Posted in 1 on February 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re like me, you love logfiles. So you see the “trace” command and think “Sweet! I can log!” But then, if you’re like me, your hopes are dashed as nothing actually happens. Well, it’s probably due to one of two reasons:
You don’t have the debug version of the Flash player [...]
Posted in 1 on February 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
After much consternation, I’ve discovered that the Java runtime that comes with Ubuntu 7.10 just doesn’t quite cut it for MXML compilation. Specifically, MXMLC pegs the CPU to 100% and eats up all available RAM — both physical and virtual — until your system grinds to a halt. The solution, thankfully, is easy enough: just [...]
Posted in 1 on February 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So that’s what it’s for: if you specify that an attribute of an object is “bindable”, then the UI automatically updates when it changes. (Or, more specifically, it generates a “propertyChanged” event, which is picked up by the MX framework to update.) Very handy!
