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Removing compiler problem markers

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 21:03:00 GMT

Does anybody know why I keep getting a pop up window that is telling me it can't find a marker id at some location number? I am getting one of these messages about every other time I save and compile and it is getting RATHER ANNOYING!!! What does it mean and how do I eliminate it???

Thanks in advance for helping me lower my blood pressure!!! :)

Have an Ordinary Day...
KomputerMan ~|:-)

What is the path from graphic design to ColdFusion projects

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 22 May 2014 20:11:10 GMT

I've been a ColdFusion and Flex developer for way to many years now. Pretty much turned that horse into glue if ya know what I mean. Thing is I really like CF so I want to keep developing my business applications in that language. Problem is I've never really developed responsive web sites nor have I made extensive use of CSS.

I'm currently playing with Muse and ReFlow and love what they do. My only question is there a suggested workflow path for creating website designs in Muse / ReFlow and import them into a CF project?

If not why not?

Deciphering a SAML Message in ColdFusion

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 19:48:58 GMT

I'm working on an SSO solution for a client. At this time I'm able to encode an authentication message and successfully send it to the ADFS server. The ADFS server handles my login and then returns to my site with an HTTP-POST response. In the POST there is an ADFS encoded SAML message I need to decipher. I found a few samples of code but none have worked. This one seemed to have the most promise but...

<cfscript>

// Decode the query string from Base 64

Decoder = CreateObject("Java", "sun.misc.BASE64Decoder").init();

SamlByte = Decoder.decodeBuffer(Form.SAMLResponse);

// Create Byte Array used for the inflation, the CF way

ByteClass = CreateObject("Java", "java.lang.Byte").TYPE;

ByteArray = CreateObject("Java", "java.lang.reflect.Array").NewInstance(ByteClass, 1024);

// Create Byte Streams needed for inflation

ByteIn = CreateObject("Java", "java.io.ByteArrayInputStream").init(SamlByte);

ByteOut = CreateObject("Java", "java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream").init();

// Create Objects needed for inflation

Inflater = CreateObject("Java", "java.util.zip.Inflater").init(true);

InflaterStream = CreateObject("Java", "java.util.zip.InflaterInputStream").init(ByteIn, Inflater);

// Complete the inflation

Count = InflaterStream.read(ByteArray);

while (Count != -1) {

ByteOut.write(ByteArray, 0, Count);

Count = InflaterStream.read(ByteArray);

}

// Finished with inflation

Inflater.end();

InflaterStream.close();

// Convert SAML request back to a string

SamlString = CreateObject("Java", "java.lang.String").init(ByteOut.toByteArray());

</cfscript>

When the code get to the Count = InflaterStream.read(ByteArray); statement the following error message is returned: oversubscribed dynamic bit lengths tree

My question is does anybody have a snippet of code that is used to successfully decipher an ADFS encoded SAML response?

tobase64 HTTP-Redirect binding

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 18:28:46 GMT

Still struggling with encrypting a SAML request to be sent to an ADFS server. Turns out there are multiple ways to encode strings. By default the utf-8 encrption option with the toBase64 tag uses HTTP-Post binding. I need it my script to use HTTP-REDIRECT binding.

The code I'm using is this:

<CFSAVECONTENT VARIABLE = "samlAssertionXML">

<samlp:AuthnRequest IssueInstant="2014-09-16T19:24:18.343Z" ID="_kdls_testing_application_for_single_sign_on" Version="2.0" xmlns:samlp="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:protocol">

<saml:Issuer xmlns:saml="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:assertion">https://localhost/sde</saml:Issuer>

<samlp:NameIDPolicy AllowCreate="true"/>

</samlp:AuthnRequest>

</cfsavecontent>

<cfscript>

samlAssertionXML = toBase64(toString(TRIM(samlAssertionXML)), "utf-8");

</cfscript>

When I take the string that gets returned by the toBase64 tag and use the SAML 2.0 Debugger the string gets de-crypted correctly. But when I re-encrypt the string using HTTP-REDIRECT binding I get a different encryption string. If I re-encrypt using the HTTP-POST binding I get the string I passed to the toBase64 tag.

So my question is how to I tell CF that I need to use HTTP-REDIRECT binding when I encrypt the string?

Encrypting a SAML Assertion using toBase64

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 22:37:50 GMT

I have a pretty generic SAML assertion that I need to encrypt so I can pass it as a URL variable. The problem is when I use the toBase64 tag it adds the <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> line to the top of the encrypted string.

This is what my code looks like:

<CFSET MyDate = DateFormat(Now(), "yyyy-mm-dd") & 'T' & TimeFormat(Now(), "HH:nn:ss") & '.343Z'>

<cfxml variable="samlAssertionXML">

<samlp:AuthnRequest IssueInstant="#MyDate#" ID="_kdls_testing_application_for_single_sign_on" Version="2.0" xmlns:samlp="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:protocol">

<saml:Issuer xmlns:saml="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:assertion">https://localhost/sde</saml:Issuer>

<samlp:NameIDPolicy AllowCreate="true"/>

</samlp:AuthnRequest>

</cfxml>

<CFSET MySML = toBase64(toString(samlAssertionXML))>

When I decrypt the variable MySML using an online debugger this is what I get:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<samlp:AuthnRequest IssueInstant="#MyDate#" ID="_kdls_testing_application_for_single_sign_on" Version="2.0" xmlns:samlp="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:protocol">

<saml:Issuer xmlns:saml="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:assertion">https://localhost/sde</saml:Issuer>

<samlp:NameIDPolicy AllowCreate="true"/>

</samlp:AuthnRequest>

My question is how to I encode my string without getting that annoying XML header included??? Unfortunately the XML header is confusing the ADFS server I'm sending my SAML string to so it has to go. Any ideas???

Data binding a library component to the application main page data

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:04:56 GMT

In my main application template I create several data models that I want to use throughout my application. To do this I have created datamodels (ArrayCollections really) and bind them in the main page like this:

	[Bindable]
	public var AppModel:AppDataModel = AppDataModel.getInstance();

Inside the AppModel I have several different collections of data that I want to use to populate things like datagrids or ComboBoxes elsewhere in the application. My question is how do I pass the AppModel to my other components???

I've tried things like the following without success.

dataProvider="{Application(FlexGlobals.topLevelApplication).AppModel}

I would like to just import the AppModel into my component and do that reguarly when the component is part of the main application. Problem is this is a library component so I need a different method of passing my main data sets into it.

Any thoughts???

Why do I get Spaces when I add a new line?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:44:37 GMT

Finally broke down and have retired HomeSite+. Not sure that is a good idea though... A few things are bugging me about ColdFusion Builder 2 such as:

I have auto indent turned on for tabs only and a tab is set to 3 spaces wide. I have done this in every editor setting under Preferences (ColdFusion, General, HTML, and Java) yet if the line I am working on has more than one tab as an indent every time I press return I get 3 spaces in place of one of the tabs. How do I make that go away???

