I'm using Flex Builder more and more and attempting to create a fairly asset heavy application all in Flex Builder. I know how to publish or export Flash assets as SWC's so they are available in Flex Builder, but what if you have a button MovieClip with frame states in Flash, which is either exported or included in the swf published as a...
I am an Adobe Flex developer and I am sick of Eclipse. Is there an alternative (free) IDE for Flex? I am aware of Tofino, but I can't get that to work on my MSVS Express editions, and I don't want to buy the whole thing. Help is greatly appreciated. ...
Hmmmm... It appears that charts are only available through the Flex SDK that comes built-in with Flex Builder. This is a problem, since I want to use Flex 3.3, and Flex Builder came with 3.2. Eclipse is also ticking me off, and I prefer to use a different IDE (FlashDevelop). Any way around this? And is there anything else that isn't in...
In Flex Builder, when I create an .as file in a non-actionscript/flex project, the code hinting doesn't seem to work. Is there a way to get code hinting to work when working on a .as file that's not part of an ActionScript/MXML project? UPDATE: The Outline functionality also doesn't seem to work in the same situation. It would be nice...
In Flex, is it possible to include some kind of MetaData to a property, to be able to list all possible values that a property can use? I want to be able to list the values when calling the property from MXML, as in the case of for example the property enabled or visible, where the user gets a list of "true/false". ...
Hi, One of the functionalities in my current flex application requires me to maintain a comments section. Here, the users can post the comments and the replies to existing comments. All I want is like the usual thread style commenting. Let say, I am replying to someone else's comment, so, it will align my comment by a tab or so and pe...
Hello, using flex builder 3 and the find in files function alsways searches all files. How can exlude all .svn directories from the search? Perhaps there is a plugin for that or some way to "always" exlude all matches in these folders. Thank you! Regards, Uwe ...
I'm fairly deep with Flash CS4 project. I've got Flex Builder now, and I want to use it. I have .fla file and couple of Classes. .fla file is actually one ActionScript Frame document with Library items with linkages. I want to do .fla file skinning in Flash later, but develop with Flex. Can you help me with importing. I've never used Fl...
Is there any tool available for Flex applications that acts similar to Web Developer or Firebug toolbar to inspect UI elements? Basically in a complex hierarchy of UI controls allowing you to browse the elements and see properties such as x and y coordinates, width, height, id. I'm interested in tools that would allow you to do this a...
Has anyone managed to get Eclipse WTP working underneath FlexBuilder 3, or get FlexBuilder 3 and WTP working in a vanilla Eclipse install? I had this all working fine with FlexBuidler 2 and Eclipse 3.2, but the FlexBuilder 3 I have is a standalone app and I'm struggling to get any other Eclipse plug-ins to work with it. ...
Hi community, I have a line series in a linechart and a slider that goes from 0 to 200. When I now move the slider, I want to have a dot appearing at the chart so when I move the slider to 150, there should be a dot where the x-coordinate of the chart is 150. Has anybody an idea? I did not found anything. Thanks in advance Sebastian ...
Hi, created an Eclipse plugin that contributes to the UI by a new project wizard a new menu in the context menu of projects in the Package Explorer a new project nature + builder a new preference page for the plugin The plugin works fine when installed in a normal Eclipse instance with Flex/Flashbuilder as plugin. The problem now is...
Hi all i have a problem where if my application is full screen i cannot click on any text input component and i cannot input any text into the fields. i have tried creating the text input fields at run time and i have tried creating them on the canvas when on the gui design window in flex builder. however they both give the same results ...
When creating an Actionscript Project in Flex builder 3 an application class is automatically created and dropped in the root of your source folder. In my case my source folder is called src/. Is it possible to change the default application class to a class which is not directly in the root of the src folder? It seems when right-clicki...
Hi all, i want to read an xml file in flash that is returned from a php script. i have it all sorted apart from one thing the attributes that are returned in each row vary (anything from 1 to 100). below is the code to explain what i mean for(var ii:int = 0; ii < tempXML.record.length(); ii++) { for(var b:int = 0; b < numAttributes;...
Hi, Can anyone show me a way (if there is any) to connect Flex Builder debugger with the SWF embedded in aspx page containing AJAX (meaning, let's say, http://localhost/default.aspx doesn't actually have the SWF, you have to select another view to get to the Flex app, but the URL remains the same; so just adding "http://localhost/defaul...
This seems like a bug in Flex Builder, however the builder no longer creates the .swf file for any projects (I'm building an AIR app). It did previously however, for some reason it errors out with the message "Initial content not found" (referring to looking for the swf in bin-debug, and not being able to find it). There are many propos...
Hi, I have many buttons in Main.mxml. I'm trying to move the button functionality into a Class and have Event Listeners inside the class respond to Click and call other functions. I have written: Main.mxml <mx:Button x="23.5" y="10" label="checker" click="{goListen()}" /> <mx:Button id="btnT1" x="252.5" y="10" label="t1" /> <mx:Button ...
In textmate on OS X there is a handy feature when you select text. If you hold the option key down the cursor turns into cross-hairs and you can select a vertical column of text and paste it back as a vertical column with the lines rows preserved. Does Flex Builder or Eclipse have the same feature? Not sure what to call it. If so, wh...
I have a flex/actionscript based project. The project has various view stacks and tab navigators and a few popup windows. The whole thing is managed in pureMVC framework. When transitioning between various view states, opening a popup, switching a tab, etc, I find the app to exhibit various redraw glitches. Parts of views will be partia...