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The other day, I was struggling trying to get access to the textfield of a TextInput Control, which was protected. I needed it because I was loading an AS3 swf into a flex project and it needed to be passed a reference to a textfield to interact with it, but in flex it was a textinput control which contains a textfield. You can’t ues textInput.getTextField() because its protected.

To make it work you simply add:

import mx.core.mx_internal;
use namespace mx_internal;

I found out about it in this forum thread
http://www.actionscript.org/forums/showthread.php3?t=173666

I’m going to SIGGRAPH 2009 New Orleans! I was lucky enough to get in on a free basic pass to the conference from an awesome mentor at AnimationMentor.com that I didn’t even know. I’m already loving the benefits of being in the AnimationMentor.com community and I just started this Monday. This will be my second SIGGRAPH and I am totally excited because SIGGRAPH was awesome the last time I went. Its going to be even better this year because I’ve never been to New Orleans. Although I don’t remember being able to do much when the conference was going on, because there was always something going on day and nite. Now I just need to find a good deal for a flight and hotel.

Just launched a redesign of http://www.thearmyexperience.com/careers/. We were able to use much of the old code and turned the 3D helix into a 3D Wall instead. I worked on converting the 3D helix into the 3D wall and another designer/developer animated the wall.

I also worked on adding interactivity to the Watch Soldier Profiles section. The last 16 or so videos are interactive with 2 info windows per video. A button pops up at a certain time period during the video allowing the user to click on it to open an info window. This capability was also added into the Locate Global Bases which uses Google Earth (Fort Benning, Georgia and Fort Hood, Texas are the only 2 that have this currently. You can check it out by clicking on the Lifestyle button after clicking on the base).

I just registered for Adobe Max 2009 as a student. Time to take advantage of my student status. =) This will be my 2nd Adobe Max and if its anything like the last one it should be awesome! Now I just have to decide which sessions I’ll attend. Most of the lab ones were pretty boring I thought last time. You just sit and follow some guidelines so I’ll probably skip those or maybe just pop in and pick up the handout and do the instructions at my own pace at home.

I’m kinda itching to go to SIGGRAPH in New Orleans as well. There student discount is much better, but the first early registration discount expires Friday. Not sure about the housing and stuff, but I’m sure the prices will add up. I’ll have to see if I can afford it. I definitely want to go to SIGGRAPH though.

I start online character animation school at AnimationMentor.com end of june for the summer session. I already got the required books “The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation” and “The Animator’s Survival Kit“. I’ve already started reading the books and they are pretty easy to read, but I’ll probably have to read it a few times to get the concepts down.

I’m really looking forward to the classes. I’m sure when it comes time to plan things out for a scene, flash will come in real handy.

If you decided to join the program, put me down as a referral when you apply and I’ll get $200 after you complete class 1.

I know this isn’t related to any technology, but it is for a good cause. I am part of “Team Muffin Top Fighters” looking to raise awareness and help fight cancer. For more information on how you can help by donating or joining our team follow the link below.

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InsideRIA started a new series of articles covering Facebook Application Development using the new Facebook ActionScript 3 library. They always produce great articles and I’m sure this will be a great series with 20 articles to come!

InsideRIA: Facebook Application Development with AS3

The first lecture was released today. If you’re interested in learning more about iPhone development this will be a good way, however, it won’t be covering iPhone 3.0.

Check out the course page CS193P iPhone Application Programming