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Flash Player is open and SWF is documented The core of Flash Player is the Tamarin Virtual Machine, which is an open source project under Mozilla. While the SWF file format is not fully open, it is documented by the community on osflash.org. Additionally, there are numerous open source products that read and write SWF [...]

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If you need an easy and affordable way to secure your application against license sharing and ‘keygen cracks’, Zarqon just may be the answer you’ve been looking for. A good friend of mine, Cliff Hall, is most known for the PureMVC framework which was inspired by his his lack of love for the Cairngorm framework. [...]

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I’ve been reading a few discussions on how to more effectively manage development of a Flex project. And the reason many are looking for a solution has nothing to do with Flex, per say, but has more to do with the complexity of our development environments.
Using the cloud is a popular BINGO word, but in reality… I think desktop virtualization is the better fit.

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Adobe recently released (August 2009) the Flex implementation of PMD tool which is extensively used at J2EE shops for code quality management. FlexPMD is a tool that helps to improve code quality by auditing any AS3/Flex source directory and detecting common bad practices. The Flex PMD tool is locate on the Adobe Open Source Projects [...]

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Swiz is a framework for Adobe Flex that aims to bring complete simplicity to RIA development. But, until recently, the documentation was limited. But now… Swiz Framework Site: http://swizframework.org/ Swiz 0.6.2 Actionscript API Reference: http://on3solutions.com/swiz062/ Swiz Framework Source: http://code.google.com/p/swizframework/ Enjoy guys. Now start coding!

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Having used a dozen or so IDE over the years, I appreciate it when they provide a way for me you use my favorite font (Bitstream Vera Sans Mono). You can set the font in Flex Builder from Windows > Preferences dialog window. Select the General > Appearance > Colors and Fonts category. Then in [...]

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When teaching or consulting Flex, you will often be asked for examples of how to do “xyz”. Here are few links that will help.Flex and CF: Integrate Flex with CF security File Upload: File Upload in Flex/Flash in Internet Explorer File Upload Using Flex/Central/Java Architecture Ideas: Cairngorm and an associated Breezo that will help explain [...]

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