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Upload file with Flash FileReference and Java Jersey (the missing example)

2010-10-04T08:48:00.012-04:00

I recently switched from a VB.NET server application(which handled the FileReference call greatly) to a Java Jersey/jax server and the documentations in this specific field of Flash upload to Jersey are quite limited. I propose this solution to upload a file from Flash to a Jersey REST service.After a lot of try and error I got to know "@FormDataParam". At first I tried with "@FormParam" and

My experience of AlivePDF and printing

2010-01-12T14:51:00.009-05:00

I just completed my first serie of PDF reports for Buzzmath. I had to take a student Portfolio rendered in Flex and put it in a printable format. After reading and trying, I remain skeptic over which technology serve our needs the best. AlivePDF has some limits:Its 72dpi so far..Does not play friendly with alpha in image.Its mostly a one man project.Does not offer a lot of positioning option. (

Where your swf has been hosted?

2009-12-02T10:36:00.002-05:00

I needed to track where my video player had been hosted. Here's what I did after reading this post.public static function get DOCUMENTURL():String { if (ExternalInterface.available) { var docUrl:* try{ docUrl= ExternalInterface.call("document.URL.toString"); }catch(e:SecurityError){ docUrl= e.message var array:Array = docUrl.split("http") docUrl= "http"+array[array.length-1] }

Retrieve your traces in actionscript 3 project. Bonus: KeySequenceDetector!

2009-10-19T09:50:00.007-04:00

This approach is useful to debug pure ActionScript 3 projects without development tools.The class Logger will keep between 200-300 traces. It won't take all your clients memory. All the traces will be stored in your clipboard when you type "logger" on your keyboard or press ctrl+alt+"d". To clear your traces use ctrl+alt+"f".Usage:Call Logger.initialize(stage) when your stage exist.Then use

Fast Highligth component

2009-04-25T11:50:00.006-04:00

I've been polishing this component for a while. I'm pretty proud of what I did with it so far. I've made a MathTextinput, it's like a classic text corrector but targeting math and variables (I also used it in our authoring tools). Next step is to put a live binding in BuzzMath. It will bind our lexical dictionary with all the TextField and I plan to support TextLayout soon.Can't wait for some

Turn UIMovieClip into a IRepeaterClient

2009-04-01T10:12:00.004-04:00

Sometime I use UIMovieClip directly has an ItemRenderer and lately I tried to stack some uiMCs inside a repeater in Flex. It felt natural to just use them this way but the compiler didn't felt like me.It thrown an error saying "can't convert your UIMovieClip to IRepeaterClient", its not the first time I encounter this error. In the Flex SDK documentation it says "The IRepeaterClient interface is

FlexVersion from your RSL

2009-03-30T09:22:00.000-04:00

I needed the Flex SDK version of my application in order to load a module compatible with the current SDK. Flex just doesn't provide a clean solution to that. I saw that Senocular made an extractor for the SDK version but it just didn't fit my need.So here it is:package scolab.core{ import mx.managers.SystemManager; import mx.managers.SystemManagerGlobals; /** * Should return the current SDK

A cleaner solution to UIMovieClip bad habit to create onEnterFrame without a good reason

2009-03-17T10:27:00.003-04:00

Ok, the solution in the older post were exploratory. Now I got a better one which I'll use all across my projects.package scolab.flash{ import flash.display.FrameLabel; import flash.display.MovieClip; import flash.events.Event; import mx.events.FlexEvent; import mx.flash.UIMovieClip; public class UIMovieClip extends mx.flash.UIMovieClip { public function UIMovieClip() { super();

Usign UIMovieClip as skin = HUGE MEMORY LEAK

2009-03-16T12:30:00.007-04:00

Ok, enough capitals letter for today =). I made a benchmark application (after looking at Behind the UI blog) that looks at three different styling solutions for your components. You can test mx.flash.UIMovieClip, my home made extend of UIMovieClip (scolab.flash.UIMovieClip) and the default skin. Click here to downloadYou probably noticed a memory round trip when using

Cinematic help, my little prototype

2009-02-25T15:22:00.007-05:00

Last January I had an idea for the application I was building. Our clients are not always the best when it comes to computer, so we need a way to give more explanation on its interface in order to get less support request.Then I thought, why can't I script a cinematic help over our interface that explain everything?In a week a made a prototype and incorporated it to BuzzMath. Have a look at the

Lets package our properties (localization) and assets(css,swc,etc.) file!

2009-02-18T11:53:00.001-05:00

Recipe number 2 lets package our properties (localization) and assets(css,swc,etc.) file!The brief adventure which led me to package those files (my case study??)Earlier this year, I developed a chat application for the Scolab folks. Developing it was great and brought me to handle different aspect of modular application.After a couple of month running smoothly, the Scolab folks made a

Equation eval() just out of the oven, and the recipe!

2009-02-18T10:39:00.000-05:00

Equation eval() just out of the oven, and the recipe!My context.. I was recently brought to develop a flex project driven by xml with nodes implying equations. For example, <node value="HBOX.x + 60"/>The first step was naturally to replace the HBOX.x with the correct value. Once done, I got myself a nice String "60+60" to evaluate. My work with Scolab is mostly to develop mathematic educational