actionscript-3

How to sart Adobe Air App with arguments?

How to sart Adobe Air App with arguments, is it possible, at least with native apps? ...

How to get ability to start up multiple same Adobe Air applications?

How to be able to start up same Adobe Air applications multiple times? How to make it to my app? ...

Caurina Tweener and Alpha

Hi guys, Usually I work with TweenLite but I had to modify the code of someone else who worked with Caurina Tweener. I have a basic problem with it! On my scene, I have a simple movie clip filled with black. In this movieclip a bitmap file (jpg). When I make a tween on the alpha of my mc, it seems that there is a delay (in the alpha...

Add a child inside a newly created instance, inside of a loop in AS3

I am trying to create a gallery where each thumb is housed inside of it's own movie clip that will have more data, but it keeps failing because it won't let me refer to the newly created instance of the movie clip. Below is what I am trying to do. var xml:XML; var xmlReq:URLRequest = new URLRequest("xml.xml"); var xmlLoader:URLLoader = ...

scaleX scaleY increasing left, top margin, and line spacing

If you have Text with a font that is 72 point for example (and scaleX scaleY = 1) you can achieve the same size with a font size of 12 and scaleX,scaleY = 6. For reasons that would take too long to explain I am applying a large scale factor as in the latter example. The problem is, even though the text is the same size, the line spac...

Which is the best way to design Flash site with some content

I am new to flash and just learned some action Script 3 with some events. I have to build site with dynamic menus and then contents for each page using xml. Is there any example on web to show how I can build the site. What is GAIA , will it help me or I should code my self Thanks ...

ActionScript Measuring 3D Depth

i'm having a difficult time understanding how to control the z property of display objects in a 3D space. i know how depth works, but what i don't understand is how i can get the maximum depth, or the number at which the display object just disappears into the background. i assume depth is based on the stage's width and height, and tha...

What if (stage) init(); means in actionscript ?

I'm creating my first as3 with flashdevelop I don't understand what the instructions mean: package { import flash.display.Sprite; import flash.events.Event; public class Main extends Sprite { public function Main():void { if (stage) init(); else addEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO...

Not Understanding Basics Of Dynamic DataBinding (bindPropety) In Flex

I need to dynamically bind properties of components created at runtime. In this particular case please assume I need to use bindProperty. I don't quite understand why the following simplistic test is failing (see code). When I click the button, the label text does not change. I realize that there are simpler ways to go about this...

actionscript array question

var array1:Array = new Array(); var array2:Array = new Array(); var obj1:Object = new Object(); array1.push(obj1); array2.push(obj1); if i change something in obj1 will array1[0] and array2[0] also change? ...

Item Renderer having trouble updating

I have a list ItemRenderer that has 2 states. When it initializes, I set it to 1 state and listen for an event that switches it to state 2. protected function onCreationComplete(event:FlexEvent):void{ currentState = "state1"; addEventListener(CustomEvent.Event1, switcherfunc); } protected function switcherfunc(event:FlexEvent):vo...

Dynamically generated Object

I need to dynamically generate a object like this {type:"typeA",size28:0,size29:0,size30:0 etc...} I get the sizes from a xml file as an array and I need to insert it like this {type:"typeA",here the generated size array but as the object properties} How can I do this? Thanks in advance. ...

Move one child movieClip to another movieClip in Flash Action script 3.0

I have three movieClips (Columns) and each MovieClip contains diffrent number of child movieclips. I want to drag each child clip to another Columns. So how can I change the child to another parent in action script 3.0 ...

External XML using AS3.0

Hi, How can i load external xml file in Action Script 3.0, I have seen a tutorial http://webdeginer.blogspot.com/2010/06/external-xml-loading.html, is it right or I have to see any more tutorials. Thanks, K Swamy Vishnubhatla, webdeginer.blogspot.com. ...

How to get variable from php file to actionscript?

I will write the text that getting from php file in adobe flash . how can I? ...

Help needed Using The UIscrollbar in flash cs4 pro with AS3.0

hi there every one... i'm using the UIscrollbar component in a project i'm doing in flash cs4 pro using as3.0 i finally get it to work with my text area without using any AS codes, but the problem is no matter what the size of my text area is it only scrolls a specific amount. and there's no where where i can find any AS written in the c...

Scrolling text 'news ticker', Flash

Hey, My text animation scrolls from left to right, which is OK. I want to keep it simple but change it up little. How do I get the text to go right to left? Thanks. AS3 Example mask = customMask; var my_str:String = " Ad hoc ad loc and quid pro quo "; function addUm():void { my_str = my_str.charAt(my_str.length - 1...

Flash AS3: How to Make scroll bar react to dynamic textfield movement?

I've been looking for a tutorial and answer to this for a while but can't find what I'm looking for. I am loading html text into a dynamic textfield, and I have a scrollbar controlling the scroll using the code below. What I want to do is also add scroll up/down buttons and have the scroll bar move in relation to the text scroll. I was j...

Load images into separate movie clips from a XML, Flash, Actionscript 3.0

I have an xml image bank, pretty standard, and I have a loader, along with movie clips that I want the images loaded into, the problem that I am running into is I want the images to load into separate movie clips, so I’m using a case statement to specify where they go. However, I can only get them to load into a single movie clip, I assu...

flash as3: can children not run their own actionscript?

I thought I was being slick by having movieclips that I export for actionscript and then addChild later. I've made this one movieclip that loads html text through as, and it works fine when I drag it to the stage; but if I do var trackListingBox:trackListingScreen = new trackListingScreen(); addChild(trackListingBox); it either doesn'...