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The Best of Web Conferences 2008

Jake Rutter — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:49:12 +0000

I have compiled a list of the most popular flash and web conferences that are offered around the world.

Flash:

Flash on the Beach Flash Forward Flash in the Can Flash Forum

Web Design/Creative:

Future of Web Design 2008 Web Design World How Design Conference An Event [...]

Common ActionScript 3 Errors and Explanations

Jake Rutter — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:28:50 +0000

So as with the new version of ActionScript there is a new level of complexity when it comes to creating ActionScript, but there seems to be better debugging too. The only barrier I have hit is the language sometimes just [...]

Part 2: Using LoaderInfo Events to create reusable ImageLoader Class

Jake Rutter — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:12:16 +0000

Yesterday I created a post called ActionScript 3.0 LoaderInfo Useful Events which outlined some useful events in ActionScript 3.0 that can be used to listen for when things are open, loading, and complete.

I used that knowledge to create a custom [...]

Part 1: ActionScript 3.0 LoaderInfo Useful Events

Jake Rutter — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:52:24 +0000

Im very impressed with ActionScript 3.0 and how all the events work. I have been reading up lately on progress events specifically the open, progress, and complete events. You can manipulate these events in so many ways, it makes creating [...]

Flash ActionScript 3.0 XML Basic Slideshow with Transitions

Jake Rutter — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:31:51 +0000

In this tutorial, Im building up what I started in the Text Array Loader. Basically, I have added the ability to pull in images and also setup the whole slideshow on a Timer event. So every 5 seconds (the time [...]

Flash ActionScript 3.0 XML Text Array Loader

Jake Rutter — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:20:12 +0000

After creating the Flash 8 ActionScript 2.0 Image slideshow modifications, I wanted to start from scratch on my next set of tutorials with AS3. AS3 is very different from AS2, the learning curve is not easy but its worth it. [...]

ActionScript Basics: One

Jake Rutter — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:52:17 +0000

Data Types

* Strings or Literal Values ["ActionScript"] * Numbers [5] * Boolean [true] – these are useful for making decisions

Variables

A variable is a container that is used to store [...]

Flash MovieClip Notes

Jake Rutter — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 04:23:22 +0000

Code used within a MC would be ‘pathed’ …. ie If You have a button that resides within a MC on the main timeline, an U want to target a frame on the main time line, the code would resemble………………. on [...]

Flash Embed/IE Issue

Jake Rutter — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 14:22:11 +0000

The newest issue to hit Internet Explorer browsers across the internet was the Flash/IE Bug. This bug would create the problem of having to click twice on a Flash Ad. An extra click would be required to “activate the content”. [...]

Flash Video Game Development

Jake Rutter — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 15:30:58 +0000

I began my flash video game development, 6 weeks ago by signing up for a course called Game Design Process. This class has really helped me to understand Flash much better. Im really excited about learning actionscript, and have been [...]