Gratuitous Text Effects Courtesy of Flash Player 10
Now that I've figured out how to compile SWFs for Flash Player 10 beta using the Flex SDK nightly builds, I'm happy. There may not be any proper API documentation yet, but at least I can experiment with just the compiler and a little curiosity to guide me. My first SWF is nothing special, but let me tell you, I've been waiting to do this for a long time:
This content has been removed. It was for an earlier beta for Flash Player 10, and I don't feel like updating it. It was just spinning text fading in and out. The font wasn't embedded. Generally, lame, but I enjoyed having the ability to do it.
That's right, those are device fonts, and they're rotating and changing transparency. No silly font embedding in sight. I no longer feel dirty when I want to rotate my text. Can I start targeting Flash Player 10 today? 
Some other interesting stuff:
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var v:Vector.<int> = new Vector.<int>();
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v[0] = "STRING!"; //error
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v[1] = 12; //okay!
Mmm... new Vector type.
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FYI you can rotate and fade the system font w Flash 9 by applying a filter: http://www.airtightinteractive.com/news/?p=109
That’s an ugly hack that I’d never use in a real project. Have you actually tried rotating the text? It turns pixelated on many systems. The point is, now we’re going to have a truly supported feature and I (and a million other people) can stop asking for it every time Adobe wants feature requests for the next version of Flash Player.
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I keep getting the error “abc bytecode decoding failed” so I cannot compile. Did anyone else run into this problem? solve it?
I had this problem when I first tried to use the playerglobal.swc for Flash Player 10 with an older version of the Flex SDK. Make sure you’re using the entire nightly build of the SDK. It looks like there are some important compiler requirements that may not exist with the release build of Flex 3.
FYI: AS3 Language Reference for Flash Player 10 (zip).
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The 3D effects of Flash Player 10 are awesome. I made a 3D carousel with Flash Player 10. Check it out here.
http://pradeekonflex.wordpress.com/2008/08/04/3d-carousel-in-flash-player-10/