I launched my first Flex project.

So I launched my first Flex project yesterday. I wanted to
say thank you to everyone who has helped me on these forums. Here
it is if you would like to check it out
http://www.kranichs.com/mothers-rings
please tell me what you think.
Thanks!

Very cool indeed.
I added it to my ChikaraDev directory of rich internet
applications:
ChikaraDev
Directory of Rich Internet Applications
It could use a progress bar though. The screen where it will
appear is blank till it loads. But very nice use of Flex!

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I am working on my first flex project for the college that I work for. We are making a large touch screen into a display for all of the awards that we have given out over the years and taking the old plaques off the walls.
I want to iterate over a list of names and years that the awards were given so that each instance of the award looks like it is on it's own little plate. I'm just imitating the plaques that were on the wall that had a big discription and name of the plaque on one plate and all the winners of the award on their own little plates beneath it.
Is this what I would a component skin for? I'm sorry if this is to much of a newbie question.

Very cool indeed.
I added it to my ChikaraDev directory of rich internet
applications:
ChikaraDev
Directory of Rich Internet Applications
It could use a progress bar though. The screen where it will
appear is blank till it loads. But very nice use of Flex!

My first flash project

Hello, a few weeks ago I have launched my first flash project: logotypemaker.com
Please let me know what I need to improve in second version.
Thanks.

Rob, thanks for your input.
You're right, I hadn't checked it in various browsers, and that seems to reveal some issues...
After checking the file in different browsers, just as you say, it works just fine for me in Chrome, but in Safari, (my default browser), that's where I see the heart patient inconsistency, and in Firefox, the flashes seem stable, but I hear no audio.
Sigh. This confirms what I suspected when it comes to entering the world of HTML5 development... it looks like we're all facing a new gigantic set of headaches in trying to get our work to perform as expected across the myriad browsers.
I guess we've been pretty spoiled with Flash up to now, exporting once and feeling confident that it will work consistently in most browsers. I would have thought HTML5 would be a little further down the road by now to being more consistent from browser to browser, but it looks like it's got a long way to go if an animation this simple has this much trouble performing. : /
Is there an approach to this I may be overlooking? If anyone has more experience in this Flash to HTML5 conversion, I'd love to hear your thoughts on the matter.

Flex Builder 3 Launch Flex Project Error

FB3 launch Flex Project Error
quote:
String index out of range:30
what's reason? how do i fix it? Thanks!

quote:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="
http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
layout="absolute" width="367" height="227">
<mx:Button x="178" y="10" label="Button"/>
<mx:ComboBox x="10" y="10"></mx:ComboBox>
</mx:Application>
That's code. I can't launch project with debug.
Thank you.

Where does flex builder keep refererences to the flex projects?

Where does flex builder keep refererences to the flex projects?
I'm getting an error like this on FB3 startup:
The folder PR System Intranet does not exist in the workspace so the reference must be somewhere else.
thanks
!SESSION 2009-11-02 09:47:52.203 -----------------------------------------------
eclipse.buildId=unknown
java.version=1.5.0_11
java.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
BootLoader constants: OS=win32, ARCH=x86, WS=win32, NL=en_GB
Command-line arguments: -os win32 -ws win32 -arch x86
!ENTRY org.eclipse.core.resources 2 10035 2009-11-02 09:47:53.610
!MESSAGE The workspace exited with unsaved changes in the previous session; refreshing workspace to recover changes.
!ENTRY org.eclipse.core.resources 4 567 2009-11-02 09:47:53.829
!MESSAGE Workspace restored, but some problems occurred.
!SUBENTRY 1 org.eclipse.core.resources 4 567 2009-11-02 09:47:53.829
!MESSAGE Could not read metadata for 'PR System Intranet'.
!STACK 1
org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.ResourceException: The project description file (.project) for 'PR System Intranet' is missing. This file contains important information about the project. The project will not function properly until this file is restored.
at org.eclipse.core.internal.localstore.FileSystemResourceManager.read(FileSystemResourceMan ager.java:663)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.SaveManager.restoreMetaInfo(SaveManager.java:792)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.SaveManager.restoreMetaInfo(SaveManager.java:772)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.SaveManager.restore(SaveManager.java:663)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.SaveManager.startup(SaveManager.java:1319)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Workspace.startup(Workspace.java:1949)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Workspace.open(Workspace.java:1713)
at org.eclipse.core.resources.ResourcesPlugin.start(ResourcesPlugin.java:363)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl$2.run(BundleContextImpl.java:9 99)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.startActivator(BundleContextIm pl.java:993)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.start(BundleContextImpl.java:9 74)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleHost.startWorker(BundleHost.java:346)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.start(AbstractBundle.java:260)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.util.SecureAction.start(SecureAction.java:400)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseLazyStarter.postFindLocalClass(EclipseLa zyStarter.java:111)
at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClass(ClasspathManager.java :417)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.findLocalClass(DefaultClassLoade r.java:189)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findLocalClass(BundleLoader.java:34 0)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.SingleSourcePackage.loadClass(SingleSourcePackag e.java:37)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findClassInternal(BundleLoader.java :405)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:369)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:357)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.loadClass(DefaultClassLoader.jav a:83)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)
at com.adobe.flexbuilder.standalone.FlexBuilderApplication.start(FlexBuilderApplication.java :111)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:169)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLau ncher.java:106)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.jav a:76)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:363)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:176)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:508)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:447)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1173)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1148)
!SUBENTRY 2 org.eclipse.core.resources 4 567 2009-11-02 09:47:53.829
!MESSAGE The project description file (.project) for 'PR System Intranet' is missing. This file contains important information about the project. The project will not function properly until this file is restored.
!ENTRY org.eclipse.osgi 4 0 2009-11-02 09:47:53.860
!MESSAGE An error occurred while automatically activating bundle org.eclipse.core.resources (161).
!STACK 0

