Category Archives: Flex

Security Soapbox – Decompile Flash/Flex

Posted on June 25, 2009 by Rush

Having built/architected/developed/consulted many Adobe Flex applications and being one of the first certified Flex instructors in the world, I’ve seen a lot of Flex applications. Some good, some bad. But no matter how many applications or who I’m talking to, … Continue reading →

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SuperImage can help with Flex images performance

Posted on June 4, 2009 by Rush

I got this Flex question from one of our Flex clients at On3: “Aside from what I read here on image caching… http://userflex.wordpress.com/2008/07/28/image-caching/  do I have other options for improving performance of image rendering for flex? (Ex. I have to … Continue reading →

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Adobe Camp in Denver

Posted on May 29, 2009 by Rush

One thing I have to say is that the Adobe community is alive with collaboration and events. There are tons of people sharing their work and their ideas on better development with the Adobe products. One more example, the local … Continue reading →

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Denver Adobe Flex Training Added to June

Posted on May 16, 2009 by Rush

My company, On3, has added another Adobe Flex 3 Rich Client Applications class for June 1-3, 2009 and the Flex 3 LiveCycle Data Services Integrating with Data and Messaging class for June 4-5, 2009. The class is in Downtown Denver … Continue reading →

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If I were in academia, I’d love Adobe!

Posted on May 15, 2009 by Rush

Okay, maybe I do already love the Adobe RIA tools, but… if I didn’t, I’d be smitten with their latest offer to the community. Once again, Adobe is reaching out to the community by giving away free licenses to their … Continue reading →

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CFUnited has lots of Flex Training Sessions

Posted on May 9, 2009 by Rush

One of my CFUnited sessions:
AIR: Building Desktop Applications with Flex 3 – http://cfunited.com/2009/topics/235
Here is a little Q&A about CFUnited and me. Continue reading →

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Unemployed? Learn Flex!

Posted on April 10, 2009 by Rush

Adobe Flex Builder 3 software is currently available for free for software developers who are affected by the current economic condition and are currently unemployed. https://freeriatools.adobe.com/learnflex/ Of course there are three restrictions. You must attest that you are: Unemployed Using … Continue reading →

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Use AMF with JavaScript in Adobe AIR

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Rush

I’ve been working with Adobe Flex since its beta and have been a long time believer in using Action Message Format (AMF) as the communication protocol. I’ve also been working with Adobe AIR since its beta, but had only used … Continue reading →

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Dynamically resize nested Flex List with variableRowHeight

Posted on August 21, 2008 by Rush

Another quick post… I was stuck recently with a Flex component that had a List with an itemRenderer. The itemRenderer contained another List with an itemRenderer. Now the problem with this is that the data had unique counts and the … Continue reading →

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Flex 3 AdvancedDataGrid Summary Divider

Posted on June 26, 2008 by Rush

The AdvancedDataGrid (ADG) control in Adobe Flex 3 extends the capabilities of the standard DataGrid control to improve data visualization. You can: Sort by multiple columns when you click in the column header Use the styleFunction property to specify a … Continue reading →

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