Is that Flash on my Plasma? Well, not yet, but Adobe is now working with Intel to make this possible in the near future. According to the press release, the first devices will offer San Jose-based Adobe’s Flash Lite are expected to be available by midyear with versions that can run the full desktop-level [...]

Unless you have head your head in the clouds of the past few years, you already know that the trend of many software providers has been to move towards a hosted services model. If you have been using Gmail, MobileMe, Buzzword, Google Docs, etc, you are already part of this trend. Microsoft has committed to hosted [...]

This is the year that I finally break down and start using Twitter. I have been experimenting with it over the past few weeks and it is a lot of fun. If you would like, you can follow me here.

I was recently tasked with the job of loading images into a Flex app that were being stored within an Oracle database under data type Blob. It turns out that this is pretty simple to do. The following is a simplified example as my original involved some complex objects and Hibernate: After selecting the field from the [...]

I just checked the Adobe AIR marketplace and noticed that FotoBooth has been downloaded over 2500 times and an additional 500 times from the badge installer here. If you have experienced the application, please let me know your thoughts.

I am sure by now you have seen the Mojave Experiment commercials that Microsoft has been running to try to change the public’s perception of Windows Vista. But, do they also have a second hidden agenda? Is it a coincidence that their Mojave Experiment website requires Silverlight for “full functionality”? I don’t think so, I [...]

What are you using for deep linking in Flex applications? SWFAddress or URLKit? Do you use them with modules? Do you use them with a framework (Cairngorm, PureMVC, etc). Please let me know as I am investigating both currently.

Have you seen this error in your Flex 3 application when tabbing between components using the debug player? ArgumentError: Error #2025: The supplied DisplayObject must be a child of the caller. at flash.display::DisplayObjectContainer/getChildIndex() at mx.core::Container/getChildIndex()[C:\autobuild\3.2.0\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\core\Container.as:2407] at mx.containers::Panel/getChildIndex()[C:\autobuild\3.2.0\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\containers\Panel.as:1032] at fl.managers::FocusManager/getChildIndex() at fl.managers::FocusManager/sortByDepth() at Array$/_sort() at Array/http://adobe.com/AS3/2006/builtin::sort() at fl.managers::FocusManager/sortFocusableObjects() at fl.managers::FocusManager/keyDownHandler() I had this occurring in one of my apps that had hundreds of files and it took [...]

The Indy Flex user group will be meeting again. Here are the details: Meeting Information Date: Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Location: touchAsoul design studio 6500 East Westfield Blvd. Indianapolis IN 46220 Topic: Using VO’s with ColdFusion! http://indyflex.com/

Duane Nickull and James Ward recently conducted a 3.5 hour bootcamp at MAX. Duane has now made all of the materials from this course available for download. If you are looking to learn more about Adobe AIR, this is a great place to start. Download the bootcamp materials here.

The following example is covered within the new Adobe AIR 1.5 Cookbook Adobe AIR 1.5 now includes the ability to encrypt your SQLite database. The example below is a complete application. Be sure to use a compile with a minimum of the Flex 3.2.0.3266 SDK (or the latest stable build), set the application namespace to [...]

FotoBooth is a image capture application that installs to your Mac, Windows, or Linux computer on top of the Adobe® AIR™ runtime. FotoBooth requires access to your web camera and your file system to store images. FotoBooth is also fully integrated with Yahoo’s flickr service allowing you to share your images with the world. The most [...]

Although I could not be there in person. A part of me made it to the big show. A new version of my FotoBooth application written specifically for Adobe MAX and based on the new AIR 1.5 runtime has been installed to a machine within the Community Lounge at MAX 2008 North America allowing attendees [...]

Adobe AIR 1.5 Cookbook–New from O’Reilly Solutions and Practical Examples from Rich Internet Application Developers Sebastopol, CA–Buzz continues to build over the release of Adobe AIR 1.5. And O’Reilly’s latest, “Adobe AIR 1.5 Cookbook ($44.99)–the first book available on Adobe AIR 1.5–is the up-to-the-minute reference you need. The new book includes dozens of recipes from rising stars in [...]

Adobe AIR 1 was released in February this year. Only a few month later AIR 1.5 is now official. AIR 1.5 comes with a few key features including the incorporation of all Flash Player 10 features and a new encrypted database option for SQLite. The embedded WebKit HTML engine has also been updated and [...]

Last year at MAX Adobe showed off a product that they were calling Thermo, well a full year has passed and that product has now matured to the point that is has its own official name. Flash Catalyst is that new name and it truly describes what I feel it should be used for. Flash [...]

Adobe has made the next version of Flex Builder codenamed Gumbo available to all MAX attendees. This latest edition continues to bring design and development together by making collaboration between Flash, Flash Catalyst, and Flex Builder easier than ever before. Flex Builder also has IDE updates including the integration of Flex Unit and a network monitor [...]

Well, unfortunately due to some family medical circumstances I will be missing MAX next week. I would like to publicly thank Danny Dura who will be giving my session titled “Introduction to Adobe AIR: Building Your First Application” and Andre Charland who will be moderating the “InsideRIA Outlook, 2009: What Every Developer Needs [...]