailto:flexcoders@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf
Of Michael Pelz-Sherman
Sent: 29 January 2009 19:53
To: flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] dynamic
context menu problem
 
I'm struggling to find an elegant solution to this problem:
 
I have a Flex app that has a dynamic context (right-click)
menu.
 
The menu contains different items depending on whether
various objects are selected.
 
Ideally, I'd like to re-generate the menu options right when
the user right-clicks, but I haven't found a reasonable way to do this.
 
So instead I'm re-generating the menus every time the user
(left) clicks, which is kind of expensive and is having unwanted side-effects.
 
Unfortunately, MouseEvent.RIGHT_ CLICK is AIR-only.
 
Any suggestions would be most appreciated!
 
- Michael 

Re: [flexcoders] dynamic context menu problem

[Michael Pelz-Sherman]

Ah, got it. Thanks, I wish I had taken this approach from the start!




From: Gregor Kiddie gkid...@inpses.co.uk
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 11:15:54 AM
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] dynamic context menu problem


I wrote a routine that all my UIComponents
can link into which uses the standard Flex Menu in place of throwing up the
context menu.
 
Gk.
Gregor Kiddie
Senior Developer
INPS
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From:flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com [mailto:flexcoders@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf
Of Michael Pelz-Sherman
Sent: 30 January 2009 15:44
To: flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] dynamic
context menu problem
 
Thanks Gregor! This is slightly more elegant than the
solution I've come up with.
 
I *think* I follow you up to the last sentence.
 
How do you force the UI component to display its context menu?
The display() method is AIR-only... right?
 
Is this an actual ContextMenu instance or a UI component
masquerading as a ContextMenu?
 
- Michael
 


 
From:Gregor
Kiddie gkid...@inpses. co.uk
To: flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009
5:22:20 AM
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] dynamic
context menu problem
The solution I put in place for a similar problem…
Add some javascript to eat the right click event (so the default
menu isn’t shown), and have it dispatch an event to the application.
The application then dispatches a “RIGHT_CLICK” event having it
bubble.
Any UI component listening for that event captures is and prevents
it from bubbling further (You want to let it get to the topmost point in the
display list, and catch it on the way back down).
That UI component opens up the menu you’ve set up for it.
 
Gk.
Gregor Kiddie
Senior Developer
INPS
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564343
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From:flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com [mailto:flexcoders@ yahoogroups. com] On 
Behalf Of Michael Pelz-Sherman
Sent: 29 January 2009 19:53
To: flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] dynamic
context menu problem
 
I'm
struggling to find an elegant solution to this problem:
 
I have a
Flex app that has a dynamic context (right-click) menu.
 
The menu
contains different items depending on whether various objects are selected.
 
Ideally, I'd
like to re-generate the menu options right when the user right-clicks, but I
haven't found a reasonable way to do this.
 
So instead
I'm re-generating the menus every time the user (left) clicks, which is kind of
expensive and is having unwanted side-effects.
 
Unfortunately,
MouseEvent.RIGHT_ CLICK is AIR-only.
 
Any
suggestions would be most appreciated!
 
- Michael 

[flexcoders] dynamic context menu problem

[Michael Pelz-Sherman]

I'm struggling to find an elegant solution to this problem:

I have a Flex app that has a dynamic context (right-click) menu.

The menu contains different items depending on whether various objects are 
selected.

Ideally, I'd like to re-generate the menu options right when the user 
right-clicks, but I haven't found a reasonable way to do this.

So instead I'm re-generating the menus every time the user (left) clicks, which 
is kind of expensive and is having unwanted side-effects.

Unfortunately, MouseEvent.RIGHT_CLICK is AIR-only.

Any suggestions would be most appreciated!

- Michael

Re: [flexcoders] ContextMenuItem with a checkbox ?

[Michael Pelz-Sherman]

Hi again,

I thought I'd try extending the ContextMenuItem class to provide this behavior, 
but according to the compiler, the ContextMenuItem class is declared final in 
the Gumbo Flex SDK.

I found a post from 2006 that shows ContextMenuItem being extended:

http://www.bigroom.co.uk/blog/custom-context-menu-with-keyboard-shortcuts-in-flash

Did this change recently? If so, why?

Thanks,
- Michael




From: Michael Pelz-Sherman mpelzsher...@gmail.com
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 2:15:33 PM
Subject: [flexcoders] ContextMenuItem with a checkbox ?


Hi,

I'd like to create a ContextMenuItem with a checkbox that toggles some behavior.

Is this possible?

Thanks!

- Michael 

[flexcoders] ContextMenuItem with a checkbox ?

[Michael Pelz-Sherman]

Hi,

I'd like to create a ContextMenuItem with a checkbox that toggles some behavior.

Is this possible?

Thanks!

- Michael

[flexcoders] Re: How to test flash apps in the normal (non-debug) player with the debug player in installed?

[Michael VanDaniker]

Check out the Flash Switcher Firefox extension.

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, tom s tcs2...@... wrote:

 Hi All,
 I have the flash debug player installed for FireFox and IE.
 What is the best way to test flash apps in the normal (non-debug)
player on
 the *same machine*?
 (I don't have access to a spare machine right now).
 
 I want to do this test because I have read that the error thrown
 by ExternalInterface.call is different in the normal player than the
debug
 player, but that was written many months ago, so I don't know if it
is still
 true (e.g. in version 10.x)
 
 thanks
 
 tom

[flexcoders] Re: Best practices for using custom service type with Cairngorm ServiceLocator

[Michael VanDaniker]

Frankly, using the ServiceLocator in the first place is far from a
best practice. In the past, I've done this to initialize my remote
objects:

var ro:RemoteObject =
RemoteObject(ServiceLocator.getInstance().getRemoteObject(ro));
ro.endpoint = myEndpoint;
ro.source = mySource;

You can do something similar for your HTTPServices when you know what
properties you want to set on them.

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, adamratcliffe2002 a...@... wrote:

 I have an AIR application which uses the Merapi bridge to
communicate with a local Java 
 application.  My service class wraps the bridge and I would like to
initialize this service 
 alongside the HTTPService I have defined in the ServiceLocator mxml.
 
 Should I extend the Cairngorm ServiceLocator to support my own
service interface as an 
 additional type or is there some better way of doing this?
 
 Cheers
 Adam

[flexcoders] Re: How does Flex Builder validate a BlazeDS/LCDS J2EE project?

[Michael Slinn]

Filed as http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FB-16422

[flexcoders] Re: Programmatically managing BlazeDS ServerConfig

[Michael Slinn]

Cornel,

You are doing the opposite of what I am doing.  Instead of letting the
compiler generate the code to read the XML configuration files, and
then examining the variables, I am attempting to set the XML directly
and configure BlazeDS that way, without using data files bound into
the SWF.  The following comment in the ServerConfig source code led me
to believe that this should be possible: The XML source is provided
during the compilation process. However, there is currently no
internal restriction preventing the acquisition of this XML data by
other means, such as network, local file system, or shared object at
runtime. (Second paragraph of
http://opensource.adobe.com/svn/opensource/flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/rpc/src/mx/messaging/config/ServerConfig.as)

Here is a related bug: http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-16073

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Rendering Problem

[Michael Prescott]

That's interesting that Steve mentioned autoLayout.  We had a similar
problem with a bunch of image rollovers that were all flickering as a group,
and it turned out to be that because we hadn't told them their height or
width, they were having to lay themselves out to find out - hence the
flicker while it figured all that out.

