[flexcoders] Re: Font Size Issue in Rich Text Editor Component

[iko_knyphausen]

Thanks for clarifying. Yes I did note the textformattag, and that does
not matter, as most browsers are tolerant towards unrecognized tags.
The font size issue is sad though, because any other target platform
than Flash, will interpret point sizes. Maybe a solution would be to
have an optional property, such as htmlText and flashHtmlText, and
depending on your needs you get browser compatible HTML or Flash
compatible HTML.

Now I have to run global replaces to fix the issue, which is not very
efficient...

Thanks again

P.S. btw, the apros; entitity name is not recognized in IE. Using
#039; would be a better option.


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Daniel Freiman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:

 This isn't a bug, it's by design.

 In flash, 1pt is rendered as 1px so there's not much of a point of
making
 the distinction in the htmltext.

 Additionally, the HTML that flash outputs isn't true html. If you look
 through your output you'll probably see other tags that don't look
right
 either (like textformat). Flash html is described here:
 http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/201/html/textcontrols_060_10.html

 Daniel Freiman
 nondocs http://nondocs.blogspot.com

 On 5/11/07, iko_knyphausen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 
  Hi all,
 
  I think I found a bug in the RTEditor. When you select a font size,
i.e.
  12 it is interpreted in the component as 12pixels. Once you look at
the
  HTML property, you will see a FONT tag with the SIZE attribute set
to
  12. No px. This is something very different than 12px and it
shows.
 
  Is it a known bug... or am I missing something?
 
  Thx
 
 
 

[flexcoders] Re: Strange Behavior on DataGrid Resize - Column Resize below Minimum Width

[iko_knyphausen]

Now you got me confused. I am running 2.01, and I just went to Adobes
site. I did not see a Hotfix 1, just the 2.01. Where would I find Hotfix
1 of Version 2.01?

thanks
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tom Chiverton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:

  I am struggling with a very strange behavior: I have a dataGrid

 Are you using the 2.0.1-hotfix 1 compiler, or just 2.0.1 ? Hotfix 1
has
 several updates to the DataGrid.

 --
 Tom Chiverton
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[flexcoders] Font Size Issue in Rich Text Editor Component

[iko_knyphausen]

Hi all,

I think I found a bug in the RTEditor. When you select a font size, i.e.
12 it is interpreted in the component as 12pixels. Once you look at the
HTML property, you will see a FONT tag with the SIZE attribute set to
12. No px. This is something very different than 12px and it shows.

Is it a known bug... or am I missing something?

Thx

[flexcoders] Strange Behavior on DataGrid Resize - Column Resize below Minimum Width

[iko_knyphausen]

Hello all,

I am struggling with a very strange behavior: I have a dataGrid with
some 15 columns. The grid's horizontalScrollPolicy is set to auto.
This should add a horizontal scrollbar when the conrtrol's client area
width is smaller than the column widths added together. So far so good.

Now, when I resize the DataGrid (by changing the width property), it
seems that the most right visible COLUMN in the resized grid, gets
resized as well - probably in an attempt to align the right column
border with the right border of the current view container. Just to
clarify: it's not the last Column of the grid, it's the right most
Column you can currently see with the scrollbar all the way left (zero
position).

This column resize will even happen, when the resulting column width is
smaller than the minWidth value, basically ignoring the minWidth
property.

Has anyone seen and dealt with this before?

Thanks a million

-Iko

[flexcoders] Re: Datagrid - case-insensitive sort

[iko_knyphausen]

You could also create a sortCompareFunction, similar to this one

private function sfSortFunction(ob1:Object, ob2:Object) : int
{
var s1 : String = ob1.dataField.toString().toLowerCase();
var s2 : String = ob2.dataField.toString().toLowerCase();
if (s1s2)
   return 1;
if (s1  s2)
   return -1;
return 0;
}


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Manish Jethani [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:

 On 5/5/07, Paul Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  I can't find a way to tell the Datagrid (or DatagridColumn) to sort
in a
  case-insensitive manner. Can someone please enlighten me?

 In your headerRelease event handler:

 import mx.collections.*;

 var col:ICollectionView = event.target.dataProvider;
 var s:Sort = col.sort ? col.sort : new Sort();
 var sf:SortField;
 if (col.sort  col.sort.fields) {
 for each (var f:SortField in col.sort.fields)
 if (f.name == event.dataField) {
 sf = f;
 break;
 }
 }
 if (!sf)
 sf = new SortField(event.dataField);
 sf.caseInsensitive = true;
 s.fields = [sf];
 col.sort = s;

 Disclaimer: Might be buggy.

[flexcoders] Re: Uploading File/ Post Request

[iko_knyphausen]

I am afraid you may have to parse the data for its fields before you can
use them. Commercial upload components will do this for you. If you want
to use plain ASP, I recommend to take a look at the Upload script by
Lewis Moten.


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, jd_lingwai [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Thanks but I'm having trouble reading the value...I'm doing the
following:

 For Each fileItem In UploadedFiles.Items
 Set streamFile = Server.CreateObject(ADODB.Stream)
 streamFile.Type = 1
 streamFile.Open
 StreamRequest.Position=fileItem.Start
 StreamRequest.CopyTo streamFile, fileItem.Length
 streamFile.SaveToFile path  fileItem.VAR1, 2
 streamFile.close
 Set streamFile = Nothing
 fileItem.Path = path  fileItem.VAR1
 Next

 But its giving me an error

 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, iko_knyphausen iko@ wrote:
 
 
  Here is one way to do this. The receiving script or cgi will find
the
  posted fields in the Fields collection of the Request object. The
  function below is called after the fileRef.browse() method and after
the
  user selected a file from the file dialog.
 
  private function selectHandler(event : Event) : void
  {
  var params:URLVariables = new URLVariables();
  params.VAR1 = Some Value;
  params.VAR2 = Another Value;
  var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(serverside_script);
  //asp, cfm, php, pl
  request.method = URLRequestMethod.POST;
  request.data = params;
  fileRef.upload(request);
  }
 
 
  --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, jd_lingwai jd_lingwai@ wrote:
  
   I noticed in flex it allows you to pass extra variables to the
post
   request.
   Does anyone know how to name the new variables?
  
 

[flexcoders] Dynamic switching of datagrid columns

[iko_knyphausen]

Hi,

trying to change the sequence of datagrid columns by working on the
datagrid.columns array. I understand from previous posts that one should
copy the array, do the array manipulations, then assign it back to the
columns property. So far so good. I came across one curiousity that I
cannot explain:

1. First I am splicing a column that gets deleted at the current
position. The splice function should return an array of elements
deleted.
2. Then I take this array and try insert it using unshift, splice or
push. No good. I also tried to first assign the cut element to a
interim var of type DataGridColumn. Still no good.

The whole thing works fine, if I make a copy of the column before it
gets cut and take this as argument in a unshift, splice, or push


Thx

[flexcoders] Re: Dynamic switching of datagrid columns

[iko_knyphausen]

Exactly right. Thanks. I think when I read the description of unshift(),
where it says adds one or more elements..., I subconsciously thought
ARRAY. So the following code upon a headerrelease event works fine, just
in case someone else has a similar mission (I use this in combination
with the CTL key):

 var cols : Array = dgItems.columns;
  cols.unshift(cols.splice(event.columnIndex,1)[0]);
  dgItems.columns = cols;

Danke...


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Ralf Bokelberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:

 As you said, splice returns an Array and not the actual column.
 Try columns.push( splicedThings[ 0 ]);
 Cheers,
 Ralf.

 On 5/2/07, iko_knyphausen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
  Hi,
 
  trying to change the sequence of datagrid columns by working on the
  datagrid.columns array. I understand from previous posts that one
should
  copy the array, do the array manipulations, then assign it back to
the
  columns property. So far so good. I came across one curiousity that
I cannot
  explain:
 
  1. First I am splicing a column that gets deleted at the current
  position. The splice function should return an array of elements
deleted.
  2. Then I take this array and try insert it using unshift, splice or
  push. No good. I also tried to first assign the cut element to a
interim
  var of type DataGridColumn. Still no good.
 
  The whole thing works fine, if I make a copy of the column before it
gets
  cut and take this as argument in a unshift, splice, or push

 
  Thx
 
 
 



 --
 Ralf Bokelberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Flex  Flash Consultant based in Cologne/Germany
 Phone +49 (0) 221 530 15 35

[flexcoders] Re: Uploading File/ Post Request

[iko_knyphausen]

Here is one way to do this. The receiving script or cgi will find the
posted fields in the Fields collection of the Request object.  The
function below is called after the fileRef.browse() method and after the
user selected a file from the file dialog.

private function selectHandler(event : Event) : void
{
   var params:URLVariables = new URLVariables();
params.VAR1 = Some Value;
params.VAR2 = Another Value;
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(serverside_script); 
//asp, cfm, php, pl
request.method = URLRequestMethod.POST;
request.data = params;
fileRef.upload(request);
}


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, jd_lingwai [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 I noticed in flex it allows you to pass extra variables to the post
 request.
 Does anyone know how to name the new variables?

[flexcoders] DataGrid HeaderRelease Keyboard Info

[iko_knyphausen]

Hi,

I am trying to test for the CRTL key being pressed during a headrelease
event in the datagrid. The DataGridEvent does not offer a altKey/ctlKey
property. Do I have to hook the keyboard separately, store the ctlKey
info in a var, and then check it during the headerRelease event, or is
there are more elegant way?

Thanks much

[flexcoders] Round corners with Tab Navigator

[iko_knyphausen]

Hello,

I am trying to use rounded corners (cornerRadius) on a tab navigator.
Unfortunately it also rounds the upper left corner of the first canvas
which makes it unsightly. One could use paddingLeft to move the tabs a
little to the right, but that doesn't look to great either. One could
underlay the tab navigator at the upper left corner with a
mini-canvas, but that only works, if you have no border. I need a solid
border...

Has anyone come up with a good solution for this?

Thanks a mill..

[flexcoders] Re: Round corners with Tab Navigator

[iko_knyphausen]

Thanks this was very helpful. I got rid of the tiny gap, by setting the
tab navigators bordercolor and the tabDetails bordercolor to the same as
the background color of the container... looks perfect. Thanks again -
Iko


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, scalenine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Try this:

 ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
 mx:Application xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml;
 layout=absolute
 mx:TabNavigator horizontalCenter=0 verticalCenter=0
 resizeToContent=true cornerRadius=10 paddingTop=0
 paddingRight=10 paddingBottom=10
 mx:Canvas label=Tab 1 width=300 height=300
 backgroundColor=#ff/
 mx:Canvas label=Tab 2 width=300 height=200
 backgroundColor=#ff/
 mx:Canvas label=Tab 3 width=300 height=100
 backgroundColor=#ff/
 mx:Canvas label=Tab 4 width=300 height=50
 backgroundColor=#ff/
 /mx:TabNavigator
 /mx:Application

 I just added a white fill color and some padding to the bottom and top
 of the tab navigator. The only thing is a small gap in the border on
 the left where the TabNav corner curves.

 The other thing you could do is create an image to use as the
 background with some 9-slice proerties on it that has 3 rounded
 corners and one not.

 Or check out some custom border components out there that might help
 you get the effect your looking for.

 Juan
 scalenine.com

 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, iko_knyphausen iko@ wrote:
 
 
  Hello,
 
  I am trying to use rounded corners (cornerRadius) on a tab
navigator.
  Unfortunately it also rounds the upper left corner of the first
canvas
  which makes it unsightly. One could use paddingLeft to move the tabs
a
  little to the right, but that doesn't look to great either. One
could
  underlay the tab navigator at the upper left corner with a
  mini-canvas, but that only works, if you have no border. I need a
solid
  border...
 
  Has anyone come up with a good solution for this?
 
  Thanks a mill..
 

[flexcoders] Re: Round corners with Tab Navigator

[iko_knyphausen]

Just went to your site... nice! Your Obsidian theme would benefit from
the background border color... Cheers

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, iko_knyphausen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


 Thanks this was very helpful. I got rid of the tiny gap, by setting
the
 tab navigators bordercolor and the tabDetails bordercolor to the same
as
 the background color of the container... looks perfect. Thanks again -
 Iko


 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, scalenine juan@ wrote:
 
  Try this:
 
  ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
  mx:Application xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml;
  layout=absolute
  mx:TabNavigator horizontalCenter=0 verticalCenter=0
  resizeToContent=true cornerRadius=10 paddingTop=0
  paddingRight=10 paddingBottom=10
  mx:Canvas label=Tab 1 width=300 height=300
  backgroundColor=#ff/
  mx:Canvas label=Tab 2 width=300 height=200
  backgroundColor=#ff/
  mx:Canvas label=Tab 3 width=300 height=100
  backgroundColor=#ff/
  mx:Canvas label=Tab 4 width=300 height=50
  backgroundColor=#ff/
  /mx:TabNavigator
  /mx:Application
 
  I just added a white fill color and some padding to the bottom and
top
  of the tab navigator. The only thing is a small gap in the border on
  the left where the TabNav corner curves.
 
  The other thing you could do is create an image to use as the
  background with some 9-slice proerties on it that has 3 rounded
  corners and one not.
 
  Or check out some custom border components out there that might help
  you get the effect your looking for.
 
  Juan
  scalenine.com
 
  --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, iko_knyphausen iko@ wrote:
  
  
   Hello,
  
   I am trying to use rounded corners (cornerRadius) on a tab
 navigator.
   Unfortunately it also rounds the upper left corner of the first
 canvas
   which makes it unsightly. One could use paddingLeft to move the
tabs
 a
   little to the right, but that doesn't look to great either. One
 could
   underlay the tab navigator at the upper left corner with a
   mini-canvas, but that only works, if you have no border. I need a
 solid
   border...
  
   Has anyone come up with a good solution for this?
  
   Thanks a mill..
  
 

[flexcoders] How to prevent children from causing a mouseOut event

[iko_knyphausen]

Hi everyone,

I am struggling with mouse events in a canvas. I have a canvas in an
itemRenderer and in it some buttons. When the user moves the mouse over
any of the buttons, the canvas receives a mouseOut event, although these
buttons are children of the canvas. I want to use the mouseOut on the
canvas for other missions, such as hiding/displaying the buttons.

Anyone know a good way to get control over this?

Thanks much

Iko

[flexcoders] Re: How to prevent children from causing a mouseOut event

[iko_knyphausen]

I should have asked 5 hours ago !  ;-)

Thanks Gordon


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Gordon Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Use rollOver and rollOut instead of mouseOver and mouseOut.

 - Gordon

 

 From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On
 Behalf Of iko_knyphausen
 Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 10:32 PM
 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: [flexcoders] How to prevent children from causing a mouseOut
 event




 Hi everyone,

 I am struggling with mouse events in a canvas. I have a canvas in an
 itemRenderer and in it some buttons. When the user moves the mouse
over
 any of the buttons, the canvas receives a mouseOut event, although
these
 buttons are children of the canvas. I want to use the mouseOut on the
 canvas for other missions, such as hiding/displaying the buttons.

 Anyone know a good way to get control over this?

 Thanks much

 Iko

[flexcoders] Re: SWF not loading on SSL web page

[iko_knyphausen]

Response Headers maybe... Make sure the web server that serves the SWF
does not create a CacheControl=No-cache header. See other posts
regarding SSL... Good luck. Iko


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, marc_watts1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:

 I am trying to load a SWF file on an SSL secured page.
 The SWF will not load if the page is called via https://
 The SWF will load if the page is called via http://
 This happens if the SWF is calling web services or is simple and just
 draws a square.
 My SSL certificate is valid and works fine.
 To keep it simple I was using the object tag below for loading the
 SWF. I have tried just about every combination of https and http I
 can think of to get any SWF to load. Anybody have any ideas?


 object classid=clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-44455354
 codebase=https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/s
 wflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0 width=550 height=400 id=untitled-1
 align=middle
 param name=allowScriptAccess value=sameDomain /
 param name=movie value=untitled-1.swf /
 param name=quality value=high /
 param name=bgcolor value=#0 /
 embed src=https://server01/ssl/untitled-1.swf; quality=high
 bgcolor=#ff width=550 height=400 name=untitled-1
 align=middle allowScriptAccess=sameDomain type=application/x-
 shockwave-flash
 pluginspage=https://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer; /
 /object

[flexcoders] Re: Resize Effect for Percentages?

[iko_knyphausen]

No I did not extend the resize effects. I used absolute values for
x,y,width and height, and computed the percentage relative to its
container. But I only had a few of them, so I did not create a custom
effect..


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Matt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Don't suppose you have some code you could post as an example?

 Are you actually going through the process of extending Resize and
 making it so if it ends on a percentage value when the effect finishes
 it actually does change to a percentage (so if you resize it acts
 appropriately)?

 If that's not the case, would you be interested in me posting code if
 I were to write such a thing?

 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, iko_knyphausen iko@ wrote:
 
 
  I have struggled with the same and ended up doing the percentage
math on
  my own. The effects don't provide percentage properties, and they
don't
  have a from/toConstraint either...which could be handy at times...
 
