This post describes how to:

• Disable file-specific global warnings, such as migration warnings for onMouseDown
• Use File > New File > Templates to specify default settings, such as turning off Always declare stage instance

Disabling warnings

I tried the adobe-recommended handler names for about 6 months before reverting back to onMouseDown etc which is  far more readable in both the code and project outline in FlashDevelop. The thing is, Adobe by default in ActionScript 3.0 you get a migration warning on every publish. Annoying!

I’ve finally found out that you can toggle these warnings using the EnabledWarnings.xml file, by simply setting the enabled attribute to false for the desired warning.

The file can be found in the following location:

Win: C:/<Install Path>/<Version>/en/Configuration/ActionScript 3.0/EnabledWarnings.xml
Mac: HD|Applications|<Version>|Configuration|ActionScript 3.0|EnabledWarnings.xml

There are about 30 warnings in all, covering possible mistakes, coding style, and AS2 to AS3 code migration.

Setting default file / file preference settings

Did you know that it’s possible to create your own file templates, complete with settings found in:

File > Publish Settings... > Flash > ActionScript 3.0 Settings...

This covers:

• Export classes in frame n
• Strict mode
• Warnings mode
• Automatically declare stage instances

If you simply create a folder called Templates in your user Configuration folder, then a named subfolder, and save an .fla file in there, it appears in the File > New > Templates list.

Not only this, but:

• The template group shows on the Flash startup screen
• File > New remembers your choice, so automatically pre-selects the last-used template
• The File > New > Templates tab, Category and Template choice is remembered between sessions

I now have a folder called Templates/Development, and a few different .fla files in there, all with the settings I mentioned above.

You could easily add some files with default timeline testing code, a few symbols, fonts, etc, as well.

First of all, open regedit32.exe from the search box in the start menu.

Then, navigate to this key:

[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxxx\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\

This should be showing a list of the mail profiles you have on your machine:

Navigate slightly further down the tree this time, to the key labelled:

<Profile Name>\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676\

This is the key that stores a list of all the email accounts in your Outlook profile:

To transfer these accounts to a different profile, or a different machine, do the following:

1. export the registry branch 9375… to a new .reg file
2. open the new file in a text editor
3. do a find and replace for /<Profile Name>/ substituting the text between the slashes with your new profile name
4. save the reg file
5. double-click on the reg file to import it into the registry

If you did everything correctly, and the named profile exists, when you reopen Outlook, and go to Tools > Account settings… you should see your newly imported accounts:

It really does appear to be as simple as that. Yay

Here’s what you do:

1. Note the size of your screen height in pixels (mine is 1024)
2. Measure the physical height of the pixel-area of your screen using a ruler (mine measured 27.0 cm exactly)
3. Divide the number of pixels by the number of centimetres (1024 / 27 = 37.925)
4. Enter this number in the Screen Resolution box under Preferences > Units & Rulers:

Photoshop will now display your images at the correct size when you choose View > Print Size.

However, it’s a bit of pain to have to go to the menu option each time, but an easy solution is to simply map View > Print Size to the CTRL + ` (top left key):

Now, you can easily swap between 100% and Print Size by alternating between CTRL+1 and CTRL+`