http://blog.wintondeshong.com Web / Flash Development Sat, 09 Jan 2010 01:05:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I received an Apple Magic Mouse over Christmas and to my surprise I had issues getting my system to recognize the device. After uninstalling USB Overdrive and restarting 2-3 times it still wouldn't work. It took quite a bit of looking with the help of Sir Google to determine that ... http://blog.wintondeshong.com/?p=33 Problem: Could not load file or assembly ‘FluorineFx’ or one of its dependencies. Strong name signature could not be verified. The assembly may have been tampered with, or it was delay signed but not fully signed with the correct private key. (Exception from HRESULT: 0×80131045) Description: This issue isn’t a problem inherent to ... http://blog.wintondeshong.com/?p=31 If you are a MXML and/ or ActionScript developer using Eclipse, you must use FlexFormatter. Head over to sourceforge and grab this eclipse plug-in NOW! Finally, an end to the war between new-liners and same-liners. http://blog.wintondeshong.com/?p=30 A few weeks back I gave a presentation at the Central Pennsylvania Flash User Group (CPFUG) on the ActionScript Message Format, or AMF. Below is a screen capture of the presentation along with audio. You can also download a higher quality 800x600 version here. Adobe Flash Player version 9 or higher ... http://blog.wintondeshong.com/?p=29 Over the last several months I have been migrating to a different approach for routine backups. For longer than I can remember, I have manually backed up data from my various computers to a centralized Fedora Core Linux file server. My box only required a power and network cable to ... http://blog.wintondeshong.com/?p=27 I recently stumbled upon a pretty cool project released by Kap Lab called PureMVC Console. The debugging console allows you to track various aspects of your single/multi-core PureMVC applications in a convenient manner. Setup is simple and the developer guide shows you how to easily switch your project between production ... http://blog.wintondeshong.com/?p=28 Problem Summary File browsing/uploading/saving is a common task. What is the best way to implement file handling while using the PureMVC framework? Solution Summary Below I propose a foundation for handling file browsing/uploading/saving in a single-core PureMVC application. Explanation In both single-core and multi-core PureMVC applications, I tend to keep all of the FileReference/FileReferenceList event ... http://blog.wintondeshong.com/?p=25 Problem I've been migrating to Git for my SCM needs. Using the command line is fine and all, but it would be nice to have a more accessible and streamlined approach. One that works with eclipse/flex builder? Solution The EGit project is an eclipse plug-in for managing projects that use Git. Though the ... http://blog.wintondeshong.com/?p=24 Problem Summary The most common approach to configure your environment to talk to amf services is through a file called services-config.xml and RemoteObject. The problem is that services-config.xml is used at compile-time. This creates annoyances when using multiple developers and/or multiple platforms for development, deployment, etc... Solution Summary In my case, I decided ... http://blog.wintondeshong.com/?p=23 I finally decided on software to transcode various media types for use with the Playstation 3. After trying various packages, such as; MediaTomb and EyeConnect, I decided to use NullRiver's MediaLink. Though many people have had success with EyeConnect and MediaTomb, I felt MediaLink had the easiest interface, produced the ... http://blog.wintondeshong.com/?p=22