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If you pick up a copy of PC Plus, issue 245 (Summer 2006), you can get yourself a free copy of MDM Zinc 1.0.  It’s an older version, but hey, it’s free!  According to PC Plus, Zinc 1.0 is Flash 8 compatible, and still has loads of features.  I’m in the U.S., so this mag is still in most stores.  We’re a month behind the U.K, so if you are in Europe, you’ll probably need to order a back-issue from their web site.

I just added batch file uploading to Slideroll.  FileReference and FileReferenceList are great classes, and very easy to work with.  With good event-handling you can create a very usable interface for uploading photos.  The best thing about FileReference is the onProgress event, which allows you to track how many bytes of the file have uploaded - great for making progress bars.

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