 
  --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Matt matt@ wrote:
  
   Is there any way to use the Resize effect to either resize from 0
to a
   percentage or from a percentage to 0?
  
 

[flexcoders] Font-size Bug in Text Area?

[iko_knyphausen]

Hi everyone:

I think I have found a bug in the text area control and its htmlText
property. When you set the fontsize property of an textarea to 11, it
interprets it as 11 pixels (nb: 11px would not a valid value for this
property). On screen it looks about right. Now when you get the htmlText
property, you will find a FONT FACE='...' SIZE=11 ... tag. That of
course is way different than 11 pixel. This is GIGANTIC...

Is it a confirmed bug?

Thanks

-Iko

[flexcoders] Re: Resize Effect for Percentages?

[iko_knyphausen]

I have struggled with the same and ended up doing the percentage math on
my own. The effects don't provide percentage properties, and they don't
have a from/toConstraint either...which could be handy at times...


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Matt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Is there any way to use the Resize effect to either resize from 0 to a
 percentage or from a percentage to 0?

[flexcoders] Re: Installing Flex On Vista Causes Reboots

[iko_knyphausen]

Hi Matthew,

I am not the one that has the issues. I just shared my experience of
installing on Vista by copying an XP installation over manually. The
installer did not run at the time - quite possibly because I did not run
it as Administrator - or maybe some other issue. It was prior to 2.01
The reboot issues are with John Lentz's install, who posted the original
...

Cheers


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Matthew OMeara [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


 Iko,

 You might try looking at your settings for Windows. There is one
 checkbox for Reboot on System Error. Make sure that is turned off
 so that you can at least see the error you are getting. I have seen
 Windows ship with this set to be true, normally on the dumbed down
 home editions of their OS's. So make sure that is off and at least
 it gives you a chance to further debug.

 Matthew



 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, realeyes_jun jun@ wrote:
 
  Iko,
 
  Sorry you couldn't get the installer to run on Vista, but it did
 work
  for me - I was running Windows Vista Business Edition at the time -
 and
  others:
 
  - http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/message/66731
  - http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/message/65094
 
  -Jun
 
  --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, iko_knyphausen iko@ wrote:
  
  
   I don't think the installer works on Vista. I installed on XP and
 then
   copied the installation directory over to my Vista machine. I
 think
  you
   will also have to install the the player and debug version of the
  player
   manually, by visiting the Adobe web site.
  
   Iko
  
  
   --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, realeyes_jun jun@ wrote:
   
John,
   
Many developers are running Vista with Flex Builder - Including
  myself
until I downgraded back to XP - so I don't think you
 encountering an
issue with the Flex Builder setup program... sounds to me more
 like
  an
issue with hardware. (Like the machine is having BSOD)
   
I would double-check to make sure you have the most appropriate
 and
  up
to date vid card drivers, bios firmware, vista patches. Also,
  running
RAM diagnostics (I think there's a memory tester built into
 Vista)
  or
disk check (cmdline chkdsk and/or vendor provided disk check
 tools)
wouldn't hurt either. You might also want to check your Vista
system/application logs to make sure you're not getting any
 errors
   when
you run the installer.
   
Also, if you bought Flex Builder, I would think that Adobe has
 30
  days
support or something? Just in case it turns out to be the setup
   program
which I think is not the case.
   
-Jun
   
   
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, j_lentzz jlentz@ wrote:

 Hi,

 I've got a new machine that I just installed a full copy of
 Vista
 Ultimate onto. I'm trying to install the latest Flex, but
 right
   after
 it finishes extracting the files, the machine reboots. I've
 tried
 setting the installation program to XP SP2 compatibility and
  checked
 run as administrator, but it still reboots the machine right
 after
   the
 files have been extracted. I've got Vista on my C drive and
 I'm
 installing (at least trying to) Flex onto my F drive. Does
 anyone
 have any ideas? One option I could do is to install XP first
 load
   Flex
 and then install Vista over it, but I'm not sure if that would
  help
 any. Any ideas would be great.

 Thanks,

 John

   
  
 

[flexcoders] Re: Finding the index of the first visible row in a Datagrid

[iko_knyphausen]

I needed to do this after insert in a sorted grid...

for (x=0; xdgItems.dataProvider.length  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
!= [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ; x++);

otherwise the selectedIndex property should tell you.

HTH


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Steven Lira [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:

 I'm trying to find the index of the row in a datagrid which is the
 first visible row. ex. If there are 100 rows but only 15 are visible
at
 any given time, I want to know what the index is of first visible row
 presented in the window. If the window is scrolled down half way, I
 should find that the index of the first visible row is 50 (or
something
 like that).

 Someone mentioned using listData but it is null.

 I also need to know what the total number of rows are.

 Thanks,
 Steve

[flexcoders] Re: Finding the index of the first visible row in a Datagrid

[iko_knyphausen]

Oohps, misread your question. The total number should be in the length
property. As for the first visible, I don't know, but you can use the
datagrid.scrollToIndex method make sure a specific item is visible.




--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Steven Lira [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:

 I'm trying to find the index of the row in a datagrid which is the
 first visible row. ex. If there are 100 rows but only 15 are visible
at
 any given time, I want to know what the index is of first visible row
 presented in the window. If the window is scrolled down half way, I
 should find that the index of the first visible row is 50 (or
something
 like that).

 Someone mentioned using listData but it is null.

 I also need to know what the total number of rows are.

 Thanks,
 Steve

[flexcoders] Re: Installing Flex On Vista Causes Reboots

[iko_knyphausen]

I don't think the installer works on Vista. I installed on XP and then
copied the installation directory over to my Vista machine. I think you
will also have to install the the player and debug version of the player
manually, by visiting the Adobe web site.

Iko


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, realeyes_jun [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 John,

 Many developers are running Vista with Flex Builder - Including myself
 until I downgraded back to XP - so I don't think you encountering an
 issue with the Flex Builder setup program... sounds to me more like an
 issue with hardware. (Like the machine is having BSOD)

 I would double-check to make sure you have the most appropriate and up
 to date vid card drivers, bios firmware, vista patches. Also, running
 RAM diagnostics (I think there's a memory tester built into Vista) or
 disk check (cmdline chkdsk and/or vendor provided disk check tools)
 wouldn't hurt either. You might also want to check your Vista
 system/application logs to make sure you're not getting any errors
when
 you run the installer.

 Also, if you bought Flex Builder, I would think that Adobe has 30 days
 support or something? Just in case it turns out to be the setup
program
 which I think is not the case.

 -Jun


 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, j_lentzz jlentz@ wrote:
 
  Hi,
 
  I've got a new machine that I just installed a full copy of Vista
  Ultimate onto. I'm trying to install the latest Flex, but right
after
  it finishes extracting the files, the machine reboots. I've tried
  setting the installation program to XP SP2 compatibility and checked
  run as administrator, but it still reboots the machine right after
the
  files have been extracted. I've got Vista on my C drive and I'm
  installing (at least trying to) Flex onto my F drive. Does anyone
  have any ideas? One option I could do is to install XP first load
Flex
  and then install Vista over it, but I'm not sure if that would help
  any. Any ideas would be great.
 
  Thanks,
 
  John
 

[flexcoders] Re: Will Microsoft's new Silverlight Player Kill our beloved Flex ?

[iko_knyphausen]

I agree it was a fun read, and I think Dave you got it right. It's a
confirmation of the market and everyone it will benefit. Plus a little
competition keeps everyone on their toes ;-)


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Dave Wolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Scott,

  Sillyness aside, there is substance to this and it was a great read,
 but i think what hurt it's purity is the undercurrent of MS is evil,
 watch them mentality.

 I assure you that undertone wasn't purposeful. I did flub the Sparkle
 reference, but then again, most people misunderstood what Sparkle was
 and the general understanding at large was the Sparkle was WPF/E.
 Code words are supposed to be confusing right? :=)

 As you said, aiming at that would have just undone the message I was
 trying to get out.

 Worth noting BTW, I am a MSFT Alumnus.

 --
 Dave Wolf
 Cynergy Systems, Inc.
 Adobe Flex Alliance Partner
 http://www.cynergysystems.com
 http://www.cynergysystems.com/blogs

 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Office: 866-CYNERGY



 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Scott Barnes scott.barnes@
 wrote:
 
  Dave.C,
 
  Dave.W gets it :) He understands that the RIA space is not exclusive
 to one
  company but many, while I get the undercurrent of his blog-speech, I
do
  however disagree with the dark evil plotting - MIX isn't because
MAX
  exists, its actually because it's intent is to showcase a MIX of
 Microsoft
  Technologies in the one spot, consolidated. Usually PDC / TechEd are
  reserved for the 100% Microsoft pieces (except TechEd Australia were
 we are
  hoping to mix-it-up a bit more).
 
  Furthermore, we are looking to REMIX (Australia, Melbourne, June
25th -
  26th) in the rest of the world based off what the US version does
and so
  on.. point I'm thinking folks at times amplify the paranoia around
  Microsoft ;)
 
  Secondly, Sparkle was the code-name for Expression Blend, and JOLT
 was the
  code-name for Silverlight. I also get nervous when anyone uses the
term
  Missiles,Big Bang and Microsoft. As when they do, i start to
 think of
  Cult Followings and ponder if I've been duped into some mystic cult
 (I'll be
  that guy running out in FBI handcuffs on Hard Copy saying I didn't
 know..I
  didn't know..)
 
  Sillyness aside, there is substance to this and it was a great read,
 but i
  think what hurt it's purity is the undercurrent of MS is evil,
 watch them
  mentality.
 
  I'm evil, Microsoft isn't though (just to clarify that).
 
  On 4/20/07, Dave Carabetta dcarabetta@ wrote:
  
   I hope this isn't taken with as some sort of corporate shill for
my
   employer, as it's honestly not my intent, but Dave Wolf, Vice
 President of
   Consulting at Cynergy Systems, gives an excellent summary as to
why
   Silverlight is a phenomenally important announcement to the RIA
 industry and
   why it's not just some copycat Flash competitor. If you're
 looking for a
   balanced view of Silverlight's effect, check out his latest blog
 entry:
  
  
  

http://www.cynergysystems.com/blogs/page/davewolf?entry=wake_up_and_see_\
the
  
   Regards,
   Dave Carabetta.
   Cynergy Systems, Inc.
  
   On 4/18/07, Scott Barnes scott.barnes@ wrote:
   
Its an annoyance of mine aswell. I'm confused as to why .NET
 remoting
was dropped from Flash/Flex (haven't yet seen FLASH CS3 and
 whether its back
but yeah, no idea and all i can say is Mark's got his head
 screwed on right
and he can help with WebORB in that regard. Actually the Flex
 Builder
integration is quite stunning I must say, it left both Andrew
 Shorten  I
drooling @ Feb Seattle Flex UG)
   
That so sounded like a plug didn't it :) hehe. (Sorry it wasn't
 meant to
be)
   
   
On 18 Apr 2007 07:38:08 -0700, mvbaffa mvbaffa@  wrote:

 I've been working with Flex since its alpha version. Before
the
 release version was avaiable I had an application with AMFPHP
 ready.
 That is I really love Flex and i have been working with it
 since it's
 1.5 version.

 But I am a .NET developer, I have a huge legacy in .NET
 Framework 2.0
 and 1.1. I don't know why Adobe, up to this moment, is
maintaining
 exclusive focus on Java. There are a lot of .NET developers
that
 would like to have a server framework developed directly from
 Adobe.

 Applications are not only Client, they need a strong and
 consistent
 server Framework. I beleive that if Adobe maintains its
exclusive
 focus on java it will loose, very soon a good number of .NET
 developers.

 Communications Foundations is really good and it will be
 better very
 soon. And it's price is very good, it is free !

 I am still working on the Microsoft framework. But I beleive
 that WPF
 and SilverLight can be very soon a real competitive
alternative.

 Marcus Baffa
 NOVA Consulting

 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com,
 Peter Demling pdemling@

 wrote:
 
  Version 1 

[flexcoders] Re: Upload not working in Firefox 2.0.3 under https://?

[iko_knyphausen]

The most probable reason is that the FF post does not include a session
token (cookie), and your upload backend (script or dll) does require
such session context. At least thats what happened in my case.
Workaround: send a param (request value pair) with the session
information. If it only happens under HTTPS and work s fine under HTTP,
it may be related to header pragma and cacheControl. See other recent
post by searching for Problems with SSL

HTH


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, chrislpigg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 This seems really weird but when I try to use Flex 2.0 File upload
 under https:// in Firefox it doesn't seem to wanna work. The
 connection gets cut or something gets disconnected so the file upload
 doesn't finish... meaning that the file doesn't get to the
 destination. Has anyone ran into this problem or has a solution? Any
 help would be appreciated.. Thanks!!

[flexcoders] Re: boolean not casting ok from string

[iko_knyphausen]

Just leave the quotes away:

var btest:Boolean = true;




--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Hilary Bridel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 try:
 var btest:Boolean;
 var testValue:String = true;
 btest = testValue == true ? true : false;
 trace(btest = +btest);

 Hilary

 --

 On 4/19/07, Luis Eduardo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 
  hi,
 
  this simple code dont work.
 
  var btest:Boolean = new Boolean();
  btest = true;
  trace(btest = +btest);
 
  btest = false;
  trace(btest = : +btest);
 
  there are a compile warning telling me that: 3590: String used were
a
  Boolean value was expected. The expression will be type coerced to
  Boolean
  but it is not.
 
  even if i do typecast it wont work:
 
  btest = Boolean(true);
  trace(btest = : +btest);
 
  or if i typecast with as.
  btest = (true as Boolean);
  btest = (false as Boolean);
 
  so i ask: how to cast String true to Boolean true ?
  what am i missing???
 
  Luís Eduardo.
 
 
 



 --
 Hilary

 --

[flexcoders] Re: boolean not casting ok from string

[iko_knyphausen]

Yo Bjorn, ;-) I was referring to the original post where its said:

this simple code dont work.
 
  var btest:Boolean = new Boolean();
  btest = true;
  trace(btest = +btest);


so here my suggestion was:

var btest:Boolean = true;// without quotes

and if you want to string it you can probably do

trace(btest: + btest.toString());

yo...


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Bjorn Schultheiss
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Yo Iko, how do you strip the quotes?

 how about a helper

 static function convertStringToBoolean( val:String ):Boolean
 {
 return ( val == true );
 }


 Bjorn

 On 19/04/2007, at 10:25 AM, iko_knyphausen wrote:

 
  Just leave the quotes away:
 
  var btest:Boolean = true;
 
  --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Hilary Bridel hblists@
  wrote:
  
   try:
   var btest:Boolean;
   var testValue:String = true;
   btest = testValue == true ? true : false;
   trace(btest = +btest);
  
   Hilary
  
   --
  
   On 4/19/07, Luis Eduardo illogic_code@ wrote:
   
   
hi,
   
this simple code dont work.
   
var btest:Boolean = new Boolean();
btest = true;
trace(btest = +btest);
   
btest = false;
trace(btest = : +btest);
   
there are a compile warning telling me that: 3590: String used
  were
  a
Boolean value was expected. The expression will be type coerced
to
Boolean
but it is not.
   
even if i do typecast it wont work:
   
btest = Boolean(true);
trace(btest = : +btest);
   
or if i typecast with as.
btest = (true as Boolean);
btest = (false as Boolean);
   
so i ask: how to cast String true to Boolean true ?
what am i missing???
   
Luís Eduardo.
   
   
   
  
  
  
   --
   Hilary
  
   --
  
 
 
 

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[flexcoders] Re: Firefox - FileReference.upload and HTTPService do not share sessions/cookies

[iko_knyphausen]

Yes, useful indeed. Thanks for posting it. It would have taken me a long
time to figure out why my firefox uploads failed ;-)  (the upload was
fine, just no session cookie)...

--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], pgp.coppens [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:

 Oh well, that turned out to be pretty messy

 First I got worried as the doc states

 The FileReference and FileReferenceList classes also do not provide
 methods for authentication. With servers that require authentication,
 you can download files with the Flash® Player browser plug-in, but
 uploading (on all players) and downloading (on the stand-alone or
 external player) fails.
 On this and other sites I did however find users that got it working.
 The trick (with Tomcat) is to just add the servlet's jsessionid
stored
 in the cookie also on the FileReference's url. One has a few choices
to
 get the sessionid into flex. In my case that was easy, because I am
 sending xml back and forth anyway I just added the sessionid to the
 reply the servlet sends when the login succeeds. The servlet request
has
 a getter to get hold of it (getRequestedSessionId)

 Whenever one wants to upload something, append the sessionid to the
 request url. Something like

 urlRequest=new URLRequest(_servletUrl + servicePath +
 ;jsessionid= + _sessionId );

 Note the semicolon - this is not a url parameter.