Thanks but that file contains things like
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<compiler additionalCompilerArguments="-services "X:\Coldfusion9\wwwroot\WEB-INF\flex\services-config.xml" -locale en_US" copyDependentFiles="true" enableModuleDebug="true" flexSDK="Flex 3.2" generateAccessible="true" htmlExpressInstall="true" htmlGenerate="false" htmlHistoryManagement="true" htmlPlayerVersion="9.0.28" htmlPlayerVersionCheck="true" outputFolderPath="Staff_Ratings-debug" sourceFolderPath="src" strict="true" useApolloConfig="false" verifyDigests="true" warn="true">
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<compilerSourcePathEntry kind="1" linkType="1" path="H:/flash"/>
</compilerSourcePath>
<libraryPath defaultLinkType="1">
<libraryPathEntry kind="4" path=""/>
</libraryPath>
<sourceAttachmentPath/>
</compiler>
<applications>
<application path="main.mxml"/>
</applications>
<modules/>
<buildCSSFiles/>
</actionScriptProperties>
I don't see how FB3 knows about the
Pr System Intranet
project that seems to be the cause of the errors.

Flex Project Management

Hi,
I am planning to build a flex project with a small group of people. So, I am thinking to have one main project to load all the component (SWF) in swf loader, so that I can have the component to be distributed to everyone. Here I want to ask:
1. Besides local connection, what is the other best, fastest, and most stable way to have the main application to communicate with child application loaded via swf loader?
2. As each person may working on their own part, how to set up the project so that they can easily debug their part with the main application during the development?
3. The project will be deploy in both Air and web format. How to share the code base for both development so that we are easier to grow and maintain the app?
Thanks. Please advise if you have better way for group development.

take a look at the first part of this video where he talks about different architectures
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/max-2010-develop/flexactionscript-30-architecture-and-dependency -injection-frameworks-overview/
you also might find this useful. Some example case studies for web/mobile apps, the same principle could be applied to web/desktop apps
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/samples.html

ActionScript class being run by mistake in Flex project

I have a Flex project where my main MXML file is set as the
one and only application file and is also set as the default file.
I also have an ActionScript class in the project that extends
Sprite. It is _not_ set as an Application file.
When I have the ActionScript class selected, if I hit run or
debug, FB3 creates a new launch configuration for it and tries to
run the AS file instead of the default application MXML file.
Needless to say, this is really annoying as it means I have
to select the main MXML file before hitting debug/run every time.
Is this a bug or feature? (Feels like a bug).
Thanks,
Aral

Hi Aral,
Can you please log it in our public bug system:
http://bugs.adobe.com/flex?
It'd be great if you can provide more info to the bug e.g.
reproducible steps, platform, FB version (Plugin or Standalone).
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Convert Flex project to Creative Suite Extension Project

