[flexcoders] Re: SWF Object?

2008-07-04 Thread fuad_kamal
public methods and properties in your swf are completely accessible to flex just as if you defined them withing flex - you even get code introspection. So define some public methods that trigger the animations. Fuad Kamal Anaara Media LLC blog.anaara.com --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com,

[flexcoders] Re: dumb: eclipse on dual monitor?

2007-12-11 Thread fuad_kamal
of any panel and select detached from the context menu. Now drag anywhere to your heart's content! Fuad Kamal blog.anaara.com --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, fuad_kamal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are you guys all on Windows platform? I can split flexbuilder across monitors in Windows, but on Mac

[flexcoders] Re: Are you going to MAX?

2007-09-21 Thread fuad_kamal
I will be there... Fuad Kamal Anaara Media LLC www.anaara.com --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, ben.clinkinbeard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just curious how many people from the list will be in Chicago. Ben

[flexcoders] Re: dumb: eclipse on dual monitor?

2007-09-11 Thread fuad_kamal
Are you guys all on Windows platform? I can split flexbuilder across monitors in Windows, but on Mac it seems limited to a single screen - none of the panes detach. The split-screen view does work though - thanks for the tip! --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Michael Schmalle [EMAIL PROTECTED]

{Disarmed} Re: [flexcoders] Flex on Mac

2007-05-29 Thread fuad_kamal
, Tom Chiverton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 25 May 2007, fuad_kamal wrote: Interesting...on Windows platform Eclipse will throw a warning if you try to open a second instance. How do you open a new Eclipse window on Mac? Hitting command-N opens the 'new' wizard. Are you running

[flexcoders] flex charting style guide: missing manual

2007-05-25 Thread fuad_kamal
Hey I recently had a flex charting project, and found charting to be quite a powerful tool. It's great that the charts can be customized pretty much anyway you need. Charting components save a lot of development time - or they would, if there were some better reference docs. Where can I find a

{Disarmed} Re: [flexcoders] Flex on Mac

2007-05-25 Thread fuad_kamal
, Tom Chiverton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 17 May 2007, fuad_kamal wrote: main window. Sure, you could size the main eclipse window across all three of your monitors, but that's not what we're talking about, here. Open a new Eclipse window, you can then drag the tabs to that one

{Disarmed} Re: [flexcoders] Flex on Mac

2007-05-17 Thread fuad_kamal
a second monitor hooked up to my MacBook Pro right now, and my Mac Pro has 3 monitors. I've had no issues. Paul fuad_kamal wrote: you can't (multiple monitors). It's an issue w/Eclipse on Mac. Solution: cinema display :P --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Jurgen Beck jurgen

[flexcoders] Re: Flex on Mac

2007-05-16 Thread fuad_kamal
Since switching to mac I won't ever look back... good deal? There is no comparison...it's like comparing a formula one race car to a family sedanapples to oranges...totally different engineering performance. Mac is a Unix OS while Windows is a memory hogging monstrosity...the OS itself

{Disarmed} Re: [flexcoders] Flex on Mac

2007-05-16 Thread fuad_kamal
you can't (multiple monitors). It's an issue w/Eclipse on Mac. Solution: cinema display :P --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Jurgen Beck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Same here. I actually switched from Windows XP Professional running stand-alone Flex Builder to a Mac Pro and MacBook Pro.

[flexcoders] KeyBoardEvents - Flex can't hide control key sequences from Internet Explorer

2007-04-26 Thread fuad_kamal
If anyone has a solution that doesn't involve JavaScript in the html wrapper I'd love to hear it... The problem is, Internet Explorer interprets control-key sequences (such as ctrl-r which reloads the browser window) regardless of whether your flex app captures the keystrokes or not, regardless

[flexcoders] seeking half-way point between view helper (Cairngorm) and re-usable components

2007-04-08 Thread fuad_kamal
Cairngorm viewhelpers are a great way to keep you mxml components neat and clean by keeping most of the AS code out of them, they give a meaningul and easy to follow way to refer to a component from anywhere in the application, rather than crazy references like parent.parent.parent.etc... or

[flexcoders] mac platform, flash plug-in bug?

