Monthly Archives: November 2007

Flash 9 AS3 Combobox component bug

Another bug i’ve come across today is that in using the default component combo box i could not add new items instead giving me this error when i clicked the combobox.. TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference. at fl.containers::BaseScrollPane/fl.containers:BaseScrollPane::drawBackground() at fl.controls::List/fl.controls:List::draw() at fl.core::UIComponent/drawNow() at fl.controls::List/scrollToIndex() at fl.controls::SelectableList/scrollToSelected()… Read more »

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AS3 buttons layer depth and overlaying

Didn’t know this of the new display object model but if a sprite is placed over an MC with a Mouse event listener i.e a button you’ve created it will BLOCK the hit area. I’m so used to buttons even if they were alphaed out having the hit area present on the stage.. Was racking… Read more »

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firefox/flash @ " swap bug

if you’ve banged your ahead against a brick wall that your swf is swapping @ with ” in text fields.. wmode might be the problem. When wmode is set to transparent specifically in Firefox, It will display @ as ” and ” as @ in input text fields. Basically making you think your keyboard is… Read more »

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firefox/flash @ ” swap bug

if you’ve banged your ahead against a brick wall that your swf is swapping @ with ” in text fields.. wmode might be the problem. When wmode is set to transparent specifically in Firefox, It will display @ as ” and ” as @ in input text fields. Basically making you think your keyboard is… Read more »

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AS3 no onMouseReleaseOutside

The removal of this one feature from AS1 / AS2 means you have to do a little bit more work and tie a global stage listener to catch for mouseups which makes simple stuff a bit more long winded. But one interesting side effect is this bug in flash 9 and firefox on the mac…. Read more »

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