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Color Key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
| Version |
Location |
Description |
Submitted by |
Date submitted |
| Printed |
Page 27
BubblingHolder.mxml : line 11 |
click="handleClick()"
this is not necessary.
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Anonymous |
Oct 20, 2008 |
| Printed |
Page 129
mxml code line 23 (or thereabouts) |
Recipe 4.13 - Applying embedded fonts in designated text within the <mx:htmlText> tag does not work, ie:
<mx:htmlText>
<![CDATA[
Not Using the New Font.<font size="20" family="DIN">Using the new
font</font>
]]>
</mx:htmlText>
The text "Using the new font" does not apply the embedded font; instead uses system font.
Tested in Flex Builder 3. Also, tried replacing family="DIN" to face="DIN" but to no avail.
I should note that the font embedded just fine in the .embeddedFontStyle style (line 8).
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Anonymous |
Jul 09, 2008 |
| Printed |
Page 243
Example code, code line 7 |
the line
public var mic:Microphone;
gives a compilation error: Error: constructor functions must be instance methods.
I don't yet know how to correct this so if the authors know, would appreciate a line.
Cheers!
Veeru
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Anonymous |
Jul 31, 2008 |
| Printed |
Page 310
public function initialize():void |
In this function
line 46 _downloadBar.x = ( _stageWidth / 2 ) - 20;
TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
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Anonymous |
Oct 06, 2008 |
| Printed |
Page 459
Code sample callService() |
Printed (May 2008):
private function callService():void {
requestedId = input.text as Number;
service.Send()
}
should be
private function callService():void {
requestedId = input.text as Number;
service.Send();
}
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Anonymous |
Aug 17, 2008 |
| Printed |
Page 459
entire example |
I don't know what the solution is, but the problem is that the code simply does not seem to work (as far as the php receiving information from the Flex program). First I typed it out (both the mxml and the php); after realizing that would not work, not matter how many ways I tweaked it, I downloaded the online example.
First, the online example doesn't work out of the box because there is a space in the first line of the mxml code: "<mx: Application" and should be "<mx:Application".
Secondly, the php server (I've tried on two separate servers) does not recognize the variable being sent to it. In the case of this book's example, the author is sending "<id></id>" and the server is assigning the contents to "$id_number". I've tried GET, POST, REQUEST, and none of them seem to pick up the value sent over the http connection. I know that I have a connection to the server as I am able to grab the hardcoded values echoed from the php. Here is the php echo:
echo('<id>'.$id_number.'</id><name>Todd Anderson</name><age>30</age>')
All I get from that is the name and age, but not the id (once again, I get the name and age values regardless of which php server I try it on).
Summary of the issue: the php server seemingly cannot understand the GET/POST value send by Flex.
About me: while my expertise in Flex 3 is limited, I am not completely new to the subject. I'd love to get this code working... any ideas?
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Anonymous |
May 07, 2009 |