I had been searching for a custom preloader that did not require a SWF for a while and finally found my answer from i am josh: http://iamjosh.wordpress.com/2007/12/18/flex-custom-preloader/. His source code got me on the right path. A simple preloader with a logo and a progress bar. I modified the code that handles the manual drawing [...]

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I run into an issue a lot with fly-out and dropdown menus not always layering on TOP of the subsequent content. I see this most often with Farcry because that is what I use for a lot of sites but I see it elsewhere as well. It can be the most irritating thing in the [...]

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From time to time I have to re-install eclipse for whatever reason and I really got tired of having to re-download all my plugins (CFEclipse, Subclipse, etc), so I did a clean install and then zipped up the eclipse directory. It is here for all to download if you want. This contains Eclipse 3.3, CFEclipse, [...]

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I had an issue recently during remoting which when debugged resulted in the following message: Channel.Connect.Failed error NetConnection.Call.Failed: HTTP: Status 200 It took me forever to figure this one out but it results from IE caching things differently than other browsers and my debug settings use IE as the default browser. To fix it do [...]

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Until now I have never needed to do a lot with meta data except making items bindable or creating custom events. Recently I wanted to create a limitation on a custom property. Here’s the code: private var _iconPosition:String = “left”; [Bindable] public function set iconPosition( value:String ):void { _iconPosition = value; } public function get [...]

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Here is a quick step-by-step tutorial on VPN routing. The purpose is to give you access to the VPN network and the local network at the same time (by default it locks you out of your local network and you can only access the remote network). Step 1: Create a VPN connection Frankly, if you [...]

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I quickly found out that my script for creating a route does not work in Windows Vista (well it sort of did). One additional piece of information is that when you are creating the connection click on the “Networking tab”, select “Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)” and click “Properties.” In the new window, click “Advanced” [...]

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At my last job I had the option to work from home on occasion but I rarely did it because working over a VPN is a pain. When you connect to a VPN network, by default it disables your local network connection. End result, you can’t check your personal email while connected to the VPN. [...]

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I’ve been doing a lot of work with SQLite and AIR lately and I recently came across a post from Eric Feminella which has helped me tremendously. The SQLiteadmin program can be downloaded at the end of this page: SQLite Administrator – International Milestone Beta Instructions for installing on Windows: Unzip and run This is [...]

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I ran across this problem recently… I needed to create a slider that didn’t change in a uniform way. It was different for each third of the slider. The first third changed evenly from 0 – 25,000. The second third from 25,000 – 100,000. The last third from 100,000 – 10,000,000. Here are the basic [...]

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