Category Archives: flash

useful use of switch block

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Łukasz Grela

Hi, recently I have browsed through wonderfl.net and found unknown to me but useful use-case of switch block. The switch is selection control block and usually is used as follows:

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SQLError: ‘Error #3132: Data type mismatch’,details:”,operation:’execute’

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Łukasz Grela

Hi, I have noticed weird error: SQLError: ‘Error #3132: Data type mismatch’,details:”,operation:’execute’ this only happens in certain situations, this is how you can reproduce it:

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StyleSheet’s method getStyle doesn’t return null for non-existing style

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Łukasz Grela

I have just learned that getStyle() method of flash.text.StyleSheet class doesn’t return null value when requested style doesn’t exists. Documentation states that it should, but in fact it returns empty object. Which could be fine for tests but you could … Continue reading →

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FlashDevelop, AIR for android project and projector size

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Łukasz Grela

Hi, recently I was trying to change default size of the projector as it was just too small in my Air for Android project, I have searched for ADL command options and found -screensize option where you specify what you … Continue reading →

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SQLite: Calculate difference between datetime fields

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Łukasz Grela

If you want to easily get elapsed time between datetime fields in SQLite you may want to take a look at following snippet: Table some_table contains 2 columns named start and finish both datetime type. Result will contain value in … Continue reading →

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