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Flash Player 10 Class Browser

Since there is no public documentation for the new Flash Player 10 API I have created a small Flex application which makes easier to discover the properties and methods of the new classes. I also extracted the list of classes defined in the Flash 10’s playerglobal.swc (it is accessible in the latest build of Flex SDK) and placed into the class browser. So, now you can pick a class name from this list or enter a class name of your choice, click on the Describe button and see the result.

The class browser is on-line here.

Maybe I will post the results of my (and other’s) discoveries later with examples Some keywords till then (beyond the features mentioned on Adobe’s site):

• run-time sound generation
• accessing local files through FileReference without uploading to a server
• new Vector class with generics
• etc.

[Update]
Some people reported that the class browser doesn’t worksand the version detection script prevents it from running (claiming a new player installation). I don’t know what does cause the problem, yet, but I provide here a direct link to the SWF itself until I solve the issue:
http://tengerstudio.com/public/flash10/class_browser/ClassBrowser.swf

[Update 2]
I made a minor addition, and the class browser now displays also the class’ constructor among the methods.

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Flash Player 10 beta released

Adobe released the beta version of the next Flash Player 10 (codename Astro). Further details, downloads, examples and videos are here:

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/

The development tools are not published yet, but you can configure Flex SDK to compile to Flash Player 10. Here is the how to.

If somebody is not familiar with Flex, it is possible to use Flash CS3 for the same purpose by utilizing some minor hacks. Just follow these steps:
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