Dump Debug Method (Like var_dump Function in PHP) and Debug Class

06/25/2008 01:59 pm in ActionScript

Although Flex Builder and Eclipse do have nice debug utilities built in, today I needed a function/method in Actionscript to display into the current application some variables’ content. So I started to implement a var_dump alike function (var_dump from PHP language). So I started and I made the Debug class that will implement the static dump [...]

Attention all RIA Book Authors

06/22/2008 02:09 pm by EverythingFlex in ActionScript 3

As some of you may know, I have been the community manager for the InsideRIA site since its launch last year. I would like to try something new for InsideRIA and that is publishing some snippets of information that is part of your book during the writting process. Think of it like “here is what [...]

Designer vs. Developer: Declaring Stage Instances

06/21/2008 04:49 am by Flex and Flash Developer - Jesse Warden dot Kizz-ohm in ActionScript

Here I am in Flash CS3, coding AS3 on the timeline with a few Document classes here and there for sanity on an insane deadline. While waiting for my source control to download (someone apparently checked in the WHOLE internet), I figured I’d blog about an interesting observation I came across this week. [...]

Difference between MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER and MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER in AS3

06/19/2008 03:36 pm by zedia flash blog in ActionScript 3

This was a question that has been in my head for a long time: what is the difference between MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER and MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER. I have been using MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER for all my rollOvers up to now without really thinking about it, but I think it would be interesting to know the difference for something so basic. If you [...]

Improved ActionScript Spell Checker Released

06/18/2008 10:59 pm by Flex RIA United in ActionScript

A while ago I wrote a post listed a more than 10 spell checker components for RIA applications. SPL is one of them. Lanny McNie just released the 1.2 version of it. Here is what McNie said: I’m happy to announce that we just released version 1.2 of our client-side, check-as-you-type, spell checking library for ActionScript [...]

How To Add New Rows To DataGrid And Scroll To Last Added Row

06/18/2008 12:50 pm in ActionScript

This will be a simple solution to be able to scroll to the last added row in a data grid. First of all I’ll explain what I mean and what I encountered when I needed to implement it. The expected behavior is after adding a new row into a data grid, it should scroll to [...]

Pistach.io Flash Pack kicks off

06/17/2008 06:42 pm by Aral Balkan in ActionScript

The Pistach.io Flash pack has officially kicked off and I want to take this opportunity to thank our first advertisers. Ads for Flash Page Flip by Design Positive are currently in rotation and ads for Electric Rain are going to be up shortly. Register your interest if you would like to advertise on the Pistach.io [...]

Complete intermediate guide for developing Flash projects using Eclipse/FDT

06/16/2008 12:19 pm by wezside in Actionscript

This is a follow up from the Complete Starter guide. You may want to read that first if you are new to Eclipse and FDT. The aim of this article is to provide some helpful insights when developing Flash websites using the Eclipse platform with the FDT plug-in. The focus will be more on the platform and how FDT offers certain features that you as an Actionscripter just can't live without. The Eclipse IDE is full of very useful built-in features. All of which is available to use. This article relies on the default shortcut keys when FDT is installed.

Driving Simulation on Google Flash Map

06/15/2008 03:05 pm by Flex RIA United in ActionScript

Katsuomi Kobayashi has developed an interesting driving simulation using Google Maps API for Flash. This is his second driving simulation, the first was simply a flash toy and a time-waster that I admit cost my previous employer some productivity. Kobayashi was trying to develop more complicated courses but found ready made courses in Google maps. Google [...]

Debugging Flex with ThunderBolt

06/14/2008 05:00 pm by Flex RIA United in ActionScript

Logging your apps can greatly speed up the debugging process. ThunderBolt AS3 is a light easy-to-use logging tool for Flex 2 or 3 and Flash ActionScript 3, using Firebug in Firefox. It is open-source, and is released with a Mozilla Public License 1.1. The tool provides an option to set various log levels: INFO, WARN, ERROR, [...]

