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Flash and ActionScript

A bunch of links & resources about Macromedia's Flash tools: http://www.macromedia.com/software/studio/

• http://training.figleaf.com/resources/ - A web site about flash coder mailing lists

• http://www.kessertech.com/XMPower/XMPower.html - another XPath implementation for AS

• http://www.benchun.net/mx3d/ - 3D component for Flash

• http://www.flashcomponents.net - components for Flash

• http://www.painterscase.com/flash/ - more than 250 Flash utilities (swf decompiler, ActionScript Editor, Animated Text Effects, Flash Menu Builder and much more...)

• http://www.phillipkerman.com/ff2000sf/muj_reprint.pdf - Call JavaScript from ActionScript, and vice versa

• http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/applications/jpeg_slideshow_xml/index.html - Using Flash to build a JPEG slideshow using XML

• http://www.xfactorstudio.com/projects/XPath/ - XPath for Flash

• http://archive.devx.com/webdev/articles/ib100201/ib100201-1.asp - using SOAP with Flash

• http://proto.layer51.com/

• Custom Cell rendering: http://www.flash-db.com/Tutorials/cellrenderer/

• Printing: http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/open/webprinting/download/

• Extending Flash MX 2004 - http://www.friendsofed.com/books/1590593049/

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Flash Remoting

• http://www.flash-db.com/remoting/

• Benchmark of Remoting vs. SOAP: http://www.flashorb.com/articles/soap_vs_flash_remoting_benchmark.shtml

• Petmarket example: http://www.simonf.com/flap/examples/petmarket/petmarket.html

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Ming

• apt-get install libswf-perl
• http://opaque.net/ming/examples/index.html
• http://ming.sourceforge.net/
• http://todbot.com/ming/
• http://www.fontimages.org.uk/flash/struc.html - generate and compile ActionScript, using Perl
• http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlgp/chapter/ch09.pdf - all about using the SWF:: Perl modules. Extremely powerful.
• http://www.flashfun.com/ - Directory of Flash games created in Europe.

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Interesting splash screen for a website

I stumbled upon this one while checking out a the website for a 3D optimizer:

http://www.insite-media.com/internet_marketing/pazzazz.cfm

Make sure your speakers are on. The animations are sync'd with the music. Interesting use of Flash

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