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Semaphore Flex developers offer complete web development solutions for creating and delivering Rich Internet Applications (RIA) using Flash, Flex and Adobe-Flash Media Server. Semaphore’s flex developers have a rich experience in the application of various graphical and multimedia tools that make your project unique. The expertise of our Flex Developers in offering Flex Development Services will definitely make your project technically extraordinary and more interactive and engaging.

Flex is a free, open source framework for building highly interactive web applications. Its run time - Flash Player and Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) are available far and wide on all major browsers, desktops and Operating Systems. Through Flex, SWF files are created, which are rendered by Flash Player and these applications can run on web Browsers via Flash Player and in online/offline mode via AIR over desktops.

Adobe Flex precisely, is a collection of technologies for the development and deployment of cross platform, Rich Internet Applications based on the proprietary Adobe Flash platform. Interestingly, flash content and applications have emerged as principal requirements for rich web experiences.

Over the years, developers at Semaphore have achieved great amount of proficiency in delivering Adobe Flex solutions. Our core expertise lies at creating highly intuitive, interactive and expressive web and desktop applications.

Benefits of using Flex:

Applications developed using Flex assures Rich User Experience through intuitive interaction with the    application and presenting information in a visually rich interface.
Flex allows for the development of applications that support complex business logic to run in the browser, rendering the feeling of Quick Response and not refreshing the page again and again.
The highly evolved client environment of Flex permits the applications to process huge number of information at client-end without any noticeable change in performance of the applications. This leads to High Performance.
Flex supports Diverse Modes for promoting data with an incorporated development model for complete customization and control. Applications developed are highly customizable tailoring to customer´s needs.
Flex provides a Strong Development Model that consists of Action Script and MXML.

Semaphore offers expert Flex Programming and development services. Our dedicated team of Flex programmers has professionally accomplished a number of offshore software development projects.

Below are our Flex Development and Flex Programming services in full:

* Flex Consulting, Business Analysis and Specification Development
* Flex Application Development ­ entirely in Flex environment.
* We can integrate Flex with MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle and PostgreSQL with Server-side technologies      like PHP, JAVA, .NET and Ruby on Rails (RoR).
* Creation of Custom Flex components, skinning of components to provide highly interactive user-experience.

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To use Flex Automated Testing, you must install Flex Builder 3. You cannot use Flex Automated Testing with only the Flex 3 SDK.

Flex Automated Testing SWC files are installed by default with Flex Builder 3. They are located in the /frameworks/libs directory with the other SWC files. You can begin using Flex Automated Testing and build your own custom agents without any further installation.

To use run-time automated testing (recommended):

Open a command prompt.
Navigate to the flex_builder_root/sdks/3.0.0/templates/automation-runtimeloading-files directory.
Execute the build.bat file. This compiles the runtimeloading.mxml file into a SWF file.
Copy the runtimeloading. swf and RunTimeLoading.html file to your web server. Copy the Flex application that you want to test to this server as well (the application need not be compiled with automation libraries).
Request the RunTimeLoading.html file and pass your Flex application as the automationswfurl query string parameter; for example:
http://localhost/RunTimeLoading.html?automationswfurl=MyApp.swf
To compile your applications with static automation support:

Start Flex Builder.
Create a new Flex Project.
Select your new Flex project in the Navigator.
Select Project > Properties > Flex Compiler.
In the “Additional compiler arguments” field, enter the following:
-include-libraries “flex_builder_dir\sdks\3.0.0\frameworks\libs\automation.swc”
“flex_builder_dir\sdks\3.0.0\frameworks\libs\automation_agent.swc” “flex_builder_dir\sdks\3.0.0\frameworks\libs\qtp.swc”
“flex_builder_dir\sdks\3.0.0\frameworks\libs\automation_dmv.swc”
The -include-libraries compiler option is relative to the Flex Builder installation directory; the default on Windows is “C:\Program Files\Adobe\Flex Builder 3\”.

6. Click the OK button to save your changes and OK to close the project Properties dialog box.
7. Compile your Flex application.
Examples and documentation for using custom agents can be found at Custom Agents.

To use Flex Automated Testing with the Flex 3 Plug-in for Mercury QuickTest Pro, you must perform additional steps. The rest of this section describes how to install and use the Flex 3 Plug-in for Mercury QuickTest Pro.

[edit]Requirements for Using the QTP Plug-in
To test applications with Flex Automated Testing and the QTP agent, you must install the following:

Mercury QuickTest Professional 9.1 or later (no support for Smart Identification)
Mercury QuickTest Professional 9.2 and patch 1701 if you want Smart Identification support
Adobe Flex 3 Plug-in for Mercury QuickTest Pro
Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 6 or later
Flash Player ActiveX control, version 9.0.28.0 or higher
[edit]Installing the Plug-in
This section describes the steps necessary for a QC testing professional to configure QTP to work with Flex applications. You must install QTP and the plug-in.

