[flexcoders] Problem with using LocalConnection.domain on domain with special characters

[bjorn]

I'm using LocalConnection.domain to get the current domain - however I ran
into a problem when the domain name has special characters (in my case
moteklær.no )..

In IE it will return moteklær.no 
In Firefox it will return moteklÁ|r.no
In Chrome it will return xn--moteklr--j9a.no

What I need is what IE returns ..

bjornbjorn
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[flexcoders] Re: Combobox like on http://www.bombaysapphire.com

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

I'd say its custom.
Really nice though.

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "yonghan79"  wrote:
>
> Hi all,i wonder does anyone ever before create combobox like the one
> here  bombaysapphire.com born detail combobox
>   .What did the creator used?Thanks a
> lot..
>

[flexcoders] Re: Bitmap downsampling

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

Can't believe this cost me 9 hours of brain time and the answer was in a 
constant all along.

StageQuality.BEST

Where's the documentation for this
No-one is using, not even Aviary.


thanks anyway Timmaay..


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tim Rowe  wrote:
>
> Bjorn,
> Does the current method you're using appear to have any anti-aliasing at all?
> 
> In the past, resizing with Image using img.resize((height, width), 
> Image.ANTIALIAS) (where img is mx.controls.Image) has worked - I'm sure 
> there'd be a similar method for BitmapData.  Of course, if you're not 
> specifying antialiasing and the method call doesn't assume it by default, 
> then yeah, you're going to get horrible image quality on downsize as a 
> typical algorithm will pick nearest-neighbor to the new target pixel.
> 
> --Tim
> 
> 
> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On 
> Behalf Of Bjorn Schultheiss
> Sent: Thursday, 2 July 2009 2:34 PM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [flexcoders] Bitmap downsampling
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm having a lot of trouble with down-sampling a bitmapData.
> 
> I tried the smoothing option first
> 
> public function produceResizedBitmapData(image:DisplayObject, 
> transform:Matrix):BitmapData
> {
> var temp:BitmapData = new BitmapData(image.width, image.height, true, 
> 0x00FF);
> temp.draw(image);
> 
> var clone:BitmapData = new BitmapData(image.width*transform.a, 
> image.height*transform.d, true, 0x00FF);
> clone.draw(temp, transform, null, null, null, true);
> 
> temp.dispose();
> return clone;
> }
> 
> except the quality was poor, once the image was of a certain size.
> For example scaling a 2500px image down to 200px.
> 
> I've tried using clevrLib plus a pixelBender bilinear sampler but no go.
> I've noticed it works in picnik so it must be possible.
> 
> Can anyone push me in the right direction.
>

[flexcoders] Bitmap downsampling

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

Hi,

I'm having a lot of trouble with down-sampling a bitmapData.

I tried the smoothing option first

public function produceResizedBitmapData(image:DisplayObject, 
transform:Matrix):BitmapData
{
var temp:BitmapData = new BitmapData(image.width, image.height, true, 
0x00FF);
temp.draw(image);

var clone:BitmapData = new BitmapData(image.width*transform.a, 
image.height*transform.d, true, 0x00FF);
clone.draw(temp, transform, null, null, null, true);

temp.dispose();
return clone;
}

except the quality was poor, once the image was of a certain size.
For example scaling a 2500px image down to 200px.

I've tried using clevrLib plus a pixelBender bilinear sampler but no go.
I've noticed it works in picnik so it must be possible.

Can anyone push me in the right direction.

[flexcoders] Re: GoogleMat� Sample Application

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

Yeah that's pretty cool.
Cant wait to give catalyst a crack.


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Tim Hoff"  wrote:
>
> 
> Coming, but the only thing that will be different will be the view code.
> :)
> 
> -TH
> 
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Bjorn Schultheiss"
>  wrote:
> >
> > Would be nice with flex 4 and catalyst : )
> >
> > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Tim Hoff" TimHoff@ wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > For any of you interested in learning more about the Mat�
> framework,
> > > I've created a sample <http://timothyhoff.com/blog/> that's
> publically
> > > available. It's a simple AIR application, but hopefully those that
> want
> > > to learn more about MVC, will get some benefit out of it; especially
> > > those that engaged in the recent discussions concerning VO's.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > -TH
> > >
> >
>

[flexcoders] Re: GoogleMat� Sample Application

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

Would be nice with flex 4 and catalyst : )

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Tim Hoff"  wrote:
>
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> For any of you interested in learning more about the Mat� framework,
> I've created a sample   that's publically
> available.  It's a simple AIR application, but hopefully those that want
> to learn more about MVC, will get some benefit out of it; especially
> those that engaged in the recent discussions concerning VO's.
> 
> Cheers,
> -TH
>

[flexcoders] Is SDK 3.4.0 a stable release?

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

Its bundled in the 4 beta but i cant find any documentation or a changes list 
for it.

[flexcoders] Re: Flex Framework Cache Statistics

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

good question.
I would also like to know

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Nayan Savla  wrote:
>
> Hi All,
> 
> I am just wondering if there is some data on the percentage of Flash
> players which would already have a the flex framework cache. Our
> application without the cache is 456Kb and when i use framework
> caching its 256Kb and the swz file is around 500kb.
> 
> In this scenario if the user doesn't already have the framework
> cached, it won't make any sense to use framework caching. We don't
> have a high percentage of returning users yet.
> 
> So if there is any data which gives an idea about the percentage of
> Flash players out there with the Flex framework cache, it will be
> really helpful.
> 
> Thank you
> Nayan
>

[flexcoders] Re: Are you using the Marshall Plan?

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

Our current Modules are all in sdk 3.3
So far all is good.

We hope that if we decide to introduce modules later down the track the were 
solely built using sdk 4+ that this would not be painful.

We hope that we will not have to use the 4+ sdk to compile our 3.3 modules 
against in this scenario?


Have I been to vague? even if this is not the issue you were directly referring 
to?


Thanks,

Bjorn

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Matt Chotin  wrote:
>
> I wouldn't say there's an exact methodology.  We have some elements of agile 
> (like iterations, unit tests, ability to respond to feedback and adjust), but 
> as a platform we also need to make sure we have specifications, assigned 
> Quality Engineers, schedules, etc.  So if you're looking for "we use scrum" 
> you won't get that, it's a combination of practices necessary for a team that 
> works with a large number of stakeholders.
> 
> Matt
> 
> 
> On 5/6/09 12:10 PM, "Vivian Richard"  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>Matt just a question regarding your software development process-
>  what exact methodology do you guys(you flex team) follow to develop
>  the Flex platform?
> 
> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Matt Chotin  <mailto:mchotin%40adobe.com> > wrote:
> >
> >
> > Are you building apps in a modular fashion where those modules need to
> > support different Flex versions? Do you have nightmares where Alex is
> > explaining SecurityDomains and ApplicationDomains and
> > SWFLoader.loadForCompatibility?
> >
> > Please let me know (email me at mcho...@... <mailto:mchotin%40adobe.com> ), 
> > we're trying to evaluate
> > some pain points and whether I need to bribe the Player team to solve them
> > ASAP or if it can wait a release.
> >
> > Matt
> >
> >
>

[flexcoders] Re: create a thumbnail dynamically from large image using flex

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "stinasius"  wrote:
>
> any help guys?
>

http://www.brooksandrus.com/blog/2009/03/11/bilinear-resampling-with-flash-player-and-pixel-bender/

[flexcoders] Re: New Adobe forums coming!

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

Who pays you to spend 10-20 hours a week?

How do you afford this luxury?



--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Amy"  wrote:
>
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Sam Lai  wrote:
> >
> > I'm not on the forums, but they should be sending out the mailing-list
> > header in each email which allows you to create a filter to apply
> > labels to in Gmail.
> 
> If I am not interested in using a web interface to visit a forum, why would I 
> be interested in using a web interface to get the e.mails that are being sent 
> instead of enabling nntp?
> 
> NNTP automatically handles threading and putting the groups into their own 
> separate "folders," so it feels to me like Adobe has scrapped something that 
> worked well for power forum users, and replaced it with something that's only 
> going to be usable for occasional users.
> 
> I'm actually thrilled to pieces with the change, because I used to spend 
> 10-20 hours a week reading and responding to posts on there, and now I have a 
> huge chunk of time left every day that I didn't have before.
> 
> -Amy
>

[flexcoders] Re: New Adobe forums coming!

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

the threading not even working in gmail.

a subject prefix would be nice aswell [adobeflexforum] or something, like 
[flexcoders]

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Amy"  wrote:
>
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Paul Hastings  wrote:
> >
> > > As for threading, do you know which header is missing?  I notice that 
> > 
> > speaking of bunnies:
> > 
> > http://jochem.vandieten.net/2009/03/31/the-new-adobe-forums-unfulfilled-potential/
> >
> 
> If the only thing that they have to do to enable this for nntp is replace the 
> email header with an nntp header, why don't they just give us back nntp?
> 
> I'm really curious about what's been going on on the Flex forum, but not 
> curious enough to put myself through a web interface or wind up with 
> thousands of e.mails.
>

[flexcoders] Re: New Adobe forums coming!

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

Will the forums replace flexcoders?


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Matt Chotin  wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> 
> If you've been using the Adobe forums via the web interface recently you
> probably saw notices that we're introducing a huge upgrade to the forum
> system.  We're combining the user-to-user forums (adobeforums.com) and the
> adobe.com forums into a single forum system.  We're going to have some great
> features in there like email participation, RSS feeds, moderation supported
> by community members (on specific forums, if appropriate), better text entry
> support (including some levels of code formatting), and user ratings.  This
> has me pretty excited as I think it will be a huge improvement over what we
> have.
> 
> The forums are going to be down starting on Friday at 3pm PDT so we can
> migrate the last 36 months of content over to the new system.  We expect the
> new system to come up by Monday.  Once they're up I hope folks will check
> things out and become active participants.  I'll be curious to see what you
> think, I'm hoping we might even look into combining some of our separated
> forums under the system if it can meet folks' usability needs.
> 
> So stay tuned!
> Matt
>

Re: [flexcoders]Where does my SWF gain it's weight?

[bjorn]

Embedding fonts is a major one ...
- bjorn

2009/4/2 Gregor Kiddie 

>I don’t think FB will generate modules reports for you, and I certainly
> cannot see any options that would.
>
> Can I suggest using ANT to compile your app? It gives you much more
> flexibility for precisely this sort of reason.
>
> The alternative is to run mxmlc from a CLI and specify all the parameters
> yourself as a once off to get the report.
>
>
>
> Gk.
>
> *Gregor Kiddie*
> Senior Developer
> *INPS*
>
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> *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] *On
> Behalf Of *Guy Morton
> *Sent:* 01 April 2009 20:28
> *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> *Subject:* Re: [flexcoders]Where does my SWF gain it's weight?
>
>
>
> FlexBuilder
>
>
>
> How can I get individual reports? There's only one spot where I can request
> the link report, afaik.
>
>
>
> Guy
>
> 
>



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[flexcoders] Re: Ribbon in FLEX

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

Agreed..

Welcome flexcoders-scott-barnes
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders-scott-barnes

I didn't really feel like it fit under the tech category so i placed it under 
"online relationships".

Enjoy

We now have a place for all of our Scott Barnes loves Adobe conversations.




--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Maciek Sakrejda  wrote:
>
> Can we perhaps have a separate flexcoders-scott-barnes list to discuss
> whether or not Scott Barnes should be allowed to post to flexcoders and
> to what extent? Every post by Scott generates three to five posts
> discussing whether or not his commentary/evangelism is welcome
> here--this is unarguably more off-topic noise than his actual
> contributions.
> 
> -Maciek
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Cole Joplin 
> Reply-to: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Re: Ribbon in FLEX
> Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 14:41:10 -0700 (PDT)
> 
> > More importantly, I have a concern. There is plenty of room in RIA and
> > Microsoft-oriented forums and groups to make their case. I'm even fine
> > with some open debate in Flexcoders. What I don't want to see is
> > Microsoft's Rich Platforms Product Manager, let alone other
> > Microsofties, spamming our Flex group with spin on thread after thread
> > after thread. 
>  Given the traffic on this list, I hardly think that the 2-3 on-topic
> posts I've seen from Scott in the past week classify as spam.  
> -- 
> Jeffry Houser, Technical Entrepreneur
> 
> Jeffry, no fair editing out the next sentence:
> 
> "More importantly, I have a concern. There is plenty of room in RIA and
> Microsoft-oriented forums and groups to make their case. I'm even fine
> with some open debate in Flexcoders. What I don't want to see is
> Microsoft's Rich Platforms Product Manager, let alone other
> Microsofties, spamming our Flex group with spin on thread after thread
> after thread. I'm not saying we are there, I'm saying I'm concerned
> about it. Just reading the language, the last couple of posts are
> certainly exploring that territory. I think there are more appropriate
> venues for that than Flexcoders."
> 
> Being on-topic does not change the nature of the content. Take the third
> example. Looking over the body of threads of this group, I can't recall
> seeing a nice bullet-formatted explanation like the one offered by Scott
> of why IE does not want to support SVG. I'm not saying this was a
> copy-paste thing, but it is visually very different. Adobe, Microsoft,
> and others have plenty of propoganda (or spam) posts, and no one is
> arguing that point. But I'm not going to pretend this particular content
> is of the same casual nature of the posts typical members of this group
> make. Scott uses Microsoft's participation in standards bodies and
> knowledge of gui research that clearly expresses an authority posture to
> legitimize his point. The typical posts here are overtly subjective
> developer opinions taken with a grain of salt. Clearly not the same
> content. 
> 
> Secondly, this is not a response from a Flex developer, doing Flex stuff
> every work day. (...imagining Scott with a Flex sticker on his laptop as
> Steve Ballmer walks by...) This is a corporate-sounding explanation,
> from actual Microsoft management, on an Adobe Flex group, suggesting we
> use ribbons in Flex, ignore SVG and thank Microsoft for their h.264
> standards compliance. Any part of that sentence not accurate? I'm sure
> Scott is not programming in Flex, and could not possibly be confused as
> a member of the Flex community or an objective observer. Therefore, his
> responses in this group must be viewed in the approriate context, in a
> truthful light. Clearly not a typical poster. 
> 
> If Flexcoders' threads become an active corporate information outlet for
> Adobe competitors, I don't think that's a good thing for the group. That
> is my point, and I think it's a perfectly legitimate one.
>

[flexcoders] Re: I want to use Flex Builder 3 to develop Flash Games

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

Using swc's for your assets is great because it it also makes compiling a lot 
quicker.

With organisation i would suggest a few more categories.

 - assets
 - component (eg. spaceship) logic
 - component factories.
 - main
 - main factories
 - main logic

these separate swcs/swfs make your compiling time even quicker.
The factories are basically used to instantiate everything your main game will 
require.


Bjorn

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Axonn  wrote:
>
> 
> Hi Doobie!
> 
> You said:
> >You might want to organize things differently.  Assuming that Game.as is 
> >your main class that you compile for the game, you may not want to 
> >compile this with Flash if you're trying to use Flex Builder.
> 
> >The way I organize is to break down my stuff into 2 categories - the 
> >main game, and the objects/assets used by the game.
> 
> Since yesterday, I guess I found a bit of balance! I found a thread on the
> FlashDevelop forum which goes something like this (I'm just telling you the
> main idea): You have Game.swc. You then do this:
> 
> public class Game_New extends Game
> {
> public function Game_New()
> {
>   super();
>   trace('And here, I can add my component-related code for Game.swc');
> }
> }
> 
> So as you can see, this way we can modularize code PER-COMPONENT. This is
> the perfect way for me: I can code stuff for each component without actually
> going into Flash. I can modularize my component-related code for each SWC
> and I also can have the main compiled class contain the "main" logic.
> 
> You said:
> >There is no way you'll build a game 
> >even in the Flash IDE without grouping your art into some form of 
> >Movieclip or Sprite.
> 
> I've been doing computer programming for 11 years now (C#, C++, VB6, PHP),
> so I know what you're saying and I agree completely. I even did ActionScript
> quite a lot, but that was 5 years ago and it was AS 1.0, so it's like...
> another lifetime *laugh*. But no, I wasn't even remotely thinking to work in
> such a disorganized way! My designer has about 5 years of Flash behind so
> she knows her shit ::- D. But even so, of course I already am establishing
> the hierarchical structure of the assets with her. There's no way a good
> project would live without lots of good and planned order!!! For example if
> you have "planet", "space ship", "man" and "helmet", there would be no way
> in hell I want them lying on the stage for me to stich up together. That
> would be a huge waste of time indeed ::- D.
> 
> 
> Axonn.
> 
> 
> ---
> The objects and assets I use are usually pretty simple.  I like these as 
> SWCs because I can give them a little logic, and maybe a animated 
> timeline if need be.  Typically if you keep these simple, you'll rarely 
> have to touch the code, and just have to update with any art changes.
> 
> The main game class, however (what I'm assuming you're calling Game.as), 
> is something that you'll update constantly throughout the lifecycle of 
> your game.  So this is easier to leave as just some code, and don't 
> compile into a SWC, just let Flex compile with each build of the game.
> 
> You can organize stuff however you like though - you could completely 
> ignore what I said, there's no right way to do it.  The above just 
> happens to be what works for me.
> 
> You also talked about your artist not liking having to dig into 
> movieclips and symbols in the library.  Honestly, they should really 
> learn some organization.  Movieclips are the basic building blocks for 
> interactivity in the Flash IDE.  There is no way you'll build a game 
> even in the Flash IDE without grouping your art into some form of 
> Movieclip or Sprite.
> 
> If your artist can only draw on the main stage, it'll end up being your 
> job to figure out how to organize things into the movieclips as you need 
> them and just do the production work yourself.  The downside of this, is 
> having to do this production work everytime the art gets updated.  I've 
> been through this it's not fun.  It's easier to do a bit of pre-planning 
> surrounding your game and get a dialog going with your artist on how to 
> best organize the assets.  If you both stick to the plan, they can work 
> in Flash independently and just give you an updated SWC every so often 
> while you work in Flex Builder, updating the logic surrounding the game.
> 
> But like I said - people prefer different stuff - I'm sure once you get 
> a little experience with this workflow, you'll have your own

[flexcoders] Re: Ribbon in FLEX

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

Good point,

Its difficult in an application with so many functions though.

