Category Archives: Flex

ColdFusion 8 flex2gateway Error 500 java.lang.NullPointerException

I recently upgraded to CF8 and experienced a small problem when i went to configure my AMF end points and channels. First I must say that I like the new method of keeping the channel definitions in the services-config while … Continue reading

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RDS configuration in FlexBuilder 3 cannot connect

After my install of FlexBuilder3 (after my install of CS3) I was having a problem connecting to my local RDS server. What made this particular problem really odd is that I was not having this problem in FlexBuilder2. (With FB2 … Continue reading

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Adobe onAIR bus tour

I went to the Adobe onAIR Bus tour on Tuesday. This was the first scheduled stop with many more to follow. The complete schedule can be found at the official website http://onair.adobe.com/ The event was held at Elysian Brewing Company … Continue reading

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function to fix “class is not an IEventDispatcher” problem in Flex

This is just an expansion of a previous post. The following function can be used to fix the “class is not an IEventDispatcher” problem that occurs whenever you try to bind to the items in a non-declare-class based array collection … Continue reading

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CFEclipse problems tag hang and variable introspection hang

If you are experiencing the problem in FlexBuilder when using CFEclipse that typing “” causes FlexBuilder to hang for an extended period of time, this is a problem with CFEclipse and is corrected in the 1.3.1 version of CFEclipse. For … Continue reading

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Flex Builder and CF-eclipse intelisense

I am mostly quite enamored with Flex builder. Having it built on Eclipse was a brilliant move by Adobe. I also use CF-Eclipse for most of my CF development work. (I haven’t even installed Dreamweaver on my new laptop yet.) … Continue reading

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Access the old value of a numeric stepper in Flex 2

Problem: The numeric stepper and numeric stepper event in Flex 2 do not tell you which button (up or down) was pressed and there is no way to determine what the value was prior to the change that triggered the … Continue reading

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Flex Problem: Flex to CF remote object call, no result and no fault event returned

This problem manifests itself as a call to a method of a remote object (CFC method) where the CFC method actually does process correctly but returns neither a result nor a fault to flex. In this example, we make a … Continue reading

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Seattle area Flex Users Group SeaFlex

I went to the first Seattle area Flex users group meeting on Thursday night. The turn out was impressive for the first meeting of a user group. Not since attending Amiga User group meetings back in the late 80s and … Continue reading

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Flex coders Unite!

In late 2005 Adobe announced a goal at MAX 2005 of increasing the Flex development community from roughly 5000 to over a Million by around the year 2010. The key driver of this initiative is Flex 2 and it’s tiered … Continue reading

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