Registration Open for MN.swf Camp 2009

Who Should Attend? Anyone interested in Flash, Flex, ActionScript or Adobe AIR. What is MN.swf Camp? A one-day event focused on connecting the local developer community and providing education on Flash Platform technologies. All for only $40! When is it? Monday, April 6, 2009 from 9:00am – 5:00pm How do I register? Go to http://mnswf.com/camp/ [...]

Display TwitPic Images in Flex & AIR

Problem: The TwitPic API does not currently support outgoing requests and the image source from amazon aws contains an AWS AccessKeyId, expiration time stamp, and signature. This would normally require a regular expression to rip the source JPG path out of the HTML. Ripping the source out of the HTML is a bit of a [...]

Error Loading Project – Missing Project Files

Problem: An SVN conflict caused the .flexProperites and .asProperties files to be deleted. This caused Flex Builder to prompt "Error Loading Project" with the message "A problem occurred when opening project "Your Project". Try quitting and restarting the application. If the problem persists, you might be using an unsupported project version, or your project files [...]

Skinning Flex Components – Part 1: CSS

This will be a three part series on skinning Flex components. For part one I have chosen to desolve the myth that Flex 3 can't truly cascade styles. This three part series will start simple and get more complex with each post. You can use this code to mimic descendant selectors, dimensioning and multiple class [...]