2007-02-13 Thread fuad_kamal
I've noticed a strange behavior on Intel Mac, and only with some swf's, e.g. the examples in the live docs: All or part of the swf in the web page will dissapear. It's usually associated with scrolling; sometimes if you scroll the page up, the swf will reappear, but when you mouse over, it will

[flexcoders] Re: which fds to use on Max OSX?

2007-01-09 Thread fuad_kamal
Thanks, until now I had been copying the .WAR files from a windows box, which is also behaving just fine. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, jrunrandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have to point out that OS X isn't a supported platform for FDS, but it's a well-behaved J2EE app, so you shouldn't

[flexcoders] Re: Cairngorm 2.1 exmples.

2007-01-09 Thread fuad_kamal
You might check out the 2.1 version of Flex store (Renaun Erickson), full source is available: http://renaun.com/blog/2006/10/31/142/ --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Kevin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: are there any other Cairngorm 2.1 examples out there? All the code I seem to be looking at

[flexcoders] which fds to use on Max OSX?

2007-01-08 Thread fuad_kamal
sorry if this sounds like a dumb question, but really I'm still a newbie on Mac platform - the install docs for fds 2.0.1 says there's a java installer (cross platform) for fds - but on the downloads page the options are AIX, HP_UX, Linux, Solaris. Which version should we be trying to run on

[flexcoders] Re: flex 2.0.1 feedback from the trenches

2007-01-08 Thread fuad_kamal
update - endless loop. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Paul Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5 Jan 2007, at 21:05, fuad_kamal wrote: -installed without uninstalling the beta, still worked fine, and my flex projects were preserved although in the known issues it said they wouldn't I

[flexcoders] Re: flex 2.0.1 feedback from the trenches

2007-01-08 Thread fuad_kamal
removing the below mentioned Flex Builder 2 folder from the Documents folder. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Paul Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5 Jan 2007, at 21:05, fuad_kamal wrote: -installed without uninstalling the beta, still worked fine, and my flex projects were preserved

[flexcoders] Re: flex 2.0.1 feedback from the trenches

2007-01-06 Thread fuad_kamal
Thanks, that path was exactly what I needed... --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Mike Morearty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, fuad_kamal flexCoders@ wrote: -How do I optimize memory usage for FB on the Mac? There isn't any FlexBuilder.ini file on my Macbook

[flexcoders] flex 2.0.1 feedback from the trenches

2007-01-05 Thread fuad_kamal
Today I switched from the Mac beta to the 2.0.1 release version of Flex Builder, here's my initial feedback, be glad to see others': -installed without uninstalling the beta, still worked fine, and my flex projects were preserved although in the known issues it said they wouldn't -typing '//' in

[flexcoders] datefield formatString bug

2007-01-02 Thread fuad_kamal
I assume this is just another of the bugs specific to the Mac beta, right? mx:DateField id=date selectedDate={model.inventory_date} change={inventoryDetailsViewHelper.getAvailabilityNote()} formatString=DDMMM / the format prints as, for example for Jan 2, 2007: 0102022007 when it should be

[flexcoders] flash 8 vs flash 9 player datagrid benchmarks?

2006-12-29 Thread fuad_kamal
has anyone seen any kind of benchmarks comparing the flash 8 player vs. flash 9 player? especially w/regard to datagrid performance?

[flexcoders] Re: Flex 2 Beta Mac Performance

2006-12-26 Thread fuad_kamal
I'm running flexbuilder 2 on an Intel Mac and it's been crashing a lot today, usually when I type '//' in the code editor for a comment. It's pretty inconsistent. Anyway I didn't find either eclipse.ini or FlexBuilder.ini on my machine anywhere. Is there another file that can be touched to

[flexcoders] Re: strange security sanbox error

2006-12-26 Thread fuad_kamal
and it instead 0. From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of fuad_kamal Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 2:05 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] strange security sanbox error anyone ever see

[flexcoders] Re: Debug Flash Player 9 for Intel Mac

2006-12-22 Thread fuad_kamal
I just finished switching my development environment from PC to a new Intel Mac. I also had the issue with the debug player not playing, and I also didn't find any separate download for the Intel debug player on Adobe's site...so I followed their alternative suggestion and re-installed Flex

[flexcoders] flash tracer breaks on intel mac?

