Archive for July, 2009

Useful Adobe Fireworks tips

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2 years ago
by Nick in

- While drawing a line, hold down SHIFT to make it straight horizontally or vertically.

- While drawing a rectangle, press the UP or DOWN arrow keys to make the corners round (or sharp).

- You don’t need to ungroup to edit objects within a group, simply use the Subselection tool to select and edit an object.

- Change the corner roundness mode to px instead of %, making duplicates with various size won’t affect the roundness anymore.

- Use the arrow keys (with an object selected already) to position precisely an object.

- To apply a fade effect on any object, use the Auto Vector Mask command found under the Commands > Creative menu

- You can curve a text object by drawing an ellipse, selecting the text and the ellipse and applying the Attach to path command found under the Text menu.

 

That’s it for now! :)

Apple = bunch of whiners

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2 years ago
by Nick in

Microsoft probably got the best phone call in history, it’s worth reading:

http://gizmodo.com/5315666/microsoft-gloats-apple-begged-them-to-stop-running-laptop-hunter-ads

Way to go Apple…

How to bypass Windows Live Messenger anti-virus requirement

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2 years ago
by Nick in

If you don’t use an anti-virus and your friend is trying to send you a file over Windows Live Messenger, you probably noticed that it requires you to have an anti-virus installed or the download will fail. Sure, it’s a good protection I guess, but providing an option to disable that functionality would have been appreciated…

Fortunately, you can bypass this protection quite easily.I made a little C++ .exe that simply returns 0 and exit. Basically, an empty project in Visual Studio! Then you simply assign that .exe as your anti-virus in Windows Live Messenger.

1) Download the app: DoNothing.zip

2) Extract the .exe to a location of your choice (My Documents).

3) Set the anti-virus in Windows Live Messenger:

- Go to Tools > Options > File Transfer
- Check the Scan files for viruses using option
- Click Browse… and select the DoNothing.exe application you extracted.

Windows Live Messenger - File Transfer Options

Windows Live Messenger - File Transfer Options

Enjoy file transfers without an anti-virus :)

(Adobe Air) Bring a window to front by clicking the systemTrayIcon

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2 years ago
by Nick in

While developing an AIR application, I had an issue with bringing the application to front (above all other windows) when clicking the systemTrayIcon.

Usually, you would use the method:

systemTrayIcon.addEventListener("click", function() {
window.nativeWindow.orderToFront();
});

But doing so will result in… actually nothing at all. The window doesn’t move.
Using the same code on a menu item of the SystemTrayIcon will work, but not on the click action of the Icon itself.

Workaround:

Set the window property alwaysInFront to true and then to false:

systemTrayIcon.addEventListener("click", function() {
 window.nativeWindow.alwaysInFront = true;
 window.nativeWindow.alwaysInFront = false;
 });

Not the way it should be, but it works…

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