Take CS4, the tools panel in Photoshop seems to work for trained designers, but 
when it got introduced into Flash CS4 with the collapsed panels, its difficult 
to know which icon to click when they're not all familiar.

Personally i dont think most web applications should borrow their design from 
MS Office. 
Although the UI may be familiar to the user base, a web application can usually 
be made more simple by restricting functionality related to the task at hand. 
eg, thermo's HUD.

Mobile UX designers seem to do a good job at this.
Take the IPhone. I prefer less obvious, more intuitive controls over a 
cluttered workspace any day.



--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Gleb Dolgich  wrote:
>
> Ribbon is not a good UI, IMHO. It  comes from Microsoft's idea that  
> every command must have a corresponding icon, which in the past made  
> for some of the most cluttered UIs out there. It's really hard to find  
> what you need in the new Office ribbons, and I would think twice  
> before following this trend. If you feel you need a ribbon in your  
> application, maybe it's time to rethink your UI.
> 
> -- 
> Gleb Dolgich
> Twitter: @gbd
> Web: http://www.pixelespressoapps.com
> 
> On 30 Mar 2009, at 20:41, Scott Barnes wrote:
> 
> > Just a note. The true power of Ribbon isn't necessarily just a tab/ 
> > hbox navigation, it's also about context in that the navigation  
> > reacts to elements you may have with your application. Thus  
> > producing contextual sensitive "additional" menu items where the end  
> > user invokes sensitive areas.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 1:11 AM, Thibaud Van Vreckem  > > wrote:
> >
> > I know I could do it using tabs and panels, but an existing FLEX  
> > version could save me a lot of time.
> >
> > that ribbon design  is a perfect example of what flex shines for.
> > it's nothing more than tabs and canvas/Hbox panels. that's probably  
> > about 5 sec setup.
> > I'm not sure I understand what you would you need a component for ..
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Claudio M. E. Bastos Iorio > > wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for your answer and links.
> >
> > The silverlight version looks really great. Check this online demo  
> > (silverlight 
> > required):http://silverlight.services.live.com/invoke/60108/SilverlightRibbon/iframe.html
> >
> >
> > I�m not trying to copy exactly the ribbon. Just the concept.
> >
> > I know I could do it using tabs and panels, but an existing FLEX  
> > version could save me a lot of time.
> >
> > If I don�t find any FLEX version, the silverlight version will help  
> > me a lot, thanks.
> >
> > I wish I could use silverlight + .NET, but this is an AIR project L
> >
> >
> >
> > __
> >
> > Claudio M. E. Bastos Iorio
> >
> >
> >
> > From: flexcod...@yahoogroups.com[mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com]  
> > On Behalf Of Sam Lai
> > Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 3:53 AM
> > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Ribbon in FLEX
> >
> >
> > http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/HA101679411033.aspx?pid=CL100796341033#2
> >
> > Kind of like the toolbar for picking controls in Adobe Dreamweaver
> > (unless they've changed it in recent versions).
> >
> > Unfortunately I haven't heard of any Flash implementations, only
> > Silverlight implementations. You could implement it yourself using a
> > TabNavigator and Panel controls inside each tab for groups, and
> > buttons inside them. It's the styling that will be a pain - the
> > official specs are available from Microsoft for free though, with some
> > conditions attached
> > (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-au/office/aa973809.aspx). You could also
> > use the images and even code if you know XAML from the Silverlight
> > version - http://silverlightribbon.codeplex.com/
> >
> > Personally I'd be making my own interpretation of the ribbon control
> > instead of following the Microsoft version to the dot, especially
> > seeing as they have changed a few bits in Windows 7 which will
> > probably filter down to Office in Office 2010 (e.g. the confusion with
> > the File menu - the Orb in the top corner is now gone).
> >
> > 2009/3/13 Tracy Spratt :
> > > I am not familiar with that control, can you describe it?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Tracy Spratt,
> > >
> > > Lariat Services, development services available
> > >
> > > 
> > >
> > > From:  
> > flexcod...@yahoogroups.com[mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On
> > > Behalf Of Claudio M. E. Bastos Iorio
> > > Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 2:13 AM
> > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: [flexcoders] Ribbon in FLEX
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Is there any component (free or paid) similar to the office 2007  
> > ribbon
> > > control?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > TIA
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > __
> > >
> > > Claudio M. E. Bastos Iorio
> > >
> > >

[flexcoders] Re: Modules, Cairngorm and Garbage Collection

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

Hey Jeff,


I did this in an app I built early last year.

Basically its like a tearDown in a unit test.

The trick is it has to work top down.
You have to reset child module model data,
prior to resetting parent module model data,
prior to shell model date.
That way hopefully your views are refreshed.

That app was cairngorm and used modules.
it also helps to remove the CairngormEventDispatcher singleton.

Basically we never unloaded.
We just made sure the data was fresh.

Even with the profiler it is near impossible to keep track of all your 
references, even without Cairngorm.


Bjorn


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Battershall, Jeff"  
wrote:
>
> Bjorn,
> 
> It's not ignorant if it is true.  And it seems like retro-fitting
> Cairngorm to support modules is a "work in progress".  
> 
> I came across a blog posting where Alistair spoke of better support for
> modules in Cairngorm in the future, but it looks like there's been no
> published evolution of Cairngorm in a couple of years.  Meanwhile
> PureMVC seems to have leapfrogged Cairngorm in this department.
> Unfortunately, I don't think migrating my app to PureMVC is an option at
> this point.
> 
> So the question becomes whether it is "worth it".  My app is currently
> built to unload modules when the user logs out.  The concept is that
> when someone logs in, in a particular app instance, they will get a
> completely fresh data model, fresh set of modules based on their
> profile, etc. The quick and dirty solution is to close down the instance
> on logout.  That would be expeditious, but it bugs me that I'd have to
> do that.
> 
> Jeff
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of Bjorn Schultheiss
> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 7:50 PM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Modules, Cairngorm and Garbage Collection
> 
> 
> Here's my ignorant statement for the week.
> 
> Having a module that is built using Cairngorm unload cleanly is not
> worth the effort required to make it work.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, claudiu ursica 
> wrote:
> >
> > I'm loading module via a command, so that it can be loaded form 
> > various places... So far I have used a Module Loader... And I use 
> > interfaces foe communicating with the modules and the shell. I don't 
> > know how you work with module but you can inject your pieces of data 
> > from the mx:app in the loader and into module when the as soon as the 
> > ready event fires. U can also use BindingUtils to set bindings which 
> > in turn returns a change watcher. use that to call unwatch upon when 
> > module unloads and so you make sure you performed celanup and 
> > unbinding before unload ...
> > 
> > Claudiu
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > From: "Battershall, Jeff" 
> > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 10:47:22 PM
> > Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Modules, Cairngorm and Garbage Collection
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks
> > Pedro,
> >  
> > As I
> > said in my previous post, I'm also wondering about the effect of a
> module's 
> > component consuming a dataprovider via binding to a singleton object
> and 
> > the possibility of that preventing GC.  I guess this touches on the
> whole 
> > issue of best practices of using ModelLocator with modules.  PureMVC
> has 
> > it's 'Pipes' utility to inject data objects into a module, but I'm
> using 
> > Cairngorm and I'm wondering how something similar could be achieved
> with that 
> > framework. 
> >  
> > Jeff
> > -Original Message-
> > From: flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com [mailto:flexcoders@ yahoogroups. 
> > com] On Behalf Of Pedro Sena
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 3:06 PM
> > To: flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com
> > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Modules,  Cairngorm and Garbage Collection
> > 
> > The GC is not called when  the component is remove from the screen.
> > 
> > Most people think this occurs,  but it's not truth.
> > 
> > The GC is called when its required, but WHEN it is  required is 
> > another point.
> > 
> > If you are using just a small piece of your  available mamory, don't 
> > expect the GC to be  called.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > PS
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 2:09 PM, claudiu ursica  > yahoo.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi, why do you bind

[flexcoders] Re: Flex Builder Compiler Performance Benchmarking

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

How long has it been since the compile time has been taking that long?

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Matt Chotin  wrote:
>
> We clearly need to see your application and understand your system 
> configuration.  This is obviously something going very wrong, I can't imagine 
> your compilation taking more than 30 seconds, and even that would hopefully 
> be very high.
> 
> Can you provide the source for your app to us (you can mail me offlist)?  
> Also send your system specs.
> 
> Matt
> 
> 
> On 3/25/09 8:07 PM, "edlueze"  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Folks:
> 
> Can somebody tell me what a reasonable compile-time for a Flex Application 
> is? A clean build for my application will take about 2 hours, and an 
> incremental compile after I've changed several files will often take an hour. 
> If I've only changed one file then an incremental compile will usually take 
> less than a minute.
> 
> I'm using Flex Builder 3.0 in Eclipse and it would be typical for me to see 
> the same error message repeated a dozen times (presumably the compiler has 
> passed through the same file that many times).
> 
> I was new to Flex when I started this project and I've been working on it for 
> about 6 months. I have no idea how many lines of code I've got, but how big 
> could it be if it's only been me working on it?! There are about 100 files of 
> all sorts and I've cleared out most of the other projects.
> 
> After reading others complain about compilation times of only 40 seconds (my 
> dream!) I started getting worried that I've fundamentally botched the way 
> I've set things up. Any feedback would be very welcome!
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ted.
>

[flexcoders] Re: Modules, Cairngorm and Garbage Collection

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

Here's my ignorant statement for the week.

Having a module that is built using Cairngorm unload cleanly is not worth the 
effort required to make it work.




--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, claudiu ursica  wrote:
>
> I'm loading module via a command, so that it can be loaded form various 
> places... So far I have used a Module Loader... And I use interfaces foe 
> communicating with the modules and the shell. I don't know how you work with 
> module but you can inject your pieces of data from the mx:app in the loader 
> and into module when the as soon as the ready event fires. U can also use 
> BindingUtils to set bindings which in turn returns a change watcher. use that 
> to call unwatch upon when module unloads and so you make sure you performed 
> celanup and unbinding before unload ...
> 
> Claudiu
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> From: "Battershall, Jeff" 
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 10:47:22 PM
> Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Modules, Cairngorm and Garbage Collection
> 
> 
> Thanks 
> Pedro,
>  
> As I 
> said in my previous post, I'm also wondering about the effect of a module's 
> component consuming a dataprovider via binding to a singleton object and 
> the possibility of that preventing GC.  I guess this touches on the whole 
> issue of best practices of using ModelLocator with modules.  PureMVC has 
> it's 'Pipes' utility to inject data objects into a module, but I'm using 
> Cairngorm and I'm wondering how something similar could be achieved with that 
> framework. 
>  
> Jeff
> -Original Message-
> From: flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com [mailto:flexcoders@ yahoogroups. com] On 
> Behalf Of Pedro Sena
> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 3:06 PM
> To: flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com
> Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Modules,  Cairngorm and Garbage Collection
> 
> The GC is not called when  the component is remove from the screen.
> 
> Most people think this occurs,  but it's not truth.
> 
> The GC is called when its required, but WHEN it is  required is another point.
> 
> If you are using just a small piece of your  available mamory, don't expect 
> the GC to be  called.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> PS
> 
> 
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 2:09 PM, claudiu ursica  
> wrote:
> 
> Hi, why do you bind module to the model locator?
> 
> If by any  chance you have embedded CSS in the module it won't garbage 
> collect  ...
> 
> Claudiu
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  From: "Battershall, Jeff"  
> To: flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 5:37:58  PM
> Subject: [flexcoders]  Modules, Cairngorm and Garbage Collection
>  
> 
> 
> I've been working on optimizing an AIR application I'm currently  working
> on that utilizes modules. In the modules there are controls bound  to
> ModelLocator data items.
> 
> What I'm seeing during profiling that  removing a module from the display
> list doesn't seem to result in the  module being GC'ed. I'm suspecting
> binding between the ModelLocator and  the module's controls are causing
> the behavior. 
> 
> Has anyone seen  this and can suggest approaches to address this?
> 
> Jeff  Battershall
> Application Architect
> Dow Jones Indexes
> jeff.battershall@ dowjones. com
> (609) 520-5637  (p)
> (484) 477-9900 (c)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> /**
> * Pedro Sena
> * Systems Architect
> * Sun Certified Java  Programmer 
> * Sun Certified Web Component Developer
> */
>

[flexcoders] Remove 'maximize'-icon from window (Adobe AIR)?

[bjorn]

I'd think setting maximizable = false in the application xml would remove
the icon from the title bar, however this does not seem to do the trick.
I know I can set showFlexChrome to false and then make my own title bar
(without the maximize button), but this seems a bit backwards when all I
want to do is remove the maximize button.

Tried styling maximizeButtonSkin/restoreButtonSkin with ClassReference(null)
as well. It did work, but messed up the positioning of the minimize button +
seems like a hack.

Anyone know an easy way?

Bjørn--

http://www.bie.no/blog/ <- yes, a tech blog.

[flexcoders] AIR: WindowedApplication.exit() does not remove process

[bjorn]

I've tried closing an AIR application with exit()
and NativeApplication.nativeApplication.exit() - in both cases the app
closes but I still see the process running in Windows' task manager.
Anyone know what the cause of this might be?

-- 

http://www.juicability.com - flex blog
http://www.nospoiler.com - link to youtube videos without the spoilers

[flexcoders] Open native file browser from Air

[bjorn]

I don't mean the native file browser that lets you select a file
(FileReferenceList), I mean opening ie. on windows explorer and let the user
browse around as normal.

Is this possible? Tried navigateToURL with "file://" but that just opened
the browser in the directory. I'd like to open the file explorer.

Bjørn

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[flexcoders] Re: AMF and sending/receiving pictures

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

Yes, AMF3 supports the ByteArray class. Images can be written into a ByteArray 
and then sent over Amf.

Bjorn

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Weyert de Boer  wrote:
>
> Does anyone know if there are any solutions to allow sending pictures 
> from the AMF server-side to the Flash/Flex client? Or do I need to go 
> the Base64 or supply as image url way instead?
>

[flexcoders] Re: Scale To Fit

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

I've got a measuring class to do it.

Scale to fit, fill, stretch and center.
it return a matrix of the values.




--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "pliechty"  wrote:
>
> Does Flex have a scale to fit mechanism?  I would like to scale a component 
> to fit in the visible screen space.
>

[flexcoders] Re: try, catch, finally ...

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

In my experience try/catch blocks have been most useful in dealing with sdk 
component life-cycle errors.

It is useful to throw custom errors for debugging purposes but rarely do i need 
to handle them in a production environment and run another process.

Bjorn



--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Guy Morton  wrote:
>
> I guess the other thing to consider is where you are using them. If  
> you put them in code that's called frequently it's probably more of a  
> problem than if you are using them in code that's called occasionally.
> 
> 
> On 05/03/2009, at 10:42 AM, Sam Lai wrote:
> 
> > I thought Alex said before that exceptions don't appear for users
> > running the standard Flash Player (i.e. not the debug one). Hence the
> > user won't even know something went wrong; rather the app will
> > probably just enter some unknown/unusable state and effectively
> > freeze.
> >
> > There are cases for using try-catch when there is no other option. But
> > when there are, e.g. testing the type of a variable before casting it
> > or using a fault handler, try-catch should not be used. That could
> > make the code a bit convoluted though, so in cases where errors can
> > occur at many points (e.g. processing data files from an external
> > server) a try-catch may be preferable, not only for code style, but
> > also because you are unlikely to be able to pre-empt and mitigate all
> > the errors that might occur.
> >
> > 2009/3/5 Weyert de Boer :
> > > I respectfully disagree with not handling exceptions and let them  
> > raised
> > > in the player. Of course, eating exceptions is terribly bad. Yes,
> > > raising exceptions because user input is bad is a long stretch.
> > >
> > >> Hi Kevin,
> > >>
> > >> Try-Catch blocks are an absolute necessity as without them, you are
> > >> putting the operation of your software into the hands of user input
> > >> errors, http errors, unintended consequences as well as the  
> > myriad of
> > >> things that exist outside the "Happy Path".
> > >>
> > >> I respectfully disagree.  IMHO, try-catch is only useful in rare
> > >> situations; like file IO in an Air app.  User input should be  
> > handled
> > >> with restict and validators and http errors should be handled  
> > with a
> > >> fault handler.  What I'm saying is that well written/tested code
> > >> rarely needs the overhead and verboseness of a try-catch block.  In
> > >> the event of un-caught errors, I personally want the Flash window  
> > to
> > >> popup.  While the dialog could be more elegant, the stack trace  
> > makes
> > >> it easier to locate the problem and fix the bug quickly.  Again,  
> > just
> > >> my opinion.
> > >>
> > >> -TH
> > >>
> > >> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Kevin Benz"  wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > Try-Catch blocks are an absolute necessity as without them, you  
> > are
> > >> > putting the operation of your software into the hands of user  
> > input
> > >> > errors, http errors, unintended consequences as well as the  
> > myriad of
> > >> > things that exist outside the "Happy Path". As functions/ 
> > methods only
> > >> > give you one return object, it is common practice to throw custom
> > >> > errors/exceptions as they are a great mechanism for handling  
> > dynamic
> > >> > environments.
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > To answer your second question about a try-catch without  
> > statements in
> > >> > the catch block. If this method is nested inside of another try- 
> > catch
> > >> > block, then an exception here will be swallowed and not be  
> > caught in the
> > >> > calling objects try-catch.
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > KFB
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com 
> > ] On
> > >> > Behalf Of SJF
> > >> > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 6:54 PM
> > >> > To: flexcoders
> > >> > Subject: [flexcoders] try, catch, finally ...
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > Technically, it's good practice/prof

[flexcoders] Re: Passing params (flashvars) to sub-applications

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

The question begs.
Why would you want to use the untyped params object to pass values between swf 
applications.

why not just create a setter on the sub application and when its loaded the set 
the value on it via the parent application.
use a common interface to get the setter method signature.

