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    Drag and drop of text to multiple correct targets (@everythi ...

    It all starts with how complex your code is and this is great as it connects to an article I wrote up a few months ago. Your first step is before you even start the drag & drop logic is to make a direct and logical relationship between the elements. Lets jump in and see what I mean.

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    I want to know in adobe AIR how to get the wierd characters ...

    It sounds like your having an issue with your source files(where your text is coming from) try to validate that the files are saved a UTF-8 if possible as what's probably happening is the file is loaded in flash isn't recognizing the fonts and what you see is flashes attempt to understand the copy.

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    @everythingfla How to link multiple textarea boxes that are ...

    In Flash CS5 its real easy. (and if you had a chance to grab the labs textlayout classes) or a more visual easy way is using flash cs5 to do it. And if your not running on Flash CS5 you can always download and work with the open source Text Layout Framework that the labs at adobe created (they might ...

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    EventController: Event management made easy. A leak free ev ...

    Essentially Event Controller is an easier way to keep track of events in actionscript 3. Event Controller is a simple extension to your normal workflow that allows you to easily tag, group and remove any and all events, pause events and restore them when you want them back and more. We know that ...

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    Pausing video from the HTML wrapper (@everythingFLA)

    It sounds like you can't have this solved all within Flash but you can have Flash ready for a pause by creating an externally available method in that way the HTML / JavaScript can call your pause command at will.

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    Handling database in Flash? (@everythingFLA)

    Flash shouldn't be in direct charge of SQL commands if the site is not updated often or does not have a large amount of data to manage building a site out with static XML can be a great solution that doesn't involve any server side configurations. There are some options out there that enable gat ...

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    @everythingFLA Developer Basics - Should I learn flash/Actio ...

    I know knowing things is important but what is the most bang on the buck? I'm going to attempt to prove how and why flash is still king when it comes to the most fun,profitable, and time effective platform to work on. Does that mean HTML5/Javasciprt is out? no not at all Flash isn't in the same play ...

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    How to set default values into a variable when external cont ...

    Like anything cool in the world of programing there are a few options. The first is a traditional if statement asking our variable if its empty or not but then that wouldn't be such a cool trick if that was the full solution. come join in this is really cool...

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    How to use Google Analytics in Flash (the easy way)

    The solution is simple: a small tweak in our JavaScript to make it easier to chat with Google Analytics from Flash and 2 small helping functions and you are ready to do whatever you want with your tracking.

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