Questions

Hi, trying to put in place a setup to write code in Flex Builder but targeted at Tamarin instead of the Flash Player I was wondering if the default compc could take an already generated *.abc file to inject it in a *.swc ? I tried some config wihtout success, so just asking if it's really not possible (maybe I didn't use the correct parameters) before delving into the java code of the compiler and try to customize it in the Flex SDK sources I saw some playerglobal.abc and airglobal.abc, and I was thinking maybe they are injected in their respective *.swc ? (instead of being generated at the same time) cheers, zwetan

Revision: 3047 Author: gruehle@adobe.com Date: 2008-08-29 15:18:20 -0700 (Fri, 29 Aug 2008) Log Message: ----------- Checking in for Jason. This is the big display object sharing optimization for Group. Adjacent graphic elements that do not require their own display object now draw into a common shared display object. There should be no functionality changes. The only exception is masks on graphic elements are broken. If you find any other functional differences, please file a bug. The changes have been cycloned by the SDK QE and Thermo. Modified Paths: -------------- flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flex4/src/flex/core/Group.as flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flex4/src/flex/graphics/BitmapGraphic.as flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flex4/src/flex/graphics/Ellipse.as flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flex4/src/flex/graphics/FilledElement.as flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flex4/src/flex/graphics/IDisplayObjectElement.as flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flex4/src

Hi, what's really missing in the ServiceLocator IMO is the ability to register services at runtime. That would make the SL much more useful since you could load service configuration and set up everything at runtime. The way the SL is implemented now seems too heavily based on MXML. Any thoughts? regards, Christophe

Hi Guys, As you probably know, the existing codebase throws deprecation warnings/compile errors when compiled with the Flex 3 SDK. We've a decision to make on the next release in respect to what level of backward compatibility we want to ensure. My thinking is that the existing 2.2.1 release suffices for Flex 2, and that, going forward, the next release is a Flex 3 SDK only version. My reasoning here is that most new projects will be using Flex 3 (there's really no reason to use Flex 2, as they both require the same Flash Player), and older projects are unlikely to migrate to a newer version of Cairngorm in the short term, as there are no immediate new features. Do you foresee any community concern with this approach? Alistair

Revision: 3032 Author: gauravj@adobe.com Date: 2008-08-28 15:26:30 -0700 (Thu, 28 Aug 2008) Log Message: ----------- Updating asdoc to generate dita based intermediate xmls. This is done using a modified version of asDocHelper.as and new set of xslt files. Adding saxon9.jar for xslt 2.0 transformations. Also fixing an injection from revision #2945 QA: YES Doc: Tests: checkintests, asdoc Reviewed by: Pete Farland Bugs: SDK-16644 Ticket Links: ------------ http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-16644 Modified Paths: -------------- flex/sdk/trunk/asdoc/templates/ASDoc_Config_Base.xml flex/sdk/trunk/asdoc/templates/asdoc.js flex/sdk/trunk/asdoc/templates/cookies.js flex/sdk/trunk/asdoc/templates/index-list.html flex/sdk/trunk/asdoc/templates/index.html flex/sdk/trunk/asdoc/templates/mxml-tags.html flex/sdk/trunk/asdoc/templates/package-frame.html flex/sdk/trunk/asdoc/templates/print.css flex/sdk/trunk/asdoc/templates/style.css flex/sdk/trunk/asdoc/templates/title-bar.html

I saw in a promotional article that the methods for setting up 2 way binds are going to be revamped in Flex 4. Is this in the alpha release yet? If not does anyone know what is planned? Is it going to support 2 way binds on E4X statements? And most importantly, can the two way binds on E4X be setup in actionscript via BindUtil calls? Thanks Dave

Hi all, one of the things I would like to see improved is the way the frontcontroller handles the creation of commands. The FC is now actually a very basic command factory itself: it looks up the class of the command via the event name and dynamically instantiates a new command. I want to be able to create my own command factory that is able to post process a command once it is created and does some configuration (e.g. inject a business delegate into the command). Any thoughts?