But your problem is so broad that I encourage you not to apply possible
cures until you understand it better.  A basic plan is to cut stuff out
until you don't see the problem any more.

Michael

On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 6:01 PM, Rafael Faria
rafaelfaria.gru...@gmail.comwrote:

   Any other idea why the rendering problem is happening? I have heaps of
 components running at the same time and i have no clue how to debug
 what could be wrong that makes the screen flicks.

 anyone had problems like that and found a workaround!?

 thanks
 rafael

 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com,
 valdhor steved...@... wrote:
 
  Check out this video from Chet Haase:
 
  http://graphics-geek.blogspot.com/2008/09/video-sorted-details.html
 
  He talks about turning off autoLayout which can cause flickering.
 
  --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com,
 Rafael Faria
  rafaelfaria.grupos@ wrote:
  
   Hello All,
  
   I have a very important question.
  
   What could be causing problems with rendering?! I have this
   application that every now and than flicks, the background goes white
   for a second than get back to normal. Its not really something in
   particular because that happens in a couple of components i create.
  
   One in particular that do pretty much the same as the date, opening a
   popup on the side, but everytime i open that i get this flickering
   problem.
  
   Any clue what could be causing that? i know its a very empty qustion
   but maybe someone might give me an idea what often causes flex to
 flick.
  
   thanks
   raf
  
 

  

[flexcoders] Channel documentation errors?

[Michael Slinn]

The documentation for Channel.applySettings() says:
Subclasses should override this method to apply any settings that may
be necessary for an individual channel. Make sure to call
super.applySettings() to apply common settings for the channel.

Parameters
settings:XML — XML fragment of the services-config.xml file for this
channel. The following fragement includes the channel tag with all
of its configuration settings:

channel id=my-amf type=mx.messaging.channels.AMFChannel
endpoint uri=/dev/messagebroker/amf
type=flex.messaging.endpoints.AmfEndpoint/
properties
  polling-enabledfalse/polling-enabled
/properties
  /channel

Ignoring the spelling error (fragement), the documentation appears
to be quite incorrect, if I read the source code correctly.
I'm looking at
flex_sdk_3.0.0.477\frameworks\projects\rpc\src\mx\messaging\Channel.as, and
I see code that references the following properties:
connect-timeout-seconds
record-message-times
record-message-sizes
serialization
enable-small-messages

The polling-enabled property is not mentioned in the Channel code.

PollingChannel extends Channel, and it references the following config
file properties:
polling-enabled
polling-interval-millis
polling-interval-seconds
piggybacking-enabled
login-after-disconnect

None of the above properties are mentioned in the PollingChannel docs.
 The polling-enabled property mentioned in the Channel docs is
actually handled by the PollingChannel subclass.

NetConnection extends PollingChannel, and does not reference any new
properties.

AMFChannel extends NetConnection.  The AMFChannel docs say that the
config file's property called polling-interval-seconds is read into
the AMFChannel.pollingInterval property.
Also, the docs say that the polling-enabled property in the config
file sets the AMFChannel.pollingEnabled property.  As I discovered,
PollingChannel handles these properties, not AMFChannel.

Should I log a bug?

[flexcoders] Re: How does Flex Builder validate a BlazeDS/LCDS J2EE project?

[Michael Slinn]

Cornel,

Thanks for confirming my suspicions.  I realized I was checking the
wrong directory for disk activity.  Flex Builder does not probe the
Root Folder that Flex Builder presents in Project Properties / Flex
Server, it probes the deployment folder, which resides in the workspace.

My test setup is:
Root folder:
C:\sites\slinnbooks.com\www\production\webapps\ROOT\books\serverSide\examples\blazeDS\echoTest\echoServer\WebContent
Root URL: http://localhost:8080/echoServer/  (this works ... serves up
content properly)
Context Root: /echoServer

The server project folder is of course:
C:\sites\slinnbooks.com\www\production\webapps\ROOT\books\serverSide\examples\blazeDS\echoTest\echoServer
The BlazeDS client folder is
C:\sites\slinnbooks.com\www\production\webapps\ROOT\books\serverSide\examples\blazeDS\echoTest\echoClient
The Eclipse workspace is: C:\work\eclipseWorkspaces\Europa2
This directory is the deployment folder, and has the necessary Flex
xml files in it:
C:\work\eclipseWorkspaces\Europa2\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.wst.server.core\tmp2\wtpwebapps\echoServer\WEB-INF\flex

Pressing the Validate Location button generates this error message:
Cannot access the web server. The server may not be running, or the
web root folder or root URL may be invalid.

FileMon shows a hundreds of disk accesses after I click on Validate
Location.  Here is some of the activity:
10:02:39 AMexplorer.exe:3864OPEN   
C:\work\eclipseWorkspaces\Europa2\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.wst.server.core\tmp2\wtpwebapps\echoServer\WEB-INF\flex\:{4c8cc155-6c1e-11d1-8e41-00c04fb9386d}:$DATA
   NOT FOUNDOptions: Open  Access: Read   
10:02:39 AMexplorer.exe:3864OPEN   
C:\work\eclipseWorkspaces\Europa2\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.wst.server.core\tmp2\wtpwebapps\echoServer\WEB-INF\flex\:SummaryInformation:$DATA
   NOT FOUNDOptions: Open  Access: Read   
10:02:46 AMexplorer.exe:3864DIRECTORY   
C:\work\eclipseWorkspaces\Europa2\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.wst.server.core\tmp2\wtpwebapps\echoServer\WEB-INF\flex\
   SUCCESSFileBothDirectoryInformation: services-config.xml   
10:02:46 AMexplorer.exe:3864OPEN   
C:\work\eclipseWorkspaces\Europa2\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.wst.server.core\tmp2\wtpwebapps\echoServer\WEB-INF\flex\services-config.xml
   SUCCESSOptions: Open  Access: Read   
10:02:46 AMexplorer.exe:3864OPEN   
C:\work\eclipseWorkspaces\Europa2\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.wst.server.core\tmp2\wtpwebapps\echoServer\WEB-INF\flex\services-config.xml:Raec25ph4sudbf0hAaq5ehw3Nf:$DATA
   NOT FOUNDOptions: Open  Access: Read   
10:02:46 AMexplorer.exe:3864OPEN   
C:\work\eclipseWorkspaces\Europa2\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.wst.server.core\tmp2\wtpwebapps\echoServer\WEB-INF\flex\services-config.xml\:Docf_SummaryInformation:$DATA
   NOT FOUNDOptions: Open  Access: Read   
10:02:47 AMexplorer.exe:3864QUERY INFORMATION   
C:\work\eclipseWorkspaces\Europa2\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.wst.server.core\tmp2\wtpwebapps\echoServer\WEB-INF\flex\services-config.xml
   SUCCESSAttributes: A   
10:02:47 AMexplorer.exe:3864CLOSE  
10:02:46 AMexplorer.exe:3864OPEN   
C:\work\eclipseWorkspaces\Europa2\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.wst.server.core\tmp2\wtpwebapps\echoServer\WEB-INF\flex\services-config.xml\:Docf_SummaryInformation:$DATA
   NOT FOUNDOptions: Open  Access: Read
C:\work\eclipseWorkspaces\Europa2\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.wst.server.core\tmp2\wtpwebapps\echoServer\WEB-INF\flex\services-config.xml
   SUCCESS   

The attempts to write random data to the $DATA forks all fail, yet the
necessary files are all there.  I'm running Windows XP SP3.  Is this a
bug?  I can reproduce this problem on several Windows systems.

