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This article explains the order in which the initalization events like preinitialize, initialize, creationComplete, etc in flex are called.
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How to catch an uncaught Exception in android and avoid the default popup which normally shows.
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Flash commando to export swc only:

var dom = fl.getDocumentDOM();
var domFolder = getDomFolder();
var publishURI = getPublishURI();
 
dom.publish();
 
if(FLfile.exists(publishURI))
    FLfile.remove(publishURI);
 
function getPublishURI()
{
    var profileXML = new XML(dom.exportPublishProfileString()).children();
 
    for(var i = 0; i < profileXML.length(); i++)
    {
        var node = profileXML[i];
        switch(String(node.name())){
            case "PublishFormatProperties" :
                return domFolder + "/" + String(node.flashFileName);
            break;
        }
    }
}
 
function getDomFolder()
{
    var splitURI = dom.pathURI.split("/");
    splitURI.pop();
    return splitURI.join("/");
}

Little howto explaining the install of Icinga Classic web on debian queeze.
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Little explanation about the use of classes in actionscript 3.
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Variables

var untyped:*; // (or no typing) undefined
var boolean:Boolean; // false
var number:Number; // NaN
var integer:int; // 0
var unsignedInteger:uint; // 0
var string:String; // null
var object:Object; // null

Functions

A function which does not return any value and is acception one parameter:

function returnNothing(int i) : void {
    trace(i);
}

A function returning a String:

function returnString(int i) : String{
    trace(i);
}

A function with a default value for a parameter which will be used when the function is called without providing the parameter:

function defaultValue(msg:String= "foo"):void {
    trace(msg);
} 
 
defaultExample(); // traces "foo"
defaultExample("bar"); // traces "bar"