In my CFML Formatting Profile I have Tag Case and Attribute Case set to upper case yet they always show up lower case. How do I fix that?

More often than not when I type a closing angle bracket on a line (>) the ending tag does not appear, and when it does it is always lower case and not upper case.

Now I remember why I stuck with HomeSite for as long as I did. It worked the way it was supposed too!!! :O

Seriously, I know these are trivial types of things but I am pretty anal when it comes to the formatting aspects of my code and CF Builder is making it harder to do than it should be. Any help at all would be appreciated!!!

Creating Library Project and Applying Themes

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:37:17 GMT

I am new at creating Library Projects in Flex 4 and have a stupid question. Can I create a library project using the Halo theme instead of the Spark theme??? If so how do I do it??? Thanks for the help!!!

Cannot create property change on spark.components.TextInput

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 01 May 2012 16:50:47 GMT

My application is dynamically creating several TextInput controls. The number of TextControl components created depends on the data being worked on by the end user at that moment in time.

This is the code I use to create the controls:

var TmpName4:TextInput = new TextInput();
TmpName4.text = model.BudgetDetails[i].BudAmount;
TmpName4.name = "Input_BudAmount" + i;
TmpName4.x = 440;
TmpName4.y = offset;
TmpName4.width = 85;
TmpName4.styleName="TextInput_Amount";
addElement(TmpName4);

Now I need to add an event to the TextInput control so something happens during a "change" event. My question is how do I add it?
I've tried adding this snippet of code right after I run the addElement command:

this[TmpName4].change = AnyEvent();

But get this error message when I run the app:

ReferenceError: Error #1069: Property PubWorks_Budgets.ApplicationSkin2._ApplicationSkin_Group1.contentGroup.BudgetDetails_ID.I nput_BudAmount0 not found on CustomComps.BudgetDetails and there is no default value.

I've tried looping through all of the elements after they are created like this:

for(i = 0; i < numElements; i++){
   x = getElementAt(i);
   tmpname = x.name;
   if (x.name.indexOf("Input") != -1){
      x.change = AnyEvent();
   }
}

But get this error message when I run the app:

Cannot create property change on spark.components.TextInput

Any advice??? Thanks in advance for the help!!!

Dynamically creating and evaluating controls.

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:05:13 GMT

I have an ArrayCollection in my app that I am using to dynamically create controls for. Each row in the array needs to create four controls. The code below is what I used to create the elements. Problem is I don't know how to evaluate them when it comes time to process the values entered into each control.

for(i = 0; i < model.BudgetDetails.length; i++){
      if (i > 0){
            offset = offset + 25;
      }
      var TmpName1:Label = new Label();
      TmpName1.text = model.BudgetDetails[i].BudgetCategory;
      TmpName1.name = "Label" + i;
      TmpName1.x = 5;
      TmpName1.y = offset + 6;
      TmpName1.width = 200;
      TmpName1.styleName="LabelRightAlign";
      addElement(TmpName1);

      var TmpName2:TextInput = new TextInput();
      TmpName2.text = model.BudgetDetails[i].BudDesc;
      TmpName2.name = "Input_BudDesc" + i;
      TmpName2.x = 215;
      TmpName2.y = offset;
      TmpName2.width = 200;
      TmpName2.styleName="TextInput_Desc";
      addElement(TmpName2);
//     etc..
}

This works fine to create the controls but I don't know how to loop through the controls to find the values entered into the TextInput controls. I need to either assign names to the controls before I create them or I need to find out how to loop over all of the elements contained on my page.

Flash Builder IDE

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 20:11:00 GMT

In Flash bilder every time I select a word, all words that match the word I've selected get highlighted. How do I turn off this more than annoying feature??? Thanks in advance for the help because I can't find that freakin switch!!!

How do I create a new Style that can be applied to an object?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:15:32 GMT

Under the Assets menu there is a tab called “Styles”. My question is how do I create a new Style that I can apply to an object??? A link to a tutorial or something like that would be useful because I can’t find anything!!! Thanks in advance for helping me eliminate this frustration!!!

NumericStepper

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:56:00 GMT

Anybody know where I can get my hands on a skinned numericstepper that looks like an odometer???

ColdFusion installation Type doesn't stick

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 08:12:17 GMT

I am trying to connect a mobile app to my CF server. When I select my Flex project (in Flash Builder) and select properties the property window opens up. I click on the Flex Server link on the left hand side of the window. The server location radio button for the Cold Fusion Server is set to "Deployed to JAVA application server". I click on the radio button next to the word "Standalone", hit apply, and then hit OK. When I repopen the properties page the CFServer is set back to "Deployed to JAVA..."

I think this is why my remote data service calls are failing but I can't get the CF Server set correctly via the property sheet. Is there another way to set this freakin flag??? Thanks for the help!!!

TabNavigator and Tab Alignment

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:57:28 GMT

I have a TabNavigator control with 6 different tabs. I want the last tab to be right aligned while the other 5 are left aligned. I know this is possible because I;'ve done it before but like a dumbazz I forgot where i put that code snippet and now can't find it anywhere. Please help if ya can... Thanks!!!

This is the code I have in place to create the tabs, it is the terminateCoCanvasID tab I need to right align.

<mx:TabNavigator

id="DBTabNavID" width="100%" height="100%" change="ChangeProvTab()" creationPolicy="all" >

<mx:Canvas id="companyCanvasID" label="Company Information" height="100%" width="100%" >

<DBs:db_CoInfo id="dbCoInfoID" width="100%" height="100%" />

</mx:Canvas>

<mx:Canvas id="dbAssociatesCanvasID" label="Associates" height="100%" width="100%" >

<DBs:db_Associates id="dbAssociateFormID" width="100%" height="100%" />

</mx:Canvas>

<mx:Canvas id="removeAssociateCanvasID" label="Remove Associate" height="100%" width="100%" >

<DBs:db_RemoveAssociate id="db_RemoveAssociateID" width="100%" height="100%" />

</mx:Canvas>

<mx:Canvas id="addAssociateCanvasID" label="Add Associate" height="100%" width="100%" >

<DBs:db_AddAssociate id="db_AddAssociateID" width="100%" height="100%" />

</mx:Canvas>

<mx:Canvas id="coTransHistCanvasID" label="Transactions" height="100%" width="100%" >

<comp:transactionHistory id="coTransactionHistoryID" width="100%" height="100%" />

</mx:Canvas>

<mx:Canvas id="terminateCoCanvasID" label="Terminate Company" height="100%" width="100%" >

</mx:Canvas>

</mx:TabNavigator>

Thanks in advance for hellping me through this brainfart...