Mike

[flexcoders] Re: Programmatically managing BlazeDS ServerConfig

[Michael Slinn]

That produces a null result, as it should.  The problem seems to be
with the call to ServerConfig.getChannel(channelName).  As I trace
through the call, I see a call to ServerConfig.createChannel('my-amf').

It evaluates xml.channels.channel.(@id == channelId); which of course
returns nothing because the appropriate E4X expression for the
supplied data should be
xml.channels.elements(channel-definition).(@id == channelId).

The only way I could imagine this working is if the XML were
rewritten, converting all 'channel-definition' elements to 'channel'
elements - or perhaps something along the call chain discards the
remainder of the element name when it encounters a dash.

I tested this out by renaming the channel-definition elements to
channel, and modifying the E4X expression to suit, but createChannel()
fails due to an empty string returned from the call to
channelConfig.attribute(CLASS_ATTR).toString().  CLASS_ATTR is defined
as type, and an attribute with that name is optional.

What's the secret?

[flexcoders] Auto-scrolling of selectable Text controls

[Michael Prescott]

If you have a Text field with selectable text, it's possible to scroll the
content by clicking on the text and dragging downwards.  This leaves (in one
simple case I've made) the top line of text obscured, and an apparent blank
line at the bottom.

Is there any way to prevent this without making the text non-selectable?

Michael

[flexcoders] Re: Auto-scrolling of selectable Text controls

[Michael VanDaniker]

I've run into this before. It appears to be a bug with leading. If you
set it to zero, this won't happen, but the lines of text will be a
little too close together.  You can probably monkey patch it.

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Michael Prescott
michael.r.presc...@... wrote:

 If you have a Text field with selectable text, it's possible to
scroll the
 content by clicking on the text and dragging downwards.  This leaves
(in one
 simple case I've made) the top line of text obscured, and an
apparent blank
 line at the bottom.
 
 Is there any way to prevent this without making the text non-selectable?
 
 Michael

[flexcoders] How does Flex Builder validate a BlazeDS/LCDS J2EE project?

[Michael Slinn]

I imagined that Flex Builder validates a J2EE project by writing a
file into the root folder, and reading it back via the root URL, but
when I used SysInternals FileMon and a TCP monitor to check, I did not
see any such activity.  Exactly how does the Validate Configuration
button perform validation?

[flexcoders] Programmatically managing BlazeDS ServerConfig

[Michael Slinn]

ServerConfig has static methods and properties that I would like to
invoke.  Seems that setting the xml property is a way to configure
BlazeDS.  Pardon the length of this bit of code - it's an interleaving
of flex/services-config.xml and flex/remoting-config.xml:

ServerConfig.xml = services-config
services
service id=remoting-service
class=flex.messaging.services.RemotingService

adapters
adapter-definition id=java-object
class=flex.messaging.services.remoting.adapters.JavaAdapter
default=true/
/adapters

default-channels
channel ref=my-amf/
/default-channels

destination id=echoDestination channels=my-amf
properties
   sourcecom.mslinn.echo.Echo/source
/properties
/destination
/service
!--service-include file-path=proxy-config.xml /
service-include file-path=messaging-config.xml /--
/services

security
login-command
class=flex.messaging.security.TomcatLoginCommand server=Tomcat/
/security

channels
channel-definition id=my-amf
class=mx.messaging.channels.AMFChannel
endpoint
url=http://localhost:8080/unboundConfig/messagebroker/amf;
class=flex.messaging.endpoints.AMFEndpoint/
/channel-definition

channel-definition id=my-secure-amf
class=mx.messaging.channels.SecureAMFChannel
endpoint
url=https://localhost:8080/unboundConfig/messagebroker/amfsecure;
class=flex.messaging.endpoints.SecureAMFEndpoint/
properties
add-no-cache-headersfalse/add-no-cache-headers
/properties
/channel-definition

channel-definition id=my-polling-amf
class=mx.messaging.channels.AMFChannel
endpoint
url=http://localhost:8080/unboundConfig/messagebroker/amfpolling;
class=flex.messaging.endpoints.AMFEndpoint/
properties
polling-enabledtrue/polling-enabled
polling-interval-seconds4/polling-interval-seconds
/properties
/channel-definition

channel-definition id=my-longpolling-amf
class=mx.messaging.channels.AMFChannel
  endpoint
url=http://localhost:8080/unboundConfig/messagebroker/amflongpolling;
class=flex.messaging.endpoints.AMFEndpoint/
  properties
 polling-enabledtrue/polling-enabled
 polling-interval-seconds3/polling-interval-seconds
 wait-interval-millis6/wait-interval-millis

client-wait-interval-millis1/client-wait-interval-millis

max-waiting-poll-requests200/max-waiting-poll-requests
  /properties
/channel-definition
/channels

logging
target class=flex.messaging.log.ConsoleTarget level=Error
properties
prefix[BlazeDS] /prefix
includeDatefalse/includeDate
includeTimefalse/includeTime
includeLevelfalse/includeLevel
includeCategoryfalse/includeCategory
/properties
filters
patternEndpoint.*/pattern
patternService.*/pattern
patternConfiguration/pattern
/filters
/target
/logging

system
redeploy
enabledfalse/enabled
/redeploy
/system
/services-config;

I can get the names of all the defined channels using E4X:
ServerConfig.serverConfigData.channels.elements(channel-definition)@[id])

Now for my question.  I want to get the channel objects, not just
their names.  A big fat nothing gets printed out from this:
for each (var channelName:String in
ServerConfig.serverConfigData.channels.elements(channel-definition)@[id])
trace(ServerConfig.getChannel(channelName));

What is the correct way to retrieve channel objects from ServerConfig?

[flexcoders] Restrictions on non-visual component placement

[Michael Prescott]

*Short version:*

I have a non-visual component that I'm trying to declare in a repeater, but
it seems that MXML doesn't allow this.  Is this true?  How do you get around
this, create a visual component to wrap the non-visual component?

