RE: [flexcoders] Best online resources to learn Flex

2005-12-08 Thread Abdul Qabiz
Hi, L at Macromedia Flex Dev Center Also Check out http://www.cflex.net, it contains the links for different resources... =abdul -Original Message- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rey Bango Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 11:08 AM To:

[flexcoders] Flex2: PanelAlpha and BorderStyle would not work together

2005-12-08 Thread Sreejith Unnikrishnan
I noticed that the Panel background color changes to opaque white if you specify a borderStyle. The transparency is maintained if you specify any other attribute. As soon as you specify the borderStyle, it could be solid, inset or outset, the transparency seems to go awry! A bug? OR am I

[flexcoders] Issue with States and Component creation (Flex 2.0 Alpha)

2005-12-08 Thread Ralf Rottmann
Suppose you use States to display a system message which you have in a separate MXML component like this: mx:State name=systemMessageVisible mx:AddChild target={this} position=firstChild mycomponents:SystemMessageDialog id=TheSystemMessageDialog okay=onSystemMessageOk(event)/

[flexcoders] Part 2: Issues with State and Component creation (Flex 2.0 Alpha)

2005-12-08 Thread Ralf Rottmann
Here is some code which illustrates the issue: 1. The Component (File SystemMessage.mxml): ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8? mx:Canvas xmlns:mx=http://www.macromedia.com/2005/mxml xmlns=* mx:Label id=TheMessage/ /mx:Canvas 2. The main application (File

RE: [flexcoders] Part 2: Issues with State and Component creation (Flex 2.0 Alpha)

2005-12-08 Thread Dirk Eismann
Hi, try to expose the text that should be displayed in the SystemMessage component as a public member and let the Label bind to this member, i.e. ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8? mx:Canvas xmlns:mx=http://www.macromedia.com/2005/mxml; xmlns=* mx:Script ![CDATA[ [Bindable]

[flexcoders] Re: Newbie Flex/Media Server problem

2005-12-08 Thread Mike Wall
Thanks for the link Matt. I tried to build it in my env but I've got a problem in that the LiveMediaDisplay class extends the mx.controls.MediaDisplay class which I can't access in my flex installation (I'm using Flex 2.0 a1). I'm assuming that the code in this is written for Flex 1.5? ---

RE: [flexcoders] Variable Initialization Bug? Data Binding Issues in Flex 1.5

2005-12-08 Thread Rajni Choudhary
Can anybody tell how to disable refresh button of browser in flex From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ben Lucyk Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 6:04 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Variable

[flexcoders] checkCellRender Validation

2005-12-08 Thread jagabcdeff
Hi , I am working on cellRenderer which looks like below code. mx:DataGrid id=pqrs width=100% height=100% dataProvider={xyz} mx:columns mx:Array mx:DataGridColumn headerText=# width=21 columnName=lstcheck editable=true cellRenderer=CheckBoxCellRenderer /

RE: [flexcoders] Part 2: Issues with State and Component creation (Flex 2.0 Alpha)

2005-12-08 Thread Dirk Eismann
Unfortunately, styles don't work with binding. Here's another approach: // inside SystemMessage.mxml mx:Script ![CDATA[ [Bindable] public var message:String; public function set textColor(c:Number):Void { LblSystemMessage.setStyle(color, c); } ]] mx:Script

[flexcoders] Re: Unable to retrieve data via HTTPService over https in *IE*.

2005-12-08 Thread colinblackmore
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, John Larson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, colinblackmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a flex application that works perfectly when deployed under http. However, when I attempt to connect via https none of the

[flexcoders] Re: Unable to retrieve data via HTTPService over https in *IE*.

2005-12-08 Thread colinblackmore
Form based authentication. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Carson Hager [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You've run into a fun little nuance with Tomcat/IE/HTTPS and Auth. The good news is that there is an easy fix. Are you using Form or Basic auth? Carson

RE: [flexcoders] Re: Unable to retrieve data via HTTPService over https in *IE*.

2005-12-08 Thread Carson Hager
Excellent. In META-INF, you will need a context.xml file that looks like this. This instructs Tomcat to use the FormAuthenticator value and turns off proxy caching. This will fix the problem of the header being sent to IE which it cannot handle. If you don't have a META-INF directory, just

[flexcoders] Menu Bar Killing me. Can someone help.

