flex3

I am loading an image using a Loader. Once loaded, I can get the bitmap data using Bitmap(event.target.loader.content).bitmapData . However since the images I am loading are quite large (around 2000 x 1600), I would like to reduce the size and create a new smaller bitmap maybe 200 or 300 pixels wide, sort of like a thumbnail. I think it has to do with creating a new BitmapData with the new size. However I am not able to get that working properly. Any ideas? Not tested, but this should give you an idea: public function scaleBitmap(src: BitmapData, ratio: Number): BitmapData { var bmd:

Is there a direct way to get the item index of the data inside an itemRenderer? I need to display the item number against each item. I am currently doing a workaround and won't allow reuse of my itemRenderer component. var index:int = model.dataColl.getItemIndex(data) + 1; itemNo = index.toString(); This is what i am using now, it works, but the concepts of component reuse and data abstraction are compromised. I am using Flex 3. The first answer seems to be working, but slow. It takes O(n^2) time as it runs through dataProvider array to get item index each time. We can access rowIndex from

Is it possible to connect any database from flex directly? Not unless you use Adobe AIR for desktop at which time you'd be using the SQLLite api's to create/connect to a sqlite database file. http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=SQL_01.html Anything else is going to require a back end service to handle such transactions. You can use asSQL as mentioned by michael, or use the Adobe Air runtime. However, this must be said about using this library: It is EXTREMELY insecure to have a straight database connection from the client unless it's from Adobe Air since the db is local.

If I load a bitmap using a loader in Flex, I can use the loaderInfo.bytesTotal to get the size, total bytes used, of a bitmap. If I create a bitmap in run time, how can I find out the size, the total bytes used, by that bitmap. Please advice. Thanks var bitmapByteSize:int = bitmap.bitmapData.getPixels(bitmap.bitmapData.rect).length; That might do the trick. I think a better solution than the one above would be: var bitmapByteSize:uint = bitmap.bitmapData.width * bitmap.bitmapData.height * 4; This is because using the getPixels() method creates an additional ByteArray, so it's both slow and

through a design decission or what-so-ever Adobe changed the content of the ResultEvent fired by a HTTPService Object. Take a look at following example: var httpService:HTTPService = myHTTPServices.getResults(); httpService.addEventListener(ResultEvent.RESULT,resultHandler); httpService.send(); /** * Handels the login process */ function resultHandler(event:ResultEvent):void { // get http service var httpService = (event.target as HTTPService); // do something } It works like a charm with Flex 3.2. But when I try to compile it with Flex 3.5 or Flex 4.0 event.target as HTTPService is null. I