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Flex webservice component in Flash CS4

MJorge — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:49:03 +0000

Photo Gallery with Flickr, Flex and Actionscript 3.0

MJorge — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:03:12 +0000

Here’s a nice and important tutorial you should take a look. The Tech Labs explains how to create a photo gallery loading images from a Flickr feed and displaying them via Flex in a totally own skinned application. Some of the most common issues asked by Flex beginner’s are exposed here at this tut, for example the components skinning and more.

Give it a read and good luck!

Using the Flex DataMap control

MJorge — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:46:57 +0000

Anirudh Sasikumar explains the capbilities of Flex DataMap component and the process of building a simple and powerful application.

The final application will allow you to:

- Show the same data on a DataGrid and on the map.
- Reflect the changes made in the DataGrid on the map.
- Lets you box-select multiple items on the map.
- Lets you make free form drawings on the map, which can be saved and restored.

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Contact Form With Flex

MJorge — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:40:22 +0000

Shane Johnson shared a nice tutorial at FlashTuts+ on how to create a multi-propose contact form using Flex. You will work with many features and components available under Flex framework, also a CSS style file will be created and implemented on you form to stylize the application.

Introduction to Flash Camo

MJorge — Fri, 29 May 2009 21:43:26 +0000

Flash Camo (for short) is a graphics framework that allows AS 3 applications to be easily skinned from pngs, jpgs, or gifs.

Jesse Freeman shared a tutorial at flashTuts+ explaining how to apply this technology on your own project. For this you will be using Flex Builder.

Managing employees application

MJorge — Thu, 28 May 2009 21:47:02 +0000

By integrating PHP & Flex Larry Ullman explains how to create a live application so that you can manage your employees in a easy way. Of course this could be applied to many other utilities, the point is to understand the tutorial and create your own application modifying as you wish.

This application will list current employees and you may create new one’s using the application. The process is making Flex to call a PHP function to write data in a XML file.

Integrating Flex & PHP

Create a Bubble Chart in Flex

MJorge — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:18:29 +0000

Learn the process to create a bubble chart in Flex using FusionCharts. Pallav Nadhani the author of the tutorial explains all the steps in a clear way, it will be easy for you to complete the application.

Good Luck!

netTuts+ Bubble Chart in Flex Tutorial

Multiuser chat application in Flex

MJorge — Tue, 26 May 2009 16:15:50 +0000

Giant Flying Saucer presents us a cool and complete tutorial on how to create a chat application with Flex. For that you will use Union Platform created by Colin Moock and Derek Clayton based on the well know “Unity”.

The tutorial is very well explained, with a step-by-step description, that will make it easy for you. There’s no need to be a hard programmer to this, all the code is given, however you should be familiar with Flex Builder to simplify things.

Good Luck!

Flex chat application tutorial

Adobe Course: AIR 1.5 – Building desktop applications with Flex 3

MJorge — Mon, 25 May 2009 15:59:26 +0000

Adobe AIR Developer Center for Flex is offering a course on building Flex applications on Adobe AIR.

The course is divided into the following modules and labs:

* Introducing the course
* Introducing Adobe AIR
* Getting started with AIR
* Creating native windows
* Using the file system
* Connecting applications
* Using the clipboard
* Persisting application data
* Understanding AIR security
* Customizing application deployment

AIR 1.5 – Building desktop applications with Flex 3 online course

Uploading a file with Flex and Java

MJorge — Mon, 25 May 2009 15:53:55 +0000

Alex Cougarman explains the process on how to upload a file via Flex and Java. In the process, it demonstrates Flex’s ECMAScript for XML (E4X) language extension, custom components, classes, and events, as well as a Java-like properties file.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Creating the Flex project
3. Creating the Java servlet
4. Adding data to the Flex app
5. Creating the Flex upload component
6. Creating a custom Flex event
7. Troubleshooting

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