*Long version:*

I have an ActionScript non-visual component whose declaration looks like
this:

public class DetailPopup extends EventDispatcher implements IMXMLObject

I've used this successfully inside an inline, MXML item renderer, like this:

  mx:DataGridColumn
mx:itemRenderer
  mx:Component
mx:VBox

  !-- a bunch of other stuff, and then my: --

  my:DetailPopUp/

mx:VBox
  /mx:Component
/mx:itemRenderer
  /mx:DataGridColumn


Now that I'm switching from a DataGrid to a Grid, the code ought to look
like this:

  mx:GridItem
mx:VBox

  !-- a bunch of other stuff, and then my: --

(X)   my:DetailPopUp/

mx:VBox
  /mx:GridItem

..except that I'm getting an error, Component declarations are not allowed
here. (Note: visual children must implement IUIComponent.)

After trying out a bunch of scenarios, it looks like non-visual components
can only be declared in the outermost scope of a component or application.
Is this true?  This is rather awkward, as I need a DetailPopUp for each
griditem.

Any tips would be very helpful!

Michael

Re: [flexcoders] Restrictions on non-visual component placement

[Michael Prescott]

I think that might be a distraction, I was asking a question about the rules
of MXML, rather than asking for debugging help for my non-visual component.

But just for fun, I'll explain!  I was looking for a way to reuse the nice
way that PopUpButton manages its pop-up, so I created a non-visual component
that you could use to orchestrate popping up on rollover or on focus.

mx:Label id=info text=Roll over me for more information/
mx:VBox id=moreInfo includeInLayout=false visible=false
  mx:Label text=Hi, I'm more information! /
/mx:Vbox
my:DetailPopup target={info} popUp={moreInfo}/

This works really well, and we use it in a few places so we can use ad hoc
detail pop-ups.  We've even used it inside a datagrid item renderer:

mx:DataGridColumn
  mx:itemRenderermx:Component
mx:Label id=info text=Roll over me for more information/
mx:VBox id=moreInfo includeInLayout=false visible=false
  mx:Label text=Hi, I'm more information! /
/mx:Vbox
my:DetailPopup target={info} popUp={moreInfo}/
  /mx:Component/mx:itemRenderer
/mx:DataGridColumn

When we switched to a grid with a repeater, I discovered the prohibition on
nonvisual components that weren't parent of the root tag.

  mx:GridItem
  mx:Label id=info text=Roll over me for more information/
  mx:VBox id=moreInfo includeInLayout=false visible=false
mx:Label text=Hi, I'm more information! /
  /mx:Vbox
(x)   my:DetailPopup target={info} popUp={moreInfo}/
   /mx:GridItem

So the solution appears to be to take the guts and put it in its own
component definition, and then do this:

mx:GridItem
  my:WholeChunkaStuff/
/mx:GridItem

Michael

On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 1:25 PM, Rick Winscot rick.wins...@zyche.comwrote:

It's difficult to determine what your problem is without knowing a
 little more about what your DetailPopUp does/is. If you post some code it
 would be far easier to determine why one context works and another doesn't.
 Generally... I wouldn't recommend mingling non-visual and visual components
 in mxml.

 Your error basically says that your non-visual component doesn't have an
 appropriate interface for the context you are placing it in. e.g. It should
 be a IUIComponent.

 http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/201/langref/mx/core/IUIComponent.html

 Rick Winscot



 On 12/12/08 12:49 PM, Michael Prescott michael.r.presc...@gmail.com
 wrote:




 *Short version:
 *
 I have a non-visual component that I'm trying to declare in a repeater, but
 it seems that MXML doesn't allow this.  Is this true?  How do you get around
 this, create a visual component to wrap the non-visual component?

 *Long version:
 *
 I have an ActionScript non-visual component whose declaration looks like
 this:

 public class DetailPopup extends EventDispatcher implements IMXMLObject

 I've used this successfully inside an inline, MXML item renderer, like
 this:

   mx:DataGridColumn
 mx:itemRenderer
   mx:Component
 mx:VBox

   !-- a bunch of other stuff, and then my: --

   my:DetailPopUp/

 mx:VBox
   /mx:Component
 /mx:itemRenderer
   /mx:DataGridColumn


 Now that I'm switching from a DataGrid to a Grid, the code ought to look
 like this:

   mx:GridItem
 mx:VBox

   !-- a bunch of other stuff, and then my: --

 (X)   my:DetailPopUp/

 mx:VBox
   /mx:GridItem

 ..except that I'm getting an error, Component declarations are not allowed
 here. (Note: visual children must implement IUIComponent.)

 After trying out a bunch of scenarios, it looks like non-visual components
 can only be declared in the outermost scope of a component or application.
  Is this true?  This is rather awkward, as I need a DetailPopUp for each
 griditem.

 Any tips would be very helpful!

 Michael



  

Re: [flexcoders] Restrictions on non-visual component placement

[Michael Prescott]

It still seems to be true.

Yes, I can see that before repeaters are involved, but the detail popup
creates a relationship between a pair of components - so once I get to an
array of such pairs, it seemed like I'd need a detail popup for each pair.
It's stateful, and it would get muddled up if one detail popup was trying to
coordinate multiple pairs of controls.  (Basically, I wanted the repeater to
manage instances of the detail popup as well.)

Michael

On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 2:18 PM, Tracy Spratt tspr...@lariatinc.com wrote:

It IS, or at least was, the case that non-visual components must be at
 the root mxml scope.  I will try to find it documented.



 If the component is non-visual, then it does not matter, functionally
 speaking, where in the DOM it goes.



 Tracy


  --

 *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] *On
 Behalf Of *Rick Winscot
 *Sent:* Friday, December 12, 2008 1:25 PM
 *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
 *Subject:* Re: [flexcoders] Restrictions on non-visual component placement



 It's difficult to determine what your problem is without knowing a little
 more about what your DetailPopUp does/is. If you post some code it would be
 far easier to determine why one context works and another doesn't.
 Generally... I wouldn't recommend mingling non-visual and visual components
 in mxml.

 Your error basically says that your non-visual component doesn't have an
 appropriate interface for the context you are placing it in. e.g. It should
 be a IUIComponent.

 http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/201/langref/mx/core/IUIComponent.html

 Rick Winscot


 On 12/12/08 12:49 PM, Michael Prescott michael.r.presc...@gmail.com
 wrote:




 *Short version:
 *
 I have a non-visual component that I'm trying to declare in a repeater, but
 it seems that MXML doesn't allow this.  Is this true?  How do you get around
 this, create a visual component to wrap the non-visual component?

 *Long version:
 *
 I have an ActionScript non-visual component whose declaration looks like
 this:

 public class DetailPopup extends EventDispatcher implements IMXMLObject

 I've used this successfully inside an inline, MXML item renderer, like
 this:

  mx:DataGridColumn
 mx:itemRenderer
   mx:Component
 mx:VBox

   !-- a bunch of other stuff, and then my: --

   my:DetailPopUp/

 mx:VBox
   /mx:Component
 /mx:itemRenderer
   /mx:DataGridColumn


 Now that I'm switching from a DataGrid to a Grid, the code ought to look
 like this:

  mx:GridItem
 mx:VBox

   !-- a bunch of other stuff, and then my: --

 (X)   my:DetailPopUp/

 mx:VBox
   /mx:GridItem

 ..except that I'm getting an error, Component declarations are not allowed
 here. (Note: visual children must implement IUIComponent.)

