Peter deHaan

• Animating properties using the AnimateProperties class in Flex and Flash Player 10
• Repeating an animation using the AnimateProperties class in Flex and Flash Player 10
• Using an easing function with the AnimateProperties class in Flex and Flash Player 10
• Exploring the new states syntax in Flex Gumbo
• Enabling sticky highlighting on a CheckBox control in Flex
• Using the new filter effects in Flex Gumbo
• Displaying a hand cursor when the user rolls over the CheckBox control in Flex
• Creating an undraggable TitleWindow container in Flex
• Changing the background color of a disabled TextArea control in Flex
• Changing the background alpha of a TextArea control in Flex
• Setting the button label placement on a RadioButton control in Flex
• Setting the open duration on a Menu control in Flex
• Changing the default skins on a Button control in Flex
• Determining if an item is listening for a specific event
• Setting the font thickness for a Label control in Flex
• Setting the font sharpness for a Label control in Flex
• Determining the XML class's settings in ActionScript 3.0
• Ignoring comments in an XML file in ActionScript 3.0
• Setting the node indentation level when calling the toXMLString() method in ActionScript 3.0
• Setting the volume on a VideoDisplay control in Flex
• Setting the duration of a sound effect in Flex
• Setting the background color of the RichTextEditor text area in Flex
• Setting the background alpha of the RichTextEditor text area in Flex
• Creating a FileReference object using MXML in Flex
• Saving files locally using the FileReference class's save() method in Flash Player 10
• Previewing an image before uploading it using the FileReference class in Flash Player 10
• Programmatically scrolling a TextArea control in Flex
• Adding a link to context menu in Flash Player 10
• Setting the vertical scrollbar policy on a TextArea control in Flex
• Using a clipboard menu in Flex with Flash Player 10
• Setting the horizontal scrollbar policy on a DataGrid control in Flex
• Setting a background image on a VideoDisplay control in Flex
• Parsing XML nodes and Objects with dashes in their names in ActionScript 3.0
• Creating a component instance by class name in ActionScript 3.0
• Validating email addresses using the EmailValidator class in Flex
• Validating integers using the NumberValidator class
• Validating negative numbers using the NumberValidator in Flex
• Setting the roll over color on a LinkButton control in Flex
• Setting the selection color on a LinkButton control in Flex
• Setting the corner radius of a LinkButton control in Flex

Notable posts this time include a few posts on the upcoming Flex Gumbo release, as well as some examples about the new additions to the FileReference class in Flash Player 10.

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• Ted On Flex (Ted Patrick): MAX NA Early Bird Registration Ends in 6 Days and MAX NA EARLY BIRD DEADLINE - SUNDAY AUG 31
• FLEXing My Muscle (Raghu Rao): Coming Soon : Adobe Flex Developer Event in Bangalore (with a free Flex Builder license for attendees)
• FLEXing My Muscle (Raghu Rao): Presenting mx:devsummit Bangalore
• FLEXing My Muscle (Raghu Rao): The early bird catches the discount - mx:devsummit registrations open.
• Sujit Reddy G - The Evangelist: RIA Developer Summit in Bangalore. Register early and get discount
• Sujit Reddy G - The Evangelist: Adobe Flex Developer Event (Free Flex Builder License for attendees)
• Anirudh Sasikumar: mx:devsummit Bangalore and Flexbot on IRC
• Ted On Flex (Ted Patrick): Hello FlexBot!
• Ted On Flex (Ted Patrick): See the Data, Be the Data by Tony Hillerson & Juan Sanchez
• Ted On Flex (Ted Patrick): Diving in the Data Binding Waters with Michael Labriola
• Ted On Flex (Ted Patrick): The 360Flex "Sessions" Video Project
• Ted On Flex (Ted Patrick): Creating Reusable Components by Ben Clinkinbeard
• Ted On Flex (Ted Patrick): Ticketmaster Kiosk by Kevin Fauth
• Renaun Erickson: TestPoint example files
• James Ward - RIA Cowboy: Flex Data Binding Performance Pitfall
• Codedependent (Chet Haase): Search Me: Code for SearchTransition
• Flex Team blog: Flex and PHP Training Now Available
• James Ward - RIA Cowboy: Podcast about Adobe AIR, Flex and BlazeDS / LCDS
• Tom Jordahl's musings: Invoking Flash remoting requests using the Java AMF Library
• Tom Jordahl's musings: BlazeDS HTML LiveDocs updated
• Damon Cooper: Using Flex SDK 3.1 with BlazeDS and LCDS 2.6
• Damon Cooper: Flex Developers: BlazeDS Livedocs HTML Now Updated

And from our good friends at the Adobe Developer Connection (as well as a couple Flex SDK and Flex Builder Tech Notes):

• Adobe Developer Connection (Lisa Larson): Flash 411: Getting your video questions answered
• Adobe Developer Connection (Peter Albert, Michael Labriola): Distributing AIR in the enterprise
• Flex TechNote: Flex does not refresh Web service data in Internet Explorer
• Flex Builder TechNote: Flex Builder UI returns incorrect height for the UIComponent

And from our friends on the Flash Player, Flash Authoring, and Flash Platform Evangelism teams:

• Emmy Huang: Two! Four! Six! Eight! Numbers we appreciate!
• Robert Penner on Flash: A job change for me: joining Club Penguin
• Robert Penner on Flash: New build of FlashDevelop 3 released: Beta 8
• Mike Chambers: Using Vectors in ActionScript 3 and Flash Player 10
• Mike Chambers: Flash Player 10 Security Changes
• Mike Chambers: Reading and Writing Local Files in Flash Player 10
• Mike Chambers: Everything there is to know about Flex 4 / Gumbo
• Mike Chambers: New Adobe AIR Book Language Translations
• Mike Chambers: Getting started with Flex 4 FXG and Flex Builder 3
• Mike Chambers: Defining and Reusing Symbols in Flex 4 FXG
• Mike Chambers: Data Binding with FXG in Flex 4
• Daniel Dura: AOL Embraces Flash with AIM Express
• Daniel Dura: Have you registered for MAX?
• Daniel Dura: Wordpress Comment Moderator AIR Application
• The Flash Blog (Lee Brimelow): Flash Player 10 FileReference Changes
• The Flash Blog (Lee Brimelow): Flash Forward 2008 Conference Report
• The Flash Blog (Lee Brimelow): Flash Player 10 Dynamic Sound Slider
• The Flash Blog (Lee Brimelow): New issue of Flash and Flex Developer Magazine

Posted by Peter deHaan at 10:38 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

For all you fellow Flex Gumbo followers out there, I just noticed that a new spec was posted yesterday (Aug 21st): Text Primitives.

And if you missed the previous posted Gumbo specs, check out the opensource.adobe.com Flex Gumbo homepage at http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/Gumbo (which currently has 17 posted specs). Or, if you're anxious to try out Gumbo, check out the Gumbo LiveDocs as well as a few Gumbo examples at FlexExamples.com.

Happy Flexing!
Peter

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According to an article on the Adobe Flex Developer center by uber Flex Product Manager, Matt Chotin, updates for Flex Builder and the Flex SDK 3.1 are now available: "Introducing Flex SDK 3.1 and Flex Builder 3.0.1".

If you wish to manually initiate an update to Flex Builder using the Adobe Updater, open Flex Builder and go to Help > Search for Flex Builder Updates...

For a complete list of bug fixes, check out SDK: Fixed Bugs in 3.1, 3.0.1 FBFixedBugs and DMV 3.0.1 Fixed Bugs.

Happy Flexing!

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• Adobe Labs blog: Feedback Requested for Adobe Labs Website
• Flex Doc Team blog: Seeking feedback on Labs
• Flex Doc Team blog: RoboHelp Packager for AIR
• Adobe Labs blog: Flash Player 10 Release Candidate Available on Labs
• Flex Doc Team blog: Flex Builder 3 Extensibility API Reference
• FLEXing My Muscle (Raghu Rao): Do you want to provide Flex Training?
• Ted On Flex (Ted Patrick): MAX Early Bird Pricing - 19 Days Left!
• Matt Chotin: Another opportunity for a free MAX pass
• Ted On Flex (Ted Patrick): Want to be in the MAX keynote? "30onMAX"
• Matt Chotin: Get yourself in the MAX Keynote!
• Deepa Subramaniam: More Gumbo Specs Posted!
• Flex Team blog: This week's Gumbo specs posted
• Flex Doc Team blog: More Specs Available for Gumbo (the Next Version of Flex)
• Kevin Hoyt: GreenSock Transform Manager (AS3)
• Flex Doc Team blog: Open invitation to join the Flex Learning Advisors
• Adobe Labs blog: Flex Builder Linux Alpha 4 Released on Labs
• Flex Doc Team blog: Check out the LiveCycle Doc Team Blog
• Kevin Hoyt: Building a Basic IP Address Service
• James Ward - RIA Cowboy: The Flex Show Episode 50: Interview with James Ward and Bruce Eckel
• LiveCycle Doc team: How to generate an XML schema for an existing form
• Flex Butterflies and Bugs (Joan Lafferty): The Magic of the Marshall Plan
• Ted On Flex (Ted Patrick): FantasticContraption.com

And from our good friends at the Flex Developer Center and Adobe Developer Connection (as well as a few Flex Builder Tech Notes):

• Adobe Developer Connection (Michael Koch): Announcing the Adobe AIR Cookbook Cook-off
• Adobe Developer Connection (Justin Everett-Church): Introducing Flash Player 10 beta
• Adobe Developer Connection (Justin Everett-Church): Working with policy file changes in Flash Player 9 and Flash Player 10 beta
• Adobe Developer Connection (Trevor McCauley): Understanding the security changes in Flash Player 10 beta
• Adobe Developer Connection (Jonathan Tabak): Building advertising experiences for Adobe Media Player
• Flex Builder Tech Note: Flex Builder 3.x not supported with 64 bit Java 1.6 on Mac OS X
• Flex Builder Tech Note: Flex Builder crashes or will not start up

And from our friends on the Flash Player team:

• Penguin.SWF (Mike Melanson): 10rc
• Penguin.SWF (Mike Melanson): Secrets Of The mms.cfg File
• Penguin.SWF (Mike Melanson): Windowless Mode Fix

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