Flash Builder Interactive Debugger

If you are developing with Flash Builder I highly recommend you get and install the debugger version of flash. You can get the debugger version of flash at the Adobe web site. Doing so will allow you to interactively debug your Flash Builder application. The ability to interactively debug your application will accelerate your overall development effort.

Excellent Master Detail Text Tutorial

Many of the Flash Builder tutorials are rather useless. I found this particular tutorial to be among the best for demonstrating how to generate master detail forms in flash builder. I hope you find it useful too!

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/videotraining/exercises/ex3_08.html

BCS Flash Builder Pay Pal Integration

This code demonstrates how to integrate Pay Pal features into a flash builder project.

To View the tutorial now click here. The URL for the video is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4rpn77yLzk



Click here for project information. https://sourceforge.net/projects/bcsfbpaypal/

SEO Tools For Developers

A webinar is included. Buffer the video and enjoy. I find this level or information useful.

Click here to view SEO Tools for Developers

Adding deeplinking and analytics to your Flex app is easier than you think

Dan Florio explains why "Adding deeplinking and analytics to your Flex app is easier than you think".

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BCS Custom MXML Components

Authoring Flash Builder 4 applications can yield some complex syntax filled source code modules. In an effort to alleviate source code clutter and to foster re-usability of code I recommend custom components be employed throughout the development of the application.

Flash Builder 4 also has some nifty features which also lean towards using modularization to ease the maintenance burden of mxml applications.

Once properly introduced to the Flash Builder IDE the components become registered part of the development environment.

To begin make sure there is a components sub directory for you project. Create all components for the application and package them in the components sub directory. Once the components sub directory is populated it may then be exported and made available for import into new project.

The overall approach yields a stream lined mxml application with calls to the components. Also for programming tasks that require a greater level of interactivity these components can be used as action script classes.

Mr. Arch Brooks
Software Engineer
http://bcsjava.com

BCS Utilize Data Grid Data Elements Effectively

To gain access to underlying data of a data grid use the binding feature like so {dataGrid.selectedItem.fname}.

The first portion of the statement dataGrid is the id of the datagrid. SelectedItem is a property for the dataGrid and the fname is the name of any data element available to the datagrid control.

Place that information between the curly braces and you will have instant access to the underlying values.

An invaluable resource Flash Builder comonents is the TourDeFlex component examples. Much of the information returned from a Google Search is to convoluted for effective use.