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Adobe air... launch website but pick which browser?

OK I know that in Adobe Air you can call navigateToURL(new URLRequest(url)) and it will open the users default web browser to open the page. Also now in AIR 2 you can launch any application. So I am wondering if there is a way I can launch a particular browser to open a page in? ...

mx:Tree not dispatching "itemClick" event when click on icon

I have a flex tree that worked perfectly fine when we set the defaultLeafIcon={null} and the folderClosedIcon and folderOpenIcon to {null}. We decided to put the icons back in and took out the nulls. Now they show up fine, but if you click on the icon instead of the label or the rest of the row, it seems to change the selected item, show...

"Make" system for Actionscript?

In working on larger Actionscript/Flash projects, I've started to really feel the need for some kind of "make" system, but I haven't found it yet. Does anyone know if it exists? Required features: Ability to associate SWCs with their source code and/or FLAs i.e. "this swc is compiled from this source" Ability to mark my current projec...

How to rotate MXML component round its center like a wheel respectfully to mouse?

So I have that panel or any other mxml component. I want somehow to rotate it around like a wheel of a car with which you drive it... loke a Racing wheel... sow like when mousebutton is down it captures pont of component... when you move mouse component rotates (not moves) according to new mouse position... How to rotate MXML component r...

override flex netconnection call method that uses variable arguments

Hi I need to override the call method from NetConnection class, the signature of the method is: public function call(command:String, responder:Responder, ...parameters):void How do I override that method? The following lines didn't work for me. override public function call(command:String, responder:Responder, ...parameters):void {...

Event propogation whilst container is not initialised

Hi, I have a Canvas (lets call it the Drop Box) which users can drag and drop external files onto. Next to this I have a ViewStack, of which one of the layers is a Canvas with a TileList. I have successfully managed to code it so that the items dropped onto the Drop Box appear in the TileList. I simply capture the darg drop event (let...

Flex Access SwatchPanel from ColorPicker

I would like to access the SwatchPanel that is spawned on a ColorPicker open event. I need to move and resize the SwatchPanel in certain situations. It appears that the dropdown variable which contains a reference to the SwatchPanel from the Color Picker is private. I am at a little loss as to how I would now find a reference that I ca...

Running external tools in Eclipse on Mac OS X

I'm using Flash Builder 4 on a mac. I've created a JSFL file for building a few fla's and then testing my main SWF file. I'm trying to run this JSFL file as an external tool from Flash Builder 4 but when I select Adobe Flash CS4.app as the file to run the JSFL Eclipse warns "External tool location specified is not a file." I have Parall...

How to package AIR 2 native installer?

I have made an AIR 2.0 app that uses NativeProcess so it needs to be packaged as a native installer (.exe) rather than a .air file. I first tried using Package Assistant but I kept getting an error telling me it cannot load keystore file. so I tried using the command line I use: pathToAirSDK/bin>adt -args but I get an error telling ...

flex blazeds spring exception translator

I am using spring exception translator to wrap java exception into flex exception. eg public void testException()throws Exception{ throw new Exception("my exception"); } But for some reason, I am getting IllegalAccessError. The code sections are entering the testException and the Translator class. Question: why it trying to g...

flex Dictionary dataProvider?

I have a Dictionary that I'd like to bind as the dataProvider for an mx:ComboBox. e.g., when I do this: mydict[somenewkey]= somenewval; I'd like the combobox to update its contents. The problem is that Dictionary doesn't seem to be Bindable. If I were using an Array, I'd use ArrayCollection. But there doesn't seem to be a c...

Problem in displaying numbers in Flex AdvancedDataGrid

Hi, I am able to display any data (numbers) in Flex AdvancedDataGrid except data with lot of digits after decimal places (0.000000000029103830456733704) or exponential numbers (293E-17). Grid is displaying -17 instead of 293E-17. Is it happening because of any limit to displaying data range in grid? If yes, what is the limit? ...

How to check for and remove a newline (\n) in the first line of a text field in actionscript?

In the script, sometimes a newline is added in the beginning of the text field (am using a textArea in adobe flex 3), and later on that newline might need to be removed (after other text has been added). I was wondering how to check if there is a newline at the beginning of the text field and then how to remove it. Thanks in advance. ...

Selecting MXML siblings with actionscript, like javascript?

I'm trying to get the sibling of an mxml tag similar to the way siblings are selected in javascript. Is this possible in Actionscript? For example, when I click the TextArea with id textarea1, I need it to tell me that the sibling has an id of rect1 so I can do further processing to it. <s:Group> <s:TextArea id="textarea1" click=...

Selecting id of TextArea (despite RichEditableText)

I'm trying to select the id of a textArea when it's focused in <s:TextArea id="textarea1" focusIn="selectId(event)" /> selectId(event){ event.target.id; } Problem is TextArea is made up of RichEditableText so target doesn't actually refer to TextArea. I've tried event.target.parent.id but still not getting there. Anyone knows how ...

Project doing in mvc pattern using cairngorm framework.

hii .. I wish to do my project in mvc pattern. so I chose cairngorm framework and just read some of the document about this framework.But I cant understand deeply to do project using this framework. Have any methods or examples to study doing project in cairngorm framework?? If u can pleas help me. ...

Accessing ItemRenderer in AdvancedDataGrid Flex / AS3?

i have XMLList data which is used for advanceddatagird dataprovide(by converting it to hierarchal data ), the advanceddatagrid consist of 2 columns,i want to access the ItemRenderer of 2nd colomn (customized item rendrer) by giving the item. i can get the itemRendrer bu using var Obj:Object = itemToItemRenderer(item); i cant understa...

How to set variable size for List control item in Flex?

The following code display a list of comments using List control. The item height set to a fixed value (150), so it seems working: if the content is too long, the scrollbar shows... However, what I really want is not to set the height but let it to change according to the content size. Is there any way to accomplish this? <mx:...

combobox in Flex

I have combo-box; <mx:VBox xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009" xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark" xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx" > <fx:Script> <![CDATA[ public var cbSelected:String; ]]> </fx:Script> <mx:ComboBox id="CustomBox" upd...

disable auto-save in editable datagrid Flex

I have an editable datagrid, whenever I make a change it automatically gets saved. How can I disable this? So the changes gets saved only when I click on an external save button. ...