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Flash (or Silverlight) on the iPhone

I'm interested in developing applications on the iPhone and being a .NET & ActionScript developer I'm a bit scared from the learning curve of Objective-C Cocoa Touch programming. I know that Adobe has Flash player ready for iPhone and I think that Apple doesn't want it just for political reason. Is there any easy alternative to build a...

diagonal movement in a flash animation using as3

i am trying to produce clouds effect in my flash animation using as3 i am able to generate clouds through action script but the real problem is how to make them be generated at one end of the screen and travel diagonally to the other end... any thoughts? ...

Flex famous 2048 security violation error, cross domain.

Hi, I thought 2048 security violation error were mean to happen when trying to access other domains. I got: "Security sandbox violation: http://127.0.0.1/site_media/main.swf cannot load data from 127.0.0.1:80", isn it the same domain? what is the solution ? on doing var loader:MultipartLoader = new MultipartLoader("http://127.0.0.1...

Error in Flash addition

Make a new AS3 Document in Flash, paste in the following code and run it: var a:Number=0; trace(a) // 0 a+=0.3; trace(a) // 0.3 a+=0.3; trace(a) // 0.6 a+=0.3; trace(a) // 0.8999999999999999 a+=0.3; trace(a) // 1.2 a+=0.3; trace(a) // 1.5 a+=0.3; trace(a) // 1.8 a+=0.3; trace(a) // 2.1 a+=0.3; // ^ This is th...

How do you handle Rail's flash with Ajax requests?

I'm pretty happy with the solution that I came up with. Basically, I have a helper method that reloads the flash inline, and then I have an after_filter that clear out the flash if the request is xhr. Does anyone have a simpler solution than that? ...

(How) Can you implement snail HTTP (comet/long lived connections) in Flash ?

I am very interested in streaming data for web-applications. I have tried out some javascript libraries, but the hacks and browser-incompatibilities drive me crazy ! HTML5 will hopefully standardize streaming data, but until then, hopefully I can resort to Flash to make this work in all browsers. Unfortunately, I'm not very familiar with...

Syntax Highlighting library in ActionScript

I let user enter some code in my Flex3 (Flash 10) app and I want to do syntax highlighting. Is there any open-source library that would help me? I'll need a Lua syntax support, but I can add it myself if library has a resonable interface to do this. ...

T-Shirt flash designer.

Anybody know what flash component is this site using : http://www.comboutique.asia/shop/design_your_own_t_shirt.html? It looks neat and feature rich. I've tried http://www.harboarts.com/shirtdesigner/ but it doesn't really nice compared to the above. Thank you. ...

Compile swf at runtime via C#?

Hi - I'd like to know if it's possible to compile an .swf file at runtime via C# (would be called via a Flex Application). I've read some articles about using fsch.exe, but nothing that gave any concrete examples. I'm fairly certain this is possible, so a secondary question is whether it's feasible on a medium scale. I'd like to allow u...

Web-based Game Development: Flex Builder or Flash CS3?

I'm researching game development in Flash and Flex. I've downloaded the Flex Builder trial and have worked with older versions of Flash. I see that generally, Flex Builder is a developer's tool, and Flash is a designer's tool. It's not clear to me whether one is better suited to game development than the other, or if it's necessary to...

How do I pass a dynamic url from xml into an onClick Mouse Event in ActionScript 3?

Im loading the xml in, and Im able to read the xml nodes into text fields in my flash. It is also loading the url, but the last one from the loop. Its not loading the one that I click on. I tried using event.target, but that is not working. Im pretty close to figuring it out, Im just not sure where to look. Any help would be greatly appr...

Are there any pre-written component-like Silverlight web widgets like there are for Flash?

Are there any pre-written component-like Silverlight web widgets like there are for Flash? Flash examples: XSPF Web Music Player WordPress Audio Player FLAMPlayer Aflax Clarification: I don't mean controls to use in your IDE to write something custom. See ALTNET Podcast I think they use the WordPress Audio Player. ...

Accessing the Document class in AS3

How can instantiated classes access the Document class? Even after I name the Document class using the Properties bar in Flash, attempting to access it from other classes usually fails, saying "attempting to access an undefined property... One solution is always casting the Document class to itself! eg. Main(Main).globalMethod(); Bu...

Are there any free tools to create SWF / Flash animations?

Are there any competitor tools like Flash for creating SWF animations? My 8 year old son wants to learn 2D animation but I doubt his anticipated attention span warrants buying Flash. ...

Can Flash Remoting run through a http (Squid) proxy server

I have a network were would like like to deliver data using the Flash Remoting data format over http. We have Squid working as a reverse proxy/accelerator, are there any known problems running this traffic through Squid. We would configure that particular URL to not be cached. Mike. ...

Should i write my own flash-server in Erlang or use Red5?

I'm a student about to start my exam project, where I will be responsible for the server implementation of an online game targeting the flash player. I have a hard time to decide wether i should write my own lightweight server in Erlang or use the open source Red5. My experience is that java-developers tend to overcomplexify things mak...

remove the right click menu in flash 9

Is it possible, using actionscript 3 to disable the right click menu? Any help greatly appreciated! ...

Flash for business web applications - why not?

I'm in the trade of developing business web applications. They are mostly internal-use, sometimes with a partner zone, but rarely available to the public internet. They are applications that help companies run their business. For some time now I have an idea bugging me - why not use Flash for them? Up to now it's been ASP.NET + AJAX, wh...

Profiling existing flash files

I'm trying to do some research on flash objects in browsers. For example memory usage etc. With Adobe Flex Builder 3 im trying to do some profiling on swf files but the problem is that I can only do this on debug swfs. Almost all adds/games/video are release version. Is there a way to some testing on those? ...

Web XML Editor - with XML syntax highlighting

I am trying to find a web-based XML Editor with at least syntax highlighting. Something simple in Javascript or Flash would be nice. The more lightweight, the better it would be. ...