tips Archive
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Adobe AIR mobile performance tip when using Flex
Posted on October 18, 2011 | 6 CommentsNote: the following is mostly supposition but seems to help. In Flex for web or desktop development we all make heavy use of the creationComplete event to initiate all sorts... -
A few notes on using the Flex framework caching
Posted on November 4, 2008 | 1 CommentI finally got around to using Flex framework caching on all my apps. Here’s a few little snags I ran across: Don’t assume it works everywhere Suppose you set up... -
Click here to crash your browser
Posted on April 1, 2008 | 4 CommentsWhile writing the code for the previous post I ran into a problem: my browser kept crashing when I’d publish my Flex project. All that was happening was that a... -
Issues with embeding fonts for Buttons in Flex
Posted on April 1, 2008 | 15 CommentsSometimes I feel that I suffer so that the rest of you don’t have to. When I run across one of those maddening, “but this should work” issues I always... -
Getting Booleans from E4X
Posted on March 13, 2008 | 7 CommentsI got stuck on a problem the other day using E4X. I was simply trying to get a Boolean value out of an attribute. It seemed to me that I... -
Things that equal false
Posted on November 9, 2007 | 2 CommentsSo I’m writing this Flex widget/app/thingy that will let people vote for things on my site. I need to test that the user has selected one of the radio buttons... -
Practical jokes to play on Flash designers (part 2) – randomize TextFields
Posted on July 6, 2007 | No CommentsIn version 1 of the practical jokes to play on Flash designers I showed how to write a recursive function that bumps all the MovieClips on the stage at authoring... -
Practical jokes to play on Flash designers – randomize _x, _y position
Posted on July 5, 2007 | 4 CommentsYou know how designers are so particular about placing assets just right? Have you seen them zoom in on the stage, select a MovieClip, and start changing it’s position by... -
Dynamically changing text in a Static TextField
Posted on February 1, 2007 | 6 CommentsI always thought that you couldn’t change the text value for a static TextField at runtime. I was wrong, again. You probably know that any object on the stage that... -
Tips and Hints for variable scope in Actionscript
Posted on December 31, 2006 | 12 CommentsThis tutorial is meant for Flash developers who are just starting to get a handle on scope. What follows is the simplified version. Also, this isn’t about how code on...
