Flash Kit Newsletter Vol. 239, Tuesday November 21, 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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Lets start with wishing all of our American friends a happy
Thanksgiving Day. Enjoy that turkey and stuffing and most of all
your family.

Next up we have a new moderator in the lounge. Genesis F5 joins
the Flash Kit moderator team. You can check out his welcome
thread here:
http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=711057 Stop by
and let him check out his new banning powers :-)

Also, thanks to Frets suggestion in the team room a few days
back, and the detailed feedback and suggestions by many other
moderators, we're going to start up a new forum entitled
"HTML/CSS/Javascript" to discuss other clientside languages.
JPNYC has volunteered to moderate the new forum. You can find it
here http://board.flashkit.com/board/forumdisplay.php?f=103 in
the General Help section.

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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EyeWonder Releases New AdWonder Component and Certification Program
The all-new AdWonder Flash Component is the first tool of its
kind designed specifically for online video ads. Gain the power
to design, build, preview, test and approve any EyeWonder rich
media and video ad unit without ever leaving the Flash
environment.
http://www.eyewonder.com/

Sculptoris.com Voices 2.0 Released
Create talking Flash animated 3D characters in minutes. Voices
2.0 includes new real life 3D characters. Click here for your
Free download.
http://www.Sculptoris.com

Monokai releases Monoslideshow 1.1, a new online Flash image viewer
Monoslideshow 1.1 is a fully customizable, XML driven and easy
to set up online image viewer. Monoslideshow provides a fast,
flexible and fresh way to present your photos online.
http://www.monoslideshow.com/

Blue Pacific Software releases Turbine Video Uploader
Turbine Video Uploader enables Flash Video (FLV) encoding and
transparent uploading to your website or file server. Turbine
Video Uploader can be fully branded and customized in a way that
it looks like your own application.
http://www.blue-pacific.com/products...videouploader/

Announcing DigitalLife 2006, the ultimate technology, gaming and entertainment event of the year
DigitalLife comes to the Jacob Javits Center in New York on
October 12th through October 15th. Don’t miss this once a year
event where you’ll hear from Stan Glasgow, President and COO of
Sony Electronics Inc, see the preview of Final Fantasy XII, speak
with the folks from eBay University and more.
http://www.digitallife.com/flash.html

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/



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3. Battle of the Week
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The latest volley:

NJP3 with the serve: upt_http://board.flashkit.com/board/showpost.php?p=3735549&postcount=88
This one blew my mind. Awesome work NJ!

lefteyewilly slams it back with this chilling image… upt_http://board.flashkit.com/board/showpost.php?p=3753165&postcount=104 and when I say chilling… I mean c o o o o old! Nice work lefteye!

The battle thread: upt_http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=705732

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3.1 Photograph of the Week (NEW)
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I know that we typically look to pull the weekly featured
Photograph from the Photography forum however, xixjfastxix
placed some really sweet images in the Arena last week that
really caught our attention
upt_http://board.flashkit.com/board/showpost.php?p=3748327&postcount=41
the bottom image really stood out and so it gets this weeks pic
for the featured Photograph of the week.

Nice work xixjfastxix!


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4. What's New
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4.1 New Movies
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Smiley banner
» Author: Douwe Buurlage
» Title: Smiley banner
» Description: Smiley's, movies and buttons banner.
» More by Douwe Buurlage
upt_http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=11161

Angel on Lightning
» Author: Ravindran
» Title: Angel on Lightning
» Description: An Angel flying over the globe with viberent lightning and fire clouds beneath also a shining laser beam which powers the clouds.
» More by Ravindran
upt_http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=11624

Ninja Gaiden Animation
» Author: Pie S
» Description: Ninja Gaiden Animation
upt_http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=11621

Shell Shocked
» Author: World of peach
» Title: Shell Shocked
» Description: A short cartoon showing the heady world of the extreme sportsman.
upt_http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=11629

HTML Editor V2
» Author: Chris Seahorn
» Title: HTML Editor V2
» Description: This is a flash html editor for Koolmoves 5.6.3. The entire movie is nested in a master clip on a single frame for easy importation into existing stages. Includes a sample POST variable script.
» More by Chris Seahorn
upt_http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=11631



