http://www.dzone.com/links/tag/flash-flex.html DZone: fresh links for developers en-us Copyright (c) 2006 DZone, Inc. Fri, 16 May 2008 10:26:19 GMT The DZone community 2008-05-16T10:26:19Z en-us Copyright (c) 2006 DZone, Inc. http://www.dzone.com/links/feed/frontpage/flash-flex/rss.xml http://www.dzone.com/images/std/dzone.com_258x55.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/ http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/creating_a_flashxml_image_gallery_with_actionscri.html For any dynamic Flash project, XML will be a powerful tool. One of the most common examples (and one of the simplest) is a picture gallery. I will be talking about how to use Flash and XML to make a simple, yet superfly, gallery. flash-flex web design xml Fri, 16 May 2008 08:07:40 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/81211.html clickpopmedia.com 2008-05-16T08:07:40Z For any dynamic Flash project, XML will be a powerful tool. One of the most common examples (and one of the simplest) is a picture gallery. I will be talking about how to use Flash and XML to make a simple, yet superfly, gallery.]]> 81211 2008-05-15T16:37:44Z 2008-05-16T08:07:40Z 5 0 60 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/81211.jpg clickpopmedia.com http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/284317.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/adobe_open_screen_project_is_java_me_dead_in_the.html I read Schalk’s “Adobe announces Open Screen Project” at DZone today. Quite amazing what Adobe is doing here. They skip the licensing of the most important protocols and file formats. These are free to use now, independent from the platform, context, whatever you like. flash-flex java mobile opinion Wed, 14 May 2008 18:33:31 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/80931.html bloid 2008-05-14T18:33:31Z I read Schalk’s “Adobe announces Open Screen Project” at DZone today. Quite amazing what Adobe is doing here. They skip the licensing of the most important protocols and file formats. These are free to use now, independent from the platform, context, whatever you like.]]> 80931 2008-05-14T12:01:57Z 2008-05-14T18:33:31Z 6 0 486 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/80931.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/scrolling_photos_loaded_dynamically_with_actionsc_2.html In this tutorial we will learn how to scroll some photos that we will load dynamically from an xml file and we will scroll the photos using a custom scrollbar. flash-flex Tue, 13 May 2008 16:32:07 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/80355.html bloid 2008-05-13T16:32:07Z In this tutorial we will learn how to scroll some photos that we will load dynamically from an xml file and we will scroll the photos using a custom scrollbar.]]> 80355 2008-05-11T07:39:07Z 2008-05-13T16:32:07Z 6 0 201 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/80355.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/flex_architecture_fundamentals_part_4_architectur.html A good overview of three options for architecture in Flex apps: * No framework * Use Cairngorm * Use PureMVC flash-flex Tue, 13 May 2008 15:55:07 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/80697.html pulesen 2008-05-13T15:55:07Z A good overview of three options for architecture in Flex apps: * No framework * Use Cairngorm * Use PureMVC]]> 80697 2008-05-13T07:41:08Z 2008-05-13T15:55:07Z 13 0 451 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/80697.jpg pulesen http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/52357.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/functional_web_services_testing_made_easy_with_so_2.html Before we begin, a quick Groovy primer. We start with the fact that Groovy is Java and Java is Groovy. If you have written Java code, you have written Groovy code. Our tasks within this article will be to do 3 things: format a date, read and write to a properties file, and parse XML. Let’s look at the Groovy code for each of these in detail. flash-flex groovy java web services Tue, 13 May 2008 14:19:35 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/80523.html bloid 2008-05-13T14:19:35Z Before we begin, a quick Groovy primer. We start with the fact that Groovy is Java and Java is Groovy. If you have written Java code, you have written Groovy code. Our tasks within this article will be to do 3 things: format a date, read and write to a properties file, and parse XML. Let’s look at the Groovy code for each of these in detail.]]> 80523 2008-05-12T10:30:05Z 2008-05-13T14:19:35Z 10 0 186 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/80523.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/pyamf_release_supports_google_app_engine.html The combination of Google App Engine with Python and Flash based application such as in Flex and AIR could be very interesting. announcement flash-flex python Tue, 13 May 2008 13:43:02 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/80342.html mdude 2008-05-13T13:43:02Z The combination of Google App Engine with Python and Flash based application such as in Flex and AIR could be very interesting.]]> 80342 2008-05-11T01:35:38Z 2008-05-13T13:43:02Z 7 0 184 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/80342.jpg mdude http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/270881.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/continuous_scrolling_image_thumbnail_and_slidesho.html I've been working on improvements for this thumbnail/slideshow component. The way the continuous scroll flows is very nice. It provides a very fluid feel. I have it reading XML from SlideShowPro director. SSPD simply gives a structure of albums and images, so the component should work from essentially any XML source as long as it follows the same schema flash-flex Tue, 13 May 2008 11:32:28 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/80389.html bloid 2008-05-13T11:32:28Z I've been working on improvements for this thumbnail/slideshow component. The way the continuous scroll flows is very nice. It provides a very fluid feel. I have it reading XML from SlideShowPro director. SSPD simply gives a structure of albums and images, so the component should work from essentially any XML source as long as it follows the same schema]]> 80389 2008-05-11T10:46:12Z 2008-05-13T11:32:28Z 9 0 231 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/80389.