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  637 readersHaving just gone through far too many hoops to get a the flex framework localized I thought I’d share a few notes here. All I was trying to achieve was to ensure the Flex components (mx) adhere to a selected locale so things like date choosers and other locale-dependent components could be tailored to the

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  354 readersIf I were making a drink called Flex it would be 2 parts component, one part language (MXML), one part compiler, and 3 parts Flash Player. As RIA frameworks go, Flex is a bit different.Today I want to dive into the unique elements of Flex and highlight the things that I think are critically important

• Fixed: AIR update framework broken!

  386 readersArrgh! All of a sudden the AIR Update Framework stops working.  No explanation, no errors; nothing. Where you’d expect to see your update notification popping up, you get a window just like the one above – no content, just the default Flex blue background colour. The problem is actually a pretty specific one, but it’s

• ColdFusion Development is Back in My Life

  210 readersIt has been a while (Lots of Flex these days) but I am back on the ColdFusion bandwagon.  Dont get me wrong I love Flex and I love developing Flex applications but playing with ColdFusion, CFWheels framework, jQuery UI and all of the goodness has been pretty fun this last week. I can wait to

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  265 readersHaving been involved in the Flash Platform for many years, I have witnessed future releases being defined both inside and outside Adobe. If there is one truth, customers(designers/developers paying or not) influence everything Adobe does. Teams internally pay extremely close attention to our developer/designer/project innovation and stay constantly tuned into where innovation (your work) is

• Flex 4: Changing the “displayAsPassword” default character

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• Nokia N8 pictures and doc leaked, Flash Lite 4.0?!

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• If WebOrbConsole Doesn’t Load

  390 readersToday I installed/enabled WebOrb for .NET & IIS7 on a Windows7 machine. Initially the WebOrbConsole page ( which is a Flex app ) loaded without issue, but at some point after a reboot I revisited the console page and it was blank ( ie  I saw nothing but the default blue Flex background; the console

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