Archive for 'ActionScript'

Adding plugins to Flash Builder 4

Feb. 19, 2010 No Comments Posted under: ActionScript, Flex

At the time of writing Flash Builder 4 doesn’t ship with the default plugin installers, which makes adding things like ANT a bit of a chore.
UPDATE: The latest RC for Flash Builder 4 now supports plugins again. I have updated the links to include the Eclipse plugin URL for each plugin.
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Caching gotcha in AIR

Oct. 2, 2009 No Comments Posted under: AIR, ActionScript, Development, Flex

Every had a problem with Adobe AIR caching your HTTP requests? Read on…

Extended AIR App Updater

Sep. 2, 2009 4 Comments Posted under: AIR, ActionScript, Flex

Ever wished there was a way to force app updates using the ApplicationUpdaterUI? Now there is.

Detecting if running in ADL

Jul. 7, 2009 No Comments Posted under: AIR, ActionScript, Development, Flex, Technology

A quick example of how to tell when an AIR application is running in debug mode. Allowing you to stop costly tasks when doing so.

Changing the default loading screen in Flex

Mar. 13, 2008 7 Comments Posted under: AIR, ActionScript, Development, Flex

One of the first things you want to do when creating a Flex app is to remove all the default stuff, which makes your app look like everyone else’s. The most obvious default thing in Flex is that loading, progress initilisation bar you get before the application starts.

Now before I start there is one thing [...]

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