SWF It Good

So I’m working from home this week since none of my co-workers are in. So I wanted to work on the couch and not the desk. Then it hit me a can make a table out of something sturdy like a snare drum stand, minimal and efficient.

It’s official, starting December 13th I will be an employee of Travelocity. My official title is Web Design Contributor but I will be working alongside the flash team working on upcoming projects. It’s exciting, I’ve always been “The Flash Guy” now I can be one of the flash guys. This is an opportunity to learn and collaborate in a way I have never been able to do. I’ve been teaching myself for the past 2 yrs.
Here is the sad news I have to leave my current job at Eisenberg And Associates. I will have only been there a year on Dec. 3rd. I am in shock. The offering of my new job and the offering of mine last year is almost to the day. I am very grateful for the job I have had. Last year I didn’t get Flex completely and all I could do in ActionScript 3 was make clickable boxes and some other stuff.
Because I was the flash guy at my current job, I was able to build up my knowledge to where now I build only in Flash CS3/AS3/Flex w/ OOP. I had no one to say, “What about the people who have flash player 6″. My thought is they don’t want to see flash anyway if it’s that old, forget them. I had that liberty. That helped build up my skills a lot and helped me get the Travelocity gig.

I enjoy all the people at my current job. I will miss them and getting Eisenstein’s in the morning and being able to walk to work. But sometimes you have to move on. If we didn’t, some of us would be still living with our parents. It’s not that you hate your parents, just another chapter.

So if any Eisneberger’s are reading this…I wish you all the best.

Travelocity here I come.

P.S. I’m working on an Advanced ColorPicker Component for Flash CS3 that I think would be good for the Automotive industry.

P.S.S There’s an opening at Eisenberg’s for a Flash Developer. You can develop how ever you want. I was strictly AS3 and such. For more info post a comment. This is a Dallas Job.

**UPDATE July 19th**
This code uses FlashVars and SWFObject. I ran into a problem, as we continued to build, w/ getting data to show in the swf.
To fix this error switch out[as]
so.addParam(“wmode”, “transparent”);
[/as]with[as]
so.addParam(“wmode”, “opaque”);
[/as]or delete it all together

**UPDATE July 19th**

I’m working on a TileList for work for a peek at our Portfolios. Right now I’m trying to adapt the TileList to my liking with back and forth button instead of the scrollpanel. But I wanted to share the wealth w/ what I’ve dug up on this Flash CS3 component. I find most of what’s online to be really crappy and not too robust.

I’ve provided a zip to my work: titelist.zip

[as]

import fl.controls.ScrollBarDirection;
import fl.events.ListEvent;
import fl.controls.listClasses.*;
import flash.net.*;
import flash.events.*;
import fl.data.*;

var xml:XML;
// this set a var for parameter xmlData that is set in the
// SWFObject
var _xmlData:* = root.loaderInfo.parameters.xmlData;

// if someone for got to set the xmlData parameter
// load default xml
if(_xmlData == undefined)
{
_xmlData = “xml/default.xml”
}

trace(root.loaderInfo.parameters.xmlData);
// request xml file
var requester:URLRequest = new URLRequest(_xmlData as String);
//load xml file
var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(requester);

//set dataprovider to the loaded xml
function setItems(evt:Event):void
{
xml = XML(evt.target.data);
trace(xml);
list.dataProvider = new DataProvider(xml);
}

loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, setItems);

//on click of item go to data/url
function onItemClick(e:ListEvent):void
{
navigateToURL(new URLRequest(e.item.data),”_self”);

}

list.addEventListener(ListEvent.ITEM_CLICK, onItemClick);

// Set scroll bar direction
list.direction = ScrollBarDirection.HORIZONTAL;

// position TileList and set column and row values
list.move(0,0);
list.columnWidth = 122;
list.rowHeight = 112;

list.width = 366;
list.height = 112;
list.columnCount = 3;
list.rowCount = 1;
[/as]