Jim's Code Bucket » Actionscript

AS3 – button to javascript alert

me — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:27:06 +0000

butt_shareThis.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, butt_shareThis_CLICK); function butt_shareThis_CLICK(e:MouseEvent):void {


	// this line sends it to the standard alert box

	navigateToURL(new URLRequest("javascript:alert('SHARE THIS Test');"), "_self");
	// this line sends it console.log

	navigateToURL(new URLRequest("javascript:console.log('SHARE THIS Test to console.log');"), "_self");

}

AS3 Timer

me — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:22:21 +0000

// new Timer([interval], [repeat]);
var myTimer:Timer = new Timer(2000, 1);
myTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, addDriverGrid);

myTimer.start();

function addDriverGrid(event:TimerEvent):void {
trace(“addDriverGrid()”);
}

AS-3 TextFieldAutoSize

me — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:39:42 +0000

label_txt.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.NONE — The default. No resizing.

label_txt.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT — Will automatically resize the textfield and left-align the text.

label_txt.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.CENTER — Will automatically resize the textfield and center the text.

label_txt.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.RIGHT — Will automatically resize the textfield and right-align the text.

AS3 Manipulating volume

me — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:47:02 +0000

Tween out the volume of a netStream object:

Tweens the volume down to 0 over 1 second var sndTransform = new SoundTransform(); nsStream.soundTransform = sndTransform; TweenMax.to( nsStream, 1, { volume:0 });
needs TweenMax classes imported:

import com.greensock.*;
import com.greensock.easing.*;

AS3 – change movie clip color

me — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:23:34 +0000

import fl.motion.Color;


var rmColorTransform:Color;

var bgColorTransform:Color;
function highlight_pad(mc):void {
	bgColorTransform = new Color();

	bgColorTransform.setTint(0x666666, 1); //alpha is second parameter

	mc.transform.colorTransform = bgColorTransform;
}
function clear_pad(mc):void {
	rmColorTransform = new Color();

	rmColorTransform.setTint(0xFF0000 , 0); //alpha is second parameter

	mc.transform.colorTransform = rmColorTransform;

}

AS3 Smooth Loaded Bitmaps

me — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:23:34 +0000

//create a new loader object and put it on the stage
var slideLoader:Loader=new Loader();
this.addChild(slideLoader);

//load picture into loader object
slideLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, scaleContentForPicture);
slideLoader.load(new URLRequest(“images/tree.jpg”));

//smooth it once loaded
function scaleContentForPicture() {
var smoother_bm=Bitmap(slideLoader.content);
smoother_bm.smoothing=true;
}

Actionscript 3 variables from a query string

me — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:46:10 +0000

After using swfobject I thought I’d never have to pass variables to a swf thru the query string again…. oops.
Wrong…. and I had to look it up. I’m using a lightbox for a flv player and right now it looks like the easy way to make it happen is like this:

here is the lightbox call (the only relevant part of this is the ?recordID=2)

here is the actionscript that gets it then assigns the piece I want:

var queryString = this.loaderInfo.parameters;
var whichVideo = queryString.recordID;

Actionscript 3 custom starter class

me — Sun, 31 May 2009 05:38:29 +0000

The class object adds an mouse event listener, that object is added to the stage five times and waits to get clicked
custom_class.zip

Actionscript 3 random numbers

me — Tue, 26 May 2009 04:52:37 +0000

//The number after the asterisk is the range from which the random number will come
//A random number between 1 and 100, since i’m using an int there will be no .whatever
var randomNumber:int = Math.random()*100;
trace(randomNumber);

/// with a range and I’m told with a better value distribution

var lowVal:int = 100;
var highVal:int = 201;

var randomNumber:int = ( Math.random() * (1+highVal-lowVal) ) + lowVal;

trace(randomNumber);

Actionscript 3 combo box onchange event

me — Wed, 20 May 2009 20:08:03 +0000

// import the class
import fl.data.DataProvider;

// create and load some data into the comboBox
// this one is already on the stage but you can also var myCBox:ComboBox = new ComboBox(); etc.
var dp:DataProvider = new DataProvider();
var sortFilters:Array = [ ["value 1", "Label 1"], ["value 2", "Label 2"], ["value 3", "Label 3"], ["value 4", "Label 4"],];

for (var i:uint=0; i < sortFilters.length; i++) {
dp.addItem( { label: sortFilters[i][1], data:sortFilters[i][0] } );
}

myCBox.dataProvider = dp;

// add the listener
myCBox.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, changeHandler);

function changeHandler(event:Event):void {
whateverYouWantToHappen();
}