 After trying out a bunch of scenarios, it looks like non-visual components
 can only be declared in the outermost scope of a component or application.
  Is this true?  This is rather awkward, as I need a DetailPopUp for each
 griditem.

 Any tips would be very helpful!

 Michael



   

Re: [flexcoders] Restrictions on non-visual component placement

[Michael Prescott]

Yes, that's what we did!  Thanks, team!


On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 2:55 PM, Alex Harui aha...@adobe.com wrote:

In theory, if you take the VBox and its innards and put them in their
 own MXML file it should work.



 *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] *On
 Behalf Of *Michael Prescott
 *Sent:* Friday, December 12, 2008 11:17 AM

 *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
 *Subject:* Re: [flexcoders] Restrictions on non-visual component placement



 It still seems to be true.

 Yes, I can see that before repeaters are involved, but the detail popup
 creates a relationship between a pair of components - so once I get to an
 array of such pairs, it seemed like I'd need a detail popup for each pair.
 It's stateful, and it would get muddled up if one detail popup was trying to
 coordinate multiple pairs of controls.  (Basically, I wanted the repeater to
 manage instances of the detail popup as well.)

 Michael

 On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 2:18 PM, Tracy Spratt tspr...@lariatinc.com
 wrote:

 It IS, or at least was, the case that non-visual components must be at the
 root mxml scope.  I will try to find it documented.



 If the component is non-visual, then it does not matter, functionally
 speaking, where in the DOM it goes.



 Tracy


  --

 *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] *On
 Behalf Of *Rick Winscot
 *Sent:* Friday, December 12, 2008 1:25 PM
 *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
 *Subject:* Re: [flexcoders] Restrictions on non-visual component placement



 It's difficult to determine what your problem is without knowing a little
 more about what your DetailPopUp does/is. If you post some code it would be
 far easier to determine why one context works and another doesn't.
 Generally... I wouldn't recommend mingling non-visual and visual components
 in mxml.

 Your error basically says that your non-visual component doesn't have an
 appropriate interface for the context you are placing it in. e.g. It should
 be a IUIComponent.

 http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/201/langref/mx/core/IUIComponent.html

 Rick Winscot


 On 12/12/08 12:49 PM, Michael Prescott michael.r.presc...@gmail.com
 wrote:




 *Short version:
 *
 I have a non-visual component that I'm trying to declare in a repeater, but
 it seems that MXML doesn't allow this.  Is this true?  How do you get around
 this, create a visual component to wrap the non-visual component?

 *Long version:
 *
 I have an ActionScript non-visual component whose declaration looks like
 this:

 public class DetailPopup extends EventDispatcher implements IMXMLObject

 I've used this successfully inside an inline, MXML item renderer, like
 this:

  mx:DataGridColumn
 mx:itemRenderer
   mx:Component
 mx:VBox

   !-- a bunch of other stuff, and then my: --

   my:DetailPopUp/

 mx:VBox
   /mx:Component
 /mx:itemRenderer
   /mx:DataGridColumn


 Now that I'm switching from a DataGrid to a Grid, the code ought to look
 like this:

  mx:GridItem
 mx:VBox

   !-- a bunch of other stuff, and then my: --

 (X)   my:DetailPopUp/

 mx:VBox
   /mx:GridItem

 ..except that I'm getting an error, Component declarations are not allowed
 here. (Note: visual children must implement IUIComponent.)

 After trying out a bunch of scenarios, it looks like non-visual components
 can only be declared in the outermost scope of a component or application.
  Is this true?  This is rather awkward, as I need a DetailPopUp for each
 griditem.

 Any tips would be very helpful!

 Michael





   

[flexcoders] MXML Components and measure()

[Michael Prescott]

When is it that you have to implement measure()?  If you're building
components in MXML, purely out of other standard Flex components, do you
ever need to bother with measure()?

I'm making an MXML item renderer, and I'm running into some trouble with the
DataGrid handling the variable row height - particularly once I put this
into my renderer:

mx:Text htmlText={*some HTML from somewhere*}/

Coming at this rather naively, it seems that the VBox that the Text each
ought to have appropriate measure() implementations already, but clearly
something's gone wrong.

Any tips would be helpful.

Regards,

Michael

Re: [flexcoders] Defining, but not adding to parent in MXML

[Michael Prescott]

That's it exactly.  Basically, we have a number of situations where we need
to add pop-up details to elements in our application, so I thought I'm
trying to make reusable non-visual component that orchestrates that, like
this:

mx:Whatever id=summary/

mx:Canvas id=myPopUp
  mx:Label text=All sorts of useful information/
/mx:Canvas

*my:PopUpDetail
target={summary}
popUp={myPopUp}
popUpOnRollover=true
popUpOnFocus=true /*

So I've dug around in PopUpButton to see how it manages its pop-up, and that
looks simple enough.  But PopUpButton uses the existence of popUp.parent to
determine whether it is managing the pop up yet (no parent, and it assumes
that it isn't) - so it seemed that, along with my not knowing about
includeInLayout=false, creating the popup control in some sort of
parentless way was important.

Michael


On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 1:33 AM, Josh McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

   I think he's intending to use PopupManager, but wants to define it in
 the same file as its container?


 On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 4:30 PM, Alex Harui [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  Why not use tooltip or popup manager to float that thing?  Then it won't
 be clipped and what not



 *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On
 Behalf Of *Josh McDonald
 *Sent:* Monday, December 08, 2008 5:04 PM
 *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
 *Subject:* Re: [flexcoders] Defining, but not adding to parent in MXML



 That's not exactly what you're after, in this case the object will be
 added to the list of children, it's just not positioned on
 parent.updateDisplayList() or counted during parent.measure().

 The only way I can think of off the top of my head to do what you're after
 is wrap it in mx:Array. Here's a quick example:

 http://pastie.textmate.org/private/hjd33kkztkuojpzltd2ylw

 You can use mx:component to do thins kind of like this, but
 mx:component defines classes,  not interfaces, and IIRC, mxmlc is kinda
 picky as to where it'll let you do it.

 -Josh

 On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Michael Prescott 
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Sweet!  Nice that there's an easy answer.



 On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 4:47 PM, Tracy Spratt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:

 includeInLayout=false (also visible=false, of course)



 Tracy


  --

 *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On
 Behalf Of *Michael Prescott
 *Sent:* Monday, December 08, 2008 4:28 PM
 *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
 *Subject:* [flexcoders] Defining, but not adding to parent in MXML



 Is it possible to define a component but somehow cause it to be omitted
 from the enclosing component's list of children?  Essentially:

 mx:VBox
   mx:Label text=This is added as a child of the vbox, as normal./
   mx:Label visible=false text=This is invisible.. but is there some
 way to not have it be a child of the vbox at all?/
 /mx:VBox

 An obvious question is, Why are you defining the component there if it's
 not supposed to be a child?

