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ZEND AMF (Action Message Format) Minimalist Example Using RemoteObject and MySQL (2)

8/26/10 •

I always liked and appreciated the AMFPHP implementation of Adobe Action Message Format. I have seen it implemented in some robust applications and it held its own. Among its best features is the browser which is very handy for testing. However Adobe has now gotten involved with Zend AMF and this is a quick shot [...]

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Adobe AIR NativeProcess Silent Print PDF with BioPDF’s Acrobat Wrapper (9)

8/12/10 •

By Lon (Alonzo) Hosford A current Adobe Air Windows OS project I am developing requires printing a Adobe PDF file without user interaction or at the minimum pressing a simple print button without seeing a print dialog window. This is often called silent printing. Adobe Reader prior to version 8 allowed silent printing from the [...]

Amazon Web Service (AWS) Signed Request Using PHP For Flex HTTPService (0)

8/09/10 •

By Lon (Alonzo) Hosford I am in the process of updating my Flex Caringorm example that makes an ItemSearch operation to Amazon AWS to fetch data. AWS changed the security August 2009 to include a secret key value. Using this you need to create Signature parameter. You also need a Timestamp parameter. The Signature parameter [...]

Flex Asteriods Game Ship Animation (0)

8/07/10 •

By Lon (Alonzo) Hosford This example is based on Keith Peters ground breaking book on animation for ActionScript 3, Foundation Actionscript 3.0 Animation: Making Things Move. Keith lays out the basic fundamentals of motion. A great start point example to understand velocity, friction, acceleration and direction is the Asteroids game style ship moving through space. [...]

Adobe AIR (P2P) Peer To Peer Text Chat with NetGroup (0)

8/02/10 •

By Lon (Alonzo) Hosford This is a minimalist example of an Adobe AIR peer to peer text chat application using the NetGroup class for peer communication. Create an new AIR application and replace all the code with the code below. You need to change line 15 to include your own Adobe Stratus developer key. You [...]