Bjorn

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Tracy Spratt"  wrote:
>
> Those traces tell me it should be working, that the embedded app is ready
> when the host app attempts to communicate with it.
> 
>  
> 
> Tracy
> 
>  
> 
>   _  
> 
> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of Richard Rodseth
> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 6:42 PM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Re: Passing params (flashvars) to sub-applications
> 
>  
> 
> I just did a quick trace test, and the messages were written to the console
> in the following order:
> 
> 1) SWFLoader load complete (registers listener for app complete)
> 2) embedded application creation complete handler
> 3) embedded application app complete handler
> 4) host app handler for embedded app app complete
> 
> So presumably if one is setting parameters in 4) they can't be read in 3)...
> 
> Tracy, are you following the recipe here (2nd answer)?
> 
> http://stackoverflo
> <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/407858/passing-flashvars-style->
> w.com/questions/407858/passing-flashvars-style-parameters-to-a-loaded-swf
> 
> Seems to me this could only work if the loaded app is not accessing the
> parameters until some subsequent user gesture.
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 11:53 AM, Richard Rodseth  <mailto:rrods...@...> com> wrote:
> 
> It was on creation complete. 
> 
>  
> 
> On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Alex Harui  <mailto:aha...@...> com> wrote:
> 
> Not sure when  you tried the code that didn't work, but application is not
> available right away
> 
>  
> 
> Alex Harui
> 
> Flex SDK Developer
> 
> Adobe Systems Inc. <http://www.adobe.com/> 
> 
> Blog: http://blogs. <http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui> adobe.com/aharui
> 
>  
> 
> From: flexcod...@yahoogro <mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com> ups.com
> [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogro <mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com> ups.com] On
> Behalf Of Richard Rodseth
> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 10:47 AM
> To: flexcod...@yahoogro <mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com> ups.com
> Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Re: Passing params (flashvars) to sub-applications
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks for the example, Amy. I was able to do this (on application complete
> in the host):
> 
> loadedApp = event.target.application as
> Application;
> loadedApp["configid"] = "Default";
> 
> and see the value in the loaded application. 
> 
> public function set configid(id:String):void {
> this.config_id = id;
>  }
> 
> 
> I was also able to pass a parameter in the url, and access it in the loaded
> app's creationComplete via
> 
> this.parameters["config_id"] (not
> Application.application.parameters["config_id"]
> 
> But I have not been able to get this to work:
> 
> loadedApp = event.target.application as
> Application;
> if(!loadedApp) throw new Error();
> loadedApp.parameters["config_id"] =
> "Default";
> 
> Loaded app's onCreationComplete()
> 
>  this.config_id =
> Application.application.parameters["config_id"];
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 6:35 AM, Amy  <mailto:amyblankens...@...> bellsouth.net> wrote:
> 
> --- In flexcod...@yahoogro <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com,
> Richard Rodseth  wrote:
> >
> > I'm experimenting with loading sub applications using SWFLoader. I've 
> read
> > numerous posts about this, but for the life of me can't figure out 
> how to
> > pass flashvars to the sub application. In particular, the technique
> > described here (the second one) doesn't work for me
> > 
> > http://stackoverflo
> <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/407858/passing-flashvars-style->
> w.com/questions/407858/passing-flashvars-style-
> parameters-to-a-loaded-swf
> > 
> > Surely there's a definitive way to do this?
> 
> Have you thought about just setting up getters and setters on your base 
> class and calling those? This doesn't use getters and setters, but a 
> getter or setter is just a function, so you can see how it would work:
> 
> http://flexdiary.
> <http://flexdiary.blogspot.com/2009/01/example-of-casting-contets-of->
> blogspot.com/2009/01/example-of-casting-contets-of-
> swfloader.html
>

[flexcoders] Re: Flex 3.3 SDK and AdvancedDataGrid

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

>From the release notes

A new version of the data visualization libraries needs to be downloaded and 
installed into the SDK 3.3 installation to leverage features such as charts and 
the Advanced DataGrid. The library can be downloaded from the main Flex 
download page:
http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/flexdownloads/

To install the library and related assets do the following:-

   1. Unzip ‘datavisualization_for_SDK3.3.zip’ onto the SDK 3.3 folder 
(e.g. C:\Program Files\Flex Builder 3\sdks\3.3.0). This will extract the 
following into the SDK 3.3 installation
 1. datavisualization.swc into the frameworks\libs folder
 2. datavisualization__3.3.0.4852.swz and 
datavisualization__3.3.0.4852.swf into the frameworks\rsls folder
 3. datavisualization_rb.swc into the appropriate 
frameworks\locale\ folder
 4. DMV-source.jar into the lib folder
   2. Open a command prompt or command shell and go to the ‘lib’ 
subdirectory in the SDK 3.3 directory tree e.g. C:\Program Files\Flex Builder 
3\sdks\3.3.0\lib
   3. Extract the sources for the data visualization components from 
DMV-source.jar by running the command ‘java â€"jar DMV-source.jar 
 ../’ e.g. java â€"jar DMV-source.jar  
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Adobe\Flex NOTE: the 
folder named ‘projects’ and the file ‘dmv_automation_build.xml’ will be 
extracted into the fbpro folder


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Troy A. Binford"  wrote:
>
> Hi,
> 
> I updated to 3.3 today and now AdvancedDataGrid is not found. Is there 
> something I am missing?
> 
> Thanks.
>

[flexcoders] Re: Passing params (flashvars) to sub-applications

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

Application.creationComplete should be fine.

on your Loaders try Event.INIT

I'm passing flashVars from shell to modules fine, don't see why there would be 
any hurdles with sub-applications.

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Richard Rodseth  wrote:
>
> I just did a quick trace test, and the messages were written to the console
> in the following order:
> 
> 1) SWFLoader load complete (registers listener for app complete)
> 2) embedded application creation complete handler
> 3) embedded application app complete handler
> 4) host app handler for embedded app app complete
> 
> So presumably if one is setting parameters in 4) they can't be read in 3)...
> 
> Tracy, are you following the recipe here (2nd answer)?
> 
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/407858/passing-flashvars-style-
> parameters-to-a-loaded-swf
> 
> Seems to me this could only work if the loaded app is not accessing the
> parameters until some subsequent user gesture.
> 
> 
> On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 11:53 AM, Richard Rodseth  wrote:
> 
> > It was on creation complete.
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Alex Harui  wrote:
> >
> >>Not sure when  you tried the code that didn�t work, but application is
> >> not available right away
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Alex Harui
> >>
> >> Flex SDK Developer
> >>
> >> Adobe Systems Inc. 
> >>
> >> Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] *On
> >> Behalf Of *Richard Rodseth
> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 03, 2009 10:47 AM
> >> *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> >> *Subject:* Re: [flexcoders] Re: Passing params (flashvars) to
> >> sub-applications
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks for the example, Amy. I was able to do this (on application
> >> complete in the host):
> >>
> >> loadedApp = event.target.application
> >> as Application;
> >> loadedApp["configid"] = "Default";
> >>
> >> and see the value in the loaded application.
> >>
> >> public function set configid(id:String):void {
> >> this.config_id = id;
> >>  }
> >>
> >>
> >> I was also able to pass a parameter in the url, and access it in the
> >> loaded app's creationComplete via
> >>
> >> this.parameters["config_id"] (not
> >> Application.application.parameters["config_id"]
> >>
> >> But I have not been able to get this to work:
> >>
> >> loadedApp = event.target.application
> >> as Application;
> >> if(!loadedApp) throw new Error();
> >> loadedApp.parameters["config_id"] =
> >> "Default";
> >>
> >> Loaded app's onCreationComplete()
> >>
> >>  this.config_id =
> >> Application.application.parameters["config_id"];
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>  On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 6:35 AM, Amy 
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com , Richard
> >> Rodseth  wrote:
> >> >
> >> > I'm experimenting with loading sub applications using SWFLoader. I've
> >> read
> >> > numerous posts about this, but for the life of me can't figure out
> >> how to
> >> > pass flashvars to the sub application. In particular, the technique
> >> > described here (the second one) doesn't work for me
> >> >
> >> > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/407858/passing-flashvars-style-
> >> parameters-to-a-loaded-swf
> >> >
> >> > Surely there's a definitive way to do this?
> >>
> >> Have you thought about just setting up getters and setters on your base
> >> class and calling those? This doesn't use getters and setters, but a
> >> getter or setter is just a function, so you can see how it would work:
> >>
> >> http://flexdiary.blogspot.com/2009/01/example-of-casting-contets-of-
> >> swfloader.html
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>   
> >>
> >
> >
>

[flexcoders] Re: Getting ByteArray.uncompress() to work in Flash - looking for an example tex

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

ASCompress supports GZIP
http://code.google.com/p/ascompress/

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, David Adams  wrote:
>
> On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 9:06 PM, Cato Paus  wrote:
> > go here
> > http://onrails.org/articles/2007/11/27/flash-utils-bytearray-compressing-4-1mb-
to-20k
> 
> Thanks for the link! I couldn't get the AIR app to compile, but
> realized it pointed out an obvious strategy: use Flash to
> encode/decode the test string. I've got that going now so I can sort
> out a byte comparison with my server-side encoder's.
> 
> I also found an old bug report that indicates that Flash only
> understands 'zlib' and does not understand deflate, at the moment.
> That's a bit of a help but 'zlib' covers a bit of ground, as far as I
> can tell (?)
> 
> Thanks again.
>

Re: [flexcoders] Send a confirmation Email

[bjorn]

Do this on the serverside, not in Flex.



2009/2/18 christophe_jacquelin 

>   Hello,
>
> How to send a confirmation Email in the flex program when the user get
> register ?
>
> Thank you,
> Christophe,
>
>  
>



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Re: [flexcoders] Re: Installing an AIR APP with configuration

[bjorn]

yeah, I did make progress. You can give the Application arguments during
install:
http://www.davidtucker.net/2008/01/10/air-tip-5-passing-arguments-to-an-application-on-install/

..then it's just a matter of saving this in a file in
applicationStorageDirectory or EncryptedLocalStore ..




2009/2/6 dmkramerica 

>   Did you ever make progress or solve this?
>
>
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com , bjorn
>  wrote:
> >
> > What's the best practice here? I need my app to know the username of the
> > user who install it. So I'm thinking of adding it as a parameter to
> the app
> > in the installer badge, and then saving it in a properties file
> locally in
> > the app's directory.
> > --
> > 
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> >
>
>  
>



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[flexcoders] File upload with pause/resume in Flex?

[bjorn]

Suggestions on how to implement this? My first thought is to split a file
into chunks of FileReferences and then send these chunks individually,
making a note of which chunks of a file that have been transferred and which
are waiting. That way I can pause the application and continue later.
.. but maybe there is an easier solution? :-)

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[flexcoders] Installing an AIR APP with configuration

[bjorn]

What's the best practice here? I need my app to know the username of the
user who install it. So I'm thinking of adding it as a parameter to the app
in the installer badge, and then saving it in a properties file locally in
the app's directory.
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Re: [flexcoders] Re: Padding/spacing before the first line in a TextArea

[bjorn]

Jon:

Thanks for taking the time to answer this so extensively. Your Method 2 is
what I've come up with so far, only using descent instead of ascent, as you
pointed out. And yeah, you're right - it doesn't always work since Flash
does not seem to return accurate values for ascent/descent/etc. for all
fonts. So I'm feeling kind of stuck at the end of this road ... maybe a
Gumbo-truck will come to rescue soon?? ;-)


Alex Harui:

> Subclass and reposition the internal textfield.

The repositioning itself is not the problem, finding the number of pixels to
reposition by is :)

Bjørn




2008/12/17 Gordon Smith 

>> This has been a long standing bug that I've been complaining to Adobe
> about.
>
>
>
> The new Text Layout Framework that Gumbo components use gives you control
> over the vertical placement of the first line.
>
>
>
> Gordon Smith
>
> Adobe Flex SDK Team
>
>
>
> *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] *On
> Behalf Of *Jon Bradley
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 16, 2008 7:46 AM
> *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> *Subject:* Re: [flexcoders] Re: Padding/spacing before the first line in a
> TextArea
>
>
>
> You can't manually remove that padding from the field. It's built into the
> field as the ascent of the font + 4 pixels for the natural field border
> (which also cannot be 'removed').
>
>
>
> There are only two ways to shift up a field in Flash:
>
>
>
> Method 1:
>
> a. Bitmap snapshot of the text field
>
> b. getColorRectBounds on the bitmap in question to retrieve a bounding
> rectangle of the non-alpha pixels.
>
> c. Capture the top position from the Rectangle returned from that call and
> subtract that value from the y-position of the field.
>
>
>
> Pros:
>
> Will work every time
>
>
>
> Cons:
>
> Additional memory overhead. Tricky to do with the Flex component
> architecture - especially TextArea
>
>
>
> Method 2:
>
> a. Capture font metrics from the text field
>
> b. Subtract (metrics.ascent + 4) from the text field y position. It is the
> ascent measurement, not descent.
>
>
>
> Pros:
>
> Less memory and less code to deal with.
>
>
>
> Cons:
>
> Will not work every time. Ascent and descent measurements from the font
> metrics within Flash are not accurate measurements and are only correct at
> very, very specific font sizes (8, 12, 17, 28, 36, 44 ... etc.).
>
>
>
> Almost all point sizes of text return incorrect ascent and descent values
> in Flash. They usually return values less than they really are (7,8,9 point
> type will return the same ascent value for most fonts, for example).
>
>
>
> Additionally, you'll still need to extend TextArea to handle the
> functionality.
>
>
>
> Does not function well at all with advanced antialiasing ... also a known
> bug in the Flash text rendering. Saffron antialiasing causes a jump in the
> leading and position values of lines in a field, so don't use it.
>
>
>
> --
>
>
>
> This has been a long standing bug that I've been complaining to Adobe
> about. I've worked on applications for some big greeting card companies
> (take a couple guesses) creating a rendering system in Flash that will match
> Photoshop and Illustrator text rendering. Illustrator, btw, is the only
> Adobe application that let's you set the first baseline position of a text
> field using a variety of measures.
>
>
>
> Good luck.
>
>
>
> - jon
>
>
>
>
>
> On Dec 16, 2008, at 8:53 AM, bjorn wrote:
>
>
>
>  Any ideas on where I might find more info about this? .. or people who
> might know more ...
>
>
>
>
>
> 2008/12/2 bjorn 
>
> There is some padding before the first line in a TextArea. Have a look at
> this image to see what I mean:
>
>
>
> http://i34.tinypic.com/4uz8s0.jpg
>
>
>
> I need to remove this, and the first solution that comes to mind is to find
> that value and position the TextArea.y = TextArea.y - [that value]. The
> padding before the first line seems to be equal (in most cases) to the
> font's descent, which I can get from getTextLineMetrics().descent.
>
>
>
> However, this is not true in all cases. In some cases, the padding is more.
>
>
>
> Anyone have suggestions?
>
>
>
>
>
>   
>



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Re: [flexcoders] Re: Padding/spacing before the first line in a TextArea

[bjorn]

Yepp, thanks .. but that doesn't affect this. It's space inside the TextArea
(which is decided by the font in some way)..
Bjørn



2008/12/16 Cato Paus 

>   Have you try this
>
> paddingTop: 0;
> paddingBottom: 0;
> paddingRight: 0;
> paddingLeft: 0;
>
> on TextArea?
>
>
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com , bjorn
>  wrote:
> >
> > Any ideas on where I might find more info about this? .. or people
> who might
> > know more ...
> >
> >
> > 2008/12/2 bjorn 
> >
> > > There is some padding before the first line in a TextArea. Have a
> look at
> > > this image to see what I mean:
> > >
> > > http://i34.tinypic.com/4uz8s0.jpg
> > >
> > > I need to remove this, and the first solution that comes to mind
> is to find
> > > that value and position the TextArea.y = TextArea.y - [that
> value]. The
> > > padding before the first line seems to be equal (in most cases)
> to the
> > > font's descent, which I can get from getTextLineMetrics().descent.
> > >
> > > However, this is not true in all cases. In some cases, the
> padding is more.
> > >
> > > Anyone have suggestions?
> > >
> > > Bjørn
> > > --
> > > 
> > > http://www.juicability.com - flex blog
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> spoilers
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > 
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> >
>
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[flexcoders] Re: Padding/spacing before the first line in a TextArea

[bjorn]

Any ideas on where I might find more info about this? .. or people who might
know more ...


