Extending Flash
Peter Elst has launched FlashExtensibility.com a site dedicated to JSFL scripts for automating and extending Flash's capabilities (with respect to the IDE).
Peter states:
"The idea behind this site is to provide an open source repository of JSFL scripts, everyone can get involved and share their work. Right now I've got experiments up that I did for a couple of Flash conferences. Some of the examples are still work in progress or just a proof of concept ”feel free to play around with the code, debug and/or add features."
This is one of the areas I haven't had a chance to play around with much, maybe its about time I get off my butt and see what its all about. This looks like a great resource. Hope to see guys like Guy Watson (aka Flashguru), Keith Peters, and Patrick Mineault get involved as well, they have already produced some very useful automation extensions for Flash I use all the time.
You can also get started writing your own by checking out the JSFL reference in the LiveDocs, or download a pdf reference. There are tons of articles to help get started as well, including:
• Introducing the JSFL File API @ Adobe
• Extending Flash MX 2004, Part 1: Understanding the JSFL DOM @ DevX
• Flash Javascript API > An Introduction @ FlashAdvisor
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July 16th, 2006 at 12:24 pm
[...] As I mentioned in a previous post, I was looking for a reason to get off my butt and explore the JSFL library for Extending Flash. So I decided to make a really simple script that could save me a bit of time. Every time I create a new Flash file I always spend the first few minutes setting up my library, layers, framerate etc… Now I know you can make your framerate as part of the default file template, but I thought I’d add it in anyway. [...]