Questions tagged [apache-flex]

Apache Flex [NOT CSS FLEXBOX] is a framework for developing Rich Internet Applications that run in Flash Player or Adobe Air. Originally designed by Adobe, Flex was donated to the Apache Software Foundation in 2011 and became a top level Apache project in December 2012.

Flex is a framework for rapid Rich Internet Application development which runs on Flash Player or Adobe . Originally designed by Adobe, Flex was donated to the Apache Software Foundation in 2011 and became a top level Apache project in December 2012.

Apache Flex® is a highly productive, open source application framework for building and maintaining expressive web applications that deploy consistently on all major browsers, desktops and devices (including smartphones, tablets and tv). It provides a modern, standards-based language and programming model that supports common design patterns suitable for developers from many backgrounds. Flex applications can be deployed to the ubiquitous Adobe® Flash® Player in the browser, Adobe® AIR™ on desktop and mobile or to native Android™, IOS™, QNX®, Windows® or Mac® applications.1

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reverse engineering or documentation tools for flex/actionscript

I have inherited a flex project which is sadly not documented. Im looking for a documentation generation tool / class diagram generater or something like that which works with actionscript. There are around a 1000 class files and I don't have the…
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Flex 4: Title window goes out of accessible area

I have a strange issue- I use a title window to create a message to the user. The user has the ability to move the title window around the screen so that the main screen is visible. However if the user were to move the title window way too much, it…
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How to prevent container in itemRenderer from exceeding width of list container?

In a Flex Mobile project I have a simple itemRenderer where I'm trying to create an "bubble" texting effect, similar to ichat or iphone (just so you get what im going for). But if the text is longer than the screen it runs off, rather than just…
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Flex 4: parent and owner property of UIComponent

I'm trying to understand the difference between the owner and parent properties of the UIComponent. In the above code, labOne.owner.id returns panOne…
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MVVM - what should contain what... what should create what

I'm having a right barney getting my head around how everything fits together using the MVVM pattern. It all seems quite simple in practice but trying to implement it I seem to be breaking various other rules that I try to code by. Just as a side…
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Multiple initializer values for default property, 'viewport' of type 'spark.core.IViewport'

Please, can anyone help me out on this : the piece of code below was working fine until i decided to add a scroller for better view and suddenly, i get the error: "Multiple initializer values for default property, 'viewport' of type…
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I like to implement Flex to Server comet / long polling for games

I need to try and implement port 80 flex games to server method. I like to ask if someone already did it before or it is possible to manage flash/flex multi user games with long polling / comet server ?
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Flex 4.5.1 Add a simple Bitmap or Sprite on new application?

Maybe it is a bad habit which I still have since Flash Professional, but I'm trying to add a simple Sprite or/and Bitmap I just created to an empty Application and it's not happening.
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How do I get the root display object of a MovieClip to be a MovieClip object with Flex?

I am trying to build an MXML application with Flash Builder 4.5, and I am integrating an API that requires the root of a display object to be a MovieClip. Personally I think this is bad design but I have to go with it. The root object always seems…
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flex 4.5 simple spark button skinning

Anyone missed the old simple method for skinning a simple button?
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Compiler warns me that binding will not work but why I run the application it does work!

The Flex application below generates the compiler warning: Data binding will not be able to detect assignments to 'dp'. This seems correct since the variable 'dp' is not a bindable property (there is no [Bindable] metadata tag). I have added a…
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Basic Flex Issue

This is a basic Flex question I have regarding dot syntax. I'm using Flash Builder 4 and whenever I use dot syntax for an object or a URLVariable, Flash Builder is giving me the following warning: The variable action is undefined in dynamic type…
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SEO for a complete Flex website

I am planning to build a website completely in Flex. All the contents will be static. No DB will be used. Unfortunately I am not building the website for PUMA or NIKE and so SEO is important. There is an overwhelming and confusing information out…
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Library to create Schematic maps (ie; Tube, metro maps) in flash

I have a project that requires me to create interactive schematic maps for rail networks. Something along the lines of London's tube map (Not the tube map itself. Are there any flash libraries out there that can assist with this sort of thing?
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Flex 4 App Blank

I'm building a Flex 4 app (using flexmojos rather than FlexBuilder). If I create a test Applications as follows, using mx:Application, then I see a button as I would expect:
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