Category Archives: Adobe Flex

An alternative to bitmap transparency in Flash

Posted on December 24, 2009 by Will

When it comes to using transparent bitmap images in Flash often you will find using a PNG is your best option. However, a major caveat with using PNG images is the significant increase in file size compared to non-transparent image … Continue reading →

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PureMVC: Creating a short-hand Mediator

Posted on June 30, 2009 by Will

99% of coding I do lately is built on top of the excellent PureMVC framework. Something that has been irking me for a while now is the way Mediators register and handle notifications dispatched from the View. Part of working … Continue reading →

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Flash Ad Manager v1.0 Now Available

Posted on May 31, 2009 by Will

Flash Ad Manager is now available to download as a 1.0 release from the Google Code project page. If you missed the previous posts about it, here’s the spiel: Flash Ad Manager lets developers remotely display custom or embedded ads … Continue reading →

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Help fix Flash’s visible dimensions

Posted on May 27, 2009 by Will

Colin Moock, author of the excellent book Essential Actionscript 3.0 has written an interesting blog post regarding an issue which Flash (still) has with finding the visible dimensions of a DisplayObject. The key word there being “visible” as the way … Continue reading →

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