2005-12-08 Thread Jeremy Rottman
I have a menu bar that I have written in flex 2.0, that I would like to use to control a view stack. I have tried using the 1.5 method that is posted on cflex.net, but it does not work with flex 2.0. Does anyone have a clue on how I can do this, I have been fighting with this for almost a week.

[flexcoders] Re: Unable to retrieve data via HTTPService over https in *IE*.

2005-12-08 Thread colinblackmore
Fantastic! That worked. You saved me a 'lot' of time and effort!! Thank you for taking the time. I really appreciate it. ...Col --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Carson Hager [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Excellent. In META-INF, you will need a context.xml file that looks like this. This

RE: [flexcoders] Re: Unable to retrieve data via HTTPService over https in *IE*.

2005-12-08 Thread Carson Hager
My pleasure. I know that's a tricky one. We confronted it about a year ago and most thought we had lost our minds. Turns out few people had used that combination at that point which seemed fairly odd to us. Anyway, I'm glad you found it useful. Carson

[flexcoders] Flex 2: Adding Result Set Column

2005-12-08 Thread Dave Carabetta
This is likely a very basic one, but I can't quite sort it out. I have a ColdFusion query that is returning a column of sub-totals. I'd like to use AS to calculate a grand total based on the sub-total column (named total). I'm using the code below, but I keep getting an Unknown Property total

[flexcoders] 2 Easy questions - fields that begin with '_' and location of javadoc

2005-12-08 Thread Libby
2 Easy Questions for you experts that have been nagging at me: 1. Is it safe to refer to fields that begin with a '_', or are these names subject to arbitrary change at some point by MM/Adobe? 2. Is the javadoc for built-in classes such as Array and String contained somewhere in the javadoc

Re: [flexcoders] Odd error showing up in logs

2005-12-08 Thread Raymond Camden
I -am- doing image loading like that. Seems like an odd error though for that. I'll check into the images though. Thanks!On 12/7/05, Matt Chotin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Probably you're requesting an image or Loader and the url to the image is a string concatentation of some

[flexcoders] How to deselect a RadioButtonGroup?

2005-12-08 Thread huhgawz
How to deselect a RadioButtonGroup? I try it using the next code but fails. After the application is loaded, I click the getValue button and the label displays Value: undefined (this behaviour is ok). Then I click the Female RadioButton and click the getValue button and the label displays Value:

RE: [flexcoders] FocusInHandler Issue Part III

2005-12-08 Thread Matt Chotin
Title: Re: [flexcoders] FocusInHandler Issue Part III Not announced yet, some time after the new year I think. Matt From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ralf Rottmann Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 11:05 PM To:

[flexcoders] Datagrid Row Color

2005-12-08 Thread Shahnavaz Alware
Hi, I am trying to change the color of the entire single row of a datagrid using cellRenderer. I dont have much experience using CellRenderer or RowRenderer and have not seen any example where a cellRenderer changes the property or backgroundColor of entire row. The CellRenderer

Re: [flexcoders] FocusInHandler Issue Part III

2005-12-08 Thread Ralf Rottmann
Title: Re: [flexcoders] FocusInHandler Issue Part III Good. Meanwhile I've published a workaround on my blog along with the code examples. (www.rottmann.net). Thanks for helping. R -Original Message- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders@yahoogroups.com To:

RE: [flexcoders] Best online resources to learn Flex

2005-12-08 Thread Tracy Spratt
Here is a partial list. Tracy Flex sites/blogs: http://www.cflex.net/showfaq.cfm?Object=faqchannelID=1faqtype=default fields=defaultValues= http://www.cflex.net/ http://www.flexauthority.com/ http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mxna/ http://www.flexdaddy.info/ http://www.clinttredway.com/blog/

RE: [flexcoders] Flex with activex control is possible

2005-12-08 Thread Tracy Spratt
You should be able to include an activeX control in a custom wrapper and use script to effect interaction between the two. Be aware of cross-domain security issues. Tracy From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bart Harrison Sent:

RE: [flexcoders] XMLSocket

2005-12-08 Thread Tracy Spratt
Are you using asynchronous read and write?  I couldnt get my blocking setup to work reasonably. Tracy From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Andre Ehlert Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 8:29 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com

Re: [flexcoders] URGENT Problem on Flex installed on BEA WebLogic

2005-12-08 Thread Jaime Bermudez
Hey Carson, I'm trying out your technique, but I'm still gettingLocatorParser errors... here's a snippet of my weblogic.xml: weblogic-web-app security-role-assignment ... /security-role-assignmentjsp-descriptor

