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Zarkov Compiler Wrapper Update available (0.8.2.4)

Alexander Funke — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:37:36 +0000

Today we released the new version of the Zarkov Eclipse Plugin. There are many improvements we have done. Here are the major ones:

Review of all compiler options.

Some options have changed attributes.

Added all options listed by “compiler help list advanced” to mxmlc, compc, asdoc, amxmlc, acompc and aasdoc.

Warnings and Errors are now added to the Problems view of Eclipse.

a new task “bigsource.browser” added. You can now open your browser from within eclipse.

some general improvements in stability

documentaiton will be improved in the next days (mxmlc is already updated)

You can get the new version over the Eclipse Update feature. If you would like to get the latest beta version you can get it here: http://update.bigsource.de/beta.

For more information about BigSource Zarkov visit the project page at http://zarkov.bigsource.de.

We are happy about every feedback.

BigSource Zarkov Documentation added

Alexander Funke — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:51:44 +0000

We have rebuild the BigSource Zarkov Project Page and added a documentation for the supported compilers.

Have a look: http://zarkov.bigsource.de

BigSource Zarkov Standalone Ant Extension

Alexander Funke — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:27:00 +0000

We are happy to announce that we have made a standalone version of the plugin. Now you can exchange you build.xml with developers not using eclipse. There is an example implementation and the download link on the Zarkov Project Page. Enjoy it.

BigSource Zarkov updated

Alexander Funke — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:14:31 +0000

Today we released the updated version of Eclipse Plugin “BigSource Zarkov” 0.8.0.9. Now it supports ADL (Air Debug Launcher) and ADT (Air Developer Tool). A second improvement is the simpler Path setup. You just have to specify the Flex SDK Path and all compilers will be called directly. Existing FCSH-Paths will be changed automatically. So if you have improvements or bugs please feel free to add an issue to http://bugtracking.bigsource.de/trac/bigsource_zarkov/.

Project Page: http://zarkov.bigsource.de

BigSource Zarkov project page now online (formally FCSH Wrapper)

Alexander Funke — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:07:18 +0000

We are happy to announce our project page for the BigSource Zarkov Eclipse Plugin developed by us. Have a look at http://zarkov.bigsource.de.

For bugs and improvements please use http://bugtracking.bigsource.de.

BigSource Zarkov Beta released

Alexander Funke — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:03:12 +0000

Today we released our renamed Eclipse Plugin “BigSource Zarkov”. It’s based on the FCSH-Wrapper and has some new Features. We changed the name because we are planning to add support for more compiler.

Roadmap:

mxmlc (fcsh)
compc (fcsh)
mtasc (AS2)
Flashplayer
haxe
the other compilers of the flex sdk (asdoc, etc.)

Current FCSH Wrapper users:

close the FCSH Monitor
deinstall the old Plugin (Help -> Software Updates -> Manage Configuration)
install BigSource Zarkov from the update url.

New users:
Install BigSource Zarkov from this update url: http://update.bigsource.de/update

Now you will find the Zarkov Monitor under the Views-Category “Flash”. Because of the renaming you have to specify the paths for the compiler and the Flashplayer again. We apologize for the trouble caused.

The name is dedicated to the brilliant rocket scientist “Dr. Hans Zarkov” from the “Flash Gordon” series.

UPDATE: If you have any BigSource Zarkov related issues, just put it into our new bugtracking system under http://bugtracking.bigsource.de/trac/bigsource_zarkov. This will make it easier for us to improve the plugin.

Organic circle

Kim Christiansen — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:16:07 +0000

Creating organic and natural moving objects was always a big joy for me. Now i made a organic circle data class. This class does not display anything. Instead it returns a pointfield with point objects. Encapsulating the view from the data, enables the posibility to display the data like you want. I made the organic circle class for as2 and as3 as well. In this example i played with some filter effects and bitmap redrawing. If you press the mouse the circle radius will be reduced.

How to use:

var _organiccircle:OrganicCircle = new OrganicCircle();
_organiccircle.radius = 40;
_organiccircle.pointamount = 64;
_organiccircle.fractalsize = 60;
_organiccircle.intensity = .4;
_organiccircle.speed = 1;
_organiccircle.startAnimation();var _circle:Sprite = new Sprite();
_circle.x = 200;
_circle.y = 200;

addChild(_circle);

var _timer:Timer = new Timer(50,0);
_timer.addEventListener("timer",onRedraw);
_timer.start();

private function onRedraw(event:TimerEvent) : void
{
   var ar_points : Array = _organiccircle.pointfield;
   var n : int = ar_points.length;
   var p : SimplePoint = ar_points[0];
_circle.graphics.clear();
   _circle.graphics.lineStyle(1, 0x000000, 100);
   _circle.graphics.moveTo(p.x, p.y);
while (n--)
   {
      p = ar_points[n];
      _circle.graphics.lineTo(p.x, p.y);
   }

}

Download example and class: organiccircle.zip