Another quick post…
I was stuck recently with a Flex component that had a List with an itemRenderer. The itemRenderer contained another List with an itemRenderer. Now the problem with this is that the data had unique counts and the lists had variable row …
Read MoreAugust 21, 2008 Tags: AdvancedDataGrid, AutoSizingAdvancedDataGrid, component, containers, Flex, itemRenderer, List, list component, resize, row heights, scroll bars, variableRowHeight
Category: Flex 2 Comments 
The AdvancedDataGrid (ADG) control in Adobe Flex 3 extends the capabilities of the standard DataGrid control to improve data visualization. You can:
Sort by multiple columns when you click in the column header
Use the styleFunction property to specify a function to apply styles to rows and columns of the control
Use an …
June 26, 2008 Tags: Adobe, AdvancedDataGrid, data visualization, datagrid control, Flex 3, GroupingCollection, groupingFunction, GroupLabel, rendererProvider, renderers, styleFunction, styles, Summary Row, SummaryRow
Category: Flex 27 Comments
A guy with call sign “Frode” on Flexcoders posted this trick on how to get the debugger to connect on an already running SWF.
> I’ve figured out a hack that sort-of gets me there – by configuring a
> debug profile in flex builder with “about:blank” as the launch URL, I
> can hit F11 in flexbuilder, …
June 26, 2008 Category: Eclipse, Flex Builder No Comments
I was digging around the other day in Adobe’s Open Source area when I found the Flash Player 10 Beta with instructions on how to compile Flex applications to the new player. Check it!
There is also a tutorial by Lee Brimelow, …
Read MoreMay 16, 2008 Tags: Adobe, compiler, Flash Player 10, Flex, Lee Brimelow
Category: Flash, Flex No Comments
I once built a Flex application that did a cool mapping of an object in transit. (Due to NDA reasons, I can’t say much more than that.) So of course, I use the Yahoo! Maps API for ActionScript because… well it was the only API available for Flex development and I only had a couple …
Read MoreMay 15, 2008 Tags: ActionScript, API, Flex, Google, Maps
Category: Flex No Comments
I have a pet peeve, although I’ll admit it’s one of many. The pet peeve is this. When starting a Flex application that requires authentication, I have to use tabbing or, heaven forbid, my mouse to set focus to the “user name” field on the login screen. Why!! We have been doing this for years …
Read MoreApril 28, 2008 Tags: Adobe, cursor, development, Flex
Category: Flex 13 Comments
It doesn”t matter where I go, I always run into people having printing issues with Flex. Most have found the FlexPrintJob class and samples on how to use it, but for those who print multiple pages the results are sometime less than stellar.
I just found a new open source project called FlexReport. …
Read MoreApril 28, 2008 Tags: Adobe, component, Flex
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Our new site is RIA5280.org and is growing fast!
The Denver Adobe Flex UG has been meeting for a year and a half now with great success. We have had great topics, great speakers and great involvement from the community.
We”ve taken the next step in expanding our community by revamping the website. We are …
Read MoreApril 28, 2008 Tags: Adobe, AIR, Denver, Flex, User Group
Category: Flex No Comments
In short, it”s the free version of LiveCycle Data Services that includes the Remoting and Messaging technology previously available only as part of LiveCycle Data Services. It will now be available for free as a new Open Source product called BlazeDS (under LGPL v3 license).
Get BlazeDS
April 28, 2008 Tags: Adobe, BlazeDS, LCDS, messaging, remoting
Category: Data Services, Flex No Comments
So they”ve added this new feature called Runtime CSS to Flex 2 and integrated it with Flex Builder 2.0.1. You may over think this a bit, as I did, but it is really quite simple. In this entry, I go over the details.
I also have a gotcha that may have you scratching your head for …