RE: [flexcoders] XMLSocket

2005-12-08 Thread Ralf Rottmann
I am using the Socket class and never experienced any difficulties. The asynchronous setup works perfect for me. Ralf Rottmann | Director Sales Marketing | VoicInt Telecommunications GmbH m:+49-(0)170-914-5495 | f: +49-(0)231-557402-99 | e: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[flexcoders] Applying transition effects to Flex state transitions (Flex 2 Alpha 1)

2005-12-08 Thread Ralf Rottmann
Has anybody managed to apply effects to state transitions so does a currentState=xyz causes the new state to be effected in/out? Ralf Rottmann | Director Sales Marketing VoicInt Telecommunications GmbH | Lindemannstrasse 78 | 44137 Dortmund | Germany p: +49-(0)231-557402-11 | f:

[flexcoders] Limiting text input (ComboBox) to numbers

2005-12-08 Thread Ralf Rottmann
Hi there, How can I limit the possible characters which a user can enter into a TextInput or ComboBox control to lets say just numbers etc. R -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives:

[flexcoders] Re: Unable to retrieve data via HTTPService over https in *IE*.

2005-12-08 Thread Dave Wolf
Colin, In answer to your question of why the browsers worked different, as best our research into the HTTP specs un-veiled, this appears to be a bug in IE6. The issue is related to a specific cache-control header being set by Tomcat when both HTTP auth and SSL are used with a binary file. This

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Unable to retrieve data via HTTPService over https in *IE*.

2005-12-08 Thread Rey Bango
Carson's the man. ;) Rey... Carson Hager wrote: My pleasure. I know that's a tricky one. We confronted it about a year ago and most thought we had lost our minds. Turns out few people had used that combination at that point which seemed fairly odd to us. Anyway, I'm glad you found it

Re: [flexcoders] Best online resources to learn Flex

2005-12-08 Thread Rey Bango
Thanks to Abdul and Tracy for the great links. Much appreciated guys. I'm retooling and thinking hard about Flex vs. the .Net route. Rey... Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life.

Re: [flexcoders] Limiting text input (ComboBox) to numbers

2005-12-08 Thread Darron J. Schall
Ralf Rottmann wrote: Hi there, How can I limit the possible characters which a user can enter into a TextInput or ComboBox control to lets say just numbers etc. R Set the "restrict" property to "0-9" mx:TextInput id="textInput" restrict="0-9" / mx:ComboBox

[flexcoders] Re: Unable to retrieve data via HTTPService over https in *IE*.

2005-12-08 Thread Dave Wolf
Sheesh-- Always living in Carson's shadow wink 'Course the fact that is about 3 feet taller then me doesn't help. -- Dave Wolf Cynergy Systems, Inc. Macromedia Flex Alliance Partner http://www.cynergysystems.com Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: 866-CYNERGY --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com,

[flexcoders] Re: 2 Easy questions - fields that begin with '_' and location of javadoc

2005-12-08 Thread Libby
Wow! no wonder I couldn't find the answer. My friends are all stumped too. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Libby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2 Easy Questions for you experts that have been nagging at me: 1. Is it safe to refer to fields that begin with a '_', or are these names subject to

[flexcoders] TemplateMonster.com

2005-12-08 Thread Mehdi, Agha
Title: TemplateMonster.com Does anyone know about www.templatemonster.com and if the templates can be integrated with Flex applications? Thanks Agha Mehdi IDT - eBusiness Program Manager Work: 408.284.8239 Cell : 209.275.0482 Fax : 408.284.2766 -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ:

Re: [flexcoders] TemplateMonster.com

2005-12-08 Thread JesterXL
Title: TemplateMonster.com To answer your question, yes, they will work. About 3 months ago, I had a Flash site I helped a company with on the coding side. Additionally, I helped changed the template they had utilized; I think it was from that site. I suggest, however, you instead hire

Re: [flexcoders] TemplateMonster.com

2005-12-08 Thread Tariq Ahmed
Title: TemplateMonster.com I've bought templates from them before. It's essentially a zip file with all the raw assets so that you can apply to your own situation (sample HTML code that put all the graphics together, Photoshop files, FLAs, etc...). As far as I know they don't have anything

RE: [flexcoders] TemplateMonster.com

2005-12-08 Thread Ralf Rottmann
Title: TemplateMonster.com One remark from my side: I have used templates from Templatemonster because my customers liked them. I have to say that most of them totally lacked basic coding and implementation best practices. For example the classes and styles in the style sheets that came

