http://jerrydon.com/blog rich internet application development - web, desktop and mobile Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:25:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Coldfusion really takes the cake when it comes to generating graphs and charts. The CFchart tag in coldfusion is a simple and efficient way to generate charts. The output is highly customizable. You can check out the article Using Cfchart for charts and graphs in Coldfusion for a brief introduction ... http://jerrydon.com/blog/index.php/coldfusion/cfchart-in-coldfusion/ There are happy endings and there are sad endings... but the best ending is one that is the starting of something even better. That, I hope is what my transition from a full time freelance developer to entrepreneur is all about. Just over a year ago, I posted on this blog ... http://jerrydon.com/blog/index.php/flex/from-flex-freelancer-to-entrepreneur/ Last saturday, I had the good fortune to be a part of the first Kerala Adobe user group meet. It was a small but great one, held in a very informal manner, all credit for which goes to Juwal Bose, the user group admin who oranized the meeting. A report ... http://jerrydon.com/blog/index.php/flex/first-adobe-ug-meeting-raises-high-hopes/ The first ever Kerala Adobe user group meeting has been announced. The event is scheduled to be held at  the Oberon mall food court, Cochin on 12th December 2009(Saturday) at 4:00 PM. More details about the event can be found on the user group website http://godsowndevelopers.com/. The user group aims to ... http://jerrydon.com/blog/index.php/flex/first-kerala-adobe-user-group-meeting/ http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/coldfusion9/ Office file interoperability to easily read, write and update spreadsheets Server Manager to centrally manage multiple ColdFusion servers, simplifying administration of your environment across clusters ColdFusion as a Service to access ColdFusion services through AMF and SOAP without writing CFCs Built in Adobe AIR Local/Remote Database Synchronization Object Relational Mapping to build database independent ... http://jerrydon.com/blog/index.php/coldfusion/new-features-in-coldfusion-9/ Last week I started my new career as a fulltime freelance flex developer and designer. If anyone looking for a flex developer/designer I'm ready to work. My email id is jerry[at]jerrydon[dot]com. My technical knowledge: Flex, AIR, Actionscript 3.0, Cairngorm, Remoting, Livecycle DS, Blaze DS, Skinning, Custom component development, Flash, Silverlight, UI design, ... http://jerrydon.com/blog/index.php/flex/i-am-a-fulltime-flex-freelancer/ The following code converts a value object to an XML private function convertToXML():void { var product:ProductVO = new ProductVO(); product.id = 12; product.name = 'test product'; product.description = 'test desc'; product.price = 100; product.thumbnail = 'image1.jpg'; var xmlProduct:XML = voToXml(product, 'product'); } private static function voToXml(vo:Object, qName:String):XML { var qn:QName = new QName(qName); var xmlDocument:XMLDocument = new XMLDocument(); var simpleXMLEncoder:SimpleXMLEncoder = new SimpleXMLEncoder(xmlDocument); var xmlNode:XMLNode = ... http://jerrydon.com/blog/index.php/actionscript/vo-to-xml-converter/ My scalenine contest entry Vista Remix theme is listed on the scalenine gallery. Congrats to the winners of the contest. Brownie rocks!!. Many thanks to Juan Sanchez, Adobe and EffectiveUI :) Download UPDATE : You can download the flash source file from this link http://jerrydon.com/blog/index.php/flex/vista-remix-flex-theme-my-scalenine-contest-entry/   This is a copy paste from adobe flashplayer features page   3D effects New Create more intuitive, engaging interfaces using built-in support for 3D effects. Get started quickly without being a 3D master by designing in 2D and easily transforming and animating in 3D. Fast, extremely lightweight, and simple-to-use APIs, along with 3D ... http://jerrydon.com/blog/index.php/actionscript/flash-player-10-top-features/ This is a custom color picker component to show and select multiple colors. You can use the 'selectedColors' property to set and get color values. When you select a color it will be added to the selectedColors property. There is a '-' button on roll over to remove a color. Try ... http://jerrydon.com/blog/index.php/actionscript/multiselect-colorpicker/