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How to display an alert when there is no available update (using Adobe Air update framework)

Hi all, I'm using Adobe Air update framework to implement auto-update feature in my application. The feature is working great when there is an available update, but when there is no updates no notification/alert is displayed. is there a way to display an alert when there is no update available ? thanks ...

sequencing through several images

I'm using flex and have a few images that I need to sequence through. I may add some text under each image. What I'm trying to do is automatically sequence through these images such that a black fading effect appears briefly between each image and the next - sure you've seen that sort of thing before. My questions are this: should th...

Write Local File using Adobe Air Iframe

This is driving me mad. I am creating an AIR application and everything is working great. However I would really like to have a form inside an Iframe that when the user clicks submit saves the file to local application storage directory. Right now I am able to do this and save the file with no problems when I just access the HTML page...

How to override a method for a MovieClip Symbol in Flash CS3

I'm using flash to draw objects, then I export them and use them from flex, and I'm a beginner in flash. I'm trying to do the override a method from the MovieClip I created. The method I'm trying to override is stop() method. I didn't write a single line of code, my movie clip is created using entirely the flash interface. I figured out...

How to manage .NET Master Pages in Dreamweaver CS4 ?

Has anybody figured out how to make .aspx pages render the Master Page visuals in Dreamweaver design mode? ...

Trying to add a skinClass to <mx:Form>

I'm working with Flex4 and I'm trying to skin a form (add a background and a border to it, etc.) I'm trying to do it the Flex 4 way with skinClass="" <mx:Form skinClass="skins.MyFormSkin" /> but it's not accepting skinClass as a property. How should I do it such that I'm still adhering to the best practices in Flex 4 (decoupling v...

C++ Adobe Premiere video filter - print/draw/render text in output video frame

Hello! I want to write video filter for Adobe Premiere, and I need to print/draw/render some text into the output video frame. Looking into adobe premiere cs4 sdk I couldn't find a quick answer - is it possible? Please provide some samples! Thanks! ...

Flex Overwriting my .HTML wrapper

When I make changes to a Flex project and rerun the project, it seems that FlashBuilder4 rewrites my html wrapper that embeds the SWF. But I have additional javascript code in the html wrapper and don't want to keep losing my code. I had to re-write the code once and it was a pain in the neck. How do I stop it from re-writing the html. ...

How to use remote shared object in flex

How to use shared object in flex 3 ...

Very unusual and weird problem with gVim 7.2

After installing gVim and running gvim from the run window, if I were to type :cd followed by a tab, I will get \AppData, \Application Data, etc. Which basically means I'm at my $HOME directory (C:\Users\Fabian). The weird thing is I do not have a \Application Data folder there. But if I were to run gvim.exe from its installation folder...

Custom bullet points using Flex

Hi All, Any idea how can i draw this using Flex ?? Instead of using image for 1, 2 and 3? Regards, PK ...

Actionscript base class in Flex AIR app

I'm trying to build a Flex AIR app using Flex Builder 3, which I'm just getting started with. In Flash CS4, there's a text field in the authoring environment where you can specify a class that will become the "base" class - your class inherits from Sprite and then "becomes" the Stage at runtime. Is there a a way to do the same thing wit...

Settings for RTMP and AS 3.0

Hi, Is there any extra code need for using rtmp with AS3. I have the code like this. Is that enough for rtmp or any other code needed? var strSource:String = "rtmp://myserver.com/file.flv"; var ncConnection = new NetConnection(); var nsStream = new NetStream(ncConnection); nsStream.play(strSource); ...

Adobe Air, packaged install fails with my trace routine... how come?

I cobbled together some code from here and there for a trace I like... it generates an error to get a stack trace and picks out the traced routine name, I like that detail in the trace log. Problem: it fails in an installed AIR file. I wonder why? I don't expect it to do anything as is... just, I'd prefer it not cause the program to f...

Update local sqlite database from Adobe AIR application

I have a local sqlite database which is created by an IE addon. The sqlite database cannot be updated from a Adobe AIR application which I use as a frontend. The exception is as follows SQLError:'Error #3132:Datatype type mismatch.',details:'could not convert floating point value to integer without loss of data.',operation:'execute',det...

build a nested structure from a sql query

I have a table in sqlite that I am accessing in my Adobe Air project. The table structure is as follows: id, chapter_num, verse_num, translation_id, translation_txt; I want to write a query that returns me one row per chapter_num and verse_num with a nested structure of translation ids and translation_txt under it. For example, I wan...

How to unpack, update and repack Adobe air file?

I need to unpack air file, update it and repack it. Can anybody please help me in this regard? In java, for jar file we can use winrar utlity for this kind. Please suggest how can we do for air.Is there any utility for adobe air. I tried with winzip/winrar. I changed its extension to .zip file and opened it in winzip and winrar. When I...

Rendering MXML component only after actionscript is finished

In my mxml file, I'm doing some calculations in the script tag, and binding them to a custom component. <fx:Script> <![CDATA[ [Bindable] public var calc1:Number; [Bindable] public var calc2:Number; private function init():void { calc1 = //calculation; calc2 = //calculation; ...

Flex Framework vs. Micro-Architecture

I'm in the process of choosing a framework for my flex development, and one of the questions that was asked about a framework was "is this a framework or a micro-architecture"? Can someone clarify what's the difference? What exactly is a framework, and when can we start calling what we have a framework? I work with FlexBuilder3 (now c...

adding a sprite to 1 <s:State>

I'm looking for a flex 4 compatible way of adding a sprite generated with graphics library to a skin. If I generate the sprite like this: private function drawShape():void { theshape = new Sprite(); theshape.graphics.beginFill(0x666666); theshape.graphics.drawCircle(3,5,10); theshape.graphics.endFill(); } What would be t...