http://jake.cfwebtools.com ... on Flex, ColdFusion, FarCry, and much more ... Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:39:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I recently posted a solution about the DataGrid in Flex 2 not highlighting rows correctly after certain events (specifically double-clicking a row). You can read that post here. I wanted to simply update the code sample that I gave for the overridden drawRowBackground() method. The code I had before ... http://jake.cfwebtools.com/2009/05/21/flex-2-datagrid-not-highlighting-row-update/ I had an issue in a Flex 2 project yesterday where a Datagrid would not highlight the selected row. All the styles were set up for this but it still would not work. The unfortunate matter is that this project (at least for the time being) is stuck ... http://jake.cfwebtools.com/2009/05/20/flex-2-datagrid-not-highlighting-row/ I have been playing around with an AIR application which stores data to a local SQLite DB. I have a very basic settings table which is nothing more than a key/value paring of settings. The keys all match up with variables in the Model. So, there's a ... http://jake.cfwebtools.com/2009/05/15/flex-dynamic-casting-of-data/ I work from home sometimes and in the past have had to reboot my PC due to the usual random reasons. Over a Remote Desktop connection it does not give you that option by default. It just gives you the option to log off or disconnect. Servers ... http://jake.cfwebtools.com/2009/05/08/reboot-xp-pc-over-remote-desktop/ I ran into a problem today where the most elegant solution was to dynamically instantiate a class. However, I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to do that. Basically, the situation was this: Dispatch Event A If Event A Fails, Dispatch Event B, then re-dispatch Event A. This ... http://jake.cfwebtools.com/2009/04/08/dynamically-instantiate-a-class/ I had been searching for a custom preloader that did not require a SWF for a while and finally found my answer from i am josh: http://iamjosh.wordpress.com/2007/12/18/flex-custom-preloader/. His source code got me on the right path. A simple preloader with a logo and a progress bar. I modified ... http://jake.cfwebtools.com/2009/03/27/flex-custom-preloader-without-swf/ I run into an issue a lot with fly-out and dropdown menus not always layering on TOP of the subsequent content. I see this most often with Farcry because that is what I use for a lot of sites but I see it elsewhere as well. It can ... http://jake.cfwebtools.com/2009/03/20/ie-menu-hover-fix/ From time to time I have to re-install eclipse for whatever reason and I really got tired of having to re-download all my plugins (CFEclipse, Subclipse, etc), so I did a clean install and then zipped up the eclipse directory. It is here for all to download if you ... http://jake.cfwebtools.com/2009/02/26/eclipse-with-plugins/ I had an issue recently during remoting which when debugged resulted in the following message: Channel.Connect.Failed error NetConnection.Call.Failed: HTTP: Status 200 It took me forever to figure this one out but it results from IE caching things differently than other browsers and my debug settings use IE as the default browser. ... http://jake.cfwebtools.com/2009/02/26/flex-channelconnectfailed-error-netconnectioncallfailed-http-status-200/ Until now I have never needed to do a lot with meta data except making items bindable or creating custom events. Recently I wanted to create a limitation on a custom property. Here's the code: private var _iconPosition:String = "left"; [Bindable] public function set iconPosition( value:String ):void { _iconPosition = value; } public function get ... http://jake.cfwebtools.com/2008/11/07/flex-metadata-default-property-values/