Flash Kit Newsletter Vol. 230, Tuesday September 19, 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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I wanted to take a minute to say Thank You to a long-standing
moderator with over 16,000 posts to his name not to mention the
thousands more that don't get tracked from the Lounge. MarkP.com
has been with Flask Kit from the beginning and has contributed
not only his time, wisdom and humor but he's also left his "mark"
(no pun intended) on Flash Kit. Mark will be moving on as other
responsibilities have moved into his life as does for so many of
us so please join me in thanking and wishing Mark good luck with
all of his future endeavors. You can stay in touch with Mark via
his personal website at http://www.markp.com

Thank you Mark and best of luck!

Also I wanted mention the Flash Kit Flash for Mobile Devices
Forum. This is where mmdev and hp3 are on the prowl for waiting
to answer all your Flash for Mobile Device related questions
including discussions on such things as the new Flash
Professional 8 mobile emulator and Adobe Flash Lite 2.1 for
Windows Mobile 5.0 so if your working with these new and
exploding technologies then this is THE place to be. Stop on in
and see what's going on in the Mobile Device community,
Click here http://board.flashkit.com/board/forumdisplay.php?f=62

Thanks for visiting Flash Kit and have a great week!
Mike Houghton
Flash Kit webmaster


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2. Announcements
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Wildform Releases New Software: WildPresenter Lite
Wildform announces the release of a new, consumer priced Lite
version of their popular presentation program, WildPresenter,
which lets anyone easily create outstanding Flash slide shows,
flow charts, ads, online lessons, and sales presentations.
http://www.wildform.com/

New Adobe Captivate 2 Enables Rapid Creation of High-Impact eLearning Experiences
Adobe announces Adobe Captivate 2 software, which enables the
creation of professional-quality, interactive simulations,
software demonstrations and scenario-based training modules.
Click here to get the full details of this easy to use and
effective software.
http://www.adobe.com/products/captiv...nnounce_100404

Screentime Media Announces mProjector 2R10 of its Flash RAD tool
R10 includes Native Intel Mac OS X playback, support for Flash
shaped windows, command line building from Eclipse or Flex and
integration into the Flash IDE. Japanese character input is now
supported. Windows mProjector applications can be as small as
250kb.
http://www.screentime.com/software/mprojector/

Flash turns 10, Adobe looks ahead
Adobe celebrates 10 years of Flash technology. Over the last
10 years Flash has become a fundamental part of the web.
The Flash Player is installed on over 600million internet-connected
PCs and Macs! Come Celebrate with Adobe!
http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/...shanniversary/

New Release of PowerPoint to Flash E-learning Presentation
Authoring Software -- authorPOINT 3.6 The authorGEN family has
released authorPOINT 3.6 with some thoughtful new additions.
authorPOINT is a content authoring tool with a powerful
PowerPoint to Flash converter, which can be used to author,
manage and convert PowerPoint presentations to Flash format.
http://www.authorgen.com/authorpoint/index.htm

Screentime Media Announces Screentime for Flash 3.2 Flash Screen Saver Factory
Version 3.2 adds support for Intel Macs and includes more than
50 custom "STF" functions. New “STF” functions enable Flash
developers to design unique animations for each monitor of
multiple monitor systems and control the screen saver preview
and options window from one SWF
http://www.screentime.com/software/stf/index.html

MDM announces the Designer Vs Developer Contest
To celebrate their Fourth Birthday, MDM has organized a unique
new contest which pits Designers against Developers! Win over
$1000 in Flash Software including Swift 3D, SWF Encrypt, MDM
Zinc, Squeeze and a chance to get your work showcased on the MDM
website. Closing Date: Thursday, August 31 2006.
http://www.multidmedia.com/track.php...nervsdeveloper

Blue Pacific Software launches new online service that creates animated Flash Charts from any web browser
Rich Chart Live creates enjoyable and captivating Flash charts
with attractive visuals and interactivity. You’ll need a web
browser that supports Flash, in Windows, Mac or Linux and that’s
it! No download and nothing to install. Try it now for free!
http://richchartlive.com

Bigshot Media announces a Flash Design Contest
Think you have what it takes? We do too! Show us how you are
able to use Bigshot Flash Movies to help your creativity come
alive. Entry is FREE and easy. You have until July 31st to get
your entries in and secure your chance of winning a Graphire4
design tablet from Wacom. So get moving!
http://www.bigshotmedia.com/contest.php



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3. Battle of the Week
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mandissected returns for an open battle.

