Yesterday, Lee Brimelow posted an interesting article about Flash Player 10 security. The issue lies with the FileReference class, which can no longer be used to open a browse-for-file window without user interaction:
In previous versions of the Flash Player, you could programmatically call theFileReference.browse() method to open a file browser dialog window which enabled users to locate a file on their system so that it could be uploaded to a server. Many existing applications use this feature including various WordPress and Flickr uploaders. In Flash Player 10 you can no longer spawn this dialog window programmatically and it must be initiated by a user click. The attempt to launch the dialog with code will throw a security exception, effectively breaking these existing applications.
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It’s Thursday, which aside from being awesome because it’s the day before Friday, means we’ve dropped another sweet addition into our discount training collection. This week, it’s Flash CS3 Professional: Creating Games for the Wii, a quick and amazing guide to developing Flash content that is playable through the Wii’s Internet Channel. Buying this product new, you’ll pay $49.95, and be glad you did. From us, you’ll make out like a bandit for only $29.95!
You can buy this training at our discount price through our Amazon store. Since you may want to watch a few movies before committing, you can check those out over at Lynda.com. Head past the break for a detailed description.
The TweenLite engine is an amazing ActionScript tweening engine that allows you to quickly create animations using one line of code. This episode shows where to get TweenLite, and how to use it to create ActionScript animations.
I spoke at Flashbelt earlier today, and it was awesome! Thanks to all who came to my session on creating Flash Wii games! Anyway, I’ve uploaded the files I demoed so you can check them out. If you make any cool games, let me know!
A lot of folks ask me how to create a simple preloader using ActionScript 3.0 in Flash CS3, so I thought I’d share the information with everyone all at once. Head past the break for the idea behind creating the simple preloader shown here. Read the rest of this entry »
Recently, I’ve been asked a lot about creating applications by writing code in an FLA file vs. creating them using classes and Object Oriented Programming. Making the decision can sometimes be tough, especially to those who are new to programming. Usually, it’s hard for people new to programming to justify doing the work to create classes. Honestly, I use a lot of classes and FLA code. So, why choose either one when building an application? Read the rest of this entry »
So here’s my first crack at an AIR app. It’s a simple analog clock that you can drag around and stuff. The coolest thing about it is that is was so easy to make! I spent most of the time designing the art of the clock! Anyway, check it out and let me know what you think.
Also, in order to get it to work, you need to have AIR 1.0 installed.
Wow! I installed the AIR update for Flash CS3 the other day, and started building some AIR apps, and it is SWEET! If you’re not familiar with AIR, it’s the Adobe Integrated Runtime. What that essentially means is it’s a way for you to take rich internet applications and deploy them to the desktop- cross platform!!! No more designing separate software for PC and Mac, my friends!
So, what do you have to do to deploy your fantastic Flash or Flex application or awesome AJAX application to the desktop via Adobe AIR? Almost nothing! Check it out!
Anyway, the point is that you don’t have to learn anything new to make an AIR application. Just follow the steps you see on Adobe’s AIR developer site. It’s really barely more complicated than making the Rich Internet Applications you already know how to make. That’s the beauty of it! Also the beauty of it is that it’s cross platform! Also the beauty of it is that you have a local SQLite database to store info. The list goes on my friends.
It’s Thursday, which aside from being awesome because it’s the day before Friday, means we’ve dropped another sweet addition into our discount training collection. This week, it’s Flash CS3 Professional: Creating Games for the Wii, a quick and amazing guide to developing Flash content that is playable through the Wii’s Internet Channel. Buying this product new, you’ll pay $49.95, and be glad you did. From us, you’ll make out like a bandit for only $29.95!
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