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How to add a custom context menu to a Spark TextArea in Flex 4

There is a current known issue with adding custom context menus on a RichEditableText Spark component: http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-23926 This includes the TextArea component. Essentially, any custom context menus will not show up. There is a work around mentioned in the comments for the bug on Adobe’s website but I thought I would re-hash and show an [...]

SWFObject flashvars, params, and attributes

I have been working with SWFObject a bit lately and was a little confused by how the flashvars, params, and attributes arguments for the embedSWF() function differ from each other and what exactly SWFObject did with them. Based on the documentation, I did a little experiment where I used each and then viewed the generated [...]

Must-have web application development tools

I have come up with a list of my “must-have” development tools: Dual Monitors – Developing with two monitors will make you much more productive simply because you spend less time switching between windows all day if nothing else. Monitors are pretty cheap and the productivity gains will more than pay for a dual output [...]