Flex 4 – Base64 Image Decompression and Decoding

If you ever run into a situation where you need/want to work with Base64-encoded images using AMF, here’s an example of the process involved in retrieving the encoded data packed with GZip compression from the backend. Source view is enabled on the SWF and theREAD MORE

Flash Builder 4 – Java Heap Space Issues

If you ever experience a message like “Error: Java Heap Space” when building, cleaning or generating a bin-release for a project in Flash Builder 4, try the following as a remedy:

1. Open the following files: a) /install_dir/sdks/3.5.0/bin/jvm.config b) /install_dir/sdks/4.0.0/bin/jvm.config

2. Locate the following line found underREAD MORE

Upgrading Flash Builder

Whether you’re upgrading because you’re using BETA versions that change rather frequently or upgrading to the next major release, you don’t want to lose all your hard work invested in configuring your setup. Here’s how I handle it and hopefully it’s useful to you. IfREAD MORE

Using a Custom AdvancedDataGridHeaderRenderer to Display a Custom Image

You decide to use an AdvancedDataGrid to display your data and for one of the columns you would prefer to use an icon instead of a text label to indicate the kind of data this column represents.

First step is building the renderer. You canREAD MORE

Introducing Opticon Runtime Debugger

Opticon is a runtime debugging console useful for Flash/Flex developers. It’s simple to start using in your projects. To use, follow these steps after installing the application:

1. Launch the application 2. Click the Settings button 3. Click on the SWC icon to add the OpticonConnectorREAD MORE

Double-headed Arrows with GraphicsUtil

I recently ran across this awesome utility class, GraphicsUtil, created by Noel Billig. It allows the ability to draw lines with an arrow on one end using the drawing API in AS3. This proved useful for a project I was working on. In addition toREAD MORE

ZamfBrowser – ZendAMF Service Browser

One of my colleagues at Almer/Blank, Omar Gonzalez, just released a very promising project into the open source community today, ZamfBrowser. This AIR application is a lifeline for all the developers who have embraced ZendAMF since its release yet have longed for that familiar service browserREAD MORE

Using the Flex IViewCursor to Manage an ArrayCollection

One of the nice things about the Flex framework is the various utility classes that make it so much easier for you to accomplish your development tasks than you’d be able to without them. One such class, in my opinion, is mx.collections.IViewCursor. What this classREAD MORE

AMFPHP Fatal Errors After PHP 5.3 Upgrade (Part 2)

As promised in Part 1, I’m documenting yet another issue that must be addressed in your AMFPHP installation upon upgrading to PHP 5.3. This issue stems from the usage of the [code lang="php"]eregi_replace[/code] function that has been deprecated in PHP 5.3. If you run into aREAD MORE

AMFPHP Fatal Errors After PHP 5.3 Upgrade (Part 1)

If you experience the following error in your AMFPHP-based applications:

PHP Fatal error: Uncaught exception ‘VerboseException’ with message ‘date(): It is not safe to rely on the system’s timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you usedREAD MORE