Category Archives: ActionScript

Customizing the Login Box – Part 4 – Preventing Duplicate Records with FB4, PHP and mySQL

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Dan Orlando

In this part of the series, we’re not so much focusing on the login part of the component we’ve been building, but rather the registration form. More specifically, we want to check the database prior to adding a new user … Continue reading →

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Customizing the Login Box – Part 3 – Validation with FB4, PHP and MySql

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Dan Orlando

In this tutorial we will continue with the Login Box that we have been building in the last several tutorials. In this tutorial we are going to cover how to validate using a string validator and email validator. There are … Continue reading →

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Customizing the Login Box – Part 2 – Implementing “Forgot Password” with Flash Builder, PHP and MySql

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Dan Orlando

In this tutorial, you will implement forgotten password functionality to a login box. The overall goal here is for the user to enter there email address into a TextInput field and have a PHP service check the database for a … Continue reading →

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Customizing the Login Box – Part 1 – Setting a “Remember Me” Cookie – FB4, PHP and MySql

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Dan Orlando

In this tutorial you will learn how to add a “Remember Me” check box to your current login component, or into the login app that we built in the two-part tutorial, “Creating a Login Box”. Either way, by the end … Continue reading →

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Creating a Login Box with FB4, PHP and mySQL – Part 2

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Dan Orlando

Welcome back for part 2 of building a login box using Flash Builder 4, PHP, and mySQL. In this tutorial we will connect the application to the database using FB4′s built-in data-centric development tools using PHP. What we are looking … Continue reading →

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Creating a Login Box with FB4, PHP and mySQL – Part 1

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Dan Orlando

Most standalone applications require a login box of some sort. That is why today we will begin our journey into building a login and registration form that will be reusable for many types of applications, or may act as a … Continue reading →

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Data Centric Development with Flash Builder 4 – Part 2

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Dan Orlando

In Part 1 of this entry, you created a working application that allows you to populate a DataGrid using PHP and MySQL. You then added the ability to create, delete, and edit the information in the database. Here is what … Continue reading →

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Data Centric Development with Flash Builder 4, Part 1

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Dan Orlando

I’ve been helping a friend of mine learn Flex for the past month or so and I decided to write up a blog post on something we worked on together over the weekend – using Flash Builder 4 to connect … Continue reading →

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Deep Linking with Flex 4 using Fragments

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Dan Orlando

The objective of deep linking is typically centered on creating functions that either serialize the current state to the URL or deserialize the URL and use that information to change the state of the application. This makes it possible to bookmark a specific state of your Flex application…. Continue reading →

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Capital Flash Camp 2010 : A brief recap

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Fuad Kamal

I attended Flash Camp in DC today and though I would share my initial impressions, given that we were at 360 Flex not too long ago and a lot of attention is being given to the upcoming Flash & the … Continue reading →

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