 I've got a datagrid inline item renderer that always shows a (summary)
 piece of information, but I want a pop-up to appear on rollover of the
 summary.  The problem I'm having is that the detail is (of course) added to
 the container that holds the summary, which causes the datagrid cell to blow
 open too big.

 mx:itemRenderer
   mx:Component
 mx:Box
   !-- This always shows up, which is fine and dandy --
   mx:MySummary data={data}  popUp={detail} /

 *  !-- It would be nice if this was never added to the parent box,
 so that it's free to be used as a popup --
   mx:MyDetail id=detail data={data}/*
 /mx:Box
   /mx:Component
 /mx:itemRenderer

 Defining the detail outside the itemrenderer entirely seems one way to go,
 except that this would mean there's only one pop up for all of the rows of
 the data grid.

 Can you do this sort of thing with a nested component?

 mx:itemRenderer
   mx:Component
 mx:Box
   !-- This always shows up, which is fine and dandy --
   mx:MySummary data={data}
 mx:popUp
 *  mx:Component
 mx:MyDetail id=detail data={data}/
   /mx:Component*
 /mx:popUp
   /mx:MySummary
 /mx:Box
   /mx:Component
 /mx:itemRenderer

 Any tips would be appreciated!

 Michael






 --
 Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

 Like the cut of my jib? Check out my Flex blog!

 :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald
 :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 :: http://flex.joshmcdonald.info/
 :: http://twitter.com/sophistifunk




 --
 Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

 Like the cut of my jib? Check out my Flex blog!

 :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald
 :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 :: http://flex.joshmcdonald.info/
 :: http://twitter.com/sophistifunk
  

[flexcoders] Defining, but not adding to parent in MXML

[Michael Prescott]

Is it possible to define a component but somehow cause it to be omitted from
the enclosing component's list of children?  Essentially:

mx:VBox
  mx:Label text=This is added as a child of the vbox, as normal./
  mx:Label visible=false text=This is invisible.. but is there some way
to not have it be a child of the vbox at all?/
/mx:VBox

An obvious question is, Why are you defining the component there if it's
not supposed to be a child?

I've got a datagrid inline item renderer that always shows a (summary) piece
of information, but I want a pop-up to appear on rollover of the summary.
The problem I'm having is that the detail is (of course) added to the
container that holds the summary, which causes the datagrid cell to blow
open too big.

mx:itemRenderer
  mx:Component
mx:Box
  !-- This always shows up, which is fine and dandy --
  mx:MySummary data={data}  popUp={detail} /

*  !-- It would be nice if this was never added to the parent box, so
that it's free to be used as a popup --
  mx:MyDetail id=detail data={data}/*
/mx:Box
  /mx:Component
/mx:itemRenderer

Defining the detail outside the itemrenderer entirely seems one way to go,
except that this would mean there's only one pop up for all of the rows of
the data grid.

Can you do this sort of thing with a nested component?

mx:itemRenderer
  mx:Component
mx:Box
  !-- This always shows up, which is fine and dandy --
  mx:MySummary data={data}
mx:popUp
*  mx:Component
mx:MyDetail id=detail data={data}/
  /mx:Component*
/mx:popUp
  /mx:MySummary
/mx:Box
  /mx:Component
/mx:itemRenderer

Any tips would be appreciated!

Michael

Re: [flexcoders] Defining, but not adding to parent in MXML

[Michael Prescott]

Sweet!  Nice that there's an easy answer.

On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 4:47 PM, Tracy Spratt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

includeInLayout=false (also visible=false, of course)



 Tracy


  --

 *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On
 Behalf Of *Michael Prescott
 *Sent:* Monday, December 08, 2008 4:28 PM
 *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
 *Subject:* [flexcoders] Defining, but not adding to parent in MXML



 Is it possible to define a component but somehow cause it to be omitted
 from the enclosing component's list of children?  Essentially:

 mx:VBox
   mx:Label text=This is added as a child of the vbox, as normal./
   mx:Label visible=false text=This is invisible.. but is there some way
 to not have it be a child of the vbox at all?/
 /mx:VBox

 An obvious question is, Why are you defining the component there if it's
 not supposed to be a child?

 I've got a datagrid inline item renderer that always shows a (summary)
 piece of information, but I want a pop-up to appear on rollover of the
 summary.  The problem I'm having is that the detail is (of course) added to
 the container that holds the summary, which causes the datagrid cell to blow
 open too big.

 mx:itemRenderer
   mx:Component
 mx:Box
   !-- This always shows up, which is fine and dandy --
   mx:MySummary data={data}  popUp={detail} /

 *  !-- It would be nice if this was never added to the parent box, so
 that it's free to be used as a popup --
   mx:MyDetail id=detail data={data}/*
 /mx:Box
   /mx:Component
 /mx:itemRenderer

 Defining the detail outside the itemrenderer entirely seems one way to go,
 except that this would mean there's only one pop up for all of the rows of
 the data grid.

 Can you do this sort of thing with a nested component?

 mx:itemRenderer
   mx:Component
 mx:Box
   !-- This always shows up, which is fine and dandy --
   mx:MySummary data={data}
 mx:popUp
 *  mx:Component
 mx:MyDetail id=detail data={data}/
   /mx:Component*
 /mx:popUp
   /mx:MySummary
 /mx:Box
   /mx:Component
 /mx:itemRenderer

 Any tips would be appreciated!

 Michael

  

Re: [flexcoders] Method variable scoping problem with Flex compiler

[Michael Prescott]

*Why* it's different I can't tell you, but if you're being regularly
surprised, it sounds like you might benefit from skimming through the
language reference.  This behavior is described on the
Variableshttp://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=03_Language_and_Syntax_07.html#118946page
of help resource center, under 'Understanding variable scope'.

From there (this may scare you even more!):

*ActionScript variables, unlike variables in C++ and Java, do not have
block-level scope. ... An interesting implication of the lack of block-level
scope is that you can read or write to a variable before it is declared, as
long as it is declared before the function ends. This is because of a
technique called hoisting, which means that the compiler moves all variable
declarations to the top of the function.*

On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 5:31 PM, toofah_gm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

   I came across another scoping issue today that scared me. I sure wish
 that the scoping in the ActionScript language worked the same way C++,
 C#, Java, and others work!

 Here's the code:

 for each (var o:Object in myArray)
 {
 var myProblemObject:ProblemObject;
 if (some condition)
 {
 myProblemObject = new ProblemObject();
 ... more code here ...
 }
 ... still more code here...

 if (myProblemObject)
 {
 ... do some stuff ...
 }
 }

 In this code myProblemObject is NULL when things start out...great!
 The problem comes after an instance of myProblemObject gets created.
 Every time through the loop after this myProblemObject is no longer
 NULL. This is not consistent with any other language that I have
 worked with and is therefore not obvious to the developer working with
 the code.

 Why is myProblemObject not reset each time through the loop? It is a
 variable declaration.

