Archive for July, 2004

FLPMaker in JSFL

Ivan Ivanoff just posted a note on Flashcoders about a new JSFL version of FLPMaker by Valeria Laura (I'm not completely sure about the author's real name -- I'm assuming it's this from her email address.) Ivan describes the tool as "like the good old flpmaker, but inside your flash IDE." It's nice to hear my [...]

Great pixel font tutorial for Flash

I've been searching for something like this for a very long time: A tutorial on how to create pixel fonts for Flash by Dani Wahlers! Dani's article shows you the tools to use (and how to use them) to create your own pixels fonts that work flawlessly in Flash. Fonts For Flash move over, here I [...]

Flash Europe

I just got a confirmation that I'm going to be presenting at the Flash Europe conference in Barcelona later this year (November 3-5, 2004) with a stellar bunch of other presenters. You can find a partial list of attendees on aSH's site.

Macromedia Certified Instructor

I've just become a Macromedia Certified Instructor for the Flash MX 2004: Advanced ActionScript Development (FAAD) and Flash MX Professional 2004: Application Development courses and will be teaching select classes at the prestigious Highlander offices in the Docklands. I will be teaching the first FAAD class this Monday. We will, of course, be continuing to offer our [...]

Flash is secure.

I had recently posted about enterprises that block ActiveX content (and thus Flash), asking for real-world experiences of developers who had encountered such a practice. Needless to say, I didn't receive too many responses. The reason, I believe -- as I had suspected all along -- is because this is a myth. This is not [...]