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Addressing the "getURL" FireFox bug - AS 2.0 and AS 3.0

no@spam.com (Erik Liddell) — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 CST

The "getUrl();" function in flash is one of the simplest and most widely used scripts in Flash and many of you will probably say, "Man, I am a 'getUrl();' guru!"

I know thats what I would have said until I switched my default browser from IE to Firefox and started noticing a mind boggling bug. I was building a Flash AP to run off a CD-ROM and using get url to load pdfs from that CD. To my suprise my simple and direct getUrl(); script was worknig fine in Internet explorer, but for some crazy reason, in Firefox it was loading an empty page or even numerous empty tabs. (this bug is on a windows based system) This bug has to do with the way firefox interprets a filr - url, how Windows calls your default browser, and how flash issues that command line to Windows.

This tutorial will explain the bug, and show the solution in both AS 2.0 and 3.0

It will go over strings, substrings, indexOf

PhotoShop style 'navigator' using AS 3.0 - Lesson 2 of 2

no@spam.com (Erik Liddell) — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:00:00 CST

This is Lesson 2 of my original tutorial: If you have not completed Lesson1 please do so using the link below.

I have broken this tutorial into two lessons in an effort to make it more accessible and less daunting. In this tutorial we will set up a Photoshop™ style image navigator. Lesson 1 will focus on the slider bar that allows our users to simply zoom in and out of the image by dragging it back and forth. In Lesson 2 we will finish out “navigator” by building the functionality which allows our users to change their viewing area or focus point of the image they are zooming in and out of.

Lesson 1 covers (event listeners, scaling, and dragging)

Lesson 2 covers (enter frame loops, event listeners, scaling, and dragging)

PhotoShop style 'navigator' using AS 3.0 - Lesson 1 of 2

no@spam.com (Erik Liddell) — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:00:00 CST

PhotoShop™ style “navigator” using AS 3.0 – Lesson 1 of 2

I have broken this tutorial into two lessons in an effort to make it more accessible and less daunting. In this tutorial we will set up a Photoshop™ style image navigator. Lesson 1 will focus on the slider bar that allows our users to simply zoom in and out of the image by dragging it back and forth. In Lesson 2 we will finish out “navigator” by building the functionality which allows our users to change their viewing area or focus point of the image they are zooming in and out of.

Lesson 1 covers (event listeners, scaling, and dragging)

Lesson 2 covers (enter frame loops, event listeners, scaling, and dragging)