Monthly Archives: March 2004

What Flex Means to Flash Developers

Posted on March 29, 2004 by JesterXL

Homeskillet contacted me this afternoon to write an article for the MX Developer’s Journal about what Flex means to Flash developers. He probably sensed the need for it sooner rather than later, so posted some of his original thoughts we … Continue reading →

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Flex is Cool Looking!

Posted on March 29, 2004 by JesterXL

Rather than investigate Flex today, I instead read about the Flash & ColdFusion community?s reaction to Flex? release. Read on…

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Things NOT to do when building a Central Application

Posted on March 29, 2004 by JesterXL

If you think these are a given, then good for you. – do not hardcode URL’s in any of your components; utilize a _global variable scoped to your Central’s application, like _global.com.yourapp.BASE_URL – try to confirm the URL you are … Continue reading →

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iMac’s are at Schlotzsky’s Deli

Posted on March 27, 2004 by JesterXL

Just got back from lunch break from class. Dude, behind the drink stand at Schlotzsky’s, there are 3 iMac’s, the ones with the half-ball and the pivot flat screen! There were a ton of small games on it, mainly for … Continue reading →

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How to Pause a Flash Movie

Posted on March 26, 2004 by JesterXL

If only you could customize the modal dialogue, hehe! Works with animations as well as code. Since it’s modal, it’ll also prevent your users from interacting with the Flash movie itself. function pause() { var my_pj:PrintJob = new PrintJob(); my_pj.start(); … Continue reading →

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