 That first did not work in my case because Flex kept on sending some
 session cookie with the upload request and the server therefore
ignored
 the jsessionid on the url. Weirdly that cookie was not stored in the
 browser and no matter how hard I tried to clean up the browser's
 caches, it kept being there. Obviously (but not for me at 2am) it is
the
 flash/flex runtime that has its own session/cookie cache. Quitting the
 browser (and the flex runtime) is what finally got it going.

 All in all this is an ugly situation. It would help to document this
in
 the flex doc (assuming this is a supported approach) and browser
 consistency would have helped as wella first blow to my hopes of
 escaping cross browser problems by switching to flex/flash.

 Anyway, perhaps a next reader finds this useful.

 Peter




 --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], pgp.coppens pc.subscriptions@
 wrote:
 
  Flex fans,
 
  I am struggling with the following scenario
 
  1. Use an HTTPService POST to authenticate to a servlet backend
(works
  fine)
  2. Use HTTPService requests to the same server and rely on previous
  authentication (works fine)
  3. FileReference.upload with IE also picks up the same session
cookie
  and thus uses the authenticated (and authorized) session. With
Firefox
  or Opera however, a FileReference.upload request does not seem to
pick
  up the same JSESSIONID cookie and therefore fails as it is not
  authenticated/authorized.
 
  Does anyone know how to deal with this? How should one normally use
a
  FileReference.upload to a servlet server that requires
authentication?
 
  Any help or guidance warmly welcomed!
 
  Peter
 

[flexcoders] Re: Problems using SSL

[iko_knyphausen]

Thanks a lot. I will try it out and report back...


--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Paul Strange [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:

 I had the same problem. Needed to insure the client was not caching
the response so data
 would be current. Pragma is an HTTP/1.0 header spec. If your server is
HTTP/1.1, you
 can drop the Pragma header and change the Cache-Control to no-store
which was meant
 for backup caching, but works well. You can find the relevant section
from the HTTP Spec
 at:

 http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.9.2

 I have implemented this solution and it is working very well. Hope
this helps you out.

 --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], iko_knyphausen iko@ wrote:
 
 
  It works ok in FF but not in IE. Peter Farland kindly had a long
  exchange with me offline, and it seems in my case that the offending
  HTTP response is in the header pragma CacheControl = No-cache.
Problem
  is, without the pragma I am not getting up-to-date data from my
  HTTPService requests.
 
  So the problem has been isolated, but not solved just yet.
 
 
  --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tom Chiverton tom.chiverton@
  wrote:
  
   On Sunday 08 Apr 2007, iko_knyphausen wrote:
in relative URL calls. And I think it does, because the web site
  accepts
both SSL and non-SSL, and the errors I am receiving don't happen
  when I
load the same app from the same location without https.
  
   Are you using IE ? Does Firefox work fine on the SSL site ?
   If you use a network traffic sniffer, what is going on ?
  
  
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[flexcoders] Pie chart number format issue

[iko_knyphausen]

Hi,

it seems that the pie chart (and possibly other chart types) interprets
3,123.45 as 3.12345. Could be a locale issue - if so how do I force it?

Thanks

[flexcoders] Re: Problems using SSL

[iko_knyphausen]

First of all, thanks much to everyone for helping out. You saved me a
lot of head-ache. I ended up with the latest suggestion from Doug

Response.CacheControl = max-age=0, must-revalidate   (this is
ASP/VBscript)

This seems to do the trick ...
-Iko


--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Doug Lowder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Ran into the same problem here. The root issue is a bug in some
 versions of IE. You can apply an MS patch at all clients (likely not
 a feasible solution), or set the cache-control header to max-age=0,
 must-revalidate. That header seems to work across all browsers,
 with or without SSL.

 --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], iko_knyphausen iko@ wrote:
 
 
  It works ok in FF but not in IE. Peter Farland kindly had a long
  exchange with me offline, and it seems in my case that the offending
  HTTP response is in the header pragma CacheControl = No-cache.
 Problem
  is, without the pragma I am not getting up-to-date data from my
  HTTPService requests.
 
  So the problem has been isolated, but not solved just yet.
 
 
  --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tom Chiverton tom.chiverton@
  wrote:
  
   On Sunday 08 Apr 2007, iko_knyphausen wrote:
in relative URL calls. And I think it does, because the web site
  accepts
both SSL and non-SSL, and the errors I am receiving don't happen
  when I
load the same app from the same location without https.
  
   Are you using IE ? Does Firefox work fine on the SSL site ?
   If you use a network traffic sniffer, what is going on ?
  
  
   --
   Tom Chiverton
   Helping to vitalistically administrate cutting-edge products
   on: http://thefalken.livejournal.com
  
   
  
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[flexcoders] Are there any known length limits for content of attributes

[iko_knyphausen]

Hi,

I am planning on returning a longer list of delimiter separated items in
an attribute field of an xml node (e4x). Are there any limits in length
I should be aware of?

Thanks

[flexcoders] Action Item Manager - Enterprise went live

[iko_knyphausen]

Hello everyone,

if you are interested in our task management product built with Flex,
please feel free to check http://www.bluetask.com
http://www.bluetask.com

If you'd like a dedicated account (group with your own admin, users, and
teams), please give me a shout. The online version is going to be free
for now.

Cheers

P.S. Things to try:
- drag columns left of ID column to regroup
- click slider button to slide open dash board from right screen edge
- click charts to filter task list

[flexcoders] Re: Problems using SSL

[iko_knyphausen]

It works ok in FF but not in IE. Peter Farland kindly had a long
exchange with me offline, and it seems in my case that the offending
HTTP response is in the header pragma CacheControl = No-cache. Problem
is, without the pragma I am not getting up-to-date data from my
HTTPService requests.

So the problem has been isolated, but not solved just yet.


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tom Chiverton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:

 On Sunday 08 Apr 2007, iko_knyphausen wrote:
  in relative URL calls. And I think it does, because the web site
accepts
  both SSL and non-SSL, and the errors I am receiving don't happen
when I
  load the same app from the same location without https.

 Are you using IE ? Does Firefox work fine on the SSL site ?
 If you use a network traffic sniffer, what is going on ?


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 Helping to vitalistically administrate cutting-edge products
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[flexcoders] Problems using SSL

[iko_knyphausen]

Hi all,

I am trying to connect to a web server via SSL. It seems that all my
HTTPService calls fail (httpsFault). Here is how I attempt to load
things:

1. I load the SWF file directly (without HTML file)
2. I use HTTPS://DOMAIN/MYAPP.SWF https://DOMAIN/MYAPP.SWF  
(loading the app itself via SSL). The app loads...
3. In the app, all HTTPServices have relative addressing, meaning the
script file name only - no http or https (protocol prefix). The app is
supposed to run whereever installed, so I cannot do absolute URLS), but
I would expect that the protocol of the original SWF url would be used
in relative URL calls. And I think it does, because the web site accepts
both SSL and non-SSL, and the errors I am receiving don't happen when I
load the same app from the same location without https.

Can anyone tell me how to do this properly without a crossdomain, etc.?

Thanks much

Iko

[flexcoders] Re: Connect and Retrieve from MS SQL Server 2005

[iko_knyphausen]

I can tell you what I am doing... using different versions of SQL Server
as backend (SQL Server 2000 and 2005, MSDE, and Express, and MS Access):

* First: SQL 2005 Express does NOT support web services endpoints
only the full versions do.
* Keep SQL server hidden (either via firewall and perimeter network,
no remote access, windows authentication, etc.)
* Data is read  written via ASP scripts (classic or .NET) which run
under IIS
* Flex/Flash client use HTTPService to POST requests to ASP scripts
* ASP scripts handle sessions and authentication (you can either
trust IIS session management or write your own, e.g. using encrypted
cookies)

Maybe this works for you too...


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Ray Horn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Yes, but doing what you suggest means you must expose your database
server to the outside world and for some this is simply unacceptable.


 - Original Message 
 From: Paul Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
 Sent: Thursday, April 5, 2007 9:02:44 AM
 Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Re: Connect and Retrieve from MS SQL Server
2005

 This is a bit off topic…

 The quote from this article regarding SQL Server 2005  HTTP requests
(http://msdn2. microsoft. com/en-us/ library/ms345123 .aspx) that is
relevant here is Any device that can parse XML and submit HTTP
requests can now access SQL Server.

 Enjoy!

 Paul




 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com [mailto:flexcoders@ yahoogroups.
com] On Behalf Of Shaun
 Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 10:18 AM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com
 Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Connect and Retrieve from MS SQL Server 2005

 The CLR is Microsoft's Common Language Runtime. It allows for
 language interoperability (write components in one language, use them
 in another, as well as many other benefits). The most common
 languages used with it are C#, Visual Basic, and managed C++
 (probably in that order - I use C#), though I believe you can use
 more than just those.

 You can do a google search for Microsoft CLR and find out plenty of
 additional information.

 Shaun

 --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com, hugocorept hugocore@ . wrote:
 
  Why i don´t choose ASP.NET ?
 
  Because i havent any experecience with it :P
 
  But i promisse i will give it a chance . Just a quick doubt, can
 you
  give a quick knowlodge about CLR, What you all mean with you use
  any CLR compatible language  ? Whats the benifts ?
 
  Tkz for all
 
  --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com, Shaun sthalberstadt@  wrote:
  
   Yes, Fluorine uses ASP.NET. So you can use any CLR compatible
   language. (Fluorine itself is written in C#)
  
   It also has an installer that creates a web site template project
  and
   comes with samples.
  
   I highly recommend it.
  
   Shaun
  
  
   --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com, hugocorept hugocore@
wrote:
   
Hey many thanks
   
Point 1.
   
So, you in general point the new feutures of SQL Server Web
   Services.
   
Is that suported by either Express and Full Version?
   
Can someone support me with some tutorials of any kind ?
   
Point 2.
   
I have tried by : PHP (with result in a difficul process
 because
   the
DSN requirements) and ColdFusion 7 ( still in research but
 seams
pretty good)
   
Point 3
   
Fluorine project use witch languague ? Asp.NET?
   
Thanks For All
   
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com, hugocorept hugocore@
  wrote:


 Hello all,

 In your opnion, witch is the simple/best way to connect a
MSSQLServer
 2005.

 I prefer java-less..

 Thank you , Very Much!

   
   
   
   
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com, iko_knyphausen iko@
 wrote:


 If you are using the full version of SQL 2005 (meaning not
Express) you
 may be able to use the built-in Web Services Endpoints ...
  Have
   not
 tried it myself, but I think in theory that should work.

 -Iko
 --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com, Clint Tredway grumpee@
wrote:
 
  you can use just about any server side language
 (ColdFusion,
PHP, ASP,
 .NET,
  etc) to connect to SQL Server
 
  On 3/28/07, hugocorept hugocore@ wrote:
  
  
   Hello all,
  
   In your opnion, witch is the simple/best way to connect a
 MSSQLServer
   2005.
  
   I prefer java-less..
  
   Thank you , Very Much!
  
  
  
 
 
 
  --
  http://indeegrumpee .spaces.live. com/
 

   
  
 


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[flexcoders] Re: HTTP Response

[iko_knyphausen]

I assume you have e4x as responseFormat and you are getting XML from
the service. Try

mx:TextArea width=300 height=132 id=response
  text={userRequest.lastResult.toString()} /

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Manolet Gmail [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 hi, i have a code to receive a xml (httpservice) and put it into a
 datagrid, but i want to show the full response text into a text
 area...


 what should i do? i try with this but dont work

 mx:TextArea width=300 height=132 id=response
 text={userRequest.lastResult} /

 thanks in advance

[flexcoders] Re: What's up with runtime errors silent failing.

[iko_knyphausen]

Same here... I am wondering whether its VISTA related (which I am
running on my box)? Basically, if there is a trigger for a runtime
error, such as e.g. referencing a null pointer, the function with the
culprit will stop executing, but the rest will continue... makes
debugging kind of tedious...


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Ralph Hauwert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:

 Hi guys,

 If recently (since FB 2.0.1) been experiencing several cases where my
 code would fail silently at runtime, not coming up with a runtime
 error at all, and just stopping code execution, restarting at the next
 logical step. Is there something I have missed in the release notes of
 FB2.0.1 ?

 --
 Ralph Hauwert

[flexcoders] Re: How do I do this effect?

[iko_knyphausen]

Yes, this would clip. If you want to slide and minimize, you need a
combination of MOVE and RESIZE. As both effects run in parallel, it
looks smooth if you allow both effects the same duration. I have a few
sliders in a beta app, if you want to check. http://www.aim4pro.com
http://www.aim4pro.com  (use guest/guest to log in). Right to the main
item list, you will find a slider button (vertically centered). Click on
it to see a dashboard slid in...

Later


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Nate Pearson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:

 thanks for the reply. Will that clip the canvas if it goes outside of
 it's parent container?

 I.E. Parent is 400 pix wide. Child that you want to slide is 200px
 wide and is centered in the parent. If you slide the child xTo=1
 will it look like its sliding outside of its parent
container(clipping)?

 I'm about to go to bed or else I would try it right now. Either way
 I'll try it in the morning to figure out what's happening.

 Thanks again.

 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, iko_knyphausen iko@ wrote:
 
 
  I did not want to install the app, but I have done some sliding in
and
  out...
 
  I used a combination of MOVE effects and RESIZE in some cases. So
for
  example if you want to slide a Canvas (with its children) you can
  approach as follows...
 
  mx:Move id=moveEffect xTo=1 duration=500 target=myCanvas /
 
  mx:Canvas id=myCanvas ... /
 
  in an eventHandler you can then trigger the effect using
 
  moveEffect.play();
 
  This is the bare minimum... but it explains the mechanism and what
to
  look for...
 
 
  --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Nate Pearson napearson99@
  wrote:
  
   I'm trying to figure out how the slide in slide out effect is
done.
  
   Here is an example in an apollo app:
http://www.finetune.com/desktop/
   (pretty cool app by the way!)
  
   When you start finetune desktop up and click the arrows left an
right
   you see how one things slides in and one slides out? That's what I
   want!
  
   How the heck do you do it? Is it a tween? It looks like there is a
   non-linear easing function on it but I'm a noob to effects.
  
   Thanks for your help in advance! :)
  
 

[flexcoders] Re: What's up with runtime errors silent failing.

[iko_knyphausen]

Hm, how about data binding that is done declarative - meaning in curly
braces... there is no code block per se?


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Bjorn Schultheiss
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 DataBinding is funny like that.
 Once it fails it stop execute any further in the code block.

 I think at this stage it may be worth writing our own versions of
 databinding that handle as we wish.

 On 02/04/2007, at 4:11 PM, iko_knyphausen wrote:

 
  Same here... I am wondering whether its VISTA related (which I am
  running on my box)? Basically, if there is a trigger for a runtime
  error, such as e.g. referencing a null pointer, the function with
the
  culprit will stop executing, but the rest will continue... makes
  debugging kind of tedious...
 
  --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Ralph Hauwert r.hauwert@
  wrote:
  
   Hi guys,
  
   If recently (since FB 2.0.1) been experiencing several cases
  where my
   code would fail silently at runtime, not coming up with a runtime
   error at all, and just stopping code execution, restarting at the
  next
   logical step. Is there something I have missed in the release
  notes of
   FB2.0.1 ?
  
   --
   Ralph Hauwert
  
 
 
 

[flexcoders] Re: What's up with runtime errors silent failing.

[iko_knyphausen]

Ok, got you...

I have another post out there regarding binding problems...

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/message/70163
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/message/70163

Maybe you know an answer to that one too ;-) (praying)

Thx


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Bjorn Schultheiss
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Where you change the value that is being Binded to.
 eg.

 mx:Text text={model.text} /

 // in a command or equivalent
 model.text = param1;
 model.otherVal = param2;

 If binding throws an error on line1 of the command, it can prevent
 line 2 from executing


 On 02/04/2007, at 4:33 PM, iko_knyphausen wrote:

 
  Hm, how about data binding that is done declarative - meaning in
curly
  braces... there is no code block per se?
 
  --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Bjorn Schultheiss
  bjorn.schultheiss@ wrote:
  
   DataBinding is funny like that.
   Once it fails it stop execute any further in the code block.
  
   I think at this stage it may be worth writing our own versions of
   databinding that handle as we wish.
  
   On 02/04/2007, at 4:11 PM, iko_knyphausen wrote:
  
   
Same here... I am wondering whether its VISTA related (which I
am
running on my box)? Basically, if there is a trigger for a
runtime
error, such as e.g. referencing a null pointer, the function
with
  the
culprit will stop executing, but the rest will continue... makes
debugging kind of tedious...
   
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Ralph Hauwert r.hauwert@
wrote:

 Hi guys,

 If recently (since FB 2.0.1) been experiencing several cases
where my
 code would fail silently at runtime, not coming up with a
  runtime
 error at all, and just stopping code execution, restarting at
  the
next
 logical step. Is there something I have missed in the release
notes of
 FB2.0.1 ?

 --
 Ralph Hauwert

   
   
   
  
 
 
 

[flexcoders] Re: data binding limitations?