2008/12/2 bjorn 

> There is some padding before the first line in a TextArea. Have a look at
> this image to see what I mean:
>
> http://i34.tinypic.com/4uz8s0.jpg
>
> I need to remove this, and the first solution that comes to mind is to find
> that value and position the TextArea.y = TextArea.y - [that value]. The
> padding before the first line seems to be equal (in most cases) to the
> font's descent, which I can get from getTextLineMetrics().descent.
>
> However, this is not true in all cases. In some cases, the padding is more.
>
> Anyone have suggestions?
>
> Bjørn
> --
> 
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[flexcoders] Padding/spacing before the first line in a TextArea

[bjorn]

There is some padding before the first line in a TextArea. Have a look at
this image to see what I mean:

http://i34.tinypic.com/4uz8s0.jpg

I need to remove this, and the first solution that comes to mind is to find
that value and position the TextArea.y = TextArea.y - [that value]. The
padding before the first line seems to be equal (in most cases) to the
font's descent, which I can get from getTextLineMetrics().descent.

However, this is not true in all cases. In some cases, the padding is more.

Anyone have suggestions?

Bjørn
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Re: [flexcoders] SWC file confusion

[bjorn]

1. Everytime you add a file in your swc project, Flex Builder requires you
to right click the swc project and select all files to be included over
again
2. Make sure your project actually links to the .swc that is being built
(so, delete the swc you're currently linking to and do a rebuild)

Bjørn


2008/11/27 markgoldin_2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

>   I have added a SWC file to my project's Library path. Everithing was
> working fine. Then I moved some folders around, created a new
> workspace. I added my project to it, and added SWC file to libray
> again. My application is working fine, but changing anything in any
> file that is a part of SWC project does not reflect running code. How
> can I fix what seems to me like a broken link?
>
> Thanks
>
> 
>



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[flexcoders] TextFormat's leading

[bjorn]

What is this value specified in?

The docs say: An integer representing the amount of vertical space (called *
leading*) between lines. The default value is null, which indicates that the
amount of leading used is 0.

Is that pixels, points, percentage of the font size, or maybe kilograms? :-)

Also, does anyone know if embedded fonts sometimes specify the leading
themselves (if nothing is set?). It seems to be vary from font to font 

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Re: [flexcoders] Best browser for debugging on Mac OSX?

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

Any performance increase with Opera?

Debugging for me has also become painfully slow.

Could it have to do with the FB 3.0.2 upgrade?


On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 1:14 PM, Guy Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>   I find Camino a lot slower than Firefox, and it's probably an even worse
> memory hog.
>
> I'm going to try Opera for a while.
>
>
> On 26/11/2008, at 11:11 AM, Bjorn Schultheiss wrote:
>
> Camino is supposed to be pretty fast.
>
> Its a little bit more difficult to set up your proxies but it is possible.
>
> I was using Camino but I currently use Firefox.
>
> On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 10:45 AM, Guy Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Anyone got a recommendation?
>>
>> I've been using Firefox, but it seems to bloat memory-wise the longer
>> it runs - often consuming >500Mb after a while. As FB3 also is a
>> memory hog, this makes it hard to run on a 2Gb machine.
>>
>> All I really need it a lightweight browser that can load the Flash
>> plugin.
>>
>> Guy
>>
>
>
>
>  

Re: [flexcoders] Best browser for debugging on Mac OSX?

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

Camino is supposed to be pretty fast.

Its a little bit more difficult to set up your proxies but it is possible.

I was using Camino but I currently use Firefox.

On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 10:45 AM, Guy Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>   Anyone got a recommendation?
>
> I've been using Firefox, but it seems to bloat memory-wise the longer
> it runs - often consuming >500Mb after a while. As FB3 also is a
> memory hog, this makes it hard to run on a 2Gb machine.
>
> All I really need it a lightweight browser that can load the Flash
> plugin.
>
> Guy
>  
>

Re: [flexcoders] Removing an item from a sorted ArrayCollection?

[bjorn]

No, my problem is coming from a world with a robust LinkedList
implementation. Good times.

Anyhow, I'll look into the Demo Test Papers and see if they can help me with
ListCollectionView .. thanks guys! :-)

Bjørn

2008/11/25 Jules Suggate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

>   Bjorn, are you certified? Perhaps that's your problem ;^)
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 21:57, Ashish Verma <[EMAIL 
> PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I want to be Flex Certified. from where i can get the Demo Test Papers.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Ashish
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 10:51 PM, bjorn <[EMAIL 
> > PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I experienced some problems with ArrayCollection's removeItemAt(). It
> >> seemed to work... randomly.
> >>
> >> Tucked away in the documentation i found this little gem:
> >> "Note: If you use the ICollectionView interface to sort or filter a
> >> collection, do not use the IList interface to manipulate the data,
> because
> >> the results are indeterminate."
> >>
> >> My problem, of course, was that I had a sort on the ac, and that I used
> >> IList's removeItemAt().
> >>
> >> I don't understand the rationale behind this, maybe someone can explain
> to
> >> me why it's difficult to implement removeItemAt() on a
> >> sorted ArrayCollection ... I mean, I _am_ working with sorted data here,
> so
> >> when I say index 11 I mean index 11 on the sorted data. That's the data
> I
> >> see, that's the data I'm using, I don't need to know anything about the
> >> underlying Array and the element's _real index_ the ArrayCollection
> >> knows which element this refers to in the underlying Array, so there
> >> shouldn't be a problem ...?
> >>
> >> Anyway, given the restraints we're working with here - what is the best
> >> way to approach this? I need to be able to remove items from a sorted
> >> ArrayCollection - any best practices?
> >>
> >> Bjørn
> >> --
> >> ==
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> >> http://www.expressionengine.no - ExpressionEngine; the world's most
> >> flexible cms
> >
> >
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Re: [flexcoders] Re: Removing an item from a sorted ArrayCollection?

[bjorn]

Thanks for that suggestion .. it seems to behave the same way though. I can
partly fix this by doing a myAc.refresh() every time, but I see all kinds of
strange behaviour (elements will be duplicated, etc.).

No one knows the answer to my initial question about why there is a problem
implementing removeItemAt()/addItemAt() on a sorted AC?

It's tempting to make a WorkingArrayCollection.as ;-)

- bjorn
2008/11/21 Haykel BEN JEMIA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

>Try doing something like this:
>
> var obj:Object = mySortedArray.getItemAt(index);
> var originalIndex:int = mySortedArray.list.getItemIndex(obj);
> mySortedArray.list.removeItemAt(originalIndex);
>
> I didn't test the code. But the idea behind it is that a ListcollectionView
> holds a pointer to the IList it's wrapping so you have access to it. All you
> have to do is get the object you want to remove, find it's index in the
> wrapped IList and use that index to remove it, again from the wrapped IList.
>
> Haykel Ben Jemia
>
> Allmas
> Web & RIA Development
> http://www.allmas-tn.com
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 6:51 PM, Amy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>   --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com , bjorn
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >
>> > I experienced some problems with ArrayCollection's removeItemAt().
>> It seemed
>> > to work... randomly.
>> >
>> > Tucked away in the documentation i found this little gem:
>> > "Note: If you use the ICollectionView interface to sort or filter a
>> > collection, do not use the IList interface to manipulate the data,
>> because
>> > the results are indeterminate."
>> >
>> > My problem, of course, was that I had a sort on the ac, and that I
>> used
>> > IList's removeItemAt().
>> >
>> > I don't understand the rationale behind this, maybe someone can
>> explain to
>> > me why it's difficult to implement removeItemAt() on a
>> > sorted ArrayCollection ... I mean, I _am_ working with sorted data
>> here, so
>> > when I say index 11 I mean index 11 on the sorted data. That's the
>> data I
>> > see, that's the data I'm using, I don't need to know anything about
>> the
>> > underlying Array and the element's _real index_ the
>> ArrayCollection
>> > knows which element this refers to in the underlying Array, so there
>> > shouldn't be a problem ...?
>> >
>> > Anyway, given the restraints we're working with here - what is the
>> best way
>> > to approach this? I need to be able to remove items from a sorted
>> > ArrayCollection - any best practices?
>>
>> I usually use either a one or more other ArrayCollections or
>> ListCollectionViews with a pointer to the same data to do filtering
>> and sorting on. Although often that's just because I want to
>> preserve the original order as much as anything.
>>
>>
> 
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Re: [flexcoders] swf with TextField.htmlText - links do not work

[bjorn]

For anyone else experiencing this problem, I think it's due to a bug:

http://jobemakar.blogspot.com/2007/05/texteventlink-bug-in-actionscript-3.html

If the textfield isn't selectable, links won't work (onmouseover hand cursor
is shown, the links just doesn't work).

Bjørn




2008/10/6 bjorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

>  yes, they work by themselves, but not when I load a "pure
> actionscript/flash" swf and use it in Flex. I have a SWFLoader which loads
> the .swf and it seems that this causes the swf not to be able to open a new
> browser window from htmlText at least (I've tried adding a button and
> opening a new browser window from it, that works fine with navigateToUrl)..
>
>
>
>
> 2008/10/6 Tom Chiverton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>  On Monday 06 Oct 2008, bjorn wrote:
>> > Have also tried adding event listeners to the textinput component and
>> used
>> > links with "event:http://"; in the htmlText-code. The events are never
>> > triggered.
>>
>> Are you saying the example on LiveDocs
>> (http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/textcontrols_04.html#437546) of
>> doing
>> that doesn't work ? It does here...
>>
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[flexcoders] Removing an item from a sorted ArrayCollection?

[bjorn]

I experienced some problems with ArrayCollection's removeItemAt(). It seemed
to work... randomly.

Tucked away in the documentation i found this little gem:
"Note: If you use the ICollectionView interface to sort or filter a
collection, do not use the IList interface to manipulate the data, because
the results are indeterminate."

My problem, of course, was that I had a sort on the ac, and that I used
IList's removeItemAt().

I don't understand the rationale behind this, maybe someone can explain to
me why it's difficult to implement removeItemAt() on a
sorted ArrayCollection ... I mean, I _am_ working with sorted data here, so
when I say index 11 I mean index 11 on the sorted data. That's the data I
see, that's the data I'm using, I don't need to know anything about the
underlying Array and the element's _real index_ the  ArrayCollection
knows which element this refers to in the underlying Array, so there
shouldn't be a problem ...?

Anyway, given the restraints we're working with here - what is the best way
to approach this? I need to be able to remove items from a sorted
ArrayCollection - any best practices?

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Re: [flexcoders] swf with TextField.htmlText - links do not work

[bjorn]

yes, they work by themselves, but not when I load a "pure
actionscript/flash" swf and use it in Flex. I have a SWFLoader which loads
the .swf and it seems that this causes the swf not to be able to open a new
browser window from htmlText at least (I've tried adding a button and
opening a new browser window from it, that works fine with navigateToUrl)..




2008/10/6 Tom Chiverton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> On Monday 06 Oct 2008, bjorn wrote:
> > Have also tried adding event listeners to the textinput component and
> used
> > links with "event:http://"; in the htmlText-code. The events are never
> > triggered.
>
> Are you saying the example on LiveDocs
> (http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/textcontrols_04.html#437546) of
> doing
> that doesn't work ? It does here...
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Re: [flexcoders] swf with TextField.htmlText - links do not work

[bjorn]

Yeah, one I'd expect a security exception to be thrown as well but I don't
see any even when running in debug mode.

hmm, well I guess it's back to trying and failing ... heh

bjorn


2008/10/6 Gregor Kiddie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

>I should know better than to trust the livedocs before trying it first
> ;)
>
>
>
> I'd imagine that if it was a security issue, you would get a security
> violation exception.
>
> Have you tried running it in debug and seeing if you get any exceptions
> being thrown?
>
>
>
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> *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On
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> *Subject:* Re: [flexcoders] swf with TextField.htmlText - links do not
> work
>
>
>
> Thanks for answering Gregor, but you're mistaken ... it automatically works
> in Flex, e.g. this code will open the link in the browser by default:
>
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Re: [flexcoders] swf with TextField.htmlText - links do not work

[bjorn]

Thanks for answering Gregor, but you're mistaken ... it automatically works
in Flex, e.g. this code will open the link in the browser by default:




http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; layout="absolute"
creationComplete="initView()">












.. so there must be something else wrong.

It works if we add a link to a button.

Have also tried adding event listeners to the textinput component and used
links with "event:http://"; in the htmlText-code. The events are never
triggered.

The thing is we load the swf using a SWFLoader, so I'm thinking it has
something to do with security. I've tried adding .trustContent=true + using
a new loaderContext like this:

*

var* ctx:LoaderContext = *new* LoaderContext(*true*
,ApplicationDomain.currentDomain,SecurityDomain.currentDomain);

.. aslo didn't change anything.

As I said the cursor changes to the hand cursor when hovering over the link,
it's just that nothing happens when you click it.

- bjorn


2008/10/3 Gregor Kiddie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

>You need to look at,
>
>
> http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=textcontrols_04.html#437546
>
> It doesn't automatically work in Flex, as the automatic behaviour may be
> undesirable.
>
> You need to have event handlers for the link.
>
>
>
> Gk.
>
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> *Subject:* Re: [flexcoders] swf with TextField.htmlText - links do not
> work
>
>
>
> Well, in flash this works "out-of-the-box" with htmlText .. if you have an
> "a href" tag it's clickable and opens the url in a new window.
>
> 2008/10/3 Gregor Kiddie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> What would you expect to happen? Is there code to deal with catching the
> event and opening the url, opening new windows, etc?
>
>
>
> Gk.
>
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> *Subject:* [flexcoders] swf with TextField.htmlText - links do not work
>
>
>
> I've got a flex application which loads an SWF which contains a link in a
> TextField's htmlText. It displays the mouse over handcursor and it looks
> like a link - yet when I click it nothing happens. Is there some security
> limitation here?
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Re: [flexcoders] swf with TextField.htmlText - links do not work

[bjorn]

Well, in flash this works "out-of-the-box" with htmlText .. if you have an
"a href" tag it's clickable and opens the url in a new window.

2008/10/3 Gregor Kiddie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

>What would you expect to happen? Is there code to deal with catching
> the event and opening the url, opening new windows, etc?
>
>
>
> Gk.
>
> *Gregor Kiddie*
> Senior Developer
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>
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> Behalf Of *bjorn
> *Sent:* 03 October 2008 11:37
> *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> *Subject:* [flexcoders] swf with TextField.htmlText - links do not work
>
>
>
> I've got a flex application which loads an SWF which contains a link in a
> TextField's htmlText. It displays the mouse over handcursor and it looks
> like a link - yet when I click it nothing happens. Is there some security
> limitation here?
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[flexcoders] swf with TextField.htmlText - links do not work

[bjorn]

I've got a flex application which loads an SWF which contains a link in a
TextField's htmlText. It displays the mouse over handcursor and it looks
like a link - yet when I click it nothing happens. Is there some security
limitation here?

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[flexcoders] AdBlock-like functionality in mx.controls.HTML?

[bjorn]

Is it possible to change the html content before rendering using the
mx.controls.HTML component? Suggestions to how this could be done?

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Re: [flexcoders] Re: Checkbox in Datagrid . . . how?

[bjorn]

Yes, then you have to write code to get the data into a dataProvider for the
Tree, for example creating model objects from the xml and adding them to an
ArrayCollection. The checked state can for instance be a boolean inside the
model.

2008/9/2 crumpelfungus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

>   Add-on / Clarification: In my version of the datagrid & checkbox
> scenario, I am using an XMLList to get the database data as E4X from an
> HTTPService request.
>
>  
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Re: [flexcoders] embedding fonts with different styles: Helvetica?

[bjorn]

Have you tried just removing the fontType and fontWeight completely? I've
used bold fonts by just specifying the fontFamily..

- bjorn

2008/9/2 mariovandeneynde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

>   Greetings!
>
> I'm having trouble with embedding the helvetica font.
> I wish to embed the Bold, regular and light font of the Helvetica font
> AND the condensed font, also bold, regular and light.
>
> But I keep getting these errors like
>
> exception during transcoding: Font for alias 'KonicaCondensedBold'
> with plain weight and style was not found at: HeKMCnBd.ttf
>
> I tried fontStyle:Bold, fontWeight:bold etc but nothing is working...
> What is the best way to embed a font with bold and regular type...
>
> Right now I do:
> Code:
>
> @font-face {
> src:url("/assets/fonts/HeKMBd__.ttf");
> fontFamily: KonicaBold;
> advancedAntiAliasing: true;
> fontStyle:bold;
> }
>
> anyone?
>
> 
>



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Re: [flexcoders] Checkbox in Datagrid . . . how?

