[flexcoders] Embedding mp3 sounds in css files

2008-11-25 Thread Wildbore, Brendon
Hi All, I need some advice on how to do this. I want to embed an mp3 file in a css file and then play it back in my application. Unfortunately I cannot find any advice on how to do this on the web. Any ideas??? Thanks in advance. Brendon

RE: [flexcoders] Embedding mp3 sounds in css files

2008-11-26 Thread Wildbore, Brendon
to do? On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 11:11 PM, Wildbore, Brendon [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I need some advice on how to do this. I want to embed an mp3 file in a css file and then play it back in my application. Unfortunately I cannot find any advice on how to do

RE: [flexcoders] Avoid using skin applied to my app

2008-11-26 Thread Wildbore, Brendon
You could either go through your app and apply stylenames to your components you want to skin Or You could wrap the swc components with a stylename and apply normal styles to component types that are wrapped in that stylename Does that make sense? From:

RE: [flexcoders] Embedding mp3 sounds in css files

2008-11-28 Thread Wildbore, Brendon
;-) On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 1:55 AM, Wildbore, Brendon [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes I wanted to embed an mp3 into a flex css file... I worked out a way to do this if anyone is interested. http://www.bjw.co.nz/developer/flex/90-embedding-mp3-sounds-in-flex-css

RE: [flexcoders] Flash being cached

2008-12-02 Thread Wildbore, Brendon
If you have the developer toolbar plugin installed on firefox, use that to disable the browser cache (make sure there is a tick next to disable cache under the disable dropdown)... works like a charm for me. From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [flexcoders] Re: Embedding fonts dynamically...

2008-12-04 Thread Wildbore, Brendon
Hi, One way of achieving this is two have a number of different stylesheets with the embedded fonts in them. Use the stylemanager class to change the stylesheet to display the font you would like. Eg. var oldStyleFile:String = /css/basicfont.swf; try{

RE: [flexcoders] Resetting an application's view for new user

2008-12-04 Thread Wildbore, Brendon
If you have an initialisation process which resets all state variables when the application starts you could just run that process again? From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Hardy Sent: Friday, 5 December 2008 8:22 a.m.

RE: [flexcoders] Resetting an application's view for new user

2008-12-04 Thread Wildbore, Brendon
. Aaron On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 12:48 PM, Wildbore, Brendon [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you have an initialisation process which resets all state variables when the application starts you could just run that process again? From

RE: [flexcoders] AIR Application - Positioning.

2008-12-09 Thread Wildbore, Brendon
You could find the resolution,subtract the initial width of you app then set this to your apps (x,y) coordinates? Would so something like (pseudo-code): this.x = Capabilities.screenResolutionX - this.width; this.x = Capabilities.screenResolutionY - this.height; I'm not sure this

RE: [flexcoders] Locally generated Flex content not working with IE7

2008-12-09 Thread Wildbore, Brendon
Sounds like an issue with the javascript in the html template you are using rather than an issue with the generated flex swf file. Check your ie browser javascript settings... From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of walveranta

RE: [flexcoders] SpeedoMeter

2008-12-11 Thread Wildbore, Brendon
I second that... what an absolutely brilliant component! From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Josh McDonald Sent: Friday, 12 December 2008 1:46 a.m. To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] SpeedoMeter

RE: [flexcoders] Re: One computer unable to connect to XMLSocket server

2008-12-11 Thread Wildbore, Brendon
I get a big X mark when clicking connect to server on both firefox and opera Heres the log: Connect to Server [X] [Error] Error #2048 Connect to Server [ ] Create Socket Connection [√] Creating on sockets.rapidintake.com:80 Create Socket Connection [ ] From:

[flexcoders] French accents in resource bundles not showing up

2008-12-15 Thread Wildbore, Brendon
Hi all, I have an application which uses resource bundles to change the languages dynamically. I'm having issues with special characters in the French language like ê ç etc showing up as empty little square boxes. I have seen an example where the characters ç are entered in a resource

RE: [flexcoders] How would I Overwrite contents of External XML File

2008-12-15 Thread Wildbore, Brendon
Im not 100% sure, but I don't believe flex can write to the server directly. You will most likely have to employ a server side http service to achieve this. Also if you are going to be storing sensitive info in an xml file, you should encrypt the passwords and security answers

RE: [flexcoders] How would I Overwrite contents of External XML File

2008-12-15 Thread Wildbore, Brendon
that will be helpful too Thanks Anuj On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 4:52 PM, Wildbore, Brendon b.j.wildb...@massey.ac.nzmailto:b.j.wildb...@massey.ac.nz wrote: Im not 100% sure, but I don't believe flex can write to the server directly. You will most likely have to employ a server side http service to achieve

RE: [flexcoders] French accents in resource bundles not showing up

2008-12-15 Thread Wildbore, Brendon
the accented characters. - Ivo From: Wildbore, Brendon b.j.wildb...@massey.ac.nz To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 3:31:01 PM Subject: [flexcoders] French accents in resource bundles not showing up Hi all, I have

RE: [flexcoders] French accents in resource bundles not showing up

2008-12-15 Thread Wildbore, Brendon
Hastings Sent: Tuesday, 16 December 2008 2:44 p.m. To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] French accents in resource bundles not showing up Wildbore, Brendon wrote: Thanks for that. I can confirm that the system I am testing on can display the characters, but for some reason

RE: [flexcoders] Directory selection in FLEX

2008-12-16 Thread Wildbore, Brendon
Or you could use remote objects or httpservices to create the directories From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ashish Verma Sent: Wednesday, 17 December 2008 1:09 a.m. To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re:

RE: [flexcoders] Database connection from AIR application

2008-12-18 Thread Wildbore, Brendon
Any reason why the built in SQL Lite database wont do? Example of how to use: http://seantheflexguy.com/blog/2007/06/14/super-simple-sqlite-example-for-adobe-air-1-beta/ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of kotha

RE: [flexcoders] Hiding the application control bar?

2009-01-22 Thread Wildbore, Brendon
Hi Rob, I believe in the windowedApplication tag you set showStatusBar to false eg. mx:WindowedApplication showStatusBar=false Hope this helps Brendon From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Rob Kunkle Sent:

RE: [flexcoders] Another on try-catch-finally ...

2009-03-03 Thread Wildbore, Brendon
If the code breaks in the try block it wont stop the application... that's a benefit? Often my catch blocks only has trace(blah) in it. From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of SJF Sent: Wednesday, 4 March 2009 4:01 p.m.

RE: [flexcoders] Modeless editing

2009-03-04 Thread Wildbore, Brendon
You could have your edit form in a modal popup window. That would prevent navigation until the popup form is closed/saved? From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Rodseth Sent: Thursday, 5 March 2009 10:50 a.m.

RE: [flexcoders] Bind ComboBox to returning XML (HOW TO)

2009-03-23 Thread Wildbore, Brendon
Here's an example of one way of doing that. Assuming you xml comes from a webservice or httpservice call and you want your combobox dataprovider bound to a variable comboboxAC you could try the following function onResult. private function onResult( event:ResultEvent ):void{

RE: [flexcoders] when text is too big you get .....

2009-06-01 Thread Wildbore, Brendon
This is a feature you can turn on or off. With the label component you use the following setting : truncateToFit=false I'm not sure what other components have this setting. From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of