actionscript-3

How to use EffectUpdate?

Take a look at this code: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009" xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx" xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"> <fx:Style> @namespace s "library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"; @namespace mx "library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"; ...

flash's "useHandCursor = true" not working for Chrome on Mac

I'm developing a flash game using the default SimpleButton object for my buttons and the hand cursor is working just fine on PC Chrome and Firefox and Safari for Mac, but Chrome on Mac is not letting me swap the default cursor for the hand cursor. I've even set useHandCursor to true for every button I add a click event to and am still g...

Error 1009 when using a ScrollPane component

Hi, I have the same problem of this post : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2668564/scrollpane-component-required-in-library-even-though-it-is-not-being-used-by-pare/2783997#2783997 But I try to put the component in the parent fla and it doesn't change anything and I still have the 1009 error. Any idea ? ...

AS3 Pass parameter by value

Hi, im having problems with the following code: for (var i:Number=0; i<numFaces;i++){ var faceLoader:Loader = new Loader(); faceLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener( Event.INIT, function(fle:Event){ LoadCara(i,faceLoader); trace("LoadCara:" + i.toString()); } ); } function LoadCara(index:int,loader...

Can I prevent Flash's Input Events from stacking up when my framerate slows?

My Flash game targets 24 fps, but slows to 10 on slower machines. This is fine, except Flash decides to throttle the queue of incoming MouseEvent and KeyboardEvents, and they stack up and the Events fall behind. Way behind. It's so bad that, at 10 fps, if I spam the Mouse and Keyboard for a few seconds not much happens, then, after I ...

In ActionScript3 runtime, is there a way to get a list of all static members from a Class

Let's say we have following class public class PlayerEvent extends Event { public static const PLAYER_INIT:String = "playerInit"; public static const PLAYER_MOVE:String = "playerMove"; public static const PLAYER_USE_SKILL:String = "playerUseSkill"; public function PlayerEvent(type:String) { super(type, false...

Type Error In Actionscript 3

i'm working on a flash widget. But it meet some error problem and the error is described bellow-> 1. TypeError: Error #1085: The element type "img" must be terminated by the matching end-tag "". OK, jonathanasdf here is my code import fl.transitions.easing.*; import fl.transitions.*; var xml:XML; var xmlList:XMLList; var xmlL...

How to query an XML File with E4X in AS3?

I need to archive a database-driven flash as3 website. I exported a table to xml so now i have something like this: <RECORDS> <RECORD> <id>home</id> <msg>bodytext</msg> <type>0</type> <lastEditDate>0000/0/0 00:00:00</lastEditDate> <lastAccessDate>2009/6/17 11:37:21</lastAccessDate> <timesAccessed>855</timesAcce...

Guidelines regarding developing a flash web-site (especially loading - order swf, xml, etc...) ?

I would like to know, if you people out there could help me out, regarding the best practices or the a better way for creating a flash website... Actually I would like to know whether we should load the xml first and then the swf and other components or the other way round ? I am bit confused, even if anybody could refer some book to di...

AS3: Performance question calling an event function with null param

Lately I needed to call a listener function without an actual listener like so: foo(null); private function foo(event:Event):void { //do something } So I was wondering if there is a significant difference regarding performance between this and using the following, in which I can prevent the null in calling the function without the...

Antialiasing algorithm

Hello, I'm looking for a good way to antialias a bitmap i'm generating with actionscript3. My goal would be to achieve this processing from scratch. I read a lot on the subject but the most common algorithm are looking too loud (means it's freaky cpu-intensive) to work properly within my swf, because i'm using a scale2x algorithm to sm...

Error #1069 in flash...

Error #1069: Property data not found on flash.display.SimpleButton and there is no default value. Can anyone give me a suggestion what will be the solution of this problem. ...

How to Fake a AsyncToken return in ActionScript 3

Using Parsley, I have a service that I access through a [Command(selector='list')] public function getRssFeed( msg:RssEvent ):AsyncToken { return service.list() as AsyncToken; } when I point to the "Real" RssService, everything works as expected. My problem is when I point to the "Mock" RssService. I can't figure out how to fake a Async...

AS3: How to simplify Action Script 3 Code ?!

Here's a example that I've to use when I want to create a button with mouse-over effect: this.buttonExample.buttonMode = true; this.buttonExample.useHandCursor = true; this.buttonExample.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,myaction); I'm new to AS3 - is there any way, to simplify this code like this: this.buttonExample....

AS3 Transition Manager problem

I am using the TransitionManager class to pixel dissolve an image in an image gallery XML driven. It always stops half way through the animation...I hate Adobe Tween engines, I always used TweenMax without (almost) any problem but I would like to have the pixel dissolve effect. var myTM:TransitionManager = new TransitionManager(contai...

[Adobe Air] Can I catch a mouseUp event of an mx:Window that did not fire hte mouseDown?

Hi, In an AIR application, I have one mx:TileList with several images. What I need to do is let the user drag and drop one of the images on the desktop, giving a feeling of a desktop widget. Firstly I tried to implement this using dragStart etc, but in the end I think it is easier to handle mouseDown and mouseUp on the TileList. In gen...

Center the stage in Flash CS4/AS3 on a standalone player

I have a Flash presentation (made in Flash CS4 with AS3) I am working on and running in a standalone Flash player. When I start the presentation the stage is centered in the Flash player, even if I resize it. The presentation contains an FLVPlayback component which, at different frames, plays different content. A navigation menu (made of...

Do display objects outside of stage bounds still get rendered by Flash?

If an object exists outside of Flash's stage boundaries, is on the Display List, and is visible, is it causing a performance hit from Flash rendering it? In other words, does Flash render what isn't seen? This leads me to believe so: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/170203/how-do-you-make-flash-not-render-an-object-on-the-stage ...

Is there a way to catch a MOUSE_UP Event over a static textfield in Flash?

When the user presses the mouse, and releases it over a static textfield with selectable text, no MOUSE_UP event is fired - not on the stage and also nowhere else. I experienced this when using a scrollbar class on a movieclip with a nested static textfield. When the user drags the scroll handle and releases the mouse over the textfield...

HTML form -> Flash submit button -> Set a PHP variable in flash button -> Submit form

Okay, I'm sorry that this is pretty complicated, but it shouldn't be that hard to solve... Here's what I want to do. I have an HTML form that I want to upload to MySQL with PHP. That part's easy, but the thing is I want the submit button to be a Flash object. Somehow I need the Flash button to submit the form, but I think I can figure t...