[flexcoders] Repost: XMLListCollection.copy drop namespaces - Bug or feature?

2008-01-02 Thread Tom Ortega
Sorry for the repost. Just want to see if I can get some post holiday eyes on this. Thanks, Tom -- Forwarded message -- From: Tom Ortega [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Dec 27, 2007 11:00 AM Subject: XMLListCollection.copy drop namespaces - Bug or feature? To: flexcoders flexcoders

[flexcoders] XMLListCollection.copy drop namespaces - Bug or feature?

2007-12-28 Thread Tom Ortega
Say you have the following XML: sol:Root xmlns:sol=http://www.somesite.com/someurl; sol:Table sol:Row sol:ItemNumber1/sol:ItemNumber sol:ItemNameMyItem/sol:ItemName /sol:Row sol:Row sol:ItemNumber2/sol:ItemNumber

[flexcoders] Flex Framework Dissection Presentation

2007-10-17 Thread Tom Ortega
Ali Mills and Luke Bayes on Flex Frameworks at the October 11, 2007 Silvafug meeting: http://adobechats.adobe.acrobat.com/p12266504/ Real interesting dissection and dialogue with the audience. Thanks, Tom

Re: [flexcoders] 360Flex vs. Adobe MAX - which would you attend?

2007-04-11 Thread Tom Ortega
for listening, Tom Ortega http://360flex.com http://360conferences.com/blog/ On 10 Apr 2007 05:39:30 -0700, David Mendels [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, MAX will go deep in the details on Flex (and Apollo!) too. MAX is big enough and there are enough sessions that you can spend the entire three days

[flexcoders] ASDoc'ing an include

2007-02-14 Thread Tom Ortega
I'm trying to ASDoc an included file and it's erroring because the property is undefined. Can include files not be doc'd alone, i.e. without their parent? If I doc the parent file that has the include statement, will the ASDoc engine parse the included file correctly? Thanks, Tom

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex2 - Where to start

2007-01-11 Thread Tom Ortega
Like it was mentioned earlier, we at the Silicon Valley Flex User Group give free training and cast it on the net. Our third session is tonight (PST time zone) Details can be found at http://silvafug.org . I hope this can help you. Thanks, Tom User Group Manager Silicon Valley Flex User Group

Re: [flexcoders] Re: SOAP with attachments aka FileReference- what's the point?

2006-09-26 Thread Tom Ortega
make another WS call, passing the uploadID, and the server code will parse the corresponding file and send the data back as a SOAP response Setting up the test files now... :) Ben --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tom Ortega [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You gotta be creative. =) You get

Re: [flexcoders] Re: SOAP with attachments... not possible?

2006-09-26 Thread Tom Ortega
We ended up having to use a servlet in which we upload the file too and pass any non-file data as url vars.Are you changing the file within the same call?-Tom2On 9/26/06, ben.clinkinbeard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Should I take this as a yes? Simply not

Re: [flexcoders] Duplicate/Copy Object

2006-09-26 Thread Tom Ortega
mx.utils.ObjectUtil.copy is what you're looking for, I believe. http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/2/langref/mx/utils/ObjectUtil.html#copy() On 9/25/06, Travis Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I started this, I thought it would be simple, but I'm

Re: [flexcoders] Re: SOAP with attachments aka FileReference- what's the point?

2006-09-26 Thread Tom Ortega
upload your file to. Seriously- what is the point of using FileReference with such an immense limitation? Disappointed, Ben --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tom Ortega [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We ended up having to use a servlet in which we upload the file too and pass any non-file data as url

[flexcoders] ListItemRenderer and border problems

2006-09-18 Thread Tom Ortega
Hello all,This is my code for my itemRenderer that I'm using in my list:?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?mx:VBox xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml width=100% height=100% paddingLeft=0 paddingBottom=0 paddingRight=0 paddingTop=0 verticalGap=0 bottom=0 top=0 left=0 right=0 borderStyle=none

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Passing Const to custom component error

2006-09-12 Thread Tom Ortega
=apps.common.components.*not sure why, perhaps components is a reserved word?!?Using getters and setters is good practice for use within components.Overall the code is fine. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tom Ortega [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have this class: package