[iko_knyphausen]

Thanks everyone for your help and input. I finally figured it out. I
have a little bit of egg in my face ;-), but maybe this will help
someone else avoid the same mistakes..

1. I recently installed Flex Builder on a VISTA machine. Had to copy
a working XP installation as the setup program for Flex will not run on
VISTA. One small detail I missed, I did not get the debug Flash Player
plugin. It is installed by the setup program or you can manually
download it from Adobe. This would also explain why I have not seen any
runtime errors lately ;-) Now that we have that out of the way, some
info on the data binding problems.
2. In my app I have a whole bunch of HTTPService calls to read data
from a backend. One of the first service calls returned XML nodes where
one item had a missing attribute. My assumption has always been that if
you bind to an attribute value (such as @name), and if such attribute is
missing that data binding would either ignore the node, or assume a
blank value (like tag name= /). This is NOT the case and data
binding fails.
3. More interesting about this is: Once you have one HTTPService data
binding fail, there is no predicting how many others will fail / be
ignored. It does explain somewhat why subsequent calls to explicit
executeBinding are succesful if the underlying data is sound...

Thanks again...


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tracy Spratt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Binding directly to lastResult is hard to debug. I advise using a
 result handler function to set an instance variable, and bind to that.

 Tracy



 

 From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On
 Behalf Of iko_knyphausen
 Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 1:26 AM
 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: [flexcoders] data binding limitations?



 Hello everyone,

 I am experiencing some very strange behavior regarding data binding.
 First off, would anyone know why the following XMLListCollection does
 not bind successfully to its source,

 mx:XMLListCollection id=xlcUsers filterFunction=filterUser
 source={xmlSetup.lastResult.USER}/

 The xmlSetup is a HTTPService that returns a list of user accounts in
 e4x format. The moment I add a binding tag, like the one below, the
 XMLListCollection has all the data I expect.

 mx:Binding destination=xlcUsers.source
 source=xmlSetup.lastResult.USER /

 I have several XMLListCollections bound to HTTPService results, and I
 never had to create explicit bindings.

 The second question is maybe related: Are there limits how many
bindings
 you can have in an application? It seems to me that, as the
application
 grows, and as I am adding more and more databound controls, previously
 succesful databound controls loose their bindings silently. They can
 be brought back by explicit calls to executeBindings but that sort
of
 defies the purpose of having it done automatically - if you have to be
 explict, you may as well assign values upon change events...

 Am I missing something...or does anyone else have similar experiences?

 Thanks much

 Iko

[flexcoders] Re: Filter Function on ArrayCollection with httpservices as there source

[iko_knyphausen]

You could e4x as resultFormat and then bind this to an
XMLListCollection, which in turn you can filter with a function. In e4x
you would omit the root tag  (probably =stockreport in your case) and
use stockFeed.lastResult.products.product as a source for
databinding


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, bnprrsh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hi,

 I am trying to use the filter function on anrray collection with a
 http service lastResult source.

 I can't get passed this error TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion
 failed: cannot convert mx.collections::[EMAIL PROTECTED] to
 Array. It seems to work fine when using my had coded object but I
 cant get it working with a httpservice no matter what resultFormat I
 choose.

 My Code:
 ==

 ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
 mx:Application xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml;
 layout=vertical creationComplete=stockFeed.send()

 mx:Script
 ![CDATA[
 import mx.utils.ArrayUtil;

 // On startup
 public function initApp():void
 {

 // Set filter function
 // Be careful to set filterFunction
 // only after ArrayCollection has been
 // populated.
 myData.filterFunction=processFilter;
 }

 // Filter function
 public function processFilter(item:Object):Boolean
 {
 var result:Boolean=false;

 // If no filter text, or a match, then true
 if (!item.code.length
 || item.code.toUpperCase().indexOf(txtFilter.text.toUpperCase()) = 0)
 result=true;
 return result;
 }
 ]]
 /mx:Script

 mx:HTTPService
 id=stockFeed
 url=http://www.1on1wholesale.co.uk/members_area/status-xml.asp
 showBusyCursor=true
 resultFormat=object
 result=initApp()/

 !-- Array Collection Using HTTPSERVICE Source --
 mx:ArrayCollection id=myData
 source={stockFeed.lastResult.stockreport.products.product}/


 !-- Array Collection using Hard coded information --
 !--
 mx:ArrayCollection id=myData
 mx:source
 mx:Object code=N0505 name=Monica Rose status=In Stock /
 mx:Object code=N0506 name=Randy Candice status=In Stock /
 mx:Object code=N0507 name=Jump Start Foot Pump status=In
 Stock /
 mx:Object code=N0508 name=Carla Doll status=Out of Stock /
 /mx:source
 /mx:ArrayCollection
 --


 !-- UI --
 mx:HBox width=100%
 mx:Label text=Filter:/
 mx:TextInput id=txtFilter width=100%
 change=myData.refresh()/
 /mx:HBox

 !-- Tile List showing results from filtered array collection --
 mx:TileList dataProvider={myData} width=100% height=300
 columnCount=2 rowCount=2
 mx:itemRenderer
 mx:Component
 mx:VBox paddingLeft=30 width=150 height=150
 horizontalScrollPolicy=off verticalScrollPolicy=off

 mx:Label text={data.code} /
 mx:Label text={data.name}/
 mx:Label text={data.status}/
 /mx:VBox
 /mx:Component
 /mx:itemRenderer
 /mx:TileList

 !-- Data Grid showing results from filtered array collection --
 mx:DataGrid dataProvider={myData}
 width=100% height=100%
 mx:columns
 mx:DataGridColumn headerText=code
 dataField=code/
 mx:DataGridColumn headerText=name
 dataField=name/
 mx:DataGridColumn headerText=status
 dataField=status/
 /mx:columns
 /mx:DataGrid

 !-- Datagrid showing results without filtering --
 mx:DataGrid
 dataProvider={stockFeed.lastResult.stockreport.products.product}
 id=testing/
 /mx:Application

[flexcoders] Re: How do I do this effect?

[iko_knyphausen]

I am setting the canvas width to 25 or something like that. It leaves
enough room to display the button and a vertical bar. In my approach I
also have to react to resize events of the main application...
constraints unfortunately don't work with Resize / Move effects...
that's because you only have xFrom xTo, and widthFrom and widthTo etc.
It would be nice if they actually had a rightFrom, rightTo leftFrom,
leftTo etc.


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Nate Pearson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:

 Hey Iko,

 It's working great, had another question for you. When you do that
 slide/resize on your canvas are you setting the width to 0 when it
 loads? Maybe setting the visibility to false? You have inspired me
 to copy you :) and I was wondering what the best approach is.

 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Nate Pearson napearson99@ wrote:
 
  AH! Very cool! I like the minimize with the move.
  Thanks, you have answered my question.
 
 
  --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, iko_knyphausen iko@ wrote:
  
  
   Yes, this would clip. If you want to slide and minimize, you need
a
   combination of MOVE and RESIZE. As both effects run in parallel,
it
   looks smooth if you allow both effects the same duration. I have a
few
   sliders in a beta app, if you want to check.
http://www.aim4pro.com
   http://www.aim4pro.com (use guest/guest to log in). Right to
 the main
   item list, you will find a slider button (vertically centered).
 Click on
   it to see a dashboard slid in...
  
   Later
  
  
   --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Nate Pearson napearson99@
   wrote:
   
thanks for the reply. Will that clip the canvas if it goes
 outside of
it's parent container?
   
I.E. Parent is 400 pix wide. Child that you want to slide is
200px
wide and is centered in the parent. If you slide the child
xTo=1
will it look like its sliding outside of its parent
   container(clipping)?
   
I'm about to go to bed or else I would try it right now. Either
way
I'll try it in the morning to figure out what's happening.
   
Thanks again.
   
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, iko_knyphausen iko@ wrote:


 I did not want to install the app, but I have done some
sliding in
   and
 out...

 I used a combination of MOVE effects and RESIZE in some cases.
So
   for
 example if you want to slide a Canvas (with its children) you
can
 approach as follows...

 mx:Move id=moveEffect xTo=1 duration=500
 target=myCanvas /

 mx:Canvas id=myCanvas ... /

 in an eventHandler you can then trigger the effect using

 moveEffect.play();

 This is the bare minimum... but it explains the mechanism and
what
   to
 look for...


 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Nate Pearson
napearson99@
 wrote:
 
  I'm trying to figure out how the slide in slide out effect
is
   done.
 
  Here is an example in an apollo app:
   http://www.finetune.com/desktop/
  (pretty cool app by the way!)
 
  When you start finetune desktop up and click the arrows left
an
   right
  you see how one things slides in and one slides out? That's
 what I
  want!
 
  How the heck do you do it? Is it a tween? It looks like
 there is a
  non-linear easing function on it but I'm a noob to effects.
 
  Thanks for your help in advance! :)
 

   
  
 

[flexcoders] Re: Repost: FileReference.upload() and IIS 6.0 (Windows Server 2003)

[iko_knyphausen]

What are you using as a server side upload component?


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, bsausser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Upload Progresses, then fails at the end of the POST. Why? …and
What
 can be done to fix it?

 Flex Error Text:
 Error #2044: Unhandled IOErrorEvent:. text=Error #2038: File I/O
 Error.

 HTTP Sniff Result:
 http://www.dendera.com/dir/fr_upload_snif_result.xml

 Multiple IIS configurations did not change the result.
 • Write on/off
 • Integrated Windows Authentication on/off
 • Anonymous access on/off
 • NTFS file security IUSR_ | Full Control
 • NTFS file secutiry EVERYONE | Full Control

 ** The IIS Server(s) is a part of an Active Directory Domain
 *** Hosted on two different IIS Machines with the same result on
 each one of them.

  sniff result 
 ?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-16?
 log homepage=http://www.ieinspector.com; product=HttpAnalyzer
 version=1
 entry method=POST url=http://fm.dendera.com/IMG_1567.JPG;
 timestart2007-03-31T07:52:17.655Z/timestart
 timeend2007-03-31T07:52:19.118Z/timeend
 duration1.463 s/duration
 processname/
 result404/result
 size1795/size
 stageREQUEST_CLOSE/stage
 mimetypetext/html/mimetype
 redirecturl/
 requestCamefromCacheFalse/requestCamefromCache
 responseCamefromCacheFalse/responseCamefromCache
 requestobjectname/IMG_1567.JPG/requestobjectname
 winet_sr_resultTrue/winet_sr_result
 winet_sr_errormessage/
 bodySize1635/bodySize
 headers
 requestheaders
 headerPOST /IMG_1567.JPG HTTP/1.1/header
 headerAccept: text/*/header
 headerContent-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=-
 -cH2ae0ei4KM7Ij5KM7GI3gL6ae0gL6/header
 headerUser-Agent: Shockwave Flash/header
 headerHost: fm.dendera.com/header
 headerContent-Length: 3595908/header
 headerConnection: Keep-Alive/header
 headerCache-Control: no-cache/header
 /requestheaders
 responseheaders
 headerHTTP/1.1 404 Not Found/header
 headerContent-Length: 1635/header
 headerContent-Type: text/html/header
 headerServer: Microsoft-IIS/6.0/header
 headerX-Powered-By: ASP.NET/header
 headerDate: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 14:52:18 GMT/header
 /responseheaders
 /headers
 content
 contentLength1635/contentLength
 mimetypetext/html/mimetype
 text ![CDATA … ]]
 /text
 /content
 cookies
 sent/
 received/
 /cookies
 cache
 BeforeRequest
 UrlInCacheFalse/UrlInCache
 /BeforeRequest
 AfterRequest
 UrlInCacheFalse/UrlInCache
 /AfterRequest
 /cache
 QueryString/
 PostData/
 /entry
 /log

[flexcoders] data binding limitations?

[iko_knyphausen]

Hello everyone,

I am experiencing some very strange behavior regarding data binding.
First off, would anyone know why the following XMLListCollection does
not bind successfully to its source,

mx:XMLListCollection id=xlcUsers filterFunction=filterUser
source={xmlSetup.lastResult.USER}/

The xmlSetup is a HTTPService that returns a list of user accounts in
e4x format. The moment I add a binding tag, like the one below, the
XMLListCollection has all the data I expect.

mx:Binding destination=xlcUsers.source
source=xmlSetup.lastResult.USER /

I have several XMLListCollections bound to HTTPService results, and I
never had to create explicit bindings.

The second question is maybe related: Are there limits how many bindings
you can have in an application? It seems to me that, as the application
grows, and as I am adding more and more databound controls, previously
succesful databound controls loose their bindings silently. They can
be brought back by explicit calls to executeBindings but that sort of
defies the purpose of having it done automatically - if you have to be
explict, you may as well assign values upon change events...

Am I missing something...or does anyone else have similar experiences?

Thanks much

Iko

[flexcoders] Re: How do I do this effect?

[iko_knyphausen]

I did not want to install the app, but I have done some sliding in and
out...

I used a combination of MOVE effects and RESIZE in some cases. So for
example if you want to slide a Canvas (with its children) you can
approach as follows...

mx:Move id=moveEffect xTo=1 duration=500 target=myCanvas /

mx:Canvas id=myCanvas ... /

in an eventHandler you can then trigger the effect using

moveEffect.play();

This is the bare minimum... but it explains the mechanism and what to
look for...


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Nate Pearson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:

 I'm trying to figure out how the slide in slide out effect is done.

 Here is an example in an apollo app: http://www.finetune.com/desktop/
 (pretty cool app by the way!)

 When you start finetune desktop up and click the arrows left an right
 you see how one things slides in and one slides out? That's what I
 want!

 How the heck do you do it? Is it a tween? It looks like there is a
 non-linear easing function on it but I'm a noob to effects.

 Thanks for your help in advance! :)

[flexcoders] Re: Connect and Retrieve from MS SQL Server 2005

[iko_knyphausen]

If you are using the full version of SQL 2005 (meaning not Express) you
may be able to use the built-in Web Services Endpoints ... Have not
tried it myself, but I think in theory that should work.

-Iko
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Clint Tredway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 you can use just about any server side language (ColdFusion, PHP, ASP,
.NET,
 etc) to connect to SQL Server

 On 3/28/07, hugocorept [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 
  Hello all,
 
  In your opnion, witch is the simple/best way to connect a
MSSQLServer
  2005.
 
  I prefer java-less..
 
  Thank you , Very Much!
 
 
 



 --
 http://indeegrumpee.spaces.live.com/

[flexcoders] Re: How do you suppress repeating values in DataGrid columns?

[iko_knyphausen]

Oh... thenI misunderstood, I thought he wanted to eliminate duplicate
records..
Sorry


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Gordon Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 A filterFunction is applied to a record (item) as a whole, so that
 wouldn't work.

 - Gordon

 

 From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On
 Behalf Of iko_knyphausen
 Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 3:59 PM
 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: [flexcoders] Re: How do you suppress repeating values in
 DataGrid columns?




 I think you could write a filterFunction and have it check for
 duplicates in the collection. This function could return false when a
 duplicate is detected..

 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com
 , Gordon Smith gosmith@ wrote:
 
  I don't think there is an automatic way to do this in the visual
  rendering. I think you'll have write AS to loop over your data and
  create another array of records that look like
 
  Record #1: Author=John Doe Title=Advanced Cat Juggling
  Record #2: Author= Title=Surviving Cat Scratch Fever
  Record #3: Author=Bill Smith Title=The Alligator Whisperer
  Record #3: Author= Title=Living WIth One Ear
 
  - Gordon
 
  
 
  From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com
 [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com
 ]
 On
  Behalf Of michael_p_levine
  Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 3:19 PM
  To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com
  Subject: [flexcoders] How do you suppress repeating values in
DataGrid
  columns?
 
 
 
  Given data that looks like this:
 
  Record #1: Author=John Doe, Title=Advanced Cat Juggling
  Record #2: Author=John Doe, Title=Surviving Cat Scratch Fever
  Record #3: Author=Bill Smith, Title=The Alligator Whisperer
  Record #4: Author=Bill Smith, Title=Living With One Ear
 
  How do I suppress the repeating Author name values in Rows #2 and #4
 of
  a DataGrid so it looks like this?
 
  Author Title
  -- -
  John Doe Advanced Cat Juggling
  Surviving Cat Scratch Fever
  Bill Smith The Alligator Whisperer
  Living With One Ear
 
  I've checked the group archives and haven't found a real answer to
 this
  question. Has anyone el! se encountered and solved this?
 
