Flash API for Google Maps

13. December 2009 12:17

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Runtime Localization in Flex WITHOUT Compiling Resource Bundles

4. November 2009 11:02
It's been awhile since I've posted and most of that has been due to being incredibly busy at work... and preparing for the release of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2.  Of course, I have to get my PS3 time here and there where I can as it has become a rarity.  The work stuff has inv... [More]

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Adobe Flex 4 beta In A Week

3. November 2009 12:41
My copy of Flash builder 4 beta finally expired yesterday (at least thats when I noticed that it had expired) but I was pleased to find that Beta 2 is already out.  I guess one thing about being engrossed with work is that when you finally do get a chance to come up for air, there are all kin... [More]

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Papervision 3D and .flv video

29. September 2009 21:35
I've seen some really good Papervision 3D walkthroughs that deal with various material creation and interaction.  I haven't, however, come across many that deal specifically with using .flv format files as your MovieMaterial.  For some background, check out some of these links to... [More]

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Resize Flash via div on webpage

6. August 2009 08:48
This is a follow up to post http://flexadmiral.com/blog/post/2009/07/23/Using-Javascript-to-animate-a-resize-effect-for-a-div-containing-Adobe-Flex-Flash.aspx. In my earlier post, I used a javascript function to resize an html div in conjunction with resizing a flash/flex application.  M... [More]

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Creating a Custom Generic Flex Context Menu Component

27. July 2009 09:25
When you right-click in a flash/flex application, the built-in context menu appears allowing you to perform both custom and built-in actions.  There are a few menu items that will always remain, however, most can be removed.  The following image shows how your menu will appear once you h... [More]

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Flex, loading local xml via HTTPService, and Web Services: DO NOT -use-network=false

23. July 2009 17:45
Ok this is pissing me off!  I've been getting slammed with the Error #2148: SWF file ... cannot access local resource myXml.xml. Only local-with-filesystem and trusted local SWF files may access local resources.  The "common" answer to this issue is to use the compiler opti... [More]

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Using Javascript to animate a resize effect for a div containing Adobe Flex / Flash

23. July 2009 12:12
So props to my buddy Blaise for helping me on this.  I also want to mention a post that was helpful in getting started:  http://danielmclaren.net/2008/04/expanding-resizing-a-flash-swf-using-javascript Scenario:  Using width="100%" height="100%" for your Fle... [More]

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Setting the height/width in IE6 for Flex

14. July 2009 08:46
So we got ready to launch one of our new products yesterday and one of my team members found an issue rendering my Flex in IE6.  Here's a little background, rick set up a modal window to pull in the flex app and found that Flex was not rendering in IE6 when the modal fired.  He spent... [More]

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Hobnox

9. July 2009 14:30
A couple months ago, I began playing with an amazingly addictive application from Andre Michelle known as ToneMatrix.  I posted it here for you to play with.  While reading the notes about ToneMatrix, Andre spoke of a new beta application called Hobnox.  Hobnox is an online music ge... [More]

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Flex Drag Drop: Cloned Data

22. June 2009 08:06
So I worked on a project recently that required drag/drop support for list based components, however, some custom porcessing was required when the item was dropped into the new list that would make my life easier when  the time came to save the data back to the database.  My data provide... [More]

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Flash 4 Styling: Know your Namespaces

18. June 2009 20:41
One difference between Flex 3 and Flex 4 is the extensive usage of namespaces.  Anyone who has used Flex 3 is familiar with namespaces on the most cursory level in the application tag as xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml."  Creating custom components resulted in new name... [More]

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Flash Builder 4: LOVE IT

16. June 2009 14:26
So in case you haven't heard, Adobe has released the beta version of the next version of Flex Builder.  The new IDE is going to be called "Flash Builder 4" and is still built on Eclipse.  Along with the rest of the world, I began playing around getting used to the new inter... [More]

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Adobe Flex Builder is now beta Flash Builder 4

2. June 2009 19:41
After a long wait the newest version of the Adobe Flex IDE has been released in beta.  Flex Builder is now called Flash Builder 4 and boasts several new features, mainly: designer/developer workflow data-centric development IDE productivity and testi... [More]

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Flex itemRenderer: using "outerDocument"

2. June 2009 17:50
I discovered a neat little trick today on the topic of inline item renderers for Flex components.  Let's say you have a property that you need to access, but that property is not part of the data object that is passed to the renderer.  Something like this: <?xml... [More]

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