RE: [flexcoders] Fill pdf form with Flex
I wrote a Flex app that shows a dataGrid with SQL data via ColdFusion. The end user clicks on a line item in the dataGrid and a little ColdFusion app bundles the selected data into a little XML file. launches. and hydrates the pdf. The blank pdf form was created using Adobe's LiveCycle Designer (bundled with Acrobat Pro) . --Bill From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of isa_loyer Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 11:07 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Fill pdf form with Flex Hi, I'd like to fill a pdf form with flex. Data are on my air application and I want to use those to fill a pdf file store on my computer. Do you have an idea to do that? thanks
RE: [flexcoders] You are the product
My sense is that Adobe has realized that it close to impossible to port Flash to the staggering proliferation of tablets, smart phones, and other devices. Does anybody expect Flash to run on a Kindle or a Nook? In my little world of fantasy I wish I knew how Flash worked Perhaps a standards-based Flash lite could be cranked into HTML-6. --Bill From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Kevin MacDonald Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 12:50 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] You are the product Good points. Thanks for responding. I'm not sure why you conflate me knocking Adobe for a lack of willingness to learn. I code on a daily basis in half a dozen languages for a small company struggling to reach profitability. Our client application is one piece of that. The 'learning' in this case is that some companies can be trusted more than others. Adobe puts forth a consistent marketing message to software developers: Trust us! Follow us!, and they consistently fail to live up to that in order to sell us the next round of developer tools. Microsoft, while clearly capable of various brands of skulduggery, has consistently maintained a level of loyalty to their developers, and it has succeeded famously for them. Have you every noticed that 15 year old programs still run on Windows 7? I don't expect that from Adobe. But the heavy sell job on AIR followed by stepping at arms length from it irks me. Kevin 2011/12/16 Csomák Gábor csom...@gmail.com technology simply changes. i met a guy who was the lead engineer of commodore 64. do you think when he was on the top of his career, he stopped learning? this segment changes a lot. it is a lifelong learning. get used to it. html5 is not ready. even w3c says it'll be in 2014 (as i remember). and i think, it won't kill air. neither flash. of course it will depend on a lot of things, but the two technologies are good in different segments. you cannot do a prezi.com in html5, and you cannot do an entire webpage in flash. (login remembers will not work, etc...) the key is to know both, and know when to use what. On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 7:02 PM, Kevin MacDonald kevinmacdon...@gmail.com wrote: Hello developers, I have come to some unfortunate conclusions about how Adobe operates. I would be interested to get your opinions on the matter. Some years ago I helped build out a desktop application using Macromedia Director. It ran on both Mac and Windows, and was heavily backed by web services. In principle it was much like an Adobe AIR app might be today. After a few years Adobe bought Macromedia Director, with promises to the developer community that they would continue to support it. They came out with a few maintenance releases that were extremely buggy, enough so that we tried to roll back to the previous version. However, Adobe made sure there were some gotchas that made it painful to either stay on the current version or roll back. Shortly thereafter they killed Director altogether. An Adobe evangelist came to our office and sold us hard on moving to Adobe AIR, which we did. We completely re-wrote our application on that platform. Now, several years later, Adobe is very obviously moving away from AIR and towards HTML5, again with promises to their loyal developers to continue supporting it. Based on their history what I expect Adobe to do is kill AIR before too long. And you should have no doubts that they can make it very painful to remain on that platform. For example, AIR apps use whatever version of Adobe Reader is installed on the client machine. Adobe Reader updates happen independently of updates to the AIR run time. The latest update to Adobe Reader broke certain aspects of our client application, something that might directly hurt our business. What can you do when the HTMLLoader object no longer correctly displays a PDF? What I expected Adobe to do - and what the evangelist led me to believe - was that Adobe would evolve AIR and Flash Builder towards HTML5 over time, bringing all of us along with them. But they don't do that. They scorch the earth and start over. So, what's next? I suppose we will hear from Adobe before too long that we should run out, buy PhoneGap Builder 1.0, and once again chase their code-once-deploy-everywhere carrot. We are not the customer. We are the product. We are the means by which Adobe makes money for their shareholders, nothing more. I suppose in true jaded developer fashion this should come as no shock to me. But the truth is, it never feels nice to be a pawn in someone else's game. Kevin
