In my first attempt with WebORB for PHP I came across an issue that was not keen with the examples I was trying to use. The issue had to do with using the “source” attribute on the RemoteObject class. The reason behind the missing feature in WebORB for PHP was that they modeled their services config files after FDS, which is JavaAdapter based. My examples are based on ColdFusion and use the standard services-config.xml...

The image should explain it all!  (I was just looking at the video a few page clicks before this came up)

When Google introduced their new Finanace website a while back of course wanted to figure out what they where using.  I do my normal first test of using the right click button on the mouse to see if Flash comes up in the context menu.  Sure enough Flash is used on the charting part of the Google finance. The more interesting part of this and why I bring it up is that Adobe actually acknowledges Google’s use of JavaScript and Flash in...

After following the Flex 2 depoyment since the beging Alpha I kind of ignore marketing materials.  But today I found myself on Adobe’s site looking at the Flex product page.  Click on the “View the Flex Feature Tour” button found on most Flex product pages. The presentation gives you an overview, popular case studies from SAP and Yahoo, and a bit about why its helpful to developers. This is a nice quick marketing piece if...

If you haven’t read other blog posts about MAXUP read Ted’s post here. I found out there is more information located on barcamp.org wiki pages here. “The Adobe MAX conference showcases Adobe software. MAXUP will allow designers and developers and to showcase their work created with Adobe tools in Barcamp format.” The picture below is also sported on T-Shirts that will be given to those that present. So if you are giong...

I have a Treo 700w and have been looking into Flash Players for the Window Mobile 5 OS since I got the phone. The PocketPC Flash Player 7 came out earlier this year and worked well with FLV’s but not Flex (at least with Treo 700w small memory size). Yesterday Flash Lite 2.1 for Windows Mobile 5.0 was annouced as a preview on Adobe labs site. I went ahead and downloaded the Flash Lite player, copied it over through ActiveSync and...