How to add duration info to a FLV file with the flvtool2 command

Very useful. Sometimes some flv conversion tools don’t include info that is vital for playback. In this case, the seekbar wouldn’t show up in the player until after playback finished. I’ll be testing to see if this resolves it but either way, this is good to know. The first hint was this post stating that [...]

Pure AS3 preloader

Well I wasn’t making a game but I just went through what the author describes: finishing up the app, gotta set up the preloader. I did a manual version of this but I like this idea. However I am not using FlashDevelop. I am in the Flash IDE for compiling. I have thought of [...]

List all symbols and their linkages in a Flash file

I am just wondering out loud… is this possible? Is there a way to list all the symbols in a Flash file and the classes linkages defined for them? Ah, perhaps better still, if the symbols are the same name as the class they are to link to, scan all the symbols and scan all [...]

Howto: Flexbuilder 3 to debug Flash CS3 projects?!

I have to say… if you EVER have to code in AS3 for Flash, using Flexbuilder is just downright awesome. Code completion (that ignore case unlike the Flash IDE), refactoring support, all kinds of goodness in general. Man… even things like searching for references to a particular function throughout the code base of the project. [...]

Flash Javascript combo upload script…

Pretty cool. Just making a note of it.
SWFUpload News | SWFUpload
SWFUpload is a small JavaScript/Flash library to get the best of both worlds. It features the great upload capabilities of Flash and the accessibility and ease of HTML/CSS. See it in action….
* Upload multiple files at once by ctrl/shift-selecting [...]

Yahoo maps released an AS3 version!

There once was an app that wanted a map, but alas there was no map for the app. The app was content to use AS2, but it was too slow, too slow it was. Then there was a hack, of modest maps. It was not quite released for use but it was there nonetheless so [...]

SpringWidgets : Developers

‘nuf said. But it looks like it’s more for eye candy than fully functional widgets. I’m not sure if hitting APIs and linking to other sites is something that would be allowed…. And this is run by Fox Interactive Media.
SpringWidgets : Developers:

Do you have the next coolest thing to hit the desktop? Enlighten us. More [...]

Widget Analytics and Marketing with Widgets

Widgets and analytics, as well as examples of successful widgets…
Widget Analytics and Marketing with Widgets:

Online Marketing Blog has an interview with Lawrence Coburnon Marketing with Widgets and Widget Analytics - it’s interesting to read for a two reasons: A. Widget Analytics B. Examples of Successful Widgets.

Object-Oriented Actionscript for Flash 8 overflows with knowledge (Part 2) Zeus Labs

Interesting review with pointers to things like the need for a super-flexible framework for Flash projects with ultra-short deadlines, and perhaps the model-glue framework I posted earlier.
Object-Oriented Actionscript for Flash 8 overflows with knowledge (Part 2) Zeus Labs:

If you’re looking for the ultimate book on Actionscript 2 programming, Object-Oriented Actionscript for Flash 8 should be [...]

Open Source Flash - zeroi

Hey this could be very useful indeed. Oh very cool. Next time ’round though. But soon!
Open Source Flash - zeroi:

The main idea of Zeroi is to be able to use any logging system (like SOS, XRay, Luminic Box, … in your MTASC project, without having to change the code of your app. In fact your [...]

digitalflipbook: Penner AS2 ProFMX: Complete!!!

Have you seen it yet? Very cool stuff. Get on over there and get the code, and buy the book, too! Well… I haven’t bought it yet because, well hey I just found out about it! Very nice indeed.
digitalflipbook: Penner AS2 ProFMX: Complete!!!:

It has taken me exactly 73 days (in my spare time) to complete [...]

Top 6 Flash Development Tools

Cool site in general but this article is good for reference. I knew most of them except the SWF Object add ons.
Top 6 Flash Development Tools

New Physics and 3D API’s (almost)

Good informative blog on some of the happenings in the Flash world including Fuse, HaXe, and even hot to do Guerrilla ASP.NET Development on the Mac. Welcome to Freesome. Plus it’s running on Drupal.
New Physics and 3D API’s (almost)

FlashDen - Download Stock Flash, Audio, Video and Pixel Fonts for as little as 50 Cents

The iStockPhoto of Flash?
FlashDen - Download Stock Flash, Audio, Video and Pixel Fonts for as little as 50 Cents

Person13 - Books, CD-ROMs, etc.

Good refresher articles… and in multiple languages, too! Of note is the primer for those coming from AS 1.0 to AS 2.0. Also some info on making components.
Person13 - Actionscript Primer

ActionScript 2.0 Primer

Library.py 0.1: XML generation script for swfmill at Dynamic Flash

Just had a reason to use swftools today and was looking around for a way of combining items with a swf file (before trying swfcombine) and found this. I haven’t used swfmill much but… wow…
Library.py 0.1: XML generation script for swfmill at Dynamic Flash:

I?ve created a Python script that will output ?simple? swfmill XML, allowing [...]

Flash Forever - BitmapCache

This does in fact seem to solve the dreaded “always reloading” image flash of the cell renderer. Bravo!
Flash Forever - BitmapCache:

A normal typical quick implementation of a CellRenderer that loads its associated image in it’s instance is illustrated on the left. On the right is an example of an implementation using the BitmapCache. Since the [...]

Accessibility: In search of… a perfect plugin technique

Again with the Flash embedding… some references
Accessibility: In search of… a perfect plugin technique:

Bob and I frequently field questions and read posts on lists related to the ?right? way to include Flash content in a web page. Several developers have made efforts to find a technique to do so that doesn’t break page validation, including [...]

How to correctly insert a Flash into XHTML ?La Trine

Always looking for a way to embed Flash without causing trouble… Not always easy. This is interesting because it doesn’t require Javascript, validates, and allows for alternate content.
How to correctly insert a Flash into XHTML - La Trine:

Final Solution The complete code will then look like this (example + validator):
<!–[if !IE]> –><object type=”application/x-shockwave-flash”data=”movie.swf” width=”300″ height=”135″><!– [...]

ae.hugeobject.com ?ASForms

Whoa… talk about lightweight!
ae.hugeobject.com ?ASForms:

ASForms are lightweight and snappy Flash forms (components). They are designed for people who don?t need a full component framework, but rather need quick and easy flash forms they can drop into an application without too much trouble or size increase. Forms included so far are: Radio buttons, checkboxes, text input, [...]

ae.hugeobject.com Blog Archive Open Source Flash RIA development - case study

There is more in the original post which is an interesting read. Next is to check out some of the lighter skinnable components mentioned…
ae.hugeobject.com ?Blog Archive ?Open Source Flash RIA development - case study:

After swapping to an open Source flash solution for a RIA, the following advantages were achieved:

saved over 110 working hours in compile [...]

Flash Actionscript String Replace Theo’s Blog

Flash Actionscript String Replace ?Theo?s Blog:

Actionscript 2.0 has serious shortcomings with regard to String functions. Luckily I?ve not been the only-one frustrated by this, and lot?s of people have already done lot?s of work to overcome Macromedia?s shortcomings. Earlier I found this String Functions Macromedia forgot, and posted about how I made it in to [...]

Experience with ActionScript 2.0 Theo’s Blog

A useful class for extra string functions in AS 2.0.
Experience with ActionScript 2.0 ?Theo?s Blog:

However there are a few problems I had with ActionScript. For example I find the lack of support for basic String operation shocking. I had to put a simple String Toolkit together for my usage. It?s build from piece of code [...]

Useful Utilities..cookies, key combination,etc - ActionScript.org Forums

A useful set of classes and ideas for AS2 development by Michael at Creatage
Useful Utilities..cookies, key combination,etc - ActionScript.org Forums:

I am in the process of putting together a Dev Kit of some classes that I use, and I’m working on classes that I will be using in the near future. I can’t distribute source code [...]

Undo/Redo Architecture - ActionScript.org Forums

Implementing undo/redo in an app. This could be done with an MVC-Command pattern as well. I haven’t dug into the code to see if this is similar to that. Interesting nonetheless.
Undo/Redo Architecture - ActionScript.org Forums:

Anyway… this is going to be for you advanced users, I put together an architecture for state/history managament in an application. [...]