CFTRANSACTION with multiple datasources

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 05 May 2011 19:41:14 GMT

I am writing a data migration utility that pulls data from a temp database, located in a DMZ, through the firewall and stores the data in the production database inside the firewall. Because of the firewall the data is stored on two different databases and as a result I need to use two different datasources (DSNs) to talk to them. After each record is wrote to the production database I would like to set a flag in the DMZ database showing the record has been processed. This works fine 99% of the time… but…

Because I am using two different DSNs every now and then the “set the completed flag” write process fails. When this happens I get duplicated records in the production database. What I would like to do is wrap the entire process inside a CFTRANSACTION.

These are the steps I would like encapsulate inside the CFTRANSACTION tag:

<CFQUERY name=”WriteProdData” datasource=”DSN_PROD”>Write Data</CFQUERY>

</CFTRANSACTION>

Any thoughts on how to accomplish this???

Thanks in Advance for Any and All Help!!!

Kurtis ~|:-)

Creating a SQL Stored procedure to call a CF function

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 21:38:27 GMT

I need to create a method to migrate data from a DMZ inside a firewall. To do this I was thinking of making a call from the DMZ web server (using CF) to an internal SQL server database stored procedure. The stored procedure would then call a CF template on the internal web server to pull data inside the firewall. Not my first choice on implementation but as a consultant I don’t make the rules I create the code to enforce them... Anyway these are the steps I need to follow.

1.) Call the stored procedure and pass an int value with the call.

2.) The Stored procedure calls a URL and passes the INT with it. I.E. http://Mylocalhost/Xferdata/MyXferTemplate.cfm?MyIntValue=”PASSED IN INT VALUE”

3.) The MyXferTemplate does the actual data migration for me.

My question is how do I create a simple stored procedure to do this on SQL Server 2008??? After looking at the CF documentation I don’t think there will be much of a problem making the call to the stored procedure… its just writing the stored procedure… Any and all help is greatly appreciated!!!

Have an Ordinary Day...

Kurtis ~|:-)

Rich Text Editor with Image Support

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sun, 09 May 2010 19:20:01 GMT

I looking for a Flex 3 rich text editor (similar to this one) that will handle the uploading and inclusion of images in the text being edited. Does anybody know of an open source or for purchase component that will meet this need?

Looking for two components

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 07 May 2010 20:33:20 GMT

I am looking for two components I can plug into my Flex 3 app.

The first is a Rich Text Editor that allows me to upload and insert images into the text area I am working on.

The second is a component I can use to design and layout a page for printing. For instance I want to be able to select a background for the page, add pictures, position (dynamically filled) text areas, and such...

Any ideas???

Actually this type of text editor would do what I need too... Can I get the source code for this editor???!!!

Have an Ordinary Day...

KomputerMan ~|:-)

data model problem

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:55:50 GMT

I have the following snippet of code in my Flex app:

model.userStatus = new ArrayCollection(event.result as Array);

model.userStatusSel = new ArrayCollection(event.result as Array);

addAlltoFilterList = new Object();

addAlltoFilterList.CustCnt = 1;

addAlltoFilterList.UserStatCnt = 0;

addAlltoFilterList.UserStatus = "All";

model.userStatusSel.addItemAt(addAlltoFilterList, 0);

The problem is when I add the word “All” to model.userStatusSel it also gets added to model.userStatus. Can anybody tell me why or how I can add the word "All" to one datamodel but not the other one??? I am using this data in a combobox on several different forms. In one place I use it as a filter and want the word "All" to appear. On a different form I am using it as user selected data input and don’t want the word "All" to appear. Thanks in advance for the help!!!

Have an Ordinary Day...

Kurtis ~|:-)

Formatting prompt text in a ComboBox:

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:32:11 GMT

Here is my call to build a combobox in my flex app. All I want to do is change the font and set the style to itialic for the prompt string. How do I do that???

<mx:ComboBox id="ddProjectStatusID" dataProvider="{model.projectStatus}" labelField="ProjectStatus" width="148" x="1" y="25" change="doClick(event)"height="24" prompt="Select the Project Status" />

I would also like to use an itiliac prompt in a TextInput control as well.

Thanks in advance for the help!!!

Kevin Langdon's Service Capture, IIs 7, doesn't work

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:06:52 GMT

Has anybody else ran into the problem where Service Capture does not work locally? I just upgraded my laptop to Vista, IIS 7, and IE 8. When I launch Service Capture my local apps quit responding. I can capture data from external web sites but not my internal ones. Pretty annoying as I totally depend on Service Capture to help me debug my apps!!! Thanks in advance for any insights!!!

Have an Ordianry Day...

KomputerMan ~|:-)

Quick ActionScript question

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:09:40 GMT

Below is a function I am calling when a database event is successfully completed. What I need to do is call another function on a dynamically provided form name when the following function gets processed. I am passing in the name of the form to call in the event.result array. My question is how do I reference the page where the function that I want to run resides?

private function ConfigAddedRetHandler(event:ResultEvent):void
{
var myComp:String = "DropDown_TabNav_ID." + event.result[0].CallingComp;

// One of the values that could be returned by the event.result[0].CallingComp is "ClientStatusID".
this[myComp].Input_CurrentLabel.text = "";

for( var i:int = 0; i < model.configurations.length; i++){
if(model.configurations[i].CompName == 'ClientStatusID'){
DropDown_TabNav_ID.ClientStatusID.Input_CurrentLabel.text = "";
}
}
}

My question is why doesn't the line: this[myComp].Input_CurrentLabel.text = ""; work even though the value for this is set to "DropDown_TabNav_ID.ClientStatusID"

This line works just fine: DropDown_TabNav_ID.ClientStatusID.Input_CurrentLabel.text = "";

A few other items: I store several component names in the model.configurations array, one of which is ClientStatusID. I need this function to be pretty generic so I can call one of several similar functions depending on the name of the component returnd in the event.

Thanks in advance for the help!!!

Kurtis ~|:-)

Datagrid with Embedded Radio Buttons

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:59:14 GMT

I am working on a security management interface and am in need of a little datagrid with embedded radio button help. Basically my form has two datagrids. One datagrid is used to display Security Groups, the other datagrid is used to display the permissions associated to the selected Security Group.

When a security group is selected from the first datagrid I run a query that returns all of the functions that the selected group is authorized to use. I.E. I have three functions Edit Users, Edit Transactions, Run Report. When I click on Security Group “GROUP A” the query tells me that they are not allowed to use the Edit Users function, they have Modify rights to Edit Transactions, and have Read rights to Run Report.