[bjorn]

You need to create a TreeItemRenderer, there's an example in the Flex
Cookbook here:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/communityengine/index.cfm?event=showdetails&postId=545&productId=2

- bjorn



2008/9/2 crumpelfungus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

>   Having looked through the archived topics, I was unable to find
> anything relevant, but if anyone knows of an existing thread or
> tutorial, just post the link.
>
> Basically, I am retrieving information from a MySQL database and
> dsiplay it in a datagrid. And I'm using a customized component via the
> DataGrid's itemRenderer to show a check box in the last column.
>
> In my particular case, the checkbox will indicate which records need to
> get deleted.
>
> Is there anyone who's done something similar? And would be willing to
> share the code? With the custom component from Flex Monkey Patches
> (http://snipurl.com/3m7be), I can get the checkbox dropped in, but I
> don't know how to "trap" the CLICK in the main application to determine
> whether the checkbox is selected or not.
>
> Anyone?
>
> 
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[flexcoders] Advanced internationalization in Flex

[bjorn]

I've worked with Flex' Resource Bundle (.properties) files and it works fine
for internationalizing words and simple sentences, but imho it's not really
optimal for blocks of text (with linebreaks and maybe even html formatting).
Are there other solutions for this?

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Re: [flexcoders] download many files at a time

[bjorn]

It's possible, but you need to show a new save dialog for each file though.

2008/8/28 dialogtmp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

>   hello,all
>
> I want to let user to download many files at a time, but I can't use
> the server side language to implement.
>
> I have already searched much information, but still could not find the
> solution.
>
> How should I do?
>
> Dose it possible implement in flex?
>
> thanks,
> dialogtmp
>
> 
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[flexcoders] Re: Flash Player 10 RC

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

Where did you get it from?

I've got debug version 10,0,0,525 running ok.
downloaded from
http://opensource.adobe.com/svn/opensource/flex/sdk/tags/trunk_4.0.0.2432/in/player/10/mac/

I'm assuming its a beta 2 player and not rc though. RC version number
look like 10.0.2.x


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> anyone?
>   - Original Message - 
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>   To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 7:20 PM
>   Subject: [flexcoders] Flash Player 10 RC
> 
> 
> 
>   Anyone Having trouble with the Debugger? When I was using the
Beta2, The Debugger was 10. Now with the RC Flash Player the Debugger
is not 10 but 9r115.
>

[flexcoders] Re: Bi-directional binding

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

Here's another example of bi-directional binding..
check example 3.

http://www.quietlyscheming.com/blog/components/a-couple-of-samples-from-max-no-not-that-one/

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, shaun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Durres76 wrote:
> > hi, is this possible. var arr : ArrayCollection;
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I know the textfield text will change everytime the ArrayCollection
> > updates, but can the ArrayCollection update when a user types in the
> > textfield. essentially binding the array propety to the textfield
> > value
> 
> You can do something like:
> 
> 
> cheers,
>   - shaun
>

[flexcoders] Menu.setStyle('openDuration', 0) will break Alert.show() - bug?

[bjorn]

I'm wondering if this is a bug or not .. I accidently discovered that
Alert.show() called by a menu would break if the menu had openDuration=0.

Check it out here:
http://www.juicability.com/entry/setting-openduration-to-0-on-menu-will-break-alert/

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[flexcoders] Re: 3.1 changelog?

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

Quote from the doc
"The Marshall Plan will only support 3.1 Flex applications working in
Flex 4 and beyond."
http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/Marshall+Plan

In terms of bug-fixes, haven't seen one yet..
Mind you haven't look much either.


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Josh McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Yeah just found that :) That's pretty much only API changes though,
I was
> wondering if there's anything official listing bugfixes / changes in
builder
> (if any), etc...
> 
> Did the "Marshall Plan" stuff go into 3.1 or is it 3.2?
> 
> -Josh
> 
> On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Bjorn Schultheiss <
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > I saw this blog post the other day.
> >
> > "differences between Flex 3.1.0 and Flex 3.0.0"
> >
> >
http://shigeru-nakagaki.com/index.cfm/2008/8/16/20080816-diff-between-Flex310-and-Flex300
> >
> > Bjorn
> >
> > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Josh McDonald"  wrote:
> > >
> > > Hey Guys,
> > >
> > > Is there a changelog for 3.1? I can't seem to find anything via
google.
> > >
> > > -Josh
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> > thee."
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[flexcoders] Re: 3.1 changelog?

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

I saw this blog post the other day.

"differences between Flex 3.1.0 and Flex 3.0.0"
http://shigeru-nakagaki.com/index.cfm/2008/8/16/20080816-diff-between-Flex310-and-Flex300

Bjorn

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> Hey Guys,
> 
> Is there a changelog for 3.1? I can't seem to find anything via google.
> 
> -Josh
> 
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thee."
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[flexcoders] Disable sorting for ArrayCollection ...

[bjorn]

I've implemented a tree which displays "folders", with a compareFunction
that makes sure the folders are always sorted alphabetically. It works fine
- if a user moves a folder it automatically shows up in the correct order.

I do have a problem with renaming though. This worked before I implemented
the compareFunction, but now it totally messes up (since it tries to sort a
folder while renaming it) .. so I was wondering if there is a way to disable
sorting while editing.

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[flexcoders] Re: A very simple component in AS :(

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

Basically thats not how to create a component for flex.
The value for title has not been set at the time the constructor runs.

You should look at Flex's component invalidation cycle.

createChildren();
commitProperties();

Its all in the docs.

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "flexawesome" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 
> Hey there,
> 
> I was trying to create a very simple component in as, there was no error
> in compiling. However, I was unable to see the text. :( can you take a
> quick look? thank you
> 
> === AS 
> 
> package
> {
>   import mx.controls.Text;
>   import mx.core.UIComponent;
> 
>   public class Footer extends UIComponent
>   {
>public var title:String;
>private var _txt:Text;
> 
>public function Footer()
>{
> super.setActualSize(50 , 20 );
> 
> _txt= new Text();
> _txt.text = title;
> addChild( _txt );
>}
>   }
> }
> 
>  in main.mxml ===
> 
> 
>

[flexcoders] Re: AS3 interface question

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

Runtime checking is all we get.

public static function isImplementationOf(clazz:Class,
interfaze:Class):Boolean {
  var result:Boolean;
  if (clazz == null) {
result = false;
  }
  else {
var classDescription:XML = describeType(clazz) as XML;
result = (classDescription.factory.implementsInterface.(@type ==
getQualifiedClassName(interfaze)).length() != 0);
  }
  return result;
}

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Gordon Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> As far as I know, Adobe plans to follow the emerging Ecmascript 4
> standard. We're unlikely to support covariant return types in
> ActionScript unless ES4 has them.
> 
>  
> 
> Gordon Smith
> 
> Adobe Flex SDK Team
> 
>  
> 
> 
> 
> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Rick Winscot
> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 10:30 PM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [flexcoders] AS3 interface question
> 
>  
> 
> By the way... there is an open issue in the Adobe bug-base regarding
> this. Vote for it! NOW!
> 
>  
> 
> http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/ASC-3442
>  
> 
>  
> 
> Rick Winscot
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Ralf Bokelberg
> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 9:22 AM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [flexcoders] AS3 interface question
> 
>  
> 
> Yep, it's a language feature, which is not there. I think it is called
> covariant return types.
> Afaik, all you can do is check the type and cast.
> Cheers
> Ralf.
> 
> On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 3:14 PM, diehlryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  > wrote:
> > I'm running into a wall when trying to use extension with interfaces.
> > The example I'm about to provide works using Java, so I believe the
> > OOP practices behind it are valid. But I can't figure out how to
> > accomplish the same thing in Flex, I keep running into compiler
> > issues. The example is a condensed version of something I'm working
> > on, for simplicity sake.
> >
> > Let's say you have a bunch of events that all have some common
> > functionality, like the ability to have a nextEvent. Also, a subset
> > of those events also have additional functionality, they can be
> > filtered by a type of criteria. We'll call them search events.
> >
> > Now, there are some parts of the application that can work with any
> > type of search event, and any type of criteria. But when the
> > individual searches are executed, that implementation expects a
> > specific type of search event and search criteria. That's my end goal
> > here.
> >
> > Here are the interfaces I'm using:
> >
> > public interface ICriteria
> > {
> > // just a marker
> > }
> >
> > public interface ICustomCriteria extends ICriteria
> > {
> > function get name():String;
> > function set name(name:String):void;
> > }
> >
> > public interface IEvent
> > {
> > function get nextEvent():IEvent;
> > function set nextEvent(event:IEvent):void;
> > }
> >
> > public interface ISearchEvent
> > {
> > function get criteria():ICriteria;
> > function set criteria(criteria:ICriteria):void;
> > }
> >
> > So far, so good. And now the implementing classes:
> >
> > // would like to make this an abstract class, but not supported in AS
> > public class BaseEvent implements IEvent
> > {
> > private var _nextEvent:IEvent;
> >
> > public function set nextEvent(event:IEvent):void
> > {
> > this._nextEvent = event;
> > }
> >
> > public function get nextEvent():IEvent
> > {
> > return this._nextEvent;
> > }
> > }
> >
> > // would like to make this an abstract class, but not supported in AS
> > public class BaseSearchEvent extends BaseEvent implements ISearchEvent
> > {
> > private var _criteria:ICriteria;
> >
> > public function set criteria(criteria:ICriteria):void
> > {
> > this._criteria = criteria;
> > }
> >
> > public function get criteria():ICriteria
> > {
> > return this._criteria;
> > }
> > }
> >
> > Those base classes are fine and compile correctly. Now if you
> > remember from the requirements, there are some places that can work
> > with any type of ISearchEvent, and some places that can only work with
> > an individual subclass. Here is where the compiler errors come in.
> > Doing what I am about to do works in Java, and I'm wondering if there
> > is a way to accomplish it in AS3.
> >
> > public class CustomSearchEvent extends BaseSearchEvent
> > {
> > private var _criteria:ICustomCriteria;
> >
> > public override function get criteria():ICustomCriteria
> > {
> > return this._criteria;
> > }
> >
> > public override function set criteria(criteria:ICustomCriteria):void
> > {
> > this._criteria = criteria;
> > }
> > }
> >
> > The above class does not compile because the method signatures for
> > get/set criteria are different than those specified in the interface.
> > But from an OO perspective, I think this is a valid thing to want to
> > do. If you're working with an ISear

Re: [flexcoders] .visability = true, but is it "viewable"?

[bjorn]

It doesn't seem that setVisible(false) is called on all the children (that
is, the loaders) - so overriding it in the loader-animation won't do the
trick ... but I guess I could hook onto the parent in some way, yes - since
ViewStack does seem to call setVisible(false) on the container ... I will
look into that.

Thanks again for your suggestions :-)

Bjorn


2008/6/26 Michael Schmalle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

>   Hi,
>
> I don't know 'how' you have the view set up but, could you listen to the
> change event from the loader?
>
> IE when it's added to it's parent's display list (viewstack), add the
> listener there?
>
> parent.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, stopLoader, false, 0, true);
>
> I only came up with this since I quickly looked at the ViewStack code.
>
> --
>
> Scratch what I said above, just looked at the code again.
>
> When the lastChild is is hidden, it's done with setVisible() not .visible.
>
> So you should be able to override setVisible() and use your original logic.
>
> Mike
>
>
>  On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 7:56 AM, bjorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>Thanks for the input Mike,
>>
>> it's a good idea which will solve my problem, but it is still sort of a
>> last-resolution solution -- since I will need to have a list of all these
>> loader-animations and stop each one of them - in additon to implementing a
>> solution like this each time one of them is in use.
>>
>> I was hoping to have the loader-animation component fix this itself - if
>> it knew when it was being displayed or not it could stop/start the
>> animation. So that the programmer who uses the loaderanimation doesn't have
>> to think about it :-)
>>
>>
>>
>> 2008/6/26 Michael Schmalle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>
>>Hi bjron,
>>>
>>> This is just a guess but how bout adding a 'change' listener to the
>>> viewstack and use the old index to get the last selected child, then get
>>> it's timer and stop it with that.
>>>
>>> ... just a thought
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Teoti Graphix, LLC
>>> http://www.teotigraphix.com
>>>
>>> Teoti Graphix Blog
>>> http://www.blog.teotigraphix.com
>>>
>>> You can find more by solving the problem then by 'asking the question'.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> 
>> http://www.juicability.com - flex blog
>> http://www.43min.com - funny movies
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Teoti Graphix, LLC
> http://www.teotigraphix.com
>
> Teoti Graphix Blog
> http://www.blog.teotigraphix.com
>
> You can find more by solving the problem then by 'asking the question'.
>
> 
>



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Re: [flexcoders] .visability = true, but is it "viewable"?

[bjorn]

Thanks for the input Mike,

it's a good idea which will solve my problem, but it is still sort of a
last-resolution solution -- since I will need to have a list of all these
loader-animations and stop each one of them - in additon to implementing a
solution like this each time one of them is in use.

I was hoping to have the loader-animation component fix this itself - if it
knew when it was being displayed or not it could stop/start the animation.
So that the programmer who uses the loaderanimation doesn't have to think
about it :-)



2008/6/26 Michael Schmalle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

>   Hi bjron,
>
> This is just a guess but how bout adding a 'change' listener to the
> viewstack and use the old index to get the last selected child, then get
> it's timer and stop it with that.
>
> ... just a thought
>
> Mike
>
>
> --
> Teoti Graphix, LLC
> http://www.teotigraphix.com
>
> Teoti Graphix Blog
> http://www.blog.teotigraphix.com
>
> You can find more by solving the problem then by 'asking the question'.
> 
>



-- 


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http://www.43min.com - funny movies

Re: [flexcoders] .visability = true, but is it "viewable"?

[bjorn]

Yeah, I do that also. The thing is I display hundreds of these animations,
and it may take time to load the files they are loading. So if the user
switches view, I don't want to keep the animations running - even though
they are still loading in the background. It would be nice to just be able
to tell them to stop if they're not visible.



2008/6/25 Paul Andrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

>You say that the animation plays while something is loading. When the
> something has loaded, stop the timer.
>
> Paul
>
>  - Original Message -
> *From:* bjorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
>  *Sent:* Wednesday, June 25, 2008 4:17 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [flexcoders] .visability = true, but is it "viewable"?
>
> The timer is used to update the animation. I need to know when to stop it.
>
>
>
> 2008/6/25 Paul Andrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>>Why not just remove the timer?
>>
>> - Original Message -
>> *From:* bjorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 25, 2008 2:01 PM
>> *Subject:* [flexcoders] .visability = true, but is it "viewable"?
>>
>> I have an animation that is displayed using a timer while something is
>> loading. When this animation isn't visible, I don't want the timer to keep
>> updating the animation.
>>
>> I've overridden the set visible( value:Boolean ) function and stop the
>> animation if visible is set to false; but the problem is that visible=false
>> doesn't happen e.g. if a ViewStack change occurs causing the animation to be
>> hidden.
>>
>> If I check the .visible flag in the timer event I see that the component
>> is still visible (but it's not displayed since it's hidden). Checking
>> with "Show redraw regions" confirms that it is running in the background.
>>
>> --
>>
>> 
>> http://www.juicability.com - flex blog
>> http://www.43min.com - funny movies
>>
>>
>
>
> --
>
> 
> http://www.juicability.com - flex blog
> http://www.43min.com - funny movies
>
> 
>



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http://www.43min.com - funny movies

Re: [flexcoders] .visability = true, but is it "viewable"?

[bjorn]

The timer is used to update the animation. I need to know when to stop it.



2008/6/25 Paul Andrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

>Why not just remove the timer?
>
> - Original Message -
> *From:* bjorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 25, 2008 2:01 PM
> *Subject:* [flexcoders] .visability = true, but is it "viewable"?
>
> I have an animation that is displayed using a timer while something is
> loading. When this animation isn't visible, I don't want the timer to keep
> updating the animation.
>
> I've overridden the set visible( value:Boolean ) function and stop the
> animation if visible is set to false; but the problem is that visible=false
> doesn't happen e.g. if a ViewStack change occurs causing the animation to be
> hidden.
>
> If I check the .visible flag in the timer event I see that the component is
> still visible (but it's not displayed since it's hidden). Checking
> with "Show redraw regions" confirms that it is running in the background.
>
> --
>
> 
> http://www.juicability.com - flex blog
> http://www.43min.com - funny movies
>
> 
>



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http://www.43min.com - funny movies

[flexcoders] .visability = true, but is it "viewable"?

[bjorn]

I have an animation that is displayed using a timer while something is
loading. When this animation isn't visible, I don't want the timer to keep
updating the animation.

I've overridden the set visible( value:Boolean ) function and stop the
animation if visible is set to false; but the problem is that visible=false
doesn't happen e.g. if a ViewStack change occurs causing the animation to be
hidden.

If I check the .visible flag in the timer event I see that the component is
still visible (but it's not displayed since it's hidden). Checking
with "Show redraw regions" confirms that it is running in the background.

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http://www.43min.com - funny movies

[flexcoders] Re: multidimentional ArrayCollections and collectionEvent....

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

the change event would still be dispatching from the myOtherArr though.
perhaps in your view or whatever is listening to the change event for
myArr you can loop through its items, check if any are
arrayCollections and then listen to their change events as well.

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Durres76" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> collectionEventKind.Update does not seem to fire when subitems within
> a collection change, i.e.. 
> myArr = new ArrayCollection();
> myOtherArr = new ArrayCollection();
> myArr.addItem(myOtherArr);
> 
> the update event does not fire if myOtherArr changes. it does if myArr
> changes.
>

[flexcoders] Re: Cairngorm Event Question

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

I'm assuming Binding would be the easiest solution.
If your binding directly from your model to the advancedDataGrid
binding should take care of the updating for you..


