The question of how to set up global variables in a Flex application came up on the Flex Components list recently, and as it comes up every so often, I figured I would blog one of the answers.

This is actually very easy. Just define a public variable within your main application class, like so:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute">
	<mx:Script>
		<![CDATA[
			public var foo:String = "bar";
		]]>
	</mx:Script>
</mx:Application></pre>

You can then access that variable from anywhere within the Flex application via:

Yes, thats right. Sven Claar has translated the Apollo FAQ to German.

You can view it here.

Savvas Malamas has translated the Apollo FAQ to Greek.

You can view it here.

Ryan Stewart has translated the Apollo FAQ into PigLatin.

You can view the entire translation here.

Chong-Bing Liu just sent me an email letting me know that he has translated the Apollo FAQ into Chinese.

You can view the translated FAQ here.

The guys over at anthill (who do some amazing stuff btw), have translated the Apollo FAQ into Japanese.

You can view the translation here.

You can view the original FAQ here.

Well, it looks like this is Apollo FAQ translation day. Alex Ryden let a comment to let me know that the Apollo FAQ has been translated to Swedish.

You can view the original version of the FAQ here.

Check it out here.

If you know of any other translations, post them in the comments.

Well, I am slowly but surely making progress with my antenna. I have been having a lot of trouble with RF interference from my random wire antenna. I ran a shielded COAX feed to it, which I grounded, but reception was horrible.

Well, this weekend, I went back up the hill, and made some modifications to try and get a better ground. I also grounded the end of the COAX going into the radio. This second step seemed to make a noticeable improvement to the signal quality (although there is still a lot of interference). I was able to pick up some broadcasts I hadn’t picked up before:

I am going to be giving a presentation on Apollo this Thursday at the Washington DC Adobe User Group meeting. I will be giving an overview of Apollo, shows some apps, show how to build a simple app, and answer any questions anyone might have.

You can find more information on the user group site here.

You can find more information on Apollo at:
http://www.adobe.com/go/apollo