The data returned by my query would look like so:

GROUP NAME --- FUNCTION NAME --- PERMISSIONS

GROUP A --- Edit Transactions --- M

GROUP A --- Run Report --- R

The data element names in the above query are as follows:

model.secGrp2Functions.sec_group_name

model.secGrp2Functions.sec_func_desc

model.secGrp2Functions.read_or_mod

The second datagrid contains all of the functions available in the system. My permissions datagrid looks kind of like the following where (_) represents a radio button and (X) represents a selected radio button:

Edit Users --- None(X) Modify (_) Read (_)

Edit Transactions --- None(X) Modify (_) Read (_)

Run Report --- None(X) Modify (_) Read (_)

After I click on the Security Group GROUP A I need my permissions datagrid to be set as follows:

Edit Users --- None(X) Modify (_) Read (_)

Edit Transactions --- None(_) Modify (X) Read (_)

Run Report --- None(_) Modify (_) Read (X)

My question is what do I have to do within my radio button control to set the Modify radio button to selected if the permissions indicate that it should be selected for that function??? My code to this point is pretty simple and shown below. Thanks in advance for any guidance!!!

<mx:DataGrid dataProvider="{model.secGrp2Functions}" >

<mx:columns>

<mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Function" dataField="sec_func_desc"/>

<mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Permissions" dataField="read_or_mod">

<mx:itemRenderer>

<mx:Component>

<mx:HBox>

<mx:RadioButton id="NoRights" label="None" selected="true" />

<mx:RadioButton id="EditRights" label="Edit" />

<mx:RadioButton id="ReadRights" label="Read" />

</mx:HBox>

</mx:Component>

</mx:itemRenderer>

</mx:DataGridColumn>

</mx:columns>

</mx:DataGrid>

Thanks in advance for the assist!!!

Kurtis ~|:-)

Dynamically Create Associative Arrays

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:17:28 GMT

This should be pretty simple... really... All I am doing is returning a result set from a query. When I process the result set I want to create a unique Associative Array for each item returned. I.E. One record might contain the word “MainMenu” so I want to create an Object called MainMenu that I will populate at a later time. How do I do this???

Below is the code that gets called when the query set is returned to my app. I first store the result set into a datamodel, then I want to create a new Object. Thanks in advance for your assistance!!!

private function GetFuncTypesHandler(event:ResultEvent):void{

model.funcTypes = new ArrayCollection(event.result as Array);

for(i = 0; i < model.funcTypes.length; i++){

var model.funcTypes[i].sec_func_type.toString():Object = new Object(); // PLEASE HELP HERE!!!

}

Have an Ordinary Day...

Kurtis ~|:-)

Dynamically Setting the icon in a LinkButton

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:09:01 GMT

I am using several link button controls as navigation devices in my app. When the LinkButtons are created they are all given four icon properties like so:

upIcon="@Embed(source='images/Off_1.gif')"

icon="@Embed(source='images/Off_1.gif')"

overIcon="

@Embed(source='images/Over_1.gif')"

downIcon="@Embed(source='images/Sel_1.gif')"

The second LinkButton would have the same properties as shown except it would have it's own set of GIF's. Because these are navigation buttons in my app I want to be able to click on a LinkButton and have it's downIcon GIF become the icon GIF. That way it looks like the button has stayed selected and gives the end user some visual indication of where they are in the app.

Problem is how do I set the state of the icon for a LinkButton and make it show??? I have tried this AS code but it hasn't worked... It doesn't generate an error... it just has no visual effect.

LinkButton_1_ID.setStyle('icon', 'images/Sel_1.gif');

So if you have any ideas on how to change the icon on a LinkButton please let me know. Thanks in advance for your help!!!

Have an Ordinary Day...

KomputerMan ~|:-)

Flex passing sturctures doesn't work anymore

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:22:18 GMT

Something has changed in the calls I make to my ColdFusion datasources but I don’t know what. What I do know is that these calls have worked for over 6 months and then quit working recently, as in I noticed the problem this morning while I was making a change for my customer. This problem has effected ALL of my Flex applications even though most of them have not had changes for weeks or months now. I have examples of code below which used to work fine but now fails.

The problem seems to be in the structures I use to pass my variables to my database web service. Basically I pass in a structure of variables from Flex to my CFC. Below is an example of the calls I am using to pass my variables to my CFC from inside my Flex app:

private function contactInfoAddedHandler(event:AddContactInfoEvent):void
{
addTmpData.modContactInfo(event.contactInfoToAdd);
}

This type of call (of which I have MANY) worked fine for months, now they fail. The problem is how the data gets received by the CFC. In the CFC’s I tell the app that is should expect a structure with my variables to be passed in. This is the header code in my CFC for this call:

<cffunction name="modContactInfo" access="remote" returntype="string">
<cfargument name="ContactInfo" type="struct" required="yes">
… database code…
</cffunction>

Now for the problem… in the modContactInfo function the CFC receives the data as a bunch of individual arguments instead of a structure of elements. It used to receive one structure with all of the elements inside of the structure. I have no idea why the CFC now receives the data elements as a bunch of separate elements instead of the structure.

To fix the problem all I have to do is change my argument calls inside the function from this: “arguments.ContactInfo.CellPhoneNumber” to this” “arguments.CellPhoneNumber”. But I don’t want to do that… I would rather deal with one passed structure than a whole slew of variables.

My question is why does the CFC now receive a bunch of individual elements instead of the structure??? When I debug the Flex application and look at the data it is properly contained within its event. Does anybody have an idea as to what could cause this problem, or more importantly how to fix it??? Oh, my client is using CF 7.02 and the app is compiled using Flex 3.0 if that helps… Thanks in advance for your insights…

Structures not being passed to a CFC

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:52:20 GMT

Something has changed in the calls I make to my ColdFusion datasources but I don’t know what. What I do know is that these calls have worked for over 6 months and then quit working recently, as in I noticed the problem this morning while I was making a change for my customer. Problem is some of my database calls still work while others don’t. It seems to be random about which calls still work and which ones don’t. I have two examples of code below, one which still works and one of which now fails.

The problem seems to be in the structures I use to pass my variables to my database web service. Basically I pass in a structure of variables from Flex to my CFC. Below is an example of the calls I am using to pass my variables to my CFC from inside my Flex app:

private function contactInfoAddedHandler(event:AddContactInfoEvent):void
{
addTmpData.modContactInfo(event.contactInfoToAdd);
}

private function addrInfoAddedHandler(event:AddAddrInfoEvent):void
{
addTmpData.modAddrInfo(event.addrInfoToAdd);
}

Both of these calls use the exact same RemoteObject tag in my Flex code too.

Both of these calls worked fine for months, now the top one fails. The problem is how the data gets received by my CFC. In my CFC’s I tell the app that is should expect a structure with my variables to be passed in. This is the header code in my CFC for both of these calls:

<cffunction name="modAddrInfo" access="remote" returntype="string">
<cfargument name="AddrInfo" type="struct" required="yes">
… database code…
</cffunction>

<cffunction name="modContactInfo" access="remote" returntype="string">
<cfargument name="ContactInfo" type="struct" required="yes">
… database code…
</cffunction>

Now for the problem… in the modContactInfo function the CFC receives the data as a bunch of individual arguments instead of a structure of elements. In the modAddrInfo function the CFC receives one structure with all of the elements inside of the structure. I have no idea why one function still gets the whole structure and the other one gets every item inside the structure as separate elements.

