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July 01, 2008

This Week's Top Posts (7/1)

A collection of blog posts from my coworkers on the Flex SDK, Flex Builder, Adobe AIR, and Flash Player teams: And from our friends on the Flash Player team: And from our good friends at the Flex Developer Center and Developer Connection:

Posted by Peter deHaan at 01:07 AM | | Comments (0)

June 23, 2008

This Three Weeks in Flex Examples (6/23)

It seems like I haven't posted an update since June 2nd ("This Week in Flex Examples (6/2)"), but here's what I've been blogging about over the past few weeks on my Flex examples blog, blog.flexexamples.com:

Or, if you want to catch up on what my Adobe Flex teammates are blogging about over the past week, check out "This Week's Top Posts (6/21)".

Posted by Peter deHaan at 08:18 AM | | Comments (0)

June 21, 2008

This Week's Top Posts (6/21)

A collection of blog posts from my coworkers on the Flex SDK, Flex Builder, and AIR teams: And from our fine friends on the Adobe Flex Developer Center: Today's bonus link comes to us from Clement Wong, former compiler engineering lead on the Flex SDK team:

Posted by Peter deHaan at 08:34 AM | | Comments (0)

June 16, 2008

This Week's Top Posts (6/16)

A collection of blog posts from my coworkers on the Flex SDK, Flex Builder, and Flash Player teams:

Posted by Peter deHaan at 08:47 AM | | Comments (0)

June 09, 2008

This Week's Top Posts (6/9)

Continuing my love of unordered lists, here is this week's list of blog posts from my coworkers on the Flex SDK, Flex Builder, and LiveCycle teams:

And from the fine folks on the Flash Player team:

Posted by Peter deHaan at 08:49 AM | | Comments (0)

June 02, 2008

This Week in Flex Examples (6/2)

Here's what I've been blogging about over the past week on my Flex examples blog, blog.flexexamples.com:

As always, if those aren't your "cup of tea", check out what the other people on the Flex, Flex Builder, and Flash Player teams are blogging about in a segment I like to call "This Week's Top Posts".

Posted by Peter deHaan at 08:37 AM | | Comments (1)

This Week's Top Posts (6/2)

A collection of blog posts from my coworkers on the Flex SDK, Flex Builder, and Flash Player teams:

And from our friends on the Flash Player team:

Posted by Peter deHaan at 08:27 AM | | Comments (0)

May 25, 2008

This Week in Flex Examples (5/25)

Blah, blah, blah, list of posts from the past week from my Flex examples blog, blog.flexexamples.com:

It seems everything has been very heavily weighted on the Flex NumericStepper control this past week. So if the NumericStepper isn't your "thing", check out what some of the other Adobe Flex bloggers have been blogging about over the past week: This Week's Top Posts.

Posted by Peter deHaan at 09:02 PM | | Comments (0)

May 23, 2008

This Week's Top Posts (5/23)

A sampling of blog posts from my coworkers on the Flex SDK, Flex Builder, and LiveCycle teams: And from the fine folks on the Flash Player team:

Posted by Peter deHaan at 08:45 AM | | Comments (0)

May 16, 2008

Today's Top Posts (5/16)

Ah, seems like just yesterday I posted This Week's Top Posts (5/15). Here we are, 24 hours later and there have been several excellent posts by the fine folks on the Flex, Flex Builder, and Flash Player teams. So, if you're looking for some good weekend reading, here you go:

Not to be outdone, the Flash Player team blogged the following in the past twenty-four hours:

Today's bonus link comes to us from Clement Wong, former compiler engineering lead on the Flex SDK team:

Posted by Peter deHaan at 11:17 PM | | Comments (0)

This Two-point-five Weeks in Flex Examples (5/16)

Sorry, I've been neglecting these updates lately, but here is a list of posts from the past couple weeks from my Flex examples blog, blog.flexexamples.com:

Finished reading all those entries already? Check out what some other people on the Flex/Flex Builder/Flash Player teams are saying, "This Week's Top Posts (5/15)".

Also, don't forget to check out the new Adobe Flash Player 10 beta (codename: Astro).

Posted by Peter deHaan at 11:07 PM | | Comments (0)

May 15, 2008

This Week's Top Posts (5/15)

Behold! A list of blog posts from the various Flex SDK, and Flex Builder blogs that I've been reading over the past week (or so):

Plus, here are a few interesting posts from the Flash Player from the past week:

* - Scott Evans (www.gettingandsetting.com) is a new lead developer on the Adobe Flex Builder team.