RE: [flexcoders] You are the product
As a Flex programmer, the Flash equivalent to Canvas is moot I do not use Flash Pro therefore I hardly care about Canvas. I barely know what SVG is I like the WSIWYG aspects of Flash Builder MXML and Action Script a happy and clean Java-like programming environment. DreamWeaver, HTML5, JavaScript, CSS, DOM, and jQuery are a kludgey bunch of awkward bolt-on tools and stuff built around bass ackwards web standards getting rammed down my throat. Flash had (better than Java) satisfied the Java dream write once run (almost) anywhere. And another thing I do not like the app-store market model I am wondering how long it will last. What users really want is for programs to run in a browser not to have to download pesky updates. Likewise, what developers want is subscriptions. --Bill From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Guy Morton Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 4:16 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] You are the product SVG + Javascript + Canvas ARE the equivalent to Flash in the web standards world. On 17/12/2011, at 5:16 AM, Bill Brutzman wrote: My sense is that Adobe has realized that it close to impossible to port Flash to the staggering proliferation of tablets, smart phones, and other devices. Does anybody expect Flash to run on a Kindle or a Nook? In my little world of fantasy I wish I knew how Flash worked Perhaps a standards-based Flash lite could be cranked into HTML-6. --Bill From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Kevin MacDonald Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 12:50 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] You are the product Good points. Thanks for responding. I'm not sure why you conflate me knocking Adobe for a lack of willingness to learn. I code on a daily basis in half a dozen languages for a small company struggling to reach profitability. Our client application is one piece of that. The 'learning' in this case is that some companies can be trusted more than others. Adobe puts forth a consistent marketing message to software developers: Trust us! Follow us!, and they consistently fail to live up to that in order to sell us the next round of developer tools. Microsoft, while clearly capable of various brands of skulduggery, has consistently maintained a level of loyalty to their developers, and it has succeeded famously for them. Have you every noticed that 15 year old programs still run on Windows 7? I don't expect that from Adobe. But the heavy sell job on AIR followed by stepping at arms length from it irks me. Kevin 2011/12/16 Csomák Gábor csom...@gmail.com technology simply changes. i met a guy who was the lead engineer of commodore 64. do you think when he was on the top of his career, he stopped learning? this segment changes a lot. it is a lifelong learning. get used to it. html5 is not ready. even w3c says it'll be in 2014 (as i remember). and i think, it won't kill air. neither flash. of course it will depend on a lot of things, but the two technologies are good in different segments. you cannot do a prezi.com http://prezi.com/ in html5, and you cannot do an entire webpage in flash. (login remembers will not work, etc...) the key is to know both, and know when to use what. On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 7:02 PM, Kevin MacDonald kevinmacdon...@gmail.com wrote: Hello developers, I have come to some unfortunate conclusions about how Adobe operates. I would be interested to get your opinions on the matter. Some years ago I helped build out a desktop application using Macromedia Director. It ran on both Mac and Windows, and was heavily backed by web services. In principle it was much like an Adobe AIR app might be today. After a few years Adobe bought Macromedia Director, with promises to the developer community that they would continue to support it. They came out with a few maintenance releases that were extremely buggy, enough so that we tried to roll back to the previous version. However, Adobe made sure there were some gotchas that made it painful to either stay on the current version or roll back. Shortly thereafter they killed Director altogether. An Adobe evangelist came to our office and sold us hard on moving to Adobe AIR, which we did. We completely re-wrote our application on that platform. Now, several years later, Adobe is very obviously moving away from AIR and towards HTML5, again with promises to their loyal developers to continue supporting it. Based on their history what I expect Adobe to do is kill AIR before too long. And you should have no doubts that they can make it very painful to remain on that platform. For example, AIR apps use whatever version of Adobe Reader is installed on the client machine. Adobe Reader updates happen independently of updates to the AIR run time. The latest update to Adobe
RE: [flexcoders] E-Mail from flex.