Hi, i was just looking at the Gumbo documetation for the first time and I noticed that there is no longer a fl.controls package. So do I have to conclude that over are the times where I could use the light weight flash controls contained in this package? Does this mean that pure AS3 projects will soon be a thing of the past and I will have to start using the flex framework even if all i need is a TextArea and the rest is pure flash player stuff(sprites, graphics etc.)? thanks in advance for answering a worried as3 developer... sven hoffmann

Hi I'm new to flex builder 3... and have therefore looked at lynda.com to learn about the product and get started fast. And here they show you how to create a connection to a MySQL database using MAMP on a mac (or WAMP on the PC) - I'm on the mac ;-). I have installed the MAMP server with both MySQL, Apache and PHP running on defalt ports. And I have created a simple database in MySQL... The site is running fine and so is the MySQL (I have tested with simple HTML etc)... but when I try to connect to the database using the wizard in Flex, I get the following message: Unable to connect to the database.... If I look at the details it say (hold on): com.mysql.jdbc.CommunicationsException: Communications link failure due to underlying exception: ** BEGIN NESTED EXCEPTION ** java.net.SocketException MESSAGE: java.net.NoRouteToHostException: No route to host STACKTRACE: java.net.SocketException: java.net.NoRouteToHostException: No route to host at com.mysql.jdbc.StandardSocketFact

When is M3? I need fractional scroll positions on the List control badly... Is there beta/dev code or a third-party subclass with this functionality? The only thing I could find was the following, but when is the deadline for M3? I really, really need fractional scrolling AND the advanced functionality of List. (I also need variable row height). http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/Flex+3 List and Data Effects Planned milestone: M3 Enhance the usability and visual appeal of some of the List-based components (List, TileList, DataGrid) by adding more animation support. * Smooth scrolling with fractional scroll positions * Effects that occur when data changes I also found this thread, but no good information. http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders@yahoogroups.com/msg67093.html

Hi. I am very new to flex technology.Hence finding very difficulty to grasp.My technical knowledge is not too good. SO what should I do to be a professional in this ?

Hey guys, Just wondering if there're plans to add better runtime support for reflection and mutability in the Player 10 + Gumbo combo? Things like being able to cast subclasses of Proxy to whatever you please, or assigning "implements" traits at run-time? I'm thinking of devoting a fair bit of my hobby dev time to developing something along these lines for Fx3, but if it's coming soon oficially I'd like to either put it off, or at least try and mimic the API calls as closely as possible :) Cheers, -Josh -- "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee." :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald :: 0437 221 380 :: josh@gfunk007.com

This problem has been reported on several occasions (http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-14806) and there are several articles that talk about this: http://dougmccune.com/blog/2008/01/17/followup-about-flex-panel-bug/ http://dougmccune.com/blog/2008/01/12/calling-bullshit-on-a-resolved-flex-bug/ I´m not an expert but think I found a fix/workaround for this. frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\containers\Panel.as Must to be changed in the viewMetrics() method. Line: 973- if (FlexVersion.compatibilityVersion < FlexVersion.VERSION_3_0) 974- { Replace by: if ((FlexVersion.compatibilityVersion < FlexVersion.VERSION_3_0) || (getQualifiedClassName(border) != "mx.skins.halo::PanelSkin") || (getStyle("borderStyle") != "default") ) {

Hi, I'm using flex-compiler-oem. I define keepCompilerGeneratedActionScript(true) configuration when I wanna keep generated files, but, by default the are put on my sourcePath. Is there any way to define where generated files should be placed? VELO

What do I do when the frontcontroller of my application becomes monolithic in size? Say there are now a thousand different user gestures. Is it considered best practice to write 1000 "addCommand" lines of code in a single file? Is there a recommended practice for subclassing an application's FrontController? Could there ever be multiple FrontControllers in an application, perhaps one for each logical partition of the application?

