Adobe Fireworks Cookbook

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• Custom text flow shape in Fireworks
  • Razvan Caliman 
  •   March 12, 2010
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  Problem

  This recipe will teach you the steps required to create custom shape text containers in Fireworks. Traditionally Fireworks allows text to flow into rectangular shapes but you can also flow into, or around, shapes.

  Solution

  We will draw shapes and use "combine path" to get complex text layouts. The approach is similar to masking but the difference here is that the text will respect the newly created shape, it will not be obstructed by the mask.

• ComboBox that uses a NativeMenu (Air API)
  • Bob Stucky 
  •   June 25, 2010
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  Problem

  When using a ComboBox, the menu for the ComboBox is clipped by the stage. If you need wide menu items, you have little choice by place the ComboBox so that this isn't an issue.

  Solution

  This example extends a ComboBox to use the NativeMenu class (flash.display.NativeMenu) to display the menu for the ComboBox, eliminating this problem.

• How do I use FXG XML markup in Shape subclasses?
  • mitrofanova.irina 
  •   September 8, 2011
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  Problem

  I want to use FXG created from products like Illustrator or Fireworks within my subclassed Shape objects.

  Solution

  1. Create FXG file with Illustrator or Fireworks. 2. Save it to your project src/ folder. 3. You can use it like your own classes instantiated from Graphics

• Enable better error handling for Fireworks commands
  • John Dunning 
  •   October 18, 2009
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  Problem

  If an error occurs while a command executes, Fireworks displays the unhelpful "An error occurred" dialog.

  Solution

  Always wrap your scripts in a try/catch block and then display a more useful error message in an alert dialog.

• Build a JavaScript API for your Fireworks Flash panel
  • John Dunning 
  •   October 18, 2009
  • Avg. rating 4.33
  
  

  Problem

  Passing complicated strings of JavaScript statements from a Flash panel to the Fireworks API via the MMExecute function is awkward and error-prone.

  Solution

  Encapsulate the complicated JavaScript code in a simpler API that your Flash panel can call.