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FLEX GALLERY put to use
2008-06-07 22:26:00 Finally got around to putting my gallery to use. Click the picture below to check out my new photo blog which I will update (pretty much) every day…with pictures of my life. More About: Gallery , Flex
Recursively deleting pesky .svn files in OS X
2008-04-22 23:02:00 A situation like the following shouldn’t happen that often (if ever) - but if you ever run into it here is a solution that I found at this blog. When you add something to version control within svn it adds invisible .svn files to each folder recursively. If you then try to reversion these folders to ... More About: Tricks , Files
FLEX/Cairngorm MP3 + Photo Gallery and Slideshow Application
2008-04-16 19:26:00 Here is another update to the slideshow / gallery application I’ve been making with some fairly significant improvements Performance and memory enhacnements Configure galleries via XML Configure runtime styles via XML Associate galleries with styles View prebuilt slideshows based on existing galleries Create custom slideshows from all galleries Watch slideshows with background music View all in fullscreen Zoom to pictures by double clicking As well ... More About: Photo , Gallery , Flex , Application , Slideshow
Update:Flex Slideshow/Gallery (Cairngorm)
2008-04-11 22:38:00 If you’ve gone to the link I posted a few days ago you may have already seen the updates I made to the alpha version of the slideshow I’ve been making, if this is the first time you’re looking here is the list of the features. Configure galleries via XML Configure runtime styles via XML Associate galleries with ... More About: Gallery , Update , Flex , Slideshow
Flex MP3 & Photo Gallery & Slideshow Application
2008-04-09 19:12:00 In my spare time I’ve been working on this photo gallery / slideshow viewer built in Flex 3 / Cairngorm and am prepared to release a very alpha version of it. It allows you to Configure galleries via XML Configure runtime styles via XML Associate galleries with styles View prebuilt slideshows based on existing galleries Create custom slideshows from all galleries Watch ... More About: Photo , Gallery , Application , Slideshow
Antialiasing dynamically loaded Images in Flex
2008-03-26 19:11:00 Have you ever loaded an image dynamically in flex using the built in Image control? If so than you have seen how awful the antialiasing can be when scaling or rotating the image. The fix is actually quite simple. You simply add a complete event to the image and add the following ... More About: Images , Flex , Loaded
Flex IdleManager
2008-03-22 06:53:00 Tonite I set to building an IdleManager for Flex . As you may know - the SystemManager already dispatched an idle event every 100 milliseconds after there has been no mouse or keyboard input for 1 second. I aimed to add to this functionality a bit by allowing users to customize their idle experience. I ...
FLEX Developer available for Freelance/Contract work
2008-03-20 01:22:00 Hi, I am a Flex Architect / Developer available for immediate freelance work. I’m experienced with all things Flex and can take your project / application from discovery and design stages through development and deployment. I will work closely with the end client and any existing resources they may have to ensure the ... More About: Work , Freelance , Contract
Content scroll anchors for Flex - UPDATED
2008-03-18 17:15:00 Previously I had decided to create a component that would allow you to anchor to content within a Flex application and posted it HERE. Today I decided to make a needed update to the component - It now allows you to add the anchors to the top, middle, bottom, OR closest edge(that your anchored point ... More About: Content
Noteable differences between MXML and AS bindings
2008-02-07 16:12:00 Someone asked in another post why his binding would work when done in MXML, but not done in AS. There is a good article on livedocs that details some key differences between MXML and AS bindings that you should keep in mind when you’re using them. Below is the meat of the article. You cannot include ... More About: Differences
FlowContainer added to google code
2008-02-03 21:08:00 Due to a suggestion by Brian Joseph I’ve added my FlowContainer to google code. I don’t imagine I’ll be making too many more changes, but in case I do I’ll commit them here and you can check them out via SVN. GOOGLE CODE LINK More About: Google , Code , Google Code
Uninstalling Flex Builder 3 plugin uninstalls eclipse all together?
2008-02-03 05:15:00 This evening I attempted to uninstall my Flex Builder 3 plug-in for various reasons. When i did this, it un-installed my Eclipse all together….All i have to say is - WHY? This has to be the most frustrating thing I’ve dealt with in awhile. EDIT: The more I think about this the more frustrated ... More About: Plugin
UPDATE : FlowContainer
2008-01-30 20:04:00 While using my FlowContainer component the other day I realized there was a slight bug that occurred when every child of the container was the exact same size…this was easily fixed however. So if you’re planning on using this component please go download the new source, and be sure to tell me if you find ... More About: Update , Flex
FlowContainer / FlowBox vertical & horizontal
2008-01-22 21:06:00 There have been several implementations of this component - none of which have worked as well as I’d hoped for. Some lacked the option to switch from vertical to horizontal, some used a wacky combination of hboxes and vboxes, some had scroll bars that appeared at whim, and many were littered with odd ... More About: Vertical
Super Accordion (No select, multiple select, multiple direction)
2008-01-21 19:13:00 Been working all weekend on an improvement to the built in Accordion . It was created based on the needs of one of my friends who had been implementing an accordion - like control in one of his applications. It has options for multiple-select, no select(all indexes closed), different directions (horizontal and vertical), label ... More About: Super , Select , Direction , Cord
Flex text searcher / highlighter / replacer component
2007-10-18 19:58:00 This is a utility class used to search and/or replace terms in some sort of a text field (UIText Field, TextField, TextArea, TextInput etc…). You instantiate it by passing your text field to the constructor. Yoou can then access public methods to search previous and next, replace previous and next, and replace all terms ... More About: Flex , Component , Highlighter
FlexPuzzle - Beta
2007-07-29 19:55:00 I had the idea to make a puzzle in Flex last night and ended up staying up pretty late working on the first version of it. It allows for you to pick from a variety of pictures and difficulties. Try to put together a few puzzles, and leave any comments you may have. Try it! Thanks, Eric More About: Beta
Content scroll ANCHORS for Flex
2007-07-28 19:23:00 Today I decided to build a component that would let you scroll to anchor positions in Flex (similar to # in html). You are allowed to anchor directly to a component or container, or create an anchor with an ID based on a coordinate. So using this, you can anchor to any component in your ... More About: Content , Tent
What I?ve been working on for the past 8+ months
2007-07-17 18:43:00 SynchronicityLive is now live! Synchronicity Live is the Flex project I’ve been working on for over 8 months at this point. A team of five of us have been working on it diligently day in and day out, and our hard work has finally come to fruition. The concept behind the site is a ... More About: Past , Working , Been , Months
Abstract downloader AS3
2007-05-22 21:35:00 This works almost identically to my multiple uploader that I posted some time ago… Just implement the interface…one line of code later you’re downloading to your hearts desire. Source. Thanks, Eric More About: Abstract , Load , Stra , Loader , Trac
Application wide image caching in Flex
2007-05-22 00:51:00 I’ve been tossing this idea around for awhile. I decided to build an image loader that would allow for application wide image caching in a Flex project. The concept uses a singleton instance as a dictionary type object . It maps BitmapData representations of loaded image to the url’s they were loaded from. That way ... More About: Caching , Wide , Image , Application
Listening for a link within HtmlText in AS3
2007-05-07 16:41:00 This is a really easy tactic to add some flair to your projects. I've been using it a lot lately, and hope it's useful to someone out there. PLAIN TEXT Actionscript: package { import mx.containers.Canvas; import mx.events.FlexEvent; import flash.events.TextEvent; import mx.controls.TextArea; public class TextLink extends Canvas { public var myTextArea:TextArea; public function TextLink(){ addEventListener(FlexEvent.CREATION_C OMPLETE, onCreationComplete); } private function onCreationComplete(e:FlexEvent):v oid{ myTextArea.htmlText = "<a href ='event:hello world'>Hello World</a>"; myTextArea.addEventListener(TextEvent .LINK, onLinkClick); } private function onLinkClick(e:TextEvent):void 3; trace(e.text); // hello ... More About: Html , Listening
Actionscript 3: Inspecting classes
2007-05-02 21:01:00 Does Actionscript 2 leave you thirsting for more runtime information about classes, and objects? If so, Actionscript 3 will more than likely satisfy your thirst with several new very useful methods. I will show you the methods, and their output and then give a little more explanation. Usage: PLAIN TEXT Actionscript: package { import flash.display.Sprite; import flash.utils.describeType; import flash.display.Bitmap; import flash.utils.getQualifiedClass Name; import flash.utils.getQualifiedSuperclassName; import flash.utils.getDefinitionByName; public ... More About: Classes , Inspect
Lifecycle of creating a custom Flex Component
2007-04-28 00:59:00 I thought since I’ve been pumping out so many custom Flex components lately for various projects I’m working on, that it would be helpful for me to go through the life-cycle that a component I make normally goes through. Architecture Phase —————— ;—- A lot of people making components give this part of development far too little attention, and ... More About: Creating , Custom , Eating , Component
Programming Flex 2.0 tech reviewer
2007-04-12 06:42:00 I was mentioned as a tech reviewer on Chafic Kazoun’s and Joey Lott’s ‘Prog ramming Flex 2.0.’ From O’reilly’s site: The technical quality of this book is not due just to the work of the authors. The technical reviewers for this book are a fantastic group of people who have dedicated hours and hours of time to tell ... More About: Tech , Review
Update: Flex image gallery
2007-04-12 06:31:00 UPDATE:I also added staggered loading of images. This should make search especially more responsive, because its not trying to do hot search while repeatedly loading large images in. Not to mention it just looks cool. Try the link at the bottom, it’s been updated… give me your feedback. Thanks!To my surprise ... More About: Gallery , Update , Flex , Image
Flex image gallery in - less than three hours
2007-04-05 07:40:00 One of my friends asked me how long i thought it would take to build an image gallery in Flex . I told them I could do it in three hours, it would be powered by XML, search-able, and could paginate. Here is what I came up with in three hours…. I’d like to add a ... More About: Gallery , Image , Less , Three
Find if a string is empty or null
2007-04-04 02:31:00 Including any whitespace (tabs, spaces, etc), strings like this "", strings like this " ", and null. This uses some very simple regex pattern matching. hope this helps PLAIN TEXT Actionscript: public static function emptyOrNull (str:String ):Boolean&# 123; var pattern:RegExp = /^s$/; return pattern.test(str) == true ? true : str == "" || str == null; } Eric More About: Find , Ring , Tring
Source for Browser Apollo App
2007-04-03 03:39:00 To go see the source of the Browse r application I have begun building in Apollo you can go here and browse through SVN. This is in accordance to this post. I am still interested in collaborating with a few people on this idea, and coming up with a really stellar application. Any thoughts, or comments please tell me. Thanks ... More About: Source , Poll
Actionscript 3 custom Events -> Errors?
More articles from this author:2007-04-03 01:57:00 Have you ever made your own custom Event in AS3, and when dispatching the Event and error is thrown at you about type coercion? Heres how you fix that PLAIN TEXT Action script: package Events { import flash.events.Event; public class MyCustomEvent extends Event { public static const MY_EVENT:String = "myEvent"; public var myProp:Object; public function MyCustomEvent(type:String, bubbles:Boolean=false, cancelable:Boolean=false) { super(type, bubbles, cancelable); } public override function clone():Event{ ret:MyCustomEvent = new MyCustomEvent(type, bubbles, ... More About: Script , Actionscript 1, 2, 3 |
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