RE: [flexcoders] Profiler telling lies?

2009-05-06 Thread Gregor Kiddie
Yeah, we went on that particular sweep ages ago... Developers now get beatings if they don't use weak listeners ;) Gregor Kiddie Senior Developer INPS Tel: 01382 564343 Registered address: The Bread Factory, 1a Broughton Street, London SW8 3QJ Registered Number: 1788577 Registered in

[flexcoders] Re: Advanced Data Grid - A working Demo for LockedRowCount property needed

2009-05-06 Thread grg_blls
Thank you, I hadn't look there but that explains..very clearly. I can see the logical difficulty to define this property while with hierarchical data. Anyway you helped me very much out of this. And I have to express my thanks to all the contributors of this great forum of dedicated Flex

[flexcoders] Re: FMS Recording Delay -Flex

2009-05-06 Thread vinayakvijay_v
Hello Pravin, To tell the truth i don't know whats written on the server side. just use the link to the fms and play it back :), its done by our sis admin @ Ukraine but didn't get him online till now. any way thanks. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, p...@... Uttarwar pravinuttar...@...

[flexcoders] Choppy Move effect..

2009-05-06 Thread vinayakvijay_v
Hi friends, In flex when i apply Move Effect to a jpg or png image , the effect is not smooth and image appears choppy. u can see it even in the example given by adobe. http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/201/langref/mx/effects/Move.html (bottom of this page) the image when move appears choppy. i

RE: [flexcoders] Choppy Move effect..

2009-05-06 Thread Kenneth Sutherland
You could try increasing the frame rate (say 50) e.g. mx:Application frameRate=50 Or add a blur (depending on its speed) to make the jumps appear less jumpy. Kenneth. From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of vinayakvijay_v Sent: 06

RE: [flexcoders] Profiler telling lies?

2009-05-06 Thread Gregor Kiddie
Yeah, ok some clarification (rather than bashing the email out then going home for the night ;) ) I'm debugging and watching the numChildren properties and the selectedChild properties. (The object extends viewstack btw). I can see the view in the viewstack, then after running though the

[flexcoders] Application shows with a partial height

2009-05-06 Thread markgoldin_2000
What could be a cause for an application to show with a normal (full size) width and only about 100-130 pixels of a height? Everything in an app. says 100% for the height. Thanks for the help.

[flexcoders] Re: specify services-comfig.xml in either MXML or AS?

2009-05-06 Thread valdhor
Check out this thread... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/message/126803 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, dnk d.k.emailli...@... wrote: Hi there, I was wondering if it was possible to specify my services-comfig.xml in either MXML or AS? I just wanted to include that in

[flexcoders] Re: Choppy Move effect..

2009-05-06 Thread valdhor
I tried the example at the link you posted and it is not choppy for me - very smooth move. Perhaps your PC is on the slow side or does not have much memory (I have a 2.66GHz Core 2 Duo with 4GB of RAM) --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, vinayakvijay_v vinayakvija...@... wrote: Hi friends,

[flexcoders] Re: Choppy Move effect..

2009-05-06 Thread vinayakvijay_v
Thanks for ur replay. Have tried increasing frame rate but same result ,a little difference. My PC is 2.00GHz Dual Core with 2GB of RAM is that enough to see a simple move effect :) Have a nice day. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, valdhor valdhorli...@... wrote: I tried the example at

RE: [flexcoders] Re: Choppy Move effect..

2009-05-06 Thread Kenneth Sutherland
Have you tried giving it an easing. It's going from static to instant jump straight away and it may not really be jumpy but to the eye it looks like it is a bit. An easing will smooth of the acceleration/deceleration at the start/end of the movement. Easings always make movement look more

[flexcoders] Re: Server PUSH in LCDS

2009-05-06 Thread Ravi Suda
Hi Everybody, If I am not clear in my question, I will brief it this way. I need to get the latest data from server. We use Spring/Hibernate on server side. Just tell me how to implement messaging service here to get the latest data. How does LCDS know if database is

[flexcoders] Flex with PV3D. How to make a Plane in a canvas to accept the events?

