Archive for October, 2009
Flex Spinning Progress Indicator Component
Sometimes you need to indicate progress to users when the application is doing something, like calling a remote web-service or something. At times, it can be nice to incorporate this as an element in the UI, that operates in an unobtrusive way. For instance showing a small indicator on or besides the button, that initiated [...]
October 28, 2009
Tags: flex Posted in: Programming, Rich Internet Applications 
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Flex Data Bindings – Behind The Scenes
Ever wondered how flex data bindings actually work behind the scenes? I have, and sometimes I have had troubles with it, that made me wish I knew some more. This post is a writeup of the knowledge about flex data bindings I uncovered, when looking into the mxmlc generated code for bindings.
Vanilla Example
Here is a [...]
October 12, 2009
Tags: data binding, flex Posted in: Programming, Rich Internet Applications One Comment
AppleScript to Check Image Ratio on a Bunch of Files
Faced with the tedious task of checking a large bunch of image files for the correct ratio before uploading to a print service website, I set out to write a small AppleScript application that could do it for me. It turned out to be quite fun and at the same time I got my feet [...]
October 7, 2009
Tags: applescript, crop, OSX Posted in: Operating Systems, Photography, Programming, Tools No Comments