This is the blog of Jesse Warden, a Rich Internet Application Architect. He specializes in using Flex and Flash to create Rich Internet Applications.
I’ve gotten a lot of emails asking about some of my older Flash & Flex integration examples not working. Hopefully this article will describe the same error everyone is getting.
ActionScript 3 is strict. However, Flash CS3 helps Flash developers with a feature that automatically generates code during compilation. Meaning, if you have […]
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 to work with a client-side API written in AS2 by a third party
In my case, I found out […]
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 problem with that is being held accountable for the video metrics they handle via […]
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 be on a depth had to have had something there originally, put there […]
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 to believe that it’s A, but I have a sinking suspicion it’s a combination […]
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