4.2 New Tutorials
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How to Make a Sprite Shoot in Flash 8
This tutorial will teach you how to make a sprite, such as a
spaceship, "shoot" a bullet in Flash 8. Basic knowledge of Flash
required.
upt_http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Games/How_to_M-Luke_Kne-1379/index.php

Awesome game
This tutorial shows you how to make a game in a 2d scrolling plane!
upt_http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Games/awesome_-kyle-1380/index.php

Bubble wars
This is a tutorial, explained in as much detail as possible, on
how to make the very first game i made.... Bubble wars.. a fast-
paced shooting game
upt_http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Games/Bubble_w-The_craz-1371/index.php

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



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

DX interactive - Flash Games and Animation
» Title: DX interactive - Flash Games and Animation
» Comments: I stumbled across this site while checking out
skateboard videos and I found this one had a great skateboard
trick tutorial section. It has some really nice features such as
a list of skateboard tricks to choose from, choosing one will
display a animated tutorial of that trick. It even has a handy
"slow motion" option so you can clearly see the foot, leg and
motion of the skate board throughout the entire course of the
trick. This is a site I know our Nordberg will love. So enjoy
and if you want to talk about it, then post your comments in the
Cool Sites Forum
http://www.dxinteractive.com/

Fragile Pieces
» Posted in the Flash Kit Links section
» Title: Fragile Pieces
» Comments by Author: A tale of regret and the subjective nature
of Memory. Fragile Pieces combines the cinematic tradition with
the unique possibilities of non-linear storytelling. The story
of a young man trying to cope with the loss of a loved one
through the items she has left behind. YOU will choose what he
remembers, and ultimately influence what happens when the truth
of these memories eventually come to light...
http://fragilepieces.com/

Tea Official site
» Posted in the Flash Kit Cool Sites Forum by a newcomer to the forums, hollygod17
» Title: Tea Official site
» Comments by hollygod17: A site features nice & well designed bags for modern woman. It's based in Singapore and has some branches in Taiwan as well.

http://www.te-a.com.sg/

DILJA
» Posted in the Flash Kit Links Section
» Title: DILJA
» Comments by Author: Dilja - Malta Car Imports is Malta's most
popular Japanese vehicle importer and supplier.
http://www.maltacarimports.com/

"07" The official Movie site
» Posted by Sem in the Flash Kit Links Section
» Title: "07" The official Movie site
» Comments by Author: This is a site designed to look and work
like the "CTU" computer systems in the popular tv show "24." The
site was made as a promotional piece for a short film called
"07." Which is an award winning short film that parodies the tv
Series "24."
http://www.brainbucketfilms.com/07/



4.5 New Sound Loops
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Nova bossa
G Minor Pentatonic.
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=loops&ID=9974

Cannibal Wars
Tribal drum loop
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=loops&ID=9972

Seagulls
85 bpm soft loop with oboe and piano accompanied by strings, bass and drums.
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=loops&ID=9973

Jazz bass-1
Simple standup bass with bongos
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=loops&ID=9938

Cowbells in space 2
Cowbells - who knew? Now with added spice
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=loops&ID=9935

Dreamy nights
Lounge! Airy female vocals atop dreamy percussion
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=loops&ID=9936



4.6 Featured Articles
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November 16, 2006 - File Uploading in ASP.NET 2.0
With the inclusion of the FileUpload control in ASP.NET 2.0,
Microsoft has finally given us a WebControl to handle file
uploading. In this article we'll examine the new FileUpload
control and show just how easy it is to build an ASP.NET Web
Form that accepts user uploads.
http://15seconds.com/issue/061116.htm

Client-Side Enhancements in ASP.NET 2.0
This article, by Scott Mitchell, examines several of the client-
side enhancements in ASP.NET version 2.0.
http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/111506-1.aspx

Checking If A File Exists Classic ASP Sample
I recently received an email from a visitor that wanted a quick
and easy way to find out if a file exists on the server's file
system. Not having a lot of information about the intended use,
I wasn't sure if I should wrap it up in a function of not. So
naturally, I decided to offer two versions.
http://asp101.com/samples/file_exists.asp