Flex2 FileReference API for Uploading Files

I read through the article titled, “Using the FileReference API to upload files in Flex 2 applications”. It is a good starting point for learning how to use the file upload capabilites in Flex 2 and Flash Player 9. I found some simple instructions missing that confused me for a little bit. The article mentions this paragraph When uploading a file, developers often request to attach additional metadata such as date/time at upload,...

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What JRE version does Flex Builder 2 standalone use?

With the release of the Flex Builder 2 Java technote I became curious of all the JVM settings in the standalone version. Here are my results and a method of switching the JVM used by the standalone builder. This is not necessarily recommend or throughly tested, but its pretty basic stuff. First is to check out the version that comes with the Flex Builder 2 standalone version. You can do this in two ways. Way #1: Open up a command prompt and...

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Flex2 and AS3 Book List

Here is the quick list of known flex books that will be coming out in the next couple of months. If you know of any others let me know. Adobe Flex 2: Training from the Source Jeff Tapper, James Talbot, Matt Boles, Benjamin Elmore http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/032142316X/202-6291947-5674229 # Paperback 600 pages (August 31, 2006) # Publisher: Macromedia # Language: English # ISBN: 032142316X ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook : Solutions and...

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Flash 8 startup makes a URL call

I just noticed that when you start up Flash 8 Professional that it makes a call to a macromedia.com URL. http://www.macromedia.com/go/startpageflpro?api=1&lvl=1&ver=8.0.0&p… This call then goes and makes some other...

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