  Thank you,
  Michael
 

[flexcoders] Re: How to change DataGridCell font color based on the cell value

[iko_knyphausen]

You could do a cutom itemRenderer that is based on a canvas, put a label
for your text (cell value) and overwrite the set data method.

mx:canvas/
mx:Label id=myLabel text=/
mx:Script
![CDATA[
import mx.core.*;



override public function set data(data:Object) : void
{
if (data != null)
{
   super.data = data;
   if ( Number(data.YOURDATAFIELD)  0 )
  myLabel.setStyle(color,#ff);
   else
  myLabel.clearStyle(color);

   myLabel.text = data.YOURDATAFIELD;

}
}

]]
/mx:Script
/mx:Canvas



}




--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, rzilist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hi folks,
 I need to change the font color on my last DataGridColumn (not the
 ColumnHeader, just the cells) based on the cell value, i.e. if value
 in the cell is negative, change the cell font color to red. I've tried
 various HTMLRenderer classes, but to no avail. Please help!
 Thanks,
 Roman

[flexcoders] Re: How to change DataGridCell font color based on the cell value

[iko_knyphausen]

small correction: the initial canvas tag should be without the forward
slash...like

mx:canvas ...


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, iko_knyphausen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


 You could do a cutom itemRenderer that is based on a canvas, put a
label
 for your text (cell value) and overwrite the set data method.

 mx:canvas/
 mx:Label id=myLabel text=/
 mx:Script
 ![CDATA[
 import mx.core.*;



 override public function set data(data:Object) : void
 {
 if (data != null)
 {
 super.data = data;
 if ( Number(data.YOURDATAFIELD)  0 )
 myLabel.setStyle(color,#ff);
 else
 myLabel.clearStyle(color);

 myLabel.text = data.YOURDATAFIELD;

 }
 }

 ]]
 /mx:Script
 /mx:Canvas



 }




 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, rzilist rzilist@ wrote:
 
  Hi folks,
  I need to change the font color on my last DataGridColumn (not the
  ColumnHeader, just the cells) based on the cell value, i.e. if value
  in the cell is negative, change the cell font color to red. I've
tried
  various HTMLRenderer classes, but to no avail. Please help!
  Thanks,
  Roman
 

[flexcoders] Re: DataGridColumn's width adjustment

[iko_knyphausen]

I have never tried this, but maybe you can have an itemRenderer for the
column in question, take a label component for the text, set the text
property, and then read the label.width property. This width you could
pass back out to the dataGrid.column and set the minWidth to that
value...  (parentDocument.dataGrid.columns(x).minWidth = ...) - just an
idea...


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Mikhail Shevchuk
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hi,

 When I just set a datagrid's dataprovider, I get all DataGridColumns
with
 the same width, and there are situations when the datafield's text
doesn't
 fit into it.
 Is there any easy flexy way to set column's width automatically so
that even
 the max text of the column will fit into it?

 --
 A vivid and creative mind characterizes you.

[flexcoders] Re: How do you suppress repeating values in DataGrid columns?

[iko_knyphausen]

I think you could write a filterFunction and have it check for
duplicates in the collection. This function could return false when a
duplicate is detected..

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Gordon Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 I don't think there is an automatic way to do this in the visual
 rendering. I think you'll have write AS to loop over your data and
 create another array of records that look like

 Record #1: Author=John Doe Title=Advanced Cat Juggling
 Record #2: Author= Title=Surviving Cat Scratch Fever
 Record #3: Author=Bill Smith Title=The Alligator Whisperer
 Record #3: Author= Title=Living WIth One Ear

 - Gordon

 

 From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On
 Behalf Of michael_p_levine
 Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 3:19 PM
 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: [flexcoders] How do you suppress repeating values in DataGrid
 columns?



 Given data that looks like this:

 Record #1: Author=John Doe, Title=Advanced Cat Juggling
 Record #2: Author=John Doe, Title=Surviving Cat Scratch Fever
 Record #3: Author=Bill Smith, Title=The Alligator Whisperer
 Record #4: Author=Bill Smith, Title=Living With One Ear

 How do I suppress the repeating Author name values in Rows #2 and #4
of
 a DataGrid so it looks like this?

 Author Title
 -- -
 John Doe Advanced Cat Juggling
 Surviving Cat Scratch Fever
 Bill Smith The Alligator Whisperer
 Living With One Ear

 I've checked the group archives and haven't found a real answer to
this
 question. Has anyone el! se encountered and solved this?

 Thank you,
 Michael

[flexcoders] Looking for Beta Testers

[iko_knyphausen]

Hello everyone,

we just started the beta for the pro version of our task management tool
(written in Flex with ASP backend) and are looking beta testers. If you
are interested, drop me a quick line. You can participate online, or
install on you own box.

P.S.

Main features:

Organize and share tasks amongst multiple teams (grid with drag and drop
grouping functionality)
View real time dashboard with task health, category summary, files, etc.
(flex charting)
Weekly calendar view of deadlines (grid with custom renderers)
Track time reports and expenses

...

[flexcoders] Re: set percent value to a Panel's width ?

[iko_knyphausen]

Try panelID.percentWidth ...


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 how do i set percent values to a Panel's width and height in
ActionScript?

 this is what I want :

 panelID.setActualSize(17%,100%); // this returns an error

 OR

 panelID.width = 17% // this too returns an error







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[flexcoders] Can one use a XMLListCollection as a source for another XMLListcollection

[iko_knyphausen]

Hi everyone,

I am trying to use one xmllistcollection as a source for another
xmllistcollection. The prupose is to have 2 filterfunctions, one for the
first collection, and the second for a staggered additional
filter...ultimately for a datasource of another control.

Is it possible?

Thanks

[flexcoders] Combobox erases typed text when tabing away or closing the dropdown list

[iko_knyphausen]

Hi everyone,

I have an editable combobox. When I enter text while the dropdown is
open and then use the tab key to move to the next input field, the
entered text gets erased. The same happens when I close the dropdown
list - any previously entered text is gone.

The only way my input is kept, is when I enter text while the dropdown
is closed and don't touch the dropdown...

This does not seem right. Are there any options/switches that I am
missing? The combobox has a e4x dataprovider.

Thanks much

[flexcoders] Re: Can't I style an anchor in a RichTextEditor??

[iko_knyphausen]

I have to agree with Carl,

what's te point of having a URL feature in the RTE, if you don't intend
browsing somewhere...

The only solution I have - I have the same issue - is manipulating the
htmlText content by putting underline and font tags around the
Anchortags

Here is a little tool to exchange HTML from RTE with plaintext..it
allows to send back and forth so you can see what works and what
doesn't...styles don't ;-)

?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
mx:Application xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml
http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml  layout=absolute
  mx:RichTextEditor x=10 y=10 id=rtf
  /mx:RichTextEditor
  mx:Button x=343 y=9 label=gt;gt;
click=txt.text=rtf.htmlText/
  mx:TextArea x=391 y=10 width=325 height=300 id=txt
wordWrap=true/
  mx:Button x=343 y=288 label=lt;lt;
click=rtf.htmlText=txt.text/
/mx:Application

Iko


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, carl_steinhilber
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 While I understand what you're saying, Alex, that's just not a valid
 answer.

 I realize that HTML support is not very advanced in Flex. But,
 truthfully, it doesn't take a highly advanced HTML browser to know
 that people expect hyperlinks to be rendered differently than the rest
 of the text on the screen. In fact, it doesn't take even a
 [i]mildly[/i] advanced browser. The very [i]first[/i] web browser did
 that... even before the rest of the HTML spec was complete... even
 before HTML had an img tag.

 Word does it, and it's not a browser. Outlook does it, and it's not
 (technically) a browser. Heck, the Flex IDE even understands the
 concept, and it's [i]certainly[/i] not a browser. When you hold the
 CTRL key down and roll over an object name in your MXML... what does
 it do? It highlights the text to indicate that it's clickable.

 It seems like that has less to do with HTML support and more to do
 with usability and interface design.

 Unfortunately, I [i]do[/i] need editability. That's the whole point of
 my current application. And if you can style anchors in non-editable
 text objects, how big a stretch is it, really, to be able to apply
 styles to editable text objects. Obviously the developers knew it was
 important, otherwise they wouldn't have made it possible for
 non-editable components either.

 As it stands now, I'll pretty much have to roll out my application
 with the URL text box removed from the RichTextEditor. Since it's
 completely unusable sans any type of visual feedback in the text.



 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui aharui@ wrote:
 
  HTML/CSS support in Flash/Flex has always been limited. We're just
not
  a browser.
 
 
 
  You can style anchor tags, but not in editable controls.
 
 
 
  If you don't need editability, use Text instead of RichTextEditor
and
  set htmlText and a styleSheet (not styleName). Try to follow the
  example in the doc for flash.text.TextField.htmlText.
 
 
 
  -Alex
 
 
 
  
 
  From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On
  Behalf Of carl_steinhilber
  Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 3:02 PM
  To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: [flexcoders] Can't I style an anchor in a RichTextEditor??
 
 
 
  I've tried various techniques that I picked up on the web, but can't
  seem to apply a style specifically to the anchor links in a
  RichTextEditor.
 
  Basically, I want a style like:
  .myRTETextAreaStyle A {
  color:#ff;
  text-decoration:underline;
  }
  but I'm not having much luck.
 
  I tried setting
  myRTE.textArea.styleName=myRTETextAreaStyle;
  in creationComplete.
 
  I tried creating a stylesheet on the fly using the StyleSheet
object,
  CSSStyleDeclaration, and the StyleManager.
 
  I (first) tried simply declaring the style in an mx:Style block.
 
  Nothing seems to work.
 
  And for the life of my I can't understand why the RTE doesn't do it
by
  default out of the box. Under what earthly circumstance would NOT
  differenciating a link from the rest of the text in an RTE be
  intuitive?? Ah well... c'est l'vie.
 
  Anyone know how to make it work after the fact?
 
  Thanks in advance!
  -Carl
 

[flexcoders] Re: Keyboard issues on VISTA - Important

[iko_knyphausen]

Thanks much for trying... do you run VISTA Home Premium or Ultimate?

I am asking because I have one Ultimate machine that works fine, but my
Home Premium and all the boxes at Compusa with Home Premium have the
issue when loading the app via index.htm


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Dimitrios Gianninas
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 I use Vista at home, tried it and no problems.

 Dimitrios Gianninas
 Optimal Payments Inc.



 -Original Message-
 From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com on behalf of iko_knyphausen
 Sent: Wed 3/7/2007 6:40 PM
 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Keyboard issues on VISTA - Important


 Any chance that an Adobe Guru can take a look at this, and maybe
provide
 an indication whether this is a known issue... if you need the
 application to try:

 http://66.111.222.44 http://66.111.222.44 (you can use guest / guest
 to log in)

 Try this from VISTA and you will experience the keyboard dropout
 issue...If you restart the application using the SWF directly...

 http://66.111.222.44/main.swf http://66.111.222.44/main.swf

 the keyboard issues are gone...

 Thanks much


 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, iko_knyphausen iko@ wrote:
 
 
  I think I finally found the problem source...
 
  It seems to be connected to the hosting HTML file (and possibly its
JS
  code - not sure). That is the file that pulls flash player, checks
for
  the required version, etc. This file is generated automatically by
 Flex
  and used as default on the web server...
 
  I don't know how this can affect the keyboard input, but after
pulling
 a
  lot on my hair over this issue, I swear I am not making this up.
 
  If I start the application by loading the SWF file directly, all
  keyboard issues are gone...
 
  Ideas anyone (someone at Adobe maybe?)
 
 
  --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, camlinaeizerous camlinae@
  wrote:
  
   Have you been able to try it on home basic or professional? It is
 odd
   that it would only happen on premium and not ultimate.
  
 



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[flexcoders] Re: Keyboard issues on VISTA - Important

[iko_knyphausen]

Any chance that an Adobe Guru can take a look at this, and maybe provide
an indication whether this is a known issue... if you need the
application to try:

http://66.111.222.44 http://66.111.222.44  (you can use guest / guest
to log in)

Try this from VISTA and you will experience the keyboard dropout
issue...If you restart the application using the SWF directly...

http://66.111.222.44/main.swf http://66.111.222.44/main.swf

the keyboard issues are gone...

Thanks much


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, iko_knyphausen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


 I think I finally found the problem source...

 It seems to be connected to the hosting HTML file (and possibly its JS
 code - not sure). That is the file that pulls flash player, checks for
 the required version, etc. This file is generated automatically by
Flex
 and used as default on the web server...

 I don't know how this can affect the keyboard input, but after pulling
a
 lot on my hair over this issue, I swear I am not making this up.

 If I start the application by loading the SWF file directly, all
 keyboard issues are gone...

 Ideas anyone (someone at Adobe maybe?)


 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, camlinaeizerous camlinae@
 wrote:
 
  Have you been able to try it on home basic or professional? It is
odd
  that it would only happen on premium and not ultimate.
 

[flexcoders] Re: I want to write a tutorial

[iko_knyphausen]

There is one from Adobe, called Training from the Source, and then there
is one called Total Training for Adobe Flex 2 available at
TotalTraining.com


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Jeffry Houser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


 Where can one find such tutorials?

 At 12:38 AM 3/5/2007, you wrote:

 Hey guys,
 
 I want to write another tutorial on Flex.
 
 So far I've written on how to create a login system with flex and
php,
 and an mp3 player in flex.
 
 Any suggestions on what I should do next?
 
 I'm fresh out of ideas :p
 
 

 --
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Engineer
 AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773
 --
 My Company: http://www.dot-com-it.com
 My Podcast: http://www.theflexshow.com
 My Blog: http://www.jeffryhouser.com
 Connecticut Macromedia User Group: http://www.ctmug.com

[flexcoders] Re: ctrl key with a combination - doesnt seem to work

[iko_knyphausen]

Try it upon a KEYUP event


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, jmorpher03 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Does anyone know how the the CTRL + key combination work ? Is this a
 Flex bug ? The Flex sample code in the help docs talks about this, but
 it doesn't seem to work. Whats wrong ???

 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, jmorpher03 asgartali@ wrote:
 
  Hi,
 
  I am trying to trap the ctrl key along with a combination of any
other
  alphanumeric key by using the following code on a DataGrid control:
 
  public void myKeyDown(event:KeyBoardEvent):void {
  if ( event.ctrlKey  event.keyCode == 67 ) // for 'C'
  {
  // copy selected row
  }
  }
 
  This does not seem to work. Nor is any other key combination
detected
  when we use the ctrl key.
 
  Isnt this the way to handle keyboard events ? Is there any other
  explicit way to handle it ?
 
  Regards,
  Asgar.
 

[flexcoders] Re: Keyboard issues on VISTA - Important

[iko_knyphausen]

I think I finally found the problem source...

It seems to be connected to the hosting HTML file (and possibly its JS
code - not sure). That is the file that pulls flash player, checks for
the required version, etc. This file is generated automatically by Flex
and used as default on the web server...

I don't know how this can affect the keyboard input, but after pulling a
lot on my hair over this issue, I swear I am not making this up.

If I start the application by loading the SWF file directly, all
keyboard issues are gone...

Ideas anyone (someone at Adobe maybe?)


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, camlinaeizerous [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:

 Have you been able to try it on home basic or professional? It is odd
 that it would only happen on premium and not ultimate.

[flexcoders] Re: I want to write a tutorial

[iko_knyphausen]

Here comes a list of ideas:

1. First you should define who your audience is. Keep in mind, very
good tutorials have been made already - so if you want to add value, you
have to explore uncharted territory. Login is a start, but it will not
win you a Pulitzer prize...
2. I think you should analyze this message board...it will tell you
what people are struggling with at various stages. Add to the mix, what
you yourself have been struggling with.
3. Make sure that what you write about is not hear-say (or read
somewhere) but actual experience. You will need to back it up,
reproduce cases, etc. You cannot teach what you have not experienced. In
other words, don't try anything abstract.
4. On a positive note: I think you could write an entire tutorial on
how to best use the DataGrid control. It's a highly complex topic, with
plenty of depth to dive into.
5. On a lighter note, a good movie about teaching is the recent DVD
release of Guardian. I am mentioning it because I think it illustrates
the importance of experience.

Other than that, good luck - and hopefully a good tutorial...

[flexcoders] Re: simulate datagrid header click, or set default sort column

[iko_knyphausen]

By dates, I meant, sorting the following

2/13/2007
11/13/2007

If you sort these as strings, November is smaller than February, which
is obviously wrong. Your sortFunction would have to create date objects
first and compare those, or pad the strings with leading zeros...


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Adam Royle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 OK, this was easier than anticipated. I didn't realise the DataGrid
would detect the sort on the ArrayCollection and update it's sort arrow
based on this.

 My code:

 import mx.collections.Sort;
 import mx.collections.SortField;



 var s:Sort = new Sort();
 s.fields = [new SortField(transaction_date,false,true)];
 dataProvider.sort = s;
 dataProvider.refresh();


 Thanks for your advice. By the way, I don't really understand what you
mean about sorting dates as strings. When I load my data I create date
objects from my strings, and the datagrid/sort classes sort it all
correctly. Although I do understand your labelFunction point.

 Cheers,
 Adam


 - Original Message -
 From: iko_knyphausen
 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
 Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 9:52 AM
 Subject: [flexcoders] Re: simulate datagrid header click, or set
default sort column



 Yes, but you should provide for the sorting of these columns too,
 otherwise your sort competes against the builtin...

