[flexcoders] BlazeDS conversion/transmission of numerics -- value-based rather than type-based?

2010-05-08 Thread William Mitchell
The chapter on Data Serialization in the BlazeDS Developer Guide has tables that show, for example, an AS Number deserializes to java.lang.Double, and a Java double passed to AS is converted to a Number, but that seems to be wrong. In fact the conversions seem to be based on the values,

[flexcoders] Round icon skin for ComboBox button

2010-07-30 Thread William Mitchell
I'd like to have a ComboBox that can opened with a round icon instead of a big button that's as wide as the ComboBox. I tried putting a ProgrammaticSkin on the ComboBox that does nothing but draw the icon in the right place. That produces the appearance I desire, shown in this image:

[flexcoders] Examining static variables when debugging with Flash Builder

2011-11-15 Thread William Mitchell
adding watches for Global, Global.x, tos.model.Global, and tos.model.Global.x. All produce 'error(s)_during_the_evaluation' in red in the Value column. Any ideas on how I could get a look at Global.x? William Mitchell Research Programmer School of Information: Science, Technology, and Arts

[flexcoders] Re: Examining static variables when debugging with Flash Builder

2011-11-16 Thread William Mitchell
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, valdhor valdhorlists@... wrote: You have to create a variable of type Global somewhere in your code before you can use the class variable x. valdhor: Thanks for that note. I'd tried to boil the question to its essence. In the real app, various static

[flexcoders] App-level Spark Label style vs. Button fontSize -- bug?

2012-01-18 Thread William Mitchell
a possibility, of course, but in the app where this problem turned up, there are a LOT of buttons and labels that would then need to be given a style in some other way. William Mitchell Research Programmer School of Information: Science, Technology, and Arts The University of Arizona 520-870-6488

[flexcoders] Re: pdf in flash/flex alternative to flexpaper?

2013-02-18 Thread William Mitchell
textures. (Sadly, I don't recall the specifics about those troublesome textures.) William Mitchell Research Programmer School of Information: Science, Technology, and Arts The University of Arizona