TextField.onScroller().
It is an Event handler; invoked when one of the text field scroll properties changes. When the scroll properties can change? Either when the text of the text field changes or when the size of the text field is altered. It fires the onScroller event and updates the maxscroll, and maxhscroll properly when text is changed. But when we dynamically change the size (using _width, and _height) It is...
Read MoreActionScript Highlighter Version 2 Released!
Hi Everyone! I’m happy to announce the launch of Actionscipt highligther v2. I’ve fixed many of bugs in the previous version (hope I fixed all). Now this new version fully supports Actionscript 2.0 and uses CSS styles to color the keywords so you can easily change it to your favorite colors. Help me by finding the bugs and list them all in the comments. Have a look at it...
Read MoreComparing components version 1 and 2: PushButton
The purpose of showing this is two fold. One is to show difference in the properties and methods exposed by the Push Button component in V1 and V2. Second is to show case how easy and useful it is to use my ActionScript() function to see what’s inside a component. I just dragged and dropped a push button on stage and named it as “_btn” then used the following code to...
Read MoreUnicode escape notations generator.
As I mentioned already, for using Unicode characters in the FLA file the only way is to use notations. Here I have made an application which can convert the typed string into the escape sequence. Once I add some more functionality to it I will add to the services in this website, until then use the application...
Read MoreUnicode escape notations are lost while auto formating ActionScipt!
I found this bug while working on my “content management solutions for languages”, project . If you want to use unicode characters that are not supported by your system’s codepage in your actionscript with out using external ‘.as’ files, the only way is to use Unicode escape notations in the format “\uXXXX” where the 4 digits specified are the UTF...
Read MoreLinks disabled in guest book due to porno links by spammers
I lately noticed that some of the spammers started putting dummy comments with a link to a porno site in my guest book. It is very hard to track because some of the site names does not relate to s-e-x. To avoid such problems I’ve disabled showing links on my guest book.
Read MoreBi-Lingual Guest book version 2
I’ve released the second version of my Tamil & English Guestbook. Many people asked me what is so special in enabling Tamil typing using flash. It is basically a transliteration engine that works in the background to convert typed english character to their equivalent Tamil words. Say for example typing ‘King’ produces the exact Tamil word that can be read as King in...
Read MoreNow on Linux Server
Finally I changed my ISP. I had problems with my previous ISP, they often go offline for about a weeks time without notice Since I’ve shifted to Linux now all my links are case sensitive. If you find any broken link or missing swf please add a comment here I will rectify it ASAP.
Read MoreGetting Older…
Today is my Birthday! Not much of celebrations. This time my wife is with me that is the difference. As many people do, I’m also thinking of taking resolutions. I will be more focused in choosing my field. Also I will dedicate some of my time to keep this blog updated frequently.
Read MoreTeam Macromedia Volunteer!
Last year I was selected as a Team Macromedia Volunteer for Flash. But I kept quiet waiting for my profile to be featured in Macromedia site. Today my name is included in the list and my profile is also featured on the Macromedia site. Let me share the joy with you all ...
Read MoreI will be back soon!
You might have noticed the lack of posts in my blog. It is because I came to india for my sister’s marriage. Another good news is I will bring my wife when I’m back to Singapore. I missed her for about an year. (she was in India while I was in Singapore)
Read MoreNew Quickviewer Section added
After little improvement, my quick blog viewer application now available as a new section in my blog, take a look at it here. It is not yet complete as per my plan. I will keep on improving it
Read MoreQuick Blog Viewer Alpha for My Blog
Browsing my blog should be lot more easier with this. Here is the alpha version of my Quick Blog Viewer. Since the day one I’m thinking about creating a flash based easy to use interface for quick overview of my entire blog, only today I’m able to come up with something functional. I’m using this XML xml file for the data. You might have noticed that I’m always...
Read MoreCreating a Talking Application in Flash
Here I will show how to create a light weight talking application in flash. It is one of the Examples I showed in the Singapore User Group Session. Our task is fairly simple, Creating an audio file (preferably MP3) with all the words we want our application to speak. Using that audio in a movieclip as a streaming audio and placing frame labels(to another empty layer) to split the whole audio...
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Multi-platform (desktop, mobile, devices etc) and web application development consultant focusing on flash platform
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