[flexcoders] Re: Changes not detected in index.template.html

2007-01-19 Thread Jamie O
I'm running into the same issue getting http://www.deitte.com/archives/2006/08/finally_updated.htm to work under an FDS compile on load situation and haven't had any success either. What bothers me to a fair extent is that this solution (iFrame to render HTML proper since Flex / Flash uses such a

[flexcoders] Re: Flex and XSLT

2007-01-10 Thread Jamie O
I'm just beginning to experiment on thisWill post back any successful results I find on this. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Leon Tanner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > Has anyone tried their hand at using XSLT to transform XML data to a > Flex interface? > > I have been g

[flexcoders] Re: RPC Pro's and Cons

2007-01-05 Thread Jamie O
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Mineault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > over magic... LMAO. > I like my magic beans thank you very much :) > Tom Chiverton a écrit : > > On Thursday 04 January 2007 21:45, Jamie O wrote: > > > >> -You need FD

[flexcoders] Re: Cairngorm / MVC Best Practice

2007-01-05 Thread Jamie O
> 3) Why exactly are u looking to do? -Have one event type 'task' that handles multiple usages -Event usages: -Display all (update arrayCollection) -Display one in detail (update instance of a VO) -Add task (add instance of VO to the arrayCollection) -Edit task (update databas

[flexcoders] Re: Cairngorm / MVC Best Practice

2007-01-05 Thread Jamie O
AIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thursday 04 January 2007 22:03, Jamie O wrote: > > 2) Is there a way - similar to how a delegate can have a series of > > functionname_onResult, functionname_onFault - that you can have one > > command deal with multiple onResult scenarios? >

[flexcoders] Cairngorm / MVC Best Practice

2007-01-04 Thread Jamie O
It's Thursday afternoon, which means my bi-weekly "question everything I've just coded and contemplate serious internal changes on the project". This week the insanity relates to Cairngorm or perhaps Model View Controller design pattern in general, and the best practices of it's implementation. Sh

[flexcoders] Re: RPC Pro's and Cons

2007-01-04 Thread Jamie O
I can give my $0.02 on these as I've experimented with each. They may not be absolute pros / cons that an Adobe salesperson would provide but for what they're worth: -You need FDS over HTTP or Web when the security of the URL is important. Without FDS (or WebOrb or equivelent layer of server-side

[flexcoders] Re: Amfphp with AMF3 support: testers wanted

2006-12-19 Thread Jamie O
ly posted does work quite well with FDS / cairngorm. Thank you so much guys! Jamie --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Jamie O" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey, > > Much like a virgin learning to navigate the salacious curves of his > first partner, I've

[flexcoders] Re: Amfphp with AMF3 support: testers wanted

2006-12-19 Thread Jamie O
Hey, Much like a virgin learning to navigate the salacious curves of his first partner, I've tried putting it everywhere and had little success. Typo's aside, I've managed to resolve the on-save error with the FDS version by putting the destination in the remoting-config.xml. Now, when I load th

[flexcoders] Re: Amfphp with AMF3 support: testers wanted

2006-12-18 Thread Jamie O
trick Mineault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Could you post the services_config.xml file you have? > > Patrick > > 2006/12/18, Jamie O <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Hello, > > > > I am able to do a stand-alone .mxml project using the samp

[flexcoders] Re: Amfphp with AMF3 support: testers wanted

2006-12-18 Thread Jamie O
Hello, I am able to do a stand-alone .mxml project using the samples you have provided and connect well to my php methods / backend database. The issue I have is when trying to deploy this as part of a Flex Data Services / Cairngorm app I can't get the remote object to allow compile or usage witho

[flexcoders] Re: Database Connectivity - Why so hard?

2006-12-15 Thread Jamie O
Hey, I looked through the pages but did not try the sample. My $0.02 on code generators has always been that once you understand the entirety of the code languages you are working with, they can be a great way to save time and effort. But early in the learning process they tend to cause one more h

[flexcoders] Re: Database Connectivity - Why so hard?

2006-12-13 Thread Jamie O
I did a review of that one earlier and got some info from it. I think my larger issue is just with the gluttony of middleware technologies out there and the general complexity that is involved with integrating them - without a solid knowledge of java. A lot of the development approach that Flex / F

[flexcoders] Database Connectivity - Why so hard?

