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Getting Started with Flex

When teaching or consulting Flex, you will often be asked for examples of how to do “xyz”. Here are few links that will help.Flex and CF:
Integrate Flex with CF security

File Upload:
File Upload in Flex/Flash in Internet Explorer

File Upload Using Flex/Central/Java

Architecture Ideas:
Cairngorm and an associated Breezo that will help explain

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April 28, 2008   Tags: , , ,
Category: Cairngorm, ColdFusion, Flex   No Comments comments

Top 10 Reasons to Get Flex Builder 3

If I were to create a Top 10 List, which I don”t, this would definitely be my list for “Why you have to upgrade to Flex Builder 3.” I actually got this list from Ted Patrick and enhanced it a little.

Top 10 List:

  1. With the new code model, search, refactoring, auto-complete you will code

    2. …

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August 28, 2007   Tags: , ,
Category: Eclipse, Flex   No Comments comments

Dynamically Add Components to a Container

There are many reasons why you might want to add components to containers dynamically. The most common reasons are for performance or flexibility. Either way, having a good understanding of how it works is essential.

First a little background information about what these methods are from
The addChild and addChildAt methods come from the DisplayObjectContainer …

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April 28, 2007   Tags: , ,
Category: Components, Flash Platform   No Comments comments

Flex 2 Training

I”m very excited that Flex 2 was finally released, but not for the reasons you may think. I”ve been working with Flex 2 since the alpha version, so I”ve gotten very familiar with it. So much so that I upgraded my instructor certification from Flex 1.5 to Flex 2.

All you code monkeys, myself …

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June 28, 2006   Tags: , ,
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Flex 2 Courses and Certification

I just wanted to share a little bit with you about the soon to be released Flex 2 courses. Yes, courses!
There are plans for a few courses focusing on Flex 2 application development, charting with Flex 2 and …

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June 28, 2006   Tags: , , ,
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Flex Custom Validation

In Flex, you use a validator to ensure the values in the fields of an object meet certain criteria. You can assign each field of an object to a single validator. I”ve used the mx.validators.Validator class, which is an ActionScript …

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March 28, 2006   Tags: , ,
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Flex 1.5 htmlText Property

In Macromedia Flex 1.5, there is a bit of fun to be had with htmlText in the <mx:Text> component. I was recently building an application in which I was displaying some content from a datasource when, for the strangest reason, …

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January 28, 2006   Tags: ,
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