There was a slight issue with closing a FileStream in the right place. The bug only showed it self on Windows and not Mac so I didn’t catch it. The updated AIR app can be found at:
http://renaun.com/air/QTIndexSwapper.air
2 comments January 1st, 2008
UPDATE #2: It seems to act weird on Windows, where it writes the file but shows 50% and that the output size is 0%. The fix was in the ordering of closing the FileStream, get v1.3.2 for the fix.
The QTIndexSwapper has been updated to version v1.3. The updates include:
>> Requires AIR Beta 3
>> File is read and parsed asynchronously, basically the progress bar works now
>> When parsing the MOOV atom it shows a tree of atom types (for future metadata parsing)
>> Fixed 64bit support, it should work but I don’t have a 64-bit data file to test.
The source is included in the AIR file.
Related posts:
http://renaun.com/blog/2007/08/22/234/
Add comment December 28th, 2007
Looks like the old Breeze now Connect is morphing again.
Welcome to a preview of the next generation of Adobe Acrobat Connect, codename “Brio.” Brio is a web meeting service built with collaboration in mind for individual professionals and small businesses. With Brio, you can instantly communicate and collaborate through an easy-to-use, easy-to-access online personal meeting room.
Built on Adobe’s Flash platform, Brio operates inside most popular web browsers, so you can start a meeting without worrying if others have a compatible system or the right software
Check more info on labs.adobe.com.
Add comment December 7th, 2007
Serge Jespers did a great job handling the Pacifica keynote in Barcelona. You can catch the video of the keynote on the web. We’ll be starting the private beta in a couple weeks so make sure to fill out a survey (see my other pacifica post for the link).
1 comment October 17th, 2007
Ok that was a long title. But I just got done with presenting at ZendCon 2007 in San Francisco and feel like a long title. The session was geared to take Cal Evan’s, “Flex and PHP: Party in the Front, Business in the Back”, a do some Flex enhancements on the Front end side.
What came out of the session was a Flex RSS Picture Book. Using Ely Greenfield’s FlexBook component, the picture book displays images from the keyword’s of the articles description text.
Here is the live example of the Flex RSS Picture Book, remember to click on the image to see the Article’s title and description.
You can find the Flex RSS Picture Book source here, this source includes just the MXML and a slightly modified FlexBook source to handle crossdomain security. You’ll need to get the PHP source from Cal Evan’s original article.
1 comment October 9th, 2007
You’ll find the PDF’s of the session on Flex and PHP on the MAX website. I think its available to people who attended MAX and later it will be available to everyone. The didn’t seem to put up the actual source code that went along with the session. The session was gear for someone with no Flex experience, but the people attending MAX and the session had plenty of Flex experience.
Between trying to change up the session for the higher skill level, the machines having issues, and the internet not working on the time what I presented at MAX differs slightly from the material here. You can find a excerpt from the PDF handout here to get your going on the PHP side of the session. You’ll find on the last page of the PDF instructions of how to setup Apache PHP and mySQL on a Windows XP box as well as how to setup the Flex Builder 3, PHPEclipse plugin and the Zend Framework.
Either way you can find plenty of information on Flex and PHP examples on my blog. Here are two links to some source files:
MAX 2007 Flex and PHP source material
360Flex Flex and PHP examples
Add comment October 6th, 2007
I mentioned a few months ago that I join the Adobe Voice team. Since joining i have been working on a cool project, now codenamed Pacifica. Yesterday was a great at MAX. All the hard work paid off and the Pacifica team was able to show the new project in both the 2nd day keynote and the sneak peaks. Overall the presentations went well. But there seems to be some confusion what Pacifica is all about.
You can get some info on the blogs and news links below:
Pacifica News
2nd Day Keynote
Pacifica Team Member
Some key points what the Pacifica Service initial release is:
Its important to point out that the developer owns the whole experience. Adobe doesn’t keep any user data or user list information of the developers applications. Its not just about making voice calls and buddy list any more. The developer can create new and interesting experiences out side the phone concept.
Like what was mentioned at MAX, the Pacifica team is starting a private beta this month, go fill out the survey.
1 comment October 3rd, 2007
So this is my first MAX as an Adobe employee. I still feel a strong connection with the community. But with my team, Adobe Voice, being part of the sessions today I am definitely getting a different perspective of the conference.
The Flex and PHP hands on sessions are going fairly well. But I believe they where geared a little to much towards the beginners so I am changing as I go. That makes for a fun presentation each time, hehe.
Of course I am up early and in bed late, which I am feeling it today. The Birds of the Feather sessions were great, like always, last night. First, I was in the Papervision 3d session. Thanks to Ben Stucki, who wasn’t at the conference, I got to see the AIR bus come out of the screen right at me (3d glasses, papervision, and picture sphere). Also I can’t leave out John Grden for hosting the BoF and Doug for bring the glasses for Ben. The Flex BoF had a very large attendance, last years was much more informal which was better. Either way, props to the Flex team and its good to see them get bigger and bigger. They are hiring and have plans to grow the size of the team.
The last BoF was Custom Component development with a panel of many of the communities greats. It was a good discussion and full of many fun comments.
So far so good, go MAX.
1 comment October 2nd, 2007
This year at MAX I will be presenting one of the hands on sessions. It is titled:
RA101H: Hands On: Building a Rich Internet Application with Flex 3 and PHP.
It is geared for people with no Flex experience and will be pretty basic overview of Flex 3 and connecting to PHP through HTTPService. The fun part is I will be giving the session 4 times over the course of the 3 days. If you are going to MAX feel free to come by join a session or say hi.
6 comments September 26th, 2007
Check out the press release.
It is good to see Adobe Flex gaining ground a wide variety of markets.
A quote from Michele Turner:
“Adobe is excited to work with n2N to take cross-channel commerce to a new level,” said Michele Turner, vice president of product management and marketing, Platform Business Unit at Adobe. “With Flex and n2N, we are creating a scalable, high performance solution that is delivered on-demand in a software-as-a-service model.”
Add comment September 17th, 2007