Hi,
I would like to know if there is a way to convert an existing flex project written in as3 to a Flash Pro Creative Suite Extension Project so we can debug it?
Its a large and complex project and we would rather not start it from scartch

"john isaacks" <[email protected]> wrote in
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news:gen6sa$gdi$[email protected]..
> well I don't really use the time line, I basically have
about 20
> actionscript
> classes and my assets stores in the flash library many
with the linkage
> identifiers correlating to the actionscript classes. I
also do use alot of
> the
> flash components from the fl package.
>
> I am pretty experienced with flash but this would be my
first real flex
> project.
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Bad news if I can't debug cfcs in a flex project

I'm trying to debug a cfc in a flex project Coldfusion builder installed as a plugin is Flash builder 4
But I'm getting a message saying:
File does not belong to a coldfusion project. Apply Coldfusion nature to the project to which the file belongs.
This is bad news if I can't debug cfcs in a flex project

Here are the targets (simplified) that are specific to the cfml export. The real build.xml reads a build.properties file for the variables, and main runs the flex build first:

<property name="SVN.USERNAME" value="MY SVN USERNAME"/>
<property name="SVN.PASSWORD" value="MY SVN PASSWORD"/>
<property name="SVN.PROJECT_URL" value="http://mysvnproject.com/trunk"/>
<property name="BUILD.EXPORT_DIR" value="c:/CFML/project/export/path"/>
<property name="DEPLOY_DIR" value="c:/flex/project/deploy/path"/>

<target name="main" depends="export-cfml, copy-cfml"/>
<target name="export-cfml" depends="find_revision, check-svn-build" unless="build.exists">
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     <exec executable="svn">
          <arg line="export "${SVN.PROJECT_URL}" ${build.dir} -r ${revision.number} --username ${SVN.USERNAME} --password ${SVN.PASSWORD}"/>
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</target>

<target name="find_revision" description="Sets property 'revision.number' to the head svn revision">
     
     <exec executable="svn" outputproperty="revision.number">
          <arg line="info "${SVN.PROJECT_URL}""/>
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                    <linecontainsregexp>
                         <regexp pattern='^Last Changed Rev' />
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     <echo message="Current SVN Revision: ${revision.number}"/>
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<target name="check-svn-build">
     
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Help Configuring PHP Server with new Flex project.

Hi,
I'm curious if someone can help me with a frustrating problem.
While creating a new flex project, I can't seem to validate the configuration of the php server. I keep getting the message: "Cannot access the web server. The server may not be running, or the web root folder or root URL may be invalid."
I'm running MySQL, PHP and Apache 2.2. These program have worked indepentally without flex, so I know the program isn't with the install of the stack.
For my web root I entered: "C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs" the location where I installed Apache
And for root url I'm using "http://localhost"
The other wierd part of this is that even though Flex would not validate this connection, I went ahead and started the project anyway and made a succesful connection to mysql, obviously though when I tried to launch the project it couldn't connect to the server.
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Steve

hey ya
you were responding to like a real old post
what exactly is your problem perhaps i can help

Problem calling AS3 class's methods from Flex Project

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but after 2 days of Web
searching and 2 books give up; I am a Java and c# programmer and am
having problems calling AS3 classes (in packages) from Flex Builder
2 Flex Projects; the AS3 classes work great as Flex Builder "AS3
Projects", but when I try to use the classes in a Flex Builder
"Flex Project" I am able to see and set their properties, but
cannot see (through "code completion") their methods (unless the
class extends another AS3 class; and in that case I can see the
base class's methods). Here is the code:
AS3 Example Class:
package asText {
public class CheckWord {
public var strData:String;
public var strAProperty:String;
public var intAProperty:int;
// Constructor
public function CheckWord() {
public function TestMethod():void {
trace("test...");
public function WordLength():int {
var intLength:int = 0;
trace(strData);
intLength = strData.length;
return intLength;
} // From Method WordLength
} // From Class CheckWord
} // From Package asText
The MXML code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
layout="absolute"
width="442" height="488" horizontalAlign="center"
verticalAlign="middle"
backgroundGradientColors="[#c0c0c0, #c0c0c0]"
xmlns:asTheText="asText.*"
>
<asTheText:CheckWord strData="Test words" />
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height="393" horizontalAlign="center" verticalAlign="middle"
layout="absolute" y="15" x="50">
<mx:Text text="First Name" enabled="true" width="68"
fontWeight="bold" x="27.25" y="36"/>
<mx:TextInput id="txtFName" x="112.25" y="34"/>
<mx:Text text="Last Name" enabled="true" width="68"
fontWeight="bold" x="27.25" y="66"/>
<mx:TextInput x="112.25" y="64" id="txtLName"/>
<mx:Text text="email address" enabled="true" width="87"
fontWeight="bold" x="17.25" y="96"/>
<mx:TextInput width="189" id="txtEmail" left="112.25"
top="94"/>
<mx:Button id="butSubmit" label="Submit" x="95" y="194"
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..............and so on ............
All this does is give me an 1180 error:
1180: Call to a possibly undefined method TestMethod.
flexConveyMovie1.mxml