2006-12-11 Thread Jamie O
Does anyone out there have some simplistic examples of incorporating a mySQL database via JDBC with java remote objects to a Flex project, preferably involving FDS? Super++ bonus points if it uses myEclipse too! My googling leads to quite a few things that have bits and pieces but they all incorpo

[flexcoders] Extending Flex Web Services with WS-Security (WSS4J)

2006-12-05 Thread Jamie O
WS-Security is not supported by Flex out of the box. Has anyone tackled this, or if not could someone give a high-level view of how they might accomplish this? I can't seem to create a user in the Adobe forums to post it to find out if this might be added in upcoming support point release??? My th

[flexcoders] FDS Environment Challenge Questions!

2006-12-04 Thread Jamie O
Hello, After a laborious day of uninstalling, re-installing, washing, rinsing, repeating, I finally have my eclipse environment setup with WTP, Java 1.5 and the FDS Plugin Project Peter Martin created. The directory structure seems to make more sense to me, but have raised a couple of questions in

[flexcoders] Re: need help about setup webservice in FDS

2006-11-30 Thread Jamie O
ce within FlexBuilder (non FDS application) you will need to add an argument to your Flex Compiler arguments under the project properties: mxmlc --services=./mypath/to/flex-enterprise-services.xml etc" I haven't tested. But my issue was resolved by building on server. Hope yours does too. --

[flexcoders] Re: Announcing FlexSearch.org !

2006-11-30 Thread Jamie O
I had built one myself when CSE first came out. The issue I had then was the number of blogs out there which regular google would turn up that mine would not because I had not added them seemed significant enough to ditch it. I think having one person clean / control the list is invaluable to prev

[flexcoders] Re: how many the classes of flex?

2006-11-30 Thread Jamie O
All your class are belong to flex? :P --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "songhuanren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > how many the classes of flex? ha.ha. >

[flexcoders] Re: role based security vs session based security with a servlet container

2006-11-29 Thread Jamie O
Just like Red Two in Star Wars Episode 3 I'll try to "Stay on Target" "Stay on Target" and not hijack this thread. Like Hank I'm sometimes feeling the 'newb' factor. One of the next web services I'm looking to integrate uses a username / password to create token via WSSAddUsernameToken. Its packag

[flexcoders] Re: need help about setup webservice in FDS

2006-11-29 Thread Jamie O
I have had an identical issue that I'm unable to resolve. Here are the 4 samples I've tried in my proxyConfig.xml file: http://URLGOHERE/WS.asmx?WSDL http://URLGOHERE/WS.asmx?WSDL htt

[flexcoders] Re: Securing WebServices

2006-11-24 Thread Jamie O
I'm running into a few similar issues and curious what the most knowledgeable minds in the group have to say. My understanding at this point says that Cairngorm gives you the service locator and other framework aspects you're seeking, but Flex Data Services is really where the best security soluti

[flexcoders] Flex Data Services / Eclipse / Tomcat - Installation Guide

2006-11-23 Thread Jamie O
Just when the learning curve felt like it was starting to taper off - likely a minor slope change - I decided to put another 1/2 dozen technologies into the mix just to challenge myself. No really, doing this WILL allow me to do complete end-to-end development from database to middleware to front-e

[flexcoders] Re: Can I have an image on every datagrid row

2006-11-23 Thread Jamie O
Example: --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, arpan srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi > Can I have an image on every datagrid row. I used Image class but, I cannot add the image object into a FlexShape of which my datagrid row is made. >

[flexcoders] Manipulating ComboBox.selectedItem issues

2006-11-16 Thread Jamie O
I have two combo boxes listening to array collections for their data providers. When the user selects one entry in the first combo box, the eventHandler on first combo box change() event will drive what data should be populated into the array collection for the other combo box. That part all works

[flexcoders] Encapsulating Components Tutorial

2006-11-16 Thread Jamie O
Hi, I've put together a tutorial on how to create .swc components in Flex 2 using the Flex Library Project type at http://www.oastler.ca/index.php/flex/20061116_encapsulating-components-libraries-swcs/ For those on the learning curve of discovering Flex 2, fear not...There are others out there wh

[flexcoders] Data Driven Method Calls / Change Watcher

2006-11-16 Thread Jamie O
Hello, While Occam's Razor may posit that, "one should embrace the less complicated formulation", it provides no basis for understanding how to develop that least complicated solution. If you want to call a method of a component when the content of a particular variable that is bound to by a publi

