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DragManager.doDrag problems

Franto — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:06:34 +0000

I have found 2 issues with DragManager.doDrag. One of the problem is just on Mac and second one is "not really problem", but strange behavior between web version and AIR version. I really can't find answers for this problems, so I'm trying to get answers from you. I hope anyone has workaround for me :)

Flex Styling & Skinning Presentation for Slovak FUG

Franto — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:53:33 +0000

Today I will have presentation about Flex Styling & Skinning for slovak Flex User Group called Flexgarden. If there are really cool skinned or styled application on web, or something other really cool I can show to slovak flex coders, please let me know. Presentation will be today at 7pm CET. Sure I'm aware of sites like scalenine.com, fillcolors.com and similar :)

Fastest way of closing AIR application

Franto — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:03:12 +0000

In my appliaction, The code: "application.close();" is used to exit the application. And I found, no. of ways are there to exit the application. Let me know, which one is best , should allow the grace full exit and should faster. No. of ways to Exit in Flex: 1. NativeApplication.nativeApplication.exit(); 2. Application.application.exit(); 3. application.close(); 4. exit(); And please advise, any other option is there to exit the application.

Basecamp has 5 years anniversary

Franto — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 09:43:32 +0000

In Flexets we are using Basecamp for project management. It's really great tool and yesterday Basecamp had 5 years anniversary. Here are few impressive numbers :)

Today over 3,000,000 people have Basecamp accounts. Over 2,800,000 projects have been created. Over 26 terabytes of files have been uploaded. Over 20,000,000 messages have been posted, over 31,000,000 to-dos have been added, and over 5,000,000 milestones have been completed. All in five short years over the web from around the world.

AS3 Conditional Breakpoint - enterDebugger()

Franto — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 10:41:47 +0000

I have to confess I didn't know about great function enterDebugger() in flash.debugger package. If you ever want to have conditional breakpoint you can do it programatically. Just add this statement to you code and debuger will stop as it there would be normal breakpoint. So you can use it in IF statement and call it just when some conditions are met. I think I will use this function a lot from now on :)

Win Adobe CS4 Web Premium and Flex Builder Pro 3

Franto — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:58:48 +0000

You can have time just till tommorow so act fast (I've found out just today from Sitepoint.com newsletter). There is easy way how to include you into draw. Just read this article on Sitepoint.com: Ajaxify Your Flex Application and take this quiz.

Crop whitespace from PNG image

Franto — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 11:04:55 +0000

Yesterday, I've posted about interesting AS3 Class InteractivePNG, and now I'm adding new addition for solving other problem with transparent Bitmaps. If you have transparent bitmap with whitespace around image and you want to crop whitespace around "real" image, you can use this function...

InteractivePNG - useful AS3 class

Franto — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:47:09 +0000

I working on some game editors for my old game engine (not finished) to show people something what I have and let people convince me maybe to continue (fallenswordsgame.com) and there are lot of PNG assets. If I got on stage many PNG images there is problem with selection of correct one, because in AS3 there are MouseEvent events even on transparent pixels and that's problem. I have tried search if someone did great job on some workaround and I have found really great AS3 class called InteractivePNG.

FireScope - HTML and CSS Reference for Firebug

Franto — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:47:47 +0000

SitePoint.com has released FireScope, which is HTML and CSS Reference fo Firebug, so now Firebug is even more powerful with inline help.

Wallpaper for you - Christmas Wallpapers

Franto — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 08:00:06 +0000

As Christmas is really near, I’ve created few Christmas Wallpapers for you. You can use them as desktop wallpapers, or send them as Merry Christmas and Happy New Year wishes and cards. If you want to use them in your websites or anywhere else, please give me proper credits and link back to franto.com. All wallpapers [...]