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/cairngorm_a_tired_old_horse_that_should_be_put_do.html Someone doing a writeup on why he does NOT like Cairngorm af actually using it. flash-flex Tue, 13 May 2008 11:31:55 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/80414.html pulesen 2008-05-13T11:31:55Z Someone doing a writeup on why he does NOT like Cairngorm af actually using it.]]> 80414 2008-05-11T20:19:17Z 2008-05-13T11:31:55Z 10 0 317 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/80414.jpg pulesen http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/52357.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/480_free_and_fresh_icon_sets_help_you_to_create_y.html 15+ Strongly Recommend Tutorials You Must Read for Creating Skins and Themes( UI Design ) in Flex, we have collected some wonderful tutoials. It helps us to understand how to create Skins and Themes by ourself in Flex. And these icons help you to create your beautiful skins and themes in Flex. flash-flex usability Mon, 12 May 2008 22:58:39 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/80578.html minidxer 2008-05-12T22:58:39Z 15+ Strongly Recommend Tutorials You Must Read for Creating Skins and Themes( UI Design ) in Flex, we have collected some wonderful tutoials. It helps us to understand how to create Skins and Themes by ourself in Flex. And these icons help you to create your beautiful skins and themes in Flex.]]> 80578 2008-05-12T15:21:27Z 2008-05-12T22:58:39Z 17 0 785 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/80578.jpg minidxer http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/281268.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/adobe_flex_coding_convention_document_triggered_d.html On April 18, 2008, Adobe released its Flex SDK coding conventions and best practices. Adobe's Flex Team explained that the new conventions, “. . . lay out the coding standards for writing open-source Flex framework components in ActionScript 3 (AS3). Adhering to these standards makes the source code look consistent, well-organized, and professional.” flash-flex Sun, 11 May 2008 15:07:04 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/79996.html bloid 2008-05-11T15:07:04Z On April 18, 2008, Adobe released its Flex SDK coding conventions and best practices. Adobe's Flex Team explained that the new conventions, “. . . lay out the coding standards for writing open-source Flex framework components in ActionScript 3 (AS3). Adhering to these standards makes the source code look consistent, well-organized, and professional.”]]> 79996 2008-05-08T17:51:05Z 2008-05-11T15:07:04Z 7 0 285 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/79996.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/5_free_3d_flash_galleries.html All 5 available for free! flash-flex Sat, 10 May 2008 18:36:11 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/79966.html mjorge 2008-05-10T18:36:11Z All 5 available for free!]]> 79966 2008-05-08T15:24:28Z 2008-05-10T18:36:11Z 13 0 598 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/79966.jpg mjorge http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/200639.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/how_to_fix_uncaught_exception_permission_denied_t.html This annoying error started occurring recently in conjunction with a Flash 9 security update that changed the policy file behavior; this is how to fix it. flash-flex how-to security web 2.0 Fri, 09 May 2008 06:49:07 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/79635.html MegaManSE 2008-05-09T06:49:07Z This annoying error started occurring recently in conjunction with a Flash 9 security update that changed the policy file behavior; this is how to fix it.]]> 79635 2008-05-06T21:57:22Z 2008-05-09T06:49:07Z 7 0 179 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/79635.jpg MegaManSE http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/252825.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/does_flash_irk_me.html Recently my mailbox seems to contain a few messages of people mailing me about Flash. Many readers will likely assume that I have a natural distaste for anything Flash related. It’s not because I prefer HTML/CSS that I don’t like it or hate it as some people do. Flash/Flex have their place. With that out of the way let’s continue… flash-flex opinion web design Fri, 09 May 2008 06:46:51 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/79554.html bloid 2008-05-09T06:46:51Z Recently my mailbox seems to contain a few messages of people mailing me about Flash. Many readers will likely assume that I have a natural distaste for anything Flash related. It’s not because I prefer HTML/CSS that I don’t like it or hate it as some people do. Flash/Flex have their place. With that out of the way let’s continue…]]> 79554 2008-05-06T13:34:20Z 2008-05-09T06:46:51Z 7 0 228 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/79554.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/make_a_flash_mp3_player.html Creating an MP3 Player in ActionScript 3.0 is fairly straight forward. The complexity varies greatly depending on what kind of features you want your player to have. I don’t plan on getting into ID3 tags here, but otherwise (as you can see) I will be going over the full functionality of a normal MP3 Player. flash-flex Thu, 08 May 2008 11:32:17 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/79311.html clickpopmedia.com 2008-05-08T11:32:17Z Creating an MP3 Player in ActionScript 3.0 is fairly straight forward. The complexity varies greatly depending on what kind of features you want your player to have. I don’t plan on getting into ID3 tags here, but otherwise (as you can see) I will be going over the full functionality of a normal MP3 Player.]]