1180: Call to a possibly undefined method getURL. Actionscript 3
Hello all actionscripters — you can’t use getURL anymore in ActionScript 3. It was removed in the move from AS2 to AS3.
Below is how you should …
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In-depth guides, insights, and best practices for modern software engineering
Online Flash IDE Anybody?
Anyone up for an online Flash IDE?
Take a look at this:
http://antimatter15.com/ajaxanimator/build/
Nice work!
This was Ajax Animator — an ambitious …
Read Article →Papervision Event Listener Idea
The problem:
While working on a Papervision3D Flash Project I had a problem where a back button that sits above the 3d canvas and acts as a main …
Don’t cache my swf files!
I often have issues where ‘dumb browsers’ cache my published swf files and when they dynamically populate they don’t always update.
This …
Read Article →Clear an array in Actionscript 3
I personally really like this way of clearing an array’s elements in ActionScript 3.
Declare your array to use:
var myArray:Array = new Array(); …Change combobox font size in Flash Actionscript
Ever needed to change the font size of a standard Flash ComboBox component? The default size is often too small, especially if your Flash app is …
Read Article →Wordwrap that PRE!
Ever used a <PRE> in a limited width div container? You will notice that the line gets cut off almost as if word-wrap was not enabled.
To …
Read Article →Barclays ePDQ Payment Gateway
Hello all!
Today we will be talking about Barclays online payment gateway valled ePDQ.
You can take a look at what they have got to say by clicking …
BrainWHAT? programming language
I came across a programming language today that I have never heard of — Brainfuck.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainfuck
It’s an esoteric …
Read Article →Transparent swf in html
So you have now placed a swf file into your html page and you want to be able to see through it.
Lucky for you, this is a very easy thing to do!
The …
Read Article →Constant updates?
I just hate it how everything always wants to update… and then restart all the damn time!
First things first:
This pops up telling me it’s doing …
Read Article →Share the mouse and keyboard!
A very interesting project I found this morning — Synergy lets you share a single mouse and keyboard across multiple computers over the network.
If …
Read Article →What is CWS>+?
So what the heck kind of file starts with the characters “CWS>+” ?
That would be a Flash SWF file!
If you’ve ever opened a binary …
Read Article →Papervision error 1046
Error: “1046: Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant: InteractiveScene3DEvent.”
I got this this morning when I opened up a …
Read Article →How to Save a Dreamweaver document as UTF8!
Today I tried to save arabic text inside a javascript file and on saving encountered a dialog box asking me to first convert the document to UTF8.
Why …
Read Article →16000 Limit!
Today I discovered that Flash truly has a limit!
htaccess ErrorDocument
Create a file called .htaccess in the root of your public_html/htdocs of your domain.
This is useful when you want to handle error pages gracefully …
Read Article →How to correctly form HTML
Here’s a basic XHTML 1.0 Strict template showing the correct document structure. Getting this right matters because browsers switch to quirks …
Read Article →Trying to get variables into flash from the browser!
Ever wondered how to get variables from an html page to a flash element?
Well, it’s quite easy using the following actionscript 2 example:
I use …
Read Article →Flash Tweening
tween is an actionscript class and can be used after importing the core files. If you’re working with Flash animations and need smooth …
Read Article →Cube Desktop on Ubuntu
Alright, so I run Ubuntu 7.10 and use the Desktop Effects via compviz, anyhow, I could get the 2d workspace but really wanted the 3d cube, even if I …
Read Article →Animate with Actionscript [part1]
// Created by Andrew Odendaal
//
// :: DESCRIPTION ::
// Animate a ball moving to the top
// of the screen/stage and back again
//
// :: HOW TO USE :: …Kill Adobe Updater
So adobe updater keeps doing updates eventhough you’ve said ‘NEVER DO IT AGAIN!!!’.
The fix is to physically remove the dir with the info …
Apache Cannot be Run. Another web server is using the web port or port is blocked by firewall.
Tried to start EasyPHP: “Apache Cannot be Run. Another web server is using the web port or port is blocked by firewall.”
I was running …
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