2009-05-06 Thread j2me_soul
Hi all, I put some planes in the viewport in a canvas. But the planes can't accept any mouse-click event from canvas. I set the viewport.interative = true, material of each plane = true, but it dosen't work. What should I do now ? /* * In the ReflectionWall class, for each Plane setting a

[flexcoders] Toggling borderSkin style

2009-05-06 Thread fumeng5
Hi, I have an HBox with a borderSkin property set to a Class I found that draws dashed borders. var imageContainer:HBox = new HBox(); imageContainer.setStyle('borderSkin',com.skins.DashedBorder); When you click on/off the skin I want to toggle the borderSkin property, i.e. remove the dashed

[flexcoders] Re: Choppy Move effect..

2009-05-06 Thread nathanpdaniel
You should really look into TweenLite http://blog.greensock.com/tweenliteas3/ Adobe animations are good in certain situations but, if you really want to control the animation - TweenLite/TweenMax are a lot better suited. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, vinayakvijay_v vinayakvija...@...

Re: [flexcoders] UK Flex User Group

2009-05-06 Thread Tom Chiverton
On Tuesday 05 May 2009, londonbiker099 wrote: Can anyone tell me the status of the UK Flex User Group. Good timing - come to Birmingham : http://flashcamp.co.uk/ -- Helping to simultaneously entrench viral experiences as part of the IT team of the year, '09 and '08 Tom Chiverton Developer

[flexcoders] Re: Toggling borderSkin style

2009-05-06 Thread fumeng5
SOLVED: The solution is instead of nulling out the borderSkin style, set it to a Borderless skin, i.e. package com.skins { import mx.core.UIComponent; public class BorderlessSkin extends UIComponent { public function BorderlessSkin() {

[flexcoders] Using SerializationFilter

2009-05-06 Thread Luke Pillow
I've noticed the serializationFilter property on the HTTPService class, and I would like to use this feature, but FlexBuilder is not recognizing that property or class in code assist. I'm using the Flex 3.3 SDK. Am I mistaking this features availability? Is it new to Gumbo? Thanks!

Re: [flexcoders] for better performance, use as rather than just leaving an object as Object?

2009-05-06 Thread Pan Troglodytes
Thanks for the input, Alex. True, it did take a lot of iterations to get a one second difference, but that's with only one reference to a property. If I had something like: o.foo.bar[3].baz = o.foo.getBaz(), I've suddenly quintupled the number of FindProperty calls. Ditto if I had a few lines

[flexcoders] adding to a sprite.

2009-05-06 Thread Kenneth Sutherland
Why is it if I have an Image (created in actionscript) and I add it to my canvas it works fine, but if I add it to a Sprite it does nothing (doesn't even load image, let alone display anything)? I'm using the addChild method in both cases, and I can see the sprite, but the added image doesn't

[flexcoders] Re: Using SerializationFilter

2009-05-06 Thread valdhor
Are you sure you're using the right class? According to the docs it is in mx.rpc.http.HTTPService but NOT in mx.rpc.http.mxml.HTTPService. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Luke Pillow lpil...@... wrote: I've noticed the serializationFilter property on the HTTPService class, and I would

[flexcoders] Re: adding to a sprite.

