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URLShortener package 0

Services included at the moment:
Bit.ly (BitlyService)
J.mp (JmpService)
Is.gd (IsgdService)
Tr.im (TrimService);

import com.deviouswork.http.url.*;

var us:URLShortener = new URLShortener(BitlyService);

//Only needed for Bit.ly and J.mp
us.service.version = '2.0.1';
us.service.login = 'bitlyapidemo';
us.service.key = 'R_0da49e0a9118ff35f52f629d2d71bf07';
//End Bit.ly/J.mp part

us.shorten('http://www.deviouswork.com/labs/');
us.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, complete, false, 0, true);

function complete(event:Event):void {
us.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, complete);
trace(us.shortURL);
}

Update
Moved the package over to Github
http://github.com/deviouswork/URLshortener

Categories: AS3, Labs

Tagged: Bit.ly, Is.gd, J.mp, Tr.im, URL-shorteners

Published:: 17 September, 2009 – 21:04
Author:: By Joakim Roos

Circle Preloader 0

Class and example after the jump.

Categories: AS3, Flash, Labs

Tagged: AS3, Gradient, Preloader

Published:: 15 July, 2009 – 10:25
Author:: By Joakim Roos

Slotmachine effect 0

Dependencies – TweenLite
Example:

var sm:SlotMachine = new SlotMachine('€15533', font, 35, '0123456789€');
addChild(sm);
sm.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, _complete);
sm.render();

function _complete(aEvent:Event):void {
trace("SlotMachine COMPLETE");
}

Categories: AS3, Feature, Flash, Labs

Tagged: AS3, Effect, One Armed Bandit, Slotmachine

Published:: 10 July, 2009 – 11:31
Author:: By Joakim Roos

Ordered Lists in TextField.htmlText 1

One thing thats kept bugging me with TextField.htmlText was the lack of support for ordered list (<ol><li></li></ol>) in a textfield with htmlText applied to it. I decided to write a simple class that strips a html string from the (<ol><li></li></ol>) and arrange the list(s) in numerical order with tabs instead. I know this isn’t the [...]

Categories: AS3, Feature, Labs

Tagged: AS3, htmltext, li, ul

Published:: 21 April, 2009 – 13:21
Author:: By Joakim Roos

Simple ScrollBar Class 0

Basic and simple ScrollBar class based on com.jeroenwijering.utils.Scrollbar

Categories: AS3, Feature, Labs

Tagged: AS3, ScrollBar

Published:: 24 January, 2009 – 12:58
Author:: By Joakim Roos

InteractivePNG class 0

MosesSupposes has written an class for dectecting hitTest on .png with transparency, meaning no more mask or hitarea’s when working with Sprites with png’s inside of them.
check the demo and download the class here:
InteractivePNG

Categories: AS3

Tagged: AS3, hitTest, PNG

Published:: 21 January, 2009 – 16:33
Author:: By Joakim Roos

AS3 TextEditor 0

AS3 TextEditor Lite is a SWC based component for rich text editor which can be used in Flash applications to be developed using Action Script 3 and Adobe Flash CS3 IDE. This component provides features like:
Dynamically attach it to any text field of your application Complete WYSIWYG Editor Formatting of characters as Bold, Italic, Underline [...]

Categories: AS3, Flash

Tagged: AS3, open source, swc, texteditor

Published:: 21 January, 2009 – 16:14
Author:: By Joakim Roos

TextFlowLite 0

Grant Skinner has posted a nice utility class for flowing textfields, making it easy to redefine text flow size on the fly.

Categories: AS3

Tagged: AS3, Light-weight, Text Layout

Published:: 7 January, 2009 – 13:12
Author:: By Joakim Roos

11 Flash Resources & 11 Must-Have-Utilities for 2009 0

Hydrotik has posted quite a comprehensive list of resources and must-have-utilities for 2009. I’ve picked a few of my own favorites that I’ll definitely will use or play with during 2009.

Categories: AS3, Flash, Papervision3D

Tagged: 2009, AS3, Flash, Resources, Utilities

Published:: 28 December, 2008 – 16:28
Author:: By Joakim Roos

25 lines of code 0

The 25-Line Actionscript Contest for decemeber has ended, and I must say i’m extremely impressed with what you can do with just 25 lines of code.

Categories: AS3, Flash

Tagged: 25 lines, AS3, Flash, Source

Published:: 22 December, 2008 – 13:10
Author:: By Joakim Roos

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