Jazz Up Flash Components with Filters

If you’re like me and are pretty much stuck with V2 Components for awhile, you’ll find yourself getting pretty bored of the same old halo look.

Well its time to add some kick to those components by using Flash’s filter API ! Before we begin, this article assumes you are comfortable with hand editing actionscript and that you’ve used filters before. Check out the following article to get up to speed with filters -

• http://www.communitymx.com/content/article.cfm?cid=B65BE

Flash ComboBox Display Issues Explained

A problem that plagues users of Flash’s V2 components is getting the ComboBox to behave in a predictable manner.

After having done my share of googling on forums and finding most people pointing to setting ‘_lockroot=true’ as the answer without a true explanation, I decided to do some digging. My search led me to an answer that not only explained the behavior but also pointed out a solution.

Managing Your Perceived Feature set

Feature set management is paramount when trying to deliver a project on time and within budget. However, few of us take the time to think about the feature set that users *believe* they are getting.  When these two feature sets are out of synch, the outcome can range from general annoyance to a missed sales opportunity.

A new home for Flash/Actionscript articles

I’ve created a dedicated page for Flash/Actionscript related posts.  Its linked off the primary navigation now under ‘Flash/Actionscript’.  Or you can just go here

http://straylink.wordpress.com/flashactionscript/

Got AS2? (The trouble with adopting AS3)

Adobe has a great, brave new world mapped out with Actionscript 3 and Flex 2. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find a way to teleport to that world easily, outside of a complete rewrite of my Flash 8/Actionscript 2 projects.