> 79311 2008-05-05T12:26:18Z 2008-05-08T11:32:17Z 9 0 289 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/79311.jpg clickpopmedia.com http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/284317.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/how_to_fix_video_slowing_down_your_page_load_time.html the problem here is that putting such a huge file on our page will slow down the other page elements that are also trying to load at the same time. The solution then, is to ensure that the video doesn’t load until after the rest of the page is loaded. flash-flex web design Wed, 07 May 2008 14:51:52 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/79320.html bloid 2008-05-07T14:51:52Z the problem here is that putting such a huge file on our page will slow down the other page elements that are also trying to load at the same time. The solution then, is to ensure that the video doesn’t load until after the rest of the page is loaded.]]> 79320 2008-05-05T12:59:03Z 2008-05-07T14:51:52Z 6 0 184 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/79320.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/mac_style_flash_menu_in_as3_with_source.html Nice Mac Style flash menu built using ActionScript 3 with source code provided and several implementation tips in the comments. flash-flex how-to open source ria Tue, 06 May 2008 03:32:44 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/79385.html flexninja 2008-05-06T03:32:44Z Nice Mac Style flash menu built using ActionScript 3 with source code provided and several implementation tips in the comments.]]> 79385 2008-05-05T19:27:00Z 2008-05-06T03:32:44Z 9 0 648 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/79385.jpg flexninja http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/281131.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/flare_flash_decompiler_to_extract_actionscript.html Flare processes an SWF and extracts all scripts from it. The output is written to a single text file. Only ActionScript is extracted, no text or images. Flare is freeware. Windows, Mac OS X and Linux versions are available. flash-flex tools Mon, 05 May 2008 13:24:36 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/78990.html bloid 2008-05-05T13:24:36Z Flare processes an SWF and extracts all scripts from it. The output is written to a single text file. Only ActionScript is extracted, no text or images. Flare is freeware. Windows, Mac OS X and Linux versions are available.]]> 78990 2008-05-02T21:43:22Z 2008-05-05T13:24:36Z 8 0 351 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/78990.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/silverlights_fate.html While Microsoft is busy churning out the newer versions of Silverlight and we are all learning to cope with plurality and continunal changes in the RIA world, Computer World has decided to be the soothsayer. They recently (i.e. yesterday on May 1) published an article titled -- 6 factors that will decide the fate of Silverlight . flash-flex microsoft opinion ria Mon, 05 May 2008 09:50:55 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/79006.html bloid 2008-05-05T09:50:55Z While Microsoft is busy churning out the newer versions of Silverlight and we are all learning to cope with plurality and continunal changes in the RIA world, Computer World has decided to be the soothsayer. They recently (i.e. yesterday on May 1) published an article titled -- 6 factors that will decide the fate of Silverlight .]]> 79006 2008-05-03T00:14:36Z 2008-05-05T09:50:55Z 6 0 735 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/79006.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/concurrency_with_python_twisted_and_flex.html An example of parallel programming using all the CPUs on your computer or cluster. Also shows how to add a Flex user interface. flash-flex python Mon, 05 May 2008 03:10:42 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/79174.html bloid 2008-05-05T03:10:42Z An example of parallel programming using all the CPUs on your computer or cluster. Also shows how to add a Flex user interface.]]> 79174 2008-05-04T18:59:35Z 2008-05-05T03:10:42Z 12 0 355 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/79174.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/15_strongly_recommand_tutorials_you_must_read_for.html As well as you know creating a polished user interface is an important part of a successful application. Although the Flex has powerful default skin and looks not bad. But from the business point of view you should consider more about the comany’s identity,unique, the difference from competitors and need meet the target customer’s sense No matter you are just a beginner or an expertise, we all recommand these tutorials to read. Athough some of them seems very old by now written in 2006, but still very classical flash-flex Mon, 05 May 2008 01:45:20 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/79059.html ding 2008-05-05T01:45:20Z As well as you know creating a polished user interface is an important part of a successful application. Although the Flex has powerful default skin and looks not bad. But from the business point of view you should consider more about the comany’s identity,unique, the difference from competitors and need meet the target customer’s sense No matter you are just a beginner or an expertise, we all recommand these tutorials to read. Athough some of them seems very old by now written in 2006, but still very classical]]> 79059 2008-05-03T12:57:24Z 2008-05-05T01:45:20Z 10 0 525 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/79059.jpg ding http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/281408.