What does this mean for papervision 3d? I know a lot of the tools that team has built will soon become redundant but what of their work can they keep? Texture mapping perhaps, camera movement (I don’t think adobe’s version of 3d accounts for a camera in space)

Also, with Adobe’s tools, can you create a cube in 3d (say by rotating and aligning 6 sides) and then rotate that cube as a whole in 3d space?

It isn’t their fault though. Here is 30 minutes of thinking applied to a site that seems to have had 10 minutes of thinking behind it.

var titleTF:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
titleTF.color = 0xFF00FF;
titleTF.size = 22;
//titleTF.font = avantBold.fontName;
var titleText:TextField = createTF(10, 10, 200, 26, true, titleTF, “This is a test”);
addChild(titleText);

function createTF(_x:Number, _y:Number, _width:Number, _height:Number, _autoSize:Boolean, _defaultTF:TextFormat, _text:String):TextField {
var tf:TextField = new TextField();
tf.x = _x;
tf.y = _y;
tf.width = _width;
tf.height = _height;
tf.autoSize = (_autoSize) ? TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT : TextFieldAutoSize.NONE;
tf.wordWrap = true;
tf.multiline = true;
tf.defaultTextFormat = _defaultTF;
tf.htmlText = _text;
//tf.setTextFormat(_defaultTF);
return tf;
}

clicker.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, swapText);

function swapText(e:*):void{
titleText.htmlText = “This is now a changed test” + String(Math.random());;
}

I’m located in St. Louis, MO if that makes any difference but I’m available worldwide. that may actually be a benefit to a company located in the UK since the time difference would allow me to be at available during their daytime office hours.

Here is the example

It doesn’t look like much but it shows the ease of use of the framework.

Here is the code to create the basics:

public class Main extends MovieClip{

public function Main(){

var blog:Fless = new Fless();

blog.phpURL = “http://yourwebsite/getPost.php”;

blog.addEventListener(PostEvent.UPDATE, postsReady);
blog.getPosts(0, 20);

}

private function postsReady(e:PostEvent):void{
trace(”posts ready”);
trace(e.posts);

var curPost:CurrentPostView = new CurrentPostView(e.posts[0]);
curPost.x = 50;
curPost.y = 50;
curPost.width = (stage.stageWidth / 2) - 50;
curPost.height = stage.stageHeight - 100;
addChild(curPost);
}

}

I’m definitely looking for input from Flash devs that use WordPress to see what kind of features they would like.

But every time I tried to use it with an AIR app it would crash.

I then found http://manmachine-tech.blogspot.com/

but after days of frustration I found a critical bug:

In the WSProxy class there is a variable _busyOnCall = true; that gets set within callMethod()

and it gets set to false in onComplete()

but it NEVER GETS SET IN onFault

After that it’s all good. I hope this helps anyone in the same boat as myself.

This will be a defining moment for Adobe and the web.

AIR can read the bytes of any file and if you know which bytes are which and what to do with them, then you can effectively recreate any app in AIR but you will never be able to make an AIR app that launches Word. I don’t even understand why someone would want this. Stop thinking about AIR like a jump-off platform for beginner programmers like VB is and start thinking about its unique capabilities: Network connectivity, built-in DB, powerful animation, Flex components, and HTML rendering.

Also, if you’re interested I’ve got my Flapture FLV Capture toolavailable too. It automates one screen grab per FLV for a folder full of FLVs and was how I learned the basics of AIR.