Comments on: Learning Flex 3 http://greenlike.com Getting Up to Speed with Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:13:04 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: priya http://greenlike.com?cpage=2#comment-6765 priya Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:18:47 +0000 http://greenlike.com/blog/?page_id=3#comment-6765 love this book so far, flow of info. and concepts are straight forward to understand even for beginners in Flex. I am at the end of chapter 6, 156page. I have a problem, design mode for EComm.mxml is blank, don't see a thing there except for the background color. Everything works fine when i run the application though and the Design Mode for all the other .mxml files are proper.Even tried copying the file from the CD in the book, still the same. Any pointers......please Priya love this book so far, flow of info. and concepts are straight forward to understand even for beginners in Flex. I am at the end of chapter 6, 156page. I have a problem, design mode for EComm.mxml is blank, don’t see a thing there except for the background color. Everything works fine when i run the application though and the Design Mode for all the other .mxml files are proper.Even tried copying the file from the CD in the book, still the same.
Any pointers……please
Priya

]]> By: Geoff Hodgson http://greenlike.com?cpage=2#comment-5968 Geoff Hodgson Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:58:39 +0000 http://greenlike.com/blog/?page_id=3#comment-5968 Hi, Is the code on page 88 correct? When I try to run I get a blank browser. When I go into Design Mode I see {..TextInput.text} {lastName...} in the Contact Details Panel. Good book so far. Any help appreciated. Regards Geoff Hi, Is the code on page 88 correct? When I try to run I get a blank browser. When I go into Design Mode I see {..TextInput.text} {lastName…} in the Contact Details Panel. Good book so far. Any help appreciated. Regards Geoff

]]> By: andrea http://greenlike.com?cpage=2#comment-5929 andrea Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:36:41 +0000 http://greenlike.com/blog/?page_id=3#comment-5929 hi, I'm following the examples and the book is really well done. I'd like to see a second book from you. hi, I’m following the examples and the book is really well done. I’d like to see a second book from you.

]]> By: Forrest Anderson http://greenlike.com?cpage=1#comment-5883 Forrest Anderson Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:11:38 +0000 http://greenlike.com/blog/?page_id=3#comment-5883 Alaric, I second Patrick's suggestion. With Flex 4 out, it would be awesome to have a companion book - that builds on the clarity of Learning Flex 3. I have read a lot of programming books and this is by far the best. Thanks, Forrest Alaric,

I second Patrick’s suggestion. With Flex 4 out, it would be awesome to have a companion book – that builds on the clarity of Learning Flex 3.

I have read a lot of programming books and this is by far the best.

Thanks,

Forrest

]]> By: Patrick Kellogg http://greenlike.com?cpage=1#comment-5833 Patrick Kellogg Sat, 09 Jan 2010 20:44:08 +0000 http://greenlike.com/blog/?page_id=3#comment-5833 Alaric, Please write a second book on flex continuing where this one left off You make flex easy. thanks. patrick Alaric,

Please write a second book on flex continuing where this one left off

You make flex easy.

thanks.

patrick

]]> By: Ananth http://greenlike.com?cpage=1#comment-5653 Ananth Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:05:29 +0000 http://greenlike.com/blog/?page_id=3#comment-5653 Hi, I recently picked up your book for learning flex. I am very impressed with your writing style, unlike other authors you cover the small nuances which is very useful for a newbie like me with many doubts. I am currently reading the data binding chapter and seem to have hit a small roadblock. You have given a example of using mx:String tag to explain data binding. My instance of flexbuilder is not liking the tag. It is giving me errors for mx:String tag and asks me to link visual components with IUIComponent. The error message is "Component Declarations are not allowed here. (Note: visual children must implement mx.core.IUIComponent). Hope you can help with this. Also what is the best place to involve in flex platform and ask questions like this. Thanks Ananth PS: Sorry my previous posts missed the tag info due to angle brackets. Hi,

I recently picked up your book for learning flex. I am very impressed with your writing style, unlike other authors you cover the small nuances which is very useful for a newbie like me with many doubts.
I am currently reading the data binding chapter and seem to have hit a small roadblock. You have given a example of using mx:String tag to explain data binding. My instance of flexbuilder is not liking the tag. It is giving me errors for mx:String tag and asks me to link visual components with IUIComponent. The error message is
“Component Declarations are not allowed here. (Note: visual children must implement mx.core.IUIComponent). Hope you can help with this. Also what is the best place to involve in flex platform and ask questions like this.

