I created a global utilities class as part of my gpAS3Library. This ActionScript class is essentially a Singleton class that can be used throughout my Flash application without being instantiated.
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Extending a custom class with ActionScript is fairly straightforward. As part of my gpAS3Library, I have a button class (gpButton) that extends a shape class (gpShapes). Originally (in my AS2 version), I instantiated the shape class from within the button class and the shape class was always a separate entity. Now that I have created the button class by extending my shape class, interacting with and manipulating the button is much more tidy and easier to maintain.
Although, I have been creating Flash Classes for some time, I had never created a class for my main Flash document – it has always been just a bunch of ActionScript functions. This wasn’t the OO way, so I decided to use the Document Class for the current application that I am working on. I was easy to set up.
I’m creating a new portfolio site using Joomla and Flash. I’ve spent this past weekend creating AS3 class packages (and converting some of my AS2 classes to AS3).
I began loading thumbnails using AS3′s URLRequest and URLLoader in my main application file. I decided to create a package that would request/load the thumbnails, but I needed to return the data from the URLRequest to my main application. I was able to accomplish it using the dispatchEvent method.
Note: This functionality is the basis for my gpUrlLoader class (part of my gpAS3Library).
I’m working on a Flash/AS3 application where I am loading various types of files (images, xml, etc). After writing the same code over and over again, I decided to create an AS3 class to use with my application. This class will load image, swf, text, xml, html, stylesheet, json, and sound files.
Quick Tip:
When using E4X (AS3) to test whether an attribute exists, if you write:
var nX:Number = (shape@nY) ? shape@nY : 0; |
an exception will be thrown. You should instead write:
var nX:Number = (shape.attribute('nY').toString()) ? shape@nY : 0; |
I had hoped that Flash/Flex/AS3 had an hasAttribute method, but I guess this will do.
The demo portion of my site was built using CodeIgniter. I have been working on adding some Flash/AS3 Class demos, so I had to figure out the best way to display the swf files. It was easier than I thought.
I just received a Flash/AS3 error message:
1172: Definition could not be found
After many years of developing websites using Flash/AS2, I abandoned Flash web development for the new world of Ajax development (actually, Flash was the first Ajax/Web 2.0 framework).
I recently began to convert some of my AS2 class packages to AS3. I upgraded to Flash CS3 a couple of years ago, but because I have recently been doing a lot of Ajax development (primarily JQuery, YUI, and Dojo), I have only done minor Flash development, limited to Flash banners and other animation projects.
After a lot of frustration, I figured out why I was receiving errors when converting my flash AS2 classes to AS3 packages.
I recently stumbled upon the site FlashScope.com. It is a website where flash developers can sell their flash files, components, etc. The site contains a lot of great components such as Image galleries, page templates, and games.
A few weeks ago, I started converting some of my Flash AS2 class packages to AS3. I am creating a few new Flash components/products and updating others that I created a few years ago. One of the Flash products that I am creating, I want to distribute a free version and a version that I can get paid for.
I don’t want to take the time to setup an e-commerce site (and promote it) just to sell a few inexpensive products, so I searched for an existing site that marketed Flash products. Flashscope.com seems to be the perfect site.
One other aspect of Flashscope.com that I like is that most of the products on the site are not expensive. While perusing the site, I don’t think that I saw a product that was over $30 (the average cost is probably $10). So, in the event that I don’t want to take the time to create a particular Flash product, Flashscope seems to have enough of a variety of products that I don’t have to reinvent the wheel – and I won’t have to cut deeply into my profits for a project.
Flashscope.com also has a free flash gallery that you can download. You can demo the gallery here. I think that I will be visiting the site quite often in the future.
After many years of creating Flash-enabled websites (and writing a lot of ActionScript), I decided to explore the use of Ajax. I had grown so accustom to developing websites where page refreshes weren’t required that I rarely created websites using HTML only. From everything that I read prior creating website using Ajax, I thought that it had the promise to replace Flash. My primary reason for exploring the use of Ajax to create websites was because, as I learned more about marketing a website (and how most search engines don’t/can’t index Flash-only sites), I decided that it was better to appear in a search engine’s listing than to have cool navigation (and animation!).
To create...