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Adobe Flex: smooth out the images – scaleContent

maxtmax — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 06:12:16 +0000

When you’re dealing with a situation that requires the use of the following image settings:

width="100%"

height="100%"

scaleContent="true"

maintainAspectRatio="true"

You can find your self in a situation where the loaded content will result in a pixelated bitmap. Simply add a complete event handler to your image component and update the contents of the event in the following way:

var lv_btmp:Bitmap = ((event.target as Image).content as Bitmap);

if ( lv_btmp != null )

lv_btmp.smoothing = true;

this will smooth out the image that you have loaded.

AMFPHP + Flex 3 = Error [unable to open 'services-config.xml']

maxtmax — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 04:06:56 +0000

While trying to configure the AMFPHP set up with the Flex 3 framework I ran in to a problem while setting up the services-config.xml.

I’ve created the file in the root directory and specified in the Flex Compiler [Additional compiler arguments] the following string -locale en_US -services “services-config.xml”.

As soon as I clicked OK an error popped up with a message unable to open ‘services-config.xml’. After trying varying things I was able to figure out that the problem was with the location of the file. Simply placing the file at the root of the directory wasn’t the right location. I needed to put the file in the same directory as the main MXML executable – after that the program worked as expected.

Gumbo effects comming soon

maxtmax — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:34:07 +0000

Gumbo: the next release of Adobe Flex SDK interface will has some interesting and useful features. The idea of developing custom controls [like buttons or menues] which slide in and out based on mouse interaction can be problematic to build. The logic of incomplete slide ins and slide outs along with the gittery screen can cause the application to look unpolished.

All of this is about to change as you can see in this video describing the new sequence functionality that will be available in the next release. Have a look at the more complex sequences.

PS: seems that the new release will be hitting the shelf sometime in the second half of 2009.

Adobe Flex online tutorials

maxtmax — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:12:04 +0000

A great collection of tutorials for anyone who is interested in learning how to work with Adobe Flex. The lessons cover everything from the basics of Flex Builder to more complicated topics like building run time shared libraries. Have a look and learn something new.

New project: two-become-one.org

maxtmax — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 06:13:10 +0000

Another client, another design, another adventure.

www.two-become-one.org: Soon to be fully up and running a new wedding planner website is in the process of being created.