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Adding Transparency/alpha to Embedded Font

Hi guys, I have embedded a font type in my application. Its working fine inside a text area. Now i need to add 60% transparency to it. In fact I need multiple transparency levels. Like - 60 % transparency for TextARea 70% for WindowShade Header etc. How do I add alpha values to it? ...

IIS Flash Remoting Request Limit introduced with Coldfusion 9

Hi all We've just been our Coldfusion servers from Enterprise CF 8.01 to CF 9. They are running Win 2008. We ran into trouble on those servers that provide the Flash remoting back-end for a Flex application we provide. Once the CF 9 upgrade was complete we noticed that during busy times when many Flex clients were connecting, we app...

Can not load external spreadsheet in flex builder

Hi! I imported two projects in Flex Builder 3 (A and B). Those two projects A and B are in the same folder and in mxml file which is located in A/src I have <mx:Style source="../../B/b/assets/b.css" /> this relative path is correct, but Flex Builder keeps showing message: "Problem finding external stylesheet: ../../B/b/assets/b.css"...

save downloaded file automatically in directory using AIR

i'm newbie, so please help me... package com.func { public class Downloader { import flash.net.FileReference; import flash.net.URLRequest; private var req:URLRequest = new URLRequest(); private var fr:FileReference = new FileReference(); public function Downloader(){ } public...

Flex 4, rotation transition, use shortest route?

I have this object in Flex 4 <s:Group id="shanks" width="243" height="243" x="243" y="243" rotation.Classic="0" rotation.Centro="72" rotation.Lace="144" rotation.Lido="216" rotation.Euro="288" clipAndEnableScrolling="false"> <mx:Image so...

Flash Player 10.1 crash on shared object access

Hi all, since updating my Flash Player plugin from 10 to 10.1, I'm seeing a weird crash when accessing shared objects. Flex Builder's debugger pops up and prints a stack trace like this: undefined at flash.net::SharedObject$/getLocal() at my.code::MyClass$/load()[/my/path/to/my/MyClass.as:27] (...) This happens when calling Sh...

simple login form using Adobe LCDS

Does anyone knows a tutorial with a simple authentication using Adobe LiveCycle Data Service? ...

Flex webcontent derived resources

I have a flex project that is also a web project. It is currently compiling all the mxml files and placing the swf files in the webcontent folder. The problem is that during the build process the webcontent folder gets marked as 'derived', so any files that are in that folder are not by default searchable unless you click the 'derived'...

Need Help with Weird ComboBox Behavior

This is happening consistently throughout an Air application on any form with one or more ComboBoxes. Immediately after the first click on any ComboBox on the form, the clicked ComboBox's items are all disabled and it closes. After that all of the ComboBox's on the form behave normally. Also, I debugged one form and at the point where t...

Is it possible to run the Flex SDK compiler on FreeBSD?

I'd like to run the Flex SDK compiler toolchain on our FreeBSD integration server to get around some nasty things like having to check in compiled Flex artifacts (yuck, I know!). Is this possible? Any success stories? What do I need to do to make it happen? It's worth noting that we have and use the data visualization components under ...

How to create a dashed line rounded rectangle in Flex?

How can I create a rounded rectangle with a dashed line? I've seen several routines that draw their own straight lines, but nothing for rounded rectangles. ...

FlexBuilder debugger: what can the "expressions" tab be used for?

As the title suggests, is there any documentation on the FlexBuilder "expressions" tab, and what expressions it can accept? As far as I can tell, it can show the value of variables, but that's it: comparisons, function and method calls all fail: Edit: this is specific to FB3 — Flex Builder. Apparently FB4 — Flash Builder — is slightl...

Flex 4: Scale to a point (zoom into an image where the mouse was clicked)

I've been trying to get this working and I can't seem to figure it out. There is an Image control that when I click on it I need to zoom in (using the center/transform point where the mouse is clicked). I have the zoom transition working great, but when I set transformX & tranformY (with autoCenterTransform false) it doesn't zoom int...

404 Error using Flash Builder 4 BlazeDS wizard

Hello again Stackoverflow! My issue this time around is trying to use the new DCD BlazeDS wizard in Flash Builder 4. If I set my project up as a combined Java/Flex app I am unable to connect to the RDS servlet using the wizard. I get a 404 error every time. I'm certain the service is set up correctly since my app can access the exposed...

Does Flash Builder 4 now use AIR 2?

I just got CS5 master suite which includes Flash Builder 4 and Flash CS5 Pro. When I create a new AIR app in CS5 pro it says "AIR 2" but when I create a new AIR project in Flash Builder I do not see anything indicating that it is AIR 2 or 1.5? Is there a way to tell which AIR runtime it is using? ...

How Do I Import a 3D Object into Adobe Flex?

Hi everyone, I wanted to know if anyone here knows how to import a 3D Object (i.e. Maya 3D Model) into Adobe Flex Application? I needed to create a simple Flex application which will allow me to rotate the 3D Object by dragging but I cannot seem to start doing it because I'm having a hard time trying to figure out how I can import my 3D...

How to select rows using key board in data grid in flex

HI, I need to select rows using key board up and down arrow buttons in the flex data grid.Please give the solution. Thanks, Ravi ...

null object reference with automation enabled flex-application at preloader

Hello, We are trying to automate our flex application. After adding automation libraries to our project we get the following exception: TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference. at mx.automation::AutomationManager$/addDelegates() at mx.automation::AutomationManager$/addDelegates() at mx.au...

join table in Flex

How can I show a join table in a datagrid in Flex using LCDS ...

Flex graph printing

Hi Guys I'm looking for a way to print / save flex graphs, preferably without changing the flex code.Is this possible to to from the client with some kind of JavaScript library.If I need to change the flex,is ALIVEPDF the way to go (converting content to pdf first) or are there simpler solutions to this. Thanks ...