 Gary

 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com,
 toofah_gm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
  It seems to me and my co-workers that the Flex compiler is broken
 when
  it comes to local variable scoping within methods.
 
  For example:
 
  for (var i:int=0; icount; i++)
  {
  // do something
  }
 
  for (var i:int=0; icount; i++)
  {
  // do something else
  }
 
  This gives a compiler warning stating that 'i' is already defined.
  But in every other language that I have used, this is completely
  valid. Yes 'i' was defined above, but 'i' should only be scoped
  within the 'for' loop and should be invalid outside of it.
 
 
 
  Another example:
 
  if (x)
  {
  var myArray:Array = new Array();
  // do more stuff
  }
 
  myArray.push(some data);
 
  This one compiles, when I believe that it shouldn't. myArray should
  only be defined within the 'if' statement. If you don't go into the
  'if' statement you have a problem here.
 
 
  Does anyone understand why the Flex compiler allows this? Is this
  just a BUG with the compiler?
 
  Anyway, this is just driving me a little crazy. ;)
 
  Gary
 

  

[flexcoders] Re: Why no initial FlexEvent.SHOW event dispatched?

[Michael VanDaniker]

When a UIComponent is set to visible for the first time by the
LayoutManager, the SHOW event is suppressed.  The CREATION_COMPLETE
event fired immediately after that call to setVisible, so you should
be able to achieve whatever effect you're going for by registering the
same function to listen for both the SHOW and CREATION_COMPLETE events.

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, per.olesen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 I was wondering why a flex control or container does not dispatch a
 FlexEvent.SHOW when showing the first time? Given this code:
 
 mx:Panel 
   id=panel 
   show=Alert.show('I am showing') 
   creationComplete=Alert.show('I was created')/
 
 mx:Button 
   click=panel.visible = !panel.visible 
   label=Show/Hide/
 
 When the panel Panel is constructed, the creationComplete is fired
 and I see my Alert I was created. But I DO NOT get the Alert I am
 showing.
 
 If I then click the button to hide it and click it again to show it, I
 am getting the show event.
 
 Why no show event initially?
 
 This applies equally well to TitleWindow, Button, Box, ...

Re: [flexcoders] Nulls in data binding chains

[Michael Prescott]

Thanks, Dave.  My only concern was that it would turn out not to be
supported behavior and might stop working in certain circumstances - before
I plough ahead and rely on it. :-)

Regards,

Michael

On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 11:33 AM, Dave Kong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

   I dont know any docs, but I think it happened to me a couple of times
 and the result is that the databinding simply does not fire for any changes
 after the null in the chain.

 Do a simple test app and try it out. it will be faster than you looking for
 the doc.


 On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 12:01 PM, Michael Prescott 
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

   Is there any reference material that describes how Flex behaves when it
 encounters a null part way along a data binding chain?

 Michael


  

[flexcoders] Nulls in data binding chains

[Michael Prescott]

Is there any reference material that describes how Flex behaves when it
encounters a null part way along a data binding chain?

Michael

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Newbie binding question

[Michael Prescott]

Oh sorry, I omitted the the getter from my example - but yes, I have
getters.  (The IDE warns you that [Bindable] doesn't do anything when you
omit the getter.)

I'm wondering if data binding requires the event to be a PropertyChangeEvent
for data binding to work?

Michael

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 11:12 PM, Amy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

   --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com,
 Michael Prescott
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
  I'm having some troubles with data binding and a named event
 generated
  by a custom non-visual component. What I'm trying to do is have a
  property (say, 'data') which, when it changes, triggers the usual
  data-binding updates, but also fires an event that can be listened
 to
  in the MXML. For example:
 
  foo:MyClass id=thingy dataChanged=Alert.show('hi mom');/
  mx:Label text={thingy.data}/
 
  I can't seem to meet both of these requirements without throwing two
  separate events. Is this what I should expect?
 
  When I do this:
 
  [Event(name=dataChanged)]
  public class MyClass {
 
  [Bindable(name=dataChanged)]
  public function set data(data:Object):void {
  this._data = data;
  dispatchEvent( new Event(dataChanged) );
 
  ..then the data binding doesn't work. (The label text doesn't get
  updated.) It seems I have to resort to vanilla data binding (with
 no
  event name), and in addition throw a 'dataChanged' event of my own.
 
  [Event(name=dataChanged)]
  public class MyClass {
 
  [Bindable]
  public function set data(data:Object):void {
  this._data = data;
  dispatchEvent( new Event(dataChanged) );
 
  Am I missing something?

 When Flex comes back to look at your data because you fired the
 event, it can't get it because you made it write only by only
 providing a setter and not a getter.

 HTH;

 Amy

  

Re: [flexcoders] Flexbuilder is getting on my last nerve

[Michael Prescott]

I haven't come across this, but I heartily recommend upgrading to 3.0.2 if
you haven't already.

On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 3:21 PM, wkolcz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

I like to start my AS files by adding all the import statement of all
 the items I know I am going to need.

 However, if I forget one and FB is nice enough to add it form me, it tends
 to delete a couple of mine (seemingly randomly, except for Alert...It hates
 that one).

 Is this a 'feature'? Is it a bug? Can it be stopped. I appreciate adding
 ones on the fly for me, but my apps are striking errors since it deletes
 them for me.
  

[flexcoders] Newbie binding question

[Michael Prescott]

I'm having some troubles with data binding and a named event generated
by a custom non-visual component.  What I'm trying to do is have a
property (say, 'data') which, when it changes, triggers the usual
data-binding updates, but also fires an event that can be listened to
in the MXML.  For example:

foo:MyClass id=thingy dataChanged=Alert.show('hi mom');/
mx:Label text={thingy.data}/

I can't seem to meet both of these requirements without throwing two
separate events.  Is this what I should expect?

When I do this:

[Event(name=dataChanged)]
public class MyClass {

[Bindable(name=dataChanged)]
public function set data(data:Object):void {
  this._data = data;
  dispatchEvent( new Event(dataChanged) );

..then the data binding doesn't work.  (The label text doesn't get
updated.)  It seems I have to resort to vanilla data binding (with no
event name), and in addition throw a 'dataChanged' event of my own.

[Event(name=dataChanged)]
public class MyClass {

[Bindable]
public function set data(data:Object):void {
  this._data = data;
  dispatchEvent( new Event(dataChanged) );

Am I missing something?

Michael

[flexcoders] Re: check compiler configurations in runtime

[Michael VanDaniker]

The stack trace trick works well.  I've written a little class that
automates the check.

http://michaelvandaniker.com/blog/2008/11/25/how-to-check-debug-swf/

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 If the app has debug info in it, the text in an
Error().getStackTrace() will be different.
 
 I don't think there's a test to see if you're hooked to a debugger.
 
 
 From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Andres Serral
 Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 10:40 AM
 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: [flexcoders] check compiler configurations in runtime
 
 Hello.
 I´ve a simple question.
 