[flexcoders] Re: cairngorm: calling a function in a view

2006-11-08 Thread Jamie O
My view has a SWC component within it, so parsing the XML in the command or anywhere within the program is not an option. I pass the XML to the component and call it's parseXML method() to have it update. I did manage to find another thread much earlier in this discussion that - although not recomm

[flexcoders] Re: cairngorm: calling a function in a view

2006-11-07 Thread Jamie O
ovider of the view. > > > > Regards, > > > > Bjorn Schultheiss > > Senior Flash Developer > > QDC Technologies > > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Jamie O > Sent: Wednesday, 8 November 2

[flexcoders] Re: cairngorm: calling a function in a view

2006-11-07 Thread Jamie O
I believe Observe / Value is what I want to use for a current challenge, but try as I might, I just cannot seem to wrap my head around it. Hoping someone could take another kick at the cat to explain it in context of the following situation: My component (SWC) is defined inside a view and has a pu

[flexcoders] Re: ItemRenders with Lists / Nested Array Objects

2006-11-07 Thread Jamie O
Found my own answer. I posted summary and code snippets at http://www.oastler.ca/index.php/flex/20061107_getting-a-little-rr-repeaters-renderers/ Late night issue = easy early morning solution :) -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt S

[flexcoders] ItemRenders with Lists / Nested Array Objects

2006-11-06 Thread Jamie O
Trying to use a list and ItemRenderer to display output of a HTTPService called XML file. The issue is that the XML can have between 1 - 3 'Date' nodes and 1 - 3 'Location' nodes per 'Show'. I think some sort of repeater / loop is required but my attempts thus far have not gone well. The source in

[flexcoders] Re: A navigation question.. best practise?

2006-11-06 Thread Jamie O
I've done what Bjorn recommends for a project and have a follow-up $0.02 or question. I created an event type NavigateURL which I broadcast from the event handlers for my buttons in the views. The command for this event type then updates my modelLocator property (app_State). Question is...Is this

[flexcoders] View Loads / Service Results / Presentation Question

2006-11-03 Thread Jamie O
Hey, I'm getting pretty comfortable using Cairngorm, but known that I'm still only scratching the surface of Flex 2. But I've run into two separate issues that I think are really the same. I think the common question I'm asking is how do you prevent updates from displaying to the screen until all

[flexcoders] Re: Why shouldnt you use a specific event type for a command.execute in cairngor

2006-10-31 Thread Jamie O
If you have one 'Search' event being broadcast from a view that can search in multiple ways depending on user interaction, perhaps it's searching different resources depending on a radio button perhaps? Then you could use the same broadcast event and evaluate the event data to call different servic

[flexcoders] Re: Hide tabs in tabBar

2006-10-27 Thread Jamie O
I was able to do the equivelent of what you're trying to do via a TabBar and separate viewstack by making the selected child of the stack visible = false, but not your specific challenge. The .show event was valuable for that. This is one I'd also like to see answered! J --- In flexcoders@yahoogr

[flexcoders] Re: Cairngorm / Webservice / E4X XML Output

2006-10-26 Thread Jamie O
ing xml and the code you're using to try and > access individual nodes it will be easier to diagnose your issue. > > Ben > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Jamie O" wrote: > > > > I've tried pretty much every sample I can find out ther

[flexcoders] Cairngorm / Webservice / E4X XML Output

2006-10-25 Thread Jamie O
I've tried pretty much every sample I can find out there on the interweb and just can't seem to get things to play nice with my web service to allow me to get at individual nodes / elements using E4X. If anyone can suggest something, it would be REALLY appreciated. I've got: -an event broadcasting

[flexcoders] Google Flex Development Search Engine

2006-10-24 Thread Jamie O
Hello, Google just deployed a new 'co-op' search engine feature. Basically you setup a unique list of websites you want search results to be pulled from. I've created a new one focused on Flex 2, Cairngorm and related RIA development. Initially it has most of the major blogs, flexcoders, adobe sit

[flexcoders] Re: More Documentation of Cairngorm and Flex Cairngorm Store

2006-10-24 Thread Jamie O
Jesse Warden's example was EXACTLY what I needed and had found separate from your thread. It doesn't bring in the FDS which the store does to add unnecessary complexity until one is in need of that level of architecture. It's funny...Now that I *get* Cairngorm - albeit not yet at a level I feel co

[flexcoders] Learning Cairngorm $0.02

2006-10-20 Thread Jamie O
Hello, I've been using Flex for a couple weeks, able to build apps that are a shaky mix of loose / tightly coupled components, but functional all the same. After reading the revered 6-part articles to whet my appetite, I felt I was ready to dig in. The Cairngorm 2 Store demo invoking FDS scared m

[flexcoders] Re: Get Tab from TabBar?

