I have taken the quiz section where we can see questions from chapters of the book Learning ActionScript3.0, It covers all the chapters from

• ActionScript Overview,
• Events,
• Display List,
• OOP,
• Text,
• Sound,
• Video,
• XML,
• Advance Actionscript.

Below is the screenshot of the result.

From the result I need to concentrate in XML and Prgramming Design.

I encourage you people to participate in the Quiz and post me the Screenshot to publish here in the blog.

All the best guys…

cheers

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the three main feature themes you will find in this release:

• designer/developer workflow
• data-centric development
• IDE productivity and testing

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Google Phone Search is a new pilot service making local business information, movie times and real time flight status accessible from any phone.

Google Phone Search gives you the power of Google Search while you are on the go. This service is completely free of charge, bringing you the information you need, right when you need it the most. It can be reached from any phone number – landline or mobile.
Dial from any phone 1-800-41-999-999 (toll free)

Once you find the information you’re looking for, you can:

* Get the information sent to you for free via SMS
* Have the information read to you

To give you the information you need quickly and efficiently, we are using a combination of advanced speech recognition technology and local experts – ensuring that you always find the best answers to your questions in the fastest way possible.

To find out more about getting other Google products on your mobile device, visit Google Mobile web site.

Note: Google Phone Search is still in its pilot stage and is available to users in Hyderabad, Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore, India only. It may not be available at all times and may not work for all users. We’re fine-tuning the service to serve you better. It is currently only available in English, Hindi and Telugu.

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Difficulty:
Beginners – intermediate

Version:
AS2 and AS3

Here we are going to see how to use mailto function in AS2 and AS3.

Actionscript2.0

Step1:

Open New Flash Document (File > New) from menu or (CTRL + N) shortcut

key.Select Flash File (Actionscript2.0)

Step2:

select the first keyframe on the layer1.

Step3:

Press F9 (Function key) or open the Actions Panel under the Windows menu.

Step4:

Paste the below code

getURL("mailto:designscripting@gmail.com?subject=Test Message&body=Site link: http://www.designscripting.com");

Step5:

Save your work and CTRL + ENTER to run the flash

You will see default mailing service with the mail address, subject and body

content.

Actionscript3.0

Step1:

Open New Flash Document (File > New) from menu or (CTRL + N) shortcut key.

Select Flash File (Actionscript3.0)

Step2:

select the first keyframe on the layer1.

Step3:

Press F9 (Function key) or open the Actions Panel under the Windows menu.

Step4:

Paste the below code

var email_str:String = "mailto:designscripting@gmail.com?subject=Test Message&body=Site link: http://www.designscripting.com";
var _request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(email_str);
navigateToURL(_request, "_blank");

Step5:

Save your work and CTRL + ENTER to run the flash

You will see default mailing service with the mail address, subject and body content.

Thats it we are one click away to send email… from Flash actionscript

Cheers

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Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. Later this year we will open-source its code, and netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers in the second half of 2010. Because we’re already talking to partners about the project, and we’ll soon be working with the open source community, we wanted to share our vision now so everyone understands what we are trying to achieve.

Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS. We’re designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the web in a few seconds. The user interface is minimal to stay out of your way, and most of the user experience takes place on the web. And as we did for the Google Chrome browser, we are going back to the basics and completely redesigning the underlying security architecture of the OS so that users don’t have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates. It should just work.

Google Chrome OS will run on both x86 as well as ARM chips and we are working with multiple OEMs to bring a number of netbooks to market next year. The software architecture is simple — Google Chrome running within a new windowing system on top of a Linux kernel. For application developers, the web is the platform. All web-based applications will automatically work and new applications can be written using your favorite web technologies. And of course, these apps will run not only on Google Chrome OS, but on any standards-based browser on Windows, Mac and Linux thereby giving developers the largest user base of any platform.

