A workaround for MOUSE_WHEEL on the Mac
Matt Giger has written an AS3 class that allows access to the MOUSE_WHEEL event on OS X. It uses javascript injection via ExternalInterface to proxy the event from the browser. Check it here
Archive for January 2009
Gaia site.xml creator
A nifty AIR app for creating, printing, and editing a GAIA framework site.xml file.
Originally posted/get it here
Regular Expression for email validation
Had the need to validate an email address in Actionscript 3 recently. I have always copied and pasted regular expressions before. I took the time and learned them (the as3 implementation anyway). Below is a function using an email validation regex and an example swf along with the source.
function isValidEmail( str:String ):Boolean {
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