2006-10-20 Thread Jamie O
If the tabbar is bound to the viewstack as a dataprovider, you can manipulate properties of the tabbar / tab based on what the currently selected child in the viewstack is. I'm using a similar approach to set the style of the selected tab so that it's background colour matches the selected child w

[flexcoders] Re: More Documentation of Cairngorm and Flex Cairngorm Store

2006-10-20 Thread Jamie O
Hey, Does anyone know where these links might reside beyond the www.richinternetapps.com site which I've been unable to get a response from for the last couple of days? I've read the 6-part series and *think* I *get* Cairngorm, but getting the first sample(s) up and running has posed a little chal

[flexcoders] Re: WSDL Security?

2006-10-16 Thread Jamie O
re the entire > thing or any HTTP/AMF channels that are allowed to acces the > destination > > Unfortunately there is no mechanism to automatically detect friendly > vs. rogue swfs. But needing to know the channel and destination > name are a slight deterrant. > > HTH,

[flexcoders] WSDL Security?

2006-10-13 Thread Jamie O
Hello, I 'believe' what I describe below is accurate, just looking for confirmation. We have a production WSDL that is called by a number of other non-Flash/Flex apps. We would like to access it via Flex, but not make the WSL url visible in code - thereby succeptible to decompiled .swf access and

[flexcoders] Viewstack / Navigator Filtering Best Practice?

2006-10-02 Thread Jamie O
Hello, Looking for a little help as far as best practices for filtering a navigator (togglebuttonbar, buttonbar) from a viewstack data provider. Each viewstack is a canvas and I only want to present the selection in the togglebuttonbar IF the XML node which contains the data for the canvas exists.

[flexcoders] Re: Flex 2 courses in Ottawa

2006-09-21 Thread Jamie O
I'll be taking the course as well! I've taken a few 'pre-Adobe/Macromedia merger' Their training courses usually go at a good pace and the materials for after-course implementation reference quite good. See you there! --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "David Mendels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

[flexcoders] Re: ArrayCollection returns object Object

2006-09-20 Thread Jamie O
I'll take my best attempt. 1) Create the XML variable you will need to map the HTTPService object data to and create a function that will handle the result call of your HTTPService call. 2) In your HTTPService call a function to handle the result event: 3) So when you trigger the request via

[flexcoders] Re: ComboBox Data Refresh Events

2006-09-20 Thread Jamie O
I temporarily have found the answer of using the valueCommit event instead of change event as the trigger to update the second comboBox as it fires on both programmatic and user driven events. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Jamie O" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > &g

[flexcoders] ComboBox Data Refresh Events

2006-09-20 Thread Jamie O
I remember googling somewhere that when you programatically change combo box data it doesn't trigger the change event. You had to force an event to fire or on that event call your function or something? I've built a component that calls an XML source. One combobox (cmbStreet) is a normal dataprovi

[flexcoders] Re: Multiple XML loads?

2006-09-18 Thread Jamie O
I had to make a few minor changes to your example to type define the XML during the function, but otherwise the following WORKS perfectly! Can also, as a result, use dot notation to access individual elements / attributes for comboBoxes within components. I think the biggest stumbling block for me

[flexcoders] Re: Multiple XML loads?

2006-09-15 Thread Jamie O
oke > send() at will. > > > > If you need to keep track of which result goes with which send, you can > use the ACT pattern, that allows you to set and retrieve data in an > AsyncToken. > > > > Tracy > > > > >

[flexcoders] Multiple XML loads?

2006-09-11 Thread Jamie O
Hi all, I'm about a week into learning Flex, liking a lot of what I'm seeing for how things have been built. Reminds me of "wy back" when Visual Basic was one of the larger tools on the market for front-end based applications in that all the components and presentation manipulation are right t