Introducing ObjectStore.
What is ObjectStore? Object Store is a service for creating, managing and accessing objects on the server. It is a light weight alternative to keeping XML data on the server. How do we compare ObjectStore with RemoteSharedObject? ObjectStore is similar to RemoteSharedObject in terms of storing data on the server, but ObjectStore does not poll (automatically refresh) data and does not fire...
Read MoreRemoving Byte Order Mark (BOM) from the given string.
Since PHP does not recognize and ignore BOM in the loaded files, I wrote the following script to find and remove the BOM from the loaded string. 12345678function removeBOM($str=''){ if(<a href="http://www.php.net/strpos">strpos</a>($str, "»")==1)$str=<a...
Read MoreXML Shortcuts V2 approved by Macromedia.
XML Shortcuts component is tested and approved by Macromedia. Now you can download it from Macromedia Exchange
Read MoreYet another way to generate reference documents
Philter has developed a parser to parse the flash doc style comments in your actionscript. Using his parser you can generate gModeler XML. You already know that gModeler can generate reference XML. Combining this two tools we are getting complete solution for free. On behalf of all the users let me thank Philter and Grant Skinner for all their...
Read MoreNew Open Source Socket Server for Flash
If you are building multiuser applications you might be interested in Oregano Multiuser Server, which was released last week. You can download it from www.oregano-server.org. It is completely free and Open Source and has an extensive feature set (automatic synchronization of data, integrated database connectivity, serialization of ActionScript data types, clustering, etc.) and it comes ...
Read MoreActionScript based 3D Engine by Robin Kohli
Take a look at Robin Kohli’s 3D engine at his website. You can draw 3d Shapes and save them right there. He has given download for the source as well.
Read MoreBringing in Languages to Flash
Embedding fonts in flash removes the hassle of font download and installation on the viewers machine, which is of great use when we publish multilingual content on the web. What if we can develop an application in flash which enables typing in different languages using phonetic keyboard layout? Especially Indian languages and Chinese languages use external software to configure the...
Read MoreUsing CF.query with ServerSide ActionScript in JRun
Many of you already aware that CF.query method is available for ServerSide ActionScript only in Coldfusion to query a database. There is no such object available in JRun 4.0. Tom Muck created an object for JRun 4 ServerSide ActionScript that adds a CF.query() method to SSAS. He has given example of how to make use of it in his Flash Remoting Random Thoughts. Take a look at it...
Read MoreNew Public Flash Player is released
After a big round of beta testing public version is now released. Also it is the first Flash 6 Player for Linux with full support for Remoting, Video playback, and Flash Communication server. You can download the updated version here. [via:Mesh on...
Read MoreServer Side ActionScript in ColdFusion MX vs JRun
Both JRun and ColdFusion MX support Server Side ActionScript, but there is a difference. In ColdFusion there is an Object called CF with two exposed methods query and http. Using CF.query we can retrieve data from the database by executing SQL query. There is no such object in JRun. I came to know about this when I was trying to port my server side actionscript file (.asr) from ColdFusion MX...
Read MoreYet Another Action Script Highlighter
Cyberfunk (Flash-tools) has come out with his own actionscript highlighter in Perl. He calls it PASH (Perl Action Script Highlighter) and it is also available for download. You can read more on his site.
Read MoreFlash Remoting with PHP
Nik has come out with a solution for flash remoting with PHP. I haven’t got time to test it. Check it out your self at his website.
Read MoreAnother weblog from India
My friend Darshan Sawardekar (well known for his components) has come up with his blog. I can proudly say that I acted as a catalyst in this reaction ( see I’m remembering my good old chemical technology days !!!). Also take a look at his Building Flash MX Components that don’t “PRE”-LOAD! tutorial. I saw branden hall also commented about this as a must read article for...
Read MoreWere Not Here?
What happened to Were-Here Forum? I’m not able access it. If you know the reason please post it here in the comments.
Read MoreFUIComponentClass ActionScript Dictionary
FUIComponentClass is the base class of all of the Macromedia components. Understanding that will help you in building your own component. Peter Hall has compiled a dictionary for it; you can take a loot at it here [via: peterjoel blog]
Read MorePre-Alpha version of FCF Chat
Greg Burch and Mike Chambers are working on a new frame work for multiuser applications with Flash Communication Server. You can see the pre-alpha version of their chat application here [via:mesh on...
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