To fix the problem all I have to do is change my argument calls inside the function from this: “arguments.ContactInfo.CellPhoneNumber” to this” “arguments.CellPhoneNumber”. But I don’t want to do that… I would rather deal with one passed structure than a whole slew of variables.

My question is why does one function still receive a structure and the other a bunch of individual elements??? From the Flex app both sets of data look the same, or in other words all elements are properly contained within their respective event. Does anybody have an idea as to what could cause this problem, or more importantly how to fix it??? Oh, my client is using CF 7.02 and the app is compiled using Flex 3.0 if that helps… Thanks in advance for your insights…

Tabnavigator selectedindex

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:57:35 GMT

I am using a tabnavigator that contains a tabnavigator. I.E.

<mx:TabNavigator id="irecTabNav" visible="false" selectedIndex="0" >
<mx:Canvas id="myInfoTabID" label="My Information" >
<mx:TabNavigator id="associateInfoID" >
<mx:Canvas id="addressCanvasID" label="Addr. Info" />
<mx:Canvas id="conInfoCanvasID" label="Contact Info" />
</mx:TabNavigator>
</mx:Canvas>

<mx:Canvas id="designatedBrokerTabID" label="Manage My Company" >
<mx:TabNavigator id="dbInfoID" >
<mx:Canvas id="dbAssociatesCanvasID" label="Associates" />
<mx:Canvas id="companyCanvasID" label="Company Info" />
</mx:TabNavigator>
</mx:Canvas>
</mx:TabNavigator>

After some other events occur (login) I make the irecTabNav visible. I am able to select the correct tab by using the irecTabNav.selectedIndex = 0; The problem is that the tab itself is not highlighted so there is not any visual indication which tab is active. To get around this I have to run the following commands after the login stuff gets executed:

irecTabNav.selectedIndex = 1;
irecTabNav.callLater(setTab);

In the function setTab I execute the command:
irecTabNav.selectedIndex = 0;

This works and the correct tab is now selected and highlighted but it is a pain in the butt. Anybody have a better way of highlighting the selected tab???

Thanks in advance for the help!!!

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Time is wrong

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:26:50 GMT

Has anybody else noticed this problem today??? My OS clock is correct but my CF Server time is off by an hour. My JAVA time zone setting is correct too. What I think happened was that the Windows server adjusted the time correctly Sunday morning but the CF Server didn't for the daylight saving time change. I have rebotted the server to no avail. Any thoughts??? Oh... CF Server 7.02. Thanks in advance for any insight!!!

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Blinking text

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:33:17 GMT

This should be easy to do too... but...

Anyway the customer wants me to add some blinking text (YUCK) to the screen when a person tries to log into my Flex app but enters the wrong username and password. So my question is how do I get the text to blink when an event occurs??? Also how do I turn the blink effect off at another event? I was hoping it would be a simple css thing using text-decoration but that didn't seem to work. Thanks in advance for the help!!!

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What Control has focus

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:35:19 GMT

but... I've been looking for a bit and can't find it. Basically all I want to do is figure out what control has the focus when a certain button is clicked. How do I do that with AS???

Thanks in advance for the help... I feel like it must be Monday!!!! sigh... :)

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Error: ConstraintColumn '20' not found.

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:03:47 GMT

I just recompliled a Flex 2.0 project using Flex 3. There were not any errors or warning generated but when I try to run the application I get this error message. I can't even find where it is coming from in my code!!! What is up with this error message and how do I find the cause so I can fix it???!!!

Error: ConstraintColumn '20' not found.
at mx.containers.utilityClasses::CanvasLayout/applyAnchorStylesDuringUpdateDisplayList()[E:\ dev\3.0.x\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\containers\utilityClasses\CanvasLayout.as:5 37]
at mx.containers.utilityClasses::CanvasLayout/updateDisplayList()[E:\dev\3.0.x\frameworks\pr ojects\framework\src\mx\containers\utilityClasses\CanvasLayout.as:280]
at mx.containers::Canvas/updateDisplayList()[E:\dev\3.0.x\frameworks\projects\framework\src\ mx\containers\Canvas.as:363]
at mx.core::UIComponent/validateDisplayList()[E:\dev\3.0.x\frameworks\projects\framework\src \mx\core\UIComponent.as:6214]
at mx.core::Container/validateDisplayList()[E:\dev\3.0.x\frameworks\projects\framework\src\m x\core\Container.as:2675]
at mx.managers::LayoutManager/validateDisplayList()[E:\dev\3.0.x\frameworks\projects\framewo rk\src\mx\managers\LayoutManager.as:602]
at mx.managers::LayoutManager/doPhasedInstantiation()[E:\dev\3.0.x\frameworks\projects\frame work\src\mx\managers\LayoutManager.as:657]
at Function/ http://adobe.com/AS3/2006/builtin::apply()
at mx.core::UIComponent/callLaterDispatcher2()[E:\dev\3.0.x\frameworks\projects\framework\sr c\mx\core\UIComponent.as:8460]
at mx.core::UIComponent/callLaterDispatcher()[E:\dev\3.0.x\frameworks\projects\framework\src \mx\core\UIComponent.as:8403]

I have already tried to import the following libraries in an effort to solve the problem... to no avail I might add... sigh...

import mx.containers.Canvas;
import mx.containers.utilityClasses.ConstraintColumn;
import mx.core.LayoutContainer;
import mx.core.Container;
import mx.core.UIComponent;

Thanks in advance for the help!!!
Have an Ordinary Day...
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What is it about CFFUNCTION that slows things down???

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 14 May 2008 17:08:07 GMT

I have some code that imports the contents of an Excel spreadsheet into my database, during the import process I also do a fair amount of data massaging. When I run this code straight from a URL it completes in about 90 seconds. When I encapsulate the exact same code into a CFC function and call it from my Flex application the run time jumps to around 10 minutes. Is there something about calling a CFC function from within Flex that I am missing here? The only differences in the code are a few passed in variables (which are hard coded in the URL version) and the CFFunction tags. The differences are trivial so I don't see how they could be accounting for the extra time.
Any thoughts on why the CFC runs so much slower than the CFM??? Oh... I am running CF 7.02 and my client will be on that platform for the foreseeable future.

Have an Ordinary Day...
KomputerMan ~|:-)

CFC runs very slow...

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 14 May 2008 17:12:33 GMT

I have some code that imports the contents of an Excel spreadsheet into my database, during the import process I also do a fair amount of data massaging. When I run this code straight from a URL it completes in about 90 seconds. When I encapsulate the exact same code into a CFC function and call it from my Flex application the run time jumps to around 10 minutes. Is there something about calling a CFC function from within Flex that I am missing here? The only differences in the code are a few passed in variables (which are hard coded in the URL version) and the CFFunction tags. The differences are trivial so I don't see how they could be accounting for the extra time.

