Arno Manders

Category: Flex

  • Preformance tips Away3D

    While I was building my ImageViewer3D I noticed a few things that can make everything just a little bit faster. And for the challenge and for fun I made a sort of testing application. I build it with Flex and Away3D You can change the a few things such as the amount of 3d objects,…

  • FileReferenceList() problem in AS3

    Today I noticed a strange thing in Flex. Let me explain the problem. I created FileReferenceList. I added a eventListener to that FileReferenceList that returns me the list of files that the user selects. This is the code: private function openFileReference():void{ var flr:FileReferenceList = new FileReferenceList(); flr.addEventListener(Event.SELECT, onFrlResult); flr.browse();} private function onFrlResult(event:Event):void{ trace(“Select event: “+event.target);…

  • ImageViewer3D final release

    Today I’m going to release the code of ImageViewer3D like I promised before. It is not finished but I have to move on to other things. I few days ago I asked everyone to give input and because of the shortage of time I can’t put every suggestion in. Sorry for that but many thanks…

  • ImageViewer3D

    I recently discovered Away3D, the 3D engine for Flex and Flash. I’m now working for 3 weeks with this 3D engine and it is easy to consume. I started with some spheres and cubes to get use to the 3D concept. After I got bored I started a real project. For now I call that…

  • Away3D lighting

    For 2 weeks straight I been busy with Away3D, a 3D engine for ActionScript 3. This makes it easier to create 3D applications for the internet. At my internship at the <TheFactor.e> they put me on Away3D. Developed by Fabrice Closier, a colleague. Today I was busy with a project and I struggled with lightning.…

  • Flash in Flex tutorial: Flash Weather Component

    If you finished the Flash & Flex installation you can now continue with this tutorial. If you have no clue where i’m talking about you have to make sure that you installed the Flex component kit and Flex 2.0.1 patch correct. I explain that in the installation guide Flash start Lets start with flash. There…

  • Flash in Flex tutorial installation guide

    My internship guide Maikel asked me to find out what you have to do to get Flash in Flex. I started to search for a nice tutorial about this but I have to say that there isn’t a step by step tutorial that is explaining this. Opportunity for me to help people. If you already…

  • Search your favourite music and make your own playlist: SeeqPod

    While I where surfing the Internet I found a nice website to search and discover music: SeeqPod. SeeqPod is made in Flex and it is really nice! How is it working? It is just a powerful search, what Google is for webpages is SeeqPod doing for music. Give the search your favourite band or artist…

  • Tutorial Flex on Rails login system part 1: Introduction

    These tutorials are a translation from this page that is the wiki of my school. I also mention this tutorial here If you have a little experience with Flex or/and Actionscript 3.0 you wan’t more, like receiving data from different databases. That is what this tutorial explains to you. The next subject are in this…

  • Tutorial Flex on Rails login system part 2: Install Ruby on Rails

    This tutorial is part 2 of a tutorial about Flex, Ruby on Rails and WebORB. This is the full List: —Tutorial Flex on Rails part 1: Introduction —Tutorial Flex on Rails part 2: Install Ruby on Rails —Tutorial Flex on Rails part 3: Install WebORB —Tutorial Flex on Rails part 4: Building a login system…