Quick example of how to create a tiled bitmap in Flash 8 using MovieClip.beginBitmapFill method instead of using duplicated movieclips.

SWF sample:

[flash]http://www.blog.lessrain.com/wp-content/upload/tilebackground2.swf,400,200[/flash]

Related Entries:

• Flash: Create a Video background pattern in Flash 8

Well, probably this is not as fancy as 'fire', 'smoke', 'particles', '3d', but I would like to highlight this post from Tinic Uro where he gives some ideas of how to use the new 'Flash 8 features' in a different and practical way.

Worth to read: Using Flash Player 8 filters for good.

More ideas around this topic:

I think, since the new Flash Player has access to the pixel data of a webcam, we are close to the possibility of creating hands free devices that will enable many disable people to use their computers, such as Mouse Vision.

Related post: Flash 8 and webcams.

Following up our post Force Download where we discussed a few tricks to download a picture directly from flash using getURL and a simple php script, I feel like continue the post adding how you can achieve the same or even better by using the FileReference.download method in Flash 8.

Cleaner better and simpler:

Sample swf: (just right click the picture to download the image): [flash]http://www.blog.lessrain.com/wp-content/upload/download2.swf,350,200[/flash]

Now that's weird: it seems to be impossible to cast to an Array in AS2!

The "natural" way of doing it for me would be this:

I'd expect the output to be "1", but it actually prints "1,2"!

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Senocular has put together a comprehensive tutorial about the Transformation Matrix in Flash 8.

Worth to take a look.

New set of Video Tutorials by flashextensions.

• Exceptions and Error Handling. Overview of Error Types (Compile Time vs. Run Time Errors).
• Exceptions and Error Handling. (Throwing a Simple Error).
• Exceptions and Error Handling. (Catching an Error).
• Exceptions and Error Handling. (Handling Caught Errors).
• Exceptions and Error Handling. (Handling Caught Errors by Subclassing Error Class).
• Exceptions and Error Handling. (Using the Finally statement).
• Intrinsic Class.

Previous related entries:

• Flash:Video Tutorials, August 24th,2005.
• Flash: More Video Tutorials, August 9th, 2005.
• Flash: Small tip, Tuesday, August 2nd.
• Flash: Video Tutorials, Tuesday, August 2nd.

New set of Video Tutorials by flashextensions.

• Using Simple Library Elements in an Application.
• Using Components in an Application 1.
• Using Components in an Application 2.
• Storing Classes as a resource 1.
• Storing Classes as a resource 2.

Previous related entries:

• Flash: More Video Tutorials, August 9th, 2005.
• Flash: Small tip, Tuesday, August 2nd.
• Flash: Video Tutorials, Tuesday, August 2nd.

Interesting article at Macromedia about the pros and cons of several approaches to Flash detection, plus a description of the new Flash 8 detection script and Flash Player Express Install.

Via Marco Casario Blog

New set of Video Tutorials by flashextensions and some Flash 8 tutorials coming soon.

• Implementing a Simple Monitor to Prevent Endless Loops
• Interface
• Interface Exercise
• Observer Pattern Pt. 1 - Example
• Observer Pattern Pt. 2 - UML Explained
• Observer Pattern Pt. 3 - Structural Implementation
• Observer Pattern Exercise - Creating an Event Dispatcher
• Observer Pattern Exercise - Create a Universal Event Broadcaster

New set of Video Tutorials by flashextensions.

• Introduction to Design Patterns.
• Factory Method Pattern.
• Factory Method Pattern Exercise - Business Logic.
• A Better Block Comment.
• Using ASSetPropFlags.
• Building the Default Applications for Videos.

Old but interesting notes of how to to detect a specific user's download speed with Flash, by Hayden Porter.

It is not up to date but still one of the best resources about Sound and Flash. Worth to take a look Remixology, the craft of building web audio applications by Hayden Porter