Opening External Links in new window from AS3 You most probably know that there are issues opening links using the navigateToURL() method in Flex. The three most common problems / issues are: allowScriptAccess not set to all in the HTML Wrapper Window Mode set to transparent in IE Popup blockers blocking the new window – specially when target is _blank Many people have […]
How to stop keyboard event propagation – Flex / JavaScript? In a Flex application we are building, we want to listen to Ctrl+N to create a new file. The browser listens to the keystroke and opens a new window. We do not want it to open a new window. This has been a problematic thing for many. I did a lot of research, trial & […]
Declaratively Generate Graphics in Flex with Degrafa Have you ever generated graphics with Flex? Flex comes with a lot of powerful graphics tools, but it can get pretty hard to do interesting stuff with it. But you need not worry anymore! Degrafa is a project dedicated to the development of a Declarative Graphics Framework for Flex. Their intro paragraph says: The focus […]
Zooming Text Area in Flex – messes up word wrap – bug?? We have been struggling with zooming TextArea in Flex for 2 months now. Tried lots of combination but nothing worked. Can someone help? Essentially, we scaleX and scaleY the TextArea as the zoom level changes. The component zooms in fine, but the text in it keeps wrapping as we keep zooming. We expect the text […]
Challenged: Flex HSB variations vs Gimp / Photoshop / ImageMagick Working on a project that allows user to change the color of an image using Hue, Saturation and Brightness adjustments from Flex. The same image should then be printed in high resolution from the backend. The trouble is, when we apply the same HSB variations that Flex used to Photoshop / Gimp / ImageMagick they […]
