26
Jan
2008
Acipher Beta
Here’s a very basic version of the tool that I’ve developed a while ago and now converted to an online version using Adobe Flex.
The tool helps those people who wish to write in a different language but are only familiar with a English based keyboard.This is a very basic version of the tool that simply translates character by character. I hope to improve it in the near future.
PS: The tool only translates the Russian language at the moment.
9
Dec
2007
Cyrilic integration of Flex and PHP
A recent project involved integration between a PHP content management tool like Joomla and Adobe Flex 2. I wrote a PHP script that parsed a MySQL database creating an XML structure that was then picked up by a HTTPService in a Flex application.
The information in the database was stored in Cyrillic format, hence when ever I was loading the data in to the SWF compiled file the end result was a collection of garbage data. Setting the actuall HTML to Windows-1251 encoding did not help the situation.
My following approach was to locate a native functionality within the Flex architecture to mediate the situation. Unforchunately I wasn’t successful in aquiring sattisfying examples to solve the problem. For that matter it became sadly obvious that I haven’t seen any flash pages using non/english alphabet [either I haven't been checking international sites that much or Adobe Flex isn't widely used overseas] .
My third approach was to look at the actual php code that was generating the XML structure. I’ve discovered a useful function mb_convert_encoding that eventually solved my problems. Using a simple snippet of code:
mb_convert_encoding($string_to_convert,'UTF-8','Windows-1251');
I was able to convert the data from UTF-8 in to Windows-1251 which allowed me to display the desired Cyrillic characters.
6
Nov
2006
Bold Objects
Click here to see what it looks like.
Their intent is to use Adobe Flex 2 technology to conquer the web world.
Here is a little background information on Adobe Flex:
Adobe® Flex™ 2 software is a rich Internet application framework based on Adobe Flash® that will enable you to productively create beautiful, scalable applications that can reach virtually anyone on any platform. It includes a powerful, Eclipse™ based development tool, an extensive visual component library, and high-performance data services enabling you to meet your applications’ most demanding needs.
