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Today I discovered the "parseNumberString()" function.

2009-04-06T14:29:00.001-05:00

I have a textInput that is a formatted currency value. I needed to convert it to a number for calculations. I could have used a regular expression to remove the currency formatting characters. But then I found the "parseNumberString()" function. Flex help says the parseNumberString() extracts a number from a formatted String. It examines the string from left to right and returns the first

The answer to my Flex 3 / Flash CS4 skinning question

2009-01-09T09:34:00.001-06:00

Thanks to Juan Sanchez for providing me the solution when he commented on my previous blog post. He wrote... "Try using a ClassReference for the Image source that references the skin class name in your SWC instead: http://scalenine.com/blog/2008/07/08...r-flash-skins/source: ClassReference("Image_source");"It worked perfectly!!!So the CSS now looks like this: Button { skin: Embed(skinClass="

I need help with Flex skinning using Flash CS4

2009-01-08T12:26:00.000-06:00

I am learning how to create skins for my Flex apps in Flash CS4 and I'm finding there's multiple ways to do so. In Flex 2 you would use ActionScript to embed a SWF that contains the skins for you app. You can do the same in Flex 3, but Adobe added the "Import Skin Artwork" feature which imports a SWC, not a SWF. What I am trying to figure out is how to set the source of an tag to

Unable to transcode xxx.swf

2009-01-05T16:29:00.001-06:00

Let me start by saying I’m an experienced Flex developer, but a Flash CS4 newbie. I want to begin using Flash CS4 to create asset libraries that will be used to skin my flex apps. After creating a test swf containing some assets, I tried embedding the swf in a Flex 3 app and kept getting this error - “Unable to transcode xxx.swf.” I spent an entire day trying to resolve the problem. I searched

mp3Manager.cfc for updating ID3 tags with coldfusion

2008-10-15T12:49:00.001-05:00

I needed to modify MP3 ID3 tags on our server with Coldfusion. To do so I downloaded three different Java mp3 libraries. One did not work at all, the other two would read the ID3 tags but not update the data. Frustrated, I went on the prowl again for another library and I found MyID3: a Java ID3 Tag Library. You will also need to download the Jakarta Regexp and Nanoxml jars as well. Thank you

“IE8 Compatibility Mode carries over the "darkened PNG" issue” - Please vote on my post!!!

2008-09-26T16:48:00.001-05:00

IE8 beta 2 still has some PNG compatibility issues – specifically the "darkened PNG" issue. Simply put, Internet Explorer darkens PNG images. If you view the same PNG image in Firefox, Opera, Safari, and Google Chrome, the colors are consistent across browsers, except for IE. Since IE8 is supposed to resolve many CSS compatibility issues, I would hope the "darkened PNG" issue would be resolved

SQL Server 2005 PIVOT Operator

2008-07-01T15:14:00.001-05:00

For my current project I needed to convert rows of data to columns. I learned how to do this with the SQL Server 2005 PIVOT Operator. Here's the original code... SELECT p.user_id, pit.data_name, pi.item_valueFROM profile pJOIN profile_item pi ON pi.profile_id = p.profile_idJOIN profile_item_type pit ON pit.profile_item_type_id = pi.profile_item_type_id AND pit.data_name in ('age','gender','

My Netvibes Flex Tab

2007-08-27T11:20:00.002-05:00

My Netvibes Flex Tab is a collection of Adobe Flex feeds. To add it to you Netvibes account click the image below.

How to change focus with the enter key

2007-06-15T16:42:00.002-05:00

Here is a simple Flex app that shows how to change the focus of of several textInput components with the enter key. The one thing I have not yet figured out is why, after the Alert window is closed, the focus jumps back to the login button instead of the "fullName" text input field. enterKeyTest.mxml

FMS - What I'm Learning about Client and Server Scripts

2007-04-25T15:30:00.002-05:00

I have an MXML/AS3 component that calls some remote FMS1 methods, which works well. However, the client callbacks are not working. Being an FMS newbie, I'm wondering if this is an AS2/AS32 issue. So, I turned to the O'Reilly book Programming Flash Communication Server to learn more. In the pursuit of getting client callbacks to work, here is some of what I've learned about FMS and client

Multiple "effectEnd" events from a parallel effect

2007-04-13T14:02:00.002-05:00

I created a parallel effect with AS3... var zoom:Zoom = new Zoom(); zoom.easingFunction = Exponential.easeIn; zoom.duration = 1500; zoom.zoomHeightFrom = 0.0; zoom.zoomHeightTo = 1.0; var fade:Fade = new Fade(); fade.easingFunction = Exponential.easeIn; fade.alphaFrom = 0; fade.alphaTo = 1; fade.duration = 1500; msgEffect = new Parallel(); msgEffect.targets = effectsArray; msgEffect.addChild(

Fading buttons and embedded fonts

2007-04-11T11:01:00.001-05:00

To apply a fade effect to text you must use embedded fonts. I was going nuts trying to use an embedded font with buttons so the applied fade effect would work. After several failed attempts I found this post (thanks Jesse!). In short, create a style that looks like this... Button { embedFonts: true; fontWeight: normal; fontSize: 22; fontFamily: YourEmbeddedFont; }

Adobe Flex 2.0 » VideoDisplay Borders - Part I

2006-10-19T11:38:00.001-05:00

Rectangular borders are no problem for the Flex "VideoDisplay" component. However, radiused borders seem to be. VideoDisplay is a composite component; An Actionscript class that extends UIComponent and adds a child "flash.media.Video" component. It contains a method named "createBorder()" that loads a border skin and adds it as a child underneath all other child components... addChildAt(