IFBIN Open Source Examples

Founded by Adobe Flex expert and evangelist Ted Patrick, IFBIN provides well-documented source code examples written by leading industry experts. I feel fortunate to have been invited to become an author and partner, and I’ve written several useful examples for both Flash and Flex.

As of August 2006, Ted and the team announced that all examples are now available to download for free to anyone under the terms of the open source BSD license. The future of IFBIN promises a motherlode of examples for many Adobe products beyond the Flash Platform. Apollo will power the second version of the example catalog, and it may become one of the most used applications in a Flash developer’s arsenal.

In an effort to maximize access to my examples, and to provide updates until IFBIN 2.0 hits the street, all of my code will be mirrored here.

Flash 8 Examples

  • “Hello World” for Flash – December 3, 2005

    All IFBIN authors are required to create a signature “Hello World” example. My example displays and hides a message using simple tweens and ColorTransform.

  • Creating a SWF with MTASC – November 21, 2005

    A basic introduction to the open source MTASC compiler. This example does not use the main Flash authoring environment at all. It’s pure code!

  • Creating a Library with Swfmill – December 8, 2005

    There’s more to open source Flash than MTASC. Swfmill provides an easy way to create a “library” that MTASC can use with a little help from XML.

  • Embedding Fonts with Swfmill – December 26, 2005

    Like image assets, Swfmill can embed font glyphs for use in your SWFs. This example demonstrates how to use a font included with Swfmill in an MTASC project.

  • An RSS Reader – February 19, 2006

    A simple feed reader for Flash using the component set that comes with the Flash 8 authoring environment. Comes with a package of classes designed to parse RSS 2.0 feeds.

Flex 2 Examples