[flexcoders] Passing Const to custom component error

2006-09-11 Thread Tom Ortega
I have this class:package apps.common.asFiles{ public class ScreenLabelConstants { public static const NAMEINFO_LABEL:String = Name; }}I have this code in my app: mx:VBox xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml width=100% height=100% label=Name xmlns:components=apps.common.components.*

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Passing Const to custom component error

2006-09-11 Thread Tom Ortega
=apps.common.components.* not sure why, perhaps components is a reserved word?!? Using getters and setters is good practice for use within components. Overall the code is fine. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tom Ortega [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have this class: package apps.common.asFiles

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Passing Const to custom component error

2006-09-11 Thread Tom Ortega
the code is fine. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tom Ortega [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have this class: package apps.common.asFiles { public class ScreenLabelConstants { public static const NAMEINFO_LABEL:String = Name; } } I have this code in my app: mx:VBox xmlns:mx=http

[flexcoders] Re: DataGrid Style: headerSeparatorSkin doc is wrong

2006-09-10 Thread Tom Ortega
Sorry, pasted the wrong stuff. =)The comment in the source for mx.skins.halo.DataGridHeaderSeparator says:/*** The skin for the separator between column headers in a DataGrid.*/Which is correct, and actually does vary. Hence my question. Thanks,Tom2On 9/10/06, Tom Ortega [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

[flexcoders] DataGrid Style: headerSeparatorSkin doc is wrong

2006-09-10 Thread Tom Ortega
The docs for DataGrid say:Type: Class CSS Inheritance: no The class to use as the skin for the separator between the DataGrid header and the rest of the rows. The default value is mx.skins.halo.DataGridHeaderSeparator.But the comment in the DataGrid source says:/*** The class to use as

Re: [flexcoders] Moving flexcoders to Google Groups- would you come along?

2006-09-09 Thread Tom Ortega
I'd have to agree. I have almost the complete flexcoders in my gmail. It's the fastest and easiest way to find help, besides looking at the docs. I realize thought that not everybody has that, so I'm sure a better solution would probably work. -Tom2On 9/9/06, Abdul Qabiz [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[flexcoders] MAX Hotel/Lodging on the cheap

2006-09-05 Thread Tom Ortega
I'll be going to MAX and will probably have some spare space. I was wondering if anyone still needed someplace to crash. The Venetian is costly at $250 a night. I'll have a 2 bdroom timeshare thing for the entire week, with probably a few pull out couches. Granted, it won't be at the Venetian,

Re: [flexcoders] web service result type=Object,E4X,XML and the conversion function

2006-08-31 Thread Tom Ortega
: Hey Tom... I don't think that particular function is public... what exactly are you trying to do... maybe the framework has it built in? Are you just converting from objects to xml or vice versa? On 8/30/06, Tom Ortega [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I imagine

[flexcoders] web service result type=Object,E4X,XML and the conversion function

2006-08-30 Thread Tom Ortega
I imagine there's an internal function that does the converting between formats.Do we have a public access to that function?Thanks,Tom __._,_.___ -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives:

Re: [flexcoders] specifying a percentage width in script?

2006-08-24 Thread Tom Ortega
I had this problem too, you'll be mad about the simple answer. =)percentWidthLOL.Enjoy!-Tom2On 8/24/06, Brian Dunphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think you may have to determine the width of the outer container and calculate the percentage (in pixels) the manual

[flexcoders] Accordion Headers: Only one?

2006-08-15 Thread Tom Ortega
An according can only have one header, correct? I'm asssuming so since the AccordionHeader section has this bit in its description:The AccordionHeader class defines the appearance of the navigation buttons of an Accordion. You use the getHeaderAt() method of the Accordion class to get a

Re: [flexcoders] Re: trees, UpdateDisplayList and keeping a tree open

2006-07-29 Thread Tom Ortega
rs Subject: [flexcoders] Re: trees, UpdateDisplayList and keeping a tree open Nevermind, I figured it out! The secret is the render event. =) On 7/28/06, Tom Ortega [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all,So, I'm trying to figure out how to refesh a tree's DataProvider and keep it open. I though

