I’m very pleased to announce that this website is now aggregated by the Adobe Macromedia XML News Aggregator. I encounter a lot of unique situations in my work and do imagine that many will be able to benefit from my writings. After gleaning so much from this community over the past few years, I hope …
I recently stumbled upon a really nice trick while using the BitmapData object. The problem occurs when attempting to use the draw() method on a MovieClip instance source that had a mask applied via setMask(). Either nothing would be drawn, or the content would be drawn incorrectly. I’ve found that setting the cacheAsBitmap property to …
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DUVAGAII is an application which heavily relies on a number of Flash modules written in ActionScript 2.0 for delivery of images, audio, and video content. We have also integrated the Flash Media Server to produce some really amazing video editing tools. The only people who have access to the system right now are faculty and …
Work on DUVAGAII Mentioned in The Latest CTL Newsletter Read More »
I’ve been working with Flash since version 4 but only came across this trick a few weeks ago. Normally, when using the XML object in ActionScript to load data into your application, if the XML file has been cached, Flash will not reload updated XML data until the cache is cleared or expires. For many …
Welcome. This is the central contact point and information center for Joseph Labrecque, Multimedia Developer and ActionScript Programmer. My goal for this website is to author an information hub with points leading to related websites, projects, and interests of mine. There will always exist here an up-to-date resume and contact information. While this website is …