Monthly Archives: October 2007

Converting AS3 to AS2 and Surviving AS2 in General

Posted on October 31, 2007 by admin

If you are in a hurry, skip to Gotchas. Introduction There are a variety of reasons to still use AS2. Some of the more realistic are: Supporting legacy content Awaiting a larger corporation to sign off on AS3 development Having … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript | 6 Comments

DoubleClick and ActionScript 3?

Posted on October 23, 2007 by admin

Has any used DoubleClick’s Dart/In-Stream, etc. solutions with ActionScript 3? They currently only support ActionScript 2, 1, and 0 (code on frames). They do not support going directly to their web services. We entertained reverse engineering their API, but the … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript | 10 Comments

I have a hard time writing slow ActionScript 3

Posted on October 15, 2007 by admin

I have a problem going backwards. When I learned attachMovie in Flash 5, that function was the death knell for my Director career. “Create something from nothing!?!?” :: queue Quake sound :: “GODLIKE!!! (nsfw)“. In Director, everything you wanted to … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript, Director, Flash, Flex, Red5, Ruby, Silverlight, SmartFoxServer | 13 Comments

Scale 9 in Silverlight

Posted on October 11, 2007 by admin

Samples at bottom. In creating video players at work in Silverlight, we started getting designs that needed Scale 9. Silverlight, Blend, and/or Design don’t seem to have a Scale 9 option that I can find, so I built one in … Continue reading →

Posted in Silverlight | 4 Comments