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Flash Player 9 for Solaris
We already can see H.264 quality video and hear HE-AAC quality audio from flash videos on Windows, Mac and Linux. Well now you Solaris geeks can experience it for yourselves with this Flash Player 9 update
Of course your videos need to have been properly encoded to witness the full beauty of this update but if don't have any videos you can see a demo here.
Now you can have your cake and eat it too!
ps: The updated flash version for Windows, Mac and Linux 9,0,115,0 can be found here
3.2 Billion Installs for Flash Player 9
The title says it all.
Ted Patrick posted today that Flash Player 9 has reached 3.2 billion installs by November 11th according to Akamai.
Adobe buys Buzzword
I just heard about this little start up out of Boston called Virtual Ubiquity on a post on basement.org, they have created a feature rich online word processor using Flash. I signed up for a preview account and I have to say I am really impressed with the functionality and ease of use.
Uploading Multiple Files
Ever wanted to build an application that allows the user to upload multiple files? Well we all know it can't really be done unless you use either a Java Applet or Flash.
Doing a Google search turns up all manner of applications to do just that. But I want something simple, nothing more than a text box, a browse button, an upload button and a progress bar. Unfortunately my search turned up nothing, so I set about building my own using Flex 3.0.
It isn't anything special but you can: 1) Change the background color by tagging on a query string 2) Have a javascript function on the page that passes the urlyour upload page and any other parameters you want to pass along to the SWF. 3) Have a javascript call back function on upload complete
It provides the functionality I want and that is to upload multiple files, without any other unnecessary fancy bits, and requires minimal setup too.
<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" width="380" height="78">
<param name="movie" value="Uploader.swf">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<param name="wmode" value="opaque">
<embed src="Uploader.swf?BackgroundColor=ffffff" wmode="opaque" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="380" height="78" style="z-index:-100000 "></embed>
</object>
<param name="movie" value="Uploader.swf">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<param name="wmode" value="opaque">
<embed src="Uploader.swf?BackgroundColor=ffffff" wmode="opaque" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="380" height="78" style="z-index:-100000 "></embed>
</object>
The Javascript functions:
<script language="javascript">
function getPath(){
return "upload.cfm?cfid=#cfid#&cftoken=#cftoken#&path=#uploadpath#"
}
function uploadComplete(){
//do something here after the upload }
</script>
function getPath(){
return "upload.cfm?cfid=#cfid#&cftoken=#cftoken#&path=#uploadpath#"
}
function uploadComplete(){
//do something here after the upload }
</script>
And finally a screenshot:
1)Before Upload:
2)After Upload:
If you would like a copy send me an email: gary[ at ]garyrgilbert[ dot ]com or you could click the download link at the bottom of this post.