Posted by Peter deHaan at 08:47 AM | | Comments (0)

April 27, 2008

This Two-ish Weeks in Flex Examples (4/27)

Somewhat of a short list, but here is a list of posts from the past couple weeks from my Flex examples blog, blog.flexexamples.com:

Posted by Peter deHaan at 10:42 AM | | Comments (1)

This Week's Top Posts (4/27)

Here is a list of some of the various blog posts from the Flex SDK, and Flex Builder blogs that I've been reading over the past week:

Plus, check out Trevor McCauley's excellent Security and policy file presentation that he gave at the Bay Area Application Developer Adobe User Group (BAADAUG):

Posted by Peter deHaan at 10:18 AM | | Comments (0)

April 18, 2008

This Week's Top Posts (4/18)

Here is a list of some of the various blog posts from the Flex SDK, Flex Builder, and Flash Platform blogs that I've been reading over the past week:

There have also been some good posts over on the Flash Platform blogs:

UPDATE: Bonus link; Mike Chambers: Download Adobe AIR 1.0 for JavaScript Developers Book

Posted by Peter deHaan at 07:49 PM | | Comments (0)

April 15, 2008

This Week-ish in Flex Examples (4/15)

Somewhat of a short list, but here is a list of posts from the past seven-ish days from my Flex examples blog, blog.flexexamples.com:

Posted by Peter deHaan at 06:59 PM | | Comments (0)

April 11, 2008

This Week's Top Posts (4/11)

Here is a list of some of the various blog posts from the Flex SDK and Flex Builder team's blogs that I've been reading over the past week:

And as an added bonus, here are a few good posts I found from various members of the Flash Player team:

Posted by Peter deHaan at 09:26 PM | | Comments (0)

April 07, 2008

Boston Flex User Group's first meeting Tues. April 8, 2008

The Boston Flex User Group will be having their first ever meeting on April 8th at the Adobe Newton office. Festivities include pizza, drinks, a raffle for Flex 3 Professional, and Adobe developer Peter Farland will be speaking on the Open source Flex SDK. Please RSVP at http://bostonfug.eventbrite.com/ if you're planning to attend.

For more information, see Peter Farland's blog ("Flex User Group Boston") , and Tom Jordhal's blog ("Boston gets a Flex User Group") and the Boston Flex User Group site at http://www.bostonfug.org/.

Posted by Peter deHaan at 05:48 PM | | Comments (0)

April 06, 2008

This Week's Top Posts (4/6)

Here is a list of some of the various blog posts from the Flex SDK and Flex Builder team's blogs that I've been reading over the past week:

Finished reading all those? Why not check out some of the recent examples from my Flex Examples blog, blog.flexexamples.com!

Posted by Peter deHaan at 07:51 AM | | Comments (0)

This Two Weeks in Flex Examples (4/6)

I "forgot" to post this last week, but here is a list of posts from the past 14ish days over on my Flex examples blog, blog.flexexamples.com:

Posted by Peter deHaan at 07:40 AM | | Comments (1)

March 31, 2008

This Week's Top Posts (3/31)

Here is a list of some of the various blog posts from the Flex SDK and Flex Builder team's blogs that I've been reading over the past week:

Posted by Peter deHaan at 07:59 PM | | Comments (0)

March 24, 2008

This Week's Top Posts (3/24)

Here is a list of some of the various blog posts from the Flex SDK and Flex Builder team's blogs that I've been reading over the past week:

Posted by Peter deHaan at 08:03 PM | | Comments (0)

This Week in Flex Examples (3/23)

A day later than usual, but here is a list of posts I managed to whip up over the past week over on my Flex examples blog, blog.flexexamples.com:

Posted by Peter deHaan at 07:58 PM | | Comments (0)

March 17, 2008

This Week in Flex Examples (3/17)

I didn't have time to post this yesterday, but here is a quick update on all the new entries over at my other blog, Flex Examples, during the past 7 days:

No real trends this week, although there are a few entries on the ExternalInterface API and the Panel container.

Posted by Peter deHaan at 05:54 PM | | Comments (0)

This Week's Top Posts (3/17)

Last week I did a post, This Week's Top Posts (3/9), on some excellent blog entries by various people on the Adobe Flex teams.

This week there seems to be a bunch more really good articles:

Posted by Peter deHaan at 05:48 PM | | Comments (0)

March 09, 2008

This Week's Top Posts (3/9)

And now for something completely different...

Here are a bunch of the best [Flex-related] posts from around the Adobe water cooler over the past week (or so). Lots of really excellent posts, so if you have some time, check a few of them out.

Random:

Migrating from Flex 2 to Flex 3:

Reminder: If you're in NYC on April 18th, don't forget there will be a Flex Camp on Wall Street from 9am-5pm. Check it out!

