Category Archives: General

Posts that either have no specific area or are my general thought or ideas on a subject. i.e. DeanLogic ~ how I think about things which may not conform with the general consensus.

Dreamweaver Widgets

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Dreamweaver has a Widget Browser for checking out the free and paid Dreamweaver widgets in the Adobe Exchange.  The benefit of the Widget Browser is that you can easily see which ones you have installed and what is available without having to go to the website. When you decide on using one, then you can use the Widget Browser to configure the widget, so some success.  It all depends on the developer as to how useful the widget configuration is and customizing your selected widget.  I downloaded and installed the Aqua Button, the Weather Updater and the Twitter widgets. The Continue reading Dreamweaver Widgets→

Adobe Edge and HTML5

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Last night I downloaded Adobe Edge, which is Adobe’s tool for creating HTML5 basic animations. Adobe® Edge is a new web motion and interaction design tool that allows designers to bring animated content to websites, using web standards like HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3. Edge will be updated regularly to add new functionality, stay ahead of evolving web standards, and incorporate user feedback to provide the best functionality and experience possible. This is an early look at Edge with more capabilities to come. The current capabilities are very limited.  You can added Text and boxes to a canvas, plus you can Continue reading Adobe Edge and HTML5→

SAP web services and Flex

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The company I work for uses SAP for their CRM (Customer Relations Management) solution.  We were on Oracle, but after being bought out by ze Germans, we had to switch to SAP.  The idea was to integrate the German offices with the American offices. That never happened and we ended up splitting off from the Germans this year.  However, SAP is still with us.  My boss requested that I create some sort of application to check if the web services called by our mobile CRM application, Service Data Automation (SDA), (created by me) were working as part of an overall Continue reading SAP web services and Flex→

The Demo Site

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I have created a Demo site using Dreamweaver.  I used a HTML5 template, because I figure I probably should learn some HTML5 while I am doing this. The first thing I had to do was setup a ftp user on my website and give the user access to the “demo” folder.  To make things simple, I also created a subdomain for the demo folder (http://demo.deanlogic.com).  Unfortunately, the Dreamweaver template is a little finicky and the path url to the image wasn’t correct on my first couple of attempts to drag and drop the image into the page.  Also, the css Continue reading The Demo Site→

Time for some practice

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While I was at work pondering what other better careers there might be out there, I decided that I probably should make sure my skills are up-to-date.  Since I am limited to what software I have installed on my home PC, I will be brushing up on those skills and learn some new ones in the process.  The best way for me to learn something is to actually have something to do, instead of just reading through a book and trying to absorb it.  I’ve absorbed plenty of useless facts by reading, but that doesn’t beat actually putting to work Continue reading Time for some practice→

Google Docs in Flex frustration

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I enjoy using Google Docs.  I have to admit, it is a very easy way to share information between people and to do on-line collaboration.  I have used documents to brainstorm ideas and create outlines in real time on-line.  Recently I created a form that stores the information submitted into a spreadsheet.  Unfortunately,  the spreadsheet is a little hard to read with the responses are very long and there are multiple long responses.  The provided “summary” view for the spreadsheet doesn’t help, because it just displays all the answers together.  This would be great for a survey, but not for Continue reading Google Docs in Flex frustration→