Category: Flash


Updated Solution: AS3 Security Error #2122 with 300 Redirects

Posted by Mark in Flash. 2 comments

28th Dec 2011

Quite a while ago Steven Sacks posted a solution to 300 redirects when loading images in Flash.
This seemed to work most of the time but the solution does not work every time (at least anymore).


AS3 Facebook Graph API Branch

Posted by Mark in Flash, Flex. 8 comments

6th Mar 2011

If you’re using the officially supported AS3 Facebook library, you might want to check out my branch…



OMGPOP is Hiring!

Posted by Mark in Flash, Flex. No Comments

12th Mar 2010

Yay! Come join me!


Geocoding with Papervision3D Update

Posted by Mark in Flash, Flex. 5 comments

6th Sep 2009

A little over a year ago, I wrote an article for Adobe Edge on how to geocode with Papervision3D. I have updated this project to work with the latest Papervision3D library and made the markers interactive.


Writing XIFF Extensions To Pass Custom Data Over XMPP

Posted by Mark in Flash, Flex. 6 comments

30th Jul 2009

Learn how to write your own XIFF extensions with custom data that can be sent over XMPP.


Embedding Fonts Using External SWF Files

Posted by Mark in Flash, Flex. 11 comments

5th Apr 2009

Learn how to embed fonts in external SWF files, using Flash’s character embedding panel, for use in Flex and ActionScript projects.


XIFF GUI (AS3 XMPP Demo)

Posted by Mark in Flash, Flex. 23 comments

23rd Feb 2009

I’ve been working on building a chat room using XMPP (Jabber) and the XIFF AS3 API and have released a full-featured XIFF overview demo with source code.


AS3 Syntax Highlighting (with SyntaxHighlighter 2.0)

Posted by Mark in Flash. 7 comments

17th Feb 2009

SyntaxHighlighter was recently updated to 2.0 so I updated my AS3 brush to be compatible.


Language Reference Updates

Posted by Mark in Flash. No Comments

21st Oct 2008

Language References updated for the release of Flash 10.


Color Name Class (SVG 1.0 – X11 and VGA)

Posted by Mark in Downloads, Flash. 10 comments

20th Jun 2008

Here’s a class for you that defines the names and hexadecimal values of all the colors in SVG 1.0, including the X11 colors and the HTML4 colors, based on the VGA colors.