 Alternatively, you could detach your custom sort whenever a different
 header is clicked (meaning resetting the sort property of the
 collection) - but I think you can have much more control doing your
own.
 Also keep in mind, if you have any columns with calculated fields
 (meaning the dataField value is different than what is displayed), you
 may need a custom sort anyway (try sorting dates as strings... and you
 see what I mean)

 Iko

 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Adam Royle adam@ wrote:
 
  OK, thanks for your response. Haven't tried this yet, but will do.
 Just a quick question, if I use do the way you recommend with a custom
 sort object, can the user still use the headers to change the sort
 column/direction? This is what I want.
 
  Thanks,
  Adam
 
  - Original Message -
  From: iko_knyphausen
  To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
  Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 5:09 AM
  Subject: [flexcoders] Re: simulate datagrid header click, or set
 default sort column
 
 
 
  BTW, I also fiddled with dispatching the HEADER_RELEASE event,
before
 I
  used a custom sort, and one problem is, that its behavior depends on
  whether the column to be sorted was the last sorted column or not.
If
 it
  was the previous sort column a header release event will reverse the
  sort order, if it was not the last column, it will reuse the same
sort
  order that it had when it was last used - in some cases you may end
up
  dispatching the header release twice, to get the desired sort order,
 and
  you can see... this is not a good solution ;-)
 
  --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, iko_knyphausen iko@ wrote:
  
  
   I just went through the same exercise, and ended up using the
   recommended method, which is creating your own Sort object...
  
   The basic working is to
  
   1. take a collection (either arraycollection or xmllistcollection)
 as
   dataprovider
   2. define a Sort object for it (you do this by creating SortFields
 and
   putting them into the fields array of the Sort object)
   3. execute a Refresh on your collection
  
   If you trigger your sort via HeaderRelease events, you should call
   preventDefault() in that handler so that only your sort gets
 executed.
  
   You can find code samples if you look in the docs (the example I
 used
   was about sorting multiple columns at the same time)
  
   HTH
   --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Robert Chyko rchyko@ wrote:
   
One thing to look at would be dispatch a HEADER_RELEASE event on
 the
datagrid. Its not the most straightforward fix, and will take a
  little
tweaking to get to work right, but it is doable.
   
   
   
   
-Original Message-
From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Royle
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 8:09 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] simulate datagrid header click, or set
default sort column
   
   
   
   
Hi guys,
   
This came up last week but no working response was given.
   
I have my data sorted in a dataProvider, however whenever I add
new data I add it to the end of the ArrayCollection. However
this
   means
the datagrid is no longer sorted correctly.
   
I wish I could execute the private method sortByColumn() that
exists in the DataGrid class, but it's private!!
   
Anyone with a solution? I have tried subclassing and also
copying code directly, but the sortByColumn method uses private
variables, so I'm stuck again.
   
Can anyone suggest a solution to my problem?
   
Cheers,
Adam
   
  
 

[flexcoders] Re: simulate datagrid header click, or set default sort column

[iko_knyphausen]

I just went through the same exercise, and ended up using the
recommended method, which is creating your own Sort object...

The basic working is to

1. take a collection (either arraycollection or xmllistcollection) as
dataprovider
2. define a Sort object for it (you do this by creating SortFields and
putting them into the fields array of the Sort object)
3. execute a Refresh on your collection

If you trigger your sort via HeaderRelease events, you should call
preventDefault() in that handler so that only your sort gets executed.

You can find code samples if you look in the docs (the example I used
was about sorting multiple columns at the same time)

HTH
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Robert Chyko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 One thing to look at would be dispatch a HEADER_RELEASE event on the
 datagrid. Its not the most straightforward fix, and will take a little
 tweaking to get to work right, but it is doable.




 -Original Message-
 From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Royle
 Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 8:09 PM
 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: [flexcoders] simulate datagrid header click, or set
 default sort column




 Hi guys,

 This came up last week but no working response was given.

 I have my data sorted in a dataProvider, however whenever I add
 new data I add it to the end of the ArrayCollection. However this
means
 the datagrid is no longer sorted correctly.

 I wish I could execute the private method sortByColumn() that
 exists in the DataGrid class, but it's private!!

 Anyone with a solution? I have tried subclassing and also
 copying code directly, but the sortByColumn method uses private
 variables, so I'm stuck again.

 Can anyone suggest a solution to my problem?

 Cheers,
 Adam

[flexcoders] Re: simulate datagrid header click, or set default sort column

[iko_knyphausen]

BTW, I also fiddled with dispatching the HEADER_RELEASE event, before I
used a custom sort, and one problem is, that its behavior depends on
whether the column to be sorted was the last sorted column or not. If it
was the previous sort column a header release event will reverse the
sort order, if it was not the last column, it will reuse the same sort
order that it had when it was last used - in some cases you may end up
dispatching the header release twice, to get the desired sort order, and
you can see... this is not a good solution ;-)


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, iko_knyphausen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


 I just went through the same exercise, and ended up using the
 recommended method, which is creating your own Sort object...

 The basic working is to

 1. take a collection (either arraycollection or xmllistcollection) as
 dataprovider
 2. define a Sort object for it (you do this by creating SortFields and
 putting them into the fields array of the Sort object)
 3. execute a Refresh on your collection

 If you trigger your sort via HeaderRelease events, you should call
 preventDefault() in that handler so that only your sort gets executed.

 You can find code samples if you look in the docs (the example I used
 was about sorting multiple columns at the same time)

 HTH
 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Robert Chyko rchyko@ wrote:
 
  One thing to look at would be dispatch a HEADER_RELEASE event on the
  datagrid. Its not the most straightforward fix, and will take a
little
  tweaking to get to work right, but it is doable.
 
 
 
 
  -Original Message-
  From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
  [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Royle
  Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 8:09 PM
  To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: [flexcoders] simulate datagrid header click, or set
  default sort column
 
 
 
 
  Hi guys,
 
  This came up last week but no working response was given.
 
  I have my data sorted in a dataProvider, however whenever I add
  new data I add it to the end of the ArrayCollection. However this
 means
  the datagrid is no longer sorted correctly.
 
  I wish I could execute the private method sortByColumn() that
  exists in the DataGrid class, but it's private!!
 
  Anyone with a solution? I have tried subclassing and also
  copying code directly, but the sortByColumn method uses private
  variables, so I'm stuck again.
 
  Can anyone suggest a solution to my problem?
 
  Cheers,
  Adam
 

[flexcoders] Re: simulate datagrid header click, or set default sort column

[iko_knyphausen]

Yes, but you should provide for the sorting of these columns too,
otherwise your sort competes against the builtin...

Alternatively, you could detach your custom sort whenever a different
header is clicked (meaning resetting the sort property of the
collection) - but I think you can have much more control doing your own.
Also keep in mind, if  you have any columns with calculated fields
(meaning the dataField value is different than what is displayed), you
may need a custom sort anyway (try sorting dates as strings... and you
see what I mean)

Iko


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Adam Royle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 OK, thanks for your response. Haven't tried this yet, but will do.
Just a quick question, if I use do the way you recommend with a custom
sort object, can the user still use the headers to change the sort
column/direction? This is what I want.

 Thanks,
 Adam

 - Original Message -
 From: iko_knyphausen
 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
 Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 5:09 AM
 Subject: [flexcoders] Re: simulate datagrid header click, or set
default sort column



 BTW, I also fiddled with dispatching the HEADER_RELEASE event, before
I
 used a custom sort, and one problem is, that its behavior depends on
 whether the column to be sorted was the last sorted column or not. If
it
 was the previous sort column a header release event will reverse the
 sort order, if it was not the last column, it will reuse the same sort
 order that it had when it was last used - in some cases you may end up
 dispatching the header release twice, to get the desired sort order,
and
 you can see... this is not a good solution ;-)

 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, iko_knyphausen iko@ wrote:
 
 
  I just went through the same exercise, and ended up using the
  recommended method, which is creating your own Sort object...
 
  The basic working is to
 
  1. take a collection (either arraycollection or xmllistcollection)
as
  dataprovider
  2. define a Sort object for it (you do this by creating SortFields
and
  putting them into the fields array of the Sort object)
  3. execute a Refresh on your collection
 
  If you trigger your sort via HeaderRelease events, you should call
  preventDefault() in that handler so that only your sort gets
executed.
 
  You can find code samples if you look in the docs (the example I
used
  was about sorting multiple columns at the same time)
 
  HTH
  --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Robert Chyko rchyko@ wrote:
  
   One thing to look at would be dispatch a HEADER_RELEASE event on
the
   datagrid. Its not the most straightforward fix, and will take a
 little
   tweaking to get to work right, but it is doable.
  
  
  
  
   -Original Message-
   From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
   [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Royle
   Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 8:09 PM
   To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
   Subject: [flexcoders] simulate datagrid header click, or set
   default sort column
  
  
  
  
   Hi guys,
  
   This came up last week but no working response was given.
  
   I have my data sorted in a dataProvider, however whenever I add
   new data I add it to the end of the ArrayCollection. However this
  means
   the datagrid is no longer sorted correctly.
  
   I wish I could execute the private method sortByColumn() that
   exists in the DataGrid class, but it's private!!
  
   Anyone with a solution? I have tried subclassing and also
   copying code directly, but the sortByColumn method uses private
   variables, so I'm stuck again.
  
   Can anyone suggest a solution to my problem?
  
   Cheers,
   Adam
  
 

[flexcoders] Looking for Beta Testers

[iko_knyphausen]

Hello everyone,

I am looking for some beta testers for a simple task manager written in
Flex 2. To participate you need some form of IIS on your server or dev
box. The server side scripts are written in classic ASP.

Main features of the product:

1. Share action items with team members
2. Assign people
3. Attach files and comments
4. Group and organize action items (datagrid with multilevel grouping
and collapsible rows!)
5. Supports multiple teams, and people can be members in more than
one team
6. Keep audit trail of all changes made to action items in a log

The product can be useful for

1. Development teams that want to track bugs, feature requests,
issues, ideas
2. Small and mid-sized creative teams that need to track customer
deliverables
3. Office managers, meeting minutes
4. and more ;-)

If you are interested drop me a quick line to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Have a nice weekend,

Iko

[flexcoders] Re: Can Flex really compete with AJAX?

[iko_knyphausen]

I have 2 cents to spend:

Many things are crucial in dynamic content - one important one is
performance (otherwise it's not very dynamic to the eye, I would say). I
have done some heavy lifting, with JS and DHTML - namely a project
management application with full waterfall (read:dependency) Gantt
charts, drag and drop, spreadsheet-like grid data entry, etc.

I have also done some DHTML and XMLHTTP work (basically the same methods
AJAX uses) with an application that supports IE aswell as FF. IE and FF
use different event models, and rendering DHTML is always different: you
know one pixel here, one pixel there, margins inside, margins outside,
etc. pp. If you have gone down this road, you know...

So AJAX packages (DOJO, ATLAS,..) are basically putting a layer between
you (your application) and the different browsers. This means it's
basically a translator for your code... unfortunately, this also means a
loss in performance. Also, with AJAX your apps will perform differently
on different browsers - just as strong as the translation of code and
more relevant the rendering of DHTML (a big one).

If you use FLASH, its going to be as fast or slow as FLASH is - fast in
most cases ;-) Plus you can trust that if an app runs on one platform it
will run on pretty much any other that supports Flash - with the same
look and feel - I shoudl add.

Now add to this, all the nice effects, transistions, moves, etc. for
DYNAMIC experience... I think you sould rephrase into CAN AJAX compete
with FLEX ;-)

Sorry, but it had to be said...

  --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, thetexaspsycho2003
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 I mean, creating something as simple as a dynamic ID is crucial in
 creating truly dynamic content.

[flexcoders] Re: Filterfunction on a XMLListCollection is misbehaving

[iko_knyphausen]

Here is the relevant code...Without the filter function all edits are
inplace without the updated record gets resorted... thanks.

mx:Script
![CDATA[
.



private function itemFilter (item : Object ) : Boolean
{
return true;
}
]]
/mx:Script



mx:HTTPService id=xmlItems result=searchComplete(event)
resultFormat=e4x contentType=application/x-www-form-urlencoded
fault=httpsFault(event) useProxy=false method=POST
url=items.asp/
mx:XMLListCollection id=xlcItems source={xmlItems.lastResult.item}
filterFunction=itemFilter/
mx:DataGrid sortableColumns=false dataProvider={xlcItems}
id=dgItems headerShift=reGroup(event)
headerRelease=headerRelease(event) editable=false focusAlpha=0.0
doubleClickEnabled=true doubleClick=editItem()
headerStyleName=header headerColors=[#ff,#dd] height=22
fontSize=11 left=10 right=10 top=10 alpha=1.0 bottom=10
borderStyle=solid borderColor=#bb
.
/mx:DataGrid






--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, bobignacio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Any chance you can post your source code?


 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, iko_knyphausen iko@ wrote:
 
 
  Here is the deal... I have an XMLListCollection as a dataProvider
for a
  dataGrid, so that I can use custom sort and filterfunctions. My
  application provides for editing selected items (=rows) in the Grid,
  and when an edit is done, I update the Grid, by setting values of
the
  selectedItem, e.g.
 
  myGrid.selectedItem.dataField = newValue;
 
  This works fine, if I have no filterFunction defined for the
  XMLListCollection. The updates happen inplace, the Grid is updated
and
  the selectedItem (=row) is still highlighted, i.e. selected.
 
  The moment, I specify a filterFunction (one that returns true for
all
  records, mind you), any update to a field in the current
selectedItem
  will resort the Grid (no sort object specified, and the dataGrid
column
  sort is set to false), and the item is always sorted second last in
the
  grid. At the same time the selectedItem property is lost (set to
null).
 
  I know how to disable and enableAutoUpdate (to avoid loosing the
  selectedItem), but it still does not explain, why the grid data gets
  resorted
 
  Any insight from the pros?
 
  Thanks
 
  Iko
 

[flexcoders] Re: Filterfunction on a XMLListCollection is misbehaving

[iko_knyphausen]

Correction: WITHOUT the filter function all edits are inplace, WITH the
filter function the updated record gets resorted...


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, iko_knyphausen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


 Here is the relevant code...Without the filter function all edits are
 inplace without the updated record gets resorted... thanks.

 mx:Script
 ![CDATA[
 .



 private function itemFilter (item : Object ) : Boolean
 {
 return true;
 }
 ]]
 /mx:Script



 mx:HTTPService id=xmlItems result=searchComplete(event)
 resultFormat=e4x contentType=application/x-www-form-urlencoded
 fault=httpsFault(event) useProxy=false method=POST
 url=items.asp/
 mx:XMLListCollection id=xlcItems
source={xmlItems.lastResult.item}
 filterFunction=itemFilter/
 mx:DataGrid sortableColumns=false dataProvider={xlcItems}
 id=dgItems headerShift=reGroup(event)
 headerRelease=headerRelease(event) editable=false focusAlpha=0.0
 doubleClickEnabled=true doubleClick=editItem()
 headerStyleName=header headerColors=[#ff,#dd] height=22
 fontSize=11 left=10 right=10 top=10 alpha=1.0 bottom=10
 borderStyle=solid borderColor=#bb
 .
 /mx:DataGrid






 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, bobignacio bobignacio@ wrote:
 
  Any chance you can post your source code?
 
 
  --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, iko_knyphausen iko@ wrote:
  
  
   Here is the deal... I have an XMLListCollection as a dataProvider
 for a
   dataGrid, so that I can use custom sort and filterfunctions. My
   application provides for editing selected items (=rows) in the
Grid,
   and when an edit is done, I update the Grid, by setting values of
 the
   selectedItem, e.g.
  
   myGrid.selectedItem.dataField = newValue;
  
   This works fine, if I have no filterFunction defined for the
   XMLListCollection. The updates happen inplace, the Grid is updated
 and
   the selectedItem (=row) is still highlighted, i.e. selected.
  
   The moment, I specify a filterFunction (one that returns true
for
 all
   records, mind you), any update to a field in the current
 selectedItem
   will resort the Grid (no sort object specified, and the dataGrid
 column
   sort is set to false), and the item is always sorted second last
in
 the
   grid. At the same time the selectedItem property is lost (set to
 null).
  
   I know how to disable and enableAutoUpdate (to avoid loosing the
   selectedItem), but it still does not explain, why the grid data
gets
   resorted
  
   Any insight from the pros?
  
