Topic: Flash
XML-RPC client updated
In case anybody follows my site just to get updates on my XML-RPC client library… I’ve just released an updated version of my XML-RPC client library project. The library is still in ActionScript 2.0—I haven’t finished porting it to ActionScript 3.0 yet, although I’ve started. This release (.3 beta) contains a single bug fix. In […]
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“Deep-linking” to different frames/states in a Flash application
Note: a new article based on this one was published on the Adobe Developer Center in September 2007. The article (“Deep-linking to frames in Flash websites”) includes more background and detail of the first technique (the no-code approach) described in this article, but doesn’t discuss any of the other approaches. I got an email from […]
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Flash 8 Advanced: Another sample chapter (Video)
I just discovered that another sample chapter of my book, this time the chapter on Flash Video, has been made available by the publisher. The book is “Macromedia Flash 8 Advanced: Visual QuickPro Guide” (Peachpit Press), by Russell Chun and me. The chapter is chapter 2, “Working with Video.” It covers converting video to FLV […]
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Problem (and solution) : getURL() in a Flash projector fails in Firefox
On Windows, using getURL() or a similar approach to open an HTML page from a SWF running in the standalone Flash Player (such as a Flash projector file running on a CD-ROM) doesn’t work if the user has Firefox set as their default browser. Here we’ll take a look at what’s causing the problem and how to work around it.
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Accessing local and remote resources in a locally running SWF
A few days ago I got a question about accessing local and remote resources from a SWF running locally: I have a question. You say that in your presentation “[When they’re running locally,] SWF files are set to load local files only or remote files only — if you want to load the other type, […]
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My “Flash-back” - a glimpse at some of my earliest Flash work
I’m sure I’m not the only one doing this today, but in honor of the 10th anniversary of Flash, I’ve put up some of my early Flash work for historical and humorous observation. These are presented in roughly reverse chronological order: Camera Simulator (Flash MX - May 2002): Assignment for an academic course. It’s part […]
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Flash 8 Advanced: sample chapter on Adobe design center
In case you’re curious about scripting sound in Flash 8 ActionScript, or you just want to see a sample of a Flash book, Adobe recently posted a sample chapter (well, actually half a chapter) from my book “Macromedia Flash 8 Advanced: Visual QuickPro Guide” in their site’s design center. The chapter that was chosen (I’m […]
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Multiple AS3 classes in one file
Since you could do it in early betas of Flex 2, but can’t seem to now, some people have been wondering if it’s possible to have multiple ActionScript 3.0 classes defined in a single .as file. Here’s a look at how to do it, and why you might or might not want to.
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“YouTube” as a video format?!?
I was a little surprised by a web page which offered a video in three different formats: Windows Media, QuickTime and … YouTube? Here are a few thoughts on this, leading to the conclusion that Flash Player might be too ubiquitous for its own good.
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Slides and notes from “Flash to external data communication”
As I mentioned last week, I gave a presentation to the Indiana University Multimedia Users’ Group on the topic of “Flash and external data communication.” As promised, here are the slides, example files, and notes from that presentation. “Flash and external data communication” slides and example code (288 KB .zip) Recording of the presentation (I […]
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