Posts Tagged ‘Flash’

ActionScript VQS Errata – Page 104 Typo – Code 7.6

December 30th, 2008 by Derrick Ypenburg | Tags: ,

The two else if statements in Code 7.6 are both missing the opening curly brace after the condition. Both lines for the else if statements should look like this: } else if (evt.type == “mouseUp”) { } else if (evt.type == “mouseOver“) { Thanks to Hannes Strydom for his find and feedback. Cheers, Derrick

Focus on Media Helps Launch Microsoft’s VoIP Software Website

December 16th, 2008 by Derrick Ypenburg | Tags: , ,

Focus on Media worked with ad agency MacLaren McCann for the Canadian design and localization of Microsoft’s new VoIP website. This is a slick application and we love the final product. View Site

ActionScript VQS Errata – Page 140 Typo – Code 10.3 Correction

October 27th, 2008 by Derrick Ypenburg | Tags: , ,

Thanks to Jason of http://www.jasonhildredesign.com for bringing a code error from Code 10.3 on Page 140 to my attention. For the textFocus event handler function, the event object should be a FocusEvent object and not a MouseEvent object. The correct code should read: function textFocus(evt:FocusEvent):void {    evt.target.text = ‘ ‘; } Cheers, Derrick

Successful launch of GM Model Year Refresh project

October 8th, 2008 by Derrick Ypenburg | Tags: , ,

For the past 2 months, Derrick Ypenburg of Focus on Media has been involved with MacLaren McCann working on the Flash and multimedia features of GM.ca for the General Motors 2009 Model Year. The official launch was on Monday, October 6 2008, and has been received as a great success. Thanks and congratulations to GM [...]

ActionScript VQS Errata – Page 154 Typo – To generate random numbers

October 7th, 2008 by Derrick Ypenburg | Tags: , ,

Thanks to Karen Collins of the University of Waterloo for finding a typo on page 154, To generate random numbers – Step 1. The code sample trace(‘pseudoRandomNumber; “ + pseudoRandomNumber); should read: trace(‘pseudoRandomNumber; ‘ + pseudoRandomNumber); The string pseudoRandomNumber ends in a double-quote and should end with a single quote (in bold). Cheers, Derrick 

Derrick’s ActionScript 3.0 Visual Quickstart Guide is Published and Coming to a Bookstore Near You

September 5th, 2008 by Derrick Ypenburg | Tags: ,

The advanced book finally arrived in the mail today! The VQS Guide for ActionScript 3.0, written by Derrick Ypenburg of Focus on Media and published by Peachpit Press, will be available in bookstores and online seller sites world-wide for mid September 2008. To view the free sample rough cuts of the book, visit Safari Books [...]

Thanks to Ringling College of Art & Design

August 23rd, 2008 by Derrick Ypenburg | Tags: , ,

I just want to give a shout out to all the people at the Ringling College of Art & Design in Sarasota Florida who attended my Flash course. Your hospitality was great and I hope to be back down there again someday soon. Cheers, Derrick Resources Adobe Labs CommunityMX ActionScript.org FlashDevelop ActionScript Editor Inspiration Jared [...]

Focus on Media: latest launch

July 10th, 2008 by Bethany Lee | Tags: , , ,

We just clinked our margarita glasses with Patricia Horton as we launched www.reflectionsbypatty.com for her growing business this past this week. Her premium custom photography portfolio needed a home, and as well she needed back-end administration for photo uploads and client previewing. Site build features: CSS, Flash, HTML, PHP.

Sample Chapters of Derrick’s ActionScript 3.0 – Visual Quickstart Guide Now Available

June 25th, 2008 by Derrick Ypenburg | Tags: ,

As I keep on pumping out the chapters for the book, they are starting to become available online as ‘Rough Cuts’. To view the free sample rough cuts of my upcoming ActionScript 3 VQS Guide, visit Safari Books Online.