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Does Adobe Have A Startup Program Similar to Microsoft's BizSpark?

Microsoft's BizSpark is an excellent program that helps startups get going. I was wondering if Adobe or other companies had a similar program? Thanks. ...

Adobe AIR, memory leaks.

We all know how web browsers (such as Firefox) are certain to fill up memory consumption because we continuously execute JavaScript code (from websites) that is prone to memory leakage. I am debating in developing a Desktop app, and given my experience with Javascript/Css/HTML, I thought I would give AIR a try, this way I don't have to...

How do you remove the border of a Flex 4 TextArea Component (spark themed halo)

With the Flex 3 SDK you simply needed to set the borderThickness style to 0, or set borderStyle to none. With the Flex 4 SDK ad the Spark theme, this has no affect. ...

Pausing/Resuming an Adobe Breeze/Presenter SWF via JavaScript

I am looking for a way to control the playback of some content created via Breeze using JavaScript. Essentially I have the Breeze SWF embedded on a page, and that page is surfaced in another application. The application only communicates via JavaScript, so I have to expose some pause/resume functions to the Breeze content. With Captivat...

Can't create flex4 project in flexbuilder using remoting or LiveCycle Data Servcies ES

I'm trying out the FlasBuilder ide with ColdFusion 8 on OS X. When I try to create a new project, I get stuck at the server setup screen that forces you to validate your paths for your ColdFusion root folder and your webroot. Every combination I try says either "LiveCycle Data Services is not installed at the specified location" or "In...

Get Rid of Windows Menu around Standalone Flash App?

I have a standalone Flash application that has its own File menu. You double-click the .swf file to launch it. How do I make the standard Windows window (the blue bar with the minimize, maximize, close buttons, as well as the "File, View, Control, Help" Bar) disappear so that my flash app is "naked?" I'm using Flash Player 10 with Actio...

Can an Embedded .swf Change Variables in a Parent Project?

I have a Flash project (main.swf) that opens another .swf inside it via a button press: my_btn.onRelease = function() { loadMovie("otherFile.swf", "_level1"); }; How do I get otherFile.swf to alter variables within main.swf? I'm using Flash Player 10 and ActionScript 2.0 ...

How can i call the Acrobat feature OCR in c# ?

Hello, ich want to write a little application. In this applcation i want to call the OCR function in Adobe Acrobat. How can i call this? Is there an API function ? Thanks for answers! ...

Reliably detecting text overflows in TextFrames in InDesign Server using javascript scripting?

I'm doing some Javascript scripting with InDesign Server at the moment. I'm having trouble trying to reliably detect overflows in TextFrames, after changing formatting or placing XML into them. For example, I've got a function that shrinks a 4 column TextFrame's height until the text overflows the frame. Then it increases the height unt...

clone flex component

Hey I am trying to duplicate a flex component at run time. For example if i have this mx:Button label="btn" id="btn" click="handleClick(event)"/> i should be able to call a function called DuplicateComponent() and it should return me a UI component thts exactly same as above button including the event listeners with it. Can some one ...

Loading Flash when debugging AIR

I'm trying to create an Adobe AIR widget with a Flash menu. The Flash menu was created in SWiSH Max2, exported as SWF9 with SWF6 properties exposed. The menu works, FSCommand works, and the attached JavaScript work (at least in Firefox). However, when I try to test this in the AIR Debug Launcher (ADL), nothing happens. I've used SWFO...

Fully Embedding True Type Fonts into PDFs

I am having problems creating PDF documents with fully embedded True Type fonts. I am printing from MS Word (and Indesign) to the Adobe 9.0 print driver. I can get .otf fonts to embed with no problem, but .ttf files will not embed. Is it possible to fully (not subset) embed these fonts? I am specifically having problems using WingDings. ...

Flex problem in saving PDF at server

Hi All. I am a new bee to flex. What i am trying to do is to generate and save the layout design which nothing but canvas to a pdf format at the server. Currently i am able to display the pdf in browser (see the function below:) but cannot save the file at the server. private function continueToPdf():void{ myPDF = new PDF( Orienta...

Why are my HTTP resources not loading in the Flex in a Week tutorial series?

I'm working though the Adobe "Flex in a Week" video training series, and I've reached Exercise 9, which deals with creating a remote service call. Up til this point, the data source and images have been local assets (located in src/assets in my Flash Builder project). I access the room list by this: <mx:HTTPService id="rooms" url="ass...

Alternative to Flex Framework

Is there an alternative ActionScript 3 lightweight framework out there similar to Flex, but not as huge. Flex is fairly large, and SWF's being no less than 150Kb big, I'm just thinking it must be possible to get something that have smaller SWF files as an end result. I've come accross AS Wing, and was curious if there's more. Thanks fo...

Flex: Does anyone know a good HTML editor?

Hi, I am looking for a flex component that could allow me to edit rich text with images. Something like the RichTextEditor from flex except it allows you to add and preview images too, and which can generate the HTML code too. ...

Making a text field flow like a paragraph in Adobe Livecycle Designer

I intend to create a form using Adobe Livecycle Designer 7.00 in which I want a field to flow as does a paragraph in a text editor. To be more specific, I have a text object before and after the text field which is contained in a subform. As there is some text before the text field, it naturally would not start from extreme left. Now w...

Why does an extra symbol get created when I import a png file into Flash CS3?

When I import a .png file into the library in Flash CS3, I noticed that the system always creates an extra symbol in the library. If I import, for example, foo.png, into the library, it not only creates a bitmap with the same name, but also a Symbol of the type "Graphic" with the default name, e.g. Symbol 576. I am not using these symb...

Read Adobe Framemaker Documents natively in .Net?

Good afternoon, does anyone know of a library that would allow me to read the content of adobe framemaker files/books natively in a .net application without having Adobe Framemaker installed (and as a prerequisite for my own application?). Basically something like Aspose.Word / Cells that read Word / Excel files in natively.. but for f...

Encrypted Video Playback Adobe AIR (Flex)

Suppose you have an encrypted video file and the associated AES key. Is it possible to play that video in a flex AIR application without saving the decrypted version of the file? How? ...