Any thoughts on why the CFC runs so much slower than the CFM??? Oh... I am running CF 7.02 and my client will be on that platform for the foreseeable future. The front end was developed using Flex 2.0.

Have an Ordinary Day...
KomputerMan ~|:-)

Closing a window after an Excel dump

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:46:06 GMT

I am using a call to a cfm page from my Flex app to generate an Excel dump for my end users. The code I use in the Flex app is as follows:

var url:URLRequest = new URLRequest("/Irec_Flex/Reports/EOHist_Excel.cfm");
...
url.data = uv;
navigateToURL(url,"_blank");

The template EO_Hist_Excel.cfm just generates an Excel dump using CFHEADER and CFCONTENT. All of that works great. The only problem with this is that after the Excel file is generated I am left with a popup window that has the message "Action Canceled" in it. I have been searching all over the place looking at how I can close this window after the Excel file is generated. As I understand it JavaScript is useless after the CFHEADER tag is used. I finally came across this post where somebody solved the same problem... unfortunately the details were missing so if somebody could help me out a bit here I would be grateful for ever... O.K. maybe not for ever but I will revere you as a CF-Flex GURU for at least a half of an hour!!!

Here is the post I found that is missing the specifics...
***********************************************
I did solve the problem. I noticed that the Flex generated html code was
using a zero height IFRAME to hold the history data. I just added another
named IFRAME and pointed the loadvars.send at it. Works great!
***********************************************

I really don't see how this message will help me close a popup window after the Excel file has been created... Does anybody out there understand this???

Thanks in advance for the help!!!

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KomputerMan ~|:-)

Close window

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:49:36 GMT

Here is my problem. I am using a Flex app to manage my data and to kick off reporting events. One of these reports is just an Excel dump. I am calling a file called Company_Excel.cfm to create the excel file. This works great. The only problem is after the Excel file is opened I am left with a popup window that has an "Action canceled" error message. How do I get rid of that window??? I have tried several variations of the following code to no success...

<script language="JavaScript">
function CloseMe(){ window.close(self); }
</script>

<A CLASS="H_Link" HREF="javaScript:window.CloseMe()">Close this window</A>

<CFINVOKE COMPONENT="/IREC_Flex/WebServices/SearchData" METHOD="GetCoNames" RETURNVARIABLE="CoNameList" CoName="#Form.CoName#"></CFINVOKE>

<CFHEADER NAME="content-disposition" VALUE="attachment; filename=Companies.xls">
<CFCONTENT TYPE="application/vnd.ms-excel">

<TABLE>
...
</TABLE>

I have also tried several versions of...

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">

<html>
<head>
<title>Company Excel Dump</title>
</head>

<script language='javascript'>
var t;
function doLoad() {
t = setTimeout("window.close()",2000);
}
</script>

<body onLoad='doLoad()'>

<CFINVOKE COMPONENT="/IREC_Flex/WebServices/SearchData" METHOD="GetCoNames" RETURNVARIABLE="CoNameList" CoName="#Form.CoName#"></CFINVOKE>

<CFHEADER NAME="content-disposition" VALUE="attachment; filename=Companies.xls">
<CFCONTENT TYPE="application/vnd.ms-excel">

<TABLE>
...
</TABLE>
</body>
</html>

Any other ideas out there???
Thanks in advance for the help!!!

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KomputerMan ~|:-)

Better way to process loops in ActionScipt

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:01:46 GMT

I have two ArrayCollections in my application. One of them is called functions2Security and the other is called userSecurity. A sample of the data contained in these collections is shown below:

functions2Security[0].FunctionName = "Administration_Menu"
functions2Security[0].SecCnt= 1
functions2Security[1].FunctionName = "Report_Menu"
functions2Security[1].SecCnt= 2
functions2Security[2].FunctionName = "Project_Menu"
functions2Security[2].SecCnt= 3

userSecurity[0].SecCnt = 1

What I want to do is make sure that the userSecurity ArrayCollection contains the same secCnt as the functions2Security collection to turn on or hide a navigation tab in the application. Or in other words this is my security scheme. I have the following code that will verify that the values match but I am thinking there has to be a better way. Here is what I have but am looking for advice on ways to make this more efficient.

var i:int = 0;
var x:int = 0;
var showReportMenu:int = 0;

for(i = 0; i < model.functions2Security.length; i++){
if(model.functions2Security .FunctionName == "Report_Menu"){
if(showReportMenu == 1){
break;
}
for(x = 0; x < model.userSecurity.length; x++){
if(model.functions2Security.SecCnt == model.userSecurity[x].SecCnt){
showReportMenu = 1;
break;
}
}
}
}

Thanks in advance for your suggestions!!!

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KomputerMan ~|:-)

Password StringValidator

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:35:20 GMT

Hello all you fellow Flexers out there

I want to use the StringValidator, or some bit of action script I suppose, to ensure that my end users has a password of 6 chars with at least one special character and at least one number.

I already have two password boxes and have the checks to ensure that the password is the same in both boxes. Now all I need to do is to validate the length and check for the required special character and number. Any ideas???

Thanks in advance!!!

Have an Ordinary Day...
KomputerMan ~|:-)

datagrid and mouseover event

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:54:45 GMT

Hello all Flexers...
I have a datagrid that contains the names of all of the reports that can be generated in my application. When the user clicks on the report and then a clicks a generate report button the selected report gets generated. This works great as a menuing system to generate reports.

What I want to do now is capture a mouse over event so when the mouse is over a report name in the datagrid a textarea box gets populated with the description of the report.

I have this working when using checkboxes in a repeater using the following code:

private function setCompDesc(s:String):void {
compDescArea.text=s;
}

<mx:VBox x="700" y="19" width="225" height="321" borderStyle="none">
<mx:Repeater id="compData" dataProvider="{compList}">
<mx:CheckBox id="myCompNames" label="{compData.currentItem.ComponentName}" validationSubField="{compData.currentItem.CompCnt}"
styleName="CheckBox" enabled="true" selected="false" click="anyEvent()"
mouseOver="setCompDesc(event.currentTarget.getRepeaterItem().ComponentDesc)" mouseOut="compDescArea.text=''" />
</mx:Repeater>
</mx:VBox>

Now I need to do the same thing with the datagrid instead of the checkbox in the repeater. This is what I have so far (but it is not working...)

<mx:DataGrid id="reportsGrid" dataProvider="{reportList}" change="doClick()" width="400" height="180"
mouseOver="setRptDesc(event.currentTarget.valueOf().ReportDesc)"
styleName="DataGrid" fontFamily="Arial" fontSize="10" textAlign="left" fontWeight="bold" x="0" y="45">
<mx:columns>
<mx:Array>
<mx:DataGridColumn dataField="ReportName" headerText="Existing Reports" width="300" />
<mx:DataGridColumn dataField="RptType" headerText="Report Type" width="100" />
</mx:Array>
</mx:columns>
</mx:DataGrid>

So the question is how do I pass the value of the item being mouse overed in the datagrid to a function??? Actually I want to pass the value of a cell in the array that is used to populate the datagrid but is not displayed in the datagrid itself.

