Author Archives: DeanLogic

About DeanLogic

Dean has been playing around with programming ever since his family got an IBM PC back in the early 80's. Things have changed since BASICA and Dean has dabbled in HTML, JavaScript, Action Script, Flex, Flash, PHP, C#, C++, J2ME and SQL. On this site Dean likes to share his adventures in coding. And since programming isn't enough of a time killer, Dean has also picked up the hobby of short film creation.

Simple DataGrid with ArrayCollection Update Example

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I was helping out on the Flex community forum and one of the posts needed a little more of example than I could give using the forum post tools. So, I decided to create a quick example of a DataGrid using an ArrayCollection for the dataprovider. The ArrayCollection is created dynamically using a randomization selection from two static arrays. Then there is an option for updating the list showing which of the items have “Red” as the color value. I also put a couple of other items in the example, including an ItemRenderer for the DataGrid and a button holder Continue reading Simple DataGrid with ArrayCollection Update Example→

Cursing the cursor

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It would seem that every step to upgrade to OS 6 and use SQLite for my BlackBerry java application comes with its own little headaches. I’m sure there is some sort of documentation somewhere that would make it a little easier to do this coding. But, until then, I’ll just muddle along. The key reason for using SQLite is so that I can populate the device-side information easily.  Unfortunately, the data sent to the device is not in the best format at the moment.  So, I have to take sudo HTML tables and parse them out into data to be Continue reading Cursing the cursor→

Upgrading from 4.5 to 6.0

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At work I have been attempting to get our 800+ BlackBerry devices updated. This all began when we provided our service application to a site to use with their own technicians. The devices that we gave them were the BlackBerry Bold 9930. Luckily for me, I also got one of these devices and handed in an old 8800 BlackBerry. The Bold’s came with OS 7.0, but I updated mine to 7.1 in order to take advantage of the Hot Spot feature. Also, in OS 6 and 7, there is a feature for using Near Field Communication NFC tags. While most Continue reading Upgrading from 4.5 to 6.0→

Of HTML 5 Twitter and Time Zones

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In an attempt to expand my knowledge of things, I have been looking into HTML 5 and how it works. In general, HTML 5 adds a few new tags and with help from a bunch of JavaScript, will allow you to create more dynamic web pages and even web applications that can be converted into to mobile applications.  BlackBerry handles their HTML 5 web applications through WebWorks.  They have just recently updated their Developer Zone with nicer splash pages to highlight the multiple ways for creating mobile applications.  WebWorks was available for OS 5 BlackBerry phones, but the new PlayBook Continue reading Of HTML 5 Twitter and Time Zones→

Spark LineGrid Component

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Since I had a day off, I decided to work on converting my old Flex Examples to the new Flex 4.  As stated in a previous post, the new Flex 4 breaks Degrafa and Degrafa seems to be defunct now.  Most of the drawing functions are handled with spark and sprite functions, but little things like arcs and line repeaters are not.  So where before it was easy enough to create a repeating line in Degrafa, now I have to do a loop to create the lines needed.  Well, in this case, instead of drawing lines, I’m drawing rectangles.  While Continue reading Spark LineGrid Component→

Autoscroll Textarea

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One of the ways I like to debug my Flex applications is putting a TextArea item that is visible when needed to display certain items that usually would be display in a trace.  The benefit of this little trick is that I can see what is going on without having to go through Flex Builder.  Also, I happened to create a web service debugging application and it displayed the error and result text from the web service.  When displaying either debug or general result information, it is helpful if the TextArea scrolls up to show the latest information added.  I Continue reading Autoscroll Textarea→