   Thanks
  
   Iko
  
 

[flexcoders] Custom Collection Sorting Challenge

[iko_knyphausen]

Hi all,

more questions on custom collection sorting... I have a
XMLListCollection dataprovider, which I am sorting using a sort object.
The sorting works as expected, when I use the following syntax to define
the array of SortFields:

aSort.fields = [sfSortField, sfLevel];

However, I would like to assemble the fields array dynamically,
depending on column position, or what have you, so my first thought was
to use the array.push() method to add the individual SortFields, but
this fails without an exception being thrown...

i = aSort.fields.push(sfSortField);
i = aSort.fields.push(sfLevel);

Any ideas? Thanks

[flexcoders] Re: Custom Collection Sorting Challenge

[iko_knyphausen]

Duh, was not thinking...forgot creating a new array first...interesting
though that it did not throw an exception...

aSort.fields = new Array();


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, iko_knyphausen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


 Hi all,

 more questions on custom collection sorting... I have a
 XMLListCollection dataprovider, which I am sorting using a sort
object.
 The sorting works as expected, when I use the following syntax to
define
 the array of SortFields:

 aSort.fields = [sfSortField, sfLevel];

 However, I would like to assemble the fields array dynamically,
 depending on column position, or what have you, so my first thought
was
 to use the array.push() method to add the individual SortFields, but
 this fails without an exception being thrown...

 i = aSort.fields.push(sfSortField);
 i = aSort.fields.push(sfLevel);

 Any ideas? Thanks

[flexcoders] Re: Storing / retrieving rich text

[iko_knyphausen]

Have you tried using CDATA around your text when retrieving from your
database?

![CDATA[



]]

I use it to store HTML formatted text in a database and to retrieve it
back into any HTML capable control, such as rtfedit or textarea... even
a simple TEXT control as itemrenderer works with this method...

HTH

Iko


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, pdflibpilot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 I am trying to develop a method to allow web administrators to be able
 to edit text in their Flex application directly in the UI (without
 Flex). This text gets saved to mySQL when they close the rich text
 editor.

 The data is stored correctly in mySQL however when its retrieved it
 gets formated as an XML object when extracted from the event.result.

 While this makes it easy to populate the various labels and text
 objects with the rich text data. The problem is that the rich text
 data gets formatted as XML with new lines and indents. Like in this
 dmup

 contentLive
 TEXTFORMAT LEADING=2
 P ALIGN=CENTER
 FONT FACE=Verdana SIZE=14 COLOR=#FF LETTERSPACING=0
 KERNING=0
 BThis is /B
 FONT COLOR=#0033FF
 B
 Ulive content/U
 /B
 /FONT
 /FONT
 /P
 /TEXTFORMAT
 /contentLive

 How can I force it to treat it as raw text just like its stored in
 mySQL without the formatting ?

[flexcoders] Re: Storing / retrieving rich text

[iko_knyphausen]

Maybe I misunderstood your last post, but I am getting an XML field from
a HTTPservice call with resultformat e4x and this XML field has HTML
content wrapped in a CDATA tag. I bound this XML field to a regular text
control's html property and it renders as HTML not as text


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Ben Marchbanks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Wrapping the text in ![CDATA causes the CDATA to
 be interpreted literally and rendered along with
 the text.

 setting the resultFormat to text makes it much
 more difficult to handle the text and distribute
 it to the appropriate display objects.

 Barring any easier solutions at this point it
 looks like stripping out the white space with AS
 is the only option.


 iko_knyphausen wrote:
  Have you tried using CDATA around your text when retrieving from
your
  database?
 
  ![CDATA[
 
  
 
  ]]
 
  I use it to store HTML formatted text in a database and to retrieve
it
  back into any HTML capable control, such as rtfedit or textarea...
even
  a simple TEXT control as itemrenderer works with this method...
 
  HTH
 
  Iko
 
 
  --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, pdflibpilot flex@ wrote:
  I am trying to develop a method to allow web administrators to be
able
  to edit text in their Flex application directly in the UI (without
  Flex). This text gets saved to mySQL when they close the rich text
  editor.
 
  The data is stored correctly in mySQL however when its retrieved it
  gets formated as an XML object when extracted from the
event.result.
 
  While this makes it easy to populate the various labels and text
  objects with the rich text data. The problem is that the rich text
  data gets formatted as XML with new lines and indents. Like in this
  dmup
 
  contentLive
  TEXTFORMAT LEADING=2
  P ALIGN=CENTER
  FONT FACE=Verdana SIZE=14 COLOR=#FF LETTERSPACING=0
  KERNING=0
  BThis is /B
  FONT COLOR=#0033FF
  B
  Ulive content/U
  /B
  /FONT
  /FONT
  /P
  /TEXTFORMAT
  /contentLive
 
  How can I force it to treat it as raw text just like its stored in
  mySQL without the formatting ?
 
 
 
 

[flexcoders] Re: Storing / retrieving rich text

[iko_knyphausen]

Sure... see below...

The data gets stored as HTML (posted via Form fields) but without CDATA
wrapping. The server side script that returns the data puts the wrapper
CDATA tags around before sending the XML...

mx:HTTPService id=xmlItemGridLog resultFormat=e4x
fault=httpsFault(event) useProxy=false method=POST
url=itemlogsXML.asp/

mx:DataGrid id=dgItemLog height=310 verticalScrollPolicy=auto
variableRowHeight=true right=10 left=10 y=10
dataProvider={xmlItemGridLog.lastResult.LOGENTRY} focusAlpha=0
borderColor=#cc
mx:columns
mx:DataGridColumn width=75 headerText=Date dataField=LOGDATE/
mx:DataGridColumn width=75 headerText=Person dataField=PERSON/
mx:DataGridColumn width=75 headerText=Type dataField=LOGTYPE/
mx:DataGridColumn wordWrap=true headerText=Details
dataField=LOGDETAILS
mx:itemRenderer
mx:Component
mx:Text htmlText={data.LOGDETAILS} /
/mx:Component
/mx:itemRenderer
/mx:DataGridColumn
/mx:columns
/mx:DataGrid








--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Ben Marchbanks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Can you share a sample of the XML content that you
 bind to your text control ?

 For now I have stripped the XML formatting (i.e.
 newlines and indents - rich Text tags remain in
 place) to achieve the desired results with AS.
 Otherwise my process is very much as you describe
 yours and works fine for now.

 Are you writing rich text back to your data source
 ? Are you implicitly adding the !CDATA ? wrapper
 or is this wrapper automated ?

 Ben Marchbanks

 ::: alQemy ::: transforming information into
 intelligence
 http://www.alQemy.com

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 http://www.magazooms.com

 Greenville, SC
 864.284.9918

 iko_knyphausen wrote:
  Maybe I misunderstood your last post, but I am getting an XML field
from
  a HTTPservice call with resultformat e4x and this XML field has HTML
  content wrapped in a CDATA tag. I bound this XML field to a regular
text
  control's html property and it renders as HTML not as text
 
 
  --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Ben Marchbanks flex@ wrote:
  Wrapping the text in ![CDATA causes the CDATA to
  be interpreted literally and rendered along with
  the text.
 
  setting the resultFormat to text makes it much
  more difficult to handle the text and distribute
  it to the appropriate display objects.
 
  Barring any easier solutions at this point it
  looks like stripping out the white space with AS
  is the only option.
 
 
  iko_knyphausen wrote:
  Have you tried using CDATA around your text when retrieving from
  your
  database?
 
  ![CDATA[
 
  
 
  ]]
 
  I use it to store HTML formatted text in a database and to
retrieve
  it
  back into any HTML capable control, such as rtfedit or textarea...
  even
  a simple TEXT control as itemrenderer works with this method...
 
  HTH
 
  Iko
 
 
  --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, pdflibpilot flex@ wrote:
  I am trying to develop a method to allow web administrators to be
  able
  to edit text in their Flex application directly in the UI
(without
  Flex). This text gets saved to mySQL when they close the rich
text
  editor.
 
  The data is stored correctly in mySQL however when its retrieved
it
  gets formated as an XML object when extracted from the
  event.result.
  While this makes it easy to populate the various labels and text
  objects with the rich text data. The problem is that the rich
text
  data gets formatted as XML with new lines and indents. Like in
this
  dmup
 
  contentLive
  TEXTFORMAT LEADING=2
  P ALIGN=CENTER
  FONT FACE=Verdana SIZE=14 COLOR=#FF LETTERSPACING=0
  KERNING=0
  BThis is /B
  FONT COLOR=#0033FF
  B
  Ulive content/U
  /B
  /FONT
  /FONT
  /P
  /TEXTFORMAT
  /contentLive
 
  How can I force it to treat it as raw text just like its stored
in
  mySQL without the formatting ?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

[flexcoders] Filterfunction on a XMLListCollection is misbehaving

[iko_knyphausen]

Here is the deal... I have an XMLListCollection as a dataProvider for a
dataGrid, so that I can use custom sort and filterfunctions. My
application provides for editing selected items (=rows)  in the Grid,
and when an edit is done, I update the Grid, by setting values of the
selectedItem, e.g.

myGrid.selectedItem.dataField = newValue;

This works fine, if I have no filterFunction defined for the
XMLListCollection. The updates happen inplace, the Grid is updated and
the selectedItem (=row) is still highlighted, i.e. selected.

The moment, I specify a filterFunction (one that returns true for all
records, mind you), any update to a field in the current selectedItem
will resort the Grid (no sort object specified, and the dataGrid column
sort is set to false), and the item is always sorted second last in the
grid. At the same time the selectedItem property is lost (set to null).

I know how to disable and enableAutoUpdate (to avoid loosing the
selectedItem), but it still does not explain, why the grid data gets
resorted

Any insight from the pros?

Thanks

Iko

[flexcoders] Re: Keyboard issues on VISTA

[iko_knyphausen]

Ok, thanks. No the processor was around 10% max. And it seems to happen
on all Vista boxes with Vista Home Premium (see my visit to COMPUSA),
with the exception of one AMD laptop that I had upgraded to Vista
Ultimate. Continues to run fine on any XP machine


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tom Chiverton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:

 On Friday 23 Feb 2007, iko_knyphausen wrote:
  What do you mean by thrashed? Sorry, have never heard that term
before
  (not a native speaker either)

 Sorry 'used heavily'.
 Web browsers will drop the framerate of plugins, if something else is
using
 the CPU a lot. This could interfere with events.

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[flexcoders] Invoking datagrid column sort programmatically

[iko_knyphausen]

Hello everyone,

I would like to trigger a column sort programmatically, as if the user
had clicked the column header. I have read many posts, and LiveDocs
about this topic, and I did not like the solutions presented there. My
grid has plenty of calculated display content (labelFunctions and
custom itemRenderers), many columns require custom sortFunctions. I
would like to use these functions exactly as they are, just without
asking the user to click anything.

I came up with one way, which is to dispatch a HEADER_RELEASE event (see
below utilized after a column drag), but that's a bit like accelerating
a car by dispatching a PUSH_PEDAL event instead of controlling the
engine directly - if that analogy makes any sense.

private function reGroup(event : IndexChangedEvent ) : void
{
dgItems.dispatchEvent(new
DataGridEvent(DataGridEvent.HEADER_RELEASE,false,false,event.newIndex));
}

What I was hoping for, would be a method like: dataGrid.sortItemsBy(
ColumnIndex, [ASC|DESC] ) or dataGrid.sortItemsUsing (
sortCompareFunction, [ASC|DESC] ). Some of that was mentioned in the
early posts on this list, but it seemed to be related to Flex 1.5

Thanks for any help, or input

[flexcoders] Re: Keyboard issues on VISTA

[iko_knyphausen]

Did not use Textarea, but it happens both in TEXTINPUT and
RICHTEXTEDITOR. I went to a COMPUSA that has a bunch of Internet
connected laptops, and the issue appeared on all VISTA machines. Tried
on a few XP machines too - and no issues there.

What do you mean by thrashed? Sorry, have never heard that term before
(not a native speaker either)

Thanks
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 On Thursday 22 Feb 2007, iko_knyphausen wrote:
  1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 would end up as

 This is a vanilla TextArea or what have you ?
 Is the machine having it's CPU thrashed ?

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[flexcoders] Re: Keyboard issues on VISTA

[iko_knyphausen]

Just installed IE7 on an XP/SP2 machine, works smoothly...no problem.


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 Just curious, have you tried your app on IE 7 on Windows XP? There was
someone else on flexcoders talking about weirdness with form input in IE
7, and since Vista uses IE 7 I am wondering if it is a problem with
browser and not the OS.

 Has anyone from the flash player team heard of an issue around this or
looked into anything similar?

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 Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Keyboard issues on VISTA




 Did not use Textarea, but it happens both in TEXTINPUT and
 RICHTEXTEDITOR. I went to a COMPUSA that has a bunch of Internet
 connected laptops, and the issue appeared on all VISTA machines. Tried
 on a few XP machines too - and no issues there.

 What do you mean by thrashed? Sorry, have never heard that term
before
 (not a native speaker either)

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  On Thursday 22 Feb 2007, iko_knyphausen wrote:
   1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 would end up as
 
  This is a vanilla TextArea or what have you ?
  Is the machine having it's CPU thrashed ?
 
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[flexcoders] Keyboard issues on VISTA

[iko_knyphausen]

I have a small Flex/Flash app which runs fine on several
machines/platforms such as Mac OSX on a Powerbook, Vista Ultimate on an
AMD chip, but on one machine (brand new HP Pavillion with Intel Duo and
Vista Home Premium) keyboard input is flawed. Characters typed into
TEXTINPUT controls and the RTF control seem to randomly drop out -
i.e. some keystrokes do not get recognized.

First, I thought it was me, missing the keys or what have you, but then
I did some tests with other apps such as Notepad and Word, and my typing
was ok. Simple tests such as hitting a succession of

1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1  would end up as

1-1-11-1-1-1--11-1-1--11-1-1-1-1-1

Any ideas, anyone?

Thanks

[flexcoders] Re: Automatic resize of panel when layout=absolute - how?

[iko_knyphausen]

Would this work for you?

?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
mx:Application xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml
http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml  layout=absolute
  mx:Panel x=19 y=29 width=616 layout=absolute id=mom
title=Mom (parent panel)
   mx:Panel id=toddler x=16.5 y=172 width=563 height=100
layout=absolute title=Toddler (child panel)
resize=mom.height=toddler.height+222
   /mx:Panel
   mx:Button x=514 y=142 label=Close click=toddler.height=0/
   mx:Button x=414 y=142 label=Open click=toddler.height=100/
  /mx:Panel
/mx:Application

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 I have a panel that needs to resize vertically when child panels are
 minimized/maximized. This works until I set layout = absolute. I would
 like to use absolute layout so that I can use parameters like
 top/left/right/bottom for its child panels.

 Is there a way to do this?

[flexcoders] Re: Read Local File - Reheating old topic

[iko_knyphausen]

Hello everyone,

I came across the same need - that is: reading a local XML file - and I
found this HTTPService to be working:

mx:HTTPService
   id=xmlProjectData
resultFormat=e4x
url=file:///c:/Project13.xml file:///c:/Project13.xml 
useProxy=false/

The only problem with making this really usable  just yet, is that the
FileReference class does not expose a localpath property for the file(s)
you select. Does anyone know how I could obtain the localpath without
calling the upload method?

Thanks much


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Andrew Trice [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 Unfortunately, Flex doesn't work the way you want b/c of security
 implications. You can do this by having the user upload the file to
the
 server. Once the file is uploaded, parse it and then pull the data
back
 down to the client and use it.



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 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: [flexcoders] Read Local File



 I would like to create a flex application (hosted on the internet)
that
 could read in a client's local file, parse that file and then display
 in a datagrid for manipulation and eventually posting the data to my
 server. My problem is on the reading of the local file piece. It
 seems that the only way that I can do this is to have the swf running
 on the client's machine. That is not an option so I have been in the
 search for finding a solution that would allow me to sign my swf or
 something similar so that it could be trusted on the client's machine
 and allow the user to parse their local file.

 So what can I do to give my internet based application read access on
 the client's machine?

 Thanks in advance!

 -Torey

[flexcoders] FDS beginner question

[iko_knyphausen]

Actually a question before I begin with FDS - have just read some
high-level intro till now: Is it possible to use FDS without an
application server such as CF, IIS (ASP.NET), etc. ? Imagine the
following use case: For data you just have/need a structured XML file
which multiple people can access  update simultaneously. You may not
need a DB server. Would you still need an AppServer to do the physical
updates of the XML file or can FDS do this directly?  Thanks

[flexcoders] Validator in itemEditor

[iko_knyphausen]

Working on a custom validator for a dataGrid itemEditor. Have 2 questions:

Is there a way to prevent loosing focuswhile validation fails. I know I couldhandle the itemEditEnd event and use event.preventDefault() to disallow ending the edit, but I would prefer to do this at the DataGridColumn level and not on DataGrid level - together with the itemEditor validation. 
Similarily I would like to hook in before the edit beginsand do some checks and possibly prevent the edit, from within the itemEditor. Again, I know I can use itemEditBegin and Beginning on aDataGrid level, but I would prefer this on GridColumn level.I have played with calling a function from the itemEditor (code in the creationComplete handler)...something like:if ( ! canWeEditThisItem(this.data))parentDocument.dg.destroyItemEditor();It works but I am a bit cautious because basically the itemEditor is "committing suicide". Could create some memory problems or what have you... Has anyone done something similar? Any recommendations on a good practise?
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[flexcoders] selectedIndex not updated upon column sort in custom dataGrid

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For the life of itcan't figure it out... I have a dataGrid in a
custom component, and in order to delete rows I use the
dataGrid.selectedIndex (in the dataGrid.dataProvider.removeItemAt
(index) function). All works as expected until you sort the grid by one
column. The selectedItem is still the same, and shows in the grid as
selected, but the selectedIndex is not updated - it still returns the
same index as before the column sort. The selectedIndex gets updated
correctly whenever you select a row with a mouse click.