Posted by Peter deHaan at 11:13 AM | | Comments (1)

This Two-Weeks in Flex Examples (3/9)

Time for another "semi-regular" update on my other blog, blog.flexexamples.com. Here are all the posts I've published in the past couple weeks:

Posted by Peter deHaan at 10:43 AM | | Comments (0)

March 07, 2008

Listening for an FLV file's metadata using the VideoDisplay control in Flex (Flex 3 edition)

The following example shows how you can use the metadataReceived event (MetadataEvent.METADATA_RECEIVED constant) to detect when the VideoDisplay has parsed the metadata from an FLV file in Flex 3.

Full code after the jump.

Continue reading "Listening for an FLV file's metadata using the VideoDisplay control in Flex (Flex 3 edition)" »

Posted by Peter deHaan at 12:00 PM | | Comments (1)

Listening for an FLV file's metadata using the VideoDisplay control in Flex (Flex 2 edition)

The following example shows how you can use the internal MetadataEvent.METADATA constant to detect when the VideoDisplay has parsed the metadata from an FLV file in Flex 2.

Full code after the jump.

Continue reading "Listening for an FLV file's metadata using the VideoDisplay control in Flex (Flex 2 edition)" »

Posted by Peter deHaan at 11:46 AM | | Comments (0)

March 01, 2008

Checking out the source code for the charting and AdvancedDataGrid controls in Flex 3

Here's another question I've seen come up a few times. "Q: Where can I find the source to the Flex Charting controls and/or the AdvancedDataGrid control?"

A: The charting controls and AdvancedDataGrid controls are only available within the Flex 3 Professional edition. In order to view the source code for these classes, you need to input your Flex 3 serial number, and then you should be able to find the source code in the following folder:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Flex Builder 3\sdks\3.0.0\fbpro\projects\datavisualization\src\

Happy Flexing!

Posted by Peter deHaan at 02:42 PM | | Comments (2)

Installing the Flex Skin Design Extensions and Flex Component Kit for Flash CS3

I've seen a few people ask this question lately, "Q: Where can I find the latest version of the Flex Component Kit for Flash CS3?".

A: The Flex Component Kit (FCK) can now be found at http://www.adobe.com/go/flex3_cs3_swfkit.
In earlier Flex 3 betas, the FCK was included with the Flex SDK (see, "Installing the Flex Component Kit for Flash CS3" for more details on installing the component kit). In later SDK builds, we decided to remove the FCK from the SDK and post it separately online. Documentation for the FCK can be found at http://www.adobe.com/go/flex3_flexflashcomponents (PDF).

If you are an Fireworks CS3, Flash CS3, Illustrator CS3, and/or Photoshop CS3 user (or work with somebody who is), you'll also be pleased to know that you can find the Flex Skin Design Extensions at the same URL, http://www.adobe.com/go/flex3_cs3_swfkit. For more information on importing skins into Flex Builder, see http://www.adobe.com/go/flex3_skinning_doc (PDF_. Also, feel free to head over to blog.flexexamples.com and then check out my "Installing the Flex Skin Design Extensions for CS3 from Adobe Labs" entry (which is a bit out of date. but hopefully still somewhat relevant).

Posted by Peter deHaan at 02:16 PM | | Comments (0)

February 28, 2008

This Week In TechNotes (2/28 Edition)

I just noticed we have a few Flex/Flex Builder/Adobe AIR related tech notes posted on the support site:

Adobe Flex Support Center (site)

Adobe AIR Support Center (site)

Posted by Peter deHaan at 09:50 AM | | Comments (0)

February 25, 2008

More Flex 3 news and links

Here are a few more blog entries from other people on the Flex SDK and Flex Builder teams:

Gordon Smith: What's up with the open-source Flex SDK project?
Gordon Smith: Disassembling a SWF with swfdump
Gordon Smith: Grab the source code to the Flex SDK
Peter Ent: Adobe Releases Flex 3 and AIR
Flex Doc Team: Flex 3 (and Flex 3 Documentation) is Live!
Mike Morearty: Open Source Flex: The candy store is now unlocked
David Zuckerman: More videos of Flex Builder 3 features
James Ward: 3… 2… 1… LIFT OFF!
Mac Martine: Flex 3 and AIR 1.0 released!
Flex Team Blog: Serial Numbers for Flex Builder 3
Matt Chotin: Flex Behind the Scenes Video
Ted Patrick: Why Adobe AIR?

Whew! It has been a busy day around the Internets...

In addition to the flury of Flex/AIR related posts, 360Flex also happens to be going on in Atlanta. If you weren't able to attend, Josh Tynjala from Yahoo! has an excellent summary up on his blog, Live From 360Flex, Day One. Josh also mentions Flash Player 10's upcoming support for the Vector data type. For more information on the Vector class, see Josh post, Discover ECMAScript 4: The Future of ActionScript, and, head over to Francis Cheng's blog and read his Vectors in ECM