BLDoc 1.0 Public Beta Available

September 2, 2004June 13, 2010 Alessandro Crugnola actionscript, SEPY bldoc, javadoc, metadata, SEPY

Chafic Kazoun from rewindfile.com has released late yesterday the first public beta of BLDoc.

What is BLDoc?
“BLDoc is an ActionScript 2.0 source code documentation tool designed to require minimal commenting to produce complete documentation. BLDoc supports multiple output styles (including the ability to create your own), parsing of AS 2.0 source, MetaData tags, and JavaDoc style comments.”

You can also use BLDoc with SE|PY in order to create autmatically Javadoc style documentation. Latest version of sepy has a new feature which with a simple mouse click will create for you javadoc comment for any method of your source code (thanks to a suggestion of Colin Moock).

Then BLDoc processes a series of customizable commands to run many XSLT transformations on the intermediate file. And it will come in 2 different editions: community edition and professional edition.

Find out more here: http://www.blinex.com/products/bldoc/

Make your suggestion for the next Flash!

September 2, 2004July 28, 2010 Alessandro Crugnola actionscript exception, flash, regular expression, wishlist, xpath

Hi, this message is for all Flash Users.
We’re collecting feedbacks and improvements, to turn subsequently to
Macromedia Flash Team, in order to obtain a wished list from who like you
use the program.
This operation has the sole scope to improve the development flash
enviroment and to adapt the software more to the requirements of the
customers.
You can propose new functionalities and improvements on those already
existing, trying to concentrate on aspects not too much general but on
detailed features lists that in your opinion lack or that you found
low-efficient for your daily job.

All messages should be sent to: flashwishlist@riadev.com

For example, some my suggestions:
– Improvements with XPath functionallity
– Regular expression implementation
– Make components smaller!
– Make a REAL try/catch implementation, expecially for runtime env

Strange issue with Flash Updater 7.2

August 30, 2004July 28, 2010 Alessandro Crugnola actionscript bug, flash

I got this very strange behavior (let me say BUG) with the new flash updated version 7.2, and which drove me crazy for a while!

Create a new document, settings set to flash player 7 and AS2.
Create in the document a movieclip with exporting settings, export for ActionScript, and give the name “mc”. Delete the movieclip from the timeline.
try the code:

depth = _root.getNextHighestDepth()
trace(depth);
_root.attachMovie('mc','mc',depth)
mc.onRelease = function(){
this.removeMovieClip();
}

you will get a “0” in the trace output and once click on the movieclip, this will disappear.

NOW.
Drag a component on the stage, for example the tree component, and then delete it from the timeline. This is just in order to have it into the library.
Test the movie again.

I get in the trace output the value of “1048576” and the movieclip does not disappear now!

incredible!

XP Service Pack 2 and Flash…

August 19, 2004July 28, 2010 Alessandro Crugnola actionscript internet explorer, macromedia, microsoft, swf, windows

Microsoft is introducing new Service Pack 2 for Windows XP users. ( more info at microsoft page )

This update should increase Internet Explorer’s security features. Also Macromedia seems have worked to support changes will arrive with this new service pack and provide a page with some FAQ about issue could happens after SP2 has been installed.
for example:
– Flash Player content does not appear after a Windows Update
– SWF files prompt a message when played back locally

read all the informations at http://www.macromedia.com/support/service/servicepack2.html

Back to home!

August 17, 2004June 13, 2010 Alessandro Crugnola general holidays, SEPY

Finally, after 15 days in Spain, at Palma Mallorca, I’m just come back to home…
I really really love spain, spanish people (it’s lovely hearing girls speaking), and the idioma.. i would like to learn spanish better now (some words are not enough), i think i will begin some spanish course this year! and some other weekend in Spain in Sevilla or Valencia maybe 🙂

Ok, now that the holydays are finished… back to work again.. back to usual things.. SEPY is waiting for me to fix hundreds of things.
Probably first i need some days of relax.. it’s hard after 15 days of night life 😉
Damn, I cannot believe to the thousands of emails i need to read, obviously 90% is spam.

P.S. Really an holiday “de puta madre” 🙂

Apps are Getting Hot! ;)

August 13, 2004June 13, 2010 Alessandro Crugnola general avalon, longhorn, royale, xaml

Rich applications are really becoming hotter because of a breeze from Macromedia’s latest initiatives related with Flash (also Royale) through Microsoft’s Avalon and XAML (via Longhorn). Recently, one of my buddies (Altan Kalayci from Retek, Inc.) dropped me a line advising to watch following episodes via MSDN regarding Avalon.

– Longhorn Avalon
– Longhorn Fundamentals
– Longhorn Indigo

My interest on XAML and specifically on Avalon is really getting higher! 🙂

Closed for Holidays

August 1, 2004June 13, 2010 Alessandro Crugnola general holidays

I will leave tomorrow for Spain… finally a deserved holiday to the seaside 😉

We will see again at the end of August.
I hope you all will spend great holidays this year too!!!
Hi all!

SE|PY MAC mailing list added

July 29, 2004June 13, 2010 Alessandro Crugnola SEPY mac, osx, SEPY

Due to the growing requests for help on compiling sepy on mac I’ve decided to create a dedicated mailing list.
By the way, I hope to make some tests on a mac by the end of this summer, i really would like to offer a product as much as possible cross-platform.. actually the big problem for me is that i haven’t a mac
These are the current mailing list for SE|PY:

sepy-macdev
Compile and develop SEPY on MAC system