AMFParser

One of the problems with trying to debug a Flex application is that the data being communicated in requests and responses between the client and the service is transmitted in Action Message Format (AMF), so it isn't directly visible in most web debugging proxies.  What most people do to overcome this is use Charles, a web debugging proxy that supports parsing of AMF.  I've used Charles previously with Java web applications, but I didn't particularly care for it and have been using Fiddler instead for some time.

More on the move to Windows 7...

As you might be able to tell from my earlier post, I've started a move to Windows 7.  The first one was an in-place migration from Vista on my XPS laptop.  I'll be doing a migration from a Windows XP to a new Window 7 desktop a bit later this month.

Finally, real multi-monitor support in remote desktop

One of the new features of Windows 7 is the Remote Desktop Client (RDC) 7.0, which finally provides decent multi-monitor support.  See the Terminal Services Team Blog for the nitty-gritty details.  Some caveats though:

Here's another way to access .Net from PB

Particularly for those folks using pre-11.0 versions who don't want to take the CCW approach:

Calling C DLL From PowerBuilder

Some photos from a recent South American PB user event

Not sure about the choice of the song...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmXRYRpctBo

Pay-as-you-go mobile broadband

Because of some recent internet provider issues (see previous post) I found myself in urgent short-term need of some mobile broadband.  I don't really require it often enough to justify the $60 a month fee that is typical for most plans.  So I picked up a Broadband2Go USB stick, which allows for pay-as-you-go broadband.  You buy a certain amount of data (e.g., 250 MB) and you have a certain amount of time to use it in (e.g., 30 days).  You don't pay again until the next time you need to use it.  Ran into a couple of problems.

A little network restructure

I've got a commercial internet account at home with Charter Business because I host teamsybase.net out of my home (not much to look at, but it hosts a number of important utilities that TeamSybase members use).