2009-05-06 Thread valdhor
I have seen this question asked before. You may like to check the archives. This post may help as well... http://groups.google.com/group/macromedia.flex.general_discussion/browse_thread/thread/beb04fa6cf84aea5 And this one... http://userflex.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/sprite-uicomponent/ ---

[flexcoders] how open .doc (words )file

2009-05-06 Thread farid wl
Hi Dear friends anybody knows how we can read and open .doc files in flex and convert it to pdf on fly with action scripts or php . I use of AMF to transfer value object between flex and php. PLease help me . BR farid valipour

[flexcoders] Re: Question regarding FLV protection

2009-05-06 Thread Amy
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Jon Oxtoby j...@... wrote: We're using FMS 3.0, unfortunately the downloading software we're attempting to block (Jaksta) can handle an rtmpe stream no problem. We have the SWF verification enabled and that prevents the software from opening a new

[flexcoders] NativeDragManager and nested components

2009-05-06 Thread Yves Riel
The DragManagerImpl and NativeDragManagerImpl behaviours are so different that it drives me nut! I have a Flex component that is embedded in a Flex and AIR app. So, I used the IDragManager interface to access the methods and used the standard events. Unfortunately, I can't get a consistent

[flexcoders] Are you using the Marshall Plan?

2009-05-06 Thread Matt Chotin
Are you building apps in a modular fashion where those modules need to support different Flex versions? Do you have nightmares where Alex is explaining SecurityDomains and ApplicationDomains and SWFLoader.loadForCompatibility? Please let me know (email me at mcho...@adobe.com), we're trying to

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Run swf on server

2009-05-06 Thread Jamie S
In my case it was an offline process so it didn't need to communicate back to the client. It's probably best not to treat it as server call that expects a reply. If there are a bunch of simultaneous requests, it's likely that the AIR app might get backlogged. You could have the client pole the

[flexcoders] Re: Enable/Disable Context Menu Based on selected row of DG

2009-05-06 Thread Dharmendra Chauhan
Thanks Man.. this is what I needed.. Now I can execute some logic before showing Context munu.. I appreciate your help. - Dharmendra --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, valdhor valdhorli...@... wrote: This example should help... ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8? mx:Application

[flexcoders] AIR components appear to be disabled.

2009-05-06 Thread stevepruitt97
I have HBox containing some buttons that appear to be disabled when the application starts up. I say appear because if I inspect them their enabled property is true. Yet, they are greyed out and unclickable. The HBox is defined as a child under WindowedApplication. I can't find way to make them

Re: [flexcoders] how open .doc (words )file

2009-05-06 Thread Weyert de Boer
I would think that using the Word COM+ objects would be the easiest way to read Word documents. Of course, you can also only support the XML-based version of Word documents Office 2007. On 6/05/2009, at 6:23 PM, farid wl wrote: Hi Dear friends anybody knows how we can read and open

[flexcoders] Changing the BG color of selected row on contect menu item click

2009-05-06 Thread Dharmendra Chauhan
Hi All, I want to change the BG color of selected row on context Menu Item click. Actually , I have two context Menu Item 1) highlight 2)un-highlight they highlight/un-highlight selected row on click event. I found some resource on google ,all of them changing bg color in

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

2009-05-06 Thread Vivian Richard
Matt just a question regarding your software development process- what exact methodology do you guys(you flex team) follow to develop the Flex platform? On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Matt Chotin mcho...@adobe.com wrote: Are you building apps in a modular fashion where those

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

2009-05-06 Thread Matt Chotin
I wouldn't say there's an exact methodology. We have some elements of agile (like iterations, unit tests, ability to respond to feedback and adjust), but as a platform we also need to make sure we have specifications, assigned Quality Engineers, schedules, etc. So if you're looking for we use

[flexcoders] swf decompiling and embedded assets

2009-05-06 Thread arieljake
Hi, I am looking at various decompiling tools, and one thing I am noticing is that none of them seem to make the resource bundles available for export. Does anyone understand why and whether this is something that can be relied upon?

[flexcoders] Re: Flash speed test - please participate - only 1 click required !

