Mike Chambers

This is just a quick reminder that the current Developer Resource Kit promotion expires in a little over a week (January 31, 2003). If you buy DRK 2 you can get DRK 1 for half price.

You can find more info here.

I just noticed that we are running a promotion on the DRK. If you buy DRK 2, then you get DRK 1 for half price.
You can find more info here.

I am planning on holding another “Find Cartoon Mesh” DRK contest similar to the run i ran last week. However, this time, Cartoon Mesh (or should it be mini-mesh) will be hidden on my blog or one of the other Flash related weblogs.
So, if you run a weblog and want to participate in the contest, just send me an email directly, or post your link in the comments section. I’ll  get all of the links together, and then start the contest.
Also, if you get tired of looking for Cartoon Mike, submit a new character to search for.
The prize will be a copy of the Developer Resource Kit Volume 2.

I hope that everyone had a good holiday. I am back from some “time off” and am trying to get back into the swing of things. It looks like I finally have the resources necessary to post some DRK 2 (or 1) examples online, so if there is anything in particular that would like to see, let me know.
More posts a little later…

The Edge Newsletter is running a promotion where subscribers to the newsletter can receive 10% off of the DRK (it doesn’t specify if it is DRK 1, 2 or both). Unfortunately, I just found out about it today, and today is the last day that the offer is available.
You can find more info on the offer here.
Btw, this months newsletter has a good article on Flash Remoting.

I have put up a simple example using the Advanced Calendar and Color Picker components. The components are part of the Flash UI Component Set 54which is available of volume 2 of the Developer Resource Kit.
You can view the example here.
I will try and get some additional examples up soon.

Volume 2 of the Macromedia Developer Resource Kit is available today. This volume contains Flash, Flash Remoting, ColdFusion, Fireworks and Dreamweaver content.
The Flash content includes:
Flash UI Component Set 4, which includes the following components:

• Rich Text Editor
  
• Smart Combo Box
  
• Advanced Calendar
  
• Color Picker
  
• Simple Menu
   

MyPhoto Rich Internet Application : Sample Application

A ton of chapters from some of the newest and most popular books on creating Flash content, and Rich Internet applications. (I will put up a list of books / chapters shortly).
August to October Designer and Developer Center Archive.
Of course, Volume 1 is still available.
You can find more information on Volume 2 here, and you can purchase it here.
Update : DRK 2 is available for download when you purchase it. I also fixed the links above. Sorry about the hassle.

DevMX has posted a fairly comprehensive tutorial on using the DataGrid component included with the Developer Resource Kit. It actually describes how to build a complete application using Flash, the DataGrid component and ColdFusion MX.
You can read the entire article here.

I have found an issue with the Stock Services sample application and ActionScript / ColdFusion Library available on the DRK. In the Stock.cfc ColdFusion component file, the following code that starts at line 89:

  <cfset var startMonth =  Month(startDate)  />
  <cfset var startDay =  Day(startDate)/>
  <cfset var startYear =  Year(startDate) />
  <cfset var endMonth =  Month(endDate) />

should be changed to:

  <cfset var startMonth =  Month(startDate) – 1 />
  <cfset var startDay =  Day(startDate)/>
  <cfset var startYear =  Year(startDate) />
  <cfset var endMonth =  Month(endDate) – 1 />

If you noticed that the sample stock charting application began acting erratically, this should solve the problem. Sorry for the hassle.

We are getting a couple of reports of people having problems installing extensions / components from the Developer Resource Kit (DRK). If you have a problem, there are two work arounds:

1. When the extension manager opens, save the extension to your hard-drive, and install it from there.


2. Manually copy the extension from the CD to the hard-drive and then install.

Using one of the steps above should solve the problem.