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AS2 Component kludging…

Things that make you go errrr!?!

AS3 Flex 2 Simple component

So after playing with AS3 I thought I'd turn my attention to creating, or attempting to create, an AS3 / Flex component. So without further ado I unveil my SimpleButtonComponent (and it is just that LOL).
This is the Flex MXML.
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XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<mx :Application xmlns:mx="http://www.macromedia.com/2005/mxml" xmlns:fgComp="com.flashgen.examples.components.*">

    <fgcomp :SimpleButtonComponent />

</mx>

The following code sets [...]

New FlashComponents mailing list

( Actionscript and Development and Flash and Flex and News )

OK, so there was a mailing list for developers interested in Flash component development a while back but it appears to have slipped silently into the virtual ooze. So I thought it might be cool to host one at FlashGen.Com instead, so if you are interested in component development head over here: FlashComponents-L and sign [...]

Macromedia release Flash Media Server 2

( Flash and News )

FMS2 finally hits the shelves

LozengeButton in AS3

OK, so I grabbed a few minutes over lunch today to try a few button tests just to see what I could knock together without having to read too much documentation :P
Well here are the results:
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ACTIONSCRIPT:

package {

    import flash.display.MovieClip;

    import com.flashgen.examples.LozengeButton;

 

    [SWF(width="100", height="50", backgroundColor="#DFEEEF")]

    public class AS3LozengeButton extends MovieClip

  [...]

AS3 context menu controls - !about Macromedia

Finally we can say who really had a hand in our apps!

AS3 metadata 2 - Font embedding

Leading on from my posts about the SWF metadata in AS3, Dave Williamson has posted a nice example of embedding TrueType Fonts into AS3.
Have a look - If I get some time I may try and post a few example files up about it, (on top of Dave's)
Check it out here