Thanks, I have it working; I was not assigning an "ID" to the
"MXML use of the class" (whatever the formal name for that is;
like: <asTheText:CheckWord id="MyText" strData="The Data" />
) and then I was not referencing that ID in what I am refering to
as calling methods for the Class; like:
<mx:Button id="butTest" label="Test Function" x="39"
y="208" click="MyText.TestMethod();"/>
Also, I did some tests on this, and I am shocked that
apparently neither of these two "uses"(?) of a custom AS3 class
actually "call" the Class's constructor. Does that make sense or is
that the result of how I am structuring this?
Phil

How did you get your first Flex developer job???

Hi guys..
I know it might not be relevant for this forum, but I am dying to know how you guys get your first flex developer job. I am actually more interested in your resume. What sort of skill did you guys put on your resume? Thanks for the reply....:D

Started as a pure "Java/J2EE" dev. Rebelled and added Flex to my skill set (since JSP is sin on par with 'AJAX frameworks'), started new project using Flex.
In other words one way is to take ownership of a Java (or other) project, and force the bast... er, have your project team use Flex. he he
But this is the long path, of course. To start off in Flex (besides the obvious of looking for it by name) you'd probably focus on UI design skills/experience and competing (but crummy and old) front-end technologies, and then lobby for the Flex SDK on any new projects that come along (assuming it's a good fit). I suspect you'd have a tougher time if you're going into an organization which already has some late-generation RIA tech in use, such as Silverlight or GWT (bleh), but the ones still saying "JSP" or "AJAX" and any other associated legacy HTML-type technologies are soft targets.

Is there a way of working collaboratively on a flex project with a small project group?

Is there a way of working collaboratively on a flex project with a small project group?
I am part of a small group of developers who wish to work on a single flex project together. Is there a way to set up flex so that the project can be developed by multiple people at the same time. I have seen one thread out on the internet about working locally and then uploading to SVn but this is not an option in this case.
Any ideas.
Many thanks in advance
Dave

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In the interim you could set-up a source control server on one developer's machine or commandeer a spare machine to use as a temporary source control server. Just make sure you have it backed-up regularly. Or you could use one of the online source control services; many will support private repositories for a small fee.

Flex project vs. mxml application

im totally new to flex and actionscript, coming from traditional web app development. ive been watching videos on lynda.com and it has gone well, but one thing it fails to mention and that i couldnt find in the forums or on google is the difference between creating a flex project and an mxml applciation. what's the difference?
thanks!

I don't know if you have knowledge about java or C#.
The project is a location where you collect all files that you need for your final application: mxml files, as filex, assets ....
The mxml application is the mxml file that inherit mx:Application and is the main file of the project.
Here is the start point of what you see in the browser.
The red circle specify the project and the blue cicrle specify the mxml application.
There is only one default mxml application in each project, but you can have many mxml files (that can be components) or mxml application that are applications.

Not able to create a new Flex project in Eclipse

I am trying to use Flex Builder 3 eclipse plug-in for
development. But while creating a new Flex project in eclipse, I'm
getting the following error:
Template template.jst.web has not bee defined.
I am using Eclipse 3.3, and have installed the latest WTP
updates. Can someone point out what I'm missing here?
Thanks!

Hi clsung,
Do you get this error on every Flex Project you are trying to
create or just on Java/J2EE projects? Flex Builder beta doesn't
support WTP 2.0 but this shouldn't affect the other kind of
projects.
-Gelu

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