Thanks in advance for the assist!!!

Have an Ordinary Day...
KomputerMan ~|:-)

Passing a Flex Array Collection to Cold Fusion

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:42:40 GMT

Hello fellow Flexers...
I am looking for the best way to pass an array collection to Cold Fusion. This array collection gets populated with data from CF but the queries and data manipulation that has to be done inside of the *.cfc makes it less expensive (from a time and processing perspective) to pass the array back to CF (so I can generate a HTML / PDF / Excel / Word report) than it is to re-run the scripts inside of the cfc Any ideas would be appreciated!!!

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showing selected row at top of datagrid

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:38:37 GMT

Hello all you Flexers out there.
Got a little problem that I need some help with. I have a datagrid that has between 10 and 50 items in it at any given moment in time, depending on other events within the application.
The problem is if I have 50 items in my datagrid and I programatically select the 25th item it is not seen by the end user unless they manually scroll down to view it.

What I would like to do is force the data grid to automatically scroll down so the selected item is shown. How do I do this???
Here is the code that I use to select the correct row within the datagrid when the page is activated, this code works fine, only problem is that it does not scroll the datagrid down to the selected item.
Any help is more than appreciated!!!

if (model.selectedUser.fk_id_agy != 0){
for(var x:int = 0; x < model.allAgyCodes.length; x++){
if (model.selectedUser.fk_id_agy == model.allAgyCodes[x].id_agy){
mySecLevelAgy.agyCodesDG.selectedIndex = x;
break;
}
}
}

Thanks in advance for the assistance!!!

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KomputerMan ~|:-)

String compare in a datagrid

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 20:50:37 GMT

I have a datagrid that contains both integers and text fields. The text fields are customer names and the integer fields are claim numbers beginning with a Year (I.E. 20010005 is a valid entry here). I also have two text boxes on a form that I want to use to compare to the values in the datagrid. So if a user types in the letter "A" in the Last Name text box my script goes and finds all records in the datagrid where tha LastName starts with the letter A. This is working well.

My problem is when I type something into the claim number text box my script fails. I am pretty sure that it has something to do with the fact that the data being stored in the datagrid is a number and I am trying to do a string compare. Being kind of new to AS I could use a little help here. My question is how do I cast the item.ClaimNum field to a string so I can compare the value in the text box to the integer stored in my database?.

Here is the AS I have so far.

private function catFilter(item:Object):Boolean
{
var result:Boolean=false;

var pattern:RegExp= new RegExp("^","i");
var pattern1:RegExp= new RegExp("^"+LName.text,"i");
var pattern2:RegExp= new RegExp(ClaimNum.text,"i");

if ((LName.text != "") && (ClaimNum.text == ""))
{
return item.LName.match(pattern1);
}
else if ((LName.text == "") && (ClaimNum.text != ""))
{
return item.ClaimNum.match(pattern2);
}
else
{
return item.LName.match(pattern);
}

Append using a Structure

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 18:18:32 GMT

I need to run an append query using a structure to pass in one of my data fields. This isn't a tough thing to do normally but this is a little abnormal. Basically I am migrating about 1.5 million records from a single table data dump into a relational database.

The first query gets all unique BOX NUMBERS from the data dump and places them into a table called Box_Details. Then I go and get the Primary Key (PK) values for all of the unique boxes just added to the table. I store the PK and Box number in a structure called box_Struct.

Now comes the hard part. I have to run another query from the same data dump and I need to replace the Box_Number field with the appropriate value contained in the box_Struct structure. The last query, called AddItem, shows what I am trying to do. Basically I need to pass the value from the SELECT query, which is ran inside the append (INSERT INTO) query, to the box_Struct structure so I can use the Box_ID as my foreign key in the item_description table. I know how to do it if I pull everything into CF but I have no desire to loop over 1.5 million records so I need a better way to do this substitution. Any ideas on how I can make this substitution inside the query work???

<CFQUERY NAME="AddBoxDetail" DATASOURCE="#Request.DSN_RW#">
INSERT INTO box_detail (trans_id, uval_trans_id, agency_id, box_type, box_number, box_desc, box_begin_date, box_end_date, stype_id, vault_loc, barcode, RotFreqCnt, Box_Date_In)
SELECT DISTINCT #GetMax.MyMax# AS trans_id, 0 AS uval_trans_id, agency_id, box_type, box_number, box_desc, box_begin_date, box_end_date, stype_id, vault_loc, barcode, 1 AS RotFreqCnt, Box_Date_In
FROM ImportRITSData
</CFQUERY>


<CFQUERY NAME="GetBoxID" DATASOURCE="#Request.DSN_RW#">
SELECT box_id, box_number
FROM box_detail
WHERE box_number IN (Select DISTINCT box_number FROM ImportRITSData)
</CFQUERY>

<CFSET box_Struct = StructNew()>
<CFOUTPUT QUERY="GetBoxID"><CFSET box_Struct["#box_number#"] = box_id></CFOUTPUT>

<CFQUERY NAME="AddItem" DATASOURCE="#Request.DSN_RW#">
INSERT INTO item_description (item_type, item_number, box_id, form_number, years_inclusive, retent_reqmt, description)
SELECT item_type, item_number, box_number, #box_Struct[box_number]# AS box_id, form_number, years_inclusive, retent_reqmt, description
FROM ImportRITSData
</CFQUERY>

Thanks in advance for the help!!!
Have an Ordianry Day...
KomputerMan ~|:-)

Simple AS question... Convert a string to a component name

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:57:06 GMT

This should be a pretty simple thing to do but I can't think of what to search for when looking for an answer...

I have a datagrid that when selected compares the datagrid selected value with a value in a componentList array. If the values match I make the componentList[0].ComponentName canvas visible. This is how I am currently doing it but there has to be a better way.

LitVar.visible = false;
for(var i:int = 0; i < componentList.length; i++)
{
if(reportsGrid.selectedItem.RptCnt == componentList[0].RptCnt)
{
if(componentList[0].ComponentName == "LitVar"){
LitVar.visible = true;
}
}
}

My question is how do I make the component componentList[0].ComponentName visible?

The values stored in the componentList[n].ComponentName are names of canvases on my form. I plan on adding about 15 hidden canvases on this form and I don't want to loop through all of those names like the code above does. What I want to do is convert the string in the componentList[n].ComponentName array and make that canvas visible.

Or in other words how do I rewrite componentList[0].ComponentName.visible = true; so it actually works?

Thanks in advance for the help!!!

