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Barcode Scanner Support for Flex

Jan Poehland
November 6, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (8)

I recently came across an interesting problem when we had to access barcode scanners from Flex applications. The scanners came in different models but all were connected to the computer via serial port or USB (Serial2USB). Now, how do you...

Printing with Flex

Jan Poehland
July 24, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (13)

Printing is not really a strong point of Flex. Have you ever tried to print complex documents? Do reports always look fuzzy and take forever to actually print? On the quest to print high-quality reports with Flex I wanted to...

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printing

Template-Based Application Design With Flex

Jan Poehland
May 16, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (10)

Very often the layout and design process of rich Internet applications is detached from the actual application development itself. The application layout is developed from scratch for every new application or designers generate the layout independently. While this is certainly...

Simple Server Backends for Flex Database Applications

Jan Poehland
April 17, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (1)

Developing Rich Internet Applications that access databases always require a complex infrastructure in the background. The same applies to Flex. Really? What if data can be sent to the server in form of SQL queries without compromising security? This would...

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database
flex

Flex Database Applications

Jan Poehland
March 20, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (16)

How does one develop Flex database applications without having to configure or deploy complex server environments? Is there a way to do this without having to set up different data services for every application but still have secure communication? Budgets...

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database
flex

Using Flash Remoting for Authentication to your AFCS/Facebook AIR Application
Russ Ferguson

If you have had an opportunity to look at the Adobe Flash Collaboration Service (AFCS) you could see that there is a huge opportunity to do interesting multi-user applications without needing to write all of the server side code. However... Continue Reading
Decorator Design Pattern
Sean Moore

Overview Purpose of this article The goal of this article is to help you gain a better understanding of the Decorator design pattern. The Decorator pattern is used to attach additional responsibilities to an object at run time dynamically. Decorators... Continue Reading
Flash to iPhone
Veronique Brossier

The proliferation of cellular phones has revolutionized the way we communicate with one another and is the foundation for a more mobile lifestyle. Adobe, a long time player in rich internet applications, wanted to, once again, be an active participant.... Continue Reading
AIR 2 Enhancements Complete Overview
Elad Elrom

Adobe just released public information about AIR 2.0 and added new capabilities that better tie with the operation systems which gives your application more control while increasing performance. The new version will be deployed on Flash player 10 using Flex... Continue Reading

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