Flexair - Mayur Rami http://mprami.wordpress.com Flex in AIR Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:24:36 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/fab0104772a98c923521c060c9f7a690?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png Flexair - Mayur Rami http://mprami.wordpress.com Squiggly – Spell Check in Flex 3 http://mprami.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/squiggly-spell-check-in-flex-3/ http://mprami.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/squiggly-spell-check-in-flex-3/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:24:36 +0000 Mayur Rami http://mprami.wordpress.com/?p=87 ]]>

Adobe labs has put a Spell Check library – SQUIGGLY – for Actionscript 3 and Flex 3.

To see Demo

to see its details – Squiggly

Enjoy Flexing . . .  :)

Mayur Rami

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Folks,

Go and check Adobe MAX and Adobe’s official web sites as they have so many announcements on .

On first day, 17th Nov 2008, of MAX – Adobe announced about some new Products and Technologies.

AIR 1.5 New features

  • Flash Player 10 capabilities
  • WebKit update
  • Encrypted local database

CoCoMo

Codename “Cocomo” is a Platform as a Service that allows Flex developers to easily add real-time social capabilities into their RIA (rich Internet applications). Comprised of both Flex-based client components and a hosted services infrastructure.

Features of the Cocomo beta include the following:

* VoIP Audio
* Webcam Video
* Chat
* Multi-User Whiteboards
* Real Time File Sharing
* User Management
* Roles and Permissions
* Robust Data Messaging

Flash Player 10 ( 64 bit Alpha )

Furthering Adobe’s commitment  to the Linux community and as part of ongoing efforts to ensure the cross-platform compatibility of Flash Player, an alpha version of 64-bit Adobe Flash Player 10 for Linux operating systems was released on Nov-17-2008 and is available for download.

Flex 4 Gumbo

New in the Flex Gumbo SDK MAX Preview

Lot many new features

Flash Catalyst

Adobe® Flash® Catalyst is a new professional interaction design tool for rapidly creating application interfaces and interactive content without coding. These can range from interactive Ads, product guides and design portfolios to user interfaces for applications. Flash Catalyst enables designers to start from static compositions created in Adobe Photoshop® CS4, Illustrator® CS4, or Adobe Fireworks® CS4 and convert the artwork into applications and interactive content. The designer does this by visually defining events, transitions and motion. Flash Catalyst can output a finished Flash SWF or AIR application that’s ready to publish on the web. In addition designers can provide the project file to developers who can use Adobe Flex® Builder™ to add additional functionality such as connection to back-end systems.

I will give more details on CoCoMo and Flash Catalyst later here. Keep reading

Till then, Happy Flexing ……    :)

Mayur Rami

Posted in Adobe, AIR, Flash, Flex Tagged: AIR, CoCoMo, Flash Catalyst, Flash player, Flex ]]> http://mprami.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/air-15-cocomo-flash-player-10-64-bit-flex-4-gumbo-flash-catalyst/feed/ 1 Mayur Rami Flash Player 10 Released http://mprami.wordpress.com/2008/10/15/flash-player-10-released/ http://mprami.wordpress.com/2008/10/15/flash-player-10-released/#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:13:42 +0000 Mayur Rami http://mprami.wordpress.com/?p=73 ]]>

Welcome to Flash Player 10 – Adobe recently on 15- October -2008, released Flash Player 10

Flash Player 10, is with around 15 NEW features and 8 Enhanced features.

New Features,

  1. 3D effects
  2. Custom filters and effects
  3. Advanced text support
  4. Color management
  5. Speex audio codec
  6. Dynamic Streaming
  7. Real Time Media Flow Protocol
  8. Dynamic sound generation
  9. Text engine
  10. Pixel Bender
  11. Vector data type
  12. File upload and download APIs
  13. Webcam/microphone
  14. Public bugbase
  15. Ubuntu suppor

Enhanced Features,

  1. Large bitmap support
  2. Full-screen playback
  3. Drawing API
  4. Context menu
  5. Hardware acceleration
  6. Anti-aliasing engine (Saffron 3.1)
  7. Read/write clipboard access
  8. WMODE

You can get more details on each form Flash Player 10 New Features.

With the release of Flash Player 10, some people are saying the end of era – Flash Player 9.

But I don’t think so, it will be so, soon. The way – with Jet speed – FP9 got its presence in computers world wide, I don’t think so same way FP10 will also get its presence.

What do you think ? Let me know about your comments.

Anyway, I really like Flash Player 9 – Start of AVM2 – era.

Good bye Flash Player 9 :)

Welcome Flash Player 10 :)

It seems Flash platform is Flexing . . . ;)

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Note : Same post as previous one.

Folks,

Today, I come to know another one Gem of Flex.

A need arise in my one project, while my development,

I have to create same functionality as done in HTML.

i.e. HTML – Body tag we provide backGround image with size ” fixed “.

<body style=”background:url(images/background.png) fixed”>

So, when ever we scroll the contents,

the background image will not be scrolling, only contents will scroll.

Same type functionality, I need to achieve in flex.

So I dwell deep into Flex frame work and got one more Pearl…!!! Oh, that’s consistent.

That’s why I like flex more than oteher tech.

This time, the pearl is, style property : backgroundAttachment

The ” backgroundAttachment ” is of mx.core.Container class style property.

If a background image is specified, this style specifies

whether it is fixed with regard to the viewport (<code>”fixed”</code>)

or scrolls along with the content (<code>”scroll”</code>).

[Style(name="backgroundAttachment", type="String", inherit="no")]

My sample is as below :

I have shown an exmple with two VBox all propertis and contets are same.

