Monthly Archives: May 2006

Flex 1.5 – Embedbed image problem, when using multiple Flex SWFs

I have 2 Flex applications. The first application (swf1) loads the other application (swf2). “swf1″ has an embedded image inside it, when I try and access the embeded image in “swf2″ nothing happens.

The best way to explain it is with some sample code (source can be found here)

RemoteObjectAMF0 update

Thanks to Xavi Beumaia’s post about his updates to his AMF0 Flex2B3 class I have been able to update the last part of the RemoteObjectAMF0 class. I was missing the functionality to pass along the parameters to the function call, regardless of how many parameters where present. Before I just had hard coded it to [...]

My Derby Submission: Flex Barcode Reader

I have finally submitted my Flex2 application into the Adobe Developer Derby contest. It was built with Flex2 Beta3 and is pretty cool, well at least I think so.

The Flex Barcode Reader

What is the Flex Barcode Reader Component?

The Flex Barcode Reader Component is a Flex2 component that can read barcodes through the use of a web cam and the flash player. The current implementation reads UPC/EAN (ie: CDs, Books, *DVDs) barcodes. The lookup for product information is geared for the US only and comes from Amazon.

Flex2 and ColdFusion with out “ColdFusion/Flex Connectivity”

In Flex 1.5 we would connect to ColdFusion by setting the amfgateway to “/flashservices/gateway”. In Flex2 things changed. With Flex2 and AS3 the remoting gateway and other RPC services implementation changed quite drastically. There is a new AMF format and it is called AMF3, where Flex 1.5 and before all used AMF0. The default gateway [...]

Flex2 custom RemoteObjectAMF0 component (AMFPHP 1.2 and Cairngorm 2 Login Example)

I created a custom RemoteObject that works with AMF0 (the old style of RemoteObject before Flex2′s changes) a couple months ago. The code was created with Flex 2 Beta 2 and Cairngorm 2. Today I updated the code base to work with Beta 3. (It works in Flex 2 release version now.) You can find [...]

New Monitors, Video Card, and oh no Power Ratings

I have some 5 year old CRTs and decided to make a jump into the LCD world. The two major factors that have kept me from buying LCD’s have been screen resolution and price. These are related because I have become accustomed to 1600×1200 or higher resolution for the past five years and didn’t think I could go lower….