Flash Kit Newsletter Vol. 270, Tuesday July 3, 2007

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In this issue:

1. From the Webmaster
2. Announcements
3. Forum Favorites of the Week
4. What's New
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1.From the Webmaster
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Happy July 4th to all our viewers in the U.S.A. This week marks
our 231st anniversary of our declaration of independence from
Great Britain. Hopefully your like me and are reading this from a
dock side chair on a gorgeous lake or your favorite creek
somewhere thinking about the upcoming festivities that have
either already commenced or will do so shortly.

Enjoy your freedom good Americans. Check out the latest resources
and keep on Flash'in!


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2. Announcements
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MDM ZincGameDev '07 - Win $1000 of Flash Software
MDM, creators of highly acclaimed Zinc v2.5, have announced their
Summer Contest, ZincGameDev '07! In collaboration with eRain,
Sorenson, SitePal, Amayeta and several other Flash Vendors,
ZincGameDev offers the chance to win a Flash Software Goodie Bag
worth over $1000 and more!
http://www.multidmedia.com/track.php...ntests/gamedev

Blue Pacific has just released version 2.5 for Turbine Video Uploader
TVU enables Flash Video encoding and transparent uploading to
your website or file server. TVU can be fully branded and
customized in a way that it looks like your own application.
http://www.blue-pacific.com/products...videouploader/

FlashRelief is happy to announce FlashTunes, a new Flash Audio Player Component
With FlashTunes, choose a different player configurations to
meet your needs. Easily manage your play list using the included
XML template. Customize look and feel using the XML file or the
component panel. Samples included with download.
http://www.flashrelief.com/flashtunes/index.html

Northcode announces SWF Studio V3.4 with Vista Support and Student Pricing!
Attention Students! Only $49 will put the world's best swf2exe
tool in your hands, allowing you to build serious desktop
applications in Flash. Strong. Stable. Serious, software for all
your Flash development needs.
http://www.northcode.com/go?id=fkv34news

Marmalade releases FlashAmp 3.1
Marmalade Multimedia releases FlashAmp 3.1, with features
including audio amplitude, spectrum and cue-point data
generation, batch processing and real-time animated previews.
http://www.marmalademedia.com.au/flashamp/



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3. Battle of the Week
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Title: sandyrivers vs clicky2 | It's about time...
Battle Link: http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=735572
Battle Rules:
» 650x400
» Rotation allowed
» Must use element from previous volley
» No Theme
» 3 Rounds
» 5 to 7 Day Turnaround


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3.1 FlashKit Photograph of the Week
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How about this week we go with the Featured "Thread" of the Week!
ATG left just to many great shots to choose from, so you be the judge!
See the image and make your comments: http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=736650


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4. What's New
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4.1 New Movies
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***STARFOX _CONTROL***
» Author: .:Lesjuh:.
» Title: Flash pull down menu
» Description: ts a Starfox game and you can't shoot things. But its a real cool game

http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=11935

Laser-Show
» Author: yosh
» Title: TLaser-Show
» Description: A simple Flash Lazer effect.
» More by yosh
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=11933

Foot Fighting
» Author: Samuel Barukh
» Title: Foot Fighting
» Description: I wrote this for my 4 year old son to play with
very quick. If someone wants to add sound or change it have fun.
» More by Samuel Barukh
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=11930



4.2 New Tutorials
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Put Flash Clock on Your Website
In this tutorial I'll show you how to make simple digital clock
for your website.
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Ac...1421/index.php

How to Upload Video from YouTube to Your Cell Phone?
This tutorial is to show you how to convert video files from FLV
(Flash Video) to 3GP (3GP Mobile Video) to enjoy your favorite
FLV video files on your mobile phones anytime and anywhere.
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Ut...1422/index.php

Extract audio from Flash video (FLV) to MP3
This tutorial is to demonstrate how to extract audio from Flash
video (FLV) to MP3 to create an independent MP3 file for
playback on your portable devices.
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/3r...1419/index.php

Color mixer
A simple color mixer program that shows how to setup slider bars
as well as convert decimal to hexadecimal.
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/In...1420/index.php




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

brunomarone.com
» Posted in the Flash Kit Links section
» Title: brunomarone.com
» Comments: A personal portfolio of a finished living in Italy.
http://www.brunomarone.com/


Fuel Price Checker
» Submitted to the Flash Kit Featured Links Submission section
» Title: Fuel Price Checker
» Comments: Perth Fuel site lists all gas and fuel prices for the folks in the Australia suburbs and throughout Perth as well as in all major Western Australia country regions. Very useful and well done Flash site created using Flex.
http://www.perthfuel.com.au/


dstrict.com/z107
» Posted in the Flash Kit Cool Sites Forum
by Veggie1232 » Title: dstrict.com/z107
» Comments by pumi: I dont know what to say .... This site is
just AMAZING !!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.dstrict.com/z107/index.html



4.5 New Sound Loops
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WONDER
THRILLING SLAP, ENJOY
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=loops&ID=10169

Orient Intent
Made on my PSP with Rhythm 7.1
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=loops&ID=10174

Crying for you
Slow piano song...
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=loops&ID=10176

Space Harmony
Harmony with a beat.
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=loops&ID=10177

Madness
Try this violent sound loop.
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=loops&ID=10178



4.6 From the News Room
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» Essential ActionScript 3.0--New from O'Reilly
http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=736180

» Wondershare PPT2Flash Standard creates Flash Slideshow with Slide Thumbnails
http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=736043

» Flashforward Conference Posts ‘Vortex of the Damned’
http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=736034

» Sonic Farms creates music for Adobe® Soundbooth CS3 royalty-free music library
http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=735914



4.7 Featured Articles
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Paging in SQL Server 2005
Developers and database administrators have long debated methods
for paging recordset results from Microsoft SQL Server, trying to
balance ease of use with performance. The simplest methods were
less efficient because they retrieved entire datasets from SQL
Server before eliminating records which were not to be included,
while the best-performing methods handled all paging on the
server with more complex scripting. The ROW_NUMBER() function
introduced in SQL Server 2005 provides an efficient way to limit
results relatively easily.
http://15seconds.com/issue/070628.htm


Health Monitoring in ASP.NET 2.0: Raising Custom Events
This article, by Scott Mitchell, looks at creating and raising
custom events via the Health Monitoring system in ASP.NET 2.0.
http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/062707-1.aspx


Progress Bar ASP.NET Sample Code
This sample uses ASP.NET to create a progress bar type of display
for use on a web page. It is implemented as a user control so
that it's extremely simple to use. It includes five different
styles implemented three different ways so you can choose
whatever style you prefer.
http://asp101.com/samples/progress_aspx.asp