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July 31, 2006
Top 10 reasons to attend MAX 2006 in Las Vegas
MAX 2006 offers the Adobe community an unprecedented opportunity to learn about Adobe software, interact with industry experts, connect with peers, and have lots of fun.
Posted by gfox at 3:45 PM
Top 10 reasons to attend MAX 2006 in Las Vegas
MAX 2006 offers the Adobe community an unprecedented opportunity to learn about Adobe software, interact with industry experts, connect with peers, and have lots of fun.
Posted by gfox at 3:45 PM
Top 10 reasons to attend MAX 2006 in Las Vegas
MAX 2006 offers the Adobe community an unprecedented opportunity to learn about Adobe software, interact with industry experts, connect with peers, and have lots of fun.
Posted by gfox at 3:43 PM
Persistent data: Saving user preferences and game scores
Use Flash Lite shared objects so your games remember user information across gaming sessions.
Posted by gfox at 3:39 PM
Creating a video player using the state design pattern and ActionScript 3.0
Learn about design patterns from this simple state machine that starts and stops a video, and then adapt it to run on Flash Media Server 2 by adding more states and player controls.
Posted by gfox at 3:39 PM
# Sample: Validating field content in a form hosted in Adobe Acrobat
This sample demonstrates how to use the Acrobat Scripting API within an XFA form to make invalid fields flash red when you attempt to submit the form.
Posted by gfox at 3:38 PM
July 24, 2006
Automatically generating code for Flex 2 data access
Use DAOFlex to generate, compile, and prepare the required files for data-driven Flex 2 applications.
Posted by gfox at 2:25 PM
Creating self-voicing puzzles in Flash
Make games accessible outside the browser by relying on system-level voices instead of screen readers.b
Posted by gfox at 2:24 PM
Understanding CSS inheritance
Reduce and streamline CSS code by forcing certain CSS properties to inherit the values of their parent.b
Posted by gfox at 2:24 PM
Clearing template cache automatically through the ColdFusion gateway
Clear cache as needed while maintaining the Trusted Cache setting for high performance across your website.
Posted by gfox at 2:22 PM
Sample: Exposing LiveCycle workflows in BEA WebLogic Portal (ZIP, 46.9M)
Learn how to integrate LiveCycle Form Manager and LiveCycle Workflow in the BEA WebLogic environment.
Posted by gfox at 2:22 PM
July 20, 2006
How to list all users with permission to enter a meeting using the XML API
(TechNote) To get a list of all users with permissions to a Breeze Meeting you will need to use the "permissions-info" action. To limit the scope of the query to only users who can access the meeting you will need to filter the list on all three types of users for the meeting: Participants, Presenters, and Hosts.
Posted by dmorris at 3:45 PM
Resume Data is not sent on every slide
(TechNote) Bookmarking does not work for users viewing content slides in a course.
Posted by dmorris at 3:40 PM
How to retrieve a list of all events in Breeze using the XML API
(TechNote) To list all Events on your Breeze server, use the "sco-contents" action. You will need to include the "sco-id" parameter in your query.
Posted by dmorris at 3:24 PM
Report all users currently in a meeting using the XML API
(TechNote) Often, a meeting host will want to create an attendance report of users currently attending a particular Breeze meeting.
Posted by dmorris at 3:06 PM
Search for Breeze users by a particular field value using the XML API
(TechNote) Often, users will want to search for other Breeze users by a particular field value. The action "principal-list-by-field" allows you to search users by a particular field value.
Posted by dmorris at 2:58 PM
How to send an email notification when creating a user via the XML API
(TechNote) When using the Breeze login page to register, Breeze will typically send an email notification to the user who just registered. However, when creating a user via the XML API using the "principal-update" action, this email notification is not sent.
Posted by dmorris at 2:53 PM
XML API action "sco-search" does not return results
(TechNote) When using the "sco-search" action in the XML API, no results are returned. Only a <status code="ok"> message is returned.
Posted by dmorris at 2:33 PM
SQL statement is not saved in Report Builder
(TechNote) In ColdFusion Report Builder 7.0.2, if you type a SQL statement into the query builder, save it and then reopen the query builder, the SQL is no longer there. It is available in Snippets, however.
Posted by dmorris at 6:01 AM
Access Violation error in ColdFusion Report Builder
(TechNote) An Access Violation error may occur if, in a report that uses input parameters, the query is modified and the report is saved several times in a row in the same Report Builder session.
Posted by dmorris at 5:52 AM
July 19, 2006
Error when editing data source table columns of type ByteArray or BLOB
(TechNote) In applications generated using the ColdFusion/Flex application wizard in Flex Builder 2, it is not possible to edit data source table columns of type ByteArray or BLOB.
Posted by dmorris at 1:26 PM
Breeze user is not created when using the XML API
(TechNote) When creating a new Breeze user using the XML API, you may find that the user is not created. The page output displays the new users information but they were not entered in the Breeze system.
Posted by dmorris at 6:15 AM
User login to Breeze fails when using the XML API
(TechNote) When using the XML API, you want to login the users from your portal or application but the login process fails.
Posted by dmorris at 6:03 AM
July 18, 2006
Using Flash 8 SWFs with Flex 2 Applications
(TechNote) Flex 2 applications are compiled into SWFs that require the use of Flash Player 9. There is a problem when you want to have a Flex 2 SWF dynamically load or embed a Flash 8 SWF. The example in this TechNote explains how to include SWFs that were created for Flash Player 8 (or earlier) into a Flex 2 application.
