DescribeType for AS 3.0
Use describeType rather than a for-loop to enlist an object properties.
Programming
Convert milliseconds to seconds
( milliseconds / 1000 ) % 60
Setmask fails with movieclip
f your setmask(mask) fails make sure the movieclip you are masking is not too long or the set masking will fail, even if you set cacheAsBitmap = true.
Hide Old and Reveal New Script
I was talking the other day with a friend about a small challenge, having 2 images on stage with 2 ideas. 1- have the experience being user driven (in this case the mouse reveals one … Continued
Compile to Flash 8 when using EventDispatcher
or a while I was not able to fire different events and the reason why is because I was compiling to flash player 9 instead of 8. So if there are certain events that are not firing one thing that … Continued
Creating empty movieclips – not on the fly
hen you need a visible movieclip instead of creating a movieclip on stage and cleaning it up create a moviclip directly on the Library -New Graphic-.
Movieclip Instance Name to String
When Dealing with Movieclips and you need to access the refence as string do [instanceName].toString() rather than instanceName.toString()
Always do a garbage collection
As simple as creating a method in your class or a function on your code to delete unnecessary variables or set them to null for garbage collection.
Flash PHP mySQL – Write to a Database with Flash and PHP
I have written a small script that will assist you into using communication between Flash and PHP to write to a mySQL database. The task is simple, verify the contents of the fields in flash … Continued
Flash Volume Controler ActionScript 2
I had a good friend ask me if I knew of a resource for a volume controler, and I didn’t know of any tutorial or code of the top of my head so I went … Continued