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Fixing Actionscript XML newline problem

Fixing Actionscript XML newline problem I was having a nightmare with a newline \n coming through from an XML document literally as \n when I passed the text into a DynamicText object in ActionScript 2, Flash CS3. Mark Page found this solution: function fixXMLNewLin

Paul Hayman - 6,605 views

Flash Player drove me crazy until

Flash Player drove me crazy ... So here's the problem. All of a sudden loads of web sites started directing me to Adobe to install the flash player that I already had installed!! Very strange.. each and everytime it installed successfully, restarted IE7, I went back to the orginal we

Paul Marshall - 2,522 views

Terrible Spelling in VS2005 becomes a thing of the past

Terrible Spelling in VS2005 becomes a thing of the past Countless numbers of times I have had to cut and paste text from my HTML into Word to spell check it because there isn't a spell checker in the VS IDE. Well the hassel has gone with this excellent plugin I found on Mikhail Arkhipo

Paul Marshall - 3,121 views

Typed Masterpage reference

Typed Masterpage reference ASP.NET master pages are pretty handy and here is a simple tip to make them even easier to use. Using the MasterType reference in your content page allows you to refer to your master page properties without having to cast it to your master page type everytime.

Dave Howard - 9,660 views

Bug in VS2005? Using Typed DataSets with SQL 2005 and stored procedures

Bug in VS2005? Using Typed DataSets with SQL 2005 and stored procedures I have been a fan of typed datasets since I started using them in VS2005. Using the feature with SQL Express/stored procedures, Express/SQL Statements, SQL Server/SQL Statements all generate my DAL just fine. However, I

Dave Howard - 10,175 views