There are some back-end Java messaging APIs available. The Flex app needs to connect to the chosen Java Messaging API. There is some plumbing involved. An easier, faster, cleaner, better way to use ColdFusion. --Bill From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Venkat M Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 6:31 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] E-Mail from flex. Hi All, I have an application that is developed on Flex and JAVA on the backend. I need to provide a new email form the flex end. I will create a field for to email id/ subject/ body in flex and will pass it to java backend. Can some help what has to be done at java end? What email type can be used? Is a valid email/password enough? I was also asked to evaluate SMTP/POP3/IMAP options also. Can you help? Thanks! Cheers, Venkat.
RE: [flexcoders] Flex to HTML5 Conversion tool?
Doug: Thanks for this post. Although the medicine is difficult to swallow. I am grateful that the doctor is outspoken. --Bill From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Doug McCune Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 4:48 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Flex to HTML5 Conversion tool? Just to throw in my two cents... I would not hold out any hope for any solution that will magically convert your Flex app to a HTML/JS app. Not in 6 months, not in 6 years. I don't want to be a downer, but I just don't see it happening. Sure, we may see some tech demos that work on super simple Flex apps, but I think that's about as far as you'll get. You also might get tools that let you write a new app in MXML/AS, specifically with targeting HTML/JS in mind, and that might work well. But I have almost no confidence that you will ever be able to take an existing, large Flex app and magically get it to run well as an HTML app. I'd of course love to be proven wrong. My advice is that if you really need to target HTML/JS is to build it new from scratch. It's a harsh reality, and you're going to hate a lot of the toolchain, language, and process, but if you really do have the requirement that you need to have an HTML/JS app, you might as well just rip off the band-aid in one go instead of holding out hope for a holy grail solution. On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 6:27 AM, Merrill, Jason jason.merr...@bankofamerica.com wrote: Check out another possibility - using haXe for converting an MXML/Actionscript project to HTML5/Javascript. The syntax is extremely similar to Actionscript, so you could convert the MXML (via the option with the compiler to save the generated Actionscript from MXML) to haXe code, and the Actionscript too. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America Global Learning ___ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ganaraj p r Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 4:13 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Flex to HTML5 Conversion tool? If my understanding is right, Adobe is working on it currently. So you might have to wait for another 6 months or so. If that time frame is not suitable for you, I suggest you rewrite the project in HTML 5. On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 3:27 AM, Sells, Fred fred.se...@adventistcare.org wrote: I am looking at the same problem. A very long time ago I designed a tool called ezX that was similar to Flex but not nearly as robust. That was an Xwindows tool and has since gone the way of the dinosaur. I'm still researching but I think a tool like pyjamas pyjs.org might be a building block. You could write an xml parser to handle the mxml to dom and then use the dom to generate pyjamas class definitions (which you would probably have to tweak by hand). I'm not sure about the action script. Source parsing is too tricky and I don't know if the byte code is easy to handle. Might be better to outsource that overseas. Let me know what you decide From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Venkat M Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 12:56 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Flex to HTML5 Conversion tool? Hi Group, I have a quick question. I have a web application that was developed using 100% flex (AS included). Now to be on the safe side we want to evaluate the options of converting the same on to HTML5. Do any one know of any tools that can help in the process of converting from flex (developed) to html5 version? Your help will be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Venkat. -- Regards, Ganaraj P R _ This message w/attachments (message) is intended solely for the use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or proprietary. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender, and then please delete and destroy all copies and attachments, and be advised that any review or dissemination of, or the taking of any action in reliance on, the information contained in or attached to this message is prohibited. Unless specifically indicated, this message is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of any investment products or other financial product or service, an official confirmation of any transaction, or an official statement of Sender. Subject to applicable law, Sender may intercept, monitor, review and retain e-communications (EC) traveling through its networks/systems and may produce any such EC to regulators, law enforcement, in litigation and as required by law. The laws of the country of each sender/recipient may impact the handling of EC, and EC may be archived, supervised and produced in countries other than the country in which you are located. This message cannot be guaranteed to
[flexcoders] Rich Reach
Flex is richer. HTML5 promises greater reach. --Bill
RE: [flexcoders] Calling flex from JavaScript wrapper
In this little login program, I am able to determine the user’s department ok
but am having trouble binding this dept data to a url launch string.
