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If you get an error like this in an actionscript 3 Flash file: TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert flash.display::SimpleButton@61422481 to [symbolname]. at flash.display::Sprite/constructChildren() at flash.display::Sprite() at flash.display::MovieClip() at classname()[/path_to/as/classname.as:34] Check the symbol
Continue readingI just lost 20 minutes trying to line up a list of numbers inside a table cell in Word. The problem was that clicking “tab” only caused the cursor to jump, usually outside the table
Continue readingWhen trying to replace some old files in my local workspace, then commit the new ones to CVS, I got this error:
It turned out that the files had been previously stored in another CVS repository, with a different directory structure. Some of the directories still had CVS folders with pointers to the old repository directories and hostname.
Continue readingI have a very fast multi-core system, so I was puzzled because Photoshop always opened even tiny images slowly, sometimes taking 5 or 10 seconds, and freezing everything in the process. Thanks to a post
Continue readingDrupal’s Feed aggregator has a problem displaying some of the escaped tags in Google Alerts Feeds. For example, see the screenshot below:
The fix is to alter the code in
modules/aggregator/aggregator.module
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function aggregator_save_item($edit)
In both the UPDATE statement and the INSERT statement:
replace $edit['title']
with
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After installing ImagePicker 6.x-1.2 in a new Drupal site, I opened a book page to try to add images to it. There was no ImagePicker Fieldset below the text entry area. It did show up
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By default, Drupal takes control of all subdirectories within its root folder. If Drupal resides within the web root of your site, you will not be able to get to any subdirectories that are non-Drupal related. Drupal will give a “Page Not Found” error on any page that doesn’t have Drupal content associated with it.
Continue readingThere are some errors that come up time and time again when working with Jeroen Wijering’s Flash Video Player. Here’s how to troubleshoot them. I’ll keep adding to the list as time permits. Click the images to see a larger view.
I had a particularly sticky flash problem where a MovieClip worked perfectly when run on its own, but when loaded into a container clip using a loader, would give:
Error #1056: Cannot create property someProperty on loaded clip myLoadedClip
At first I thought it was some kind of timing problem or failure to declare the items in the clip, but it turned out, simply adding the word dynamic to the class definition fixed the problem. Dynamic classes can have properties added at runtime. The MovieClip class is already dynamic, but apparently, the dynamic property is removed in some other part of my code.
If you are having problems with applications which use liveconnect, you may find it helpful to know that there are some issues with certain updates of Java 1.6 and Liveconnect. I’ve found that sometimes installing
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