Except one propety :

backgroundAttachment=”scroll“

backgroundAttachment=”fiexed”

the code is as below


<?xml version="1.0"
encoding="utf-8"?>

<mx:Application
xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute"

<span>            </span>pageTitle="Mayur
: BG Experiment"

<span>            </span>width="550"
height="330"

<span>            </span>backgroundImage="assets/main_gradient.png">

<span>            </span><mx:VBox
width="160" height="170" verticalGap="10"

<span>                        </span>x="52"
y="104"

<span>                        </span>paddingLeft="5"

<span>                        </span>themeColor="haloBlue"

<span>                        </span>borderStyle="solid"
borderThickness="2"

<span>                        </span>toolTip="Scroll
- default value"

<span>                        </span>backgroundImage="assets/main_bg.png"

<span>                        </span>backgroundAttachment="scroll">

<span>                        </span><mx:Text
text="One Long line 1" />

<span>                        </span><mx:Text
text="One Long line 2" />

<span>                        </span><mx:Text
text="One Long line 3" />

<span>                        </span><mx:Text
text="One Long line 4" />

<span>                        </span><mx:Text
text="One Long line 5" />

<span>                        </span><mx:Text
text="One Long line 6" />

<span>                        </span><mx:Text
text="One Long line 7" />

<span>                        </span><mx:Text
text="One Long line 8" />

<span>                        </span><mx:Text
text="One Long line 9" />

<span>                        </span><mx:Text
text="One Long line 10" />

<span>                        </span><mx:Text
text="One Long line 11" />

<span>                        </span><mx:Text
text="One Long line 12" />

<span>                        </span><mx:Text
text="One Long line 13" />

<span>                        </span><mx:Text
text="One Long line 14" />

<span>                        </span><mx:Text
text="One Long line 15" />

<span>            </span></mx:VBox>

<span>            </span><mx:VBox
width="160" height="170" verticalGap="10"

<span>                        </span>x="334"
y="104"

<span>                        </span>paddingLeft="5"

<span>                        </span>themeColor="haloBlue"

<span>                        </span>borderStyle="solid"
borderThickness="2"

<span>                        </span>toolTip="fixed
- changed value"

<span>                        </span>backgroundImage="assets/main_bg.png"

<span>                        </span>backgroundAttachment="fixed">

<span>                        </span><mx:Text
text="One Long line 1" />

<span>                        </span><mx:Text
text="One Long line 2" />

<span>                        </span><mx:Text
text="One Long line 3" />

<span>                        </span><mx:Text
text="One Long line 4" />

<span>                        </span><mx:Text
text="One Long line 5" />

<span>                        </span><mx:Text
text="One Long line 6" />

<span>                        </span><mx:Text
text="One Long line 7" />

<span>                        </span><mx:Text
text="One Long line 8" />

<span>                        </span><mx:Text
text="One Long line 9" />

<span>                        </span><mx:Text
text="One Long line 10" />

<span>                        </span><mx:Text
text="One Long line 11" />

<span>                        </span><mx:Text
text="One Long line 12" />

<span>                        </span><mx:Text
text="One Long line 13" />

<span>                        </span><mx:Text
text="One Long line 14" />

<span>                        </span><mx:Text
text="One Long line 15" />

<span>            </span></mx:VBox>

<span>            </span><mx:Grid
x="52" y="54" width="440" >

<span>                        </span><mx:GridRow
width="100%" height="100%">

<span>                                    </span><mx:GridItem
width="100%" height="100%"

<span>                                                </span>borderStyle="solid"
borderThickness="1">

<span>                                                </span><mx:Label
text="backgroundImage=&quot;main_bg.png&quot;"
width="205"/>

<span>                                    </span></mx:GridItem>

<span>                                    </span><mx:GridItem
width="100%" height="100%"

<span>                                                </span>borderStyle="solid"
borderThickness="1">

<span>                                                </span><mx:Label
text="backgroundImage=&quot;main_bg.png&quot;"
width="100%"/>

<span>                                    </span></mx:GridItem>

<span>                        </span></mx:GridRow>

<span>                        </span><mx:GridRow
width="100%" height="100%">

<span>                                    </span><mx:GridItem
width="100%" height="100%"

<span>                                                </span>borderStyle="solid"
borderThickness="1">

<span>                                                </span><mx:Label
text="backgroundAttachment=&quot;scroll&quot;"
width="205"/>

<span>                                    </span></mx:GridItem>

<span>                                    </span><mx:GridItem
width="100%" height="100%"

<span>                                                </span>borderStyle="solid"
borderThickness="1">

<span>                                                </span><mx:Label
text="backgroundAttachment=&quot;fixed&quot;"
width="100%"/>

<span>                                    </span></mx:GridItem>

<span>                        </span></mx:GridRow>

<span>            </span></mx:Grid>

<span>            </span><mx:Label
x="20" y="25"

<span>                        </span>text="mx.core.Container-[Style(name=&quot;backgroundAttachment&quot;,
type=&quot;String&quot;, inherit=&quot;no&quot;)]"

<span>                        </span>width="500"/>

</mx:Application>

Please let me know your views / comments.

Happy Felxing . . . )

Posted in Actionscript 3, Flex 3 Tagged: Actionscript 3, Flex 3 ]]> http://mprami.wordpress.com/2008/10/04/flex-cotainer-class-backgroundattachment/feed/ 3 Mayur Rami ) Flex Video Tutorials – Adding visual appeal http://mprami.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/flex-video-tutorials-adding-visual-appeal/ http://mprami.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/flex-video-tutorials-adding-visual-appeal/#comments Sat, 27 Sep 2008 09:04:35 +0000 Mayur Rami http://mprami.wordpress.com/?p=51 ]]>

In Flex Video Series – Flex In Week

Part 4 has been added as Day 4: Adding visual appeal

I covers some good topics too,

Enjoy Flexing . . . :)

Mayur Rami

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