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Due to a lot of confusing circunstances the old domain amfphp.org expired and can’t be renewed, or at least it’s not very likely that it will be anytime soon.

The good news is that there’s a new amfphp - Flash remoting for PHP address: amf-php.org.

So, go to the new amfphp site and spread the word.

Although the installation on my new notebook went smoothly, I didn’t have the same luck with my desktop.

The installation took forever and in the end I got a error message regarding missing components.
I tried it over and over, searched the web, read and tried everything I could find.
The Creative Suite 3 cleanup script was no solution…
Then I came across this technote: ‘Error “Licensing for this product has stopped working” when you start any Adobe Creative Suite 3 application’ - whose title doesn’t seem to have anything to do with the problem but the solution - uninstalling the Macromedia Flash Player 8 - worked.

The instructions to uninstall the Macromedia Flash Player 8 using the Windows Install Clean Up utility - msicuu2.exe - is in the middle of the technote, so make sure you read it carefully.

The Adobe Creative Suite 3 Trials are finally available for download.

Get them now!

As soon as you start writing your first lines of code in ActionScript, it’s pretty likely that you’ll use _root.

_root is an identifier that references the main timeline of your movie.

When you use _root, you’re using absolute notation.

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So you want to create a mail form in Flash…

You need:

• a PHP enabled server
• basic understanding of Flash / ActionScript
• very basic PHP knowledge
• Flash MX or later

Creating a Flash Mail Form should be easy and can be resumed in 4 simple steps:

1. collecting, validating and sending the data in/from Flash
2. receiving and validating the data in the PHP script
3. sending the email and a response back to Flash
4. display the response in Flash

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The best email client has just been updated and is available for download.

Thunderbird 2 RC1 was released yesterday.

I’m not on my main computer, so I haven’t installed it yet. I’ll install it as soon as I get home.

I’ve been using a beta?/alpha? version for a long time without any problems. I can’t remember all the new features included in this release, but I remember the new look and a great feature I’ve always missed (which I don’t know it’s even available in any other email clients) - Session History Navigation. This feature allows you to navigate back and forward through the email messages you’ve already opened, just like the browser’s back and forward buttons allow you to navigate through visited web pages.

Read the release notes and find out what’s new.

You can download it here.

Mike Downey has posted a huge list of links, all Apollo-related.

In case you missed something from the last couple of days, here’s a good chance to find it.