How to load xml into flash using actionscript 2
Loading external XML data into Flash was a common pattern for building dynamic content like menus, galleries, or config-driven layouts. The …
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TypeError: node is null message=node is null
The following error message occurs in Firefox 3 when using Firebug.
TypeError: node is null message=node is null
The error can be tracked back to …
Cant start your browser?
Can’t start your browser? Try checking if any torrent apps are running. Close them and retry.
This was a surprisingly common issue back in the …
Read Article →How to Temporarily Edit the Text of Any Website
Have you ever wanted to temporarily edit a webpage displayed in Chrome or another browser?
How it works
Let’s take a look at the Google homepage …
Read Article →PHP __autoload function
When PHP encounters a class that hasn’t been defined yet, you can use __autoload to automatically add them instead of including masses of …
Read Article →IE6 on Vista?
I find myself constantly fighting the microsoft battle of making things work in their browsers (thanks guys).
On one of my machines I have Vista …
Read Article →Guillotine-Bug? Bug
Yes, it’s called a Guillotine-Bug and it’s yet another bug IE users get to look forward too 😛
So how does it work?
Basically, the …
Sending data from javascript to php
If you ever find yourself needing to do some ajax and in turn sending strings of characters via javascript then you should really try …
Read Article →What is Eb in firebug?
Gmail produces the following error/warning in firebug.
Eb is not defined
function …Add TinyMCE code button
I had quite a few problems adding the htmlCode button to a fairly old copy of TinyMCE (I think around version 2.x).
All is resolved now and this is …
Read Article →Runtime Error! (abnormal program termination) maya.exe
The Problem
When starting Maya 8.5, you get an immediate error message and program termination:
Runtime Error!
Program C:\Program …
Read Article →Need more than hover?
I had a hover effect on an html input element but also needed to have an active state.
The css was like this for the inputs in mention: …
Getting an internet connection under VirtualPC running Windows XP and Internet Explorer 7
Getting an internet connection under VirtualPC running Windows XP and Internet Explorer 7
Open the ‘settings’ of the virtual machine and select …
Read Article →Uppercase text in Actionscript
Need to convert text to uppercase in ActionScript? The toUpperCase() method on the String class does exactly that. This works in both ActionScript 2 …
Firefox too slow?
Is your Firefox starting to get realllllllly slow?
Every few months my Firefox starts dragging, so all I do is create a new profile and reimport all …
Read Article →Uppercase the first character of each word in a string using PHP
You can use ucwords() to uppercase the first character of each word in a string. This is handy for formatting names, titles, or any user input that …
Actionscript 3 equivalent of PHP's print_r
If you’re coming from PHP and miss having print_r for dumping objects and arrays while debugging, ActionScript 3 doesn’t have a built-in …
Global variables and functions in Actionscript 2
In order to reuse a variable from a different timeline within the same fla file you will need to register the inital variable or function as a …
Read Article →Actionscript conflicting class name
I had a problem today where I got a flash source file from one of my developers’ and I couldnt compile it because it said that there was a …
Read Article →expecting T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM
What the hey? What does this mean?
You may one day end up seeing the following error message produced by PHP and wonder to yourself:
PHP Parse error: …
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