2009-05-06 Thread Hyder
So where are the results?! --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Paul Andrews p...@... wrote: LOL, I did exactly the opposite - dumped Norton for AVG! Looking at the page source, it has javascript scraping values from the navigator object and no doubt sending them back to base. I can't see

[flexcoders] Popup window close button fails

2009-05-06 Thread Tom McNeer
In the application I'm creating, I have a few popups. Each has the showCloseWindow attribute set to true, and sure enough, the button is there. But it won't close the window when clicked. ? -- Thanks, Tom Tom McNeer MediumCool http://www.mediumcool.com 1735 Johnson Road NE Atlanta, GA

[flexcoders] Viewstack page activation

2009-05-06 Thread Jim Haungs
Is there an event raised when a hidden page of a ViewStack becomes visible? I'd like to refresh certain widgets on each page every time the page appears, but the activate event only fires when the whole application gets the focus back from the operating system, and that event doesn't fire

RE: [flexcoders] Popup window close button fails

2009-05-06 Thread Tracy Spratt
It is not automatic. The button just dispatches the close event. You need to define a close event handler. And in that do PopUpmanager.removePopUp(this). Though more often, I just dispatch a custom named event, and have in a listener/handler in the component that created the popup, and in

[flexcoders] Re: Dispatching Events from SWC - via Class`

2009-05-06 Thread Eric W Dunn
I assumed that this would be the case - being in the child or grandchild of the application because it was called from the application.. my bad... What would you say would be the best to resolve this issue? What should I try? I am still learning... the process never ends... Thanks of the

[flexcoders] Books - Flex

2009-05-06 Thread axcdnt
Hi people, My name's Gustavo and I'm new on Flex. I'd like to know your opinion about good books I can buy. Thank you!

[flexcoders] Re: Dispatching Events from SWC - via Class`

2009-05-06 Thread Eric W Dunn
It would appear that it is not in the child hierarchy.. I am not sure how o fix this problem.. What would you recomend me trying? --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tracy Spratt tr...@... wrote: That is not even a custom event, it is a flash event with a custom type. The metadata

Re: [flexcoders] Popup window close button fails

2009-05-06 Thread Tom McNeer
Hi Tracy, Thanks for the explanation. I knew the close event was fired. But I guess I thought the default close event also called the PopUpManager. Maybe it's me, but I think the Lang Ref could be a little clearer about this. Thanks for straightening me out, anyway. -- Thanks, Tom Tom

RE: [flexcoders] Viewstack page activation

2009-05-06 Thread Tracy Spratt
The first level child will dispatch the show and hide events when you expect. If you want the action to happen the first time the view is shown, you need to also invoke it in creationComplete. Tracy Spratt, Lariat Services, development services available _ From:

RE: [flexcoders] Re: Dispatching Events from SWC - via Class`

2009-05-06 Thread Tracy Spratt
The class does not appear to be a UI class, so why can't you instantiate it where you need it and set a direct listener on it? Also, if it is going to dispatch an event it needs to extend EventDispatcher, I believe. Tracy Spratt, Lariat Services, development services available _

RE: [flexcoders] Re: Dispatching Events from SWC - via Class`

2009-05-06 Thread Tracy Spratt
Or implement IEventDispatcher. Tracy Spratt, Lariat Services, development services available _ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tracy Spratt Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 6:29 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE:

[flexcoders] Re: TabNavigator creationPolicy

2009-05-06 Thread Amy
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Richard Rodseth rrods...@... wrote: The code that I replaced was adding the entire TabNavigator plus children and grandchildren in an AddChild tag. It appears that deferred instantiation of the grandchildren is non-functional in that case. Duh. When you do

RE: [flexcoders] Re: adding to a sprite.

