actionscript

Delay before playing embedded mp3 in Actionscript / Flex 3

I am embedding an mp3 into my Flex project for use as a sound effect, but I am finding that every time I play it, there is a delay of about half a second from when I call .play() to when you can hear the sound. This makes it weird because I want the sound effects to sync to game events. My mp3 itself is only about a fifth of a second lon...

Method that gets called just before object destroyed

Is there method that gets called just before object destroyed? So I can override it. Like protected override function beforeDestuction():void { trace("This object is about to be destroyed!"); } ...

How to indent ActionScript associative array with VIM

I'm trying to use VIM to format AS3 codes, but have some problems for object definitions. VIM formats it as below: var object = { a : b, c : d } However what I want is var object = { a : b, c : d } In the "C-Indenting" part of VIM manual, it says Vim puts a line in column 1 if: * It s...

AS2 to AS3 hitTest Migration

I am stuck in as3 hit test problem. this is the code i wrote in as2. please help me migrate this in to as3 target.hitTest((_x - _width / 2) * (1 / (100 / _root.game._xscale)) + _root.game._x, _y * (1 / (100 / _root.game._yscale)) + _root.game._y, true) ...

Converting a 64-bit long UTC timestamp into Actionscript Date

I'm using a Java 64-bit long representation of UTC time System.currentTimeInMillis() and sending that to an Actionscript client as a String, and I want to convert to an Actionscript UTC Date. The trouble is Actionscript (and other ECMAScript like Javascript) only use a 64-bit Floating point number representation, so precision is lost w...

Volume slider - volume doesn't change until mouse over

Hi all, I've created a small music player with a sliding volume control. I'm having trouble with the volume. Though it does control volume properly, if I set the initial volume to less than 100%, the volume always starts at 100% until I move my mouse over the player. At that point, the volume changes to whatever the initial volume is...

[AS2] Get current, "real" frames-per-second (fps) of a running Flash movie?

What is the best way to get the current, "real" frames-per-second of a running Flash movie using Actionscript 2? By "best", I mean it should be accurate over a period of time (i.e. it does some averaging) and with a minimal built-in performance overhead. Thanks! ...

Convert java syntax to actionscript

I'm porting an existing java library to actionscript and since they are both realy similar, 95% of the work is simply flipping variable and function definition around. public int foo(int bar) {} //converts to public function foo(bar:int):void {} Boring stuff. Is there a tool to automate the transition between java syntax and actionsc...

actionscript 3 - how to hide default cursor in chrome?

is there a way to hide default cursor[flash]when it's opened using chrome? i can hide it using ordinary way when it's opened using firefox/IE but somehow it doesn't work when it's opened using google chrome. Many thanks ...

Most useful ActionScript packages / libraries

What are some useful plug-ins, packages or source-code for ActionScript? Please include ActionScript version, name, link and description. ...

ActionScript File Upload very slow

Hi, My requirement is to upload 5000 images to WAMP server from AIR client. I am using URLRequest to upload the images. The size of each image is about 285 KB. Able to only upload about 300 images only. The server becomes unresponsive and the client stops uploading. This is urgently required. Please let me know how do I finetune for per...

audio comparison

How to compare two audio files to see the difference of them ...

synchronous httpservice requests in Flex.

Hi Experts, Is it possible to make httpService Requests synchronous in Flex? if yes pls tell me how to do this. It was asked to me in an interview. Thanks ...

ClickTag in Expandable Banner (2 swf's)

Hey, I'am making an Expandable banner in flash. When you move your mouse over the smalle banner, it loads an author large banner. Now the problem is, that I specify in my HTML the ClickTag only for the small banner (because the large banner isn't loaded when you load the page). And when you click the banner, you click on the large banne...

why overloading not support in Actionscript?

Hi, Action script is developed based on Object oriented programming But why it is not support function overloading? Flex is support overloading? If yes, please explain briefly with real time example Thanks, Ravi ...

action script dynamic type?

I am curious about code in my action script project: public var _p:Object ... in a function: public function WObject(pp:MovieClip) { _p = pp; _p.Play(); } The Play() function is in MovieClip but not Object, can action script allow such syntax? ...

How to know if actionscript 1, actionscript 2, or actionscript 3?

I don't have a specific code sample, but is there a general way to guess what version of Actionscript the code snippet is: 1 or 2 or 3? I read somewhere that if it's code in the timeline, it's considered Actionscript 1. ...

Can someone make this ActionScript to work?

I've made an empty AS 3 .flv document that has one keyframe on position 1 with this action: on(load) { var req:LoadVars = new LoadVars(); req.x = "y"; req.load("http://localhost/file.php"); req.onData = function(src:String) { req.x = src; req.send("http://localhost/send.php", "_self", "POST"); ...

Scrolling to a particular point in a scrollpane in Actionscript 2

Hi, Does anyone have an idea about this. I have a scrollpane that, on startup of the application, loads a movieclip that conatains a number of smaller movieclip buttons. The scrollpane correctly gives enough available scroll so that the user can scroll to view the bottom of the movieclip. However there is a button that allows to user...

Can Flash action script read and write local file system?

I think it can only access the network but not local file system, but from internet some people said it can in the newest version, can anybody confirm? It can reach arbitrarily file or just a specific location? Thanks. Bin ...