HOWTO : developing flex with gvim

[delfick]

you can use either.

but mxml tends to be easier to layout things (and it's easier to bind things and use event handlers in mxml)

I suggest going through this http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/?tab:samples=1

because there's only so much I can explain, mainly because I'm not too good at explaining things, and I don't have much spare time atm, and I'm still very much learning myself

[rtoot3]

oops, lol, sorry i looked more at your first post on this, it was very obvious, i was being stupid

[delfick]

oops, lol, sorry i looked more at your first post on this, it was very obvious, i was being stupid

that's alright

[rtoot3]

ok i dont know if im just stupid, or flex doesnt like me, but i put in this code

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!-- mxml\DefProp.mxml -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" >

<!-- Omit the default property. -->
<mx:ComboBox>
<mx:ArrayCollection>
<mx:String>AK</mx:String>
<mx:String>AL</mx:String>
<mx:String>AR</mx:String>
</mx:ArrayCollection>
</mx:ComboBox>

<!-- Explicitly speficy the default property. -->
<mx:ComboBox>
<mx:dataProvider>
<mx:ArrayCollection>
<mx:String>AK</mx:String>
<mx:String>AL</mx:String>
<mx:String>AR</mx:String>
</mx:ArrayCollection>
</mx:dataProvider>
</mx:ComboBox>
</mx:Application>

and saved it as HelloWorld.as, then i typed in the terminal mxmlc HelloWorld.as and this is what the output was

Loading configuration file /usr/local/flex/frameworks/flex-config.xml
Error: unable to open 'HelloWorld.as'

Use 'mxmlc -help' for information about using the command line.

help me in my stupidness!

[rtoot3]

ok sorry again for my stupidness, i found out that was because i didnt cd to where i saved it, but this time with the same file(except i renamed it snackytreat.as) i did mxmlc command and it comes up with this

/home/ryland/Desktop/snackytreat.as(3): col: 4 Error: Label must be a simple identifier.

<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" >
^

/home/ryland/Desktop/snackytreat.as(3): col: 17 Error: Attribute is invalid.

<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" >
^

/home/ryland/Desktop/snackytreat.as(6): col: 4 Error: Label must be a simple identifier.

<mx:ComboBox>
^

/home/ryland/Desktop/snackytreat.as(12): col: 1 Error: Syntax error: expecting identifier before xmltagstartend.

</mx:ComboBox>
^
WHY DOES EVERYTHING GO WRONG FOR ME!?!?!?

[delfick]

you have to save mxml files with a .mxml extension

also. a forum better suited to flash/actionscript/flex specific questions would be over here http://board.flashkit.com/board/

[rtoot3]

k ill go there, and thank you so much! youve been a huge help, just one more thing though, the default background color for the flash objects is like a grayish color, do you know how to change that?

[delfick]

k ill go there, and thank you so much! youve been a huge help,

no probs

just one more thing though, the default background color for the flash objects is like a grayish color, do you know how to change that?

http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/201/h...er_064_04.html

[Q-ro]

wich sdk should i download ?? i see 2 one for windows one for mac, so i dont know wich should i download :/

[delfick]

hmm, weirdly the link in my first post pointed to the downloads for the flex builder...

the sdk can be found here http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/f...ads/index.html

(I've updated the first post to point there)