To install QTP:

Install Flash Player 9 ActiveX control (9.0.28.0 or higher) for Microsoft Internet Explorer. This is currently the only supported browser/player.
Install QTP 9.1 or later if you do not require support for Smart Identification. If you want to use Smart Identification, install QTP 9.2 and patch 1701. You must get QTP 9.1 from Mercury.
If you are using Mercury QTP on Microsoft Windows Vista you need to turn off the User Account Control (UAC) feature. Instructions to turn off UAC are available here
Restart your computer.
To install the Flex 3 Plug-in for Mercury QuickTest Pro:

Run the flex_builder_root/Installers/QTP_Plugin_Installer.exe.
Start QTP.
Close QTP.
In addition to the plug-in’s DLLs and XML files, the plug-in installer includes the following in the installation directory:

/demo — Contains a Flash movie that describes the basics of using the plug-in. Be sure to enable audio on your computer.
/Uninstall Adobe Flex 3 Plug-in for Mercury QuickTest Pro — Contains the uninstaller.
[edit]Using the Plug-in
Start QTP again after installing the plug-in. The Add-in Manager lists the Flex plug-in.
Select the Flex plug-in in the Add-in Manager.
Select New > Test and click the Record button.
NOTE: Flex application testing with QTP currently supports only Microsoft Internet Explorer with the ActiveX Flash Player.

For more information on these tasks and using QTP to test Flex applications, see Testing with QTP.

For information on the operations and properties of Flex objects in QTP, see QTP Object Type Information.

[edit]Samples for Automated Testing
Sample custom agents are available at Custom Automation Agents.

An application ready for testing with QTP can be found at Flexstore AT. This sample can be used to test if the QTP plugin installation was successful.

An example for automating custom components can be found at Automating Custom Component.

[edit]Using automation with the Adobe Flex Component Kit for Flash CS3
You can create Flex controls, containers, skins, and other assets in Flash CS3 Professional, and then import those assets into your Flex application. When you want to automate an application that uses such assets, you must include the automation_flashflexkit.swc library.

If you are using run-time loading, re-compile the runtimeloading.swf file by using the build.bat file in flex_builder_root\sdks\3.0.0\templates\automation-runtimeloading-files\. The batch file includes the necessary libraries.

If you are compiling automation support into your application, add the automation_flashflexkit.swc to your include-libraries compiler option. This is in addition to the other automation SWC files. The SWC files are located in the flex_builder_root\sdks\3.0.0\frameworks\libs directory.

ADVANCED FLEX DATA SERVICES

Adobe Live Cycle Data Services ES provides a comprehensive set of data-enabling features for using data in RIAs. It enables RIAs to talk to back-end data and business logic in a faster, more efficient operating model. Live Cycle Data Services ES also enables seamless integration with Live Cycle ES business processes and document services.

Blaze DS is a free, open source project providing Flex Remoting and Messaging to all developers. Flex Remoting provides a binary, serialized data transport format called Action Message Format (AMF) to provide a fast, efficient means of transporting data to your RIA, which accelerates application performance. Flex Remoting also makes it fast and easy for developers to connect to back-end business logic and data. Flex Messaging adds real-time data push and publish/subscribe, both powerful capabilities now made easy. Using BlazeDS, you can start using these powerful Java server integration features for free, and then subscribe to LiveCycle Data Services, Community Edition for certified builds and support, or upgrade to the full LiveCycle Data Services ES edition for a complete server solution.

* Learn more about LiveCycle Data Services
* Learn more about open source BlazeDS

ADVANCED DATA VISUALIZATION

ILOG Elixir provides graphical data-display components to further enhance Adobe Flex 3 and Adobe AIR rich Internet applications. ILOG Elixir helps turn raw data into clear, actionable information through a highly graphical and interactive user experience. Components include 3D charts, gauges and dials, maps of the world, radar charts, Gantt charts, treemaps, and org charts.

Flex is a free, open source framework for building highly interactive, expressive web applications that deploy consistently on all major browsers, desktops, and operating systems. It provides a modern, standards-based language and programming model that supports common design patterns. MXML, a declarative XML-based language, is used to describe UI layout and behaviors, and ActionScript3, a powerful object-oriented programming language, is used to create client logic. Flex also includes a rich component library with more than 100 proven, extensible UI components for creating rich Internet applications (RIAs), as well as an interactive Flex application debugger.

RIAs created with Flex can run in the browser using Adobe Flash Player software or on the desktop on Adobe AIR, the cross-operating system runtime. This enables Flex applications to run consistently across all major browsers and on the desktop. And using AIR, Flex applications can now access local data and system resources on the desktop. Both Flash Player and Adobe AIR are available as a free download on Adobe.com.

You can accelerate application development with Adobe Flex Builder 3 software, a highly productive, Eclipse based development environment, and Adobe Live Cycle Data Services software, a set of advanced data services that can be used in Flex development. Both of these products are available for purchase.