Is Flash CS4 crashing when you try to open an FLA? Are you pulling out your hair wondering why Flex 3 doesn’t auto complete BitmapData? Adobe Updater may be the answer. Flash CS4 10.0.2 One of my co-workers called me over to troubleshoot when a folder full of FLAs were crashing Flash CS4 every time [...]

Turn your BitmapData into a string and back! Great for storing images in XML, Databases, or transmitting them over a network. This post will cover Bitmap Encoding, PNG Encoding and JPG Encoding along with the pros and cons for each. Bitmap Encoding - (link) PLAIN TEXT Actionscript: // Encode var encoded:String = BitmapEncoder.encodeBase64(bitmap.bitmapData);     [...]