Flex 3 and AIR are getting close to launch and in preparation, Ben Forta from the Adobe Flex/AIR product team will be in Cary, North Carolina to show us some very interesting features of the new platforms and to help prepare us for this exciting launch.

Our meeting host for this special event is Railinc, located at 7001 Weston Parkway, Cary NC. The meeting will begin at 6:00 sharp. Here is A map to the meeting location.

Flex 3 is a feature-packed release, adding new UI components like the advanced datagrid and improved CSS capabilities; powerful tooling additions like refactoring; and extensive testing tools including memory and performance profiling, plus the addition of the automated testing framework to Flex Builder.

Don't miss out on the opportunity to see and hear about this highly anticipated release of Flex 3 and AIR during this special pre-release tour. Plus, in addition to giving away some one of a kind Flex/AIR branded schwag, we will also be raffling off a copy of Flex Builder 3 Professional (pending availability) and a full commercial copy of CS3 Web Premium at this event!

Map to meeting location at Railinc

January 23
6:00pm start time

Railinc,
7001 Weston Parkway
Cary NC 27513

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Flex and AIR Pre-release Tour with Adobe’s Ben Forta

Flex 3 and AIR are getting close to launch and in preparation, Ben Forta from the Adobe Flex/AIR product team is traveling to select cities to show off the great new features and help prepare us for this exciting launch.

Flex 3 is a feature-packed release, adding new UI components like the advanced datagrid and improved CSS capabilities; powerful tooling additions like refactoring; and extensive testing tools including memory and performance profiling, plus the addition of the automated testing framework to Flex Builder.

Adobe AIR is game-changing in so many ways, extending rich applications to the desktop, enabling access to the local file system, system tray, notifications and much more. Now you can write desktop applications using the same skills that you’ve been already using to create great web apps including both Flex and AJAX.

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to see and hear about this highly anticipated release of Flex 3 and AIR during this special pre-release tour. Plus, in addition to giving away some one of a kind Flex/AIR branded schwag, we will also be raffling off a copy of Flex Builder 3 Professional (pending availability) and a full commercial copy of CS3 Web Premium at this event!

Just one of numerous reminders you will receive about Ben Forta's presentation on Adobe's Flex 3 and Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR).

Adobe will be providing some eats and a copy of Flex 3 (upon release) and CS3 Web Premium Suite to be raffled off during the event.

The meeting location is being provided by:

Railinc Corporate Headquarters
7001 Weston Parkway, Suite 200
Cary, NC 27513
Phone: 919.651.5000
Fax: 919.651.5402

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We would really appreciate it if you could RSVP for the event so that we have a rough idea of how many will be attending.

RSVP Link: http://tinyurl.com/389zrs 

See you there!

The 360|Flex Atlanta conference is scheduled for February 25 to 27, 2008. The 360|Flex conferences are packed to the rafters with timely and useful information. There is even a Hands On track for newcomers to the Flex Platform!

Still super cheap at $480, spots will go fast so register today!

I'll be driving down. I imagine others will also drive. If you are interested in carpooling, please leave a comment below. Indicate whether you would be open to driving, if needed.

Alternate title: How I spent my weekend!

I needed to post a bit of XML to a a webserver (non-CF) for processing. I have done it in CFML using the following:

OK, easily enough in CFML, right? I thought I would build a new interface to my application using Flex. The post of XML to a webserver in Flex is as follows:

In theory this should work, in reality, it did not. I kept getting errors from the webserver stating that the XML was not formed correctly. Using ServiceCapture, I was able to verify that the xml going in was good. I also opened up my initial XML file with a hex editor to verify that there was nothing preceding the XML. All that checked out fine, but I still received errors.

It took quite a bit of research and a lot of trial and error, but I finally found the following snippet in the "ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook":

It's a bit verbose and may not be as pretty as the <mx:HttpService> tag, but it did the job and it allowed me to post my XML directly to the server for processing without containing it in a form field or as a name/value pair.

Sometimes the seemingly simplest of things can be a bit of a time consuming nightmare! There are a ton of resources out in the InterWeb, thankfully.

I <3 teh Int3rW3b

I am working on a small flex application that sends XML to the server using <mx:httpservice />. The server then responds with a bit of XML for my manipulation. I keep getting an error form the server stating the XML is not well formed. If I trace the XML before I send it, it shows up fine in the debug window. No spaces, carriage returns or anything before the XML declaration (which from what I have read,is usually the cause of the error "Content is not allowed in prolog".

As you can see in the image, the XML declaration does not appear to have anything preceding it...

Has anyone run into this in the past? Have any suggestions? I'd greatly appreciate it!

( I know, how many times has that /bad/bad/ pun been used? A lot +1 )

Lynda.com has recently added "Flex 2 Advanced: Using Data Services".

As shown in David Gassner's previous titles, Flex 2 Essential Training and Flex 2 Beyond the Basics, the purpose of Flex is to manage four key challenges in web development: Multistep processing, client-side processing, data manipulation, and data visualization. With the addition of Flex Data Services, Flex 2 has become an even more powerful tool for building data-drivenweb and standalone applications. In Flex 2 Advanced: Using Data Services, David discusses the program's possibilities thoroughly--from using Java Enterprise Edition to building a working database.

You can get a monthly or annual membership, but those do not include the examples or source files. You can get the related files by purchasing a Premium Subscription for $375 /yr. You can also purchase Video's on CD. These range in price from $50 to $150 on average.

And while you are there you can brush up on your ActionScript 3, as well!

It can't be me. Well, I guess it /could/ be, but I swear this time it can't! Using an example from the ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook, pg 47 under Custom Classes.

This code throws an error:

http://codeshare.everfro.com/feb007fa

The error thrown is:
2 1120: Access of undefined property example. Test.mxml Test line 6 February 26, 2007 12:26:21 PM 12

Can someone else please try this and see if they get an error? And if you don't... any ideas what might be incorrect in my configuration of Flex Builder?

Danke...

I am attempting to create a Test object that has two properties. (I hope I am using the correct terminology). Test has arg1 and arg2. How do I write my class file so that I do not /have/ to set a property? In the code below I get an error stating that more arguments are expected.