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April 21st, 2004
PostgreSQL & PHP on Windows
Ok, this one will be worth a bookmark, Use PostgreSQL and PHP on Windows.
It is believed that it is difficult to run PostgreSQL on Windows, because there’s no easy-to-use Win32 installer. Users have to install some sort of unix emulator first, Cygwin, and run the database system on this “platform”.
April 16th, 2004
SCORM resources
Advanced Distributed Learning have some good resource on SCORM. There’s a new section that deals specifically with SCORM from a developer and Instructional Designer’s view.
April 13th, 2004
Flash Developers Required
Required freelancers for the UK (Onsite project); Resources with Flash MX actionscript skills.
Project is a banking application. The front end will be created by resources onsite. We are required to integrate Flash MX with the backend. Backend technologies being .net, ASP and C#. Some knowledge of the backend technologies will be essential.
The assignment duration can range between 1 month to 4 months.
Contact Information:-
Geeta Suthar: 91 22 5660 3682
Cell: 91 98200 19935
Email: gsuthar@fractalink.com
[Disclaimer : This information was posted here on request of Geeta Suthar of Fractalink, this information might be useful for Flash Developers looking for a break. Please contact Geeta for any clarification or enquiry. Mumbai Flash User Group or any of its member have no affiliation or whatsoever with the company/setup/persons.]
April 8th, 2004
Macromedia Director MX 2004 Seminar Excellent One
HI!! Just now returned from Macromedia Director MX 2004 Seminar.
It was no doubt a good one. Lalit Balchandani, Senior Director Of Macromedia Director Engineering Team was excellent in showing the new powerful features of Director MX 2004. New features which I liked the most is the :
1) Javascript Syntax familiar to Lingo Scripting. Now we have a combination of two together.
2) Cross platform DVD - video playback. Embedding, controlling and playing DVD movies to create powerful interactive experiences. We have the DVD element which comes out with many options. Again a good feature.
3) Flash Components support.
4) Sprite & Channel naming. Again a good one because we dont have to modify the code, just drag the sprites to new channels. Same thing as we do in Flash Movie Clip giving the instance name to it.
5) Cross platform Projector publishing. We can create Director applications for both Mac and Windows.
Demos of customer case studies of GulfStream, Lego Land website using Director/Shockwave shown were excellent.
Check more .. http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productid=1524&loc=en_us
Thanks to Lalit and team of Macromedia,Mumbai for conducting such good seminar.
April 5th, 2004
prevent swf from playing locally other than http://
Have you been worried that people are downloading your swf from cache and viewing it offline
Have you been worried about your question and optional answers are being viewed offline ( elearning project)
Here I have little piece of code, which should prevent users from viewing the page.
_global.fx_online = (this._url.subStr(0,7) == “http://”);
if(fx_online){
}else{
_root._visible=0;
}
this code need to be placed in the first frame of your movie, if you are using loadmovie, then the clip which you are loading needs to have this piece of script.
I still don’t assure you that all contents are safe, as you all know there are decompilers available, I am just trying to make things little hard.
April 4th, 2004
SetInterval Tutorial
Senocular have a nice SetInterval Tutorial at Kirupa.com.
“In attempt to avoid all of that onEnterFrame/play head complexity, we can think of an interval, conceptually, as steady drum beat from within a song. Commonly drum beats are simple repetitions of someone hitting a drum over and over again to maintain a constant beat or rhythm to go along with a song. Given a song with such a beat on a CD, if you were to insert the CD into your CD player and hit play, you would start hearing the song and the drum beat. Pressing stop would then stop the song and you would no longer hear that beat. Basically what setInterval is, is the CD player for playing a drum beat within a flash “song” (or movie), only you get to tell setInterval how fast you want your drums to beat. Of course, in Flash, you wont be beating drums, but rather executing code.”
April 3rd, 2004
GUI Olympics – 2004
I got this GUI Olympics link while surfing Winamp’s site. There is some GUI contest going on. I thought, it is worth posting on Mumbai Flash site because we have got very good designers in India.
Guys, are you going to participate? There is some prize also 
I am quoting a few lines from GUI Olympics here.
GUI Olympics – 2004
The GUI Olympics is an inter-website contest in which top graphics designers from around the world compete for $15,000 in cash and prizes. This year’s contest focuses on WindowBlinds visual styles, IconPackager Icons, and Winamp 5 skin. Anyone can participate as an individual or part of a team.
April 2nd, 2004
Log Flash trace() to a text file
Read how to log the Flash trace() output to a Text File, also read how to disable auto update and windowless flash movies from playing in your browser.
Via : g.wygonik
April 2nd, 2004
Flash Developers Required
REQUIRED FLASH DEVELOPERS FOR ONE OF THE LARGEST COMPANIES in India.
Should have extensive knowledge of Flash MX scripting (Actionscript 1.0). Knowledge of Flash Remoting and Web Services with backend being Java. Minimum 1-2 years experience of flash programming in a reputed company or quality freelance work.
Training on Flash Remoting, Webservices will be provided for the right candidate.
Contact Person : Himanshu Mody
Mail your resume : flash@teknopoint.info
For queries call : +91-22-31029173
[Disclaimer : This information was posted here on request of Himanshu of Tecnopoint, this information might be useful for Flash Developers looking for a break. Please contact Himanshu for any clarification or enquiry. Mumbai Flash User Group or any of its member have no affiliation or whatsoever with the company/setup/persons.]
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