Archive for the ‘Flex, Flash and AMFPHP’ Category

Thumb Banner Rotator in ActionScript 3

Friday, February 19th, 2010

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Flare timeline series final result

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Demo here. I’ve noted that the framerate is much better when the shockwave is included in a proper document, as opposed to the standalone swf I just linked to.
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Advanced time series graph with Prefuse Flare

Saturday, September 26th, 2009

In the prior time series tutorial I stated that I was going to use Flare in favor of stuff like jFlot and jqPlot.
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Setting up Xray for Flex SDK debugging in Ubuntu

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

I’ve just managed to get Xray to work, a great debugger. Xray needs two things to work, the connector which is a .swc you include in your AS3 code and the shockwave which will be connecting to, and communicating with, the connector.... Read More

Simple timeline graph with Prefuse Flare

Saturday, September 19th, 2009
flare_timeseries_graph.png

I just finished the Flare shockwave that will replace stuff I previously made with jFlot. As you might know, I had to replace the processingjs linkmap with the Flare original due to performance issues with processingjs specifically and canvas + JS in general.... Read More

Ubuntu, Flex, ANT, AXDT and Flare - getting started

Sunday, September 13th, 2009

If you follow me on twitter you might know that processingjs didn’t work out for me, too slow for what I’m trying to do.... Read More

Optics simulation in Flash - lens formula

Saturday, June 13th, 2009


I just created a flash simulation of what happens when you move an object in front of a convergent lens. When the object is moved back and forth its image will react to the movement. It all had to happen with Actionscript 2 too. Check the result here.... Read More

Zend Amf and class mapping with Flash CS3 / AS3

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Update: I just got a mail from Julien Iafrancesco:... Read More

Detecting parent URL with AS3 and jQuery - redux

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

In an earlier article I spoke about changing the stage size based on the URL of the page that loads the ShockWave.


Well as it turns out the simple approach I outline there won’t work in IE7 for some reason (no don’t ask me why, I didn’t find any explanation no matter how much googling I did).... Read More

Creating Help with Flash and ActionScript3

Monday, January 19th, 2009

I just finished making the support document for Dive Admin, I did it in Flash by replicating the interface of the application and adding a lot of elements explaining it, as well as navigational interactivity. This approach should be easier for the end user to work with than having a 200 page manual where the feature he wants help with is on page 143, paragraph 5.... Read More