Category Archives: Flash

Flash 10 3D vs. "The Old Fashioned Way"

Posted on November 8, 2008 by keith

I’ve done tons of 3D in ActionScript over the years. I wrote 3 chapters about 3D in Making Things Move. I could code that kind of simple 3D in my sleep. When I say 3D, I’m not talking about the … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript, Flash | 17 Comments

Why do they call it Vector?

Posted on November 4, 2008 by keith

AS3 has a new type known as Vector, which is essentially a typed array. So you can say: var myList:Vector.< Point > = new Vector.< Point >(); Now myList functions almost exactly like an array – has most of the … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript, Flash | 15 Comments

What I DON'T like about Flash CS4

Posted on November 4, 2008 by keith

Just to give equal air time to my apparently scandalous post proclaiming how much I liked Flash CS4, let me say that it is not perfect and there are some things that bug me about it. Still, overall, an awesome … Continue reading →

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Mathographic Eggs

Posted on November 4, 2008 by keith

Lee Brimelow mentioned recently that he had picked up this book while in Singapore. It looked pretty interesting, so I grabbed it off Amazon, and it does have some cool concepts in there. For me, it seems just about the … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript, Flash | 1 Comment

Making Things Move on Safari

Posted on November 3, 2008 by keith

Dominick just pointed this out: http://safari.oreilly.com/9781590597910

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ASExpander updates

Posted on November 3, 2008 by keith

Having too much fun with this. * Changes: * 1.1 Started using actionsPanel.getText, setText. And setSelection for cursor position. * 1.1.1 Fixed a typo in enterFrame * 1.1.2 Not correctly finding end of file if no cursor specified. So specified … Continue reading →

Posted in Extensibility, Flash | 12 Comments

ASExpander 1.1

Posted on November 2, 2008 by keith

In the comments of my last post, James Thompson kindly pointed out that fl.actionsPanel has getText() and setText() methods, not to mention setSelection(). Thanks James! With this, I was able to get cursor positioning in there. Just put “&cursor” anywhere … Continue reading →

Posted in Extensibility, Flash | 18 Comments

ASExpander : making AS3 in CS3/4 easier

Posted on November 2, 2008 by keith

[Note: I just released version 1.1 of ASExpander. http://www.bit-101.com/blog/?p=1627 . This post is still worth reading for background and usage, but check out the other one for the latest version.] There’s been a lot of talk about AS3 being “hard“. … Continue reading →

Posted in Extensibility, Flash | 14 Comments

Spinny Draw

Posted on October 31, 2008 by keith

Inspired (for the second time) by James Paterson showing off Amit Pitaru’s stuff at Flash on the Beach last month, I did this on the train to work this morning (yeah, I’m braggin’): Actually, that’s just a screenshot of something … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash | 18 Comments

SWFUpload patch for WordPress!

Posted on October 29, 2008 by keith

Here: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/177127#post-886724 you will find a download called swfupload_patch.zip. Replace the files in your WP 2.6.3 installation with the files in this zip and the Flash uploader is remarkably restored to your WP installation. See below: Admittedly, the button looks … Continue reading →

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