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Flash client-server communication using Flash Remoting and WebOrb. Tutorial.

What you will learn…

- How to send data from flash movie to server using Flash Remoting
- What your server should have for successful communication with flash movie.
- Arrangement of flash-server dialog, sample actionscript code needed.

What you should know…

- You must be familiar with ActionScript classes, Flash IDE and components.
- You should have a basic knowledge of PHP
- You should have an access to your web server and be able to install needed packages on it

Continue reading ‘Flash client-server communication using Flash Remoting and WebOrb. Tutorial.’

Flash Preloader. Howto. (Part 1) Two frames.

There are several ways the preloader can be implemented in the flash document.

This is the first article, which covers the one way of building the flash preloader.

Two frames.

That’s the very old method, I believe it came with ActionScript1, but still is used in various flash applications.

Continue reading ‘Flash Preloader. Howto. (Part 1) Two frames.’

Free flash components sources list

Dear readers,

Here I want to share some resources, which you may find interesting when looking for flash ready-to-use solutions.

I hope the following links will answer the question: “Where to find a free flash component I need?

The idea is that you’d better know about the things and functionality you can use for free before you start to implement it yourself. Believe me, that may save you a lot of time and energy.

1) A really first place for you to take a look at is Adobe Exchange. There is a variety of free flash components: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm

2) Also I would recommend you to check Yahoo’s free flash components release, which includes a batch of useful components you may use at no charge: Continue reading ‘Free flash components sources list’

Flash Preloaders Animations Pack Released

Flash PreloaderA pack of 33 nice animations for flash preloaders was released.

We tried to offer a wide range of preloader’s styles for you, so you will be able to use at least one animation in your application.

Let us know your ideas about this package. Maybe there is something you would like us to add?

You may use these animations as: progress animation, loading animation, activity animation, process indication and etc.

Read more at 33 flash preloaders animations package page.

Flash animation in code. Tweens in ActionScript2 & ActionScript3.

Flash and animation are the two things which do not exist separately. I think Flash was created for animations.

In this article, I would like to describe some techniques which you may use to create Flash animations in code, in your AS2 or AS3 code.

What is the animation in terms of code? My definition is that animation of any object is the smooth changing of its properties, which might have effect on object’s location, shape, size, transparency and so on. The task for actionscript developer is to implement that smooth actions.

This movie requires Flash Player 8

Press the buttons to see the tweens in action in the above sample. Source .fla file is available below. Continue reading ‘Flash animation in code. Tweens in ActionScript2 & ActionScript3.’





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