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "donvoltz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I have been building on my cairngorm experience and have come up to a
> snag.
> 
> I understand the whole idea about using the controller to trap and
> respond to events, however, how do I deal with custom view components
> that need to respond to an event.
> 
> For example, I have a custom component that contains an advanced data
> grid. I am filling the modelLocator with data from the server and
> using this as the data provider for the advanced data grid. The
> problem I have is when the user selects a different date, I generate a
> cairngorm event to load new data from the server. This information is
> dealt with in the controller, however, I am not able to send the event
> to the custom component to refresh the advance data grid and display
> the data.
> 
> Would someone help me to understand how I can use the events, or
> generate a new custom event to trigger some activity within a custom
> view component
> 
> Thanks for the help
> 
> Don
>

[flexcoders] Re: Splitting FlexCoders in smaller, focused groups

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

> could argue that at times it's certainly not helping my productivity
> :)

Agreed.. 

I'm using apple mail and achieving something similar..
Mail seems to render the rss html better than gmail.

Ion's cool.. but no offline support.





--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Doug McCune" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Out of morbid curiosity, am I the only one who has multiple email
> lists all being filtered into the same mega-list? I have flexcoders,
> flexcomponents, apollocoders, papervision, degrafa, flexlib, and
> flexjobs all dropped into a mondo folder in gmail. I color code each
> list accordingly so I can at a glance see which list a message is
> from, but typically I read them all in the master list. Nobody else
> does this? Somehow I can stay on top  of it all, although I'm sure you
> could argue that at times it's certainly not helping my productivity
> :)
> 
> Doug
> 
> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 9:17 PM, Bjorn Schultheiss
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > cool.
> >
> > This discussion needs some resolving though.
> >
> > I'm all for the creation of another 15 lists.
> > With all the cross-posting, subject-meta, gmail, stats,
> > my-left-arm-is-longer-than-my-right arguments, my vote is still with
> > the split.
> >
> > best-practices, architecture, components, unit-testing, deployment,
> > flash-flex, remote services, java-flex architectures, design ux,
> > announcements, etc..
> >
> > lets do it.
> >
> > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Daniel Freiman" 
wrote:
> >>
> >> I think of "Best Practices" and "Architecture/Concepts" as
separate but
> >> overlapping categories so I guess that's why I thought no one else
> > brought
> >> it up.
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 11:57 PM, Bjorn Schultheiss <
> >> bjorn.mailinglists@> wrote:
> >>
> >> > > Also, to Bjorn, that's a point I hadn't thought of. The idea of
> >> > having an
> >> > > arch/concepts list might be interesting. The two questions I
> > would have
> >> > > would be: 1) would the questions on this list have any
connection to
> >> > Flex
> >> >
> >> > Anatole mentioned it earlier in a 'Best Practices' list.
> >> >
> >> > For example at MAX thy had that Best Practices panel and some
> >> > interesting topics were brought up and discussed.
> >> >
> >> > From my point of view I'm always learning.
> >> > It would be an interesting read for me.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com ,
> > "Daniel
> >> > Freiman"  wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > I agree that a FAQ seems like a good idea no matter what. Is
anyone
> >> > against
> >> > > this idea independent of the argument of whether or not to
split the
> >> > list?
> >> > >
> >> > > As far as splitting lists, I still think if people want to
propose
> >> > potential
> >> > > new lists, they need to be much more explicit about what the list
> >> > will be
> >> > > for. I'll take the "enterprise" example. Let's assume for a
second
> >> > it has
> >> > > only one correct meaning (which is an assumption I agree with,
> > but many
> >> > > people disagree with me on that). "Enterprise" has become a
> >> > buzzword with
> >> > > many different commonly understood meanings, and most of those
> >> > meanings are
> >> > > vague. There's no way for everyone on the list to be sure
that we're
> >> > > talking about the same thing unless someone explicitly spells out
> >> > what we
> >> > > are talking about (I'm not going to because I'm against having a
> >> > > "enterprise" list given every way I know to interpret the word).
> >> > And if we
> >> > > don't have a common understanding of the proposal we can't
> > efficiently
> >> > > criticize/support/amend the proposal. I'm not saying there has to
> >> > be a fine
> >> > > line separating the lists, but it should at least be a fuzzy
line.
> >> > >
> >> > > Also, to Bjorn, that's a point I hadn't thought of. The idea of
> >> > having an
> >> > > arch/concep

[flexcoders] Re: Splitting FlexCoders in smaller, focused groups

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

cool.

This discussion needs some resolving though.

I'm all for the creation of another 15 lists.
With all the cross-posting, subject-meta, gmail, stats,
my-left-arm-is-longer-than-my-right arguments, my vote is still with
the split.

best-practices, architecture, components, unit-testing, deployment,
flash-flex, remote services, java-flex architectures, design ux,
announcements, etc..

lets do it.


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Daniel Freiman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I think of "Best Practices" and "Architecture/Concepts" as separate but
> overlapping categories so I guess that's why I thought no one else
brought
> it up.
> 
> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 11:57 PM, Bjorn Schultheiss <
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> >   > Also, to Bjorn, that's a point I hadn't thought of. The idea of
> > having an
> > > arch/concepts list might be interesting. The two questions I
would have
> > > would be: 1) would the questions on this list have any connection to
> > Flex
> >
> > Anatole mentioned it earlier in a 'Best Practices' list.
> >
> > For example at MAX thy had that Best Practices panel and some
> > interesting topics were brought up and discussed.
> >
> > From my point of view I'm always learning.
> > It would be an interesting read for me.
> >
> >
> > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com ,
"Daniel
> > Freiman"  wrote:
> > >
> > > I agree that a FAQ seems like a good idea no matter what. Is anyone
> > against
> > > this idea independent of the argument of whether or not to split the
> > list?
> > >
> > > As far as splitting lists, I still think if people want to propose
> > potential
> > > new lists, they need to be much more explicit about what the list
> > will be
> > > for. I'll take the "enterprise" example. Let's assume for a second
> > it has
> > > only one correct meaning (which is an assumption I agree with,
but many
> > > people disagree with me on that). "Enterprise" has become a
> > buzzword with
> > > many different commonly understood meanings, and most of those
> > meanings are
> > > vague. There's no way for everyone on the list to be sure that we're
> > > talking about the same thing unless someone explicitly spells out
> > what we
> > > are talking about (I'm not going to because I'm against having a
> > > "enterprise" list given every way I know to interpret the word).
> > And if we
> > > don't have a common understanding of the proposal we can't
efficiently
> > > criticize/support/amend the proposal. I'm not saying there has to
> > be a fine
> > > line separating the lists, but it should at least be a fuzzy line.
> > >
> > > Also, to Bjorn, that's a point I hadn't thought of. The idea of
> > having an
> > > arch/concepts list might be interesting. The two questions I
would have
> > > would be: 1) would the questions on this list have any connection to
> > Flex
> > > other than the fact that the users code in Flex (I think it probably
> > would)
> > > or would it just be piggybacking on the user base; 2) Will it avoid
> > > stratification of the user base (i.e. will it be practically
> > accessible to
> > > users of all skill levels)?
> > >
> > > Lastly, I'm going to reiterate my opinion that we shouldn't
separate the
> > > lists based on skill/level difficulty. The distinction is too fuzzy
> > (Too
> > > much cross-posting and too much posting to the wrong list).
> > Sometimes you
> > > don't know if you're question is advanced or not until you get the
> > answer.
> > > I've had a few times where I've asked what I thought was a simple
> > question
> > > and the response from Gordon was "I talked to a guy on the player
> > team..."
> > > If a question has a one line answer it can't be complex...unless
the one
> > > line required going through the player or compiler code to
understand it
> > > (sorry for the overstatement).
> > >
> > > - Daniel Freiman
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 10:31 PM, Douglas Knudsen 
> >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Having been on this list since 2004, yeah back when the Iteration
> > > > folks were not Adobe Robe Wearers yet, I've seen this
discussion come
> > > > up a few times. I

[flexcoders] Re: Splitting FlexCoders in smaller, focused groups

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

> Also, to Bjorn, that's a point I hadn't thought of.  The idea of
having an
> arch/concepts list might be interesting.  The two questions I would have
> would be: 1) would the questions on this list have any connection to
Flex

Anatole mentioned it earlier in a 'Best Practices' list.

For example at MAX thy had that Best Practices panel and some
interesting topics were brought up and discussed.

>From my point of view I'm always learning. 
It would be an interesting read for me.











--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Daniel Freiman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I agree that a FAQ seems like a good idea no matter what.  Is anyone
against
> this idea independent of the argument of whether or not to split the
list?
> 
> As far as splitting lists, I still think if people want to propose
potential
> new lists, they need to be much more explicit about what the list
will be
> for.  I'll take the "enterprise" example.  Let's assume for a second
it has
> only one correct meaning (which is an assumption I agree with, but many
> people disagree with me on that).  "Enterprise" has become a
buzzword with
> many different commonly understood meanings, and most of those
meanings are
> vague.  There's no way for everyone on the list to be sure that we're
> talking about the same thing unless someone explicitly spells out
what we
> are talking about (I'm not going to because I'm against having a
> "enterprise" list given every way I know to interpret the word). 
And if we
> don't have a common understanding of the proposal we can't efficiently
> criticize/support/amend the proposal.  I'm not saying there has to
be a fine
> line separating the lists, but it should at least be a fuzzy line.
> 
> Also, to Bjorn, that's a point I hadn't thought of.  The idea of
having an
> arch/concepts list might be interesting.  The two questions I would have
> would be: 1) would the questions on this list have any connection to
Flex
> other than the fact that the users code in Flex (I think it probably
would)
> or would it just be piggybacking on the user base; 2) Will it avoid
> stratification of the user base (i.e. will it be practically
accessible to
> users of all skill levels)?
> 
> Lastly, I'm going to reiterate my opinion that we shouldn't separate the
> lists based on skill/level difficulty.  The distinction is too fuzzy
(Too
> much cross-posting and too much posting to the wrong list). 
Sometimes you
> don't know if you're question is advanced or not until you get the
answer.
> I've had a few times where I've asked what I thought was a simple
question
> and the response from Gordon was "I talked to a guy on the player
team..."
> If a question has a one line answer it can't be complex...unless the one
> line required going through the player or compiler code to understand it
> (sorry for the overstatement).
> 
> - Daniel Freiman
> 
> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 10:31 PM, Douglas Knudsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> 
> >   Having been on this list since 2004, yeah back when the Iteration
> > folks were not Adobe Robe Wearers yet, I've seen this discussion come
> > up a few times. I've asked for a associated FAQ a few times, but
> > there was no interest from the Iteration folks on this or splitting up
> > things, no offense Alistair or Stephen you more than rocked with
> > helping this community. I'd certainly agree to a good FAQ be made
> > available and sent to the list monthly for all to be reminded and have
> > it linked at the footer.
> >
> > Bjorn has a good point later in this thread about the idea that
> > answers are terse due to volume.
> >
> > Matt, I do agree with your #1, but #2 and #3 sounds too much like list
> > mommies or invitations for list mommies. Something quite uncommon to
> > the best of my recollection on flexcoders is the real need for list
> > mommies.
> >
> > I'm in Anatole's camp on this, having multiple lists could be
> > beneficial to all as well as the community. Do we know this for a
> > fact? Nope, my crystal ball isn't helping, but it has with many other
> > topics in the past. Conversely it may have hindered others, but
> > perhaps because the introduction of split lists was premature, who
> > knows. Hey, there are already multiple lists, besides flexcomponents
> > there is HOF_Flex for one and the India based list too, I'm sure there
> > are others.
> >
> > I suggest we start off with a couple very generic variants.
> > flexcoders_enterprise seems ok to me, those that work with ente

[flexcoders] Re: Splitting FlexCoders in smaller, focused groups

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

Just some random thoughts.

It seems most of the posts on the list are general help questions.

Alex and the other guys have been a great help when it comes to asking
questions where the answers weren't bleedingly obvious to me in the
documentation.

Sometimes I have more abstract questions that I ask myself in terms of
design and architecture that I do not feel would be appropriate to ask
on this list.
It seems that because of the volume of questions most of the answers
are short and to the point.
Sometimes I would be looking for feedback and to "build" on ideas or
concepts and I get the feeling a more advanced list would be appropriate.

I've done a lot of work that I simply haven't published (mostly
because i don't own the IP), but i would love a forum to discuss some
of these new ideas I have.

If new lists gets the backing from adobe, farata, UM and others I
think this could encourage a new wave in community involvement.


regards,

Bjorn




--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Doug McCune" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I plan on gathering a complete archive of the list over the next week
> and doing some analysis. I'll post the full dataset once I get it
> compiled to let others play with it too. I'm working on a variety of
> ways to get a compiled list of all messages, but I think between
> either scraping the mail archive site and scraping the yahoo group
> site I should have it figured out in another week.
> 
> Then of course I'll build some flex apps to crunch some of the data :)
> 
> Doug
> 
> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 6:20 PM, Matt Chotin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > As far as stats, we've had about 100 people join in the last week.
I don't
> > know how many folks unsubscribed, that seems to be a little harder
to track
> > easily and I don't have time to read through all the logs (if
someone would
> > like to write some scripts to go through the logs and build up
these kinds
> > of stats let me know and I'll get you access). Also hard to know
how many of
> > the folks who joined are spammers, but I don't think that many :-)
> >
> > This is a tough position for me to comment on because we want the
community
> > to thrive and have a life of its own that isn't controlled by
Adobe. That
> > said, we clearly want to see it succeed and will involve ourselves as
> > necessary to try to make that happen.
> >
> > Based on the comments I'm seeing in this thread I don't see the
big clamor
> > to divide the list. I see folks who have figured out workflows
that work for
> > them, and suggestions for how to make things more manageable. That
said, the
> > issue that Anatole raises is whether we are preventing new users from
> > getting help, or preventing advanced users from participating.
Most of those
> > folks who have been "hurt" we can assume are folks who are not on
the list
> > anymore, so it's difficult to really know without some sort of
data as to
> > why they left the list. If people are willing to wait a few weeks,
maybe we
> > could work on trying to gather that data and make a decision
after. Another
> > piece of data we could use is an analysis of the kinds of posts
that have
> > happened recently, perhaps compared to posts from a year ago, and
see if the
> > skill level of posters is increasing, how many threads are going un
> > answered, semi-subjective view of signal vs. noise. This would help us
> > understand if there is meaning behind the low rate of increase in
total
> > number of members, as well as the generally flat nature of posts
per month.
> >
> > Does doing this kind of analysis interest anyone? Are the folks
who advocate
> > separating the list interested in waiting for this kind of
analysis? For me,
> > it seems kind of critical to have real data before making this kind of
> > decision, as we're going with hunches as to what's really
happening here.
> > I'd have a hard time getting behind a real split when we don't
know if doing
> > so would actually improve things.
> >
> > Matt
> >
> > On 6/17/08 3:15 PM, "Anatole Tartakovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > Doug,
> > As far as I know, I am the only one in the NY office who did not
unsubscribe
> > from the group. Looks at the stats ( provided by Tim) or just go
to the
> > group page. Also, the number of users if I remember it correctly
has been in
> > 9K for at least 6 month - meaning you have the same number of
people in and
> > OUT - obviously you need to ask Matt if he has more detailed stats on
> > unsubscribes count.
> > Regards,
> &g

[flexcoders] Re: Splitting FlexCoders in smaller, focused groups

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

> Now, how do we go about some sort of process to see what kind of support
> there is on the list?

A corresponding wordpress blog/website for each list updated with info
by the moderators and contributors.
It wouldn't have to be an InsideRIA style blog, just info relating to
the list.





