[flexcoders] Keyboard Listeners with IE 7

2008-01-02 Thread dfalling
Are there any known issues with keyboard listeners and IE 7? I've added a listener to handle Ctrl+1, 2, ...0 for switching tabs inside my interface, and it works great in everything except IE 7. In IE 6 and Firefox the commands are accepted immediately, causing the interface to switch to the

[flexcoders] Re: Keyboard Listeners with IE 7

2008-01-03 Thread dfalling
That was my guess too, but the keystrokes cause no notable actions in IE, and will eventually get passed through to flex if I hold them long enough. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IE7 may have more keyboard shortcuts that conflict with yours. Just a

[flexcoders] DataGridColumn width shrinks when visibility is toggled

2008-01-04 Thread dfalling
I've setup a datagrid so that users can toggle the visibility of columns, exposing previously hidden ones or hiding currently visible ones. For some reason, if the datagrid is fixed width (100% width of parent) it doesn't handle this properly. If I keep toggling a column's visibility, it will

[flexcoders] Re: DataGridColumn width shrinks when visibility is toggled

2008-01-06 Thread dfalling
Do you mean you removed the column from the columns array? I've tried that too, but they still shrink when I add them back. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, rueter007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had this problem too when I used the datagrid. The fix I did was to reassign the columns

[flexcoders] Re: DataGridColumn width shrinks when visibility is toggled

2008-01-07 Thread dfalling
Sadly I'm kind of locked into Flex 2 for now. I was hoping there was a known workaround to fix this. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Flex 3 should be better at this than Flex 2. horizontalScrollPolicy, resizable properties can also help.

[flexcoders] Re: DataGridColumn width shrinks when visibility is toggled

2008-01-09 Thread dfalling
. From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dfalling Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 6:28 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: DataGridColumn width shrinks when visibility is toggled Sadly I'm kind of locked

[flexcoders] Re: DataGridColumn width shrinks when visibility is toggled

2008-01-09 Thread dfalling
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dfalling Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 6:28 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: DataGridColumn width shrinks when visibility is toggled Sadly I'm kind of locked into Flex 2 for now. I was hoping there was a known workaround to fix

[flexcoders] Re: DataGridColumn width shrinks when visibility is toggled

2008-01-11 Thread dfalling
PROTECTED] wrote: Is your problem related to this? http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-14064 From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dfalling Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 2:58 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com

[flexcoders] Re: DataGridColumn width shrinks when visibility is toggled

2008-01-11 Thread dfalling
@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dfalling Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 7:09 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: DataGridColumn width shrinks when visibility is toggled The title sounded like exactly my problem, but the description didn't match up

[flexcoders] Re: DataGridColumn width shrinks when visibility is toggled

2008-01-11 Thread dfalling
code and I cannot reproduce it. The column widths remain the same no matter how many times I toggle them. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, dfalling dfalling@ wrote: Yeah, I really should have done this in the first place...I'm using more text to explain the problem than the code takes up

[flexcoders] container width parent container's width when vertical scrollbar present

2008-01-16 Thread dfalling
I've run into a really annoying issue... If I have a container that is higher than its parent container, it will add not only a vertical scrollbar, but also a horizontal scrollbar. It does this even if its width is set to 100% and it has plenty of room to display its contents. The really

[flexcoders] Re: container width parent container's width when vertical scrollbar present

2008-01-17 Thread dfalling
From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dfalling Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 2:43 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] container width parent container's width when vertical scrollbar present I've run

[flexcoders] Re: container width parent container's width when vertical scrollbar present

2008-01-17 Thread dfalling
% height=440 / /mx:Canvas Is that what you mean? - Original Message From: dfalling [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 4:42:42 PM Subject: [flexcoders] container width parent container's width when vertical scrollbar present I've run

[flexcoders] rotated images lose x position when container is hidden/reshown

2008-01-30 Thread dfalling
If I rotate an image 90 degrees in a container, then set visibility and includeInLayout for that container to false, then set those back to true, the image is now outside of the container. This is using Flex 2. I've made a sample app that shows this problem, but you'll have to add an image named

[flexcoders] Re: container width parent container's width when vertical scrollbar present

2008-01-30 Thread dfalling
in the archives on this topic. Setting minHeight/minWIdth=0 often helps From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dfalling Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 2:43 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] container

[flexcoders] Re: container width parent container's width when vertical scrollbar present

