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I remember this previous problem with a ComboBox not showing up properly when a swf is loaded into a parent swf and the problem came up again as I was updating a project to AS3.

Main reason for problem (according to yarcub):
“The component uses system fonts and masks only work on embedded fonts.
Finally the FP10 new text engine will fix a lot of those issues.”

Here’s more info on the problem and possible solutions:
http://www.gotoandlearnforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=19118

I just bought my ticket for 360|iDev! The show will be going down March 2 to 4, 2009. You can find more details at the conference website: http://360iDev.com It’s being organized by the folks who put on the 360|Flex shows, which is a crowd favorite. Tickets are cheaper on a first come, first serve basis! So buy your tickets asap at http://360idev.eventbrite.com to get the best possible price. I did! See you there. ( I copied this from the receipt, doing my part to spread the word. )

I know everyone is trying to save money so here is a 10% off coupon from Brightkite : “brightkiterocks“. It came out to $315.

Now its time to find a good flight and hotel deal.

UPDATE: Booked a pretty good flight-hotel deal on Hotwire using Discover Card which gives 5% cash back as well. Total came out to be $421 for flight AA roundtrip from LAX and 3 Nights Holiday Inn.

I’m working on converting a AS2 project to AS3 and this error showed up. “WARNING: Text field variable names are not supported in ActionScript 3.0.” I had trouble finding the problem, but it turned out I just had to change the publish settings back to AS2 first then I could delete the text field variable being used for the text field. You can’t change or even see that there is a text field variable when the publish settings are AS3.

Just found out about this AS3 AIR/Flex/Flash Debugger called De MonsterDebugger from Tiago’s Weblog. I’ll definitely have to try it out for my next project. Editing properties during runtime will definitely come in handy when trying to satisfy the positioning of elements for designers.

De MonsterDebugger