Portions of the program follow. Help would be appreciated.
--Bill
fx:Script
![CDATA[
[Bindable]
public var myDept:ArrayCollection;
[Bindable]
public var thisDept:String;
[Bindable]
public var launchStringA:String
[Bindable]
public var launchStringB:String
[Bindable]
public var launchStringZ:String
//___
private function newWin(url:String):void
{
var urlRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);
navigateToURL(urlRequest, );
}
//__
protected function
soWhatsMyDept_resultHandler(event:ResultEvent):void
{
myDept = event.result as ArrayCollection;
thisDept = myDept.getItemAt(0).Depts;
}
//__
protected function
passWordInput_enterHandler(event:FlexEvent):void
{
UserService.passWordTest.send();
UserService.soWhatsMyDept.send();
}
]]
/fx:Script
fx:Binding source=thisDept destination=launchStringB /
fx:Declarations
s:method name=soWhatsMyDept
result=soWhatsMyDept_resultHandler(event)
s:arguments
username {userNameInput.text} /username
/s:arguments
/s:method
/s:RemoteObject
/fx:Declarations
!--__--
s:Label includeIn=MainMenu x=61 y=388 width=103 height=37
text={thisDept}/
s:Label includeIn=MainMenu x=57 y=516 text={launchStringA}/
s:Label includeIn=MainMenu x=57 y=532 text={launchStringB}/
s:Label includeIn=MainMenu x=57 y=552 text={launchStringZ}/
/s:Application
RE: [flexcoders] Flex line chart
Wesley What. no middle-ware? How is Flex connecting to MySQL. ColdFusion, PhP, Java? --Bill From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of chinwesley Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 10:06 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Flex line chart I want to create a line chart in Flex. I know how to create a simple one but the one I need to create needs to have 6 series (lines). The problem is that when I get the data from MYSQL, there is 6 xFields (one for each line) that are the same. eg. Western Cape - January, Western Cape - February, Western Cape - March, etc (for 6 months). That means that instead of there being only 9 xfields (province (south african provinces)), there is now 54 of them because they are being populated with all the values and not the unique ones. The same thing will happen with the line series becuase the line series will have 6 of the January's, 6 of the February's and so on. I just want to have 9 xfields and not 54 and 6 months and not 9 of each. Is there a way to solve this please? Regards, Wesley
RE: [flexcoders] Regarding a Flex Book
I like best. Learning Flex 4 by Alaric Cole Elijah Robison, O'Reilly. The pages are in color. --Bill From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Adarsh Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 8:30 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Regarding a book Hi all i am very new to flex please suggest me which book to follow and which one is best for me...
Re: [flexcoders] Adding up ArrayCollections to DataGrid
Venkat:
The middleware matters. Is ColdFusion in use there?
--Bill
From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Venkat M
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 8:31 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Adding up Arraycollections to Datagrid!
Hi Bill,
I understood that make array collection A as an array ( I will just use to
array(), and it will be done).
Similarly I will do for array collection B.
But how to add them in a pair order in to array collection C. Please Assist!
Would be great if u have an example or a pseudo snippet!! Thanks!!
Best Regards,
Venkat Maddali.
_
From: Bill Brutzman bill.brutz...@scottynow.com
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 5:27 PM
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Adding up Arraycollections to Datagrid!
Venkat:
Yes… of course this can be done. The next question is how… and what is the
best way to do it.
From another point of view… “A” could be thought of as an array… an object
different from an Array Collection.
Likewise, “B” could be thought of as another array.
“C” then would be an Array Collection.
The best treatment of this subject that I have seen can be found in the recent
book… “Effortless Flex 4 Development” by the outstanding author Larry Ullman.
Although the book is based on PHP, as a ColdFusion guy, I have found the book
to be very helpful.
I have something like this in ColdFusion… two CFCs… a method CFC and a data
structure CFC… that talk to each other and a Flex app… that have the added
benefit of working ok with the Flex Data/Services wizard.
Regards,
--Bill
From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Venkat M
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 6:12 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] Adding up Arraycollections to Datagrid!
Hi Group,
I have a basic question on arraycollections. Please assist.
