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How to resize the Flash Player from Flash with fscommand and C#
Sep 25th
How do you resize the Flash Player or to be more precise the width of window showing your animation? Whereas with AIR this is done with few lines, the Flash Player will not allow you to resize its window. The first idea when trying to solve this issue was to write something like : stage.width = 1024; . Yes, this could work but this value can’t be overwritten and the Flash Player won’t be resized. But how to realize this, let’s say if you have several screen resolution to target and want to automatically resize the Flash Player? Here is my solution
How to compile with AIR 2.7 with Flash CS 5 for iOS development with ADT Helper
Jul 24th
There is a lot of hype around the huge performance jump of AIR 2.7 towards AIR 2.5 when publishing for iOS and of course everybody wants to test it. Most of you have read how to overlay the inbuilt Flash CS 5.5 (AIR SDK 2.6) to AIR 2.7 (http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/908/cpsid_90810.html) but what should be done when you are still using Flash CS 5 with the old IPA compiler? Here is the solution to discover the full power of AIR 2.7 on your iPad… More >
Load a MD5 model with Away3D Broomstick and Molehill (aka Stage3D) for Flash
Jun 11th
Molehill aka Stage3D will be the next revolution for Flash and AIR. The new Adobe Flash Player will fully support 3D by allowing developers to use a set of low-level GPU-accelerated APIs. What’s pretty cool is that the 3D capabilities will be available also available for Mobile, TV and Desktop-based AIR applications. The best way to realize 3D visualization is to use a framework. My favorite one is Away3D. In this tutorial you will learn how to load a MD5 object with Away 3D 4 (Broomstick) with the Flex 4.5 SDK and the new Molehill.
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What can you do with bytes ? Thibault tells you
Apr 11th
Ever wanted to know what you could do with a ByteArray ? Thibault Imbert (visit his website ByteArray.org) gives you the answers and opens you the mysterious world of bits and bytes in Actionscript 3. His book will contain 7 chapters around concepts like encoders, parsers or even emulators.
If you are beginning to learn Actionscript 3, have no clue why ByteArrays are so important or if you wonder how to make an image encoder or how to send data over sockets, then this book is for you!
Thibault was kind enough to let us download the first chapter called “The first bits. The complete book will be available on his website. And by the way, don’t hesitate to check his other Actionscript 3 tuts and articles, this will show you the power of Actionscript 3 
Top 5 best Flash resources
May 10th
Ever wanted to know how a cool animation was implemented, but never knew which third-party class was used? Here is a top 5 of must-have Flash resources. More >
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