On October 2nd 2007 I posted an article at SSP Forum SlideShowPro for Flash: Show and Tell about Scrollbar v1.0, this project was about a scrollbar for SSP, it was very acceptable and many people sent me emails with the intention to buy the code, that was my first plan but I thought it through and I decided to give away the code of Scrollbar v1.0 and v2.0 for future improvements.

This project was created after analyzed and combined the code of some examples SSP team post on the website. My intention wasn’t to plagiarize but to improve the code for a better user experience.

I’m very busy now developing many projects at the same time and unfortunately I won’t be able to answer emails about this project anymore, that’s why I’m giving it away. I hope someone can improve it and share with the SSP community.

I hope this time Todd Dominey put me on the news.

I still working in some other projects for SSP, maybe before June this year I’ll release my project called search SSP v1.0 where it searches for specific pictures and return in a new SSP instance.

I’m using lightbox to open up the examples, sometimes it goes crazy and open the .swf file in another page, but don’t worry that’s ok (I can’t explain why computer goes crazy sometimes). If the close button don’t appear click outside the image to close it. (I’m using Windows XP w/ resolution 1280×1024).

Examples of scrollbar for SSP in action:

1. Scrollbar w/ 3 columns - (This example uses arrows to move the scrollbar) - This was my first attempt to get something friendlier for user experience with SSP scrollbar, it also has combo box on top and 3 columns.
Software used » SSP 1.5.2 and Director 1.0.9.9

In the examples below when it reaches the last picture it comes back up. And it shows the title and the caption of the picture.

2. Scrollbar v 1.0 -
» Control with mouse | Control with arrows «
Software used » SSP 1.5.3 and Director 1.0.9.9

3. Scrollbar 2.0 - (This example uses arrow to move the scrollbar) - Also in this example I was able to use the best feature of Director in my opinion, Smart cropping, for the first time. After I sent so many emails to Todd he listened to my request.
Software used » SSP 1.6.0c1 and Director 1.1.4

After you download the .FLA remember to change the XML File Path to make it work.
The code isn’t clean because I didn’t have time to clean the unnecessary comments. I’m sorry about that I hope who else get it with the intention to improve it does better then me.

Download Links:

1. scrollbar3Col.zip - To use this example is necessary create an instance of Slideshowpro.
    Version8-scrollbar3Col.zip - I created this version for the people that don’t have CS3. This was saved in Flash 8.0.

name = SSP
widht = 508
height = 362
x = 6
y = 33
click here to see the picture of all the parameters
Software used » SSP 1.5.2 and Director 1.0.9.9

2. scrollbarv1.0Arrow.zip- To use this example is necessary create an instance of Slideshowpro.
    Version8-scrollbarv1.0Arrow.zip - I created this version for the people that don’t have CS3. This was saved in Flash 8.0.

name = SSP
widht = 500
height = 493
x = 5.8
y = 34
click here to see the picture of all the parameters
Software used » SSP 1.5.3 and Director 1.0.9.9

3. scrollbarv1.0Mouse.zip- To use this example is necessary create an instance of Slideshowpro.
    Version8-scrollbarv1.0Mouse.zip - I created this version for the people that don’t have CS3. This was saved in Flash 8.0.

name = SSP
widht = 500
height = 493
x = 5.8
y = 34
click here to see the picture of all the parameters
Software used » SSP 1.5.3 and Director 1.0.9.9

4. scrollbarv2.0.zip - To use this example is necessary create an instance of Slideshowpro.
    Version8-scrollbarv2.0.zip - I created this version for the people that don’t have CS3. This was saved in Flash 8.0.

name = SSP
widht = 500
height = 493
x = -24.2
y = 34
click here to see the picture of all the parameters
Software used » SSP 1.6.0c1 and Director 1.1.4

My first intention was to develop this project and sell it, but I preferred to share with the SSP community for free. If anyone is interested in make a donation just click in the link below and give your contribution. The value is not stipulated, so you can donate as much as you want to.

