I decided to create a mashup on top of the new Flex Search that just came out. Background, Ted Patrick just released the Flex Search Alpha1 API. He created a basic application on top of the remoting API. The Flex Search API has the following current features:Search Flexcoders, FlexComponents, Flex Dev Center, Flex Documentation, AS3 Documentation and soon blog posts on flex. Boolean Search syntax:Cairngorm –> Search for...

Another small fix for the AdvancedForm component. This time it has to do with the initial snapshot the AdvacnedForm component makes. I originally was making this on the childrenCreated() method of the component but this doesn’t take into the account when children of the Form are created. Thanks again to Dustin for pointing out the scenario. Get the updated component http://renaun.com/blog/flex-components/comp-advancedform or on Adobe...

So what is this post all about. Well its about how to view the whole execution stack line by line when creating a Panel object. I have been learning about the Debugger in Flex Builder 2 and had a strange thought while stepping through a bug I was trying to fix. That thought was caused by the fact that the act of stepping into code in Flex Builder 2 takes you through all the Flex Frameworks classes as well (well at least the ones in the...

Now I am from Vegas and have seen the MGM Grand web site for a while now. I believe its one of the greatest examples of Flash Video, Flash, and HTML. The experience and the navigation all comes together really nicely. Edge newsletter “The edge of Flash” Here is the site it self MGM Grand

There was a little bug that affected the AdvancedForm’s isValid property for a certain condition. Thanks to Dustin for finding the bug. I have updated the component to fix the bug. The situation arose when you reset a form after the isValid = true, the reset changes isValid to false but then would set isValid = true after the first validator became valid. It should not do this unless all validators on the page are valid. Get the...