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Structure Creator 2.0.2 Available

Ed — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 02:03:10 +0000

It's been a long time since I last posted here. But I should say that Structure Creator flash plugin is now available on GitHub.

Since version 1.3 I have added a lot of new features

New in Version 2.0.2

Updated Facebook API to Graph API 1.0
Updated TweenMax to version 11.411
Updated Away3D to version 3.6.0 FP10

New in Version 2.0.1

Added TweenMax to package selector. (See http://www.greensock.com/licensing/ for licensing details)

New in Version 2.0.0

Now has a package selector which includes Away3d, Papervision3D, Tweener, as3corelib, Facebook API, Mr. Doob's Stats and De MonsterDebugger.
Package selector works with classpath attribute in schema, to place files in correct location.
Redesigned
Scaleable

It is really recommended to update to the latest version. More packages will be available soon.

Leave a comment and let me know which packages you would like to see added.

Structure Creator 1.3 Now Available

Ed — Wed, 26 May 2010 03:21:26 +0000

Version 1.3 of Structure Creator is out now at the google code site. Now works in Adobe Flash CS5

New in Version 1.3

Works with Adobe Flash CS5
Now checks for updates, so you can always have the latest version of Structure Creator.
You can now create Flash Builder Project files
Can now run without being online

So go on over to google code and grab version 1.3 of Structure Creator.

A-SFUG August ’09 Meeting

Ed — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 02:12:44 +0000

The August user group meeting is coming up! Please RSVP on Facebook.

Adobe Alchemy by Bok: “Alchemy brings the power of high performance C and C++ libraries to Flash!” Come and meet Bok the C++ guru! Not sure what alchemy can do for you? Here’s lots of cool stuff: http://www.peternitsch.net/blog
Fighting cheaters in Flash games by Craig: It’s been well known that people tend to cheat in Flash games, especially when there’s a prize adding the incentive. Hear from Craig how he fights with hardcore cheaters to create a safer Flash game!
Last but not least, bring your questions to the meeting for open discussions in our “how stuff works” section.

Date: Saturday, August 22, 2009
Time: 11:00am - 1:00pm
Location: 03-01 Ogilvy Centre
Street: Robinson Road 35
City/Town: Singapore, Singapore

Hope to see you all there
Ed
(via Shang)

Structure Creator in Staff Picks on Adobe Exchange

Ed — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:05:03 +0000

I just discovered tonight that Structure Creator is in the Staff Picks on the Adobe Exchange. I'm very happy about this, although the version that is up there at the moment (7th July '09) is not currently the latest version. Shang will need to update that.

Big thanks to Danny and Shang with their help on creating Flash Structure Creator. We will keep working on it and bring out some more updates soon.

Added SWFAddress 2.3 to Structure Creator

Ed — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:25:36 +0000

I have just updated the SWFAddress version for the default schema of Structure Creator. It will now use SWFAddress version 2.3. If you have the latest version of Structure Creator you don't need to do anything, the next time you create a project it will be using version 2.3.

UPDATE: SWFobject has also been updated to version 2.2

Grab version 1.1.8.4 of Structure Creator from Google Code

HTML and CSS in Flash

Ed — Fri, 01 May 2009 16:20:12 +0000

I have just uploaded my slides on HTML and CSS in Flash from the last A-SFUG meeting

I hope you find it useful.

Structure Creator 1.1.8.4

Ed — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:31:21 +0000

Structure Creator 1.1.8.4 extension for Flash is now available. Fixed issue with class path.

Get it from Google Code

I'd appreciate your feedback. Thanks.

Structure Creator 1.1.6 Out Now!

Ed — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:09:23 +0000

Structure Creator 1.1.6 extension for Flash is now available. It will now save your last used schema, width, height and frame rate.

Get it from Google Code

I'd appreciate your feedback. Thanks.

Instance names and code hinting – Tips & Tricks

Ed — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 07:59:22 +0000

When coding in actionscript sometimes it can be a pain that you don't get code hinting with objects that are on stage. A good way of overcoming this is to change the instance names of your objects (Movie Clips, Buttons, etc.) to have an underscore "_" then the abbreviated name of that object at the end of the name.

For example, you may have a movie clip on stage called myMovieClip. Change the instance name to have an _mc at the end (myMovieClip_mc), and now in your actions panel type myMovieClip_mc and press period. You will now see all the code hinting for a movie clip popup (see image). This can save a whole heap of time when coding.

Here is a list of the different shortcuts that you can use to bring up the code hinting. Some of these are for AS2 but the rest will work with AS3.

Object type	Variable suffix
Array	_array
Button	_btn
Camera	_cam
Color	_color
ContextMenu	_cm
ContextMenuItem	_cmi
Date	_date
Error	_err
LoadVars	_lv
LocalConnection	_lc
Microphone	_mic
MovieClip	_mc
MovieClipLoader	_mcl
PrintJob	_pj
NetConnection	_nc
NetStream	_ns
SharedObject	_so
Sound	_sound
String	_str
TextField	_txt
TextFormat	_fmt
Video	_video
XML	_xml
XMLNode	_xmlnode
XMLSocket	_xmlsocket

I find that using this technique saves me a whole heap of time when programming.

Forget 25 lines. Try 140 Characters

Ed — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:24:24 +0000

A while ago I talked about the 25 lines competition which is a contest to see who can make the most spectacular thing with only 25 lines of code. Today Grant Skinner has announced on his blog a competition called #tweetcoding. Basically the contest is to create the coolest thing you can in AS3, with only using 140 characters of code. If you enter you stand to win a copy of Flash CS4!

Details can be found here: http://www.gskinner.com/blog/archives/2009/02/tweetcoding_con.html