Hello,<br /><br />I am trying to use templating following the Flex 3 doc here:<br />http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=templating_3.html <br /><br />It works when I run the program, but on Flex IDE 3, the visual designer view doesn't show any control I added in MyComp:MyTemplateComponent! In the flowing example, the <mx:TextArea> and <mx:LinkButton> are not visible in the designer:<br /><br /><?xml version="1.0"?><br /><!-- templating/MainTemplateLink.mxml --><br /><mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" <br /> xmlns:MyComp="myComponents.*"<br /> height="700" width="700"><br /><br /> <mx:Panel paddingTop="10" paddingBottom="10" <br /> paddingRight="10" paddingLeft="10"><br /> <br /> <MyComp:MyTemplateComponent id="myTComp2"><br /> <MyComp:topRow>

Are you planning to implement object equality (aka java equals and hashcode) in Flex 4 SDK? What is the current alternative?

Hello,<br /><br />I am trying to extend the class mx.rpc.http.mxml.HTTPService. It works but when I try to use an inner tag for the request, I get a compilation "Could not resolve <test> to a component implementation". It seems that the compiler is trying to find a class matching for the content of the <myns:request> tag when it shouldn't.<br /><br />Exemple:<br /> <myns:HttpService<br /> result="read_result(event)" <br /> fault="main_fault(event)" <br /> showBusyCursor="true" <br /> method="POST" <br /> id="srv_read" <br /> url="{urlSvr}"> <br /> <myns:request><br /> <test>coucou<test><br /> </myns:request><br /> </myns:HttpService><br /><br />I have seen a jira case similar to this in http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-14688.<br /><br />Is there a solution to this problem ?<br /><br />Thanks<b

Hi, I am trying to run mxmlc using Flex ant tasks. During execution, i run into the problem below. The ASTprocess class is in the mm-velocity-1.4.jar. I am using Flex SDK 3.0.0. Thanks in advance [mxmlc] <...>\main.mxml: Error: Exception initializing velocity engine: flex2.compiler.util.VelocityManager$Logger [mxmlc] Error: java.io.InvalidClassException: org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTprocess; org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTprocess; class invalid for deserialization [mxmlc] java.lang.RuntimeException: java.io.InvalidClassException: org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTprocess; org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTprocess; class invalid for deserialization [mxmlc] at flex2.compiler.util.VelocityManager.getTemplate(VelocityManager.java:175) [mxmlc] at flex2.compiler.util.VelocityManager.getTemplate(VelocityManager.java:151) [mxmlc] at flex2.compiler.util.VelocityManager.getTemplate(VelocityManager.java:137) [mxmlc] at flex2.compiler.mxml.

Put type ahead text boxes into the header Enable the user to type into the text boxes and filter the data based on what they type Maintain the normal functionality of the table (sorting, column re-order and resize, etc.)

I have a Flex App project which use the default Flex3 SDK(3.0.0), I'm able to see the compiled wrapper HTML page(such as pisces.swf, pisces.html, playerProductInstall.swf). But while I used the sdk 3.0.1.x(which downloaded from svn 3.0.1.x branch and build this sdk locally), the Flex App project only generage the pisces.swf, there is no wrapper html page. Is there anything else settings I have to set? I have already checked the HTML wrapper related settings. Thanks,

Revision: 2708 Author: gauravj@adobe.com Date: 2008-08-01 12:24:46 -0700 (Fri, 01 Aug 2008) Log Message: ----------- Removing some dead and commented code. Modified Paths: -------------- flex/sdk/trunk/modules/compiler/asdoc/asDocHelper.as

Revision: 2707 Author: gruehle@adobe.com Date: 2008-08-01 11:37:59 -0700 (Fri, 01 Aug 2008) Log Message: ----------- Added optional "transparency" and "fillColor" parameters to GraphicElement.getBitmapData(). Reviewer: Evtim Doc: n/a Bugs: n/a QE: yes Modified Paths: -------------- flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flex4/src/flex/graphics/graphicsClasses/GraphicElement.as

Hi guys, While working with Flex 4 in Flex Builder, I found there was a package named Parser.It showed up because of code hinting. Can anyone give any information about this package.

Revision: 2704 Author: gauravj@adobe.com Date: 2008-08-01 08:52:01 -0700 (Fri, 01 Aug 2008) Log Message: ----------- asdoc was swallowing the error from the compiler.. Bugs: SDK-14455 QA: Yes Ticket Links: ------------ http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-14455 Modified Paths: -------------- flex/sdk/trunk/modules/compiler/src/java/flex2/tools/ASDoc.java