Monthly Archives: June 2005

Parent SWF Security Sandbox & Zinc

Posted on June 29, 2005 by admin

First off, wanted to report the sad news my blower’s dead; wrong mixture of gas & oil, piston’s busted or something. Anyway, deploying a project yesterday and doing the unthinkable, loadMovie. A parent SWF loads a child SWF after a … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash | 4 Comments

Post AJUG: AJAX & ThinkCAP

Posted on June 21, 2005 by admin

The Atlanta Java Users’ Group meeting tonight was about AJAX. Takeaways: Back button becomes Cancel Submit button becomes Save Tons of open source frameworks to bridge to the backend Code does not need to exist on the client beyond connection … Continue reading →

Posted in Web Design | 3 Comments

You, or Someone You Know Can Fix the Machines of the Future

Posted on June 20, 2005 by admin

I’m convinced I’ll have a job in technology till the day I die. At the rate things are going, maybe it won’t be coding, but I’ll bet my last dollar it’s in maintenance. I spent, oh, 20 minutes at lunch … Continue reading →

Posted in Technology | 4 Comments

No Complete Event for Internal Content

Posted on June 20, 2005 by admin

Both Flash & Flex have a Loader component to load content into. It’s nice in Flash because it abstracts sizing & loading code. It’s even cooler in Flex because you can bind to contentPath. However, if the content you are … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash, Flex | 2 Comments

Flex Chronicles #12: External Text Files for String Variables

Posted on June 20, 2005 by admin

Typically, if you want external content in Flash, you link to an external text file, and load it into a text field like so: lv = new LoadVars(); lv.owner = this; lv.onData = function(str) { this.owner.my_txt.text = str; }; lv.load(“yourTextFile.txt”); … Continue reading →

Posted in Flex | 3 Comments