All about RIA development using Flash, Flex, Flash Media Server (Flashcom) with various middleware and backends.
20 Sep
New Version is launched of Flash Player 7 for Solaris Platform. New Player have more improved security as well as performance.
get More info from here:
15 Sep
via http://www.quasimondo.com/
Did you have the problem before that you wanted to load some file formats into your Flash site but loadMovie does not accept them? Something like PNGs, GIFs or progressive JPEGs? Do you want to load images or SWFs from a different domain but the security sandbox is in your way? For these purposes I have written swfImageProxy, a PHP script that automatically converts file formats that are usually indigestible for Flash into something that it can display. On top of that it acts a proxy and is able to download images from other domains.
Here is a simple Flash demo that allows you to enter the URL of an image and swfImageProxy will try to retrieve and convert it.
If you want to use the full functionality of the script your server will have to fulfill certain prerequisites:
You can download swfImageProxy here. Currently I have only tested this on Linux – if you are able to run this on Windows I’m happy to hear about it. I have tried to make this as secure as possible, but of course you use this on your own risk. It also looks like the png2swf tool does not fully support every format of PNGs yet.
15 Sep
SolVE is a Local Shared Object View/Editor that runs on both Mac OS X and Windows. Coded in Java with IBM’s SWT, SolVE looks and behaves like a native application making transparent to the end user that Java is under the hood.
Currently, SolVE supports the more common basic types but is still in development. When all of the data types are implemented, the source code will be released under the Common Public License. Please be patient while I build support for the other data types available in a local shared object file.
Initial Announcement: http://www.darronschall.com/weblog/archives/000127.cfm
More Information: http://www.darronschall.com/solve/
14 Sep
Via MM Forum Flash Ad Development Forum
Made possible by Harlan M. Smith’s Builders of a Better World Fund
Citizens for Global Solutions is holding a contest for students, budding artists,
young graphic designers, and human rights activists who are interested
in creating the best, most unique flash movie for the New Year. The top
contenders will be published on our website!
Contest Theme:
In today’s interdependent world, our lives, our jobs and our families
are increasingly affected by global problems, such as terrorism, climate
change, war and infectious diseases. Because these problems are global
in scope, it is vital that countries work together to solve them.
Participants: Lay out your global problem and give us your global
solution. How the U.S. should respond to your problem – you tell us. Be
creative. Make an impact!
Prizes:
1st Place: $1000
2nd Place: $500
3rd Place: $250
4th & 5th Place: Free 1-year membership
Deadline: December 1, 2004
More details at www.globalsolutions.org/flash.html
3 Sep
A New AS Documentation released. But still its in beta. Developed by Chafic.
More Information about the tool is available here