If you need to quickly count characters in text then this little flex application might be useful. It uses Courier font for fixed width display, so you will need this font on your computer to use this tool. Type or paste text into the area below and see the number of characters in your text. [...]
This calendar component is great. It’s still has some bugs in it, but it’s my favorite Flex calendar component out there. It was originally developed by Ely Greenfield and some bug fixes and enhancements were made by Jove Shi. This post exists because Jove’s site is offline and I’m sure people would like to benefit [...]
One of my friends writes hilarious office themed hip-hop. Check out my favorite song, Cake In The Kitchen…
I got a Dell Latitude D830 notebook a few weeks ago and it’s great. One thing I noticed, and it’s not a surprise; it doesn’t like the extra power adapter that I bought 6 years ago (3 Dell laptops ago). The last generation of Dell power supplies are 65 watts, while the current generation power [...]
As a Flex 3 developer, there are a number of links I think you should have. Some of these are tools that help me perform tasks faster and better, others are for quick reference and news. Tools Component Explorer Style Explorer (CSS generator) Color Picker Plugins TODO / FIXME XML Buddy (XML color coding, validation…etc) [...]
The limit is 450. Why did you test this and who cares? I care. I was working on an application that has (potentially) hundreds of concurrent data requests and I needed to know if that was going to be a problem. Methodology I built a Flex 3 application that had 1 HTTPService object and I [...]
I’m staying at this hotel near Chicago O’hare airport and I go on google maps to scroll around to see what is in the area. I see this giant bullseye on the roof of a building. I stop for a moment, not knowing what it is for… then I realize it is a target logo. [...]
So, if you have ideas for apple products you’re welcome to submit those ideas. But, if you want them to look at your ideas without putting them in the garbage then you have to agree that all of your ideas become Apple’s ideas. I want the products that I use to be great, so I’m [...]
Perforce software makes a plug-in for Eclipse that makes life a lot easier when using the two together. This setup guide is directed specifically at using Perforce with Flex Builder 3. As we know, Flex Builder 3 (FB3) is based on Eclipse 3.3.1. Since Flex Builder 2 is based on Eclipse 3.1.2, it probably won’t [...]
Sometimes our programs have visual objects that need to be rotated. The default registration point in Flex is the top left corner, but that’s not always ideal. In Flash, we have the freedom to change that registration point — not in Flex. We have to work around this limitation in Flex and I have seen [...]
