Galera interativa, é isso mesmo que vocês leram no titulo do post. Quem dá sempre uma olhada no blog do Lee Brimelow viram que haverá ainda nesse ano em países próximos ao Brasil como Chile, Argentina, Peru entre outros o Flash Latin Tour onde ficamos de fora por questões aparentemente técnicas. Mas o bom de tudo isso que em 2010, especificamente em Janeiro, bem no comecinho do ano, vamos ter o Flash Camp Brasil, evento que irá reunir boa parte da galera que programa em Flash, designers e todos que tem o interesse de aprender mais com os caras que estão ai pelo mundo fazendo a coisa girar e aparecer sempre coisas novas.

Então vamos ao Camp galera e sorte a todos ai.

Site: Flash Camp Brasil

Code and Visual has 5 free Rainbow Live licences to give away to the 5 best Rainbow Live tutorial entries. For a limited time you can trial a fully functional installation of Rainbow Live on any server you choose by using the Domain Key tutorialcompetition. This Domain Key will remain valid for the duration of the competition.

Rainbow Live fills the niche between complete Flash CMS solution and XML Editor. Rainbow was built specifically to enable Flash developers to continue building XML based Flash files the way they usually do, while providing important CMS functionality out of the box with no changes needed.

Competition Details

The competition is open to anybody that wishes to write a tutorial about Rainbow, be it a webmaster or blog author, or even someone that submits a word document. The best tutorial bearing the title from each of the following 5 categories will each receive a free Rainbow Live Domain Key for the domain of their choice worth $99.

* Rainbow Live Flash CMS Installation Tutorial
* Rainbow Live Flash CMS Using Templates
* How to Use Rainbow Live as a Flash CMS
* Rainbow Live Flash CMS Using Custom Server Side Scripts (php)
* Rainbow Live Flash CMS Using Custom Server Side Scripts (.Net)

The winning entries will be placed on codeandvisual.com with full credit and links back to the original author site. All other entries will be linked to from the codeandvisual.com tutorials page.

What Entries Will be Judged On

* Simple and clear communication style
* Explaination of concepts and details
* Well written and entertaining style
* Good layout and presentation
* Use of images

How To Enter

Any tutorial that sends a ping back to http://www.codeandvisual.com/rainbow will be automatically entered. If you don’t own a blog, or can’t ping back, simply send your completed entry to competition [at] codeandvisual.com

Competition Deadline

The Competition will close 11:59 July 31st 2009, GMT

Some of the key benefits of Rainbow Live:

* Works with your current XML file
* Admin and User log-ins
* customisable node locking/hiding for client
* Easier for clients to use than a raw XML file
* Edit XML files live online
* Upload Images and files
* Automatically create thumbnails
* Define child templates to define your own node type
* No backend scripting necessary
* Customizable scripts
* Doesn’t dictate structure of your data/website
* Easily design the CMS to your own needs

To learn more about Rainbow Live and download an installation package.
visit: http://www.codeandvisual.com/rainbow-live

Rainbow Live XML Editor makes editing easy and full online with a simple Flash interface, multiple users and so much more. With Rainbow Live you can edit your @attributes, CDATA, upload your imagens and create thumbnails easely from your computer to server in seconds.

Rainbow Live puts the power back into the hands of Flash developers. There’s no more need to rely on a backend developer to build and maintain a database. Rainbow Live saves time and money as the process of setting up XML structures is familiar to many Flash developers and is made even more intuitive with Rainbow Live’s node-based approach. It allows for full control over a developing Flash project; if you’re building a bingo game or even a site navigation GUI, the access to Rainbow Live’s suite of time-saving tools is a priceless investment for people who want to develop and code at speed without relying on third parties to do the leg work.

Today you have two choices, Rainbow XML Editor and Live version, the most complete for only 99$ USD:

Rainbow Live puts the power back into the hands of Flash developers. There’s no more need to rely on a backend developer to build and maintain a database. Rainbow Live saves time and money as the process of setting up XML structures is familiar to many Flash developers and is made even more intuitive with Rainbow Live’s node-based approach.

Installing and Configuring your Rainbow Live XML Editor + CMS

First step is create a folder with the name as you wish. Now you can upload all files inside this folder. You will receive one SWF file, 3 PHP files for alternative FTP and a read-me.txt.

Well, you can create your custom INDEX file to your ‘Rainbow.swf’ file. Now you can access Rainbow.swf or your custom INDEX file. When you load the page will require Login and Password, the DEFAULT is:

Username: admin
Password: password

When you load the main page will see at first time the Project window, here you will create XML, import your own local file and edit this file so simple. But after uploaded and logged you must go to second step, add your registration code and configure your FTP access.

Go to Preferences tab, will show you Settings items. The first item is Registration. Click on arrow and set ‘domainkey’ your registration code, you can get your own on Rainbow Site.

After that you can change FTP access, it will able you to edit online your XML file. To edit it you may go to Preferences > FTP and change the ‘ftphost’ to your domain ftp, ‘ftpmode’ continue normal, ‘ftpusername’ is your FTP username and last ‘ftppassword’ is your FTP password, close this window and click on SITE option, you may change your ‘rainbowfolder’ example: “httpdocs/rainbowFolder/”, after that close the SITE window and click in SAVE (top-right window).

Rainbow Live XML Editor can create or edit only one XML file, one XML for one project. When you create one file, by Default, it is located on folder DATA/ inside folder that you install Live Rainbow but you have a choice to edit it and change the location of the file.

Editing XML file

It’s so simple, you can create nodes using “+” Plus button or add @attributes and images using right arrow, when you click will appear one window with all options, you can change add one attribute or CDATA text.

Using @attributes you can set one parameter like image and upload direct from your Rainbow Live to your server and add the address to your XML file, this moment you can select option to create thumbnail and add too into XML, great for portfolio and photogalleries. See the upload image bellow:

You can get more information on Rainbow Website or comment here.
Thanks a lot and cya.

Hi guys, when we work with Flash for web sites or AIR applications is so easy use SVN to save and compare documents online or in your own local network, but when your job include large files – something near 3GB – like HD videos, After Effects video format and others, you will have some difficulties to commit these files.

You can easy increase the file size acceptable in your SVN Server, like Visual SVN, you must add the following line:

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http-library=serf

to C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Subversion\servers in section [global] and now you will be able to upload large files to your server. It’ greet use SVN in your network, nobody cant delete your files without have contact with your physics fles, Thanks again.

A new way to test your web project using cross browser and operating system is Browserlab by Adobe.  Now you can put your project URL and see full page using a lot browsers with Windows, Mac OS, Linux and others.

If you alread have the Adobe ID you may go to Adobe Browserlab – link bellow – make login and use this new feature by Adobe, its fine to do. Try you too.

Link: Adobe Browserlab

Hi again guys, im working hard with AIR projects and today i did one thing that i hate: use  always on top for one program, hehe. Well, was necessary because the project is a digital ad platform using one 32″ LCD with touchscreen and the user interact with the content.

Well, about the alway on top is so simple, first you may create one variable for your Native window.

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var newWindow:NativeWindow = stage.NativeWindow;

After that you need put only the alwaysInFront and set it true like this.

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newWindo.alwaysInFront = true;

aaaand done, try it.