Flash MX 2004 features a rich set of components, from simple form controls to data grids and trees. The components are objects which all inherit from a base UIObject (which in turn inherits from MovieClip). Waleed Anbar's Flash Component Architecture article...
Microsoft ASP is one of the most popular scripting languages out there, or rather, it was one of the most popular scripting languages out there. With the introduction of the Microsoft .NET platform, Microsoft is no longer developing ASP; it's investing in ASP.NET instead. ASP.NET is an entirely new...
This has been blogged to death by now, but it is important, and so ... Microsoft announced changes to Internet Explorer's handling of ActiveX controls and Java applets, and these changes affect the use of active content like Flash, and Shockwave in Web pages. The Macromedia Active Content Developer...
I love Bluetooth. For me, Bluetooth support was the second most important feature when I chose my last cell phone (GSM coverage in as many countries as possible was number one). I use a Bluetooth headset (think cell phone earpiece but without any wires, dial and answer right from the little...
I ran into an annoying one today. I have code that has been working for years, and recently moved lots of the core processing into a CFC. And everything kept working properly. I then started tinkering with Flash Remoting, and everything kept working properly. And then I tried invoking CFC methods...
It's been a while since I spoke to a CFUG in Chicago, and so I am pleased to announce that I'll be in the windy city next week (October 8th) at the Loyola University Chicago's Water Tower Campus (in beautiful downtown). Details are on the CFUG web site at http://www.cccfug.org/. See you there!
I just received a package in the mail from my publisher. It contained the seventh translation of my "Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes", this time into Bahasa Indonesia (published by Gramedia Toko Buku http://commerce.i2.co.id/gramedia/product.asp?sku=14054). I don't speak or read the language,...
As requested, I have posted a FlashPaper version of the "Undocumented ColdFusion MX 6.1" presentation that I have used in user group presentations. The URL is http://www.forta.com/cf/resources/flash/CFMX_61_Undocumented.swf. This presentation keeps evolving, each time I discover or am informed of...
Over the past few months I have met with over twenty user groups, briefed about a dozen members of press, visited dozens of customer sites in numerous countries, and addressed more conferences than I can recall. In all, I have had the opportunity to chat about ColdFusion with hundreds (or...
Flash now supports SOAP and Flash Remoting as ways to connect to back-end systems. From a ColdFusion perspective there is little difference, a CFC method can be invoked either way, but internally much is different. FlashORB has done a great job of comparing the two and benchmarking the results. See...