tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58661663828746974692011-07-08T04:21:42.199+05:30This blog reflects my interests in sports, Flash / Flex technologies, some programming and other things that I come across in daily life.Aasimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12292543634131047474noreply@blogger.comBlogger321100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866166382874697469.post-56434736729719717412010-01-13T10:00:00.003+05:302010-01-13T10:01:54.129+05:30

Here are a few good links on the concept of Presentation Modelshttp://blogs.adobe.com/paulw/archives/2007/10/presentation_pa_3.htmlhttp://www.dehats.com/drupal/?q=node/49http://www.dehats.com/drupal/?q=node/53

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K so I intend to get back to blogging...last blog was more than 1 1/2 yrs back!!!So what have I been upto?Well! here are some1. I moved to Mumbai for a job. (July 08)2. Left Capgemini and joined Morgan Stanley (Aug 08)3. Got married :-) (Mar 09)4. Well the above has been keeping me quite busy...Excuses apart, I do intend to get back to blogging and share some knowledge.Till then....

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I wasn't aware of there being an open source IDE for ActionScript 3.0 and Flex MXML files.I just happened to stumble upon FlashDevelop (listed under osflash).Some of the features I really liked out FlashDevelop are:-1. Its FREE !!2. Provides code hinting and code completion for MXML files.3. Customizable Project templates4. Community support for plugins5. It is light on resources unlike Flex

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I am now an Adobe Certified Flex 2 Developer!!Cleared the exam today with 85% score at the NIIT centre on MG Road.Incidentally, I had initially planned to appear for the exam tomorrow and had gone to the center only to register a slot for Saturday. However, all slots for the weekend were full and the next slot would have been only on a weekday.So I decided to give the exam on the spot, since a

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A friend of mine needed a Tree Component which had images to the right of text labels and also which would have some items disabled.The simplest way to go about it was to use a custom ItemRenderer for the Tree component. Here is how I tried to solve it...Extend the TreeItemRenderer class to be used for the Renderer.Override the createChildren method and add an image component within the

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I came across a peculiar requirement:- An accordion with non responding headers if the container is empty.I extended the Accordion class and did an override of the set selectedIndex method...This is where the index is set and an event is dispatched.I ran into trouble when I could not access children of another container within the same component. It always returned me 0 children. The solution

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Just came across the "prompt" property of ComboBox control.The "prompt" property allows you to set a message for the user to select any option from the dropdown.Check the image below to view the output.

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My colleague Ravi showed me how you can set the label as a hyperlink and show a handcursor on it.You would need to set the following properties to it. Just setting the "useHandCursor" property does not work and a combination of properties needs to be set. color="#0000FF" useHandCursor="true" mouseChildren="false" buttonMode="true" mouseEnabled="true"

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Recently, I came across a tree component which needed to have trunk (i.e. vertical lines under the folder icons, whenever branching occurs...)I did some searching and came across the TreeGrid component developed for FlexLib. This solved part of my problem since this tree is within the DataGrid and I did not want the DataGrid, also the trunks here were as solid lines and I wanted dotted/dashed

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I have been trying to make an application which needs to launch functions on the press of Function keys (F1-F12). However, I have faced a problem when I press F1,F3,F4 keys...these keys launch the default behavior associated with IE (Help,Find,etc.)I have found a way around to solve this by interpreting the keyboard events in JavaScript and blocking the default behavior. Click here to see an

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The Flex ComboBox behaves differently than a HTML ComboBox / Select Control. Here are some differences:-1. The Flex ComboBox control has the selectedItem and well as rollover highlighted in the dropdown.2. When we rollout of the dropdown, the selection should stay at the last item we had rolled over in the dropdown.Here is a small example I have put accross to illustrate how we can achieve the

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I was trying to make a collapsible Accordion, an Accordion does not allow all the tabs to close.My example allows you to click on an open tab to close it and snaps the accordion height.Well...I did not go deep into the code to do it (no overriding,etc,.) just plain playing with events...This is just kind of hack... (View Source enabled)Let me know your views...

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In response to a query on Flex-India, I put together a small example to determine the 'x' position of a particular DataGrid Column.Click here to view example. (View Source Enabled)

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I came across an instance while using the ComboBox control in Flex, where the combobox control was aligned to the right of the screen and the dropdown was clipped when opened!!Well I tried and found a way around for this situation but you have to sacrifice on the opening and closing transitions of the dropdown. Look at the example below. I did post this on Flexcoders and realized that Adobe did

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Recently, I came across a requirement where I had to build a DataGrid in which some columns do not get selected!! Strange, isn't it.Well, I did make it up. Look at the example below... (View Source enabled)You can set the columns which allow selection. Here in this example its Column 0 & 1The data used above is just random data...not actual.