2008-01-31 Thread dfalling
={ parent.clientWidth} instead of width=100%... I usually either set a verticalscrollbarpolicy of either off or on where I butt up against this problem. -Josh On Jan 31, 2008 9:55 AM, dfalling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I finally got around to testing this in Flex 3. Even with Flex 3 and setting

[flexcoders] Re: container width parent container's width when vertical scrollbar present

2008-01-31 Thread dfalling
Exactly... When vertical scrollbars are added to a container with a percentage width, it should report the new width (without the bar) so that its children resize properly. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Josh McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not as I understand clipContent. It just turns

[flexcoders] Re: container width parent container's width when vertical scrollbar present

2008-01-31 Thread dfalling
Thanks, I can understand that case as I've seen the scroll bars ripple down before. The only part about this that feels like a bug is how no matter how wide you make the outer container, it's always just a little bit too small to fit its contents. Any help is greatly appreciated...my current

[flexcoders] Re: container width parent container's width when vertical scrollbar present

2008-02-04 Thread dfalling
Yes, I've found that as one fix, but am not fond of it either... The application I'm working on will be run on a wide range of monitor resolutions, and it's likely that many users will not need the scrollbars in order to see the content. For them, I don't want to chop a bit of their screen real

[flexcoders] Re: container width parent container's width when vertical scrollbar present

2008-02-05 Thread dfalling
the scrollpolicy and force a relayout. -- *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *dfalling *Sent:* Monday, February 04, 2008 7:33 AM *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com *Subject:* [flexcoders] Re: container width parent

[flexcoders] Re: showDataTips are not working for the Datagrid columns having itemRenderers

2008-02-29 Thread dfalling
What's the best practice method of having custom datatips with reusable item renderers? I don't want my item renderer to be coupled to any of the grids that are using it, but need to show a datatip that relies on several different fields in certain grids. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex

[flexcoders] Re: showDataTips are not working for the Datagrid columns having itemRenderers

2008-02-29 Thread dfalling
I guess I'm missing something obvious...are you saying to create the datatip field ahead of time in the file with the datagrid, and put a data tip function in the item renderer that accesses that field if it exists? --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[flexcoders] Re: showDataTips are not working for the Datagrid columns having itemRenderers

2008-03-04 Thread dfalling
Thanks for the response... My confusion is because I'm not sure exactly how to get access to the column from the item renderer. I'm using data[DataGridListData(listData).dataField] to access the data to make reusable, but don't see any way via data or listData to get a reference to the column.

[flexcoders] Re: showDataTips are not working for the Datagrid columns having itemRenderers

2008-03-04 Thread dfalling
It is, but that's an int...I'm not sure how that helps me get access to the column itself or to the datatip function. Is there a better place for asking questions like these? I feel like everyone's expecting a level of knowledge beyond mine and don't want to post here if another place would be

[flexcoders] Re: showDataTips are not working for the Datagrid columns having itemRenderers

2008-03-05 Thread dfalling
Great, thank you...that's exactly what I was looking. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check out the validateProperties() method in DataGridItemRenderer.as. It uses columnIndex to get the column and the dataTip

[flexcoders] independent vertical scrolling in hbox elements

2008-03-13 Thread dfalling
This seems like a really simple question, but I can't figure it out... I have a two-column view and want the columns to scroll independently of each other (if one needs to scroll, then it will show scrollbars.) I've tried dozens of combinations of height and can't get it to work. Either neither

[flexcoders] Any way to make legend scroll vertically?

2008-03-26 Thread dfalling
I have a legend with a ridiculous number of items that was ridiculously high until I set it its height to 100%. Now it is broken up into columns (I was surprised) that take up the entire area available to it and the chart. Is there a way to make a legend scroll just like a list? I know it's not

[flexcoders] flashvars hate me

2008-04-01 Thread dfalling
I can't get flashvars to work... It seems pretty basic, but no mater what I do they don't seem to show up in flex. AS: woo = Application.application.parameters.url; HTML: param name=FlashVars value=url=woo / embed ... flashvars=url=woo /embed What am I missing? Thanks!

[flexcoders] parsing complex xml

2008-05-27 Thread dfalling
I'm trying to parse a complex xml file (a log4j config file) and am running into a number of problems: * Flex seems to remove all the comments from the file. Is there any way to prevent this? I don't need access to them in Flex, but do want them to be untouched. * I have no idea how to

[flexcoders] preload image data and assign to Image controls?

