We made a little test to see the flex performance on parsing an large array.
Here is the experiment:
var size:Number = 10000000;
var arr:Array = [];
for (var i:int=0; i
var time:Number, o:Object;
// for()
time = getTimer();
for (i=0; i=0; i–) { arr[i]; }
trace("for reversed test: "+(getTimer()-time)+"ms");
// for..in
time = getTimer();
for each(o in arr) { o; }
trace("for each test: "+(getTimer()-time)+"ms");
And here are [...]
If you want to create a localized application you may find yourself in a strange situation when you did all the steps like in the book, but you continue to receive the “Unable to open locale xx_XX” error messages.
To simulate a fix on this issue we will take the example of adding French to your [...]
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If you are trying to access the stage of your application right when your app is completed then you’re doing something wrong.
BAD CODE Most of the cases programmers make the following mistake:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:WindowedApplication xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" creationComplete="init()">
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import flash.display.StageDisplayState;
[...]
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We would like to share with the list with our preferred blogs on adobe flex news , and also the top flex resource websites that could came handy anytime
NEWS and Cool Stuff:
* Mihai Corlan’s personal blog
http://corlan.org – Mihai is a flash platform evangelist at Adobe Inc. and one of the most interesting peoples we [...]
The Real-Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP) was designed for high-performance transmission of audio, video, and data between Adobe Flash Platform technologies, including Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR. RTMP is now available as an open specification to create products and technology that enable delivery of video, audio, and data in the open AMF, SWF, FLV, and [...]
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How to call a flash function from flex?
Load the AS3 swf file using an instance of SWFLoader.
Call the function like this:
mySWFLoader.content.functionName();
How to listen for flash events from flex?
// In your Flex app
/* called when your SWFLoader finishes loading the SWF */
private function onMySWFLoaded( p_event:Event ) :void
{
mySWFLoader.content.addEventListener( “clicked”, onSWFClick );
}
/* callback [...]
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We wanted to share with you a great video tutorial about how to use Adobe Flash Catalyst and create Flex Applications starting just with an image.
The tutorial explains in details how you can create a Flex button and a scrollbar using Catalyst.
Twitter - My favorite AIR Applications for Twitter
SpreadTweet
Seesmic Desktop
Sideline
DestroyTwitter
AlertThingy 2
Twibble
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Tweetdeck
Spaz
Twhirl
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The following example shows how you can display a video using the chromeless VideoElement control in Flex Gumbo.
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<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″?>
<!– http://blog.flexexamples.com/2009/05/14/displaying-a-video-using-the-videoelement-control-in-flex-gumbo/ –>
<s:Application name=”Spark_VideoElement_test”
xmlns:fx=”http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009″
xmlns:s=”library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark”
xmlns:mx=”library://ns.adobe.com/flex/halo”>
<mx:ApplicationControlBar width=”100%” cornerRadius=”0″>
[...]
