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Flash Developer vs. Flex Developer

By Erik | Published: March 2, 2009
I’m Erik P. Hansen. And I’m a Flash Developer. But I should really just call myself an ActionScript Developer. I’m in the middle of watching episode two of Flasher Magazine which has an interview with Doug McCune. The thing that struck me most, and made me cringe, is when he talks about how the term [...]
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Hit Area of external assets with alpha channels (PNGs and SWFs)

By Erik | Published: March 1, 2009
Let’s say you are loading in an external asset that has an alpha channel, such as a PNG or a SWF*. Now let’s say that you want that asset to act like a button, with rollover and click actions. No problem. No reason you can’t do that. But, actually, there is a problem. The hit [...]
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