Security error: securitySandboxError with Flash
You have a flash uploader and you get this error:
security error: securitySandboxError
This means that the flash is not trusted by the domain and you …
Read Article →Actionscript
31 articles about actionscript development, tools, and best practices
Capitalize First Letter in Word – Actionscript 2
You have a string and you want to capitalize the first character but have the rest of the word in lowercase.
DO THIS!
myStringVar = …Stage align and Stage scale in actionscript 3
If you want to position the flash top/left and not have it scale when you resize it’s bounding box window, you can set the following code. …
Read Article →Remove an onRelease Handler
After creating a onRelease handler in Actionscript 2 as follows:
myMovieClip.onRelease = function() { doWhatever(); }
..you then want to remove the …
Read Article →Online Flash IDE Anybody?
Anyone up for an online Flash IDE?
Take a look at this:
http://antimatter15.com/ajaxanimator/build/
Nice work!
Read Article →Papervision Event Listener Idea
The problem:
While working on a Papervision3D Flash Project I had a problem where a back button that sits above the 3d canvas and acts as a main …
Don’t cache my swf files!
I often have issues where ‘dumb browsers’ cache my published swf files and when they dynamically populate they don’t always update.
This …
Read Article →Clear an array in Actionscript 3
I personally really like this way of clearing an array’s elements:
Declare your array to use:
var myArray:Array=new Array();
Add elements:
for …Change combobox font size in Flash Actionscript
Ever needed to change the font size of a standard flash combobox component?
You will need to give it an instance name e.g. “myCombobox” …
Read Article →Transparent swf in html
So you have now placed a swf file into your html page and you want to be able to see through it.
Lucky for you, this is a very easy thing to do!
The …
Read Article →Papervision error 1046
Error: “1046: Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant: InteractiveScene3DEvent.”
I got this this morning when I opened up a …
Read Article →Trying to get variables into flash from the browser!
Ever wondered how to get variables from an html page to a flash element?
Well, it’s quite easy using the following actionscript 2 example:
I use …
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