Thanks

Ananth

PS: Sorry my previous posts missed the tag info due to angle brackets.

]]> By: Kristina http://greenlike.com?cpage=1#comment-4843 Kristina Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:17:58 +0000 http://greenlike.com/blog/?page_id=3#comment-4843 I've been learning Flex via your book and I've been really impressed with it. I've found a few minor typos in some of the examples which I've added I've documented on the OReilly web site for your book. I've only run into one area that stumped me for a bit. Chapter 14 - Skinning. Since the previous section had you working on the Search example it wasn't clear to me that I need to go all the way back to the Contact Manager example and select the style sheet and then the button component in order to see the style/skin selector in the flex properties. This subsection could probably use some clarification and it would be nice to have access to the images and a little example to try all this out. I’ve been learning Flex via your book and I’ve been really impressed with it. I’ve found a few minor typos in some of the examples which I’ve added I’ve documented on the OReilly web site for your book. I’ve only run into one area that stumped me for a bit. Chapter 14 – Skinning. Since the previous section had you working on the Search example it wasn’t clear to me that I need to go all the way back to the Contact Manager example and select the style sheet and then the button component in order to see the style/skin selector in the flex properties. This subsection could probably use some clarification and it would be nice to have access to the images and a little example to try all this out.

]]> By: SmivaL http://greenlike.com?cpage=1#comment-4509 SmivaL Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:36:20 +0000 http://greenlike.com/blog/?page_id=3#comment-4509 хорошая книга! хорошая книга!

]]> By: Paul http://greenlike.com?cpage=1#comment-4261 Paul Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:38:44 +0000 http://greenlike.com/blog/?page_id=3#comment-4261 Hi, I really enjoyed working through your book thanks, but I have 2 (maybe obvious) questions at the end of it: 1) How do you write a site with multiple pages connected by normal html-like links 2) I keep getting error 1037, packages cannot be nested with a simple action script function that populates a combo box. Is this a common error? It is completely foxing me. Hi,
I really enjoyed working through your book thanks, but I have 2 (maybe obvious) questions at the end of it:

1) How do you write a site with multiple pages connected by normal html-like links

2) I keep getting error 1037, packages cannot be nested with a simple action script function that populates a combo box. Is this a common error? It is completely foxing me.

]]> By: Alberto http://greenlike.com?cpage=1#comment-4164 Alberto Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:15:21 +0000 http://greenlike.com/blog/?page_id=3#comment-4164 Hello Alaric, I have been reading your book and I think its great, a good start with Flex. I have a question about chapter 10. When we build the search app. I think I´m having problems with displaying the search results summary. When we add the following code The summary wont show up in the search results, but if you take out the 100% on the width it will show. But comparing it to the image in the book, it seems that the text control wont do enters. Is it b/c the flex version? Another thing i tried was comenting out the label and not deleting the width of 100% in the text control and it does show in the search result, but with no enteres. What do you think? :p Hello Alaric, I have been reading your book and I think its great, a good start with Flex. I have a question about chapter 10. When we build the search app. I think I´m having problems with displaying the search results summary. When we add the following code

The summary wont show up in the search results, but if you take out the 100% on the width it will show. But comparing it to the image in the book, it seems that the text control wont do enters. Is it b/c the flex version? Another thing i tried was comenting out the label and not deleting the width of 100% in the text control and it does show in the search result, but with no enteres. What do you think? :p

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