Loading an external swf with parameters in the URL

Recently I needed to load an external swf with parameters in the URL (eg. file.swf?foo=bar). The reason was to prevent loading of any cached version of the swf by adding…

AS3 Drawing Utility Class

Trying to work as much in pure AS3 as I can on projects, I’m often dynamically drawing simple shapes like squares, rectangles and circles. Rather than re-writing the drawing methods…

AS3 Bandwidth Checker

A while back I worked on an FLV player where it gave the user a choice between viewing the high or low quality version of each video. But because the…

AS3 version of PHP’s empty() function

When working in PHP I often find the empty() function handy for checking whether a variable is empty or has a zero value. It’s great because I can use it to…

Create Dynamic XML With PHP’s DOMDocument Class and Use It In Your Flash App

I was reading up on PHP’s DOMDocument Class recently and it’s really handly if you want to dynamically create HTML or XML files from PHP.

One practical application would be to create…

Calling all Melbourne Flash developers

I have created The Melbourne Flash Developers Happy Hour – a regular social event for Flash Developers in Melbourne. Just a chilled out event where you can come and meet…

Execute dynamic javascript from Flash with ExternalInterface

So I was playing around with the ExternalInterface class earlier today and wondered if I could call dynamic javascript with it, as opposed to the standard approach of calling an…

Turn smoothing on for all images in the Library – Flash JSFL Command

Here’s a simple JSFL command/script that will turn smoothing on for all images in your library.

Download the JSFL file

If you’re unsure about it here’s where to save the script so…

Where to save Flash JSFL command scripts

Here’s where to save JSFL scripts so that they appear in the Commands menu in Flash…