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Resize multiple images and package them for e-mail transmission - introducing ImageSizer!

Posted by James - 02/12/08 at 12:12:30 pm

Or should I say, finally introducing ImageSizer.  If you’ve been here previously in the last couple of weeks, you might have noticed that a couple of links to an ImageSizer application have been floating around.  Back in September (at Flash on the Beach) Mark, our far-to-clever-for-his-own-good student showed me the inital work on an application he’d been working on for a couple of days - the subtley named ImageSizer.

Two months later and I’m finally getting around to implimenting what I offered him then, that we’d post it online and see what people think.  Well, here it is.

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ADM - Application Descriptor Manager

Posted by James - 02/12/08 at 10:12:22 am

Application Descriptior Manager is another application like the AIR Badger and Icon Generator - a development tool, built in AIR, for developing AIR applications.  It’s useful, functional and has reassuring touches like auto-backup, or version upgrade buttons.

Once installed, you point it at an AIR application descriptor file, which it reads in, and displays the contents in a few simple flex forms.  Of course, editing the XML yourself isn’t something that’s out of the question normally, but the ADM application makes it all easier to manage - just like the AIR Badger does for the application install badges.

Download the ADM application from Flex My Day.

Interesting things in Adobe Labs - Adobe Wave

Posted by James - 27/11/08 at 09:11:59 am

Adobe Wave is just one of the interesting projects on the Adobe Labs site - a “one-line API call” for displaying desktop notifications, built on Adobe AIR and hosted by Adobe.  Adobe are certainly committed to making AIR a success, and one of the ways they’re doing this is by developing and releasing applications like this.

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10 minute Flex / AIR tutorial - Creating your Application Splash Screen.

Posted by James - 26/11/08 at 04:11:10 pm

Ah, the old splash screen - a familiar thing for anyone using Adobe products, I should imagine.

I’m going to skip the arguements for and against a splash screen on your application, and assume there’s a valid reason for having one - this is mainly a ’show and tell’ with my code, followed by a few technical musings, and links to the project files.

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Tour de Flex

Posted by James - 25/11/08 at 10:11:50 am

Tour de Flex is a desktop application for exploring Flex capabilities and resources, including the core Flex components, Adobe AIR and data integration, as well as a variety of third-party components, effects, skins, and more.

Head on over to Flex.org to download the AIR application and get links to the plugins / source code!

Adobe Flex reaches out to .NET developers

Posted by Daniel - 24/11/08 at 10:11:22 am

http://www.developerfusion.com/news/article/9274/adobe-flex-reaches-out-to-net-developers/

“Flex in a Week” with Adobe Media Player

Posted by James - 24/11/08 at 09:11:36 am

Follow the instructions on this page: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/videotraining/?trackingid=EAWOW and while you’re at it, I’d subscribe to a few other Flash/Flex channels, like 360|Flex: http://www.onflex.org/ted/2008/08/360flex-sessions-media-rss-feed.php - it’s well worth it - there’s bound to be something there to interest you…

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