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Flex 3 color picker no color value

I need "no color" value in flex 3/4 color picker component. Here are some options I've investigated: 1) External componet. Searched a lot but didn't managed to find a suitable one. There is a great color picker that meets my needs completely, but it is in action script 2 format. I need as3. 2) Enhance the existing built-in color picker...

Duplicate Flex Object in HTML without Re-Initializing

I am creating a flash object that does some heavy image lifting. What I am looking to do is load many flash objects onto the same page to take an image, modify it, and display it within the flash object. The problem I am running into is that when I try to add 100 flex objects to the page, the browser freezes as it tries to re-load/initi...

IOErrorEvent Eluding Capture

I'm working on a Flex application that processes and displays small amounts of HTML, sometimes including images. I'm getting the HTML out of third-party RSS feeds. Sometimes, I see this in a pop-up window: Error #2044: Unhandled IOErrorEvent:. text=Error #2035: URL Not Found. The RSS URL is just fine, but there's apparently something...

Q:achieve effect similar to jibjab cards

I have a good understanding of everything up until the actual embedding in the video. Anyone know the best way of doing this? http://sendables.jibjab.com/ecards ...

Problem using flex to read XML in e4x format from SOAP webservice

UPDATE: The problem was not to do with namespaces or flex at all. My webservice was returning the wrapped xml. I was blaming the language I had least experience with before questioning the java... I have a basic soap webservice that I am having trouble reading the result from in flex. I'm a solid java programmer and just tryi...

How to prevent a component from being dragged out of the stage in Flex 3

I think there is a simple solution to this question, just not simple enough for me to find it. Question: How do you constrain a TitleWindow in Flex 3 from being dragged off the screen/stage? Is there a way to restrict the TitleWindow to the viewing area? Example: Let's say I have an application that take 100% of the screen. Next, I cre...

How to deploy SWF file?

I have a SWF file I created using Adobe Flex and I cannot seem to properly embed it inside an HTML page. If I take another SWF file and use it instead, it works all the time. My SWF file is pretty big (1 MB) while the other one is tiny (25 KB). However, I can wait 5-10 minutes and the server connection is super fast and it still will ...

Version Checking with Flex

I am attempting to read the saved file version of an Adobe Illustrator file created in any version of Illustrator. My code will read files created in Illustrator 10 and earlier currently. Files created in the CS Versions of Illustrator can be read but will not read far enough into the file to find the correct string that starts where t...

Drag n Drop a Marker onto Another Overlay in Google Maps/Flex

I am trying to put together some code that allows the use to drag a marker onto a polyline in the Flex version of Google Maps. This is not so easy. I am close, but not there yet. Here's what I've tried so far: Attempt 1 On MOUSE_DOWN of a marker, I save a reference to the marker, then whenever the pointer moves over the map, I move the...

ActionScript 3 Specification as PDF?

I see the ActionScript language specification, however, the online format is awkward. Has anyone converted this to a PDF? ...

Flex charts gradient fill

I'm struggling to reproduce the gradient fill of this chart. Is there tools that help testing GradientEntry properties on fills? ...

Displaying custom cursor in the full screen mode - Flex 3.0

I am having trouble displaying a custom cursor in the full screen mode of my flex application. How can I do this? ...

Flex - Webservice. How to kill browser dialog window at the moment of incorrect authentification?

Hello, Friends! I use Flex Builder 3 and SOAP WebService on the server side. I know how to do a basic authorization of the client app (using httpHeaders), but I can't solve the problem of how to kill the browser dialog box (username, password) when the client have done an incorrect authorization. I handle the faultEvent.FAULT event, bu...

SQLite gurus: how can I display very detailed metadata about a file?

I have a situation where a simple query against a table is returning incorrect values in Flex, but not in other GUI front-ends to SQLite. select title from ttl where ttl.ttl = 140 // ttl is also the column name of the PK column is returning the title that belongs to the row whose PK = 1400. ttl.ttl is defined as int datatype. Again...

Persist a Hyperlink's Style after mouse has moved away

Is it possible to persist the look of a 'hovered' hyperlink even after the mouse has moved away from it? I want to keep the user's attention on the hyperlink -- or at least have them able to see what it was, standing out from the rest of the text -- for a few seconds after they've left it. Ideally it would fade slowly back to normal. A...

Horizontal align components inside HBox from Action Script

Is there any way to set horizontalAlign from Action Script not from mxml? ...

Animating child elements in Flex 4

Anyone know how to animate the size/position of child elements of a layout in Flex 4 ? Example: I have a list component with a custom layout. I want when I change the positions of the child elements I want them to animate their move to the new positions. ...

Flex printing on OSX pushes image off the page. How can this be fixed?

My Flex 3 app prints pages just fine from browsers on Windows using FlexPrintJob (not the browser print function). However, on OSX, the left and top margins show up larger and the page gets pushed off the right and bottom. Basically, the scaling is screwed up, and I can't see any way to adjust the margins in code. Has anyone seen this ...

Flex : How to display a DataGrid selectedItem's details in a Form

Sorry for this long post. The question is however small but requires full detail. Thanks for reading and helping :) I used HTTPService POST method to call a php file that returns me an xml type of result like <user> <name>jones</name> <age>34</age> </user> This result is obtained after the php files queries a database. The database...

Flex 3: Passing Array to Custom Component

I created a custom button component that accepts an array as a property. I set the property as follows: titleDims="[{Month: comboBox1.text, Year:comboBox2.text, Sales Order:comboBox3.text}]" and I get the following error: "1084: Syntax error: expecting rightparen before colon." Wat is wrong with the array syntax? ...