[flexcoders] changing background color of a cell in datagrid

2005-12-08 Thread Parekh, Shweta - BLS CTR
Title: changing background color of a cell in datagrid Hi, Can anyone send me some sample code / point to some sample code to change the background color of a cell in a datagrid when the cell is clicked. I have tried writing a custom cellRenderer for this but with no luck. class

Re: [flexcoders] TemplateMonster.com

2005-12-08 Thread Ben Lucyk
Quick agreement from me as well. I used a template from there for a site I did and the code seemed like it was thrown together in a darn hurry. It didn't look bad, but left untouched it was a maintenance pain waiting to happen. -Ben On 12/8/05, Ralf Rottmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One

RE: [flexcoders] Re: Unable to retrieve data via HTTPService over https in *IE*.

2005-12-08 Thread Carson Hager
Hey Rey, It's good to see you out here. Drop me a line and I'll get you account to our internal training materials. As for that issue, I'm pretty sure it was Dave that figured this one out. I just like stealing his thunder. ;) Catch up next time I'm in Miami... C

Re: [flexcoders] TemplateMonster.com

2005-12-08 Thread John C. Bland II
To pile on the agreements, I haven't purchased any templates (100% against them) but have edited them for clients. My experience is similar to Jesse. The code was so horrible in this file I DID hire someone else to do it. If I worked on it I would've been too compelled to rewrite it properly.

[flexcoders] Best Practices: determining if a key is in an Object?

2005-12-08 Thread sbyrne_dorado
I'd like to find out what the best (most efficient) way to determine if a given key is present in an object. obj[key] will answer undefined if either there is no key in object, OR if it's value is in fact undefined. I can of course to the potentially expensive for..in and break out if I find

[flexcoders] getting Flex pages to work in Firefox

2005-12-08 Thread nostra72
http://flexapps.macromedia.com/flex15/explorer/explorer.mxml?versionChecked=true Ok I am able to get the above url to work in Internet Explorer but for some reason when I try to get it to work in Firefox all I get is a white screen can someone offer a suggestion? -- Flexcoders Mailing

Re: [flexcoders] getting Flex pages to work in Firefox

2005-12-08 Thread Jeff Tapper
it loads fine for me with Firefox 1.0.7 on WinXP At 07:50 PM 12/8/2005, you wrote: http://flexapps.macromedia.com/flex15/explorer/explorer.mxml?versionChecked=true Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Most low income households are not online. Help

Re: [flexcoders] getting Flex pages to work in Firefox

2005-12-08 Thread nostra72
In a message dated 12/8/2005 7:59:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://flexapps.macromedia.com/flex15/explorer/explorer.mxml?versionChecked=true Does anyone else get a white screen on firefox with this url -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ:

RE: [flexcoders] getting Flex pages to work in Firefox

2005-12-08 Thread Shahnavaz Alware
Nothing wrong with Flex Explorer when I open it using FireFox 1.7.10 Thanks, From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 5:05 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re:

RE: [flexcoders] TemplateMonster.com

2005-12-08 Thread Mehdi, Agha
Great arguments guys. Thanks a bunch for your inputs on this subject. Ill wait for the time like Tariq when quality themes are available for Flex. Agha Mehdi IDT - eBusiness Program Manager From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf

Re: [flexcoders] Best Practices: determining if a key is in an Object?

2005-12-08 Thread JesterXL
Not sure about effecient (have some tests at bottom), but the correct way is to use: // notice 3 equals if ( o.prop === undefined) { // does not have prop } else { // DOES have prop } null is a valid value, whereas undefined means the property doesn't exist. hasOwnProperty doesn't look

Re: [flexcoders] getting Flex pages to work in Firefox

2005-12-08 Thread Tariq Ahmed
1.7? I'm guessing you mean 1.0.7. 1.5 is the latest as far as I can tell. I tested with 1.5 and it works fine. I'm going to go with Renaun's theory in that Flash may not be installed. Any _javascript_ errors, or what do you see when you do a view source? Maybe security settings are

Re: [flexcoders] Re: getting Flex pages to work in Firefox

2005-12-08 Thread nostra72
I am not sure if Flash is installed how do I check -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group