2008-07-06 Thread dfalling
I'm trying to preload images to use later with Image controls for a slideshow. I'm blindly trying variations of this with no success: ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8? mx:Application xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml; layout=absolute creationComplete=creationHandler() mx:Script

[flexcoders] Re: preload image data and assign to Image controls?

2008-07-06 Thread dfalling
I spend hours trying to figure out issues and then figure them out almost instantly after posting here... The problem with my code was the URLLoaders...it's for XML and binary files... Images require the Loader instead. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, dfalling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm

[flexcoders] So I guess I don't understand states

2008-07-08 Thread dfalling
I thought I had states down pat until the last few days. **States:** normal state: - change viewstack to show data renderers no data state: - change viewstack to show no data error view fetching data state: - empty **Transitions:** to fetching data state: - display fetching data view from

[flexcoders] PieSeries nameField is lacking

2008-07-08 Thread dfalling
Is there any way to use a function instead of a field for a PieSeries name? The labelFunction isn't adequate, as the nameField is used for the automatic datatips and for the legend data. It seems excessive to have to actually change the underlying data rather than the way it is viewed. Anyone

[flexcoders] Flash Player 10 crashes when NOT in debug player

2008-10-23 Thread dfalling
Our previously-stable Flex App was working great until Flash Player 10. Now it locks up on an mxml page, but only when not in debug. How do I debug something that doesn't happen in debug? Are there any known issues that I can try to workaround? Thanks.

[flexcoders] Showing dates in other time zones?

2008-10-24 Thread dfalling
I want to show a time I'm getting from a server as that server's time, rather than my local time. When I display it in Flex though, it seems to automatically convert it to show it in my timezone. How can I show a date/time for another time zone? The format I'm getting back from the server is

[flexcoders] Re: Flash Player 10 crashes when NOT in debug player

2008-10-29 Thread dfalling
in the code to get a better idea of where in the code the lockup is failing. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, dfalling dfalling@ wrote: Our previously-stable Flex App was working great until Flash Player 10. Now it locks up on an mxml page, but only when not in debug. How do I

[flexcoders] DataGrid selection w/ filtered contents

2009-01-15 Thread dfalling
Is there a way of getting accurate selectedIndex from an datagrid that's bound to a filtered data provider? I'm running into the same problem from several different angles... I ask a datagrid what its selectedIndex is and it claims it's 10. I tell it to select index 0 instead, at which

[flexcoders] Popup Help Bubble?

2009-08-31 Thread dfalling
I could have sworn I saw a flex component to do this, but I can't find it. Is there a good component/method of showing multiple help popups all over the screen? I want a way to annotate numerous controls and buttons at the same time, to point out new features in an application.

[flexcoders] Re: Popup Help Bubble?

2009-09-01 Thread dfalling
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tracy Spratt tr...@... wrote: Tooltip? Tracy Spratt, Lariat Services, development services available _ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of dfalling Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 12:39 PM

[flexcoders] Manually triggering creation when creationPolicy=auto?

2009-09-10 Thread dfalling
How can I make a viewstack create its children (or more correctly, children's children) programmatically? I know about the different creation policies, I am specifically asking about manually triggering a creation. Cheers

[flexcoders] Re: Manually triggering creation when creationPolicy=auto?

2009-09-11 Thread dfalling
Of dfalling Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 1:15 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Manually triggering creation when creationPolicy=auto? How can I make a viewstack create its children (or more correctly, children's children) programmatically? I know about

[flexcoders] Creation Complete flag?

2009-09-15 Thread dfalling
Is there a publicly-exposed property on components that can be inspected to determine if they have finished creation yet? I know I can listen for creationComplete, but what can I do if it may have already been fired?

[flexcoders] Re: Creation Complete flag?

2009-09-16 Thread dfalling
then your event handler will have run. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, dfalling dfalling@ wrote: Is there a publicly-exposed property on components that can be inspected to determine if they have finished creation yet? I know I can listen for creationComplete, but what can I

[flexcoders] Re: Creation Complete flag?

