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 …
ActionScript
39 articles about actionscript development, tools, and best practices
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 in ActionScript 3.
Declare your array to use:
var myArray:Array = new Array(); …Change combobox font size in Flash Actionscript
Ever needed to change the font size of a standard Flash ComboBox component? The default size is often too small, especially if your Flash app is …
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 …
Read Article →Flash Tweening
tween is an actionscript class and can be used after importing the core files. If you’re working with Flash animations and need smooth …
Read Article →Animate with Actionscript [part1]
// Created by Andrew Odendaal
//
// :: DESCRIPTION ::
// Animate a ball moving to the top
// of the screen/stage and back again
//
// :: HOW TO USE :: …Kill Adobe Updater
So adobe updater keeps doing updates eventhough you’ve said ‘NEVER DO IT AGAIN!!!’.
The fix is to physically remove the dir with the info …
How to load xml into flash using actionscript 2
Loading external XML data into Flash was a common pattern for building dynamic content like menus, galleries, or config-driven layouts. The …
Read Article →Uppercase text in Actionscript
Need to convert text to uppercase in ActionScript? The toUpperCase() method on the String class does exactly that. This works in both ActionScript 2 …
Actionscript 3 equivalent of PHP's print_r
If you’re coming from PHP and miss having print_r for dumping objects and arrays while debugging, ActionScript 3 doesn’t have a built-in …
Global variables and functions in Actionscript 2
In order to reuse a variable from a different timeline within the same fla file you will need to register the inital variable or function as a …
Read Article →Actionscript conflicting class name
I had a problem today where I got a flash source file from one of my developers’ and I couldnt compile it because it said that there was a …
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