Category Archives: ActionScript

Open Source Media Framework 1.0

Posted on 28/05/2010 by derRaab

Adobe recently released OSMF version 1.0! Again just some links: OSMF Blog – Announcing OSMF 1.0! Source ZIP Release Notes PDF ASDocs ZIP

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Flash Performance Visualizer

Posted on 26/05/2010 by derRaab

Mr.doop’s Hi-ReS! Stats is a must have for every ActionScript developer. Seems to be still no. 1! And I don’t want to search again… So here just the links: Mr.doop’s blog | Hi-ReS! Stats Mr.doop’s Stats.as @ GitHub

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Undocumented XMLUtil class in Adobe Flash CS5?

Posted on 18/05/2010 by derRaab

I tried to recompile an older Flash CS 4 project with Flash CS 5 but got this compile time error 1061: Call to a possibly undefined method reuseNodes through a reference with static type Class caused by the usage of … Continue reading →

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Aligning Flash TextField instances visually correct

Posted on 16/05/2010 by derRaab

I was looking for an easy way to align TextField instances with different font sizes visually correct. I really thought this wouldn’t take much time but it turned out to become really frustrating. So think about a simple scenario: Try … Continue reading →

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ActionScript vs. Objective C

Posted on 27/04/2010 by derRaab

If you are interested in Objective C programming this article a good start to explore: Cocoa Chronicles #1: ActionScript vs. Objective C

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FFK10 – Flashforum conference notes

Posted on 20/04/2010 by derRaab

Every year I spend two days sitting in the audience of the Flashforum conference (FFK) listening to great speakers and getting impressed by their experiments and thoughts. It’s also a good way to renew some of the basic knowledge in … Continue reading →

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Embed fonts with Adobe Flash IDE

Posted on 10/04/2010 by derRaab

Almost every Flash project needs some embedded fonts and it is a good practice to compile the fonts into a separate SWF file. So here is a simple way to create a file that contains only embedded fonts. The SWF … Continue reading →

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DisplayObject.rotationX,Y,Z

Posted on 01/02/2010 by derRaab

Just a quick note about working with DisplayObject.rotationX,Y,Z: Keep in mind that your DisplayObject rotates around it’s center point. This may result in weird optics if you forget to align your DisplayObject properly. Update: Well, there is much more to … Continue reading →

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ActionScript 3 API Reference for the iPhone

Posted on 29/01/2010 by derRaab

http://www.mikechambers.com/as3iphone/ Nice to have!

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Adobe Labs – Text Layout Framework

Posted on 14/04/2009 by derRaab

Weekly builds of text layout framework now available on Adobe labs: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/textlayout/

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