User Mouse Tracking / Website Research
If you use website statistic tools – and thats something i guess everybody is interested in – you got well numbers about how many users visit your website and exactly which page of your website. You will also know from which other website the came and which key words they used within Google to get […]
Read moreDynamic Resize Flash Application Container / Flash Stage ( without external JavaScript )
[Update: Add complete Flash Builder project source files. ] If you have dynamic content within your Flash application or you have several states or „pages“ implemented, which all have different content, it might be helpful to resize your flash aplication container within the html- context. For this it’s not enough to resize the application from […]
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Die letzte Bratwurst vor Amerika – Europa Tour 2010
In diesem Jahr geht es mit den eigenen Maschinen los. Lars und ich werden auf dem europäischen Festland bleiben. Abgesehen davon, dass natürlich der Weg das Ziel ist, geht es nach Portugal. Genauer gesagt zur „Letzten Bratwurst vor Amerika“, einem Bratwurststand an der südwestlichen Spitze von Portugal.
Read moreQuick start with Flash ExternalInterface class
The ExternalInterface class allows you to communicate with the Flash wrapping container, which is usually the HTML page with JavaScript capeability. It allows you to send data from ActionsScript to JavaScript and vice versa. The ExternalInterface class is implemented for nearly all current browsers. Please see the documentation for a detailed list of the supported […]
Read morePreload assets with JavaScript, load-complete callback for single assets include SWF/Flash
Currently i need to know within JavaScript when a SWF-file was loaded completly. You could easily handle this with a single ExternalInterface call from within the Flash-application. This is not a very nice solution if this has to be done for each of you flash-applications. This is the neccesary way if you also have to […]
Read moreFFK10
Hallo und Humppa nach Norddeutschland, wie immer: wer nicht gerade in Köln bei der Flash Forum Konferenz (FFK10 – http://ffk10.flashforum.de) ist der verpasst etwas. Dieses Jahr geht das Treffen der größten deutschen Community zum Thema Flash und Flash Plattform in die bereits 10 Runde. Wieder einmal konnte die Konferenz mehr Teilnehmer als im Vorjahr anlocken. […]
Read moreJavaScript Timer Class
Here is a little JavaScript Class which allows you to have timed function calls. Of course there could be different instances of these timers. Here is a example how to use it: var timer = new Timer( {’interval‘:1000} ); timer.start( timedFunction ); function timedFunction(){ // called every 1000 milliseconds }var timer = new Timer( […]
Read moreConnect OpenOffice with MAMP/XAMPP MySQL on OS X
Just to have a note for myself, here are some steps you need to know to connect your MySQL Database with OpenOffice e.g. for creating form letters. You need to create a ODBC connection. First step is to install the latest ODBC drivers. For MySQL you will get them diretly from MySQL: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/odbc/. Just download […]
Read moreMedion Navigationsgerät (GoPal auf WinCE) mit eigenen Geokoordinaten / POIs erweitern
Für die Freiwillige Feuerwehr haben wir uns ein Navigationsgerät angeschafft und dies wollte ich nun schon seit langer langer Zeit mit den Geokoordinaten der Hydranten bestücken, damit man im Einsatzfall auch die selten verwendeten Hydranten schnell findet. Künftig sollen hier auch die Koordinaten der Hydranten aus den Nachbargemeinen eingespielt werden. Wird diese bei einem Einsatz […]
Read moreHow to detect the Browsers Zoom Level / If the user changes Browser Zoom
[Update]: Example ZIP wasn’t working in deed. Thanks Unabus for the hint. [Update]: jQuery no longer required. Changed initialisation method. [Update]: Added ActionScript Source. [Update]: Sorry, i posted the wrong version ( Thanks Ash for the hint ). The latest version now really supports Internet Explorer. Every modern Web-Browsers gives you the possibility to zoom […]
Read moreUpdate jsCallStack to Vector Class
When using the jsCallStack again after a while i just realized that it still uses an ArrayCollection – uuuu – how dirty. But now it’s updated to Vector.<Object> and you can again use it for your JavaScript calls from Flash. cheers, Sebastian
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USA by Bike
Etwas an das ich vor einem Jahr nicht geglaubt hätte wird wahr. Ich habe meinen Motorradführerschein gemacht und fahre mit den besten Kumpels der Welt auf der Harley- Davidson durch die USA.
Read moreSet innerHeight also for IE
I’m really not a fan of popup windows within a website. But sometimes it really makes sense. For example for a little campaign which is more or less a microsite. But you want not to lose the website context. In this case i would „allow“ to open the campaign in a popup window. The popup […]
Read moreUse your Wii-Remote with the FlashPlayer – WiiFlash
You maybe know the Nintendo Wii and its controller the Wiimote. Joa Ebert and Thibault Imbert implement a AS3 package called WiiFlash which allows you to connect the Wiimote ( or Wii Remote Control ) with your Flash/Flex Application. The Wiimote uses several sensors to detect different motion values. It allows you to read the […]
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