2009-09-16 Thread dfalling
created); } --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, dfalling dfalling@ wrote: Man, I'm doing a terrible job communicating my problems. So I want way for other components to inspect each other to see if they've completed. I can't just listen to the event, because the creation could

[flexcoders] Still struggling with creation complete

2009-09-18 Thread dfalling
I have a viewstack that animates its children by sliding them in and out. It works fine when the creationPolicy is set to all, but when it's set to auto, uncreated views slide in blank, then render themselves. I thought that I could fix this by checking to see if a view has been created yet

[flexcoders] Re: Still struggling with creation complete

2009-09-18 Thread dfalling
Of dfalling Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 12:09 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Still struggling with creation complete I have a viewstack that animates its children by sliding them in and out. It works fine when the creationPolicy is set to all, but when it's set

[flexcoders] Re: Still struggling with creation complete

2009-09-21 Thread dfalling
Inc.http://www.adobe.com/ Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of dfalling Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 2:28 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Still struggling with creation complete

[flexcoders] Re: Still struggling with creation complete

2009-09-21 Thread dfalling
...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of dfalling Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 12:09 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Still struggling with creation complete I have a viewstack that animates its children by sliding them in and out. It works fine when the creationPolicy

[flexcoders] FlexBuilder's gutter is broken

2009-09-29 Thread dfalling
The gutter of my install of FlexBuilder doesn't scroll. The text beside it scrolls on, but the line numbers and any notations (breakpoints, errors, etc.) stay in the same place. Oddly, it only does this when it's on my secondary monitor. On my primary monitor, it works fine. This is the

[flexcoders] Still struggling with creation complete

2009-10-08 Thread dfalling
Anyone have any ideas? I'm still stumped on this... My question still boil down to: 1) How can I make the component create its children? 2) What event can I listen to in order to know when this has completed? --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, dfalling dfall...@... wrote: Here's a sample app

[flexcoders] Re: Still struggling with creation complete

2009-10-08 Thread dfalling
); targetChild.createComponentsFromDescriptors(true); targetChild.validateNow(); validateNow(); mx.core.IInvalidating(targetChild).invalidateSize(); } --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, dfalling dfall...@... wrote: Anyone have any ideas? I'm still stumped on this... My question still boil down to: 1) How

[flexcoders] Re: Still struggling with creation complete

2009-10-09 Thread dfalling
[mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of dfalling Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 2:47 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Still struggling with creation complete I've figured out that if I tell the targetChild to invalidate its size, properties, or display

[flexcoders] Help me name this eclipse feature so I can log a bug

2009-10-15 Thread dfalling
I'm trying to think of the name of this feature so I can log a Jira for it... When using Eclipse with Java, you can use alt/option to move intelligently through code. For example: assuming ^ is your insertion point in Java: Math.floor(^ alt-left Math.^floor( In Flex though, the behavior is

[flexcoders] Re: Help me name this eclipse feature so I can log a bug

2009-10-16 Thread dfalling
or the end of the line, just use the begin and end keys of your keyboard ! Cheers 2009/10/15 dfalling dfall...@... I'm trying to think of the name of this feature so I can log a Jira for it... When using Eclipse with Java, you can use alt/option to move intelligently through

[flexcoders] Prevent inset/shifting of text in selected tabs

2009-12-08 Thread dfalling
When a tab in a tab navigator is selected, the text shifts down a slight amount. I've looked everywhere and can't find a style or property that's causing this. How can I prevent the text from shifting? Thanks

[flexcoders] Re: Prevent inset/shifting of text in selected tabs

2009-12-08 Thread dfalling
with styles in Flex. I haven't seen one for flex3 yet, but this covers most of everything. http://examples.adobe.com/flex2/consulting/styleexplorer/Flex2StyleExplorer.html --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, dfalling dfalling@ wrote: When a tab in a tab navigator is selected, the text

[flexcoders] Re: Prevent inset/shifting of text in selected tabs

2009-12-09 Thread dfalling
for that matter. Maybe an itemRenderer is the solution. This is bothering me now, if I find the answer I will let you know ASAP. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, dfalling dfalling@ wrote: It's definitely not a style I've set. If you go select the tab navigator in the style explorer, you should

[flexcoders] Debug DataVisualization code?

2010-02-17 Thread dfalling
I'm trying to write my own AxisRenderer and am having issues understanding how the current one works. I've extracted the data visualization source, placed it frameworks/projects and am trying to debug against it, but the breakpoints aren't hit. How can I make this work? Thanks