Posted by dmorris at 1:10 PM
July 17, 2006
Flex community sample applications
Check out what developers in the Flex and Flash community are building with Flex 2, Flash Player 9, and ActionScript 3.0.
Posted by gfox at 2:28 PM
From FITC: Colin Moock interviews Mike Downey, Flash product manager
Two Flash experts discuss the Adobe merger, Flash, Adobe Labs, and Flex in these four videos.
Posted by gfox at 2:28 PM
Four new Flex Quick Starts
Learn Flex fundamentals such as controlling the cursor, using Repeaters, skinning components, and using item renderers.
Posted by gfox at 2:27 PM
Creating a Flash Lite 1.1 RSS Reader
Use a server-side PHP parser and Flash Lite 1.1 to display RSS feeds on Flash Lite–enabled devices.
Posted by gfox at 2:26 PM
Guidelines for rich Internet application development
Learn from the pros by applying Fluid's best-practice development tactics to your own work.
Posted by gfox at 2:25 PM
Sample: Adding subform instances at runtime (ZIP, 148k)
This sample demonstrates how to add subform instances to your form at runtime and include the new subform as well as its child objects in any form calculations.
Posted by gfox at 2:24 PM
Flex Data Services 2: Flash Player incorrectly redirects to the Adobe Download Center instead of the initial MXML page
(Hot fix) When a user does not have the required version of the Flash Player and browses to an MXML application, the Express Install process prompts the user to install the current version of the Flash Player. After the Flash Player is updated, the user is incorrectly redirected to the Adobe Flash Player Download Center instead of the initial MXML page.
Posted by dmorris at 7:58 AM
July 14, 2006
Flash Media Server does not start after successful installation on RedHat Linux
(TechNote) In some cases, Flash Media Server does not start up correctly although there were no errors during the installation and there are no errors in the log files because the server is not yet in a state where sufficiently verbose logging can occur.
Posted by dmorris at 6:39 AM
July 13, 2006
Error when registering a CFX custom tag in ColdFusion MX 7 on BEA Weblogic server
(TechNote) When attempting to register a C++ CFX Custom Tag in the ColdFusion Administrator for ColdFusion MX 7 J2EE Configuration on BEA Weblogic on Solaris, you may encounter the error:
You must configure your application server to enable native CFX
support. For instructions, see "Configuring ColdFusion MX" in the
"Installing and Using ColdFusion MX" book for your application
server.
Posted by dmorris at 9:42 AM
July 11, 2006
Flex 2: textSelectedColor style is not set within the mx:DataGrid
(TechNote) The textSelectedColor style fails to display when set on the mx:DataGrid tag. This happens when you set the style using the mx:Style tag or as a property for the mx:DataGrid tag.
Posted by dmorris at 9:28 AM
July 10, 2006
Flex 2: What's in it for Flash developers?
With all the buzz surrounding Adobe Flex 2, many Flash developers are wondering "What's in it for me?" Michael Koch has the scoop.
Posted by gfox at 5:17 PM
Working with background images and CSS – Part 1
Using repeating and non-repeating images
Posted by gfox at 5:16 PM
Working with background images and CSS – Part 2
Placing images with precision
Posted by gfox at 5:15 PM
Working with background images and CSS – Part 3
Altering the appearance of your pages with drop shadows
Posted by gfox at 5:14 PM
Working with background images and CSS – Part 4
Using images to mimic the appearance of columns.
Posted by gfox at 5:14 PM
Implementing a dual-threshold buffering strategy in Flash Media Server
Achieve fast start times for streaming video while maintaining resilience to bandwidth fluctuations.
Posted by gfox at 5:13 PM
NoteTag: Anatomy of a Flex mashup
Learn about the architecture, components, and classes behind NoteTag—a proof-of-concept Flex app.
Posted by gfox at 5:12 PM
Mobile charting with Flash Lite 2
Minimize data transfer while still performing elegant data visualization on mobile devices with these components.
Posted by gfox at 5:11 PM
Compatibility of Adobe LiveCycle Designer 6.0 form designs with Adobe LiveCycle Designer 7.1 (PDF, 269k)
This document describes the issues that you may encounter when working with LiveCycle Designer 6.0 form designs in LiveCycle Designer 7.1.
Posted by gfox at 5:10 PM
July 7, 2006
Incompatibility issue with Flash Player 9 prevents SWF from being inserted into a Breeze Presentation
(TechNote) There is an issue for users who have both Breeze Presenter and Adobe Flash Player 9 installed on their machines. If these users attempt to create Breeze Presentations with embedded Flash content, the content does not display properly.
Posted by dmorris at 11:46 AM
July 6, 2006
File upload fails when SSL and client certificates are enabled
(TechNote) When uploading files larger than 50K on Windows 2003 with SSL and client certificates enabled, and using regular HTML form and input tags, the upload fails, resulting in a blank page.
Posted by dmorris at 5:09 AM
July 5, 2006
Report compilation error after upgrading to ColdFusion Report Builder 7.0.2
(TechNote) After upgrading to Report Builder 7.0.2 from 7.0.1, you may get an error when running a report. The error is: Message: Report compilation error. Error at (135, 20: nullType: coldfusion.util.RuntimeWrapper).
Posted by dmorris at 6:01 AM
July 3, 2006
SSL Intermediate Certificate has Expired
(TechNote) After configuring SSL and entering a meeting room, the browser generates an error saying the intermediate certificate has expired.
Posted by dmorris at 5:45 AM