ARCHIVE August, 2010

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SWF: Disabling Cache

June 28, 2007

The trick to disabling the browser from loading your flash movies from its cache is to append a unique ID to the movie. Today we'll take a look at how a small piece of JavaScript code can force a new download. We will also look at how this trick has been misused by appending variables [...]

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deconcept > SWFObject 1.5

June 27, 2007

Thanks to Geoff Stearns' SWFObject we can detect, install and embed the flash movies with ease. SWFObject is written in JavaScript and, without getting into the legalities, it automatically eliminates the EOLAS security patch; when you are required to 'Activate' a flash movie before you can begin interacting with it. If you are not using [...]

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ActionScript Code Hints

June 18, 2007

Within the Flash IDE and more specifically, when coding using the Actions panel, there are three methods you can use to access code hints; they allow us to view a drop-down menu of the current objects' methods and properties. If you are a beginner it will help you remember all your options, if you are [...]