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Adobe Has Inherited Web History from Macromedia... One of the 'inflexion points' of the development of the Web, when commentators and analysts draw breath for long enough to chronicle its history, is certain to be the day that Google, through first Gmail and then Google Maps, opened the eyes of millions to the fact that the Web can be ... Feb. 8, 2006  Reads: 31,320  Replies: 2

Design Patterns: Using DAO, DG and VO in ColdFusion In modern-day ColdFusion development, we tend to rely heavily on various Design Patterns to automate or 'template' our daily coding chores. The patterns most frequently touched on are the Data Access Objects (DAO), DataGateway (DG) and VO (Value Object) ­or Bean (VO with setter/getter... Feb. 7, 2006  Reads: 22,150  Replies: 5

Developing Flex-Based Rich Internet Applications Since a Rich Internet Application (RIA) is not a stateless client, you typically have a lot of data in the client, especially when you load dynamically over time. Often, while developing Flex applications, you might need to peek at data structures during runtime - this is where my util... Feb. 2, 2006  Reads: 12,425  Replies: 1

Using Macromedia Captivate to Retouch Images Have you ever worked on an e-learning project, only to find that you need to alter some of the screen action you have captured? In projects I have completed recently, I found myself in this exact situation. Had I not discovered Macromedia Captivate, I would have had no choice but to ei... Jan. 30, 2006  Reads: 22,646  Replies: 1

Programmer's Guide to Fireworks Commands As with almost any program you work with, there are going to be things you wish you could change, add, improve, or remove. It might be a feature you are used to from another program, or one you have devised on your own. 'If only I could run to the developers and tell them my great idea... Jan. 28, 2006  Reads: 21,610  Replies: 2

Flash Player 8: Using Bitmap Caching in Flash As most of you know, Flash began as a tool for creating vector animations on the web. Flash Player was designed specifically as a lightweight animation viewer to display moving vector objects, which are, in their simplest form, mathematical equations that describe complex shapes made u... Jan. 21, 2006  Reads: 31,784  Replies: 1

Flash Animation Learning Guide (Part II) By tweening shapes, you can create an effect similar to morphing, making one shape appear to change into another shape over time. Flash can also tween the location, size, color, and opacity of shapes. Jan. 15, 2006  Reads: 29,881  Replies: 1