2006-12-22 Thread fuad_kamal
I've seen a post about this on the flash tracer page, anyone find a fix? Flash tracer plugin for firefox creates a log file but shows no output from the debugger...seems like it can't find the debug player (although output is fine in flex console panel).

[flexcoders] panel titleBar customizations dissapear on mac

2006-12-22 Thread fuad_kamal
I have a class which extends Panel and adds buttons to the titlebar of the panel. When I moved my environment from my PC to my Mac the buttons in the titlebar no longer appear, although its the same code getting compiled. I'm not sure if it's a difference in the compilation or in the Flash

[flexcoders] Re: Debug Flash Player 9 for Intel Mac

2006-12-22 Thread fuad_kamal
, Firefox, often ignores keystrokes, etc). Cheers, Brian On 12/22/06, fuad_kamal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just finished switching my development environment from PC to a new Intel Mac. I also had the issue with the debug player not playing, and I also didn't find any

[flexcoders] fds for mac (beta) flex developers

2006-12-13 Thread fuad_kamal
anyone working on FDS projects but developing on Mac platform? I'm in the process of switching over to an Intel mac and found that FDS comes in Linux and Windows flavors but not Mac OSX. It was kind of convenient in Windows to have everything on one box. Are there any plans to release a Mac OS

[flexcoders] one-liner to break flex

2006-11-30 Thread fuad_kamal
a single line of code causes my Flex Builder to fail to compile the application and throws the following ambiguous error: 'An internal build error has occurred. Please check the Error Log.' I tried cleaning the application, which made no difference. Commenting out the line of code (or setting

[flexcoders] using JMS with Flex

2006-11-02 Thread fuad_kamal
Answered my own question... btw I meant JMS (Java Message Service), not JSM (Java Service Manager, also there is a 'Java Soccer Manager' app out there... ;P). FDS installs samples by default, including JMS. See Collaborative Dashboard sample... --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, fuad_kamal

[flexcoders] Re: Flex 2 limitations vs. raw Flash 8 Prof? - STAY AWAY FROM F9 Preview

2006-10-29 Thread fuad_kamal
. thanks, Kirk _ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of fuad_kamal Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 9:20 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Flex 2 limitations vs. raw Flash 8 Prof? In the F9 preview, if you open

[flexcoders] Undocumented AS2 - AS3 migration issues

2006-10-27 Thread fuad_kamal
While I've been porting a huge application from Flex 1.5 to Flex 2.0, every now and then I come across things that just weren't mentioned anywhere in the migration docs. I'm sure lots of other folks have been doing such ports and have come across undocumented issues that they had to figure out on

[flexcoders] Re: Anyone know how this is accomplished?

2006-10-27 Thread fuad_kamal
ah, where's the AS3 decompiler when you need it? ;) I implemented similiar using view states... --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, jnewport [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I found this link on dashboardSPY. http://adb.crowecs.com/flex/activeDashboard/dashBoard.mxml?versionChecked=true Does

[flexcoders] cairngorm - misuse of front controller? JSM w/Flex 2

2006-10-20 Thread fuad_kamal
Couple unrelated questions: first, regarding Cairngorm: Generally we use one front controller instance to capture user gestures, and yet another front controller instance to capture 'server gestures' - to capture events sent from the server and respond to them. Is this an appropriate model or

[flexcoders] cairngorm .99 to cairngorm 2

2006-10-13 Thread fuad_kamal
I'm migrating a flex 1.5 ap to 2.0, for which the migration doc from Adobe is extremely useful. The app uses Cairngorm, I was wondering if there are any known issues to look out for or a guide for moving from Cairngorm 0.99 to the current version of Cairngorm. thanks -- Flexcoders Mailing

[flexcoders] Re: Flex 2 limitations vs. raw Flash 8 Prof?

