Adobe Flex 4 TagCloud Layout with Multi-Line Tags from XML Data Provider

22. July 2010 09:10
Looking back at an older example of using Adobe Flex as a data bound Tag Cloud, I noticed that for any given height/width of the application if the child tag was too long for the container, the text would simply be truncated.  So I began to think about how to create a tag cloud whose child ta... [More]

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Software Architecture: Real-Life Facade

17. December 2009 16:02
A while ago I worked on a project where we had a single client that had multiple products.  Each product required its own product site including a shopping site for the products.  Upon discussing the options with the client, who was not fond of the idea of having to track and maintain a ... [More]

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Google Android Video Tutorial: Google I/O 2008 - Building an Android Application 101

11. November 2009 14:03
This is a good, albeit quiet, video tutorial that covers a lot of the functionality for Google Android presented by Jason Chen covering what you need to know to get up and developing quickly.

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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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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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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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Grrr... trauma using nested XML as the data provider for charts or advanced data grid

18. March 2009 20:19
So I got this idea last night to use an e4x expression as the source of a chart and advanceddatagrid dataProvider. I’ve found that mostly all of the “examples” online and in all the books only look at one or(at most) two nesting levels inside of an xml document. Unfortunately, ... [More]

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Accessing the index of an item within a repeater: Use repeaterIndex on the radiobuttonGroup.selection object

18. March 2009 09:23
After much chagrin, I finally discovered the solution to a problem I was having last night.  Here's the scenario, I have a data set that is being returned in deeply nested XML and from that set I am wanting to create several groups of radiobuttons that will act as filters for an e4x expre... [More]

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Binding e4x to dataProvider

18. March 2009 08:54
Let's say you have a set of redio buttons that act to filter your data collection.  It is possible to bind the dataProvider property of Flex Charts and AdvancedDataGrid controls to an e4x value.  There are still a couple little glitches working this way that I haven't quite figur... [More]

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Flex Tag Cloud, XML, and External Stylesheets Loaded at Runtime

18. November 2008 18:14
I was doing a little work today and believe it or not, there aren't many posts online related to creating Flex Tag Clouds.  I found a couple with the most helpful being on Brian Glodde's Blog.  Brian's blog demonstrates a great way to handle your tags when you have a unsorted... [More]

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