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Show Me Your Tree!

What does your display list look like? While doing some work on multi-context view auto-wiring I wrote a little utility that iterates through the containers in a given display object container and builds some useful stats.

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Easiest way to filter Eclipse or FlexBuilder console output (trace statements)

UPDATE: This looks like a good fit Grep Console I’m asking this in relation to Flex Builder, but it might apply to Eclipse in general. Trace statements in Flex Builder get sent to an Eclipse Output Console. What is the easiest way to filter this text on the Eclipse side? Specifically, I’d like to be able to filter (ignore) lines by patterns. I came across Logback, but it seems like overkill for this scenario. Is there no way to script … Continue reading

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AVM2 Performance – Sprite Alpha vs. Fill Alpha

Consider a black box with 50% opacity. A sprite with a black rectangular fill in it. Which would render quicker? A sprite where the black fill has 50% alpha (0.5) A sprite with 50% alpha containing a solid fill Anyone done any tests?

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