The Box2d Physics Engine for ActionScript from the Ground Up We'll start with the basic 2d environment (part 1) and work our way into creating dynamic polygons (part 2) with an anti-gravity effect (part 3). Here's a preview of what we will end up with: Google Maps Text Event (click and hold the mouse down [...]

Problem: Info windows in Google maps are great but how do you pick up specific text events? It is very common to have a 'learn more' or 'click here' link nested in your text fields. Without direct access to the TextField class in the InfoWindowOptions how do we pick up these events? Solution: Well, we [...]

Do you use transparent PNGs in Flash, Flex or AIR? Want to cut your application file size in half? Problem: Embedding transparent PNGs dramatically increases the size of your Flash, Flex and AIR applications. Photoshop and Fireworks dot not have any compression available for transparent PNGs (that I am aware of). Solution: Import your PNGs [...]

I bet you can't fill the canvas with paint using the bad painting algorithm below (keep an eye on the frame rate counter). Now check out your paint skills using the good paint algorithm. What's the difference? Check out the answer after the examples. Bad Paint: Alternate Page. (pretend your cursor is a paint brush, [...]