Continuing Image With Border

06/12/2008 11:42 am in ActionScript

In the last article I explained how to create an image surrounded by border. That article is a start for fixing the issue: “image doesn’t have border style”. Now I extended even more the new ImageBorder component to be able to center it horizontally and vertically and still be well displayed. Modifications were made in updateDisplayList method [...]

Source | A banner built using FIVe3D

06/10/2008 11:47 pm by Flash Enabled Blog in Actionscript

Bartek shows this time a cool banner using the FIVe3D. He also mades available the source of the banner so you can check the code. Read and view demo or download source

ActionScript Framework + Ruby on Rails = JumpShip

06/10/2008 07:58 pm by Flex RIA United in ActionScript

InfoQ just published post about a great ActionScript framework, JumpShip. JumpShip is a Ruby on Rails inspired ActionScript 3 MVC driven RIA framework. Here at Flex RIA we are all big fun of RIA infused Ruby on Rails system. As matter of fact, the best startup we’ve written(Babble) was just like that. And now, JumpShip [...]

How To Make an Image With Border

06/10/2008 11:59 am in ActionScript

How to put border around an image? How to do that when you set only maxWidth and maxHeight? This is not an easy task. Googleing about my issue I found this, on Adobe’s LiveDocs (you must go at the end where comments are): a couple of helpful comments where Justin.Buser is, literally, drawing a rectangle [...]

How To Set Focus on UIComponent

06/06/2008 03:54 pm in ActionScript

That is a verry small isue, but some times we really need a fast answer. I try to use setFocus method for diffrent UIComponents, for most of them it’s ok, but for a button for example you can’t see focus border using only setFocus method, so the solutions is to use also drawFocus method. drawFocus method is [...]

ImageRail - Adding Click Event, Styles And HandCursor

06/05/2008 03:57 pm in ActionScript

Some time ago, in a previous article I presented you ImageRail component that displays some thumbnails with possibility to scroll to left or right. Now we will add some new features that were missing. Click Event - imageClick Styles - imageBackgroundAlpha HandCursor Click event will be triggered when there is a click on an image, more precisely, on the [...]

Sorting in DataGrid Using an Arbitrary/External Column

06/03/2008 05:05 pm in ActionScript

What I mean in the title is this: having a data grid with a column containing some priorities (like: urgent, normal, high) among other columns, you want to sort by this priority column, but you notice that is not sorted by its importance but alphabetically. To make it crystal clear follow the example bellow… Having the [...]

How To Add an Event To a Custom MXML Component using Event Meta Tag

05/30/2008 02:11 pm in ActionScript

Using events is fun in MXML components is fun and easily you can specify events using Event meta tag inside the component like this: <mx:Metadata> [Event(name="myevent", type="com.MyEvent")] </mx:Metadata> The following lines defines the myevent attribute of the component like this: <com:FramedImage x="10" y="10" myevent="handleMyEvent(event)" ... /> FramedImage component is a custom component which displays a framed image. For [...]

AS3 tour, last stop Milan

05/29/2008 08:57 pm by sephiroth.it - flash & php in actionscript 3.0

Just come back from the big Apple and discovered that Adobe as3tour, presented by Colin Moock, will be in Italy on Moday 23rd of June, and more precisely in Milan at the Atathotel Executive.

Also, this will be the last stop of the tour! So don't miss it if you live near Milan, like me!

The course teaches object-oriented programming fundamentals in
ActionScript 3.0. it is designed for Flash users with beginner to
intermediate programming skills (*NOT* advanced programmers). the target
audience should have:
     * familarity with the Flash authoring tool
     * basic knowledge of variables and functions
     * little or no experience with object oriented programming

topics covered include object-oriented programming, classes, objects,
variables, methods, packages, event handling, displaying things on
screen, and compiling and running programs.

Anyway, dont miss the beer(s) at the end of the meeting!! :)

Image Gallery Component - ImageRail

05/29/2008 11:00 am in ActionScript

In this article I'll present a new component I built: ImageRail. This MXML component will display a series of thumbnails having the possibility to scroll them horizontally. Parameters: paths: an array containing URLs to images images: an array containing image objects imagesToShow: an unsigned integer that specifies the number of images displayed at a time - deafult is [...]

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