Creating Custom Layouts in flex 4

Flex 4 comes with powerful and lightweight layout rules. In flex 3, there are specific containers which comes with built in layouts  like HBox,VBOX etc. In flex 4 we can specify any standard or custom layout for layout based components like list, group etc. So it is very easy to create custom layouts and reuse them.

WireFrame Builder : A Tool for creating flex wire frames

I have learning flex 4.0 SDK, i thought to instead go on reading and working on small examples, it is better to create a best application using flex 4.0 SDK. The result is an AIR Application “WireFrameBuilder” using Flex 4.0 (note: Flex 4.0 SDK is still under development. The content may change accordingly). Here is the link where you can grab the tool installer :

http://www.esnips.com/web/WireFrameBuilder

Note that the tool is still under development. Tool is only intended to show the power and features of Flex 4.0.

I will update the Tool as i go on development process. Please comment on the tool and suggestions for features to be included.

Uploading an image into flash without server side script using flash player 10

According to my last post, Flash Player 10 has updated FileReference class with some new featured methods. My last post explaining how some one can download an image from flash to user file system without using any server side scripting. In this post i am going to show you another power of flash player 10, that is uploading an image into flash player without using any server side script.

File download without any server (ASP,PHP,etc) script in flash player 10

While reading through flash player 10 API, i come to know that FileReference Class has updated with few new features. FileReference Objetc now can take file into flash player (upload) and give file back to file system (download) without any server side script like ASP, PHP etc. flash player 10 can perform these tasks without any middle man 🙂

Flex 4 – List with states and transitions

Flex 4 is going to make states and transition on fly on components. here i have created  a list with states and transitions. check it out.

Am Playing with Flex 4 (Gumbo)

Hi,.. i am started to play with Flex 4 (Gumbo) with creating samples. I am going to post the codes and details here.

Using Runtime Shared Libraries – Utilizing Flash Player Cache

This post is intended to highlight on new Flash Player [Flash Player 9 Update 3 (9,0,115,0)]cache feature using Flex and focus on overview of RSL’s in Flex 3 framework.

Behavioral Design Patterns: State Design Pattern

The State Design Pattern is used when an application has different states, transitions between states and Objects behavior changes according to the changed state. Each Object has its own state defined internally.

Behavioral Design Patterns: Template Method Design Pattern

Sometimes we want to specify the order (algorithm) of operations that a method uses, but allow subclasses to provide their own implementations by using the same order (algorithm) of operations. The intension of this pattern is to define an algorithm of operations in a method, and implementation of those operations is defined in subclasses.

Flex Component Lifecycle and Flex Component Framework

Flex is component based framework. It has many components like button, datagrid, containers etc. There are times when we want to write our own component when any of standard Flex components doesn’t meet our application needs. There are two ways to achieve this, either create the required custom component by extending exiting Flex standard components else create a component according to our requirements from scratch (completely new component).