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Ah, the old self-join, technique. Works like a charm. Thanks Rick! Joel Howe

Working to clean up file registration/tracking, I am stumped on this one: Table has a Registration_Id (Number) and Download_Date (Date/Time) for fields. When users get click-happy downloading files, two or more records are added to the table (with a 1-3 seconds later Date/Time value). My task...

You can try a plug like Swift 3D http://www.swift3d.com/ which lets you render to Flash, Illustrator, and SVG file formats.

Check to see if you are running Norton AntiVirus and turn off the Autoprotect before launching Max. There is a known issue with the license management and a conflict with NAV (at least for older versions of cdilla).

Firegambler- Plasma is definitely a similar look and feel to MAX, but I believe the feature set is limited to those things that can be exported to Flash as 2D or to Shockwave as 3D. The one thing I am thinking of is Shockwave has a limited particle system functionality that could not address...

OK, so if you are a Mac user, MX looks good. If you have been using 8.5 on Windows, why would you upgrade? I don't see any details of enhancements to one of the few things that differentiates Director from Flash MX, the 3-D rendering tool.

Something to consider is the latest version of Flash can handle video. I have only seen it used in a few places but may be the beginning of a trend as the latest version gathers adoption.

After reading some dialog in the browser wars thread and the cost of code duplication to address multiple browsers, I wondered if app developers are looking at the latest version of Flash for possible use in projects. I have just began working with Flash, but the client-side scripting...

Users can copy and paste from an external document (such as MS Word) into the textarea, but any formatting will be lost. The positive here would be all text is in the database and would be searchable for future reference. Another option would be to use an <input type=file> to upload the...

Also consider Math.floor() if you are using JScript. Math.round() rounds the number: 2.4 ==> 2 2.5 ==> 3 2.6 ==> 3 whereas Math.floor() truncates the decimal, effectively forcing a round down 2.4 ==> 2 2.5 ==> 2 2.6 ==> 2

I have had good luck importing a PDF file into Illustrator (I use V9.0). 1. First import the PDF file into Illustrator 9.0 or higher. You can only import one page at a time. 2. Then use Illustrator's Object-->Path-->Simplify tool to reduce the file size, because the PDF import typically adds...

I want to render an editable mesh of a gear as a hidden line display. I do not want to see the lines of the mesh elements, but of the physical edges of the gear, so that it looks like an iso drawing of a 2-D blueprint. Does anyone have a good technique for doing this?

You may get away with some simpler 3d stuff if you can require hardware acceleration (a graphics card). If you cannot assume this then the 3D software renderer will definitely slow things down too much.

Dave, I want to take DXF files, and batch convert them from DXF to SWF via Adobe Illustrator. This process works really well, but you end up with just a static SWF file. Therefore, if I can add the interaction via a few JavaScript commands triggered by HTML buttons, then I don't have to add...

I am totally new to Flash but good with JavaScript. I am interested in making a drawing viewer by exporting static CAD drawing files to .swf format and then using JavaScript buttons to let users zoom all, zoom window, and pan l/r/u/d when zoomed in. Is there a way to set modes in flash where...