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AS3 Multiple Tweens

no@spam.com (Adrian Sule) — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:30:00 CDT

Here is a way of using only one tween to animate multiple instances and also how to apply multiple tweens on just one instance. This example uses an open source tweening library named GTween.

Flash and Javascript communication

no@spam.com (Adrian Sule) — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:00:00 CDT

Easy example of Flash - Javascript communication using the ExternalInterface

How to decrease a Flex application files size (FB 3 & FB 4 Gumbo)

no@spam.com (Adrian Sule) — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:00:00 CDT

A quick, three steps, example on how to reduce your Flex swf file size up to 10 times smaller.

Dynamic Slide Show AS3 Complete Guide. Part 3: Resizing and Autoresizing

no@spam.com (Jean Andr� Mas) — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:30:00 CDT

This complete new tutorial is still in the process of being created. A few sections are already available with files to download, so be patient and don’t hesitate to already comment on the available sections or make requests for the incoming ones. A Dynamic Slide Show is quite a simple application but the more dynamic you want it, the more complex it gets. This tutorial will show you how to create a dynamic, flexible, and versatile slide show with AS3. The tutorial is divided in sections, each section covering a particular subject in the creation of a Slide Show.

Dynamic Slide Show AS3 Complete Guide. Part 2: Loading Pictures

no@spam.com (Jean Andr� Mas) — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:30:00 CDT

A Dynamic Slide Show is quite a simple application but the more dynamic you want it, the more complex it gets. This series of articles will show you how to create a dynamic, flexible, and versatile slide show with AS3. Each new article will be covering a particular subject in the creation of a Slide Show. The articles will be as follow:

1. Loading data (or why everybody uses XML?)
2. Loading Pictures (or How do I time this?)
3. Resizing and Auto resizing (or can the swf resizes itself?)
4. Adding Setup Options (or letting the user take charge)
5. Adding Effects and Create Custom Effects (or Put The BitmapData Class to Work)
6. Randomizing (or Adding Some Life)
7. Adding Texts (or The Advantage of Classes)
8. Adding Sound (or Turn That Off!)
9. Cleaning Up (or Learn How To Take The Trash Out)
10. CMS (or Live And Let Live)

Keyboard events on stage are not working... why?

no@spam.com (Tecsi Aron) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:00:00 CDT

Read here for the solution of the most common cause of the problem stated above.

Dynamic Slide Show AS3 Complete Guide. Part 1: Loading Data

no@spam.com (Jean Andr� Mas) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:30:00 CDT

This is the first of a series of articles concerning the creation of a dynamic slide show using AS3 and OOP principles. Each article will explore a particular subject and introduce some common solutions, advice, tricks. Since every programming task can be solved in many ways, every reader is welcome to contribute to this series by adding his/her insights in a comment or by contacting me directly. Such insights might be added later in the series depending on their relevance. Each article also comes with files to download illustrating the article discussion. Each new article will build upon the preceding one. So let's begin this series with the first article about loading data.

Preloading in ActionScript 3.0, the Easy Way

no@spam.com (Christopher Skyi) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:00:00 CST

Difficulty: Easy
Time Needed To Work Through This Tutorial: 40 - 50 minutes.

Introduction: With ActionScript 2.0, the details about how to build a good preloader evolved over time to a point where it became relatively easy and painless to add a preloader to your application that worked in just about all the browsers.

Boy, did all of that change with the introduction of ActionScript 3.0.

If you want to take the basic ActionScript 2.0 approach and re-work it for ActionScript 3.0, you can do that -- but it's a lot of work.

If, however, you’re looking for something easy, fast, and reliable, you’ve come to the right place.

ActionScript 3.0, Classpaths, Packages and Project Organization and Management

no@spam.com (Christopher Skyi) — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:30:00 CST

If you’re brand new to Action script 3.0 and the new Adobe Flash CS3 or CS4 IDE, you may find yourself having some questions about basic project & file organization-management. For example, you may be wondering how best to organize project resources (e.g., class and other files). Further, you may be wondering how a particular project & file organization-management scheme will effect symbol linking and the importing of classes.

This tutorial will take you through three levels of project file organization – each more complex than the next. At each level, I’ll talk about symbols & classes and instances of those symbols & classes and how to “link” (or bind) them. I’ll also talk about packages. Everything a beginner needs to know.

Working With Display Objects in AS 3.0

no@spam.com (Patrik Vormittag) — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 00:00:00 CDT

Learn how to work with the display list, DisplayObjects, and DisplayObjectContainers in Actionscript 3.0 and how it has replaced the concept of "depth" in actionscript 2.0. You should have a working knowledge of depth in actionscriplt 2.0 and also how the flash player displays content on the screen(stage). This tutorial is made for Flash CS3.

Difficulty: Intermediate
Time: 20 - 30 minutes