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Expose-like window navigation in Flex
What's the point in buying a Mac if you're not going to copy some of its cool features?
In my spare time, I've been working on an implementation of Expose-like window navigation in Flex 2. It's nowhere near complete, but I got so desperate to write about it that I've uploaded a quick demo here (SWF).
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Globals
You have a main application and two sub-applications loaded dynamically using the SWFLoader component.
The sub-applications have one List object each, with drag 'n drop enabled.
You try to drag items from one sub-application to the other, but the other application does not accept the drop.
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Post-Flex 2.0 layout enhancements (thoughts)
These are some of my ongoing thoughts on how we can improve the layout support post Flex 2.0.
Percentage values for left, right, horizontalCenter, etc.
Currently it's difficult to achieve a 4-column layout with the constraints properties left, right, and horizontalCenter. The only way to maintain the flexibility of the layout is to use data ( Read more... ) -
hessian.swc: Hessian client interface for ActionScript 3 (Flash) programs
What is Hessian?
The Hessian binary web service protocol makes web services usable without requiring a large framework, and without learning yet another alphabet soup of protocols. Because it is a binary protocol, it is well-suited to sending binary data without any need to extend the protocol with attachments.
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actionscript.vim
For the past nineteen months or so, ever since I started working on Flex 2.0, I've been using JavaScript syntax highlighting for ActionScript 3.0. That's like using C syntax highlighting for C++!
So today I decided to write a Vim syntax file for AS3, based on the syntax files for JavaScript, Java, and C#. Here it is: actionscript.vim.
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Copy 'n paste between Excel and Flex
I was looking at Google Spreadsheets recently. One of the neat features of this RIA is that it supports copy 'n paste to and from other spreadsheet applications like Microsoft Excel using standard key combinations like Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V.
Give it a try. Select a bunch of cells in Excel, and hit Ctrl+C.
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MXML component for playing sound (MP3)
If I had a dollar for every time somebody asked me why Flex 2.0 doesn't have an MP3 player component, er, .... So anyway, I wrote one last night.
Source: SoundPlayer.as
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Dynamic MXML
Have you ever wished to load MXML markup dynamically?
In HTML, for example, it's possible to modify the contents of an element by setting its innerHTML property:
// JavaScript code var e = getElementById("content"); e.innerHTML = "";