Category Archives: Coding

Variable scope in ActionScript Flex

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Mark

Hoisting, the strangest ActionScript/Flex “feature” I’ve ever seen (at the moment of writing). Probably you’ve never heard of hoisting. I was hinted to this feature when I had two variables with the same name in one function. Flex was warning … Continue reading →

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Setting width and height in Flex using CSS

Posted on May 9, 2009 by Mark

In the current version of Flex (3) it’s not possible to set width and height using CSS. The application I’m working on has a lot of screens containing a lot of TextInput fields. I want to be able to control … Continue reading →

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Installing Flex Builder on Ubuntu 9.04

Posted on April 11, 2009 by Mark

For my work I’ve been working with Adobe Flex. If you’re doing Flex development you (probably) work with Flex Builder. It has features a development tool should provide; code completion, design view, good integrated building/running of projects, debugging etc. At … Continue reading →

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