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 [...]
Define Popup Window Size in HTML Text
posted by Chris Black on March 1st, 2010 under Flash
YouTube in AIR
posted by Chris Black on October 14th, 2008 under AIR, ActionScript
The YouTube video player is currently written in ActionScript 2.0 and integrating it into an AIR application requires a few additional steps. There are many solutions available that reverse engineer the URL to get access to the source video FLV, however, this breaks the terms of service and is not officially supported by YouTube or [...]
