I'm getting an error when trying to build a flex4 project with Ant. This code works when i don't have a custom namespace for exporting CustomComponent (aka: it builds just fine normally) - but as soon as i add the namespace and include-namespaces, i get the following error: [compc] CustomComponent.mxml(235): Error: Could not resolve <m...
Hi folks, I'm passing parameters to a .NET ClickOnce-deployed application via the URL from a Flex application. This is done by simply redirecting the user to http://myDomain/myApplication.application?a=1. I would like the URL to not be visible in the browser that links to the application. From what I understand, ClickOnce does not wor...
I have the following; var myName:String="myMethod"; function myMethod() { ..... } is there a way to call this method by using myName? ...
I have read about the wonders (and sometimes bugs) of working with flex in IntelliJ. I though the Flex pluggin was alredy installed in the Community Edition 9.0.2 version of IntelliJ, but to my surprise I can't find it. Not in the installed plugins nor in the available ones. Nothing. I followed the directions in this tutorial but on the ...
Hi, I'm just finished my first month of getting to grips with flex. All of my projects so far have be very small fixed sized containers with everything in the application resting in an absolute position. The next up and coming project is going to require a more dynamic layout and need some advice. The app will consist of 3 container ...
How can I use URL parameters while debugging in Flash Builder 4? ...
How can I create a menu like this in flex 3. ...
Is there any good Cairngorm Tutorial or Guideline I can start with? thx ...
Just a simple question: Would you prefer IntelliJ? If so, what are the Pro- and Cons? Thx ...
I want to round specific corners of buttons to create something like mx.controls.ButtonBar. But I cannot figure out how ButtonBar does this even after looking at its source. I thought the focusRoundedCorners css property was the answer but that applies only to drawing the button's focus box. Any idea on this would be greatly appreciated!...
The invalidate/commitProperties model used by mxml components is very useful, in my experience, and I'd like to be able to make use of it in domain model objects in my actionscript applications. How can I go about adding lifecycle events like that to my objects? Is there a global object lifecycle manager? ...
I've developed web services in C++ and have implemented the ability to provide a base 64 encoded string to send files with other meta data. While I have successfully decoded the string when the encoded data is a text file, images and other binary files are not decoding correctly. Can you point me to a C++ library or implementation of ba...
Hi, This could potentially be a dumb question so apologies in advance if it is. I'm wondering if theres an equivilant of Interfaces in MXML? Everytime I feel the need to use an interface I always wind up making an actionscript and not an MXML file because I don't know if / how you can. For example I was going to have a component based...
I'm attempting to find overlap between elements on a flex canvas, an adaptation of http://www.gskinner.com/blog/archives/2005/08/flash_8_shape_b.html The attempt here is to place some text and figure overlap with previously placed text. The simple example below illustrates the problem. Both ImageSnapshot.captureBitmapData(canvas); o...
Is there a way to create components compatible with Flex 3.5 by using Flash CS5? I'm stumped. Whenever I run the "Convert Symbol to Flex Component" command and then try to use the resulting .swc file in a Flex 3.5 app, I get multiple instances of the following error: 1046: Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant: Matr...
I'm trying to use the Youtube Chromeless Player (the new AS3 version) in a Flex 4-based project. I'm using the examples provided by Google, but I'm not having any luck. The player loads, but it can't be interacted with. I'm receiving repeated security errors just from mousing over the player: *** Security Sandbox Violation *** SecurityD...
I am working on integrating an air application with a web application and for the most part it works. The only issue that I am having is that when I attempt to pass variables from my launching badge, the application does not load and I get no errors from my swf. Here is my current code base: Launching Badge AS: package { import flash...
Hi guys. I am using Flex and php to develop my project. Everything works great in my local machine. However, when I upload my files to my server (godaddy.com). I got the error when loading my flex application. The pop-up error message is send failed channel.connect.failed.error Netconnection.call.Badversion: url: http://mydomail/...
Any idea about what backend technology might be in use for sites like photofunia.com and loonapix.com for image merging to create the effects? is it flash/flex or Open GL? ...
My flex 3.5 application has an audio player whose content is accessed by calling an AMF service to get the mp3 data. As far as I can tell, flash.media.Sound is initialized with a URLRequest, so it's not clear to me how I can provide it with data using my RemoteObject. I want to do one of the following things: Provide data to the Sound...