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The problem is that unless you refer to the class “MyChildType” somewhere in your project, the Flash runtime has no idea that the “MyChildType” exists. Typically, you’d refer to this class in a view or something, so this problem is very esoteric and you most likely won’t encounter it, but if you do, keep this in mind.

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First, click here to view a quick demo of the problem. (Source here). When the lists load, roll over one of the items labeled “something” and notice the hover behavior.
The problem is, that these Lists are bound to and Array and an ArrayCollection of Strings (which are immutable in AS3). Likewise, if multiple entries in [...]

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HydraMVC has become a part of HydraFramework. The source is on http://github.com/lukesh and you can read more about the framework at http://hydraframework.com. More later!

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Want to growl in your Flex apps? Try this junk. FlexGrowl is a component that allows you to create growl-like notifications in your Flex apps

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…And it seems to be the magic number for now. I’ve been using this version for a while and it seems stable and complete enough to actually use f’real. If you don’t know what it is, click here to read about it and get it.
Besides all the obvious goals for HydraMVC (read about them on [...]

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I think I have a decent workaround to this old bug, where you run into formatting problems if you want to use a custom borderSkin on a Panel or Alert. (I especially wanted to use a skin created with Degrafa.) In addition, I wanted to set up something where I could create a generic Panel [...]

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Basically, you know those times where if you have to trip over that creaky stair *one more time* you’re going to go totally ape and remodel the entire downstairs? That’s exactly what happened.

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Warning–non tech-related, quasi-philosophical, meta-existential, blah blah, so read at your own risk. Subtitled, need to write a technology post so this gets off my home page.

I can’t sleep. I’m kept awake by a series of haunting revelations in the form of what I can only describe as “the right questions” that seem to explain the [...]

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Disease:
“Programming In Spite Of Flex Framework syndrome” – A.k.a “PISOFF”, pronounced “pissoff”: A serious project-life-threatening disease that often goes undetected until it is too late. Occurs most frequently in the first few projects of a novice Flex developer, however rare cases can occur in intermediate to advanced Flex developers. In almost all cases, victims are intelligent, [...]

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