2006-10-06 Thread fuad_kamal
need for drag/drop functionality, so i'm worried that this might affect us. thanks, Kirk _ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of fuad_kamal Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 11:16 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Flex

[flexcoders] Re: Flex 2 limitations vs. raw Flash 8 Prof?

2006-10-05 Thread fuad_kamal
One addenum to that - in theory you can access the same component architecture in the Flash 9 preview as you can in Flex - from your AS3 code. Outside of pure code though, there's no drag 'n drop functionality in the F9 preview like we have in Flex...but I think that's just a preview issue; even

[flexcoders] Scale-9 Guide

2006-09-19 Thread fuad_kamal
Does scale-9 only apply to how Flex deals with ordinary (single) images, or can graphic components be preapared in different slices for use with scale-9? -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives:

[flexcoders] Re: Playing back a SWF with Flex

2006-09-18 Thread fuad_kamal
Has anyone done much work with Flash 9 Alpha swf's inside of Flex? What's the best way for flex components to interact with the swf? LocalConnection? Basically I want to broadcast events from the .swf created in Flash 9 that trigger state changes in the parent application; I want to use it as a

[flexcoders] Re: expandItem() not working on my tree :( - fixed

2006-08-14 Thread fuad_kamal
/ /node /mx:XMLList mx:Tree id=imTree width=100% height=100% labelField=@label showRoot=false dataProvider={treeData2} creationComplete=initTree()/ /mx:Application --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, fuad_kamal

[flexcoders] expandItem() doesn't seem to work w/dynamic dataprovider - BUG?

2006-08-14 Thread fuad_kamal
expandItem() on a node on a Tree works fine when the dataprovider is a hard-coded XML or XMLList in the mxml, but when the dataprovider is a variable of type XML or XMLList, expandItem() doesn't do anything. code example (should expand the node, but doesn't): --- ?xml version=1.0

[flexcoders] expandItem() not working on my tree :(

2006-08-11 Thread fuad_kamal
I can't get expandItem() to work; anyone see the problem in my code? I want to automatically expand the first node on the tree. --- ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8? mx:Application xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml; layout=absolute mx:Script ![CDATA[

[flexcoders] Re: Is there a way to put a close X on the tabnavigator

2006-08-01 Thread fuad_kamal
It's been done, here's a working example from Keun Lee of Cynergy: http://cynergysystems.com/blogs/page/keunlee?entry=tab_navigator_component_w_an --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, flxcoder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a way of removing the tab from the tabnavigator using

[flexcoders] Re: Just MXML and AS3

2006-08-01 Thread fuad_kamal
Hey, the blog is cool, but what if you wanted to share an example with more than one file? e.g. mxml file that relies on a custom AS3 class? your form only allow posting of one file. thanks --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Ted Patrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wanted to let everyone know

[flexcoders] alternative regex delimeters

2006-08-01 Thread fuad_kamal
Just complaining... As a perl hacker in the AS3 world, I make heavy use of RegEx... It would be nice if Adobe would supply alternative delimeters for strings other than single double quotes (for example when your string contains double and single quotes, and its too much trouble to escape every

[flexcoders] Re: Just MXML and AS3

2006-08-01 Thread fuad_kamal
Of fuad_kamal Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 12:17 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Just MXML and AS3 Hey, the blog is cool, but what if you wanted to share an example with more than one file? e.g. mxml file that relies on a custom AS3 class? your form only allow

[flexcoders] AS_Style Eclipse | FB hiccups

2006-07-27 Thread fuad_kamal
question for you Eclipse veterans out there: is there a way to change automatic code styling options in FlexBuilder? e.g. when I create a new class or function, FB autoformats like: myFunct { } which I find annoying and manually reformat to myFunct{ } Also, has anyone else had issues

[flexcoders] AS2 - AS3 Question - onReleaseOutside()?

2006-07-24 Thread fuad_kamal
There's a doc out on AS2 - AS3 conversions: http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/2/langref/migration.html For the AS2 onReleaseOutside() EventHandler it says this is now handlded by a mouseUp event after a call to flash.display.InteractiveObject.setCapture(). However, I don't find any