Topic: Actionscript

I just finished porting Matt Shaw's XML-RPC for Actionscript 2.0 code to AS3. This is a really easy way to get Flash to transfer data with an XML-RPC endpoint. Matt did a great job and the conversion wasn't too difficult.

Here's some sample code to show you how to use it.

How to discourage third parties from using your XML-driven Flash apps for other purposes.

Optimizations to the network navigation interface improve load times by 80%!

A quick look at Natural Docs and AS2API, two contenders for creating API documentation for ActionScript.

Flash components are terrific. They're little bundles of functionality that can be used over and over. But when is it good to create a component and when is it better to leave something as Actionscript code?

I figured out how to share persistent data across different domains using Shared Objects after doing some poking around in Flash. An ancient article, Flash Shared Object Cross Domain Trick, got me started on the problem. Turns out it's not so difficult.