can you override an override in actionscript 3
Just curious, can you override an override in actionscript 3 ...
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php socket servers, actionscript 3 and multiplayer
So I am thinking about creating a multiplayer game and I was wanting to use php because I already have a php server. Is it possible to make a socket server that will be able to handle a actionscript multiplayer game. The game won't be big. so we wont need any huge amount of data pushing through. just some software that is probably reliab...
How to get/obtain Variables from URL in Flash AS3
So I have a URL that I need my Flash movie to extract variables from: example link: http://www.example.com/example_xml.php?aID=1234&bID=5678 I need to get the aID and the bID numbers. I'm able to get the full URL into a String via ExternalInterface var url:String = ExternalInterface.call("window.location.href.toString"); if (url)...
Why would bitmap outperform vector, as3?
Why would bitmap outperform vector? My Flash is for a large Kiosk, with rich media requirements and must function accurately as a counter. I want to keep everything vector for scalability. When I did a simple FPS test, I noticed my Bitmap version performed perfectly, and the all vector file was noticeably slower. PLEASE EXPLAIN • ...
What is the recommended way of parsing an XML feed with multiple namespaces with ActionScript 3.0?
I have seen the following methods to be used in several online examples, but haven't found any documentation on the recommended way of parsing an XML feed. Method 1: protected function xmlResponseHandler(event:ResultEvent):void { var atom:Namespace = new Namespace("http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"); var microsoftData:Namespace = ne...
Actionscript3 button tip
Please, someone could help me? I need to send the parameter ad_mc by the command: ad_btn.addEventListener (MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, MouseOver); to use the same function for all buttons function MouseOver(evt:MouseEvent):void{ ad_mc.gotoAndPlay("on"); } function MouseOut(evt:MouseEvent):void{ ad_mc.gotoAndPlay("off"); } ad_btn.addE...
Is there an FLVPlayback onHttpError?
I'm able to tell if an image path was file-not-found or not, because I can attach to the loaders httpStatus. I can't find anything similar for an FLV (not using streaming). EDIT - this is what I'm trying to do, although this code doesn't work: flv.addEventListener(HTTPStatusEvent.HTTP_STATUS, httpStatusHandler); private function httpSt...
Eclipse and Actionscript 3
Does anyone know of any good solutions (Eclipse plugins presumably) for using Eclipse to develop in ActionScript 3? There are a number of solutions for developing with ActionScript 2, leveraging MTASC, Swfmill and other open source tools, but I'm specifically looking for AS3 support. It's simple enough to use Eclipse as an editor, and ...
Removing the skip buttons from the flash source
Hey there, I am no flash expert however I need to edit the source of the flash project here: http://tools.assembla.com/1pixelout/browser/audio-player/ It's the "Wordpress audio player" I need to remove the skip forward and back buttons when there is more than one audio file. Anyone know how to first of all use this folder structure, I ...
Incrase click radius/size
Hello, I'm looking for a way to increase the click size so when I click, it would effectively count as a click on anything that is in a 100px by 100px radius around the click. Any help would be great, I couldn't find anything online for this. Thanks a lot! ...
Can Flash AS3 FileReference access the size of a file on local disk before uploading to PHP?
I want to be able to get the size of a file before uploading it to a PHP script using FileReference. Can I get the file size before detecting bytesTotal during the upload process? ...
Flex AS3: ProgressBar doesn't move
Hey All, I am a little stuck and need some advice/help. I have a progress bar: <mx:ProgressBar id="appProgress" mode="manual" width="300" label="{appProgressMsg}" minimum="0" maximum="100"/> I have two listener functions, one sets the progress, and one sets the appProgressMsg: public function incProgress(e:TEvent):void { var p...
Accessing functions in a swf-file through javascript [chatroulette.com]
Lately I have been interested in the code behind chatroulette.com. As you probably know it is a peer-to-peer webcam-chat-service written in actionscript, as I understand. What i have been wondering about is weather its possible to extract the ip-address of whomever you are currently communicating with. I have seen services that do that, ...
guide on how to kick start template based flash website?
I'm very new to flash and as3 design patterns. But I can read and write as3 quite ok, i've created small widgets with that. I've developed several web sites using php and also python. Now for a educational cd-rom project i'm working on, i've basically designed all templates (A home page, a generic page with navigation and a sidebar - ki...
Callable objects on ActionScript?
Hi, is it posible to have callable objects on ActionScript? For example: class Foo extends EventDispatcher { Foo() { super(); } call(world:String):String { return "Hello, " + world; } } And later... var foo:Foo = new Foo(); trace( foo("World!") ); // Will NOT work ...
How to keep track of objects for garbage collection
May I know what is the proper way to keep track of display objects created and hence allow me to remove it efficiently later, for garbage collection. For example: for(i=0; i<100; i++){ var dobj = new myClass(); //a sprite addChild(dobj); } From what i know, flash's garbage collection will only collect the objects without strong refere...
AS3: Removing EventListeners without knowing amount or names
Hello! First shortly about how my site works: When a link is clicked it checks if something is already displayed in either the Left or Right side of the screen (the website looks like a book, so I have a left page I want to display information on and a right page). If there is already something showing it hides it and displays the new o...
[FLEX 3] Placing images into a Collage Canvas
I've got an array of different sized images. I want to place these images on a canvas in a sort of automated collage. Does anyone have an idea of how to work the logic behind this concept? All my images have heights divisible by 36 pixels and widths divisible by 9 pixels. They have mouseDown functions that allow you to drag and drop. ...
How to get response header using ActionScript? (Flash)
So... I have a URL like www.example.com/stream/ I need to make any request to this url and get Http Rewspons header (like this one: HTTP/1.0 200 OK Content-type: video/x-flv Cache-Control: no-cache I do not need reponse body at all. After I get header need to emmidiatly close connection to that url (so stop to obtain data from it) H...
How to determine if a string contains a specific substring
Given a string A, how can I determine if that string contains the substring "video/x-flv"? ...