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On an old project I had an annoying problem with Flex builder that meant only the main application’s MXML file would allow me to debug the application. If I tried to debug or run on another file in the project I would get the error, “This file cannot be launched”.

In order to fix this, all [...]

Arthropod

Apr. 1, 2009 1 Comment Posted under: Random

A quick introduction to Arthropod, an AIR application for tracing debug messages to from another Flex or AIR application.

Some information on running sub applications in AIR. Sub applications give you great flexibility, but also present a lot of security issues, not to mention debugging problems. Be sure to check out the working example too!

UI Navigation question

Jan. 23, 2009 2 Comments Posted under: Random

A quick question to see which of these icons would make most sense to you in a desktop application.

A handy trick for pre-filling arguments in callbacks, which can really shorten your code.