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AutoComplete.js update 1.2

I’ve completed an update/rewrite of my AutoComplete (Google suggest) widget. It now also includes a complete API document similar to the HelpBallons API. Examples: http://www.beauscott.com/examples/autocomplete Download: http://www.beauscott.com/examples/autocomplete/autocomplete.zip SVN: svn://beauscott.com/widgets/AutoComplete As always, please let me know if you have any issues … Continue reading

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HelpBalloon.js version 2.0

I’ve completed my updating of my aging AJAX help balloons / tool tips / dialog balloons / whatever you want to call them. New features included: Less library dependence. It’s still prototype.js-based and dependent, but no longer requires Scriptaculous nor … Continue reading

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Flex 3, Flex Builder 3, and AIR 1.0 Released!

Adobe released Flex 3, Flex Builder 3 and AIR 1.0 tonight! Way to go guys!

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Using Flex Modules to Load Dynamic Applications at Login

I’ve seen a few people ask on the flexcoders mailing list about different methods of loading applications at run time based on a user’s login without navigating to a different URL. There are several ways of doing this using a … Continue reading

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BlazeDS RC1

I’m a little late in reporting on this, but Adobe released BlazeDS RC1 on Feb. 1st. For those of you who don’t know what BlazeDS is, it’s a soon-to-be open-source subset of Adobe’s expensive LiveCycle Enterprise Data Services Suite. It’s … Continue reading

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