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Add TinyMCE code button

October 20, 2009

• Javascript

I had quite a few problems adding the htmlCode button to a fairly old copy of TinyMCE (I think around version 2.

Runtime Error! (abnormal program termination) maya.exe

October 20, 2009

The Problem When starting Maya 8.5 an immediate error message and program termination.

Need more than hover?

October 20, 2009

• Css

I had a hover effect on an html input element but also needed to have an active state.

Getting an internet connection under VirtualPC running Windows XP and Internet Explorer 7

October 20, 2009

Getting an internet connection under VirtualPC running Windows XP and Internet Explorer 7

Uppercase text in Actionscript

October 20, 2009

• Actionscript

var lowerCase:String = "sample text"; var upperCase:String = lowerCase.toUpperCase();

Firefox too slow?

October 20, 2009

Is your Firefox starting to get realllllllly slow? Every few months my Firefox starts dragging, so all I do is create a new profile and reimport all my bookmarks and reinstall needed addons.

Uppercase the first character of each word in a string using PHP

October 20, 2009

• Php

You can use “ucwords()” to uppercase the first character of each word in a string.

Actionscript 3 equivalent of PHP’s print_r

October 20, 2009

• Actionscript , Php

A brilliant version of print_r for actionscript: http://dev.base86.com/solo/47/actionscript_3_equivalent_of_phps_printr.html

Global variables and functions in Actionscript 2

October 20, 2009

• Actionscript

In order to reuse a variable from a different timeline within the same fla file you will need to register the inital variable or function as a _global.

Actionscript conflicting class name

October 20, 2009

• Actionscript

I had a problem today where I got a flash source file from one of my developers’ and I couldnt compile it because it said that there was a conflicting class name, however, it turned out to just be a timestamp issue.

expecting T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM

October 20, 2009

What the hey? What does this mean? You may one day end up seeing the following error message produced by PHP and wonder to yourself: