Enter, Backspace and Delete Keys fail when using Listeners for Textbox

‘ve noticed it many times. When we use listeners for Textbox or while using onChanged event some times it fails to render backspace, delete and enter keys unless we have a selection. Removing the Listener reverts back to normal. Did anybody had the same problem...

Now 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...

Tamil in a Flash – Sample guest book in Tamil and English

As I promised in my previous post I’ve developed a sample application. Today is Tamil New Year so I thought it is the right day to launch this tool. Even though it is not fully optimized, it is functional to demonstrate the concept. This is a simple guest book...

Bringing 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...

MX: MovieClip-swapClip.

When we need to replace a movie clip on stage with another with a Linkage ID the following code will be useful. [cc lang=”actionscript3″] MovieClip.prototype.swapClip = function(idName) { var obj = { _x:this._x, _y:this._y, _xscale:this._xscale,...

Getting 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...

Correction to Object.toAS() version 2!

Ampre’s code has a bug in handling Array of strings (refer to my previous post). Since he is just enclosing the result of original Array.toString() with square backets it returns [a,b,10] when it is supposed to return [‘a’, ‘b’ ,10]. Just...

Team 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...

Better Object-toAS() Code

As you all already know my Object.toAS() code does fail with circular references. Ampre has replied with the following code in prototype, which is sleeker and also can addresses the circular reference issue to some extent. Here is that code [UPDATE] included the...

I 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...