The Rules:
* 1 week turn around
* Must use an element from the previous volley
* Size - keep it reasonable (under 1000px each way)
* Rotation - doesn't really apply when you can change the size

The Serve: http://board.flashkit.com/board/show...06&postcount=1

rhyeen has excepted the challenge.
Check it out right here: http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=703766


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4. What's New
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4.1 New Movies
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Banner
» Author: Stevo
» Title: Animated Flash Banner
» Description: Just a simple banner I made using simple fading text. Not much use for me maybe someone else can do something with it.
upt_http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=11514

Photo Gallery 1
» Author: Charradi Sahbi
» Title: Photo Gallery 1
» Description: Picture gallery where the photos change by masking transition. u must only change photo and you will have your photo gallery. thanks for downloading the source.
» More by Charradi Sahbi
upt_http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=11547

Photo Gallery 4
» Author: Charradi Sahbi
» Title: Photo Gallery 4
» Description: An attractive Special image transition by using small bmp images on a black background.
» More by Charradi Sahbi
upt_http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=11550

Book Pages Opening
» Author: Dave Rogan
» Title: Book Pages Opening
» Description: Short FLA showing the pages of a book turning. You might like to adapt it to add text of your own, perhaps advertising a book or a website.
upt_http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=11545

Website Banner
» Author: stevo
» Title: Website Banner
» Description: Yet another website banner for you to mess around with. Nothing great just a simple fade in fade out effect with the text and a little picture. Feel free to leave any comments, cheers.
» More by stevo
upt_http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=11551

Progress bar with masking method
» Author: Amirsaman Farrokhpanah
» Title: Progress bar with masking method
» Description: This is a loader which loads another movie clip into your main stage from a swf file.It also contains a progress bar which is written with a masking effect which allows the change of color in the percentage text after the bar over passes it, just like all the progress bars used in windows.
» More by Amirsaman Farrokhpanah
upt_http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=11560


4.2 New Tutorials
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Random Variables
Random variables. A must-need for many, many games.
upt_http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Games/Random_V-PacoBell-1370/index.php

Countdown from 10
We will count down from 10 with a code.
upt_http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Actionscripting/Countdow-Domen-1369/index.php

Flash 8 Accessibility Design Guidelines: Text Equivalents
This document explains when and how to use the Accessibility
panel in Macromedia Flash to add text equivalents to elements of
a Macromedia Flash movie. Continue reading for information on
the following topics: Text in Macromedia Flash Player 8, Adding
Text Equivalents in Macromedia Flash 8, Accessible Elements of a
Macromedia Flash Movie.
upt_http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Tips_And_Techniques/Flash_8_-Bob_Rega-1366/index.php



4.3 Featured Sites for this Week
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The Centaurus - Seven Star Hotel and Mixuse Complex
» Posted in the Flash Kit Links Section
» Title: The Centaurus - Seven Star Hotel and Mixuse Complex
» Comments by Author: The Centaurus is going to be an ICON for Pakistan. It will be 8th wonder of the world. Same company who designed burg-ul-arab of dubai has designed this amazing building. www.digitaluweb.com developed their website. Launched on 1st september 2006.
http://www.thecentaurus.com/

vulpecule designs
» Posted in the Flash Kit Links Section
» Title: vulpecule designs
» Comments by Author: a personal site of mine, just wanna show the viewer about all the beautiful views that i've dreamt before, plus it's a showcase for my portfolios, thank you...
http://www.vulpecule.com/welcome.html

Diesel Autumn 06
» Posted in the Flash Kit Links Section
» Title: Diesel Autumn 06
» Comments by MakrP: Great full flash site for Diesels latest line of clothing. Mixing video with animation and 3D. This is what slick flash sites should be!
» Comments by Planet: It looks like MarkP posted this one in the links section... Nice find Mark. I dont know who she is, but I think I'm luv! You must check out this site!
http://www.diesel.com/campaigns/aw06/

+mo-menu+
» Posted by Sem in the Flash Kit Links Section
» Title: +mo-menu+
» Comments by submitter: mo's portfolio site~
http://mmmmo.com/



4.5 New Sound Loops
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BBoxing
Actual boxing
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=loops&ID=9876

~ The Vast Unknown ~
A blend of deep strings, pounding drums, and background effects.
Please link back to my website http://www.freewebs.com/cemrin. if
you use this loop.
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=loops&ID=9874

Ace Up The Sleeve
Just listen to it! Hat, Fat Cello, nice kicks...
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=loops&ID=9875

Metrophilia
100 bpm soft loop with dark synths and pads.
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=loops&ID=9871

Quick Loop
A simple quick loop. If you use it, rate me please!
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=loops&ID=9872

DARK ORCH
Little Something i made.
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=loops&ID=9869



4.6 Featured Articles
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An Introduction to LINQ - Part 3
In the previous installment of his series on LINQ, Thiru
Thangarathinam explained the basics of DLINQ and showed how to
use it to retrieve data from the database. In this installment,
he will introduce the XML-related aspects of LINQ, known as
XLINQ. Follow along as he takes you from the very basics all the
way to implementing complex data binding with hierarchical data
generated through XLINQ.
http://15seconds.com/issue/060907.htm


Gracefully Responding to Unhandled Exceptions - Displaying User-
Friendly Error Pages This article, by Scott Mitchell, examines
how to configure your ASP.NET website to gracefully respond to
unhandled exceptions.
http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/090606-1.aspx


Stop Users from Double Clicking
As a developer, I would never think of double clicking a submit
button on a web form. Some end users, on the other hand, seem to
subscribe to the "I'll click until something happens" philosophy.
Here's a tip to keep you from drowning in duplicate submissions.
http://asp101.com/tips/index.asp?id=135