In AS2, we can use the movieclip method getBounds returns 4 values: xMin, xMax, yMin and yMax, which can be traced like so:
var bounds:Object = this.getBounds(this._parent);
for (var i in bounds) {
trace(i+” –> “+bounds[i]);
}
I’m getting the dimensions of the movieclip my current clip (this) is attached to. The [...]
Man this one was nasty! The artist I work with was supplying me with fla files containing MovieClips. I’d copy and paste his MCs from his fla into my main fla. Up till this week there was no problem doing this. All of a sudden, I was no longer able to programtically use his MCs! [...]
Launched another new game for AddictingGames.com this week, the Tiger Parking Slam. Over 700,000 hits so far, not bad for a game we put together in 3 days…
Summary:
Both the Droid and the iPhone are excellent portable internet devices/mini-computers, but I give the edge to the Droid because of the better network. Droid is a much better phone, but not as good a media player. So it depends on your needs – if, like me, you’re more concerned with the phone and coverage [...]
I gave a lecture last night (Oct. 28) on the current state of Flash – what’s happening with CS4 (inverse kinematics, motion editor), CS5 (iPhone porting), Flex/Flash Builder, FlashLite, etc. I’ve made a pdf of my powerpoint slides available. (If link not working due to WordPress weirdness, just try: ftp.evili.com/WhatIsFlash.pdf)
Man, I just about lost my mind (and at least an hour of my life) figuring this one out. All I could see on my timeline panel was the layer numbers, and the new folder, new layer and garbage can icons. At the far right side of the panel, at the bottom, are three gray [...]
Looks like they’ve added a lot of features that bring it up to speed vs. Flash/Flex, including HD video, new bitmap and 3D APIs, and support for SEO (which looks to be about the same as swfObject) x-platform desktop RIAs. Big upside potential IMHO is that you can code Silverlight in C#. Big downside – [...]
“We are standing at the precipice of ontological chaos.”- buzzphrase at Where 2.0
I’m at my wits end hearing people speak in an open-ended way about widgets, as in, “as part of that campaign, we’ll build the client a widget.” Without a modifier, the word “widget” doesn’t mean anything – or, more accurately, it can mean [...]
According to Walt Mossberg:
“At launch, the iPhone version of the Safari browser is missing some plug-ins needed for playing common types of Web videos. The most important of these is the plug-in for Adobe’s Flash technology. Apple says it plans to add that plug-in through an early software update, which I am guessing will occur [...]
Brief follow-up to yesterday’s iPhone rant, when I said the iPhone will suck because it lacks a tactile keyboard, it’s on a 2.5G network, it’s Cingular only, and development is closed. 3 more reasons have come to my attention since then:
1. It lacks GPS capability. For a $500 phone, how retro! A terrible blow for [...]