Top Questions - Stack Overflow (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
I want to create buttons with icons in Flex dynamically using Actionscript. I tried this, with no success: var closeButton = new Button(); closeButton.setStyle("icon", "@Embed(source='images/closeWindowUp.png");
6S Marketing Blog (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
Today Google announced a major update to the Google Analytics platform in regards to it’s ability to track flash events. As previewed to us Google Analytics Authorized Consultants at the 2008 GAAC and WOAC conference, the javascript tracking code ga.js has been fully ported to Actionscript 3 meaning that it just got a whole lot easier to track user interaction with flash files in Google Analytics....
Tim Anderson's ITWriting (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
... , which handles Java to Javascript – is not intended to become a general-purpose alternative to ActionScript. Rather, the idea is to enable existing C/C++ libraries to work within Flash applications. Examples given include transcoders, cryptographic algorithms, and XML parsers. Performance is said to be 2-10x slower than native code. Alchemy was demoed today at Adobe’s MAX conference . Possibly...
Adobe Blogs (Free subscription) | 58 minutes ago
Adobe today released a public pre-release version of the Text Layout Framework (TLF) on Adobe Labs . This is very good news for anybody working much with text in the Flash or AIR environments. What is the Text Layout Framework? It's an extensible ActionScript library for use with Adobe Flash Player 10 and Adobe AIR 1.5 , It lives on top of the new text engine found in these products, and exposes...
DV Hardware (Free subscription) | yesterday
Adobe released the beta version of Alchemy, their new C/C++ to Flash compiler. This project allows users to compile C and C++ code that is targeted to run on the open-source ActionScript Virtual Machine (AVM2), making it possible to use C/C++ libraries in web application that run on Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR. With Alchemy, Web application developers can now reuse hundreds of millions...
Softpedia - Latest Mac software (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
Compile C and C++ code that is targeted to run on the open source ActionScript virtual machine (AVM2)
Jobs 4 Careers (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
Flex Developer - ActionScript 3 - UI Developer to develop next generation software products! Flex Developer - Flex Engineer - UI Designer near El Segundo, CA This job is open as of 11/18/2008. Apply Now! Not a fit for this job? Search other Flex Developer jobs! Are you an employer? Visit us for more info! Email this job to a friend - $1000 Location El Segundo, CA; Marina del Rey, CA Salary $75,000...
Search Engine Watch Blog (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
Google Analytics is now offering Flash tracking. The tracking code is translated into ActionScript 3 programming language. While Google Analytics has been able to provide workarounds in the past, this new feature simplifies the way to track Flash, Flex, and AS3 Content. Sprout, a company that helps businesses create rich media content, used the code to track videos across MySpace and iGoogle....
CWJobsBlog (Free subscription) | yesterday
... only comes into play if you are running JavaScript within HTML, rendered by WebKit, rather than ActionScript without the Flash runtime, which has its own just-in-time compiler. AIR 1.5 is available now. A new version of Flex and the Eclipse-based Flex Builder IDE, code-named Gumbo . This has a new skinning and component architecture, more advanced text rendering, easier two-way data binding...
Reel SEO Video Marketing (Free subscription) | yesterday
... full code is being made available as open source under the Apache 2 License for the entire AS3 (ActionScript 3) API code base. The project page can be found here http://code.google.com/p/gaforflash/ Here’s the video where they talk about it and show off some of the code: The full story can be seen at the Analytics BlogSpot . What does this mean for online video ? Well anyone with a flash...
CrazyLeaf Design Blog (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
Due to the success of our previous giveaways we decided to organize another Giveaway for our readers. Creating cool Flash animations can be rather hard, but not if you have the right tools. FlashEff is an ActionScript 3.0 component that can be easily used to create high-quality animations with low size file outputs. What is the [...]
CREATT Interactive Group (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
Google Analytics tracking is now available for Flash as well. “This feature is a translation of the current Google Analytics tracking code into the ActionScript 3 programming language,” the Google Analytics blog says, adding that this is a “joint collaboration” with Adobe. [Hat tip to Elisabeth and Vinoaj at Friendfeed.] [By Philipp Lenssen | Origin: Google Analytics [...]
Mashable (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
... Releases New Homepage, Promises More MapQuest Maps Get Green MapQuest’s Latest API Utilizes Actionscript 3 MapQuest Debuts Traffic Data Features AOL’s New Mobile Services to take Geo-Presence Mainstream Garmin Teams Up with Google and MapQuest for Simple Data Transfers Yahoo Maps Major Upgrades – Whose Maps Do You Like Best?
Tilt.no (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
... Releases New Homepage, Promises More MapQuest Maps Get Green MapQuest’s Latest API Utilizes Actionscript 3 MapQuest Debuts Traffic Data Features AOL’s New Mobile Services to take Geo-Presence Mainstream Garmin Teams Up with Google and MapQuest for Simple Data Transfers Yahoo Maps Major Upgrades – Whose Maps Do You Like Best?
geo2web.com (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
... The underlying technology includes, per my PR source, his comments included: - Flash CS3/Actionscript 3 and the AFComponents Umap API (which ties into Google Maps for phase I, and Microsoft Virtual Earth for phase II) – to code, animate, and create the maps functionality - The Arabic text feature was a custom class built to extend Flash to handle the RTL text - MapInfo – to create and place...
