http://www.orlandmedia.com/blog The blog of Orland Media Ltd Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:44:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You might have noticed Winzip has started to run very slowly ever since you installed Windows XP Service Pack 2 or started to use Windows Vista. It'll crawl along, taking about a second to extract each each file in an archive. What is going on? The explanation is on WinZip's site. ... http://www.orlandmedia.com/blog/general/why-is-winzip-so-slow/ localToGlobal() not working? The LiveDocs on this potentially very useful method, along with its partner globalToLocal() are not actually very helpful. What they don't make clear is that you need to be sure to overwrite your point when using it: [code] // WRONG: var pt:Point = new Point(target.x, target.y); target.parent.localToGlobal(pt); parent.globalToLocal(pt); // RIGHT: var pt:Point = new Point(target.x, ... http://www.orlandmedia.com/blog/actionscript-3/localtoglobal-in-as3-not-working/ Our next Applied ActionScript 3.0 course will more than likely be scheduled for early July, 2009. The course is limited to only 5 delegates. If you would like to reserve a place please let us know - we'd be happy to have you there. http://www.orlandmedia.com/blog/actionscript-3/as3-course-in-july/ We're using APE - the ActionScript Physics Engine - for our current project. If you run into the TypeError: Error #1007: Instantiation attempted on a non-constructor ..when compiling with Flash CS4, the reason is that APE defines a class called Vector, which clashes with a new class, of a different kind, in Flash ... http://www.orlandmedia.com/blog/actionscript-3/error-1007-instantiation-attempted-on-a-non-constructor-with-ape/ Another tip: if you get this error, one possible explanation is that you have tried to declare a variable with the same name as an already declared function - perhaps one which has been inherited from a superclass. http://www.orlandmedia.com/blog/actionscript-3/typeerror-error-1006-value-is-not-a-function/ Flash is becoming more and more prevalent on mobile devices and it is now to be built into set top boxes - and we are ready, willing and able to provide the content. http://www.orlandmedia.com/blog/adobe-flash/adobe-flash-to-be-in-set-top-boxes/ We have just set the date for our next Applied ActionScript 3.0 course: it will be held on 5th, 6th & 7th May 2009 in London, UK. The course teaches how to build Flash sites exclusively using ActionScript 3.0. One or two places are still available if you would like to attend ... http://www.orlandmedia.com/blog/actionscript-3/actionscript-3-as3-training-course-in-london/ One problem we recently ran into involved ProgressEvent.PROGRESS events seeming to misreport the proportion of the file that has loaded. This would cause the preloader's bar to extend beyond the 100% mark. While we don't have time currently to outline the full technical context of the issue, we did spend some ... http://www.orlandmedia.com/blog/actionscript-3/progresseventprogress-misreports-bytesloaded-bytestotal/ Here at Orland Media we make full use of iTunes on Vista, having it either on random play or tuning into to any of several hundred radio stations throughout the world while working. The above mentioned problem can sometimes occur on upgrading iTunes, and it doesn't go away even on a ... http://www.orlandmedia.com/blog/general/itunes-says-preparing-to-install-every-time-it-starts/ ActionScript 2.0 has support for the onReleaseOutside event in the following manner: [code] myMovieClip.onRelease = myMovieClip.onReleaseOutside = function():Void { this._x += 300; } [/code] This directly applied event handler will trigger when the mouse is released over myMovieClip or when that clip is clicked upon then the mouse is subsequently released elsewhere. ActionScript 3.0, however, does ... http://www.orlandmedia.com/blog/actionscript-3/detecting-onreleaseoutside-in-as3/