Some time ago I was watching an episode of “Prototype This” and was thinking that these guys have an awesome job of creating mechanical prototypes and interfacing them with some fancy programming. That got me thinking about some things that seemed quite interesting to me and I started surfing the web for some affordable hardware. [...]
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Controlling Phidgets with an AIR application on Android
July 14, 2010 // Posted in AIR, Android, Flash Builder, Flex 2 Comments
Applications in AIR on Android
June 8, 2010 // Posted in AIR, Android, Flash Builder, Flash Catalyst, Flex 4 Comments
This time I would like to share a small video with you guys. It’s about a couple of AIR applications that I’ve created. The first one in the video is a solar panel monitor application, which monitor the power output of my solar panels at home. This one works over the internet as well, since [...]
Read the entire articleSolving the “missing AIR application XML file” error in Flash Builder
April 17, 2010 // Posted in AIR, Actionscript 3, Flash Builder No Comments
When creating an AIR project, you automatically get an XML configuration file for your application, which contains the initial width and height, the available icons and the indication whether or not the application uses a custom chrome (amongst other settings). This XML file has the same name as the application itself, followed by “-app.xml”. OK, [...]
Read the entire articleCreating a custom combobox using Flash Catalyst
April 16, 2010 // Posted in Flash Builder, Flash Catalyst, Flex 6 Comments
Comboboxes are great components, but unfortunately, at the moment you cannot create a custom combobox in Flash Catalyst by simply using the HUD or right-click menu to convert the artwork. In my book “Flash Builder and Flash Catalyst: the new workflow” ( http://www.friendsofed.com/book.html?isbn=1430228350) I created a design for an e-commerce application where I used a [...]
Read the entire articleIt’s D-day: Adobe releases Flex 4 SDK, Flash Builder 4, ColdFusion Builder and Flash Platform Services for Social Network Integration
March 22, 2010 // Posted in ColdFusion Builder, Flash Builder, Flex No Comments
Yes! This is the moment we’ve all been waiting for so long. After a long series of beta and prerelease versions, the new Flex 4 SDK has been officially released. And of course, this release is also accompanied with the release of Flash Builder 4. This is the new version of Flex Builder (for those [...]
Read the entire articleBen Forta is coming to Belgium
February 2, 2010 // Posted in AIR, ColdFusion, Event, Flash Builder No Comments
For those of you who don’t know Ben Forta, he’s the Adobe senior product evangelist and the author of numerous books about ColdFusion (nad other technologies). He’s also the director of the evangelism team. Every once in a while you get the chance to meet with him at some ColdFusion event, but not often in [...]
Read the entire articlePre-order my book
December 10, 2009 // Posted in AIR, Flash Builder, Flash Catalyst, Flex 1 Comment
Hey guys, I know it has been rather quiet on my site lately. The reason for this is the fact that I’m currently writing a book. Now, what is it going to be about? Some of you may know this already by reading my Twitter posts or by following my LinkedIn status messages. For the [...]
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