Monthly Archives: July 2006

Binding in the Trenches

Posted on July 30, 2006 by admin

It’s 7:50 pm on Sunday, and I’m still working. I figured I’d share why I’m debugging like crazy instead of relaxing. Bindings. For those of who know of Flex 2, Adobe’s tool for programmers to create Rich Internet Applications, it … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash, Flex | 8 Comments

Non-Selectable TextArea for Flex 2

Posted on July 25, 2006 by admin

Bloke on the Flexcoders list needed a TextArea that wasn’t selectable. Editable didn’t work because you could still select text, and it showed the i beam cursor. Enabled didn’t work because it colored the text the wrong way, and forced … Continue reading →

Posted in Flex | 12 Comments

I Need An Office

Posted on July 19, 2006 by admin

I’ve been working from home for a year and a half now, and I’ve had enough. It’s time for an office. Yeah, I know, I used to brag about how cool it was, and how nice it was to work … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal | 15 Comments

Flex Chronicles #22: Embedding Fonts in a Button

Posted on July 11, 2006 by admin

There are a few dark little secrets to the Button control in Flex 2 that can trip a designer up. It took me 2 1/2 hours to figure this shiz out so I just HAVE to blog it. I’m running … Continue reading →

Posted in Flex | 24 Comments

Porting Flashcom Applications to ActionScript 3

Posted on July 11, 2006 by admin

Regardless if you Flex or Flash, I ran into a porting issue with a Flashcom app I wrote in Flex 1.5 & ActionScript 2. A lot of the server-side code, which is written in case sensitive JavaScript 1, utilizes the … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript, Flashcom | 4 Comments