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/enhance_your_java_mobile_application_ui_with_flas.html As Flash’s strength is in UI development and Java’s strength is in services, security and distribution, lots of Java developers are adopting the Flash as their UI choice. When it comes Java ME development, its an application sitting on the mobile phones as opposed to traditional web application where the browser and server are involved. Until now, Java ME developers have only Java ME GUI APIs for UI development, but now they can enhance the UI with Flash technology. In an interesting turn of events, Sony Ericsson launching project Capuchin, which bridges the Java ME with Flash Lite by empowering these two distinct developer communities to bring their respective expertise to create more powerful mobile applications. flash-flex java Sun, 04 May 2008 21:26:53 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/78858.html harikrishnag 2008-05-04T21:26:53Z As Flash’s strength is in UI development and Java’s strength is in services, security and distribution, lots of Java developers are adopting the Flash as their UI choice. When it comes Java ME development, its an application sitting on the mobile phones as opposed to traditional web application where the browser and server are involved. Until now, Java ME developers have only Java ME GUI APIs for UI development, but now they can enhance the UI with Flash technology. In an interesting turn of events, Sony Ericsson launching project Capuchin, which bridges the Java ME with Flash Lite by empowering these two distinct developer communities to bring their respective expertise to create more powerful mobile applications.]]> 78858 2008-05-02T02:39:05Z 2008-05-04T21:26:53Z 8 0 188 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/78858.jpg harikrishnag http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/150492.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/splunkreplay_flash_goodness_for_splunk.html Inspired by glTail.rb and Digg Lab’s Stack, Splunk Replay is a Flash-based, data visualization tool which “replays” your Splunk'd logfile activities in an animated layout. You can click on the image below to see an early version of Replay running on anonymized event data from our internal wiki system. flash-flex tools Sat, 03 May 2008 00:18:30 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/78843.html bloid 2008-05-03T00:18:30Z Inspired by glTail.rb and Digg Lab’s Stack, Splunk Replay is a Flash-based, data visualization tool which “replays” your Splunk'd logfile activities in an animated layout. You can click on the image below to see an early version of Replay running on anonymized event data from our internal wiki system.]]> 78843 2008-05-01T22:55:46Z 2008-05-03T00:18:30Z 4 0 149 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/78843.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/adobe_opens_up_flash_but_leaves_out_google_and_ap.html In a well timed move today Adobe announced the Open Screen Project and lifted restrictions on the use of Flash related specifications. The initiative is supported by several industry leaders including ARM, Intel, LG, Motorola, Nokia, NTT DoCoMo, Qualcomm, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Toshiba, and Verizon. Notably absent from the list were Google and Apple, creators of the Android and iPhone platforms respectively. flash-flex news opinion Fri, 02 May 2008 22:35:54 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/78739.html bloid 2008-05-02T22:35:54Z In a well timed move today Adobe announced the Open Screen Project and lifted restrictions on the use of Flash related specifications. The initiative is supported by several industry leaders including ARM, Intel, LG, Motorola, Nokia, NTT DoCoMo, Qualcomm, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Toshiba, and Verizon. Notably absent from the list were Google and Apple, creators of the Android and iPhone platforms respectively.]]> 78739 2008-05-01T14:38:08Z 2008-05-02T22:35:54Z 9 0 595 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/78739.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/adobe_open_screen_where_the_hell_is_apple.html Adobe's announcement of the open screen project is the biggest announcement for the world of RIA today. Pretty much every player in the mobile market, with the exception of Apple, seems to be supporting this effort. flash-flex mobile Fri, 02 May 2008 21:37:12 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/78852.html sandbox 2008-05-02T21:37:12Z Adobe's announcement of the open screen project is the biggest announcement for the world of RIA today. Pretty much every player in the mobile market, with the exception of Apple, seems to be supporting this effort.]]> 78852 2008-05-01T23:45:31Z 2008-05-02T21:37:12Z 4 0 517 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/78852.jpg sandbox http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/164334.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/update_of_the_ria_wars_and_adobes_open_screens_pr.html A brief account and commentary on Adobe's Open Screens Project and then a dip into thinking about the current state of RIA platform strategies. flash-flex microsoft opinion ria Fri, 02 May 2008 11:13:47 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/78816.html Michael Cote' 2008-05-02T11:13:47Z A brief account and commentary on Adobe's Open Screens Project and then a dip into thinking about the current state of RIA platform strategies.]]> 78816 2008-05-01T20:01:28Z 2008-05-02T11:13:47Z 9 0 305 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/78816.jpg cote http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/266459.gif