Problem: We need a TextField of type TextFieldType.INPUT that has embedFonts set to true and has an inner drop shadow filter. Sounds easy enough right? The first problem is that DropShadowFilter’s don’t work correctly with TextFields created using ActionScript. The second problem is that setting embedFonts to TRUE and leaving default text empty on a […]
Display TwitPic Images in Flex & AIR
Problem: The TwitPic API does not currently support outgoing requests and the image source from amazon aws contains an AWS AccessKeyId, expiration time stamp, and signature. This would normally require a regular expression to rip the source JPG path out of the HTML. Ripping the source out of the HTML is a bit of a […]
Error Loading Project – Missing Project Files
Problem: An SVN conflict caused the .flexProperites and .asProperties files to be deleted. This caused Flex Builder to prompt “Error Loading Project” with the message “A problem occurred when opening project “Your Project”. Try quitting and restarting the application. If the problem persists, you might be using an unsupported project version, or your project files […]
Flash Player 10: 48KHz Sound Playback Bug
Update (2/25/2008): This bug has been fixed as of Flash Player version 10.0.22.87. Download the new version from Adobe: http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ Problem: Flash Player 10 distorts sounds sampled higher than 44KHz when using the loadSound function within ActionScript 2.0. This is a problem since many of the Flash mp3 players that exist today are written with […]