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Benazir Bhutto’s Palace in Dubai

Following are the images of Late Benazir Bhutto’s Palace in Dubai.

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EventDispatcher and Compile-time vs runtime-time objects

If you are using the EventDispatcher in a AS 2.0 class file which is associated with a Movieclip in library and it doesn’t work when you test then chances are that you have simply put an instance of that movieclip on the stage. The event listener will work only if you create the instance of that movieclip, whith which the class is linked in the library, dynamically using attachMovie() method.

Lets try this by downloading the files from here. Unzip the files and open the main.fla file in Flash IDE to test. Click the button and you wouldn’t get “button has been clicked” because the instance of ButtonExample class named “buttonExample” has been created by dragging it on the stage. Now delete buttonExample, open the Main.as file, which is inside the net/lucidstuidos folder and uncomment the line number 14 which is:

and test gain. Now you should see the message “”button has been clicked”" in the output window each time you click the dynamically created instance of the ButtonExample class.

I hope some of you will find this tip helpful if you are still new to actionscript and want to start with AS2 instead of AS3

Converting MS Excel Sheet to an XML File Using PHP

In this article I will show you how to convert an MS Excel 2003 file into a neat and clean xml file not like one which can be generated through MS Excel.

Couple of days I had to convert a huge MS Excel 2003 file, with more than 1900+ rows, into an xml file to be used with a flash-xml based slideshow component. I couldn’t use the xml file which can be generated through the MS Excel, so I had to convert it either manually or using php. So the first thing I could do was to search for a php based solution to convert MS Excel into an xml and at the same time to make it compatible with an already built flash-xml based slideshow component. While searching on google I found PHP-ExcelReader on the sourceforge.net website. After downloading PHP-ExcelReader and playing with it, I found that the .xls file was corrupt and also it had path issues.
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Changing anchor point of primitive objects in Papervision3D

When working with flash timeline, it is very easy to change the anchor point, the point around which the movieclip rotates, scales ect., using the edit mode. But when you create movieclips, sprites etc. dynamically in Actionscript then the anchor point of those objects is always at the top-left corner and it takes a few more lines of coding to change the anchor point of objects. The some concept applies to the instances of Papervision3d objects like Planes .

In Actionscript 3.0 we can use those few extra lines of code to change the anchor of instances of Papervision3D classes like Plane. In this simple example I will show you how to change the anchor point of a plane object to rotate it along x-axis while fixing the bottom edge. Using this trick you can make applications like this.

Result:

Using Tweener to Fade In/Out Music

This is the first tip which I will be sharing with the readers of this blog. In this tip I will show you how to fade in/out music/sound using Tweener. You can get the source files attached at the end of this article. Here is the preview:

Dynamic XML Events Calendar Actionscript 3.0 Version

I have just launched Actionscript 3.0 version of my Dynamic XML Events Calendar at flashden.net. It has all the features of Actionscript 2.0. So the only difference the Actionscript version. You can read more about Dynamic XML Events Calendar here.

Click here to buy Dynamic XML Events Calendar Actionscript 3.0 Version at flashden.net just for $25.

Dynamic XML Events Calendar

Dynamic XML Events Calendar is flash+xml calendar. Following is the features list:

• Dynamic XML based Events Calendar
• Navigation for next/previous months and years
• Unlimited Events per day
• Ability to show thumbnails in two ways, either use the dedicated thumb node in the xml file or use the img tag in the CDATA tag of the xml file
• Two separate .fla files each with different layout for the event details section
• Drag and Drop Installation
• Centralized Coding
• Help file is included
• Fonts are included with the source files
• Very Easy Setup / Installation.

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Hello Readers!

First of welcome to this blog. I will try to share my knowledge of adobe flash, flex and air with the readers of this blog to my best. As I am a self taught flash developer so I have thought to give some of that knowledge back to the community through this blog.

Also, here on this blog I will posting about my new releases of products which I sell exclusively at flashden.net . These products are low cost and affordable for everyone. This is a great way finish urgent projects in no time. Checkout my portfolio on flashden here.