else if (byteArray)
{
    loader = new FlexLoader();
    child = loader;
    addChild(child);
 
    loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(
     Event.COMPLETE, contentLoaderInfo_completeEventHandler);
    loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(
     Event.INIT, contentLoaderInfo_initEventHandler);
    loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(
     Event.UNLOAD, contentLoaderInfo_unloadEventHandler);
 
    // if loaderContext null, it will use default, which is AppDomain
    // of child of Loader's context
    loader.loadBytes(byteArray, loaderContext);
}
 

You see the problem? No listener or dispatcher for the IOErrorEvent! So i had to load my bytes using FlexLoader(); and listen for the events myself.

 
/**
* @inheritDoc.
* set our offscreen items to at least 4 so
* that if the last / first visible item
* is disabled we can still move the view
* up or down without getting stuck?
*/
override public function initialize():void
{
   super.initialize( );
   offscreenExtraRowsOrColumns =
   Math.max( 4, offscreenExtraRowsOrColumns );
}
 
/**
* @inheritDoc.
* capture key directions.
*/
override protected function keyDownHandler(event:KeyboardEvent):void
{
  if( event.keyCode == Keyboard.UP )
  {
     _selectionIsAbove = true;
 
  }else if( event.keyCode == Keyboard.DOWN )
  {
    _selectionIsAbove = false;
  }
    super.keyDownHandler( event );
}
 

And then I changed the finishKeySelection( ) method as follows.

 
/**
* @inheritDoc.
* check to see if our selected item is
* allowed to be selected or not.
*/
override protected function finishKeySelection():void
{
  super.finishKeySelection( );
 
  var i : int;
  var rowCount : int = listItems.length;
  var count : Number = 0;
 
  var item : IListItemRenderer = listItems[ caretIndex -
		verticalScrollPosition + offscreenExtraRowsTop ][ 0 ];
 
  if( item )
  {
    if( item.data )
    {
      if( disabledFilterFunction( item.data ) )
      {
	//trace( 'ITEM IS DISABLED : ' + disabledFilterFunction( item.data ) );
	//trace( 'SELECTION IS ABOVE : ' + _selectionIsAbove );
	var currIndex : int = caretIndex - verticalScrollPosition;
	if( _selectionIsAbove )
	{
	  //LookUp
	  i = currIndex + offscreenExtraRowsTop;
	  count = 0;
	  while( i > 0 )
	  {
	    item = listItems[ i ][ 0 ];
	    if( !disabledFilterFunction( item.data ) )
	    {
	      selectedIndex = selectedIndex + count;
	      return;
	    }
	      count --;
	      i--;
	    }
	    selectedIndex = selectedIndex +1;
	    //trace( 'CANT GO UP ANYMORE' );
	    return;
 
	    }else{
	    //Look down.
	    i = currIndex + offscreenExtraRowsTop;
	    count = 0;
	    while( i < rowCount )
	    {
	      item = listItems[ i ][ 0 ];
	      if( !disabledFilterFunction( item.data ) )
	      {
		selectedIndex = selectedIndex + count;
		return;
	      }
	      count ++;
	      i++;
	    }
 
	    selectedIndex = selectedIndex -1;
	    //trace( 'CANT GO DOWN ANYMORE' );
	    return;
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
 

I dont know if this will help anyone but im sure glad i got it working.

1. To login you need 3 things
1. Username in the form user@user.com
2. Password.
3. Security Token
To get the security token for a user go to setup>Reset your security token. This will then be emailed to you.

Logging into an Administrators account seems to be different than logging into a normal users account.
For Administrators you have to set the protocol to 'http' for normal users set it to 'https' in addition we have to add the token to the password as follows.

 
private var _conn : Connection = new Connection( );
 
private function login( username : String, password : String,
           token : String, isAdmin : Boolean = false ) : void
{
    _connection.protocol = isAdmin ? 'http' : 'https';
    var login : LoginRequest = new LoginRequest( );
	  login.username = value..username;
	  login.password = value..password.toString( )
                                    + value..token.toString( );
	  login.callback = new Responder( loginResult, loginFault );
	 _connection.login( login );
}
 

This comprises of making just two files one of which is a singleton class that can be used for every project you want to add version control to and the second is a VersionControl.properties file which you update before you publish a new version of your application lets take a look at that file first

#Each item takes the same params as the ContextMenuItem class
#and is seperated by and & ampersand
#caption:String = caption Value : String,
#separatorBefore:Boolean = false,
#enabled:Boolean = true,
#visible:Boolean = true
#In addition each item supports a url variable just add
#&YOUR URL GOES HERE;
Version=Version 0.1&false&false&true;
url=Developer:A McCormick&false&true&true&www.goeshere.com
viewSource=ViewSource&false&true&true&www.goeshere.com

The Second class controls what these properties do i know its a long class but its fully commented. ( right click the grey square above and choose view source to see the VersionController class ).
Basically it loops through the VersionControl.properties file and builds context menu items based on the values, adding the ability to include links as well.
And finally all you have to do is call getInstance( this ); in your main application file.

<!--[CDATA[
 
			import VersionControl.VersionController;
 
		]]-->

Socket closed.
Socket closed.
Socket closed.
Flex Profiler No activity 60 seconds after connection.

and then quiet

I was at a loss why had my Profiler failed me? Could I find a solution on the internet by no means so i decided to carry on with some work and tackle this at a later date but then...

My apps start to take a rather long time to startup and even worse NO BREAKPOINTS !! O my god im gonna have a heart attack!

I noticed in the console that Flex is tracing out

Users/Anthony/workspace/.metadata/.plugins/com.adobe.flash.profiler/ProfilerAgent.swf

before trying to run my apps I do a search and found this bug in the bugbase

http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FB-12869

it mentions a file called mm.cfg that points to this ProfilerAgent.swf

you can find this file in the following locations

inside this file there is a line of code that reads

PreloadSwf=/Users/[username]/Documents/workspace/
.metadata/.plugins/com.adobe.flash.profiler/
ProfilerAgent.swf?host=localhost&port=9999

delete this and the debugger starts to work again however my Profiler still doesnt...

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