Flash Kit Newsletter Vol. 212, Tuesday May 2, 2006

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In this issue:

1. From the Webmaster
2. Announcements
3. Battle(s) of the Week
4. What's New

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1.From the Webmaster
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The big news on Flash Kit this week? The Flash Kit forums surpass
3,000,000 posts! That's right… one, two… THREE MILLION posts.

Get in on the fun, learn just about all there is to know about
Flash and much more, make some friends and get your Flash
projects finished with all the resources that you'll ever need
right here on Flash Kit.
http://board.flashkit.com/board/index.php

Mike Houghton
Flash Kit webmaster

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2. Announcements
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2.1 Announcements

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SWiSHzone.com releases SWiSH Jukebox!
SWiSH Jukebox coverts your MP3s to Flash sound players at the
click of a button. Simply import your MP3s, select your player
style and you're done! SWiSH Jukebox comes complete with a large
selection of player styles and generates spectrum data.
http://www.swishzone.com/index.php?product=jukebox

Wildform Releases WildPresenter 2.1 Wild Presenter, available for
Windows, enables anyone to easily create outstanding Flash
presentations, product demos, training videos, and sales &
marketing materials AND it’s being offered at a special
introductory price. Details here!
http://www.wildform.com/products/wildpresenter/

goowy releases major new enhancements goowy releases major new
enhancements to its already robust and all Flash email service.
Now goowy has Instant Messaging, online file storage, fully
manageable calendar, a personalized start page and lots more. Get
more details and signup right here! http://www1.goowy.com/

FlashRelief announces QuickPoll -- A customizable poll component
QuickPoll quickly create an online Flash poll. Customize fonts,
colors, sizes, number of choices and more. Includes three pre-
built templates. Uses PHP for poll data storage and quick setup.
Create an unlimited number of polls. Read more here.
http://www.flashrelief.com/quickpoll/index.html

IncreditTools announces Flash Demo Builder 1.0 Flash Demo Builder
is an easy tool for creating tutorials, presentations,
interactive quizzes and product demonstrations. Publish to Flash,
DVD, CD, EXE, AVI, MS Word, Email and Website. Get your copy
here. http://www.flashdemobuilder.com/

PJ and Supreme4 components Version2, ultimate text effect for MM
Flash Version 2 has matured to become an all-in text-effect
solution for anyone working with Flash. PJ and S4 Version 2 can
be used by users of any skill-level. For experienced users custom
modifications can be done quickly. Details here!
http://www.patrickjansen.net/components/

Marmalade Multimedia is pleased to announce the release of
FlashAmp 3 FlashAmp 3, the sound-visualization utility for
Macromedia Flash 8 and MX2004. Designed for Windows and
Macintosh, FlashAmp 3 will synchronize sound in Flash, audio
animations and visualizations, lip sync character animations and
more! http://www.marmalademedia.com.au/flashamp/

Check out the all new iconflash for your next Flash project The
all new iconflash.com gives you over 200 professionally designed
Flash icons complete with FLA, SWF and PNG files Flash icons
perfect for use in any Flash website or movie. Get the full
details and pricing here! http://www.iconflash.com/

MDM announce Zinc OSX Update with Browser Functionality MDM have
just released a new update to Zinc 2.5 for Mac OSX. The update is
the first to include Mac OSX Browser functionality and will allow
users to access both local and online HTML files directly in
their Zinc Applications! Get it today!
http://www.multidmedia.com/track.php...ect=/software/
zinc/osx

SWiSHzone.com - First with a DirectShow FLV source filter
SWiSHzone.com announces the release of a DirectShow (DS) FLV
source filter which is now included with the SWiSH Video2
installation. SWiSHzone.com is the first and only company to
offer a DS FLV source filter.
http://www.swishzone.com/index.php?a...o&tab=overview



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3. Battle(s) of the Week
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mrkvavle vs. Natsia :: The Big Easy
Two volleys' so far. Take a look and lets see what mrkvavle
returns with after Natsia's second strike.
http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=682594
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4. What's New
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4.1 New Movies
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OPEN SOURCE MOVIES!

