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The best implementation of the TextField.getFontList() method i have seen up to now. A nifty little RIA which allows you to preview the fonts on your system over the web, with different sized text, special characters etc….

Thanks Jarle

David Vogeleer has written a comprehensive rundown of the three day conference for all to read at Flashmagazine.

I have a flash movie which needs to display an integer as its string representation (e.g. 103 would be “one hundred and three”). So i thought i would set out on a mission to create a method which does just this. But, after a quick look at [Proto] i found a function already written that does just that! So heres the link which will take you directly to the code. Thought this would be of use to some Flash Developers.

Macromedia allowed beta testers of the soon to be released Macromedia Central, to share authorised screenshots of the software with the Flash Community. Since then numerous images have popped up in the flashblog network, so heres a few of them [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6].

And, while we are on the subject Mr. Chamber’s is asking everybody “What do you want to know about Macromedia Central?”.

I got an invite to speak at a Flash Conference in Marseille earlier this week, it’s not until October but its something to look forward to. FlashParade is sponsored by Macromedia and will be a three day conference starting on October 9th. Checkout the website for more information.

Macromedia have recently released DRK 4 to the people who haven’t forked out lots of cash for the Devnet Subscriptions. Macromedia usually send me a copy of the DRK’s but i didnt recieve this one. The new Flash Charting Component Set 2 looks like the only thing which is of any great interest to potential buyers in the Flash Community. There are a few Flash based RIA examples on the cd which you can take apart and study to your hearts content, which may also tickle your fancy, but for me, im not overly excited about this disc!

Having a stressful day at work? then chill out for a while with the help of some good old bubble popping therapy.

I have just installed Macromedia Studio MX on my laptop with a trial version of Macromedia Flash Communication Server MX, and the Actions Panel hasnt been updated with the new FlashComm Server Objects and methods, but the help files have been installed for FlashComm. So my question, can somebody please share, or send me the CustomActions xml file for the FlashComm Server Objects & Methods, i believe there may be two xml files, but im not sure, one for the Actions Panel and one for the Reference Panel. Thankyou kindly. Re-Installing FlashComm doesnt fix the problem, nor does re-installing Studio MX.

Macromedia today announced the launch of a new product that aims to push the Flash Player in the direction that adobe’s printable document format has been going. The idea is simple, convert any document into an swf which can then be placed within a website for all to see and all your website viewers require is the Flash Player. So the FlashPaper tool also has a swanky GUI for viewing the documents online, much like a slim version of Acrobat Reader. More information here.

Today sees a new face for StudioWhiz! A lovely re-design and new content for 2003, make this site worth a visit. StudioWhiz is a new media resource site, covering topics like Flash, 3D, Video and so on and so forth… so theres something for everyone.

Holger Kohnen released an Actionscript Blog in May and i have only just checked it out again. There is some good OOP related actionscript code in the archives, so i recommend you should check it out!

My buddy Jonas Galvez, whom some of my readers may know, from his many actionscript related posts over at onRelease, has released his own Flash Blog. This is one blog worth checking on a regular basis.

Branden Hall showed his latest pet project to the crowds at FlashForward NYC. His latest project BrawlBots is a system that enables developers to create battle ready robots in actionscript and compete against other developers virtual robots in a virtual arena, online. If you ever played the world-wide phenomenon Pokemon cards, then this is a similar kind of thing but a cyberspace version. So for example i could build a robot by creating a class which extends the BrawlBot API, which when fired upon will turn around and face the robot which fired the shot and keep blasting it to pieces until all the enemy robots armour is gone. the possibilites are endless! A wicked idea and something which i think alot of people should have a play with. Presently Branden is asking for developers to beta test the system, so if your interested send an email to brawlbots-beta-subscribe@waxpraxis.org.

The latest of the ever-popular FlashFoward conferences is under way and some of the developers attending the conference are blogging live updates from the conference for those of us that arent over their this time. Josh Dura, Mike Chambers and Gregory Burch are actively posting conference news as i write. Get all the latest conference news over at the Macromedia XML News Aggregator.

FlashToolset 2 was today released with tonnes of new features. Have a gander at them and see if its worh upgrading to the latest version. Check out the product website for more information.