posted by Chris Black on March 1st, 2010 under Flash
Executing JavaScript in a Flash HTML TextField is both cool and a little scary. You can throw some inline JavaScript in your htmlText to dynamically specify a pop up window size when using target="_blank." This works in both ActionScript 2.0 and ActionScript 3.0.
Pop up Window Example:
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Example of Inline Java Script
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posted by Chris Black on December 27th, 2009 under Flash, Flex
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 he tried [...]
posted by Chris Black on October 11th, 2009 under Flash
Here are three Flash games each built in under 3KB and in less than 4 hours. They may not be Half Life 2 but they are entertaining! Try your luck at the racing game, platform game, and a space shooter that I like to call Little Ship vs. Space.
Wait? Doesn't everybody have loads of bandwidth? [...]
posted by Chris Black on September 8th, 2009 under Flash
A look at some press releases from January 2009. Wait... wasn't that 8 months ago? Both Intel and Broadcom both talk about releasing Flash Lite supported hardware first half of 2009. What happened?
Intel and Adobe to Extend Flash Platform to TVs
Jan 5, 2009
"Intel plans to ship the first CE3100 with support for an optimized implementation [...]
