On my latest project, I was going through several areas of the application adding toolTips to make some of the data that is clipped visible if desired. In doing so, I found out that I needed to use a combination of the different types of tips available.
Most components have a toolTip property that you can [...]
Entries Tagged as 'RIA'
List, ItemRenderer, toolTip… oh my!
March 11th, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: Components · Flex · RIA
Free Flex Training in Denver
November 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
The event is Flex Training for ColdFusion Developers
A free full-day, hands-on training session, where attendees can learn how to build their first Flex application using the latest Flash Builder 4 beta software. This training is designed to help experienced ColdFusion developers get started in understanding how to add rich UI to existing and new ColdFusion [...]
Tags: Events · Flash Builder · Flex · RIA · Training
Adobe Flex/AS3 Code Quality Tool (PMD)
September 3rd, 2009 · 1 Comment
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 site.
http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexpmd/FlexPMD
It [...]
Tags: Best Practise · Flex · RIA
Adobe Flash and Flex Accessibility with Screen Readers
September 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment
If you are dealing with 508 compliance and wondering if a Flex application is accessible, this is your post.
First, yes, screen readers can read Flex applications. And yes, its fairly easy. But, I’ll discuss how in a future post.
But, if you’d rather send people to your old HTML version of your site when using a [...]
Tags: Flash · Flash Platform · Flex · RIA
Swiz API reference documentation
July 29th, 2009 · No Comments
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!
Tags: Best Practise · Flash Platform · Flex · RIA · Software Frameworks · Swiz
Security Soapbox – Decompile Flash/Flex
June 25th, 2009 · 2 Comments
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, I always stress the importance of securing proprietary information. By securing, I mean don’t put it [...]
Tags: AIR · Flash · Flash Platform · Flex · RIA
iPhone Bootcamp at CFUnited
June 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Beginning iPhone Bootcamp
If you’re a developer who wants to write applications that run on the iPhone, you should attend the Beginning iPhone Bootcamp at CFUnited.
The first two units of the course are devoted to learning Objective-C, followed by an intensive iPhone Bootcamp. Beginning iPhone Bootcamp will take you from complete novice to being able to [...]