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Wishing all readers of this blog"EID MUBARAK!"We celebrated Ramzan Eid yesterday marking the end to the Holy month of Ramzan (The month of fasting).It was a busy day for me starting with morning Eid prayers at the mosque and then visiting relatives. This went on till afternoon, after which we had our lunch and caught a brief little nap.Evening again was hectic with friends visiting our home and

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I came home tired from the hot afternoon sun on 2nd October, my head was aching and I just wanted to rest. But hey! the moment I entered home I found a nice surprise package waiting for me.It was a Fed-Ex package...I guessed it would be Flex Posters... I opened the box in a hurry and Boy!! was I happy?? My headache had disappeared, the tiredness gone, a smile on my face.Many thanks to Mike Potter

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I had been trying to get started with Flex Data services for the last few days, however everytime i made a new application it would give me an error"Unexpected attribute 'url' found in 'endpoint' from file: services-config.xml".I am using the Live Cycle Data Services ES Express edition.I searched FlexCoders and Google today morning and have found a link to a possible solution. Here are the links

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I happened to stumble into a bookstore to look for some Flex books, I could not find any books on Flex though. However, I chanced to see the ActionScript 3.o Cookbook and picked it up. The pricing is good (Rs. 475) and after discounts I had it for Rs 405!!Look forward to seeing more Flex book on the shelfs soon...

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Just came across this awesome video...

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Javed just reminded me that I have not posted my review of my Laptop on this blog yet... so here it is...Specs:- Intel Centrino 1.86 Ghz Duo Processor, 15.4" WXGA Acer Crystalbrite LCD, 160 GB SATA HDD, DVD Double layer RW, 2 GB DDR2 RAM, Wireless LAN, 1.3 MP WebCam Integrated, Windows Vista Home Pre-loadedLooks:- The looks are average. The screen is very good, images can be viewed very

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Yesterday I had been trying to install an application on my Vista Laptop. The application needed a prerequsite installation of .NET Framwork 1.1. However, the installation of .NET framework never succeeded. Finally found the solution.http://kbase.gfi.com/showarticle.asp?id=KBID003100 Hope this helps u...

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Just found a couple of cool wallpapers...1. Flex Wallpaper2. Adobe RIA Wallpaper

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Here are a couple of links to Flex / ActionScript tutorials1. http://www.tutorom.com/courses/460/Adobe-Flex-2.htm2. http://wikivid.com/index.php/Flash#Actionscript_3.0

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I have left Maximize Learning / Techbooks / Aptara yesterday...I had completed 2yrs and 10 months here, my first job and I loved it much.I think leaving your first job is always the most difficult job. As one of my seniors commented "You have overcome the fear of change!"It was a mixed feeling as the day progressed...sadness for leaving good friends, helpful seniors behind and excitement about

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I finally got myself a Laptop. Its an Acer 5610-4648.It has the best specs...Centrino Duo Core 1.86 Ghz, 160 GB SATA HDD, 15.4" LCD Monitor, 2 GB RAM, Windows Vista Home, etc..

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Its been a while since i made a post... in the meantime Australia took the World Cup yet again, got swamped with loads of work, got myself a new laptop (more on it later), started dwelling into Flex 2 more seriously..Hope to post more frequently now.

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Just finished porting the Flex datagrid to Excel example from Flex 1.5 to Flex 2.0.Unfortunately could not put it here due to HTML formatting restrictions.

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The black caps have done it again and bettered their last match's record chase by another 10 runs. Fazed with a mammoth total of 346, thanks to a brutal innings from Mathew Hayden (181 Not Out) the Kiwis stuck to their task and bettered it with 3 balls to spare. The match took a roller-coaster ride with Australia claiming 4 early wickets and then a fine reargaurd action from the experienced Craig

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Talk of being tech savvy!

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Australia just suffered their fifth consecutive defeat in the ODIs. Did they peak too early? Is the bench strength really not as good? or is it beginning of their slide?They have put up and have been against all kind of totals.. small, big, mammoth and they have crumbled!! Me thinks with all the experienced players stepping down this summer(Justin Langer, Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath, Adam

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"Hello World!"This says it all, I am a programmer and like all languages we start learning the first thing we do is run a program which outputs "Hello World!"

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