May 2011

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  Singleton Template

  05.24.11 | Permalink |

  

  A simple design pattern I utilize often is the Singleton Design Pattern.  There is a descent amount of code needed to generate a proper singleton class in ActionScript.  I’ve created a nice template for FDT which will help to quickly create a Singleton class for AS 3.0.
  singleton_template

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  Truncating Spark Labels

  05.11.11 | Permalink |

  

  This was a little tricky to figure out.  I needed to make a Spark Label truncate the text if it exceeded the given bounds of the Label.  But on the documentation for the Label there is only a few mentions of the word truncate in the description of the class.  It tells you:

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At Thrust Interactive, we are not only passionate about creating games, we are passionate about playing games! Here are our current favourites, updated arbitrarily.

Lukas
- Team Fortress 2
Jerry
- Assassins Creed 2
Harrison
- Assassins Creed 2
Jesse
- Poker
Ian
- Left 4 Dead 2
Scott
- Uncharted 2
Kevin
- Serious Sam
Toby
- Fly Squirrel Fly
Tim
- Left 4 Dead 2

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