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 [...]
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Applications in AIR on Android
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 [...]
Solving the “missing AIR application XML file” error in Flash Builder
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 [...]
Creating a custom combobox using Flash Catalyst
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 [...]
It’s D-day: Adobe releases Flex 4 SDK, Flash Builder 4, ColdFusion Builder and Flash Platform Services for Social Network Integration
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 [...]


