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	<description>Cutting edge development with Adobe Flex, ActionScript and AIR</description>
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		<title>Define Popup Window Size in HTML Text</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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:
// 

Example of Inline Java Script

(click on the link above [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blackcj.com/blog/2010/03/01/define-popup-window-size-in-html-text/</link>
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		<title>Cut the Drama. Flash is Here to Stay.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I really wish that Steve Jobs would quit misinforming the public. It amazes me that Apple and Adobe's childish feud is even news worthy. I've had a number of people tell me that I should start looking for a new profession because HTML5 is the future and Flash is dead (link). All of them iPhone [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blackcj.com/blog/2010/02/01/cut-the-drama-flash-is-here-to-stay/</link>
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		<title>Fix Disappearing Fonts Caused by SWC&#8217;s</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever had that feeling that something is very wrong in your project? Maybe that some paranormal force is working against you? Well, when embedded text starts disappearing after adding a SWC to a project, that's the feeling I used to get.
Problem:
Let me start by saying SWC's are great. I've been using them more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blackcj.com/blog/2010/01/03/resolve-swc-font-conflicts/</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Forget to Update Your Adobe Products</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blackcj.com/blog/2009/12/27/dont-forget-to-update-your-adobe-products/</link>
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		<title>Base64 Encoding BitmapData</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#40;bitmap.bitmapData&#41;;


&#160; &#160; 


// Decode


var bd:BitmapData = BitmapEncoder.decodeBase64&#40;encoded&#41;; 






Advantages:
Keep [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blackcj.com/blog/2009/12/22/base64-encoding-bitmapdata/</link>
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		<title>Adding Server Side Captcha to Flash Forms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Problem:
Flash forms are very vulnerable to attacks.  Spiders may not be able to easily iterate through your Flash content but they can sure spam your form submission URL.  How can you be sure your form was submitted through Flash?  
Definition:
A CAPTCHA or Captcha is a type of challenge-response test used in computing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blackcj.com/blog/2009/11/23/adding-server-side-captcha-to-flash-forms/</link>
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		<title>Build a Flash Game in Under 3KB</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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? [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blackcj.com/blog/2009/10/11/build-a-flash-game-in-under-kb/</link>
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		<title>Best of Flash on the Beach &#8216;09</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in the U.S. and recovered from jet lag, I've compiled a list of the best sessions, restaurants, beer and more from FOTB09. Plenty of reasons to go back again next year! 
Best Session:
Carlos Ulloa - Hello Enjoy. Carlos, the creator of PV3D, demoed three amazing projects. He even gave some insight as to how [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blackcj.com/blog/2009/10/01/best-of-flash-on-the-beach-09/</link>
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		<title>Flash Your TV: the suspense is killing me</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blackcj.com/blog/2009/09/08/flash-your-tv-the-suspense-is-killing-me/</link>
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		<title>Box2D Part 3: Anti-Gravity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Can you get the objects to float in space using your mouse?  This is the conclusion to the three part series on using the Box2D Physics engine with ActionScript.
Box2D Anti-Gravity Example:

var flashvars = {}; var params = { bgcolor: "ffffff" }; swfobject.embedSWF("http://www.blackcj.com/blog/wp-content/swfs/Box2DQuickStart/Box2DQuickStart.swf", "Box2DQuickStart", "440", "340", "9.0.0", "flash/expressInstall.swf", flashvars, params);


Box2D Anti-Gravity Example

(click and hold the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blackcj.com/blog/2009/08/17/box2d-part-3-anti-gravity/</link>
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