Errata
The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released.
The following errata were submitted by our customers and have not yet been approved or disproved by the author or editor. They solely represent the opinion of the customer.
Color Key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
Version | Location | Description | Submitted by | Date Submitted |
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Printed | Page 178 last paragraph |
This is real minor, however the second to last sentence on this page has a typo: "(.green)" should be "(.example)". |
Matt Loflin | Feb 10, 2011 |
Printed | Page 194 code example |
Here's another example that embeds a file that is not included with the code example files. The examples in this book are pretty weak. Code snippets instead of working examples are numerous, and now I have to scour the internet to see if I can come up with embed files to make the examples work. I found some century gothic font files to make some of the examples work, then I found some button up, down, and over icon files to make other examples work. But what the heck is vbox_background.png? I've also had to spend hours fixing bugs in the examples. I'm growing more and more dissatisfied with this book. And there's no confirmed errata? What a joke. |
DJPJ | Jul 25, 2010 |
Printed | Page 140 code samples |
The code samples that use the '-=' operator are flagged by flex builder as a syntax error when I copy and paste the code from the downloaded examples. |
DJPJ | Jul 21, 2010 |
Printed | Page 119 5th item in bulleted list |
"Setting the right style property at runtime .... " should be "Setting the right style property sets the x value of the child at runtime .... " |
DJPJ | Jul 13, 2010 |
Printed | Page 51 general note |
My comments about the CDATA tags apply to page 51, not page 52. |
DJPJ | Jul 11, 2010 |
Printed | Page 52 general note section |
Apparently, extracting the ActionScript code from an MXML file into an include file no longer requires the CDATA tag. From reading the note, it just says the .as code will be copied into the mxml file. I had to get rid of the CDATA tag to make it work. So I deduce that the mxml is converted to actionscript, then the include file is copied in, then the compiler kicks off. |
DJPJ | Jul 11, 2010 |
Printed | Page 32 first paragraph |
"Export Releaser Build option" should be "Export Release Build option" |
DJPJ | Jul 09, 2010 |
Printed | Page 179 3rd paragraph |
First sentence reads: "Type selectors always take precedence over class selectors.". This is incorrect; it's the other way around, just as the book points out on pages 174 and 182. |
Joe Berry | Nov 12, 2009 |
Printed | Page 56 1st paragraph |
There is a minor typo on the 6th line -- the keyword "package" is split across lines w/o a hyphen. |
Scott Thisse | Oct 23, 2009 |
Printed | Page 55 3rd paragraph that starts "Many developers..." |
For the domain stated, examplecompany.com, the package name would be com.examplecompany, not com.example . |
Scott Thisse | Oct 23, 2009 |
Printed | Page 51 2nd line from bottom |
The end quote for "Understanding ActionScript Syntax" is misprinted as an empty-box placeholder. |
Scott Thisse | Oct 23, 2009 |
Printed | Page 23 Note at the bottom of the page |
The compiler option "default-background-colorph" doesn't exist; the intended option is probably "default-background-color". |
Scott A Thisse | Oct 18, 2009 |
Printed | Page 15 2nd paragraph from the bottom |
There's an extraneous ` in the word Flex. |
Scott A Thisse | Oct 15, 2009 |
Printed | Page 9 3rd paragraph |
There's a minor typo: |
Scott A Thisse | Oct 15, 2009 |
Printed | Page 312-313 Example 12-11 and 12-12 |
The <item> nodes in the sample XML in Example 12-11 all have an "item" attribute, except for the last <item> node, which has an "itemName" attribute instead. |
Cade Truitt | Oct 09, 2009 |
Printed | Page 370 example 14-1 user Class and create Instance ActionScript example |
The incomplete example does not address handling the {new Date()} portion. Just adding the wo or three lines of code rather than "etc." would have been much more preferable. |
Craig Lund | Sep 17, 2009 |
Printed | Page 370 example 14-1 user Class and create Instance MXML example |
I got all the code input and compiled error free but the result is what? |
Craig Lund | Sep 16, 2009 |
Printed | Page 149 last code example (149-150) |
code is broken. Like much of the code examples in this book, there are methods, functions etc. missing. I have struggled with many examples in this book and the previous Flex 2 book and figured out what was missing. |
Craig Lund | Aug 31, 2009 |
Printed | Page 149 code after 5th paragraph |
example code: |
Craig Lund | Aug 31, 2009 |
Printed | Page 77 1st paragraph |
The important concept of loading XML data is pretty much omitted here. After all aren't we supposed to separate the content? Showing the complete code and details to load the XML using ActionScript 3 would have been much appreciated here. |
Craig Lund | Aug 30, 2009 |
Printed | Page 293 coding example |
Error: |
Anonymous | Aug 16, 2009 |
Printed | Page 37 3rd paragraph |
Page 37, third paragraph states, "A module document is used to define an MXML module, which you'll learn more about in Chapter 9." |
Ivan Kanski | Jul 09, 2009 |
Printed | Page 119 2nd line of page |
The sentence says, "In this example, we declared two ColumnConstraint instances...". What the code fragment declares is actually two ConstraintColumn instances. |
Anonymous | Jul 06, 2009 |
Printed | Page 38 4th paragraph, 2nd paragraph of Understanding Namespaces |
The paragraph begins, "As shown in Chapter 2, a manifest file maps an ActionScript class to...". That topic is not addressed in Chapter 2, but is addressed in Chapter 20. |
Michael Maddox | Jun 17, 2009 |
Printed | Page 1 Page 180, 1st paragraph, 1st line. |
From the last line of page 179 to the first 2 lines of page 180. |
Haibo Liu | May 14, 2009 |
Printed | Page 85 First note |
In first note on page 85, next to last line, there's a box instead of a right quotation mark at the end of the reference "Understanding Application Domains" |
Anonymous | May 07, 2009 |
6.1.1 6.1.1. Working with Children |
In the paragraph right after example 6-2 Reordering children using the display list API. In the last sentence: |
Anonymous | Mar 09, 2009 | |
Printed | Page 455 bottom |
The text refers to an HTTPService object. |
Eric Saund | Feb 20, 2009 |
19.5 after 9th? paragraph |
<page-extract> |
Paul Evans (creacog) | Feb 11, 2009 | |
19.5 after 3rd paragraph |
example metadata tag for a 'horizontalGap' style uses incorrect inheritance attribute... |
Paul Evans | Feb 10, 2009 | |
Printed | Page 562 Top of the page |
Has a reference to the non-existent "resolveFile" method, it should refer to "resolvePath" instead. |
Kirill Mazin | Dec 29, 2008 |
Printed | Page 179 3rd paragraph |
The first sentence of the 3rd paragraph states "Type selectors always take precedence over class selectors." It should read "Class selectors always take precedence of type selectors." |
Brian Sterling | Dec 11, 2008 |
Page 38 Understanding namespaces |
On this page author referenced about manifest file ("As shown in Chapter 2, a manifest file maps an ActionScript class to an identifier: the MXML tag name.") and .swc files ("This namespace URI is set when the .swc file is compiled, as described in Chapter 2.") in Chapter 2. But there is no nothing about it in Chapter 2. |
Anonymous | Nov 17, 2008 |