Mitch Tulloch, a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional and lead author of the just-published (and hot-selling) Windows 7 Resource Kit (Microsoft Press, 2010; ISBN: 9780735627000; 1760 pages), has created a short ebook called “What You Can Do Before You Call Tech Support.” Here are the opening paragraphs:

Your sound card has stopped working, your computer seems sluggish, the network is down, your hard drive is clicking, you can’t view a website, your monitor is hard to read, your new webcam isn’t working, your favorite program won’t run, and a funny burning smell is coming from your computer. What can you do on your own to try to troubleshoot the issue before you pick up the phone to call tech support? (more…)

While few would question the benefits that Internet-based applications have brought to businesses and consumers alike, the actual experience of interacting with many web-based applications leaves much to be desired, especially when compared with the richness and usability of the best desktop applications. For consumer-oriented applications, such as e-commerce, the web’s page-based model and lack (more…)

INTRODUCING ADOBE FLEX 2 08:24 1 The Evolution of the Rich Internet Application 2 Introducing the Flex Product Line 3 Introducing the Flash® Player 2 USING FLEX BUILDER™ 2 19:50 1 Creating a New Flex Project 2 Building a Simple Form 3 Compiling the Application into a SWF 4 Debugging the Application 5 Setting Up Break Points 3 FLEX FUNDAMENTALS 33:50 1 Aligning Text Vertically & Horizontally 2 Looking at the Flex Component (more…)

About skinning Skinning is the process of changing the appearance of a component by modifying or replacing its visual elements. These elements can be made up of bitmap images, SWF files, or class files that contain drawing methods that define vector images. Skins can define the entire appearance, or only a part of the appearance, of a component in various states. For example, a Button control has eight (more…)

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Adobe® ColdFusion® Builder™ is an integrated development environment (IDE) for developing applications using ColdFusion. There are various resources to help you get started and become proficient in using ColdFusion Builder. Depending on your background and what you want to accomplish with ColdFusion Builder, take a few minutes to read through the appropriate documentation resources. New to ColdFusion It is most (more…)

Adobe Flex 2 is a complete, powerful application development and deployment solution for creating and delivering cross-platform rich Internet applications (RIAs). It enables the creation of personalized, interactive applications that dramatically enhance the user experience, revolutionizing the way people interact with the web. Eff ective user experiences are the key to a company’s success. An eff ective user (more…)

Middlesex University (Acrobat Connect Pro) The National Centre for Work-Based Learning Partnerships (NCWBLP) at Middlesex University offers a wide range of higher education courses for people working fulltime. As its base of international customers grew, and NCWBLP was offered projects in regions worldwide, the costs and even sometimes the safety of sending tutors to perform assessments or work directly with (more…)

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Photoshop, now up to version 7.0, is the leading professional image-editing program, released by Adobe. Photoshop is useful for both creating and editing images to be used in print or online. Easy to use, but full of high-quality features, Photoshop is the best choice for any image manipulation job. Opening Adobe Photoshop 7.0 Click the “Start” menu and go to the “Programs” folder. You will see an “Adobe” folder (more…)