I tried the same with an original dataGrid (outside a custom component),
and there it works fine. So obviously I am doing something wrong - or
forgetting something that needs to be done inside complex
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[flexcoders] Secondary DataProvider for Custom Component - Best Approach

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I am working on a custom DataGridColumn which has a secondary dataProvider to feed a dropdown combobox. The DataGridColumn hasthe combobox as itemEditor and a label asitemRenderer. The reason for the itemRenderer is that I want to distinguish between Labels and Values.For example,the data in the grid maycontain "true" or "false", but the displaycould be"Enabled" and "Disabled", or something localized.Same for the Combo...
The challenge I am having is the format of the secondary dataProvider. Right now I am using a general Object to pass the second dataProvider. It becomes the dataProvider (via binding)of the dropDown combowhich is usedas itemEditor. This works well, andupon creationComplete, I select the current grid value in the combobox. The code below is part of the itemEditor...
private function selectThis():void{var index:int = -1;for(var i:int=0;ithis.dataProvider.length;i++){if(this.dataProvider[i][outerDocument.returnField].toString() == this.data [outerDocument.dataField].toString()) {index = i;break;}}this.selectedIndex = (index == -1) ? 0 : index;}
Now, for the itemRenderer I want to use the same dataProvider (passed to the DataGridColumn and passed thru to the combo control) so that I can 'translate' the data values into a display labels. The itemRenderer is a label controlwhich does not have a dataProvider property on its own. I can still access the dataProvider passed to the DataGridColumn, however, because of the general Object type, the length propertyis not accessible. Ok, so then I went ahead andconvertedthe incoming Object into an XMLListCollection, and this all works nicely, but it requires I know the incoming object type of the dataProvider, which is what I would like to avoid...
It seems thatfor list based controls like the combo or grid controlsyou can pass pretty much any type of dataprovider and it will automatically convert itto some kind of collection (xml or array). I would like todo the same with the incoming object to feed controls that have no built-in dataProvider property.
Is there a generic dataProvider object I could use (one that accepts any type of incoming data), or if not, what would be the best way to do a manual conversion to, say XMLListCollection no matter what the input is?
Hopefully someone has done this before and can provide some ideas... Thanks very much.


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[flexcoders] Adding rows to dataGrid programatically

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Trying to add rows to a datagrid programmatically. Works ok using the dataProvider.addItem function, however it requires a named "row-node" - see below. I would like to make this more generic. Is there a way to do this without knowing each rows element name?
 private function addRow() : void { this.dg.dataProvider.addItem(XML("row/row")); }
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[flexcoders] Re: gant chart

[iko_knyphausen]

Nice work, Andrew. It sure illustrates the flex-ibility of the dataGrid.
I am not entirely convinced that the dataGrid is the best way to go
though... I mean for a pro-component. I think a combination of datagrid
(or tree) and canvas could be easier down the road. By this I mean, once
you get into drawing dependency lines - as an example - (which can go
across multiple rows either up or down, backwards, and sometimes around
objects) a grid and the itemrenderer could face a hard time.  I believe
there is a colleague of yours at cynergy, by the name of Karl Johnson,
who has done some work on this subject too - I am sure he can offer some
valuable input as well. Have seen some earlier posts coming from him...
Hey, don't get me wrong, thanks for putting up these samples - really
appreciate this kind of pro-bono work; this is very helpful to study,
especially for newbies like myself.


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Andrew Trice [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 I threw together an example over the weekend using a datagrid to show
a
 very basic Gantt Chart. It really wasn't that difficult. It would take
 more time to get it looking polished, but definitely less effort than
 creating chart, series, and renderers as a custom component. You can
 check it out here:




http://www.cynergysystems.com/blogs/page/andrewtrice?entry=gantt_charts_
 in_flex_datagrids



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On
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 Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 5:18 PM
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 Subject: RE: [flexcoders] gant chart



 If you want a full gantt chart with dependencies and links to other
 tasks, yes this is a huge undertaking. If you just want a visual
 display of a duration over time it is not so difficult.



 The datagrid approach can easily represent something like:



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 (hopefully flexcoders doesn't kill the formatting on that)

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 Subject: Re: [flexcoders] gant chart



 Having dove into this long ago with many discussions with people from
 FlexCoders (Ely mostly), I can tell you this is a huge undertaking.
You
 need a:

 -GantChart
 -GantSeries
 -GantChartItem
 -GantSeriesRenderData
 -GantRenderer

 Just to name a few :) I've got a Gantt chart abou 49% done but haven't
 had time to crank on itbut as Ely said at MAX, people would kill
for
 it if you finished it and released it.

 On 10/20/06, Andrew Trice [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]  wrote:

 You could create itemrenderers for a datagrid that utilize the drawing
 API to draw the horizontal lines for your data.



 For instance, have a grid like this:



 Column 1: task name

 Column 2: duration

 Column 3: start date

 Column 4: item renderer that draws out task length with respect to
width
 of column. Use the drawing api to draw lines/rectangles to represent a
 duration of time.



 You could also have a custom datagrid column header that uses the
 drawing API to draw a scale for the time shown in column 4.



 Using a datagrid component for this also keeps it very easy to get
data
 into your Gantt chart.



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 There is a flash component out there
 (http://www.anychart.com/products/anychartgantt.shtml
 http://www.anychart.com/products/anychartgantt.shtml ). I have
emailed
 them with some questions, but have not yet received a response. If you
 know others, please let me know. I would be quite interested in such a
 chart for my flex apps too...



 I have written a Gantt in DHTML and Javascript and it's not 

[flexcoders] Experience with the Adobe Developer Support Program

[iko_knyphausen]

I am considering signing up for the Adobe Developer Support program. I think it's about 1500$ per year, if I remember correctly. Before I do spend that kind of money though, I want to know whether it will do for me what I hope it does.Does anyone on this list have experience with the program? Of course, Adobe people are more than invited to answer my questions below too ... ;-)
I have a big project ahead of me, and I can already tell, there will be 

Issuesrelating tobugs -for whichI would need confirmation that they are in fact bugs so I can stop wondering and get busy with work-arounds
Issues withproficiency - meaning: my own lack of experience with Flex, AS, and Flash. Does the supportprogram provide"coaching" ? In other words, can I send indescriptionsof specific problems and expect some kind of "how-to" response?Not necessarily code, but steps to understake?
Maybe, I should also ask the other way around: What will I not get from the Dev Support program? 
I am very excited about Flex, but I don't want to be blind-sighted about the process of building real-life applications. So all advise is welcome.
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[flexcoders] Need some help making RichTextEditor a dropTarget...

[iko_knyphausen]

I am trying to make the TextArea of the RTF control a dropTarget for
list items dragged from a list. Now for the source it seems easy enough
(dragEnabled = true). Of course the RTF Control does not have a
dropEnabled property like list based controls.

I implemented a handler for the dragEnter event, and a handler for the
dragDrop event - which is working (so I am over the initial hurdles)...
now my problem is, that I would like to insert the dragged content at
the caret position when the user releases the mouse. I know how to set
the selectionBeginIndex, also how to insert a textRange in it, but when
it comes to finding the position of the caret, trouble enters paradise:

The textField object and its property caretIndex are not accessible via
the DragEvent object. The compiler throws an inaccessible property
textField. I tried both event.currentTarget and event.target...

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[flexcoders] Databinding on an XML node via node index

[iko_knyphausen]

I am binding a text control to an XML (e4x) node via index. Looks
something like

mx:Text htmlText = {myXml.myNodes[0].uniqueItem.toString()} /

This works well as a unidirectional binding from a data source, however,
the compiler throws a warning saying Databinding will not be able to
detect changes when using square bracket operator. For Array please use
ArrayCollection.getItemAt().

I was looking for a method that would allow node access via index,
basically an equivalent of the getItemAt() method, but could not find
anything. Could not cast to mx.collections.ArrayCollection either.

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[flexcoders] Data design question - XML transformations ?

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This is obviously an XML newbie question,but hopefully someone can give me a good headstart in how to best approach the following:
A. I have a bunch of users, and each of them belong to one or more user groups. The xml couldlook something like:
users user id="1" nameJohn/name email[EMAIL PROTECTED]/email groupsgroup id="1" nameAdministrators/name description/description /group group id="2" nameAverage Users/name description/description /group /groups /user user id="2"  etc.
B. Then I also have a bunch user groups which wouldeach contain a bunch of users. Basically the same information, just a different way to look at it. In XML it could like this...
groups group id="1" nameAdministrators/name description/descriptionusers user id="1" nameJohn/name email[EMAIL PROTECTED]/email /user user id="2" ... etc. /user /users /group group id="2" ... etc...
In the application I would have 2 different places, one for each view. One place would be the primary place to add, edit, and manage users, the other to manage user groups. As for UI components, I would use DataGrids, bound to each other.
I don't necessarily want to keep (and update) the same data twice, so maybe there is some nice transformation woodo one could do to share and updatethe same set of data between the 2 functional views.
Of course, one could also use the XML only for feeding the UI controls. Basically refreshing these XMLs whenever the data has been updated on the backend (database) - but for now I would like to keep my optionsopen and possibly store the information in an XML instead of related database tables...
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[flexcoders] Re: Databinding on an XML node via node index

[iko_knyphausen]

Thanks Ben.
I may be trying the wrong thing here, but this is the only workingway I came up with:
mx:XMLListCollection id="xlcReportGrid" source="{XMLList(cbReportInfoName.selectedItem.lineItems.columns.column)}"/ and then the Text control that binds to it:mx:TexthtmlText="{xlcReportGrid.getItemAt(0).content}" /
cbReportInfoName is a dropdown combo (the last in a chain)that gets its data from another combo which gets its data from an HTTPService (e4x). It seems, whenever the data gets "thru" thedataprovider of a ComboBox, its selectedItem object is nota XMLListCollection anymore (I think this was different with an ArrayCollection - before I used e4x as resultFormat from the HTTPService). 
The problem with the aboveis that I cannot use the following (I would like to bind to nodes on different levels): 
mx:XMLListCollection id="xlcReportGrid" source="{XMLList(cbReportInfoName.selectedItem)}"/ and thenbindit like this:mx:TexthtmlText="{xlcReportGrid.lineItems.columns.column.getItemAt(0).content}" /
This throws a compile error of "access to a possibly undefined property 'lineitems'..." Any ideas? thx -Iko
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "ben.clinkinbeard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: XMLListCollection is the XML-based equivalent of ArrayCollection and provides a getItemAt() method as well.  HTH, Ben   --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "iko_knyphausen" iko@ wrote: I am binding a text control to an XML (e4x) node via index. Looks  something likemx:Text htmlText = "{myXml.myNodes[0].uniqueItem.toString()}" /This works well as a unidirectional binding from a data source, however,  the compiler throws a warning saying "Databinding will not be able to  detect changes when using square bracket operator. For Array please use  ArrayCollection.getItemAt()".I was looking for a method that would allow node access via index,  basically an equivalent of the getItemAt() method, but could not find  anything. Could not cast to mx.collections.ArrayCollection either.Has someone done this before? thx. 

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[flexcoders] htmlText property misbehaving

[iko_knyphausen]

I am experiencing something rather strange with the Text control and its
htmlText property.

  mx:Text id=li0 htmlText=Starting Text doubleClickEnabled=true
doubleClick=Alert.show(li0.htmlText)  click=showEditor(event)/

I am using the RTF Edit control to edit and update the content. That
works nicely and the edit results are displayed back in the Text
control. Now, when I doubleclick the Text control the Alert will show
the original value of the htmlText property (i.e. Starting Text).

I then made another event to show the content,

  click=showCell(event)

and sure enough that one shows the updated content of the htmlText
property for that cell. The showCell function takes the event.target and
reads the htmlText property.

Am I missing something about MXML programming ? Did I do too much JS and
DHTML ;-) ?









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[flexcoders] Re: htmlText property misbehaving

[iko_knyphausen]

I think I found the reason - blush, blush - the RTF editor control made
changes to the event.target but should have done them to
event.currentTarget. duh !

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, iko_knyphausen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


 I am experiencing something rather strange with the Text control and
its
 htmlText property.

 mx:Text id=li0 htmlText=Starting Text doubleClickEnabled=true
 doubleClick=Alert.show(li0.htmlText) click=showEditor(event)/

 I am using the RTF Edit control to edit and update the content. That
 works nicely and the edit results are displayed back in the Text
 control. Now, when I doubleclick the Text control the Alert will show
 the original value of the htmlText property (i.e. Starting Text).

 I then made another event to show the content,

 click=showCell(event)

 and sure enough that one shows the updated content of the htmlText
 property for that cell. The showCell function takes the event.target
and
 reads the htmlText property.

 Am I missing something about MXML programming ? Did I do too much JS
and
 DHTML ;-) ?







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[flexcoders] A bug? Drag n Drop between 2 DataGrids, target is databound... to grid 3

[iko_knyphausen]

I have 2 datagrids with identical dataFields. The dropTarget is databound to a third dataGrid. The only thing I did to enable drag and drop is to set the dropEnabled and dragEnabled properties to true - no code so far. 
Dragging and dropping works like a charm,almost... When the target grid (which is databound) has 2 or more rows (before dropping row 3), the data binding seems to work and be remembered, i.e. when you change the selectedIndex of the databound source and come back later, the newly dropped row is still there. If you do the same with the dropTarget grid having one or zero rows (before dropping adragged row), the new row drops fine and gets displayed in the grid, but the databinding fails. In other words, if you do the same as described before, change the data source selectedIndex, and come back, thedragged row has been "forgotten".
As for the databinding assumeXML read from HTTPService (default result format):
groupsgroupnameGroup1/nameusersusernameJohn/nameemail[EMAIL PROTECTED]/email/userusernameJane/nameemail[EMAIL PROTECTED]/email/user/users/groupgroupnameGroup2/nameusersusernameJack/nameemail[EMAIL PROTECTED]/email/user/users/group...So in the above data example, dragging another user into Group1 works fine and the data has 3 users, draging another user into Group2 works on the UI at first, but does not update the data.
I know this weird, but I promise, I am not making this up ;-) Any ideas what the reason(s) could be? Thanks a bunch...
-Iko


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[flexcoders] Re: datagrid checkboxes getting checked dynamically

[iko_knyphausen]

BTW, this seems to be an issue only with XML/e4x dataProviders. When I
used standard ArrayCollections (coming from an XML  HTTPService call),
the litteral text true and false will be cast boolean automatically.
I had a working grid with checkboxes, and when I changed to e4x I ran
into the same issue.


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tracy Spratt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Just for fun, try a cast:

 selected='{Boolean(data.cdrBusinessCharge)}'

 Tracy



 

 From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On
 Behalf Of Jack OMelia
 Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 4:39 PM
 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: [flexcoders] Re: datagrid checkboxes getting checked
 dynamically



 That did the trick! Many thanks! I knew there must be a way to give
 the checkbox the boolean data but couldn't see it.
 Thanks again.
 
   Is it because the checkbox is expecting a Boolean and getting
text?
  That would be my guess. What does it do if you change the code to:
 
  mx:CheckBox id=ckBoxBusCharge selected='{data.cdrBusinessCharge
==
  true}' /
 
  ?
 
  --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
 mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com , Jack OMelia lomelia@
wrote:
  
   Hi All,
  
   I have one column in a datagrid populated with checkboxes. The
   checkboxes are part of a dataGridCell itemRenderer called
   checkBoxRendererSummary:
  
   mx:Component id=checkBoxRendererSummary 
   mx:VBox horizontalAlign=center paddingLeft=10
   mx:CheckBox id=ckBoxBusCharge
   selected='{data.cdrBusinessCharge}' /
   /mx:VBox
   /mx:Component
  
   and receive data from a local XML file. The XML file is brought in
   with the mx:XML/ tag formatted for e4x. One node of the XML is
 below:
  
   item
   cdrBusinessChargetrue/cdrBusinessCharge
   cdrSumNbr203-952-4993/cdrSumNbr
   cdrSumTotalCalls12/cdrSumTotalCalls
   cdrSumTotalMin21/cdrSumTotalMin
   cdrSumTotalAir0.00/cdrSumTotalAir
   cdrSumTotalLD0.00/cdrSumTotalLD
   cdrSumTotalCharges0.00/cdrSumTotalCharges
   /item
  
   For some reason, the checkbox does not read the value of
   cdrBusinessCharge and check the box accordingly. No matter whether
 the
   value is true or false, all the checkboxes are checked. I use
 similar
   itemRenderers for the other columns with Text components instead
of
   checkboxes and they all read and display the data correctly. Is it
   because the checkbox is expecting a Boolean and getting text?
  
   Thanks
  
 







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