[flexcoders] trees, UpdateDisplayList and keeping a tree open

2006-07-28 Thread Tom Ortega
Hi all,So, I'm trying to figure out how to refesh a tree's DataProvider and keep it open.I thought trapping the trees.opentItems was my answer. I'd trap the value before the refresh, then set it back to that value after the refesh: tempOpen = mainTree.openItems; mainTreeDP =

[flexcoders] Re: trees, UpdateDisplayList and keeping a tree open

2006-07-28 Thread Tom Ortega
Nevermind, I figured it out! The secret is the render event. =)On 7/28/06, Tom Ortega [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Hi all,So, I'm trying to figure out how to refesh a tree's DataProvider and keep it open. I thought trapping the trees.opentItems was my answer. I'd trap the value before the refresh

Re: [flexcoders] treeview and

2006-07-24 Thread Tom Ortega
labelField=shortNameThe @ is for attributes in xml data attributes, but your using objects.-Tom2On 7/24/06, Barry Beattie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been trying to get my head around the treeview control, see where it's useful for a project, work out what

Re: [flexcoders] switching from beta 3 to the real thing?

2006-06-28 Thread Tom Ortega
Custom Item renderers are a bit funky. There's a border now around the itemrenderers.Popup window syntax that worked in Beta 3 no longer compile in final release.That's two differences I found in the 5 minutes I looked at it. I'd say wait, especially since so much rides on everything working.

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Accepting MXML attribute's width in percentage on a custom component

2006-06-23 Thread Tom Ortega
What about the opposite? Does anyone know of a way to set a width in actionscript to use percentages? i.e.:datagridcolumnVar.width = 25%;won't work.On 6/23/06, Angela [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am actually having the same problem - I have a canvas with the

[flexcoders] Flex WebService error, CF Okay

2006-05-24 Thread Tom Ortega
I'm trying to use an internal Java Web Service.When I call from cf using cfinvoke, all is well.When I try to call from flex, however, I get this runtime error (see below) on app startup. No calls to the ws yet, just error on parsing the wsdl. I was under the impression they (CF and Flex) both

Re: [flexcoders] Populating inputs.

2006-04-27 Thread Tom Ortega
Just by looking at your naming conventions, I'd say double check you have the names right.According to what you have for the other properties, that line should read:parentApplication.editAgentUser.userSocial.text = result.social;but you have it

Re: [flexcoders] F2B2: Deploying sample apps

2006-04-24 Thread Tom Ortega
: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tom Ortega Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 8:21 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] F2B2: Deploying sample apps Here's the error I've seen internally, with the site name and domain removed to protect

Re: [flexcoders] Flex app URL

2006-04-19 Thread Tom Ortega
Funny you ask that, I just found an old flexcoders message from Matt Chotin yesterday that said: Application.application.url will give you the url to the main SWF. Matt On 4/19/06, Dmitry Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know how to retrieve url of the Flex app from within the

Re: [flexcoders] F2B2: Deploying sample apps

2006-04-18 Thread Tom Ortega
Of Tom Ortega Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 8:53 AM To: flexcoders Subject: [flexcoders] F2B2: Deploying sample apps Is there any tricks to deploying FlexBuilder2 Beta2 apps? I've deployed some internally, and I get an error message popup when I deploy the htmal and swf files from the bin directory

Re: [flexcoders] Column Reorder

2006-04-18 Thread Tom Ortega
The code below works in that they don't reorder, even though it looks like it's going to.I have a question though while trying to figure this out (cuz I need it too), I saw this: at mx.controls::DataGrid/http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::shiftColumns () at

Re: [flexcoders] Re: F2B2: Deploying sample apps

2006-04-18 Thread Tom Ortega
on the livedocs or your help. Also I were wondering HOW can I deploy to the local server and load the server page (i.e: ¡http://localhost/whatever') instead of 'd:\flexAppRoot\etc' Cheers --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tom Ortega [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's the error I've seen internally

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Combobox selected item

2006-04-18 Thread Tom Ortega
using selectedLabel, but FB gives me an error saying property is read-only. Any idea on how I can dig into the selectedItem and auto select the returned object. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tom Ortega [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's cuz you're using selectedItem, which returns an object

