Category: Flash

  • Direction of the TileList behaves strange

    I stumbled into an incorrect working function of the TileList in Flex. It looks like they swopped a few variables around. If you set the direction of the TileList to horizontal it looks like Flex doesn’t care about the option and just scolls vertical. After that I checked an Adobe quickstart guide to know sure…

  • FileReferenceList() problem in AS3

    Today I noticed a strange thing in Flex. Let me explain the problem. I created FileReferenceList. I added a eventListener to that FileReferenceList that returns me the list of files that the user selects. This is the code: private function openFileReference():void{ var flr:FileReferenceList = new FileReferenceList(); flr.addEventListener(Event.SELECT, onFrlResult); flr.browse();} private function onFrlResult(event:Event):void{ trace(“Select event: “+event.target);…

  • Away3D lighting

    For 2 weeks straight I been busy with Away3D, a 3D engine for ActionScript 3. This makes it easier to create 3D applications for the internet. At my internship at the <TheFactor.e> they put me on Away3D. Developed by Fabrice Closier, a colleague. Today I was busy with a project and I struggled with lightning.…

  • Flash in Flex tutorial: Flash Weather Component

    If you finished the Flash & Flex installation you can now continue with this tutorial. If you have no clue where i’m talking about you have to make sure that you installed the Flex component kit and Flex 2.0.1 patch correct. I explain that in the installation guide Flash start Lets start with flash. There…

  • Flash in Flex tutorial installation guide

    My internship guide Maikel asked me to find out what you have to do to get Flash in Flex. I started to search for a nice tutorial about this but I have to say that there isn’t a step by step tutorial that is explaining this. Opportunity for me to help people. If you already…