 Can I access to compiler configurations in runtime?
 Basically I need check if the app is in debugmode
 
 Thanks

[flexcoders] Re: extends, 2 questions

[Michael VanDaniker]

Just create the package structure for mx.core in your source folder
and copy UIComponent to that directory.  The compiler will use that
UIComponent instead of the one in the SDK, so if you change the base
class there everything should work as you expect.  You'll need to grab
Version.as as well because UIComponent.as includes it.

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, bmilesp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hello, 
 
 i want to extend the core FlexSprite class AND have all the subclasses 
 (eg. UIComponent) in the flex framework use the modified FlexSprite 
 class.
 
 so i would make a packager and the class would extend FlexSprite:
 
 class ModFlexSprite extends FlexSprite{
 
   //more properties here...
 
 }
 
 so i did this, and my idea was to just change the core UIComponent.as 
 class to extend ModFlexSprite instead of FlexSprite. So this leads to 
 question one:
 
 Is this the easiest way to achieve this? 
 
 If so, the i guess i have to recompile the framework somehow, since 
 building and running my app alone doesn't work. Question 2:
 
 how do i recompile the Flex Framework?
 
 thanks in advance! -b

[flexcoders] Re: May I save BitmapAsset instance to database?

[Michael VanDaniker]

I've never tried to extract and save the contents of an audio or video
file to a database, so I'm not sure what the procedure would be.  When
I had to do something like this in the past I just saved the file to
the server and stored the URL in the database.

Like Jim suggested, Peter Elst's blog may be a good place to look if
you want to go that route.

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, markflex2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:

 Hi Michael,
 
 Thanks.
 
 Would you please give me an idea how to save Video or Audio data to
 database like saving image with ByteArray.
 
 Thanks
 
 Mark
 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Michael VanDaniker michael@
 wrote:
 
  Your question is a bit vague, but I'll try and be of some help.
  
  You can use the ImageSnapshot class to get the ByteArray the backs
  your image. Then you can store those bytes in a database and pull them
  up later.  If you're building an AIR application and saving the image
  to a local database you'll want to read up on the SQL utilities
  available to you here:
  
  http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/localDatabaseSQLSupport.html
  
  If you're building a browser app you can pass the ByteArray to a
  webservices or a remote object that will store the image in a
database.
  
 

http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=data_access_4.html
  
  If you can be more specific about your problem, we can provide more
 help.

[flexcoders] Re: May I save BitmapAsset instance to database?

[Michael VanDaniker]

Your question is a bit vague, but I'll try and be of some help.

You can use the ImageSnapshot class to get the ByteArray the backs
your image. Then you can store those bytes in a database and pull them
up later.  If you're building an AIR application and saving the image
to a local database you'll want to read up on the SQL utilities
available to you here:

http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/localDatabaseSQLSupport.html

If you're building a browser app you can pass the ByteArray to a
webservices or a remote object that will store the image in a database.

http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=data_access_4.html

If you can be more specific about your problem, we can provide more help.

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, markflex2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:

 Hi,
 
 I create a BitmapAsset instance from image class and I want to save it
 to database and other people can see the image when he read out
 BitmapAsset instance from database.
 
 Do you think if it is possible? and how to save and read from database?
 
 Thanks
 
 Mark

[flexcoders] Re: creating a class - question extending

[Michael VanDaniker]

Image, like all UIComponents, has a zero argument constructor.  Unless
your imageWithData knows what its username is going to be without any
outside info, it wouldn't make sense to do much of anything with the
username in the constructor.  If you're going to be instantiating your
images in Actionscript you can just assign the username after the
object is created.

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, luvfotography [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hi, I'm trying to create a class that extends the image class, 
 I need to associate a username with the image,
 Here is what I have:
 
 package 
 {
   import mx.controls.Image;
 
   public class imageWithData extends Image {
   private var _username:String;
   
   public function imageWithData() {
   super();
   //  _username = ??? 
   }
   public function set username(value:String):void {
   _username = value;
   }
   public function get username():String {
   return _username;
   }
   }
 }
 
 I am unclear as to what goes after the 'super()'
 do I need a _username = something?
 
 thanks,

[flexcoders] Re: Use the Hslider to control the image

[Michael VanDaniker]

displayObjectA can by masked by displayObjectB with the assignment

displayObjectA.mask = displayObjectB;

This will cause only the portions of displayObjectA that are under
displayObjectB to show through. Also, you won't actually see any of
displayObjectB.

There is an example in the docs that demonstrate this. It shouldn't be
difficult to apply a similar solution to your problem.

http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/flash/display/DisplayObject.html#mask

For your particular problem can control the width of the masked
DisplayObject with your slider.

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, ashlytu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 I have asked this question before,but i might not make it clear enough.
 
 I need to use the hslider to control how many percent of the image
 will be shown in a panel,when I trag the slider to the zero, none of
 the picture shows ,and when I drag it to the right edge, and the whole
 picture is shown.Tim Hoff have told me a method ,but I guess I have to
 use mask, cause the image cannot move, but I have to be controlled by
 the Hslider.
 
 I don't know how to use the mask ,Would you please help me?Thanks!!
 
 
 
 Ashly

[flexcoders] Re: sortCompareFunction - First the number's then the null's

[Michael VanDaniker]

Use this as the sortCompareFunction on your column:

public function compareValues(a:Object, b:Object):int
{
if(a == null  b == null)
return 0;
if(a == null)
return 1;
if(b == null)
return -1;
if(a  b)
return -1;
if(a == b)
return 0;
return 1;
}


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, hugocorept [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hi all,
 
 In my App I need a custom sortCompareFunction to resove my problem.
 My problem is, if I have a column with 1, 2, 1, 3, null, 2, null', by
 default flex sort like this null, null, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3 or 3, 2, 2,
 1, 1, null, null. It means, first cames the null then the values. I
 need 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, null, null
 
 How can I have the reverse, first the values ASC, then the nulls.
 
 Thank you so much.
 Core Reagards

[flexcoders] Re: UM Extension

[Michael VanDaniker]

All you have to do is extend the right classes :)

Your event class should extend UMEvent. UMEvent has a callbacks
property, and within that Callbacks object you'll specify the
functions you want called when your delegate finishes (successfully or
otherwise).  Like so:

private function submit():void
{
   var callbacks:Callbacks = new Callbacks(r);
   var myEvent:MyEvent = new MyEvent(MyEvent.MY_EVENT,callbacks);
   submitEvent.dispatch();
}

private function r(o:Object):void
{
   trace(o);
}

You should make the base class for your command
com.universalmind.cairngorm.commands.Command.  You need to call the
super method within execute to set up view notification.  When you
call super in result or fault, the respective methods you specified in
your Callbacks object will be called.

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Darrin Kay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 I am trying to learn the UM extensions within Cairngorm, but there
are no
 good examples of how this is done.  Here is what I am trying to do,
I have a
 view and when a user clicks a button an event is called.   Then off
to the
 command, and if the execute passes, I go to the result function in the
 command file.  In the result function I load the data into the
model, and
 change my view.  On the new view I need to call a function after I
know I
 have the data back.  That is what I can not figure out.
 
  
 
 Please help.