Flex SDK 3.2 and Flex Builder 3.0.2 Released

Adobe released Flex SDK 3.2 and Flex Builder 3.0.2, for more informations and to download check the following link…

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/sdk32_fb302.html

Happy Flexing…:-)

Tweak OpenOffice applications to load faster

OpenOffice applications generally take a lot of time to load at startup. Follow these simple steps to tweak OpenOffice to load it much faster than default…

1. Open any OpenOffice application.
2. Go to Tools > Options,
3. Select Memory from left side list.
4. Under Graphics cache, change the settings as below…
   • Use of OpenOffice.org – 128MB.
   • Memory per object – 20.0MB.
5. Under Cache for inserted objects, change the settings as below…
   • Number of objects – 20.
6. Now select Java from the left side list.
7. Under Java options, deselect/uncheck Use a java runtime environment.
8. Now click OK, and close OpenOffice, and we are done.

Now onwards when you will start OpenOffice applications it will load much faster than default.

[ Note:- These settings are recommended for systems with RAM capacity of at least 1GB ]

Happy Tweaking…:-)

Working with SVG

SVG stands for Scalable Vector Graphics, it defines graphics in XML format which can be rendered in browser.

Copy the following codes into Notepad and save the file as “Circle.svg”. 

<?xml version=”1.0″ standalone=”no”?>

<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN” “http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd”>

<svg width=”100%” height=”100%” version=”1.1″ xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/2000/svg”>

<circle cx=”100″ cy=”50″ r=”40″ stroke=”black” stroke-width=”2″ fill=”red”/>

</svg>

Open this file in your browser, and you can see a circle drawn in your browser.

Note: Firefox 1.5+, Opera 9+, and Google Chrome supports SVG format by default. If you are using any other browser like IE you need to install SVG Viewer which you can download free form adobe from here.

The main advantages of using SVG format over  other graphic formats like JPEG or GIF are…

• SVG files can be read and modified by a large range of tools (e.g. notepad).
• SVG files are smaller and more compressible than JPEG and GIF images.

For more details and advance topics / Information about SVG, please check the following links…

http://www.adobe.com/svg/

http://www.w3schools.com/svg/default.asp

Firefox, setup Flash Tracer

Flash Tracer is the most useful debugging tool for Flash/Flex developers.

Here’s the simple steps to make it work…

1. First install Debug version of flash player in firefox. Download and install the Flash Player Debug version from here. Check whether debug version is installed properly by going to this link. You should see DebugPlayer : Yes, like below…
2. Install Flash Tracer addon for firefox. For Firefox 2 install from here. For Firefox 3 download and install from here.
3. After restarting firefox, open flashtracer (Tools > Flash Tracer). Click the Preference icon at the lower right corner. In the General Settings tab > Select output file, locate and replace the file flashlog.txt, in the following locations…
   Windows XP: C:\Documents and settings\{user}\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash Player\Logs\flashlog.txt
   Windows Vista: C:\Users\{user}\AppData\Roaming\Macromedia\Flash Player\Logs\flashlog.txt,
   Note:- If some how Logs folder is missing, create it, and create a textfile named flashlog inside it.
4. Create a file named mm.cfg, in the location,
   Windows XP -  C:\Documents and settings\{user}\
   Windows Vista – C:\Users\{user}\
   and put the following contents…
   (Note:- In TraceOutPutFileName, put the path of flashlog.txt, Here I have put the path as per Windows Vista.) TraceOutPutFileName=C:\Users\Paritosh Bisi\AppData\Roaming\Macromedia\Flash Player\Logs\flashlog.txt
   ErrorReportingEnable=1
   TraceOutputFileEnable=1
   MaxWarnings=100

Restart Firefox, and we are done.

Happy Flexing…:-)

Move from Blogger to WordPress

Sometimes ago I moved my blog from Blogger to WordPress. It’s very easy to move the blog following these simple steps…

1. Create a new WordPress account
2. Log into your WordPress account.
3. Goto your dashboard (My dashboard).
4. Click Manage Menu, at the top row.
5. Click “Import” Menu, at the second row. Here you will find some links for moving your blog from Blogger, LiveJournal and even WordPress. Just click on the link as per your requirement and follow the simple steps, and you are done.

For some more advanced options check the following links…

http://laffers.net/howtos/howto-redirect-blogger-to-wordpress

http://www.blogbloke.com/migrating-redirecting-blogger-wordpress-htaccess-apache-best-method/

Microsoft Introduces Windows 7, Ending Vista Brand

Microsoft introduces Windows 7, ending Vista brand. Check the followin link for more details…

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/technology/business-computing/29soft.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

http://www.windowsvienna.com/