--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Josh McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I like it :)
> 
> FlexCodersBestPractices could be a very useful forum. Although there
might
> be some crossover between UserExperience and the existing FlexComponents
> list?
> 
> Now, how do we go about some sort of process to see what kind of support
> there is on the list?
> 
> Also, if we don't have the support of the Adobe cats that post here, the
> idea is definitely dead in the water. They're a *big* help and have
the kind
> of inside information that takes the rest of us quite a while to
replicate
> :)
> 
> -Josh
> 
> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Bjorn Schultheiss <
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> >   - FlexCodersAnnouncements
> > - FlexCodersRemoteServices
> > - FlexCodersUserExperience
> > - FlexCodersBestPractices
> >
> >
> > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com ,
"Josh
> > McDonald"  wrote:
> > >
> > > Drop actionscriptcoders and rename enterprise to RPC (or
FlexRemoting or
> > > something), and I'm in. 95% of funky flex question are actionscript
> > > questions - unless it's an "advanced actionscript" list for things
> > like VM
> > > internals stuff, in which case case perhaps it just needs a name
change.
> > >
> > > Everybody likes to think what they're doing is "enterprise".
What we're
> > > doing definitely counts (Oracle *loves* us), but we're all SOAP - we
> > don't
> > > use LCDS at all, so if people think enterprise is mainly for
LCDS stuff
> > > we're going to get confusion.
> > >
> > > Didn't know about ApolloCoders, I think I'll go subscribe :)
> > >
> > > Definitely like the idea of an announce list, it could be moderated
> > or you
> > > could subscribe to it as a daily / weekly digest.
> > >
> > > -Josh
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 2:10 PM, Bjorn Schultheiss <
> > > bjorn.mailinglists@> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Existing
> > > > - FlexCoders
> > > > - FlexComponents
> > > > - ApolloCoders
> > > > - FlexJobs
> > > >
> > > > New
> > > > - EnterpriseFlex
> > > > - FlexUIDesign
> > > > - FlexAnnouncements
> > > > - ActionscriptCoders
> > > >
> > > > ?
> > > >
> > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
 > 40yahoogroups.com>,
> > "Bjorn
> > > > Schultheiss"
> > > >
> > > >  wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > > 1. 101
> > > > > Is creating a new group for this necessary or is flexcoders
already
> > > > > handling this?
> > > > >
> > > > > > > 2. Coding (AS3/MXML)
> > > > > The name seems too abstract, what area are we targeting?
> > > > > Is is to "show off" new ideas or syntax questions.
> > > > >
> > > > > > > 3. Design and UI ( Flash/Components/CSS/Skin)
> > > > > Love it! Can we replace UI with UX : )
> > > > >
> > > > > > > 4. Enterprise/Best Practices/Frameworks
> > > > > Does this include WebOrb/Blaze/LCDS ?
> > > > >
> > > > > > > 5. AIR - not big yet, but definitely a separate group of
folks
> > > > > Apollocoders exists. not sure what the traffic is like.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com 
> > , "Josh
> >
> > > > McDonald"  wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > That's not a bad list of categories at all Anatole.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > It would be best if there's still some sort of (read-only?)
> > > > > meta-list that
> > > > > > shows all messages, and if it were smart enough that you could
> > > > read the
> > > > > > "all" list and replies went to the correct lists it'd be a
> > pretty good
> > > > 

[flexcoders] Re: Splitting FlexCoders in smaller, focused groups

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

- FlexCodersAnnouncements
- FlexCodersRemoteServices
- FlexCodersUserExperience
- FlexCodersBestPractices


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Josh McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Drop actionscriptcoders and rename enterprise to RPC (or FlexRemoting or
> something), and I'm in. 95% of funky flex question are actionscript
> questions - unless it's an "advanced actionscript" list for things
like VM
> internals stuff, in which case case perhaps it just needs a name change.
> 
> Everybody likes to think what they're doing is "enterprise". What we're
> doing definitely counts (Oracle *loves* us), but we're all SOAP - we
don't
> use LCDS at all, so if people think enterprise is mainly for LCDS stuff
> we're going to get confusion.
> 
> Didn't know about ApolloCoders, I think I'll go subscribe :)
> 
> Definitely like the idea of an announce list, it could be moderated
or you
> could subscribe to it as a daily / weekly digest.
> 
> -Josh
> 
> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 2:10 PM, Bjorn Schultheiss <
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> >   Existing
> > - FlexCoders
> > - FlexComponents
> > - ApolloCoders
> > - FlexJobs
> >
> > New
> > - EnterpriseFlex
> > - FlexUIDesign
> > - FlexAnnouncements
> > - ActionscriptCoders
> >
> > ?
> >
> > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com ,
"Bjorn
> > Schultheiss"
> >
> >  wrote:
> > >
> > > > > 1. 101
> > > Is creating a new group for this necessary or is flexcoders already
> > > handling this?
> > >
> > > > > 2. Coding (AS3/MXML)
> > > The name seems too abstract, what area are we targeting?
> > > Is is to "show off" new ideas or syntax questions.
> > >
> > > > > 3. Design and UI ( Flash/Components/CSS/Skin)
> > > Love it! Can we replace UI with UX : )
> > >
> > > > > 4. Enterprise/Best Practices/Frameworks
> > > Does this include WebOrb/Blaze/LCDS ?
> > >
> > > > > 5. AIR - not big yet, but definitely a separate group of folks
> > > Apollocoders exists. not sure what the traffic is like.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
, "Josh
> > McDonald"  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > That's not a bad list of categories at all Anatole.
> > > >
> > > > It would be best if there's still some sort of (read-only?)
> > > meta-list that
> > > > shows all messages, and if it were smart enough that you could
> > read the
> > > > "all" list and replies went to the correct lists it'd be a
pretty good
> > > > common ground I think. I'm no mailing-list-guy though, so no
idea if
> > > that's
> > > > feasible.
> > > >
> > > > -Josh
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Anatole Tartakovsky <
> > > > anatole.tartakovsky@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Matt,
> > > > >
> > > > > Splitting the last 500 topics in groups it would be:
> > > > > 1. 101
> > > > > 2. Coding (AS3/MXML)
> > > > > 3. Design and UI ( Flash/Components/CSS/Skin)
> > > > > 4. Enterprise/Best Practices/Frameworks
> > > > > 5. AIR - not big yet, but definitely a separate group of
folks there
> > > > >
> > > > > Thank you
> > > > > Anatole Tartakovsky
> > > > > Farata Systems
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 11:28 PM, Matt Chotin  wrote:t
> > > > > Practices/Frameworks
> > > > >
> > > > > I do think 12 is way too high a number BTW. Would recommend
> > > capping at
> > > > >> 5 absolute max.
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >> On 6/16/08 8:28 PM, "Matt Chotin"
>
> > > > >> wrote:
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Hey guys,
> > > > >>
> > > > >> If you think that splitting the lists is the right thing to do
> > > for the
> > > > >> larger community then I'm not going to stop you. I think we
were
> > > right in
> > > > >> the past to recommend against the split, but I can see
Anatole's
> > > point that
> > > > >> traffic has stagnated and 

[flexcoders] Re: Splitting FlexCoders in smaller, focused groups

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

Existing
- FlexCoders
- FlexComponents
- ApolloCoders
- FlexJobs

New
- EnterpriseFlex
- FlexUIDesign
- FlexAnnouncements
- ActionscriptCoders

?



--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Bjorn Schultheiss"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > 1. 101
> Is creating a new group for this necessary or is flexcoders already
> handling this?
> 
> > > 2. Coding (AS3/MXML)
> The name seems too abstract, what area are we targeting?
> Is is to "show off" new ideas or syntax questions.
> 
> > > 3. Design and UI ( Flash/Components/CSS/Skin)
> Love it! Can we replace UI with UX : )
> 
> > > 4. Enterprise/Best Practices/Frameworks
> Does this include WebOrb/Blaze/LCDS ?
> 
> > > 5. AIR - not big yet, but definitely a separate group of folks 
> Apollocoders exists. not sure what the traffic is like.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Josh McDonald"  wrote:
> >
> > That's not a bad list of categories at all Anatole.
> > 
> > It would be best if there's still some sort of (read-only?)
> meta-list that
> > shows all messages, and if it were smart enough that you could
read the
> > "all" list and replies went to the correct lists it'd be a pretty good
> > common ground I think. I'm no mailing-list-guy though, so no idea if
> that's
> > feasible.
> > 
> > -Josh
> > 
> > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Anatole Tartakovsky <
> > anatole.tartakovsky@> wrote:
> > 
> > >   Matt,
> > >
> > >  Splitting the last 500 topics in groups it would be:
> > > 1. 101
> > > 2. Coding (AS3/MXML)
> > > 3. Design and UI ( Flash/Components/CSS/Skin)
> > > 4. Enterprise/Best Practices/Frameworks
> > > 5. AIR - not big yet, but definitely a separate group of folks there
> > >
> > > Thank you
> > > Anatole Tartakovsky
> > > Farata Systems
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 11:28 PM, Matt Chotin  wrote:t
> > > Practices/Frameworks
> > >
> > >I do think 12 is way too high a number BTW. Would recommend
> capping at
> > >> 5 absolute max.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On 6/16/08 8:28 PM, "Matt Chotin" >
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Hey guys,
> > >>
> > >> If you think that splitting the lists is the right thing to do
> for the
> > >> larger community then I'm not going to stop you. I think we were
> right in
> > >> the past to recommend against the split, but I can see Anatole's
> point that
> > >> traffic has stagnated and we'd certainly like the community to
> thrive. We'll
> > >> certainly try to pay attention to as much as possible (not like
> it's me
> > >> doing much but you know some Adobe folks are quite active), but no
> > >> guarantees on how it will go. The Adobe forums themselves are
> definitely
> > >> lacking, primarily because we can't access them via email.
There is a
> > >> project going on within Adobe to improve the experience
> drastically, and we
> > >> definitely intend to split forums there (and hopefully convince
> everyone to
> > >> come back over and move away from Yahoo Groups); but it's still a
> number of
> > >> months away at the earliest. I would hope that folks will
> continue to help
> > >> users of all levels, and we'll need moderators to handle whatever
> new lists
> > >> are created.
> > >>
> > >> Matt
> > >>
> > >> On 6/16/08 8:17 PM, "Bjorn Schultheiss"
> >
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> I like the idea of splitting topics into different lists.
> > >> I also like Anatole's suggestions for list types.
> > >>
> > >> Flexcoders has become to "over-bloated"..
> > >>
> > >> I would be in favour for looking at topics that I'm interested in.
> > >>
> > >> Perhaps this will get more of the experienced contributors back
> on the
> > >> list.
> > >>
> > >> Imagine if OSFlash had only one mailing list.
> > >>
> > >> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com 
>  > >> flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com
> > > >> flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > ,
> "Anatole
> > >> Tartakovsky"
> > >>  wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > 

[flexcoders] Re: Splitting FlexCoders in smaller, focused groups

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

> > 1. 101
Is creating a new group for this necessary or is flexcoders already
handling this?

> > 2. Coding (AS3/MXML)
The name seems too abstract, what area are we targeting?
Is is to "show off" new ideas or syntax questions.

> > 3. Design and UI ( Flash/Components/CSS/Skin)
Love it! Can we replace UI with UX : )

> > 4. Enterprise/Best Practices/Frameworks
Does this include WebOrb/Blaze/LCDS ?

> > 5. AIR - not big yet, but definitely a separate group of folks 
Apollocoders exists. not sure what the traffic is like.





--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Josh McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> That's not a bad list of categories at all Anatole.
> 
> It would be best if there's still some sort of (read-only?)
meta-list that
> shows all messages, and if it were smart enough that you could read the
> "all" list and replies went to the correct lists it'd be a pretty good
> common ground I think. I'm no mailing-list-guy though, so no idea if
that's
> feasible.
> 
> -Josh
> 
> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Anatole Tartakovsky <
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> >   Matt,
> >
> >  Splitting the last 500 topics in groups it would be:
> > 1. 101
> > 2. Coding (AS3/MXML)
> > 3. Design and UI ( Flash/Components/CSS/Skin)
> > 4. Enterprise/Best Practices/Frameworks
> > 5. AIR - not big yet, but definitely a separate group of folks there
> >
> > Thank you
> > Anatole Tartakovsky
> > Farata Systems
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 11:28 PM, Matt Chotin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:t
> > Practices/Frameworks
> >
> >I do think 12 is way too high a number BTW. Would recommend
capping at
> >> 5 absolute max.
> >>
> >>
> >> On 6/16/08 8:28 PM, "Matt Chotin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hey guys,
> >>
> >> If you think that splitting the lists is the right thing to do
for the
> >> larger community then I'm not going to stop you. I think we were
right in
> >> the past to recommend against the split, but I can see Anatole's
point that
> >> traffic has stagnated and we'd certainly like the community to
thrive. We'll
> >> certainly try to pay attention to as much as possible (not like
it's me
> >> doing much but you know some Adobe folks are quite active), but no
> >> guarantees on how it will go. The Adobe forums themselves are
definitely
> >> lacking, primarily because we can't access them via email. There is a
> >> project going on within Adobe to improve the experience
drastically, and we
> >> definitely intend to split forums there (and hopefully convince
everyone to
> >> come back over and move away from Yahoo Groups); but it's still a
number of
> >> months away at the earliest. I would hope that folks will
continue to help
> >> users of all levels, and we'll need moderators to handle whatever
new lists
> >> are created.
> >>
> >> Matt
> >>
> >> On 6/16/08 8:17 PM, "Bjorn Schultheiss"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> I like the idea of splitting topics into different lists.
> >> I also like Anatole's suggestions for list types.
> >>
> >> Flexcoders has become to "over-bloated"..
> >>
> >> I would be in favour for looking at topics that I'm interested in.
> >>
> >> Perhaps this will get more of the experienced contributors back
on the
> >> list.
> >>
> >> Imagine if OSFlash had only one mailing list.
> >>
> >> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com 
 >> flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com
> >> flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > ,
"Anatole
> >> Tartakovsky"
> >>  wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Dear All,
> >> > Flexcoders has huge problem. In the last 15 month it is very much
> >> > stagnant in terms of message count and participation. It is not
> >> growing and
> >> > dropping members as fast as it gets them.
> >> >
> >> > I believe this group has overgrown the optimal size about a year
> >> ago and
> >> > needs to be divided in more focused smaller groups. My mail box
get 100+
> >> > messages a day on all kinds of topic - unless I can spend 30+
> >> minutes that
> >> > day to sort them out it goes directly into garbage can. Most people
> >> in the
> >> > company unsubscribed from it 18 month ago. 

[flexcoders] Re: Splitting FlexCoders in smaller, focused groups

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

I like the idea of splitting topics into different lists.
I also like Anatole's suggestions for list types.

Flexcoders has become to "over-bloated".. 

I would be in favour for looking at topics that I'm interested in.

Perhaps this will get more of the experienced contributors back on the
list.

Imagine if OSFlash had only one mailing list.





--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Anatole Tartakovsky"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>Flexcoders has huge problem. In the last 15 month it is very much
> stagnant in terms of message count and participation. It is not
growing and
> dropping members as fast as it gets them.
> 
>I believe this group has overgrown the optimal size about a year
ago and
> needs to be divided in more focused smaller groups. My mail box get 100+
> messages a day on all kinds of topic - unless I can spend 30+
minutes that
> day to sort them out it goes directly into garbage can. Most people
in the
> company unsubscribed from it 18 month ago. Most of veteran
developers I know
> either unsubscribed or stopped looking in this mess greatly
diminishing the
> quality of the responses. As a result group mostly host new
developers and
> looses most of experienced ones after very short period of time.
> 
> Further delay of breaking this group hinders usefulness of the group
for all
> of us as now we have significant amount of users that are being
forced out.
> I believe it is time to archive flexcoders and branch (12?) targeted new
> user groups
> 
> I would like to see people suggesting user subgroups and WiKi topics for
> Flex community site to go with each group - providing best posts in more
> systematic way.
> 
> I suggest the following Yahoo groups ( created couple for your
> convenience).
> 
> Flex101: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/flex101/
> 
> Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> List owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> EnterpriseFlex: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/enterpriseflex/
> 
> Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> List owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> FlexUI
> FlexDesign
> 
> FlexSDK
> FlexDeployment
> 
> FlexFlash
> 
> FlexFrameworks
> 
> FlexBestPractices
> 
> EnterpriseFlex:
> 
> FlexBlazeDS:
> 
> weborb:
> 
> Sincerely,
> Anatole Tartakovsky
> Farata Systems
>

[flexcoders] Re: How to debug

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

When I get lost I start removing code until i can get a working build.
Provided you can you adl to debug other apps this approach should help.

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Josh Millstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I've got an application that I'm building that just started crashing
adl.
> Is there anyway to debug something like this?  I have traced the
issue to a
> semi-specific area of my code, but when it crashes I can't use any
of the
> debug stuff to get a closer look at the problem.
> -- 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 785-832-9154
>

[flexcoders] Re: Error : Type Coercion failed: cannot convert mx.utils::ObjectProxy to Array

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

what object are you casting to an array?
take a look at ::object_proxy

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "ajayakiti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert
> mx.utils::[EMAIL PROTECTED] to Array.
> at
>
com.brookeside.enact.view.navigation.company::HomeComponent/::loyaltyLevelLineMonitorResult()
> at
>
com.brookeside.enact.view.navigation.company::HomeComponent/__loyaltyLevelLineMonitorService_result()
> at
>
flash.events::EventDispatcher/flash.events:EventDispatcher::dispatchEventFunction()
> at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent()
> at
>
mx.rpc.http.mxml::HTTPService/http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::dispatchRpcEvent()
> at
>
mx.rpc::AbstractInvoker/http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::resultHandler()
> at mx.rpc::Responder/result()
> at mx.rpc::AsyncRequest/acknowledge()
> at ::DirectHTTPMessageResponder/completeHandler()
> at
>
flash.events::EventDispatcher/flash.events:EventDispatcher::dispatchEventFunction()
> at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent()
> at flash.net::URLLoader/flash.net:URLLoader::onComplete()
>

[flexcoders] Re: Flex Css & Html Css

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

Do you have any examples??

