When working with Phing, you can use the input task to request user input. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <project name="test-deploy-ci" default="default"> <target name="default"> <input message="Please enter a value:" propertyName="value.entered"/> <echo msg="You entered: ${value.entered}"/> </target> </project> When you run this Phing build file,
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In a recent project, I screwed up bigtime – I created a file upload feature which would store a file’s contents in the database (as BLOBs) but I forgot to keep track of the filename. Needless to say, after beating
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I’ve given myself a week to pass through the 5 stages of grief after reading that Adobe will be contributing the Flex Framework to the Apache Foundation (citation needed) and handing over the keys to the kingdom to the Spoon
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After having some major trouble with my local hosting provider (Afrihost.com), I decided it was time for a change; I wanted to move all my hosting accounts into the cloud and all sources seemed to point towards VPS.NET as the go-to
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A common problem when working with TextArea components in a Flex form is that they capture MouseEvent.MOUSE_WHEEL events. As of Flex 4.5.1, the TextAreas don’t capture the event when the TextArea has no scrollbar, but when the TextArea itself needs to
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I found this golden nugget on the marvelous StackOverflow.com: You can find the original info here by SALMAN KHAN Very useful!
MySQL rocks. There, I said it. But it doesn’t rock at everything… MySQL’s full-text searching is good, but oftentimes it leaves a lot to be desired. Recently, I was trying to get a query going that would offer suggestions for
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When using IntelliJ IDEA or any other IDEs, the unfortunate state of our beloved Flex compiler always seems to rear it’s clunky head. If you use Flex Modules in your projects, you will find that compile times get exponentially longer
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It’s official! AIR 2.7 has been released! This new release of Adobe AIR will provide support for Flash Player 10.3, as well as several improvements and new features for the desktop and mobile: Enhanced rendering for iOS Faster development time
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