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Scripting Flash apps: design the language
Finally I had a bit of time to go back to the discussion I started about a month ago: scripting your flash applications. I spent a bit of time thinking which is the best approach to start discussing this kind of topic; it is not as easy as it seems because the risk is to fall into a too complex discussion that a lot of people won't benefit from.

Create a catalog in flash
We will see how we can create a "little" product's catalog using Flash, Php and MySql.

Basic Flash MX/MySQL chat
In this tutorial we will learn how to build a simple chat using Flash MX, PHP and MySQL. No xml socket connection needed, only a good web connection :)

User authentication
In this tutorial we will build a Flash authentication system. User login, user registration, forget password with md5 encryption.

Read news from MySQL
Managing MySQL data with PHP and use them in a simple Flash MX application.

Creating a Guestbook using Flash and PHP
An advanced use of PHP and MySQL to manage a Flash guestbook.

Sending Email from Flash using PHP
This tutorial you should know if your server allows you to send mail through PHP.

Use phpdomxml to create a Guestook in Flash
In this tutorial we will see how to create and manage a simple Guestbook using an XML formatted file (with a simple XSL style-sheet). To do that we will create and parse the XML structure using an open source library for PHP which allow us to threat XML with DOM.

Flash poll with txt file
In this tutorial we will build a Flash poll based on a text file.

How to use the LoadVars Class
The LoadVars class allows developers to have a better control of the external loaded data. There are many reason to use the LoadVars class intead of the old deprecated loadvariables and loadvariablesNum.

Create a WebService with PEAR::SOAP
In this tutorial we will see how it's easy to create a webService using PEAR.

BitmapData.threshold howto
How to use the BitmapData.threshold with the new Flash Player 8 for creating image transitions.

Working with 9-slice scaling
You can use 9-slice scaling to specify component-style scaling for movie clips. 9-slice scaling lets you create movie clip symbols that scale appropriately for use as user interface components, as opposed to the type of scaling typically applied to graphics and design elements.

Image effect using fillRect
How to create a distortion fill effect using the fillRect() BitmapData's method.

Export JPEG with Flash/PHP
Using BitmapData.draw and BitmapData.getPixel to export the current swf as jpeg.

Create an image gallery with AMFPHP
An advanced image gallery using flash remoting AMFPHP and GD library.