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Installing Adobe Flex builder in Ubuntu/Linux?

Is working fine?, i found instruction in Adobe site confusing and i am not confident at all since it says that only works with eclipse 3.3 (actual version should be 3.5 or close) There is any special instructions to do it well. Thanks! ...

Writing a video chat widget in Flash and PHP.

I am writing a webcam chat in flash (for the client side), I also am using PHP/Apache/Memcache for the server side for text chats... What exactly will I need in terms of server side software to connect these users flash/swf sessions together? I currently have an ubuntu server running Lamp (Apache/Php/MySql/Memcache)... the client to c...

Getting started developing an Adobe Premiere plugin?

How do I get started developing a Premiere Pro plugin? I have Premiere Pro CS3 and a working knowledge of VB.NET. (I have experience with a number of other languages that I can use to get around if need be.) Is there an SDK that I'm looking for? Do I need to contact Adobe to join a developer program of sorts? EDIT: Silly me, I've fo...

Which is the best way to monitor USB port with flex or flash?

Hi, I want to write an application that monitor the USB port, and when something is connected should show the contents of the drive (image viewer) automatically. there is any way to do that with Flex/Flash directly? or i might program another application in C in order to monitor the USB port and then comunicate with the front-end appli...

Displaying PDF in Browser - Showing Thumbnails ("Pages") by Default

I'm currently using ITextSharp to write a PDF to a web browser, but I cannot figure out how to, by default, show the thumbnails on the left side. If I click the "Pages" button they appear correctly, but I cannot seem to figure out how to do it by default. I thought this might be a setting within adobe's browser PDF viewer, but I can't f...

RTMP C# Client library

I was looking for a RTMP library in C# to generate request to a rtmp:// server. Anyone knows a free/open source library that allow me to do this? Thanks, ...

[flex] Horizontallist variable width

Hello, i want to populate a horizontalList component from a xml file, the width value will be inside the xml file as well with all the data. actually i have this code: <mx:Model id="epg" source="epg.xml" /> <mx:Component id="customRend"> <mx:Label text="{data.description}" width="{data.width}"/> </mx:Component> <mx:HBox x="82"...

Testing movie with Flash IDE fails to load file from localhost

Hi, I'm just wondering if anybody can help me with my simple but frustrating problem. I have created an SWF that loads an XML file from http://localhost/flash/Projects/MEL/Quiz/Quiz/bin/xml/quiz.xml, but I get this error when running the movie using Test Movie in the Flash IDE. Error #2044: Unhandled ioError:. text=Error #2032: Stream ...

Is it possible to tell the Flash Player to use AVM1 instead of AVM2?

It's my understanding that the Adobe Flash Player has two ActionScript Virtual machines. AVM1 and AVM2. It is supposed to detect whether a swf contains ActionScript 1/2 or ActionScript 3 and automatically select the proper virtual machine. The latest releases of the Flash Player 10.0.40+.x are breaking our oldest content. We speculat...

Adobe Stratus Drawbacks

Hello, Am wondering if there are any drawbacks of using Adobe Stratus. Since it is only P2P, when will there be a case where P2P can't be used? On the site it says something like when UDP packets are blocked. How often is that? Say a thousand people use the service, approximately what percentage would not be able to use it? Also, is it...

How to transform a string in function and concatenate with an object?

Hello people, I have the following code in actionscript 3: var async:AsyncToken; async = bridge.retornamenu(); The bridge is a remote object, instantiated. The retornamenu() is the function that I want the remote object open in amfphp. However the retornamenu() is a dynamic function, which turns another function, but I can not run i...

How to pass arguments with 'new Responder'? actionscript 3

Hello friends, I have the following code in action script 3: async.addResponder(new Responder(result, defaultFaultHandler)); result is a function that receives data from remoteobjet async, calling this function normally, but must go along with other arguments result, example: async.addResponder(new Responder(result(args...), defaultF...

How to take screenshots of a Flex Spark VideoDisplay?

I want to build a component, where the user can play a video in a Flex Spark VideoDisplay. There will be a button and whenever the button is pressed, I want to save the current time of the VideoDisplay plus a screenshot. The screenshot needs to be someway saved, because I want to display all times and screenshots in a DataGrid (screensho...

Access to speaker devices in adobe flex

Hi, by default adobe Sound mixer sends eveything to the default speaker device. I have 3 speaker devices and would like to configure where to direct the sound. Similar thing that we can do right now with microphone is Microphone.getDevice(name) where i have a freedom of choosing my microphone device. Similarly i want the freedom to sel...

How to open a folder using 'openWithDefaultApplication' in Adobe Air 2.0?

How would I create a button that links to an external folder using the openWithDefaultApplication class? I'm new to Adobe Air and developing using Dreamweaver (JS and HTML). Thanks in advance! http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/flex/articles/exploring_file_capabilities.html ...

Radio buttons and textboxes in Flash SWF disappear on IE

Hi there I have developed a Flash application for a client (wedding RSVP) and implemented it on the web. She complains that the textboxes and radio buttons disappear on IE6. Can anyone confirm this for me? http://toolboxstudio.co.za/phoebe/ Please don't submit the RSVP, as I don't want to spam my client, but please just tell me if you...

Flex: align Checkboxes horizontally, but Wrap To a New Line

I have a form and one of the fields is a check-all-that-applies type field with several checkboxes under it. I need to display the checkboxes side by side, but since there are many, I want them to wrap to the next line. I tried using HGroup inside the FormItem and around them all, but this displays them all on the same line without line...

Embedded Font Issue on different Operating Systems

My Flex web page is using an embedded .otf font in the main css file: @font-face { src:url("../assets/fonts/TradeGothic.otf"); fontFamily: myTradeGothic; } I develop using Snow Leopard and the font appears fine in Safari, Firefox, and Chrome. When I view the page on a Windows machine, the font does not appear to be working in either...

Adobe AIR: how to play and download an audio file synchronously?

in adobe air , I can play a mp3 file from the web , and download the file to a custom file system before or after too . but in this way I have to download the file twice factly. So, how to save the file to a custom location when the sound is playing , and using the same download file stream for not waste any bits? ...

IShockwaveFlashEvents: how to handle getURL("javascript: ?

Hi, I wrote a simple WinAPI application in C++ which embeds the Abode Flash ActiveX control. It works fine. Next task that i have to do it is handle getURL("javascript:somefoo(someparam)", "")in C++ I don't understand the right way to do this. I create connection point to listen to _IShockwaveFlashEvents and my STDMETHODIMP Invoke(...)...