PSP
Why spend a fortune to buy a PSP when you can have your very own
here right here for free? Check out the totally customizable
virtual PSP created by Raven Shaolin.
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=11326

Space Lifter You are the space lifter in this game. Lift the cars
and earn points.
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=11336

Poker game A pretty basic single player poker game, sometimes it
returns a flush as a straight but I'm too lazy to fix it. Apart
from that it works pretty well.
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=11333

WallStreet Submitted by Hugo Campos: 3rd version of my first
flash game. It's a simple buy/sell shares game.
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=11337

Play movie in reverse Play animation in reverse, rewind, play
backwards, previous frame. NB! You need THREE SWFs in the same
directory to make this work! They are all in the zip-file. This
is a very good trick though..
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=11335

R-Clox Submitted by Ryan Provvost. I created another clock in
flash! This time I took the Somsara clock and modified it to suit
my color and look.
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=11084

Site Banner Submitted by Arda, check out this customizable and
full featured banner template.
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=11340

Smiley Bungee This is a flash of smileys which bungee down the
screen. Great for screensaver. Good example of duplicating random
movies. Also shows the time.
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=11343



4.2 New Tutorials
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Dynamic Multiuser Login WITHOUT any php, perl, txt etc This is "Part A
Multi username and password login" in a series of three. This is
a flash mx / 2004, dynamic multi user login, which does not use
any database, perl, php, txt file, js, cgi etc, it's just all in
flash.
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Dy...1332/index.php

Sidescroller Bkrd Make a scrolling bkrd in your games.
Like Super Mario, Metal Slug, Alien Hominid, and other
sidescrollers.
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/In...1333/index.php

Dynamic Multiuser Login WITHOUT any php, perl, txt etc RE-ENTRY OF:
This is "Part A - Multi username and password login" in a series
of three. This is a flash mx / 2004, dynamic multi user login,
which does not use any database, perl, php, txt file, js, cgi
etc, it's just all in flash.
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Dy...1334/index.php

Miles Calculator An interactive tutorial to create a conversion
calculator from miles to kilometers.
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/In...1335/index.php



4.3 Featured Sites for this Week
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Check out the latest Featured Sites for this Week:

Click.TV
Here is a great web site using Flash. You can not only play back
TV, clips, blogs and other video feeds but now you can also
discuss the video and get the details about the video. Check it
out. http://www.click.tv/

American Express In this site, American Express does a great job
of promoting both the Tribeca Film Festival and their "My life,
My card" promotion. Check it out and enter a mini film clip of
your own. http://clips.mylifemycard.com/

ParaArt Design Studio ::: Visual Experience Posted in the Cool
Sites Forum by rudolflai999. Check out this all Flash company
portfolio. It features crisp clear animation, intuitive design
and lots of free extras.
http://www.paraart.com/



4.5 Featured Loops
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Technorythm
Techno Rythm !
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=loops&ID=9828

Urban Jam
This loop was created using the drum machine HotStepper.com.de/
The drum loop is short but a weird science type urban loop.
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=loops&ID=9827

DESERT FOR ANY DESERT THEME ALL ORGINAL SEPERATE TRACKS AVIL.
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=loops&ID=9825

Funkaboba Soul/Funk loop made by 6Vision.com ... If you would
like tu use this loop in your projects.
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=loops&ID=9826

DANK ADVENTURE CHECK THIS ONE OUT ABSTRACT/CUTTING EDGE ALL
ORGINAL B-BOY FEEL A SOUND FOR ANYTHING LIGHT YEARS AWAY.
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=loops&ID=9823

DARK AMBIENT DARK 80'S FEEL ALL ORGINAL A SOUND FOR TRANSITIONS
AND ENDS.
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=loops&ID=9824



4.6 Featured Articals
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Visual Studio 2005 Hands-On Tutorial - Part 1
In the first part of his hands-on tutorial on using Visual Studio
2005 to build a complete 3-tier application, David Catherman
examines how Visual Studio 2005 can be used as a great tool for
designing and building SQL Server 2005 databases.
http://www.15seconds.com/issue/060427.htm

User Tips: Calculate the Date After a Given Number of Business
Days An issue came up recently where a client needed to wait a
certain number of business days before taking an action. In
particular, they wanted to know, given a certain date (such as
today), on what date should the action be taken if we must wait
15 business days. A business day is defined as any weekday that
is not a holiday.
http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtec...043006-1.shtml

AutoPostBack ASP.NET Sample Code
After publishing our ASP.NET Flex Table Sample last week, I was
surprised that the part of the code which I received the most
questions on was that the form posted back to the server
automatically whenever the value of the drop down list was
changed. I wish I could take credit for it...
http://asp101.com/samples/autopostback_aspx.asp