Google Chrome OS is a new project, separate from Android. Android was designed from the beginning to work across a variety of devices from phones to set-top boxes to netbooks. Google Chrome OS is being created for people who spend most of their time on the web, and is being designed to power computers ranging from small netbooks to full-size desktop systems. While there are areas where Google Chrome OS and Android overlap, we believe choice will drive innovation for the benefit of everyone, including Google.

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HexoSearch – The world’s first search engine dedicated for actionscript.

HexoSearch is aiming to provide the best actionscript search experience which we believe is to offer a best solution for any specific topic.

To achieve that, actionscript developers are able to vote for the link that they find useful. Given enough time, links that provide useful information will be pushed up to save everybody’s time.

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That’s not a pretty tough job in Adobe AIR.

var screenBounds:Rectangle = Screen.mainScreen.bounds;

var screenVisibleBounds:Rectangle = Screen.mainScreen.visibleBounds;

var _taskbarHeight:Number = screenBounds.height - screenVisibleBounds;

var _taskbarY:Number = screenBounds.height - _taskbarHeight;

Screen.mainScreen.bounds return the total screen height and width while, Screen.mainScreen.visibleBounds return the visible area other than the taskbar.

With this we can calculate the Taskbar height and place the alert window for the AIR application.

so simple isn’t it?

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We can develop Java code in Flex builder standalone version too.While the standalone version of Flex Builder does not contain tools to edit Java code by default, you can install them as Eclipse plugins.

For updating Java Development Features in Flex IDE You need to install Java Development Tools (JDT) plug-in

Follow the steps below:
———————

1. Open Flex Builder IDE.

2. Select Help Menu >> Software Updates >> Click on Find and Install.

3. In Install/Update Dialogue box. Select “Search for new features to install” and Click on Next button.

4. In the results, choose Europa Discovery Site (If it asks to select mirror site, select near by site). And click Finish.

5. Select the Java Development package to install.

If it dsplays similar kind of error “JST Common Core (2.0.0.v200706041905-1007w311817231426) requires plug-in “org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core (1.1.1)”, or compatible.”

Click on Select Required

6. Click Next. And accept the license.

8. Click Finish.

It will take some time to install. once Installed Check with the Perspective to create Java Projects.

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ANDROID + HTC + FLASH

“As the first Android device with Flash, the new HTC Hero represents a key milestone for Android and the Flash Platform. With close to 80 percent of all videos online delivered with Adobe Flash technology, consumers want to access rich Web content on-the-go.” said David Wadhwani, vice president and general manager, Platform Business Unit at Adobe. “The collaboration with HTC offers people a more complete Flash based Web browsing experience today and presents an important step towards full Web browsing with Flash Player 10 on mobile phones in the future.”

HTC HERO

Image Source : techtree.com

“Adobe Flash is an important core technology for people interacting and experiencing the Web, it is only natural to be offering it on the new HTC Hero first,” said John Wang, chief marketing officer, HTC Corporation. “We look forward to continuing our close collaboration with Adobe and to bringing Flash Player 10 support to our phones in the future.”

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Below code we are creating a native window and aligning in the screen center.

var _splashWindow:NativeWindow = new NativeWindow(nativeWindowOptions);

_splashWindow.width = 484;

_splashWindow.height = 289;

_splashWindow.stage.align = "TL";

_splashWindow.stage.scaleMode = "noScale";

_splashWindow.title = "Center on screen";
var screenBounds:Rectangle = Screen.mainScreen.bounds;

_splashWindow.x = (screenBounds.width - _splashWindow.width)/2;

_splashWindow.y = (screenBounds.height - _splashWindow.height)/2;
_splashWindow.activate();

Here,

var screenBounds:Rectangle = Screen.mainScreen.bounds;

Screen.mainScreen.bounds return the screen boundary.

_splashWindow.x = (screenBounds.width - _splashWindow.width)/2;

_splashWindow.y = (screenBounds.height - _splashWindow.height)/2;

Centering the application on screen.

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