If you are creating a Silverlight document in a MAC be aware that if you create a ZIP file from the Finder context menu “Create Archive of…” every time you try to access the files inside the ZIP file with Silverlight it will fail. Why? Not sure but I would assume something to do with […]
Silverlight error AG_E_RUNTIME_METHOD 2207
I am doing some testing with Silverlight (I know right!) and I kept getting error #2207 without really getting a detailed description. Well the issue -in MY case- was hat i was trying to download a file cross-domains, and with most plugins it was a no-no. So I just needed to change the source to […]
Adobe Air SQLError: ‘Error #3119: Database file is currently locked.’, details:’null’, operation:’execute’
For the longest time I was having issues with this Adobe Air Error and its description, the main issue is that the “details” for this error are “null”. We do get the description that the database is locked but no details on file name where the error occur or line number. If you do a […]
Adobe Air CreateDirectory common error
If you need to create a directory from Air and you dont know how, mostlikely you will use the Adobe Air Documentation and use something as the following: [js] var directory = air.File.documentsDirectory; directory = directory.resolvePath(“AIR Test”); air.File.createDirectory(directory); air.trace(directory.exists); // true [/js] it all looks nice and makes sense but in the real world it […]
Adobe Removing restrictions on use of the SWF and FLV/F4V format via the Open Screen Project.
The Open Screen Project is working to enable a consistent runtime environment – taking advantage of Adobe® Flash® Player and, in the future, Adobe AIRâ„¢ — that will remove barriers for developers and designers as they publish content and applications across desktops and consumer devices, including phones, mobile internet devices (MIDs), and set top boxes. […]
Adobe Air Textmate Bundle
I started creating an Adobe Air application with Adobe DreamWeaver and it works great, but I am so used to doing development with TextMate that I ended up using DreamWeaver just for previewing and compiling the application and TextMate for development. Fortunatelly for us Matthew Reed has created a Bundle to test and compile your […]
Video: Microsoft chairman offers Yahoo rationale – CNET News.com
Bill Gates offers some insight on their rationale behind trying to acquire Yahoo… and everyone is talking about that. What i found more interesting is their approach to provide their software for free to students. Now that is a move that I believe it is going to help them greatly. If you are a student […]
Flash CS4 – What’s Next
New stage rendering core in Flash 10 * Live video playing in author time (meaning you don’t have to compile your movie to see how your video will be displayed) * New timeline, similar to After Effects (or Director as some people have pointed this out) * No more keyframes * Transfer objects between Tweens. […]
WebkitErrorDomain error 203
This error is produced in Safari for MAC and you can’t view it unless you are looking at the Activity window AND you are trying to load the same file at the same time. For example note the following: [as] loadFile1(); loadFile1(); function loadFile1() { load(“file1.swf”) } [/as] I know this is too ovious to […]
The benefit of always cleaning after yourself (AS Analogy)
When we were kids we had the pleasure of having mom, dad or an older sibling cleaning after ourselves. So if we left any dirty clothes on the floor or any dirty dishes on the table after eating any older mature adult would come up and clean up the mess. As we grew old hopefully […]