Re: [flexcoders] Re: getting Flex pages to work in Firefox

2005-12-08 Thread Leif Wells
Just go to the Macromedia site. If you see a notice towards the top of the page saying you don't have it, then... Better yet: http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/about/ Leif On 12/8/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am not sure if Flash is installed how do I check

Re: [flexcoders] Re: getting Flex pages to work in Firefox

2005-12-08 Thread nostra72
In a message dated 12/8/2005 11:08:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/about/ I went there and did not see any notice that I did not have it . I mean at least nothing specificily saying the words I do not have it. --

[flexcoders] Re: getting Flex pages to work in Firefox

2005-12-08 Thread Dave Wolf
Are you running the Ad Block plugin? In some releases of Firefox it will hide all Flash movies. -- Dave Wolf Cynergy Systems, Inc. Macromedia Flex Alliance Partner http://www.cynergysystems.com Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: 866-CYNERGY --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Leif Wells

RE: [flexcoders] checkCellRender Validation

2005-12-08 Thread Matt Chotin
In your CheckBoxCellRenderer class you could add a static variable called anySelected. Then you could bind the enabled property of the CheckBox in your renderer to !anySelected || myCB.selected and then in the click handler of your CheckBox set anySelected to myCB.selected. So heres a

RE: [flexcoders] How to deselect a RadioButtonGroup?

2005-12-08 Thread Matt Chotin
The only way to do this is undocumented and therefore probably wont work in Flex 2.0. Set rgpSex.selectedRadio = undefined; Normally I dont think a UI lets you de-select a radio group though, instead you should have an option for none Matt From:

RE: [flexcoders] How to deselect a RadioButtonGroup?

2005-12-08 Thread Matt Chotin
Though in looking at the name of your radio button Im guessing youre resetting a form, in which case the selectedRadio trick is the thing to try. From: Matt Chotin Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 10:19 PM To: 'flexcoders@yahoogroups.com' Subject: RE: [flexcoders] How to

RE: [flexcoders] changing background color of a cell in datagrid

2005-12-08 Thread Matt Chotin
Title: changing background color of a cell in datagrid colorRenderer.mxml mx:VBox xmlns:mx=http://www.macromedia.com/2003/mxml mouseDown=updateColor() width=100% mx:Script ![CDATA[ var getCellIndex:Function; var listOwner:MovieClip; var colorCount:Number = 0; static var

RE: [flexcoders] Best online resources to learn Flex

2005-12-08 Thread Tolulope Olonade
Me too Rey, and its hard decision to make. Flex seems to be more friendly with Java than .NET L Tolu From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rey Bango Sent: 08 December 2005 10:38 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Best

[flexcoders] passing Map in remote object

2005-12-08 Thread jgraham_us
I have a server side POJO that has a HashMap, my actionscript call makes a call to the server using remote objects. When I get the object on the flex side the Map is represented as Object or an Array I guess. The length is always zero, yet my items are in the object. Why is the length always

[flexcoders] RadioButton in DataGrid

2005-12-08 Thread jagabcdeff
Hi, Is there any possibility to put radio button in Datagrid Column as like CheckBoxCellRenderer in cellRender property. Any help is greatly appreciated. Jagadeesh Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job).

Re: [flexcoders] TemplateMonster.com

2005-12-08 Thread Robert Thompson
That's because these are primarily Macintosh developers from England. "John C. Bland II" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To pile on the agreements, I haven't purchased any templates (100% against them) but have edited them for clients. My experience is similar to Jesse. The code was so horrible in

[flexcoders] Please Help :: Convert VOB to What for Best FLV?

2005-12-08 Thread Robert Thompson
I have a music store who is authorized to post excerpts of DVD content for purchase.So I have all the VOB video files off the DVDs.Nowwhich is best to use for FLV? I'm assuming AVI since it appears to be the only Lossless format among the popular ones?But FRAME RATE is very

Re: [flexcoders] TemplateMonster.com

2005-12-08 Thread John C. Bland II
That's an interesting comment. Is that where the majority of templates are done, honestly?Guess it boils down to, you get what you pay for (regardless of who develops it). On 12/8/05, Robert Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's because these are primarily Macintosh developers from

Re: [flexcoders] How to deselect a RadioButtonGroup?

2005-12-08 Thread guo haifeng
private function btnSetUndefined_Click():Void { rgpSex.selection.selected=false; rgpSex.selection.data="" face="Courier New">undefined; lblValue.text=Value:+rgpSex.selection.data.toString(); } On 12/9/05, Matt Chotin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The only way to do this is undocumented and