Category Archives: Programming

Apache Velocity – Read Templates from JAR

Posted by Robert Hollencamp on 03/29/2011 1 comments

Apache Velocity comes bundled with different resource loaders, but none of them are really suitable for reading templates that are bundled in your JAR. By using a String Resource Loader, templates can be loaded using getResourceAsStream (or anything else that can yield a String).

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Flex 2.5.35 and Win32 / Visual C++

Posted by Robert Hollencamp on 01/29/2011 1 comments

Quick guide to getting the latest version of Flex working with Visual Studio on Windows

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Powershell: Convert Hex Groups to ASCII (Softalk Mail Server)

Posted by AdamD. on 11/08/2010 None comments

A friend came to me the other day asking if I knew how to convert hex strings to ASCII. For some backstory, the e-mail server they use at his workplace (Softalk Mail Server) wasn’t archiving e-mail properly, so he had …

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Open Source Flash Game Programming – Chapter 2 – Main Loop and Graphics

Posted by Robert Hollencamp on 11/02/2010 4 comments

Open Source Flash Game Programming – Chapter 2 – Implementing a game loop, basic graphics, and keeping accurate track of time

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Open Source Flash Game Programming – Introduction / Setup

Posted by Robert Hollencamp on 10/26/2010 3 comments

Learn to create a Flash game using free and open-source tools. This first tutorial covers setup and a basic ‘Hello World’ application in ActionScript 3.

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