actionscript-3

AS3 Memory Leak Example

Can someone post an example of as3 code (specifically event listener included) that would be a simple example of something that could leak memory... also hopefully could you post a solution to the problem shown? The question is: What is a simple example of leaking memory in an AS3 event listener and how can you solve it? ...

Flash Browser? Flash Server Side?

Hello all, I have two noobish questions about Flash, Actionscript, Flex etc. 1) With these technologies is it possible to create a simple web browser that can render websites? 2) Is it possible to run these technologies on the server side? I am guessing no as Flash requires a browser to run within? Thanks all for any help ...

Custom AS3 Class 01(Main) development by Dinesh?

package facers{ import flash.display.; import flash.events.; import flash.net.; import flash.xml.; import flash.filters.BitmapFilter; import flash.filters.BitmapFilterQuality; import flash.filters.BlurFilter; import facers.xmlUtil.XMLDispatcher; import facers.imageloader.imageLoad; import facers.re...

Error #1063: Argument count mismatch on com.flashden::MenuItem(). Expected 1, got 0.

I'm creating a new site using the below script embedded in my swf. But I keep getting this error on all the pages: Error #1063: Argument count mismatch on com.flashden::MenuItem(). Expected 1, got 0. package com.flashden { import flash.display.MovieClip; import flash.text.*; import flash.events.MouseEvent; import flash.events.*; ...

Animate and form rows, arrays, AS3

Question How can I animate and form rows together? Explanation One 'for loop' is for animation, the other 'for loop' is for making rows. I want to understand how to use arrays and create a row of sprite animations. I understand how to loop through an Array and create a Sprite for each index of the Array, but I'm having trouble putting m...

getting selectedIndex for SkinnableDataContainer / List

Is there something like selectedIndex for SkinnableDataContainer? It doesn't seem to be one of the available properties. ...

AS3 httpservice - pass arguments to event handlers by reference

I have this code: var service:HTTPService = new HTTPService(); if (search.Location && search.Location.length > 0 && chkLocalSearch.selected) { service.url = 'http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/search/local'; service.request.q = search.Keyword; service.request.near = search.Location; } else { service.url = 'http://a...

AS3: Array of objects parsed from XML remains with zero length

I'm trying to parse an XML file and create an object array from its data. The data is converted to MediaAlbum classes (class of my own). The XML is parsed correctly and the object is loaded, but when I instantiate it, the Albums array is of zero length, even when the data is loaded correctly. I don't really know what the problem could b...

The framerate of one movieclip slowly declines over time. What could cause this? [Flash CS3]

I'm creating a flash rhythm game. I have a looping (at a certain frame I have a gotoAndPlay) movieclip that contains the notes that scroll by, which loops for about three minutes. As the level progresses, the movieclip's framerate begins to lag and stutter. As far as the movieclip is concerned, no variables or functions are being called ...

problem to genrate swf file.

hello friend I have created one flex Air application where I have created the one authentication actionscript class. and one mxml file.This complete application using webservice and google map API. but when I am building application it is not genrating the SWF file in bin-debug folder. that is changes not reflecting in our application. ...

AS 3.0 reference problem

I am finding it hard to fugure out the reference system in AS 3.0. this is the code i have (i have trimmed it down in order to find the problem but to no avail) package rpflash.ui { import flash.display.Sprite; import flash.display.MovieClip; import flash.display.Stage; import nowplaying; import flash.text.TextField; public class RP...

check keyboard state without using KeyboardEvent in AS3

Is it possible to check for pressed keys without using the KeyboardEvent? I have an ENTER_FRAME event setup called enterFrameHandler and I want to check within the function enterFrameHandler if any keys are pressed. normally when using a KeyboardEvent I could check for keys easily using a switch that checks the KeyCode of the event, bu...

Fastest Strategy for Drawing Flash Particles

I am wondering what the fastest approach might be for using Flash/AS3 to render a 2D point plot (sonar lofargram) ; basically screens full of tiny 2D dots using Flash as fast as possible. Any suggestions on where to start? Is Flash capable of displaying 10's of thousands of 2D points (or more) with an acceptable fps? ...

Is it legal to extend the Class class?

I've been writing a system that at runtime generates some templates, and then generates some objects based on those templates. I had the idea that the templates could be extensions of the Class class, but that resulted in some magnificent errors: VerifyError: Error #1107: The ABC data is corrupt, attempt to read out of bounds. What I'...

Bitmap as button?

How to set a bitmap as a button so that i can apply button mode and mouse-event stuff on it, without adding the bitmap to a Movie Clip? var bmpFull=new Bitmap(event.currentTarget.content.bitmapData); bmpFull.smoothing=true; bmpFull.name="photo"; bmpFull.alpha=0; //fullMC.buttonMode=true; fullMC.a...

<mx:HTML/> content looks crusty when resized

I've got HTML component as part of a datagroup itemrenderer which I need to resize the content of (there are lots of them). This works quite well but the content looks really crusty. No font antialiasing. Even at 50% looks crusty. I've considered generating thumbnails bitmaps on load 'complete', but that would be my last resort. <mx:...

ActionScipt MouseEvent's CLICK vs. DOUBLE_CLICK

is it not possible to have both CLICK and DOUBLE_CLICK on the same display object? i'm trying to have both for the stage where double clicking the stage adds a new object and clicking once on the stage deselects a selected object. it appears that DOUBLE_CLICK will execute both itself as well as the first CLICK functions in the path tow...

Adobe AIR application as a http server?

Is there any way to use an Adobe AIR application as a local http server? i.e. Adobe AIR application listening to http://localhost:8020 and I'm able to use a browser to access the application? If I can, is it true or pseudo multithreading? Is there any library or code that I can look for? ...

Is there an equivalent to C#'s #region directive in AS3?

Just started coding in AS3 with FlashDevelop and coming from a C# background, I would like to know if there's something equivalent to the #region directive in AS3? The #region directive in C# essentially allows an IDE e.g Visual Studio to collapse or expand a section of code to improve readability. With #region directives, you can split...

Flex Datagrid.tooltip with different text styles

Hi I have a tooltip for each datagrid row. Which is fine. I also can style it with with mx:Style which is great. However, I desire to have multiple styles ie a header and the rest of the text in the tooltip. Is this possible? Or to have htmlText for input? ...