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, David Pariente <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> i just did something even more complicated today using degrafa and
css, with a few lines of code, and i'm IMPRESSED!
> 
> 
> - Mensaje original 
> De: Bjorn Schultheiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Para: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Enviado: lunes, 16 de junio, 2008 5:33:41
> Asunto: [flexcoders] Re: Flex Css & Html Css
> 
> 
> Have you seen degrafa?
> You can do all this via CSS.
> http://blog. benstucki. net/?p=46
> 
> --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com, "Michael Schmalle"
>  wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Well.. you can't really unless you create a custom skin. There are
> some open
> > source stuff out there that allows you to use a background repeat
> algorithm.
> > 
> > There is no background position styles either.
> > 
> > So really, what you want to do cannot be done with Flex3 css.
> > 
> > Mike
> > 
> > On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 1:27 AM, xaero  wrote:
> > 
> > >   And then How can I set the page's background like in the HTML Css?
> > > That is:
> > > background-repeat: repeat-x;
> > > background-Position X: left;
> > > background-Position Y: bottom;
> > >
> > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com ,
> "Michael
> > > Schmalle"
> > >
> > >  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > No, you can't do this.
> > > >
> > > > Flex CSS is not 'real' css and does not conform to WC3.
> > > >
> > > > Mike
> > > >
> > >
> > > 
> > >
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Teoti Graphix, LLC
> > http://www.teotigra phix.com
> > 
> > Teoti Graphix Blog
> > http://www.blog. teotigraphix. com
> > 
> > You can find more by solving the problem then by 'asking the
question'.
> >
> 
> 
> 
> 
>   __ 
> Enviado desde Correo Yahoo! La bandeja de entrada más inteligente.
>

[flexcoders] Re: Flex Css & Html Css

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

Have you seen degrafa?
You can do all this via CSS.
http://blog.benstucki.net/?p=46


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Schmalle"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> 
> Well.. you can't really unless you create a custom skin. There are
some open
> source stuff out there that allows you to use a background repeat
algorithm.
> 
> There is no background position styles either.
> 
> So really, what you want to do cannot be done with Flex3 css.
> 
> Mike
> 
> On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 1:27 AM, xaero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> >   And then How can I set the page's background like in the HTML Css?
> > That is:
> > background-repeat: repeat-x;
> > background-PositionX: left;
> > background-PositionY: bottom;
> >
> > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com ,
"Michael
> > Schmalle"
> >
> >  wrote:
> > >
> > > No, you can't do this.
> > >
> > > Flex CSS is not 'real' css and does not conform to WC3.
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Teoti Graphix, LLC
> http://www.teotigraphix.com
> 
> Teoti Graphix Blog
> http://www.blog.teotigraphix.com
> 
> You can find more by solving the problem then by 'asking the question'.
>

Re: [flexcoders] Re: closing and reopening windows in Air App

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

how are you closing it?

On 16/06/2008, at 9:00 AM, Omar Fouad wrote:


Why no one is answering?

On 6/13/08, Omar Fouad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi list,
> I got a small application that opens a window.
> I used another mxml (AboutWindow.mxml) file that has  
Bla bla

> bla in it.
>
> In the Main mxml file I have a button and when I click to this  
button I

> open() it by:
>
> private var AboutWin:AboutWindow = new AboutWindow();
> pivate function ShowAboutWindow():void {
> AboutWIn.open();
> }
>
> This works great, when I click the button in the main Application  
the
> AboutWin Shows, and When I close it, it closes perfectly. But if I  
re-click

> the Icon again the AboutWin would not open again.
>
> Is there something that I am missing?
>
> Thanks
> **
>
> --
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> http://www.omarfouad.net
>
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[flexcoders] Warning: Source path entry XXXX is a subdirectory of source path entry

[bjorn]

I'm cleaning up my (proje)act and trying to remove all warnings.

This one is bugging me:
"Source path entry, C:\dev\flexworkspace\project\src\assets\locale\en_US' is
a subdirectory of source path entry, 'C:\dev\flexworkspace\project\src\"

It's becuase I have these additional compiler arguments:
-locale en_US -source-path+=assets/locale/{locale}
-default-background-color=0x00

It's needed to find the locale properties file, if I remove it from
the build path I get this error: "Unable to resolve class for
ResourceBundle: myresourcebundle"
It's probably fixable by moving the /assets/locale/ folder out of the src
path. However, we have our src folder checked into Subversion which has an
'external' link to the assets folder. So the assets need to be a subfolder
to src (for the externals link to work when we update the src folder)

Anyhow - why doesn't it find the ResourceBundle when I don't include it in
the additional compiler settings (it's in the source path, as it says in the
warning ..)

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Re: [flexcoders] dragMoveEnabled: sometimes move/sometimes copy?

[bjorn]

Hmm, I tried this - but I don't see that fixing anything since I don't
specify COPY anywhere ..

   private function onImageDragOver( event:DragEvent ):void
   {
trace("onImageDragOver...");
event.preventDefault();
DragManager.acceptDragDrop(this.imageTileList);
   }

2008/6/4 Alex Harui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

>Get dragOver events, call preventDefault() on the event, call
> DragManager.acceptDragDrop with the right information
>
>
>  --
>
> *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On
> Behalf Of *bjorn
> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 04, 2008 5:54 AM
> *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> *Subject:* [flexcoders] dragMoveEnabled: sometimes move/sometimes copy?
>
>
>
> I have a TileList which contains draggable elements and has
> dragMoveEnabled. This works fine, however, I have one problem. The thing is
> that I need to be able to remove them from the drag source in some cases and
> not remove them in some cases, based on the drop target (and not user
> keyboard interaction).
>
>
>
> How do I accomplish this behaviour?
> --
>
> 
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> http://www.43min.com - funny movies
>
> 
>



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[flexcoders] Re: Sandbox violation running from Builder. How did I get this and how do I fix it?

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

Are you sure its not a security settings related issue..
www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager04.html



--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Winscot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Also. where is the project 'physically' located? I would strongly
recommend
> making sure that the project is inside your workspace. Are there any
> compiler options like -use-network=false present?
> 
>  
> 
> Rick Winscot
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Tracy Spratt
> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 9:03 PM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Sandbox violation running from Builder.
How did I
> get this and how do I fix it?
> 
>  
> 
> Very strange.  There was a similar thread a couple days ago and we
did not
> find a solution, as far as I know.
> 
>  
> 
> Did you create the new project by don't New Project and then copying
in the
> files, or did you import the other project? (the first, I know, but
maybe
> try the second?)
> 
>  
> 
> Maybe try removing the application from the project's application
list and
> then re-adding it?
> 
>  
> 
> Tracy
> 
>  
> 
>   _  
> 
> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Josh McDonald
> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 8:42 PM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [flexcoders] Sandbox violation running from Builder. How
did I get
> this and how do I fix it?
> 
>  
> 
> I've checked out a project into the same directory as all my other
projects,
> and now I'm getting a security sandbox violation trying to load a
local file
> even when running from Flex. What could cause this? And how do I get
it back
> to behaving the way it should for all builder projects?
> 
> -J
> 
> -- 
> "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for
thee."
> 
> :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald
> :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>

[flexcoders] dragMoveEnabled: sometimes move/sometimes copy?

[bjorn]

I have a TileList which contains draggable elements and has dragMoveEnabled.
This works fine, however, I have one problem. The thing is that I need to be
able to remove them from the drag source in some cases and not remove them
in some cases, based on the drop target (and not user keyboard interaction).

How do I accomplish this behaviour?
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Re: [flexcoders] Problem editing custom object in DataGrid (itemEditEnd method, cannot get data)

[bjorn -]

There it was :-) .. thanks a lot Alex.

Just in case anyone has the similar problems, my itemEditEnd listener looks
like this now:

   /**
* Called when the user has edited an answer
*/
   private function onAnswerEditEnd(ev:DataGridEvent):void
   {
var answerGrid:DataGrid = DataGrid(ev.target);
var ans:Answer = answerGrid.selectedItem as Answer;
ans.answer.text = TextInput(answerGrid.itemEditorInstance).text;
ev.preventDefault(); // make sure the event doesn't reach the
datagrid
this.answerGrid.destroyItemEditor(); // stop editing
   }

2008/5/20 Alex Harui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

>itemEditorInstance.text?
>
>  --
> *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On
> Behalf Of *bjorn -
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 20, 2008 8:41 AM
> *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> *Subject:* [flexcoders] Problem editing custom object in DataGrid
> (itemEditEnd method, cannot get data)
>
>Hi, I've created a MultiLanguageString object which contain an array of
> language codes and text value (e.g. [en] => Hello, [de] => "Guten tag" etc.)
>
> When editing in a DataGrid you always see the current selected language
> since MultiLanguageString's toString() method returns the internal arr[
> currentLanguageCode ] text.
>
> However, on edit end I got this error saying String cannot be converted to
> MultiLanguageString (Type Coercion failed), so I figgured I'd have to create
> my own itemEditEnd listener and prevent the vent from reaching the dataGrid
> there.
>
> This works fine.
>
> However, I'm unable to get the data somehow (all I get is the original
> data, unedited) .. I see DataGrid uses the event.itemRenderer.data, but when
> I look that up I only see the old data. Same for all other properties on the
> event which contains the data.
>
> Should I take a different route here or is it solvable this way?
>
>
> --
>
> 
> http://www.juicability.com - flex blog
> http://www.43min.com - funny movies
>
>  
>



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[flexcoders] Problem editing custom object in DataGrid (itemEditEnd method, cannot get data)

[bjorn -]

Hi, I've created a MultiLanguageString object which contain an array of
language codes and text value (e.g. [en] => Hello, [de] => "Guten tag" etc.)

When editing in a DataGrid you always see the current selected language
since MultiLanguageString's toString() method returns the internal arr[
currentLanguageCode ] text.

However, on edit end I got this error saying String cannot be converted to
MultiLanguageString (Type Coercion failed), so I figgured I'd have to create
my own itemEditEnd listener and prevent the vent from reaching the dataGrid
there.

This works fine.

However, I'm unable to get the data somehow (all I get is the original data,
unedited) .. I see DataGrid uses the event.itemRenderer.data, but when I
look that up I only see the old data. Same for all other properties on the
event which contains the data.

Should I take a different route here or is it solvable this way?


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[flexcoders] Re: Flash Player 10 is in prerelease!

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

http://blog.tengerstudio.com/2008/05/16/flash-player-10-class-browser/

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, VELO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Any word on API?
> 
> VELO
> 
> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 3:25 AM, Bjorn Schultheiss <
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> >   Is there a new api to play with?
> >
> >
> > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com ,
"Gordon
> > Smith"  wrote:
> > >
> > > http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Gordon Smith
> > >
> > > Adobe Flex SDK Team
> > >
> >
> >  
> >
>

[flexcoders] Re: Flash Player 10 is in prerelease!

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

Is there a new api to play with?

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Gordon Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/
> 
>  
> 
> Gordon Smith
> 
> Adobe Flex SDK Team
>

[flexcoders] Re: Classes defined in MXML - are they dynamic? Can they be?

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

In run into this problem once with the array class back in the day.
I changed a var from ArrayCollection to Array and had over 100 errors
that were not caught at compile time since the Array is dynamic.



--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Harui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> IMHO, dynamic is quicksand for consumers of your framework.  One
> mis-typed property name and you'll spend hours sloshing around trying to
> find it.  I wrote a ton of AS code for the Flash MX 2004 components and
> the dynamic nature was a real pain in the ass.  It was a huge step
> forward to go back to working with stricter languages.
> 
>  
> 
> 
> 
> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Josh McDonald
> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 9:08 PM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Classes defined in MXML - are they dynamic?
> Can they be?
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks for that.
> 
> Yeah it's not something I'm planning on doing right now, I'm just sort
> of thinking out loud about a framework I really need to get off my ass
> and write in my spare time :) And I'm just growing ideas as to how I go
> about it.
> 
> -J
> 
> On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 1:59 PM, Alex Harui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  > wrote:
> 
> They are not dynamic by default.  I'm not sure if there is a way to make
> them dynamic.  IMHO, it is not a recommended practice, and there is
> usually some other way.
> 
>  
> 
> 
> 
> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com 
> [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com  ]
> On Behalf Of Josh McDonald
> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 8:41 PM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com  
> Subject: [flexcoders] Classes defined in MXML - are they dynamic? Can
> they be?
> 
>  
> 
> Like I'm an unpopular Digger, "Title says it all".
> 
> -J
> 
> -- 
> "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for
> thee."
> 
> :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald
> :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED]   
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for
> thee."
> 
> :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald
> :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
>

[flexcoders] Re: shared code issue

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

my bad..
shared code module wasn't compiling due to a weird compiler error.
it wasn't displaying in my problems panel for some reason.



--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Bjorn Schultheiss"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'm getting this error
> 
> TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert
> com.qmecom.common.events::[EMAIL PROTECTED] to
> com.qmecom.common.events.UploadAssetsModuleEvent.
>   at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEventFunction()
>   at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent()
> 
> i'm loading a shared code module before this error occurs.
> 
> var m:IModuleInfo = ModuleManager.getModule(sharedCodeModule_url);
> m.addEventListener(ModuleEvent.READY, 
>   function (event:ModuleEvent):void
>   {
>   trace('READY');
> 
> I'm importing my class into my shared code module.
> 
> private var uploadAssetsModuleEvent:UploadAssetsModuleEvent;
> 
> 
> 
> What have I missed here
> The debugging for these types of problems is lacking severely!
>

[flexcoders] shared code issue

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

I'm getting this error

TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert
com.qmecom.common.events::[EMAIL PROTECTED] to
com.qmecom.common.events.UploadAssetsModuleEvent.
at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEventFunction()
at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent()

i'm loading a shared code module before this error occurs.

var m:IModuleInfo = ModuleManager.getModule(sharedCodeModule_url);
m.addEventListener(ModuleEvent.READY, 
function (event:ModuleEvent):void
{
trace('READY');

I'm importing my class into my shared code module.

private var uploadAssetsModuleEvent:UploadAssetsModuleEvent;



What have I missed here
The debugging for these types of problems is lacking severely!

[flexcoders] Re: Memory leak in UIDUtil.createUID()

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

I hope not.

I'm using it everywhere!


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "shlomic_thailand" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi
> 
> i ran the following simple application in flex builder 3 profiler
> and found that this method (createUID) is leaking memory.
> looking at its content seems its ok - any ideas
> 
> 
> http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; 
> layout="absolute">
>   
>   
>   
>   
>   
>   
>   
>   
>   
> 
>

[flexcoders] Re: Help with Module strategy

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

Whether the figures are correct or not i don't see how it affects your
modular decision.

Framework caching will only effect the size of your shell not your
modules.
If your modules are optimized for your shell they will not include the
framework classes used by the shell.



--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Rodseth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> After doing a bit of analysis, it doesn't seem that modules are
> appropriate for me, without framework caching.
> 
> The monolithic app is currently 539K. An individual module containing
> charts, optimized for the monolithic app is 275K. Optimized for an
> empty app it's 382K. Not optimized, it's 624K. Since 5 or so modules
> will be loaded, the experience is likely to be a step backward, unless
> I can consolidate charts somehow, as Rick alluded to, or enable
> framework caching.
> 
> Can someone please confirm or correct the following:
> - Player 9 is around 97% penentration, but 9.0.115 is only around 61%
> - If I enable caching, the app will still work (albeit slowly) on
older players
> - The user won't know to update to 9.0.115 unless I build the app to
require it
> - However, using expressInstall, the upgrade to 9.0.115 would be
seamless
> - [??? any issues around localization ???]
> 
> - Richard
> 
> On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 6:56 AM, Richard Rodseth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I suppose a broad description would be business
> > intelligence/dashboard/reporting. It's true that for a fixed set of
> > reports or charts the main app swf can be updated and no modules are
> > required, but runtime configuration seems like an inevitable
> > direction.
> >
> > The main wrinkle mentioned in my original post is the desire to
> > extract individual reports as separate entities. Again, the build
> > system could simply build a distinct swf application for each one, so
> > I realize that modules are not absolutely needed.
> >
> > The strategy I describe (same host for 1 or many modules) allows me to
> > defer the RSL/caching stuff and optimize the modules for that single
> > host, but doesn't preclude a switch to portable modules in future.
> >
> > On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 6:17 AM, Rick Winscot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> What exactly is it that you are trying to extenensify? You don't
have to
> >> give up the secret sauce - but with a little more info maybe
ideas will
> >> start to flow? Modules are great for portability and system
extension that
> >> is true... but modules for modules sake of themselves
extensibility do not
> >> make. What's the rubble?
> >>
> >> Rick Winscot
> >>
> >> -Original Message-
> >> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> >> Behalf Of Richard Rodseth
> >> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 8:57 AM
> >> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> >> Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Re: Help with Module strategy
> >>
> >> Rick,
> >>
> >> I know about Degrafa and might use it for some gauges, but I've been
> >> pretty happy with Adobe's charting library. I would say that at this
> >> stage my motive for modules is extensibility rather than file size or
> >> even memory usage.
> >>
> >> On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 9:10 PM, Rick Winscot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> >>> Have you considered writing some of your libraries as
ActionScript (only)
> >>> libraries? Just a thought though. at the point you realize that
things are
> >>> getting a little 'too big and un-tamed' it is almost too late.
My father
> >>> always said, "only cry once." Meaning - if you want a G.I. Joe with
> >>> kung-fooBAR grip. Don't settle for 10 Malibu Ken dolls with
pasted on
> >>> peach-fuzz beards. Get out your lawn mower and mow a few extra
laws, baby
> >>> sit until you puke, and buy stock in Red Bull. If you only cry
once. and
> >> pay
> >>> the price up front you will save untold hours of refactoring
bits and
> >> pieces
> >>> to get things working.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> About your chart dilemma - consider consolidating like chart types.
> >>> Generalizing an interface to facilitate repurposing is smart and
means
> >> that
> >>> each one of your little chart dudes isn't the size, or greater,
of the
> >> Flex
> >>> chart library. Additionally - becoming proficient in primitive
drawing
> >> could
> >>> be much more valuable that u

[flexcoders] Re: How big does a SWF get before IE starts to worry?

[Bjorn Schultheiss]

I don't know what Rick was talking about, but if you're looking for
training, local info, etc, ask on the flexaussie mailing list.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexaussie



--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Josh McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I assume you're the Doug he's talking about? I didn't know you lived
around
> here, should I?
> 
> And is there intermediate - advanced training going on in Flex in
Brisbane?
> I could probably get the powers-that-be to spring for some in the new
> Financial year when we're less rushed :)
> 
> -J
>