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November 29th, 2008

FlexSkinning: Skinning and Styling of Flex Components

FlexSkinning: Skinning and Styling of Flex Components

This is start of new serie on my blog Franto.com. In latest Flex and AIR projects I’ve used lot of custom skinning and styling of original and custom Flex components and I’ve found it very easy. But also there are some curious exceptions and other stuff I like to share with you in this new [...]

Posted in Styling and Skinning
By Franto
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November 21st, 2008

AIR Tip: Flash movie is not rendered in AIR 1.5 HTML in Fullscreen

AIR Tip: Flash movie is not rendered in AIR 1.5 HTML  in Fullscreen

This is long title, but it can tells everything. I came up interesting issue. I do not know if you have already played with new AIR 1.5. We need some new features, so we have used it. And found interesting issue. If you are using HTML compoment and want to load HTML pages with Flash [...]

Posted in AIR Tips
By Franto
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November 12th, 2008

AIR Tip: ContextMenuItem can crash AIR app on Windows

AIR Tip: ContextMenuItem can crash AIR app on Windows

This is just quick tip for all AIR developers. If you are developing AIR application and you want to use ContextMenu please be aware of possible problem on Windows platform. This is not problem on Mac, and it’s not problem in Flash Player (even on Windows). It is problem just in AIR on Windows

Posted in AIR Tips, Franto.com Tips & Tricks
By Franto
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October 14th, 2008

FlexTip: Add Thumbs to Mx:Slider programatically

FlexTip: Add Thumbs to Mx:Slider programatically

I have some new Flex Tip for you. Maybe you have found it already if you have tried add new thumbs to Mx:Slider (HSlider, VSlider) programatically. There can be various “small” problems. Or maybe there is just another way
What I’ve tried is increase thumbCount property and add new value to values property. But [...]

Posted in Flex / AIR / Flash Coaching, Flex Tips, Flexets
By Franto
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October 10th, 2008

AS3.0 KeyboardEvent WooDoo

WTF? I don’t know what’s wrong, and if this is a bug or anything, but I came across interesting issue. Let me first tell, that it seems it’s bug on Windows, or maybe just my Windows really do not know, I need you to help me. I need your test to let me [...]

Posted in Flash
By Franto
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September 17th, 2008

You can meet me in Brighton this year.

You can meet me in Brighton this year.

If you are going on FlashOnTheBeach to Brighton this year, you can meet me there and say hello. Maybe beer will be good at the evening If you will look for Flexets guys (t-shirt with Flexets logo) I know you will find me. It’s always great to see my readers and subscribers. I’m [...]

Posted in Flash, Flexets
By Franto
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September 12th, 2008

Adobe AIR 1.5 available in Flex SDK Nightly builds

Adobe AIR 1.5 available in Flex SDK Nightly builds

Adobe AIR 1.5 with codename Cosmo is available in Flex SDK Nightly builds. There are include almost all features with Flash Player 10, 5 new languages supported, Integration of the SquirrelFish JavaScript VM into the Webkit HTML engine (should provide significant improvements to JavaScript execution), fixed bugs and many more…
Mike Chambers got more information.

Posted in AIR Tips
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September 11th, 2008

Flex Gangsta Rap

If you’re Flex Gangsta, let us know in our Flex Forum. And if you are just Gangsta, but want to be real Flex Gangsta, Sign up for our Coaching Program for learning Flex, AIR, ActionScript.

Posted in Flex
By Franto
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