I guess I hadn’t thought too deeply about it, but I always thought that the ‘as’ Operator was the equivalent of typing a variable. pseudo code example: or to give a real world example: or alternatively: But this code will…
I needed to force the Flex ComboBox to open in a specific direction. (I’m using a HTML Component FCKEditor, which has to be on top, so I need to aim the ComboBox away from it, so it doesn’t animate underneath…
I never really understood why when you define a component parameter, you can define its type. Wouldn’t the variable type that the parameter is related to, always define the type of the parameter? Aren’t parameter and variable types synonymous? Well,…
When adjusting the Date icon skin in a DateField component, its not sufficient to just use the css that Flex auto-generates when importing the Skin Artwork. In addition to ‘skin’, you must also specify that upSkin, overSkin, downSkin, disabledSkin are…
A little addition to a previous post on adding symbols dynamically from the library. I was having difficulty adding classes(that weren’t in the library) dynamically – they weren’t being recognised. var classRef:Class = getDefinitionByName(“Square”) as Class; var shape:IShape= new classRef()…
I’ve been wondering why items in my library disappear occasionally – including the library buttons and column headers! I’ve narrowed the problem down to a CS4 bug. Steps to reproduce bug: 1.Create a MovieClip 2. Select ‘Component Definition’ 3. Add…
It has always bothered me that animations of raster images are always jerky when they get to the point of animating less than a pixel per frame. Flash assumes that rasters should only live on the exact pixel. This can…
I was trying to work out why the Flash Player Settings window was not appearing when i attached a webcam to a Video object, when i discovered that my stage was too small. Although i can’t find documentation for this…
Before I forget... 
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