2009-05-06 Thread Gordon Smith
Flex containers like Canvas override the Player's addChild() method to do all sorts of extra stuff. And Flex components like Image rely on their parent containers to lay them out with the correct size and position. Gordon Smith Adobe Flex SDK Team From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com

Re: [flexcoders] Server PUSH in LCDS

2009-05-06 Thread Jeffrey Vroom
If you can run Java code at the time the database changes, you can use the DataServiceTransaction api. It has methods to refresh queries, or push specific create, update, delete changes to the client. There is a refresh operation which you can run from the client. That will only pick up db

Re: [flexcoders] Re: TabNavigator creationPolicy

2009-05-06 Thread Richard Rodseth
Hmm. This seems a little wrong-side-of-the-bed. Actually, when you do: TabNavigator View1 View2 /TabNavigator View1 and View2 are instantiated (obviously necessary to get the labels), but the *children* of the inactive tabs are not, and as a result the creationComplete events of the

[flexcoders] McAfee slowdown of the application load

2009-05-06 Thread aizmail
We are experience some strange behavior on the Windows Machine with McAfee Security Suite installed. Here is the description of behavior: We launch the Flex App in IE and there is a lap between the page is loaded and app starts initialization. During that time user sees white screen. If we

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

2009-05-06 Thread Bjorn Schultheiss
Our current Modules are all in sdk 3.3 So far all is good. We hope that if we decide to introduce modules later down the track the were solely built using sdk 4+ that this would not be painful. We hope that we will not have to use the 4+ sdk to compile our 3.3 modules against in this scenario?

[flexcoders] Re: TileList dataprovider change bug?

2009-05-06 Thread Ritu Raj Tiwari
For now I am shelving TileList in favour of a custom component to do the job. I'll put together an isolated test case and see what is going on. If I find something I open a bug. Thanks for your time and attention, folks. -Raj --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tim Hoff timh...@... wrote:

[flexcoders] Re: how open .doc (words )file

2009-05-06 Thread Ritu Raj Tiwari
Farid, Why not use OpenOffice on the backend and do the transcoding there? -Raj --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, farid wl fari...@... wrote: Hi Dear friends anybody knows how we can read and open .doc files in flex and convert it to pdf on fly with action scripts or php . I use of AMF to

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

2009-05-06 Thread Matt Chotin
You are definitely a candidate for the Marshall Plan since you are trying to avoid recompiling modules. However, it sounds like in your current setup you would need to recompile. Please make sure to check out the docs at http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_flex_loading_applications_en Matt On

[flexcoders] Data changed in xml file does not updated in mx:xml

2009-05-06 Thread jam35bond
Hi all, mx:XML id=trendyXML source=data/casual.xml / Some where in my source code: imageRepeater.dataProvider=trendyXML.image; The result is the repeater display all records in the xml files. However, I need to keep update xml file and RECOMPILE the app with flex builder in order for the

[flexcoders] Re: Data changed in xml file does not updated in mx:xml

2009-05-06 Thread Tim Hoff
Hi Hery, You probably have the Copy non-embedded files to output folder compiler option selected. So, the xml file that your application is referencing is in the bin-debug folder. If you change that file directly, you should be able to get the new data without re-compiling the application. Of

Re: [flexcoders] McAfee slowdown of the application load

2009-05-06 Thread Sam Lai
It would probably have to do with the McAfee IE addon, site advisor I believe? Basically it checks every link to see if they are malicious, among other things. They are typically written poorly (or maybe the IE infrastructure is bad) hence funny issues like this, and the need for an IE safe mode.

[flexcoders] Re: Data changed in xml file does not updated in mx:xml

2009-05-06 Thread Tim Hoff
If not, you'll have to use URLLoader or HTTPService to load the xml. -TH --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tim Hoff timh...@... wrote: Hi Hery, You probably have the Copy non-embedded files to output folder compiler option selected. So, the xml file that your application is referencing

[flexcoders] re: Books - Flex

2009-05-06 Thread Tony Obermeit
2 books that I've found to be a big help are: Adobe Flex, Training from the Source, by Adobe Press Programming Flex, O'Reilly, Kazoun and Lott I basically learned flex by going through the Training from the Source book, it teaches you, sort of tutorial style, how to build a multi media shopping

