Indianapolis Flex User Group

BFusion/BFlex 2010

Adobe Admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:25:52 +0000

BFusion/BFlex is no normal conference. It is a no-nonsense, learn-to-code* and learn-it-from-the-best event. Each day there are six full hours of hands-on training with the various technologies and techniques. You bring your computer and desire to learn and our excellent instructors challenge you to take your mind to new places.

On both days there are full-day tracks as well as individual sessions. Whether you are an experienced developer or don’t know a variable from a loop there is something to meet each skill level*. The full-day tracks run the same schedule as the other sessions, but you stick with one instructor, dig deep, learn a lot and leave with a sense of accomplishment. There is also a full menu of individual 90-minute offerings at the intermediate and advanced levels to challenge even the most experienced attendee.

*This isn’t all just right-brain code-monkey fare. At BFlex on Sunday there is a full-day track on Flash Catalyst. This amazing application lets the masters of the mysteries (to me, at least) of Illustrator, Photoshop and Fireworks take their creations right into the world of Rich Internet Applications.

http://bflex.indiana.edu/

Deep linking for Flex

Adobe Admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:27:57 +0000

SWFAddress is a small but powerful library that provides deep linking for Flash and Ajax. It’s a developer tool, allowing creation of unique virtual URLs that can point to a website section or an application state. SWFAddress enables a number of important capabilities which are missing in today’s rich web technologies including:

Bookmarking in a browser or social website
Sending links via email or instant messenger
Finding specific content with the major search engines
Utilizing browser history and reload buttons

This is a must for any flex developer to know about! Click here to learn more

July 27th Meeting!

Adobe Admin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:41:34 +0000

Tuesday July 27th Meeting – 6:30PM ITT Tech

We are meeting once again this coming Tuesday July 27th @ ITT Tech in room THEORY 3.

Schedule:

1. Using the AIR 2.0 NativeProcess API to do things that AIR can’t

Andrew Westberg (www.flexjunk.com) will be discussing a consulting project he worked on that needed a multi-threaded high performance C++ application to manipulate audio in near real-time. The client wanted to use AIR for it’s superior usability and design capabilities, but was limited by the Adobe Flash platform in other areas. Namely, limitations in audio file format support and performance for calculation-intense applications.

2. Building Modular Applications in Flex

Sam Souhrada (www.samsouhrada.com) will be discussing the benefits of building modular flex applications. The presentation will include a general overview and construction of a small sample application. Code samples will be posted after the presentation.

Modules let you split your application into several pieces, or modules. The main application, or shell, can dynamically load other modules that it requires, when it needs them. It does not have to load all modules when it starts, nor does it have to load any modules if the user does not interact with them. When the application no longer needs a module, it can unload the module to free up memory and resources. (From Adobe.com)

Hope to see you all there!

Integrating Flash Professional and Flex Builder Using SWC

Adobe Admin — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:55:46 +0000

Here is a good article to read if you are wanting to look at various ways of embedding Flash Content into Flex. This example shows 3 different ways and includes source code.

The truth about Flash

Adobe Admin — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 16:54:02 +0000

Adobe’s defense of the Flash Platform:

Click here to view

Using Masks with Flex

Adobe Admin — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:58:15 +0000

I found this article online and thought I would re-post. It demonstrates how to use masks in Adobe Flex.

http://www.insideria.com/2008/01/flex-graphics-tricks-part-1-ma.html

June 22nd Meeting Links

Adobe Admin — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:43:36 +0000

We started off watching an introductory video about the latest CS5 Release. For more information on CS5 visit this website:

http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/

Remember if you are purchasing an Adobe product you qualify for a 15% discount being a user group member. See the previous post for instructions on redeeming that discount.

We finished a five part series on Cairngorm. You can review the video we watched and download source code at the following link:

http://www.davidtucker.net/2007/11/30/getting-started-with-cairngorm-%E2%80%93-part-5/

We also briefly discussed becoming certified in Adobe Products. Here is a link with all of the test and prep-guides. We will be talking more about this in future meetings:

http://partners.adobe.com/public/ace/main.html

IndyFlex June 22nd Meeting – SOFTWARE RAFFLE! CS5 Preview, Cairngorm & more!

Adobe Admin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 05:16:59 +0000

We are meeting once again this coming Tuesday June 22nd @ 6:30PM in ITT Tech in room THEORY 3

Schedule:

1. Preview of CS5 new features

2. SOFTWARE RAFFLE – Come for a chance to win any of the premium Adobe CS5 Suites Free of Charge!

3. Discussion on Cairngorm 3 (Benefits, Transitioning Projects Over)

4. Final Video on Cairngorm 2

Hope to see you all there!

ITT Technical Institute is on the north side of Indianapolis, at:

9511 Angola Court
Indianapolis 46268
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15% Discount on Adobe Products

Adobe Admin — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:55:11 +0000

One of the many perks of being involved in an Adobe User Group! Adobe is offering a 15% discount for members. Follow the instructions below to claim your discount.

1. Click on the image below which takes you to a form which asks for some info to generate a one-time access code granting the discount. NO CODE SWAPPING ALLOWED.

2. There are two (2) fields on the form that need specific information, “Association Name” and “Validation Number or Member Number”
…NOTE, ONLY use “User Group” in the blank field…do not try to enter in your actual user group name, it will not work.
Enter like it is below:

Apple’s thoughts on Flash

Adobe Admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:24:27 +0000

Here is a must read:

Thoughts on Flash