I have an array collection A populated with values {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10}
Also I have an arraycollection B populated with values
{one,two,three,four,five,six,seven,eight,nine,ten}
Given this data, How do I present this in a datagrid? Can I map at a column
level to an array collection?
(Or)
Can we make an arraycollection C, that has the values of arraycollection A and
arraycollection B paired up and then just bind to datagrid. If so, please help
me how to fabricate arraycollection C.
(Or)
Any other ideas, please comment.
Thanks in advance.
Best Regards,
Venkat.
RE: [flexcoders] Adding up Arraycollections to Datagrid!
Venkat:
Yes. of course this can be done. The next question is how. and what is the
best way to do it.
From another point of view. A could be thought of as an array. an object
different from an Array Collection.
Likewise, B could be thought of as another array.
C then would be an Array Collection.
The best treatment of this subject that I have seen can be found in the
recent book. Effortless Flex 4 Development by the outstanding author Larry
Ullman.
Although the book is based on PHP, as a ColdFusion guy, I have found the
book to be very helpful.
I have something like this in ColdFusion. two CFCs. a method CFC and a data
structure CFC. that talk to each other and a Flex app. that have the added
benefit of working ok with the Flex Data/Services wizard.
Regards,
--Bill
From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Venkat M
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 6:12 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] Adding up Arraycollections to Datagrid!
Hi Group,
I have a basic question on arraycollections. Please assist.
I have an array collection A populated with values {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10}
Also I have an arraycollection B populated with values
{one,two,three,four,five,six,seven,eight,nine,ten}
Given this data, How do I present this in a datagrid? Can I map at a column
level to an array collection?
(Or)
Can we make an arraycollection C, that has the values of arraycollection A
and arraycollection B paired up and then just bind to datagrid. If so,
please help me how to fabricate arraycollection C.
(Or)
Any other ideas, please comment.
Thanks in advance.
Best Regards,
Venkat.
[flexcoders] RE: Flex 4.5 - smart phone app
Yes. I expect that it would be easily converted. the MXML and action script will work on both platforms. While the upgrade is not included in 4.0, there is a modest charge (approx. $75) to upgrade a developer seat from 4.0 to 4.5. Phone apps are Air apps. There is some new built-in screen sizing stuff in FB 4.5 that is a big help. --Bill From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Davidson, Jerry Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 9:38 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Flex 4.5 - smart phone app I've been reading about this and have some questions. Can I take a Flex application (currently running on the server), and easily convert it to a phone app? It is a self contained (no data access or any external connection). I believe it requires 4.5. We currently have 4.0. Is the upgrade included in the product? We (State of Illinois/DHS) currently have a contract with Adobe for our LC and Flex programs. I can provide the info on this if you need it. I think it would be way cool to do this if it is relatively quick and easy (no one has a lot of extra time for something new like this or money if there is a cost beyond our current contract). Thanks!
RE: [flexcoders] I don't know if I need Flex (please help me to decide)
My rule of thumb is that if there is data. like a database. then yes. Flex is the way to go. --Bill From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of enridp Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 2:15 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] I don't know if I need Flex (please help me to decide) Hi! I will try to explain my situation: I'm a Flash developer (not a good one, just one more...), I know AS3, OOP, I can read MXML and I've read a lot about Flex in the last days, although I have never used it. And there's a reason for that, the SWF size, I'm from Argentina, and here internet is really slow in many places (mine is 128kbps for example, so to load a SWF of just 150KB I need to wait approx. 10 seconds) I was reading about RSL's to solve that, and it looks good, but I think could be a lot some problems: 1) the first download will be very slow 2) if my RSL is not cached for any reason then nobody will be visiting the site again 3) what happens if I need to protect some project? I've read an article about Nitro-LM with RSL's (I don't know if it's the best option, for the moment I have never protected any code...), but if our RSL is encrypted, will be cached then? 4) I don't know, is there any other problem with RSL's? what do you think? I was reading about using Flex without the Flex Framework, and I like that idea, but what happens if I need a component? just one? I need to include again +200KB of code? I was thinking in working purely in AS3 and reusing some classes from Flex without embedding all the framework (my first goal is to make a really light version). I want to use Flex because there are some classes and components that I don't have in Flash, and I need them, like RemoteObject. So, I need some of the Flex Classes but I need a very light SWF. Is possible to achieve that with Flex? Thanks! Enrique.