[flexcoders] F2B2: Deploying sample apps

2006-04-17 Thread Tom Ortega
Is there any tricks to deploying FlexBuilder2 Beta2 apps? I've deployed some internally, and I get an error message popup when I deploy the htmal and swf files from the bin directory to an internal web server and try to browse it. I was thinking of putting up some sample stuff in the coming

[flexcoders] FB2: Moving Datagrid Columns

2006-03-31 Thread Tom Ortega
Hello,I know you can drag and drop columns to reorder them, but I want to do that dynamically. Anyone have any pointers for me? Is there an underlying datamodel sort that I can tweek?Thanks,Tom -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ:

Re: [flexcoders] FB2: Moving Datagrid Columns

2006-03-31 Thread Tom Ortega
dataProvider={columndata} id=addColumn change=pickColumn( addColumn.selectedItem.toString(),grid) /On 3/31/06, Manish Jethani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 3/31/06, Tom Ortega [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know you can drag and drop columns to reorder them, but I want to do that dynamically. Get

Re: [flexcoders] FB2: Moving Datagrid Columns

2006-03-31 Thread Tom Ortega
Duh! =) Thanks for the obvious. Sorry for the silly question!-TomOn 3/31/06, Manish Jethani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4/1/06, Tom Ortega [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a way to refresh the datagrid without doing a sort? Call invalidateList() on the DataGrid object Manish

[flexcoders] More FB2 strangeness

2006-03-03 Thread Tom Ortega
I'm not sure if this is an eclipse bug or a FB2 bug. When you maximize the code window, it hides the Navigator, Outline and Problems panes. I have multiple mxml files open. When I click on a different file tab, the Navigator, Outline and Problems come back, then I have to click the Maximize

[flexcoders] Opening 1.5 files in FB2 error

2006-03-01 Thread Tom Ortega
Anyone else notice that if you try to open a Flex Builder 1.5 file in FB 2 without it being part of a project, FB 2 errors out? It could be because mine's on a fileshare, but here's the error message for those QA folks interested in it! =) java.lang.NullPointerException at

Re: [flexcoders] Flex Builder 2 for flex1.5

2005-12-14 Thread Tom Ortega
Espanol: Si, puedes crear codigo de Flex 1.5 en FB2 pero necesitas Flex Server 1.5 para compliar el codigo MXML en el servidor. English: Yes, you can use Flex Builder 2 to edit you MXML, but you'll need a Flex 1.5 Server running somewhere to dish it up. -Tom(as) On 12/13/05, Fernando Lobos

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex Builder 2 and CFEclipse

2005-12-14 Thread Tom Ortega
Builder Team--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tom Ortega [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sounds good. Thanks for checking for me! =) Has Macromedia stated whether they would upgrade the underlying eclipse build with each iteration of the Flex Builder standalone? Thanks, Tom On 12/12/05, sn197412 [EMAIL

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex Builder 2 and CFEclipse

2005-12-13 Thread Tom Ortega
.Because I tried Eclipse3.1 with CFEclipse, but cpu was calm. Thanks. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tom Ortega [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I'm using the two together. I have a project folder that's linkedto a mapped drive. The folder keeps hanging on 99% when refreshing. Is this a Flex

Re: [flexcoders] Flex - Mac - Database (Semi OT)

2005-12-13 Thread Tom Ortega
Zinc provides a way to talk to mySQL directly with no need for a middle tier. Of course, you'd have to precompile your swf to have Zinc compile it. Mixing MDMScript in with your flex code, asp, etc. might prove a bit time-consuming though. You'd have to include the MDMScript in the flex file,

[flexcoders] Flex Builder 2 and CFEclipse

2005-12-12 Thread Tom Ortega
Hello, I'm using the two together. I have a project folder that's linked to a mapped drive. The folder keeps hanging on 99% when refreshing. Is this a Flex Builder 2 bug or a CFEclipse bug? Just wondering if anyone had the same problems and if they knew of a fix. Thanks, Tom --

Re: [flexcoders] Themes (was TemplateMonster.com)

2005-12-09 Thread Tom Ortega
In 1.5 you don't have to modify the fla, you can create your own. There's two types: graphical and programmatic. The best show I attended at MAX 2005 was on this topic. Here's my notes from the Max session on this topic: Session: Customizing Flex Applicatons: Styling, Skinning, and Beyond -