Re: [flexcoders] Context menu is not working for Flash Player 10

2009-05-06 Thread Igor Costa
Two things to verify before that. 1 - Did you instantiate correctly to call the warpper js? 2 - When you debug what erros you got? Regards Igor On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Dharmendra Chauhan chauhan_i...@yahoo.comwrote: Hi, My Application is working fine with Flash Player9 but with

[flexcoders] Re: Data changed in xml file does not updated in mx:xml

2009-05-06 Thread Tim Hoff
From the docs for mx:XML: The source property specifies an external source, such as a file, for the data model. The external source can contain static data and data binding expressions. The compiler reads the source value and compiles the source into the application; the source value is not read

Re: [flexcoders] VBox that scrolls without a scrollbar

2009-05-06 Thread Igor Costa
Charles As Alex said, you have to write your own VBox Class to update the scroll position. And other thing to keep in mind is that the default mouse wheel behavior in Mac OS doesn`t work correctly, look at google for a replacement for that. Hope you enjoy! Igor On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 5:00

[flexcoders] Designing Flex application

2009-05-06 Thread senthilkumarirtt
Hi all, i need to design my flex application.I need free flash editable template for this purpose.how to get this flash template. Or any other idea ,to design flex application... Thanks Regards, S.Senthilkumar

[flexcoders] Re: how open .doc (words )file

2009-05-06 Thread securenetfreedom
How would you gain access to the .doc XML? --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Weyert de Boer w...@... wrote: I would think that using the Word COM+ objects would be the easiest way to read Word documents. Of course, you can also only support the XML-based version of Word documents Office

Re: [flexcoders] re: Books - Flex

2009-05-06 Thread Jim Haungs
The O'Reilly Flex 3 Cookbook (Noble Anderson) is very good, too. On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 18:54, Tony Obermeit t...@tamborine.to wrote: 2 books that I've found to be a big help are: Adobe Flex, Training from the Source, by Adobe Press Programming Flex, O'Reilly, Kazoun and Lott I

[flexcoders] Re: TileList dataprovider change bug?

2009-05-06 Thread Amy
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Ritu Raj Tiwari rituraj.tiw...@... wrote: I am seeing some strange behaviour with TileList. I am hoping someone can shed some light on this: I have a TileList where I assign it an ArrayCollection for its dataProvider. As I add objects to this collection,

[flexcoders] Read pdf file

2009-05-06 Thread lehaianh1986
Hi all. I see that AIR can access pdf file and display it by htmlloader. But to manipulate with it, firstly I need to write javascript function and add to each pdf file like http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/flex/quickstart/scripting_pdf.html What I want is manipulate with random pdf file and do

[flexcoders] Tracking a sprite's position

2009-05-06 Thread Aaron Hardy
Hey flexers, I have Sprite C which is inside of Sprite B which is inside of Sprite A which is inside of UIComponent A. UIComponent A and UIComponent B are both children of a common Canvas. I need UIComponentB to always be positioned over the top-left of Sprite C (so it appears to be stuck to

[flexcoders] How to do a function/method in a Tree for the label

2009-05-06 Thread timgerr
Hello all, I am having some troubles with the tree control and an array collection. I have this tree and the data provider is pointing to an array collection. This is working great, I now have to create a label function for the labelField. So this is what I did: public function

Re: [flexcoders] Books - Flex

2009-05-06 Thread Leonardo Camargo
Hi Gustavo, well, that highly depends on what are your immediate needs for this knowledge and how much time you have. Others here will advise you to simply look for internet tutorials, which are indeed great and enough. But I just like to buy and read books :) Right after I found out that I would

[flexcoders] Re: How to do a function/method in a Tree for the label

2009-05-06 Thread Tim Hoff
See labelFunction. -TH --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, timgerr tgallag...@... wrote: Hello all, I am having some troubles with the tree control and an array collection. I have this tree and the data provider is pointing to an array collection. This is working great, I now have to create a