Monthly Archives: September 2007

No exclude.xml in Flash CS3 for AS3: Solution via Bridge Pattern

Posted on September 25, 2007 by admin

Exclude.xml, functionality in Flash 8 and MX 2004 that allowed you to exclude ActionScript 2 classes compiled into your SWF, does not work in Flash CS3 for ActionScript 3. A similar function is available in Flex 2 via the load-externs … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash | 17 Comments

How to Show Regular Time in Google Spreadsheets

Posted on September 18, 2007 by admin

I cannot read military time. I can read regular time. Google Spreadsheets at the time of this writing only supports formatting for military time. After digging around, I found this formula works: =TEXT ( theCell, “hh:mm a”) You can then … Continue reading →

Posted in Google Docs | 1 Comment

Flex GUI WYSIWYG Creator Prototype

Posted on September 16, 2007 by admin

Screen cast and source at the bottom. Preface John Grden created something like this in the past called FLEXible. Basically, you use Flex as a drag and drop interface to create GUI’s. The GUI’s are represented as XML, and this … Continue reading →

Posted in Flex | 4 Comments

Weak Activation Object

Posted on September 15, 2007 by admin

It appears either A) The Activation Object in ActionScript 3 is dumber than it’s predecessor, or B) the new Garbage Collector implemented in Flash Player 8 is more aggressive, or C) I’ve never had this use case. Naturally, I’d like … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript | 2 Comments

Silverlight First Impressions

Posted on September 13, 2007 by admin

I’m a Flash & Flex Developer, and these are my first impressions of Silverlight. Silverlight is a rich media web browser plug-in that was recently released by Microsoft. This is long. If you’re in a hurry: Why should I care? … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript, Flash, FlashLite, Flashcom, Flex, Marketing, Silverlight | 12 Comments