RE: [flexcoders] Re: I don't know if I need Flex (please help me to decide)
Consider also Adobe's ColdFusion. I have found ColdFusion to be easier to use and more robust than PHP. --Bill From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of enridp Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 11:10 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: I don't know if I need Flex (please help me to decide) Yes, there's a lot of data. But I was thinking in AMFPHP for that. I think the alternatives are: 1) Adapting the Flex code that I need to a pure AS3 project (I'm not sure if this is possible in all the casses) 2) Using RSL's Because I can't start my project with 200Kb, the size is a really big problem. Can you (or someone) help me with some of the 2 options? I have not experience in it, so I can't think in possible problems with those solutions (Flex-AS3 and RSL's), can you see the problems? --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com , Bill Brutzman bill.brutz...@... wrote: My rule of thumb is that if there is data. like a database. then yes. Flex is the way to go. --Bill
RE: [flexcoders] Is this possible with Flex 4?
While it may be possible to do this all from FB, for this app, some middleware would help to make the app more robust. Check out Adobe's ColdFusion. There are a few good CF courses on Lynda. --Bill From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of George Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 4:39 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Is this possible with Flex 4? Hey guys! I love this group...I've read a lot of good conversations here. I have a question for you guys. I'm just starting my journey in Flex (been through the Lynda.com training) and I want to create an application like this: 1) Allows the user to add any number of websites to a navigation bar 2) Allows the user to enter information like Name, email, username, and password. 3) When the website is clicked on from the side nav bar, a different part of the screen will automatically go to the website's registration page and auto-fill in the right info (for example, let's say this page: http://questionland.com/signup) and click the button to sign up or register 4) When a different button is pressed, it logs into their email, reads all of the emails, and clicks on all of the activation links Is this possible with Flex? And if so, how (can you guide me to some resources at least)? I know how to do parts 1 and 2. I'm not sure whether flex has the capability to interact between Flex and a website's registration form. I also don't know if Flex can be coded to read through email and click the activation link. Any help would be truly appreciated Thanks so much!
RE: [flexcoders] Computation request
This is rather a large question. I expect that the fastest way to arrive at a meaningful answer would be to view the Adobe.TV videos. There is a lot of new easy-to-use, wizard-like functionality in FB4 to easily connect to middleware such as PHP. --Bill From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Christophe Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 10:37 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Computation request Hello, When there are too much computation in a Flex application, and the customer is waiting (and can go away), is it a solution to make some computations in Php ? and which instructions to use to launch the php function in parallel from the flex application ? Thank you, Christophe, image003.jpgimage004.jpg
RE: [flexcoders] Computation request
I am a little surprised at how long my message took for a round trip. I posted it at 1:54 pm Eastern and I just got it back at 7:30 pm. Does the FlexCoders group forward posts to Rockford, Matlock, Cannon, etc? --B From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bill Brutzman Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 1:54 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Computation request This is rather a large question. I expect that the fastest way to arrive at a meaningful answer would be to view the Adobe.TV videos. There is a lot of new easy-to-use, wizard-like functionality in FB4 to easily connect to middleware such as PHP. --Bill From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Christophe Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 10:37 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Computation request Hello, When there are too much computation in a Flex application, and the customer is waiting (and can go away), is it a solution to make some computations in Php ? and which instructions to use to launch the php function in parallel from the flex application ? Thank you, Christophe,
RE: [flexcoders] send email from flex
Adding to Fotis' post, we use ColdFusion as a back-end. Thus, Flash Builder sends a blip to ColdFusion and then ColdFusion sends the eMail out. --Bill From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Fotis Chatzinikos Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 10:14 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] send email from flex You normally do that from the server not the client (flex). Usually you have a visual component that people use to type their mail (header, text, sent to list etc) and then you send all the info to your server in order to create and send the real email... On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 5:01 PM, cholid cholid cholid_rid...@yahoo.com wrote: hi all have someone create some application to send email using flex? i've try it from tutorial at web but doesnt work thanks image001.jpgimage002.jpg
