Creating a custom scrollbar in Flex 4

In this screen cast I show you how you can use Adobe Illustrator, Flash Catalyst, and Flash Builder 4 to create a scroll bar that looks different depending on the OS that it is used to run the Flex application.

Creating a custom vertical scrollbar in Flex 4 from Mihai Corlan on Vimeo.

August 13, 2009 | Filed Under Tutorials, Video | 1 Comment

Adobe User Group Tour

As you probably know, we launched the first public betas for Flash Builder 4, Flash Catalyst, and Flex SDK 4 in June 2009. And we had about 100 events across the world, events that were driven by the communities (Adobe User Groups). I had the pleasure to present at four events: Amsterdam, Netherlands; Bucharest, Romania; Zagreb, Croatia; and Pavia, Italy.

I think all the events went great, and personally I had great fun doing the presentations and talking with the people afterwards. But, from my point of view the Adobe User Group from Netherlands deserves a special mention. Somehow the Netherlands, of all the events I’ve attended so far, has something special that is hard to find in other places. And I am not talking only about the Adobe User Groups events, I found that this is true also for events organized by the PHP community for example.

The location was extraordinary, the audience was big (more than 200 people) and very eager to ask questions, and there was good food and cold beverages, including after hours beer. I can’t stop thinking how it would be to have a MAX event in Amsterdam :)

The organizers taped the event. So, in case there wasn’t a Tour event near you, you can see here the presentations Christoph Rooms and I gave on Flash Catalyst, Flex SDK 4, and Flash Builder 4.

July 2, 2009 | Filed Under Conferences, Flex, Presentations, Video | 4 Comments

Webinale Berlin 2009

At the end of May, I had the pleasure of attending the Webinale 2009 conference in Berlin, and presenting two sessions on AIR and Flex. Because Adobe also had a booth, I hung around the sponsors area quite a bit, and I found some interesting projects that were worth shooting a video.

In the first video you can see some iPhone apps that use Augmented Reality created by Metaio (http://www.metaio.com). Next year we’ll have Flash Player 10 on mobile; maybe we’ll see more examples with FLAR Tool Kit and Flash Player :)

The second video presents a project from CSCM (a research group at Bundenswher University of Munich). They said that basically you can call it “Community Wall”. The idea is you can have this system installed, for example, at a conference. And people can use it to find other people that are attending the same conference and are in the same room. You can select the people you want to talk with by looking at their interests, profession, and so on. It looks cool, and I for one, would love to have this system at conferences. Interestingly, the project was created in Java. I think they worked hard to make it to look so good. I had a chat with one of their engineers, and maybe they will try to use Adobe AIR for the client. I really think this could be a perfect match.

June 6, 2009 | Filed Under Conferences, Video | 3 Comments

Video tutorial on LiveCycle ES

Duane Nickull posted a video tutorial on LiveCycle ES. You can learn how you can call a function from LiveCycle ES. Watch the video here.

April 16, 2009 | Filed Under Java, Tutorials, Video | Leave a Comment

Adobe TV segment: Generate a Flex/J2EE Database Application

Another segment has been released on Adobe TV, this time on how to generate a Flex and J2EE Database Application. I was a little bit sleepy and tired after three and a half days of MAX :D. I show how to create such applications using the data wizard, or LiveCycle Data Services and SQL Assembler. Enjoy!

March 2, 2009 | Filed Under Flex, Java, Video | 7 Comments

Flex Europe Style: Flex is asynchronous!

Last year, when I was in Amsterdam, I had this idea of explaining the asynchronous nature of Flex, using something that came to me while visiting Amsterdam’s Coffee Shops. I have to say that I am a huge fan of Pulp Fiction :)

Anyway, last Sunday night I couldn’t sleep, so I shot this video. It was also a chance for me to get my hands for the first time in movie editing. Adobe Premiere CS4 rocks :).

Click here to watch the video. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: smoking can kill!

January 22, 2009 | Filed Under Video | 4 Comments

MAX 2008 Keynotes available on Adobe TV

You can watch the keynotes from MAX 2008 on Adobe TV:

Personally, I enjoyed the second day keynote a lot. Ben and Tim were super cool!

January 13, 2009 | Filed Under Video | Leave a Comment

Adobe TV segment: Flex and AMFPHP

Another segment was release on Adobe TV, this time on Flex and AMFPHP (at the time when I shoot the video the ZendAMF wasn’t launched yet). Enjoy.

January 12, 2009 | Filed Under Flex, PHP, Tutorials, Video | 1 Comment

Adobe TV segment: Debug Flex and PHP projects

My segment on debugging Flex and PHP projects with Flex Builder and Zend Studio was posted on Adobe TV. In case you haven’t visited Adobe TV for a while, Adobe TV has improved in terms of usability. Now you can dig for what you care about more easily using channels (Education, MAX, Developer…) and products (Flash, Flex…) categories. Enjoy!

And here is another segment on how to create a combined project Flex and PHP.

January 8, 2009 | Filed Under Flex, PHP, Tutorials, Video | 4 Comments

"First Steps in Flex", MAX Sessions, and iTunes

Last week I was asked about good resources for learning Flex/AIR. So I have some more resources for you: First Steps in Flex is available for purchase. This book is written by Bruce Eckel and James Ward. I read this book this summer, because I was a member of the review team. And I can tell you this book can really help you get up to speed with Flex/ActionScript/AIR very quickly. So, if you are new to Flex world, and you want to learn, then maybe this is the book for you.

As I said in another post, all the MAX sessions will be available. As a matter of fact, we’ve started to publish them in batches. You can find them on Adobe TV:

If you prefer to use iTunes, then you can find them in the iTunes as well. Enjoy!

Later Update: You can enjoy these recordings in Adobe Media Player too. Click on My Favorites, and click on the ADD RSS FEED button and add these feeds:

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