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Pixel to EM converter

Its been 6 months since I am working on this project and just when I thought I am done with it, I realize that I have been using Pixels in my stylesheets all the while and this doesn’t support the browser based “text size” settings (Internet Explorer). So, when the user changes the ‘text size’ [...]

SmartDos - Adobe Air based DOS Console

Adobe Air based DOS console that uses the standard IO to read and write data. It support all DOS commands and also allows shortcuts to different console based applications as well as saving the console data to a file. [...]

Time Tracking System (updated)

Filling up the timesheet never interested me and the thought of remembering what I did through out the day and putting time against each one of them was a pain. I always wished if there is an easier way to do it or in a way automate this redundant task. There are many tools available [...]

Flex 4 and New Text Engine

Flash player’s support for left to right text has been limited ever since the beginning. But Flash player 10’s new Text Engine is going to change all that. Flash Text Engine (FTE)  is the set of new classes that are part of Flash Player 10 which supports low-level text functionality. The Flash Text Engine [...]

Default theme issue when using Runtime CSS

If you are using runtime css, you would have come across the problem of the default theme color appearing for a fraction of a second before switching to the new theme. This would again depend on where you are trying to load the new theme. In case, its loaded only once at the time of [...]