Monthly Archives: May 2007

Apollo FileSystem Tutorial Part 1 – File and FileStream

Posted on May 27, 2007 by Mims H Wright

One of the most important new features in Apollo is the ability to access the local file system directly. This provides developers with the ability to read and edit text or html files, save preferences locally, store application states as … Continue reading →

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AS3 E4X Rundown

Posted on May 21, 2007 by Roger Braunstein

View this article in other languages: Chinese translation by Wei Gao I’ve been using E4X in ActionScript 3.0 for a while now and the rumors of its simplicity have been greatly exaggerated. A lot of operations are easy and make … Continue reading →

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The ActionScript 3.0 Bible Cometh

Posted on May 10, 2007 by Mims H Wright

They say you shouldn’t count your eggs before they hatch, but I figure this is more like counting your fetuses in the third trimester. Either way, I’d like to announce that our new book, ActionScript 3.0 Bible (Wiley), is in … Continue reading →

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Mims speaks @ NY Flex Users Group 2007/5/24

Posted on May 10, 2007 by Mims H Wright

Hi. For you readers in NYC, I’ll be speaking at the next NY Flex Users Group on the Apollo Filesystem API. I hope you can make it! If not, watch this space for notes and code samples. Cheers! NYFLEX.org

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On the Irony of Net Censorship

Posted on May 2, 2007 by Mims H Wright

Back in February, a hacker called Arnezami discovered a code which has something to do with hacking HD-DVDs. However, I, and many others, had no idea that this was going on until today when the MPAA (I guess they’re behind … Continue reading →

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