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I recently started a new job, which I have been dedicating all of my time to. I will resume posting soon.

Please be patient. there is more to come.

Although I have played with it in the past, I have started developing using FlashDevelop, which is “a free and open source (MIT license) code editor”.

It is a fantastic environment for ActionScript 3.0 coding and the compilation of SWF files. A big advantage of coding in FlashDevelop apposed to the Flash IDE is speed, code completion and code generation. FlashDevelop is an alternative to Adobe Flex which costs around US$250 and FlashDevelop uses the Flex SDK anyway.

I still use the Flash IDE and timeline based coding, however, I feel that completely dynamic projects are best compiled in FlashDevelop.

Have a look at FlashDevelop’s features or view the feature tour.

As requested, I have added the source files for the post AS3 Papervision3D Website

Although I have not corrected any issues yet, I will get around to it. I am open to suggestions though.

It was brought to my attention that the zip file did not have the fla in it. I have added the fla to the zip file in the original post.

I have also succeeded in using multiple font styles in the text field. So you will be able to use standard, bold and italic styles in the XML file.

I am also adding error handling for the XML load as well as trying out the Tween class for smoother scrolling.

Watch this space for the next release.

I made a small update which stops the scrolling when you move your mouse over the text field.

I added the updated file to the original post.

Flash file previews are now available in their respective posts. They will open in a new window so please ensure that popups are not blocked.

I haven’t posted anything for a while. I will be posting a bunch of useful Flash Lite files soon as well as updates to:

1. AS2 and AS3 XML Scrollbar Class
2. AS2 Presentation Template
3. AS3 Papervision3D Menu System

I will also be adding Flash file previews for each post.
Thanks for your patience.

It was pointed out to me that the paragraph formatting was not actually showing correctly. The paragraph formatting in the XML file was overriding the paragraph formatting in the FLA file.

Instead of using the following code in the FLA file:
var newFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
newFormat.align = TextFormatAlign.JUSTIFY;
yourtextvariable.setTextFormat(newFormat);
One should just add <p align='justify'> to the beginning of the text in the XML file and close with </p> at the end of the text.

The new files have been placed in their respective posts.

I will eventually get around to enabling you to preview files before downloading. Please be patient. Thanks.