SQL Server Management Studio – How to determine Product Version, Edition, and Level

How to determine what version of SQL Server Management Studio you are running can be determined within SQL Server Management Studio by performing a SQL Query.

Here’s how:

1) Open Microsoft’s SQL Server Management Studio
2) Connect to a database …

Adobe Flash CS5.5 and AS3 – How to center flash games in the center of the browser

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="content-type" 
content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1?>
  <title>Test
  <style type="text/css">

html {
  height:100%; /* fix height to 100% for IE */
  max-height: 100%; /* fix height for other browsers */
  padding: 0; /*remove padding */
  

Adobe Flash CS5.5 and AS3 – How to create a basic, but clean and simple Flash Preloader

One of the problems many flash developers face is creating a preloader that works correctly. If your like me, my first attempt resulted in asking the question, “Why does my preloader first appear on stage beginning at around 70% complete …

Adobe Flash CS5.5 and AS3 – Classic TextField vs. TLFTextField for password usage

The following demonstrates how to use the Classic TextField and the TLFTextField for the purposes of creating a password behavior type text.

Classic Text

Drag a Text Tool to the stage and call the Instance Name, txtPassword
Choose ‘Classic Text’ …