THANKS EVERYBODY!

Natália Anderle was elected Miss Brazil 2008 on April 13rd in a ceremony presented by Nayla Micherif, Miss Brazil 97, at Citibank Hall, in São Paulo. The ceremony was broadcasted by Band Television Channel.

She received the ribbon and the crown from the hands of Natália Guimarães, Miss Brazil 2007 and second place in the Miss Universe contest.

“Only those who are here know the emotion of winning. Now is towards the Miss Universe,” said Natália.

The new miss is 1.75 cm and is graduated in Cosmetology and aesthetics. She represented Encantado in Miss Rio Grande do Sul

Natália Anderle took home R$200,000 in cash, a jewel, a clock, a car of R$80,000, a trip to participate in the Brazilian Carnival Ball, the crown and the ribbon. And she will dispute the Miss Universe, on July 15, in Vietnam.

The deaf candidate of Ceará, Vanessa Vidal, was second place. She is the first person with hear impairing to participate in the contest. The third and fourth places were to Cyntia Oliveira, Goias, and Janaina Barcelos, of Sao Paulo. The Miss Minas Gerais Marina Marques was the fifth placed.

It seems that Brazilian politics are always having problem with people posting stuff about sex on the internet. This time one person that embedded one YouTube video on his blog hosted at Wordpress.com is being responsible to make the whole Wordpress community be banned in Brazil.

The last time stuff like that happen was when someone published a video of Daniela Ciccareli having sex on the beach on YouTube, at that time the repercussion was really bad for Daniela’s career at MTV, many users got together to boycott her TV show.

That’s not the first time Wordpress was about to be banned. Wordpress is also banned in Turkey and China.

Even though I’m a Brazilian I think that’s a very stupid idea to ban the website because of one user. Wordpress should have the rights to be notified and then ban the user that is misusing the service. I hope this process doesn’t goes through and all the Brazilians are able to post whatever they want, of course respecting the rules.

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Beginning next month people that live in USA is going to have the privilege to see The King performing. The King or The King Roberto is a title gave to Roberto Carlos for his career and to be the best Brazilian singer of all time; this title was created after Elvis Presley a big idol of Roberto Carlos.

Roberto Carlos has sold over 100 million albums around the world, making him one of the best selling Latin American artists. In 1989, he became one of the only Brazilians ever to win a Grammy Award in the category of Best Latin Pop Album with Roberto Carlos / Tolo.

Roberto Carlos also started to record in English and French (he had already recorded albums in Spanish, Italian, and, naturally, Portuguese). His latest album is Duetos released in 2006.

The King Roberto is going to perform in 5 different cities around USA, the concert in Boston sold out the tickets already, if you plan to go to the concert you have to run and get a ticket before it’s sold out.
For more information visit Roberto Carlos Official Site.

All the tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com

Fri, 05/23/08 - 08:00 PM
WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

Sun, 05/25/08 - 08:00 PM
Ritz Theatre, Elizabeth, NJ

Sat, 05/24/08 - 08:00 PM
Agganis Arena, Boston, MA
Tickets sold out!

Sat, 05/31/08 - 08:00 PM
American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL

Sat, 06/07/08 - 08:15 PM
Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal CityWalk Universal City, CA

National Petroleum Agency(NPA) has said that with this new found Brazil is about to surpass U.S in oil reserve, currently according to the US Energy Department, Brazil’s existing proven oil reserves total 11.8 billion barrels, while the US holds 21.8 billion. The new discovery can give Petrobras 33 billion barrels in reserve.

The results are not finalized yet, more test are required to find out the scale of the reserve, if confirmed the coast of Rio de Janeiro would be the third-largest oil field in the world according to NPA.

In the NPA you can find an explanation for the statements made by the director-general of the ANP about the discovery:
# The comments made by the Director-General of the ANP were official, as published by various media.
# All information already was of public knowledge, and was even published in the February edition of the journal World Oil, column What’s new in exploration, signed by Arthur Berman.
To read the rest of the explanation go to ANP website.