Winton DeShong

Web / Flash Development

If you are like me and still output ActionScript 2 due to client/project restraints, but want to utilize Document Classes…check out Danny Patterson’s method to Document Classes in Flash 8.

I’ve been utilizing Document Classes in Flash 8 for some time now and haven’t run into any quirks until recently.

Apparently, when Internet Explorer (of course) initializes a cached SWF it does not call the onLoad Event of the main timeline, which in this case has the Document Class applied to it. So, as you may have already guessed, make sure all of your code is in the constructor of the Document Class.

Don’t ask me why I didn’t do that in the first place. Looking on the bright side, I get to add yet another Internet Explorer quirk to my repertoire.

At the beginning of this month, Sposto Interactive treated me to the Adobe MAX Conference. Tim O’Hare at Scripps Networks had recommended attending this conference instead of others and I cannot complain. The conference was a great experience and I hope to attend for years to come!