Have an Ordinary Day...
KomputerMan ~|:-)

Generating a PDF

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 23:09:20 GMT

I am attempting to generate a pretty simple PDF document. It worked yesterday on a production server and it doesn't work today. It works on my development machine still though. In production I get the dreaded "File does not begin with '%PDF-'". Any idea on why this would fail???

Here is my code to generate the PDF... Oh and if I comment out the CFDOCUMENT stuff the page loads just fine so I know it is not a data retrieval issue...

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">

<html>
<head>
<title>Pleadings Form</title>
</head>

<BODY>
<CFQUERY NAME="GetClaimantInfo" DATASOURCE="#Request.dsn#">
SELECT LName
FROM Claimants
WHERE ClaimCnt = #Form.MyClaimCnt#
</CFQUERY>

<CFSET MyClNum = LEFT(Form.MyClaimNum, 4) & '-' & RIGHT(Form.MyClaimNum, 4)>
<cfdocument format="pdf" marginleft="1.0" marginright="1.0" marginbottom="0.7" margintop="1.0" unit="IN">
<TABLE cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="100"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font:bold;text-decoration:underline ;">PLEADINGS:</span></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font:bold;">CLAIM NO: <CFOUTPUT>#MyClNum#</CFOUTPUT></span></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD><IMG SRC="/ISIF/images/shim.gif" WIDTH="1" height="1"></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font:bold;">CLAIMANT NAME: <CFOUTPUT>#GetClaimantInfo.LName#</CFOUTPUT></span></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD COLSPAN="2" HEIGHT="10"><IMG SRC="/ISIF/images/shim.gif" WIDTH="1" height="1"></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font:bold;">DATE:</span></TD>
<TD><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font:bold;">TITLE:</span></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<TABLE cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="1" BORDERCOLOR="#000000" width="100%">
<CFLOOP FROM="1" TO="28" INDEX="xx">
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="30" WIDTH="100"><IMG SRC="/ISIF/images/shim.gif" WIDTH="40" height="1"></TD>
<TD><IMG SRC="/ISIF/images/shim.gif" WIDTH="1" height="1"></TD>
</TR>
</CFLOOP>
</TABLE>
</CFDOCUMENT>
</body>
</html>

Thanks in advance for the help...
KomputerMan ~|:-)

How do I loop over all components on a form

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:16:24 GMT

How do I loop over all of the components on a form to see if they are visible or not???

Thanks in advance for the help!!!

Have an Ordinary Day...
KomputerMan ~|:-)

<TEXTFORMAT...> to PDF

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 31 May 2007 20:09:31 GMT

I am pulling this type of data out of a database:

<TEXTFORMAT INDENT="2" LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="9" COLOR="#000033" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><B>NECK, SPINE & </B><FONT COLOR="#FF0066"><B>FIBROMYALGIA</B></FONT></FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT>

Problem is when I try to pull this data from the database and place it into the PDF report the font size changes to about size 32. What do I have to do to use the TEXTFORMAT tag in a PDF page???

Thanks in advance for the help...

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XMLListCollection

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 07 May 2007 22:11:19 GMT

Hello all you Flexers...

I have a bunch of data in an XMLListCollection. The collection has 3 levels to it: Table or View is the top level, followed by table / view name, followed by field name.

This data in the collection is being used in a checked tree control. Each of the field names can be checked or unchecked. When the user presses an update button I need to be able to send the date in the XMLListCollection (as seen by the tree control) back to ColdFusion.

My question is what is the best method for returning data from a XMLListCollection to ColdFusion and how would I format the data??? I.E. should I loop through the XMLListCollection (how do I do that???) to populate an array and then send the array back to CF???

Oh a little code snippet would be appreciated too!!! :)

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XML data in Flex

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 04 May 2007 22:54:43 GMT

I am passing in some XML data from a CFC, works fine... Well at I can see the data in debug mode but the data doesn't work like it does if the data gets built in Flex itself. I am pulling in the XML data to work with the "3 State CheckBox Tree" control that can be downloaded from the Flex Developers Exchange.

If the XML is created in the Flex code itself the control works fine. Here is how the XML data is created in Flex:

[Bindable]
public var folderList:XMLList =
<>
<folder state="schrodinger" label="Marketing Collateral" isBranch="true" >
<folder state="schrodinger" isBranch="true" label="Media, PR, and Communications" >
<folder state="unchecked" isBranch="false" label="Article Reprint Disclaimers" />
<folder state="unchecked" isBranch="false" label="Articles Reprints" />
<folder state="unchecked" isBranch="false" label="Interviews and Transcripts" />
<folder state="unchecked" isBranch="false" label="Press Kits" />
<folder state="unchecked" isBranch="false" label="Press Releases" />
<folder state="unchecked" isBranch="false" label="Quick Hits" />
<folder state="unchecked" isBranch="false" label="Rep Talking Points" />
<folder state="unchecked" isBranch="false" label="Special Updates" />
<folder state="checked" isBranch="false" label="White Papers" />
</folder>
<folder state="schrodinger" isBranch="true" label="Forms and Applications" >
<folder state="unchecked" isBranch="false" label="Applications" />
<folder state="checked" isBranch="false" label="Forms" />
</folder>
</folder>
</>;

[Bindable]
public var folderCollection:XMLListCollection;

private function init() : void{
folderCollection = new XMLListCollection(folderList);
checkTree.dataProvider = folderCollection;
}

If I pause the application and look at the data in debug mode I see that the contents of the folderCollection XMLListCollectionList looks like this picture: CLICK HERE TO SEE THE XML DATA XML Data built in Flex

When I pass the data into Flex using a CFC it comes in as an XMLList object. So I convert it into an XMLListCollection and pass it to the component. Here is the code I use to do that, minus the call to the CFC...

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<mx:Canvas xmlns:mx=" http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" height="100%" width="100%" creationComplete="init()" >

<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[

import mx.collections.*;
import datamodels.allowedTablesModel;
import util.CheckTreeRenderer;
import events.allowedTableEvent;

[Bindable]
public var allTablesList_1:XMLList;

[Bindable]
public var folderCollection:XMLListCollection;

private function init() : void{
folderCollection = new XMLListCollection(allTablesList_1);
checkTree.dataProvider = folderCollection;
}

private function modTables():void
{
modButton.visible=true;
// Used to pause the applet so I can look at the data
}

]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:Tree id="checkTree" itemRenderer="util.CheckTreeRenderer" labelField="label" width="100%" height="100%" />

<mx:Button id="modButton" fontFamily="Arial" fontSize="10" fontWeight="bold" click="modTables()"
label="Modify Tables" visible="true" x="553.5" y="428" width="125"/>

</mx:Canvas>

If I pass the data in from a CFC the data looks like the folowwing picture when I pause it in Flex.
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE DATA PASSED IN FROM A CFC

I can't see why the component works if I build the data in the applet verses passing it in via an XML feed. Any ideas???

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