Category Archives: Flash

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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Pixel Bender in Flash Player is not hardware accelerated

Posted on 04/05/2009 by derRaab

I just came across this little note http://theflashblog.com/?p=822 and thought that might help to get some clarification.

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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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Create Custom Flex Components with Flash

Posted on 09/04/2009 by derRaab

I found a Adobe TV Video which contains basic knowledge how to create custom Flex components with Flash CS3:

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No flash events after PrintJob.start()

Posted on 06/11/2008 by derRaab

While developing the print functionality within a framework I got stuck on the behaviour of the Flash Player print implementation. I couldn’t solve the following steps: Start the PrintJob and display the print dialog Procceed the following tasks for every … Continue reading →

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Export multiple .fla files using .jsfl

Posted on 08/10/2008 by derRaab

Another very basic information. I had to export multiple .fla files so I wrote my first .jsfl file: // Binary Directory path (file:// syntax) var binDir = "file:///Users/…/swf/"; // Source Directory path (file:// syntax) var srcDir = "file:///Users/…/fla/"; // .fla … Continue reading →

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Adobe AIR flash.filesystem.File methods throw Error 2037 when no nativePath is set

Posted on 17/07/2008 by derRaab

While developing an Flex based AIR Application I figured out an issue with the flash.filesystem.File class. I tried to access properties like exists, nativePath etc. before a nativePath was set using a browse method. So the while debugging the following … Continue reading →

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Select and access local SWF files within an AIR application

Posted on 17/06/2008 by derRaab

Well, it took me a little time to figure out how to select and load a local SWF file into an SWFLoader instance. Several times I got this error message: SecurityError: Error #3015: Loader.loadBytes() is not permitted to load content … Continue reading →

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Grant Skinners 50 reasons why AS 3 kicks ass

Posted on 31/05/2008 by derRaab

I found great slides on Grant Skinners blog. They give a quick introduction in AS 3 and it’s core benefits! 50 reasons why AS 3 kicks ass (Grant Skinner) Also a must read for developers! Update: And he also added … Continue reading →

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