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Listener Repetition Prevention The same event type and listener combo will only be added once: For the following example code, when the mouse clicks on the stage, clickHnd() is only called once. And s… more →
Flash for the masses - AS, JSFL, XUL, etc.
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wrote 1 week ago: Listener Repetition Prevention The same event type and listener combo will only be added once: For t … more →
Arbitrary MovieClip rotation - by Tim Whitlock
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wrote 5 months ago: I am keeping this on my blog only to be able to not lose it. The explanation of this class is at: ht … more →
Your very own Sound Event!
wrote 5 months ago: Events are the core of actions in Flash. Often, though, the Events provided fail to provide the some … more →
What designers need to know to use ActionScript 3.0 . . .
wrote 6 months ago: All things that exist on the stage (even if invisible or inactive) are Classes. All actions that hap … more →
MovieClip Frame Life Cycle
wrote 7 months ago: I am taking no credit for this post. It is directly derived from Johannes Tacskovics blog post: http … more →
XML Quick Reference
wrote 8 months ago: I will add to this list as I find a need, or as my memory plagues me: xml.attributes()[idx] – … more →
Converting XML to Array
wrote 8 months ago: Sometimes, you have to have an Array rather than XML. There is no straightforward conversion, though … more →
Regular Expressions in AS3.0
wrote 8 months ago: These are the two main docs about RegEx class for AS3.0. If you already know re’s from some ot … more →
Change a symbol's color dynamically - use ColorTransform.
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wrote 8 months ago: To change the color of an entire symbol is very easy. You have to get the symbol’s ColorTransf … more →
Changing text styles in a TextField (character by character) using TextFormat.
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wrote 8 months ago: If you want to have different fonts, colors, or other styles on different lines within the same Text … more →
Using getDefinitionByName and getQualifiedClassName
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wrote 8 months ago: To make an object from an unknown class happens occasionally in OOP code. ActionScript 3.0 allows a … more →
tabIndex and Flash components
wrote 10 months ago: What follows is a list of all the Flash components I have found that can use tabIndex. Without any p … more →
Using tabIndex on TextFields - understanding FocusManager errors.
wrote 10 months ago: This is a summation of and my response to this post on Kirupa.com, concerning tab indexing and TextF … more →
Chaining a sequence of Tweens on button click
wrote 11 months ago: In Theory The following code dynamically creates a button array, and sets up a tweening sequence bet … more →
Speed of int, uint, arrays in for loops
wrote 11 months ago: So this was an interesting result of this post on Actionscript.org. I ran the suggested test for the … more →
Making your own Easing for a Tween
wrote 11 months ago: In Theory Take a look at the method TestEasing.easeTest. Here is a brief explanation of what is goin … more →
Handling object deletion correctly: Event.REMOVED_FROM_STAGE and Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE
wrote 11 months ago: In Theory When a class object is removed from the stage, as in obj.removeChild(childObj), Flash keep … more →
Use FlashDevelop for Flex and AS3.0 editing
wrote 11 months ago: FlashDevelop is a program that allows easy editing of AS3.0 and Flex content, similar to Eclipse. It … more →
Loading XML from file, synchronously and asynchronously.
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wrote 11 months ago: In theory Actionscript 3.0’s XML model is based on this Ecma-357 (version 2) standard (here is … more →
