Problem
How to flip movieClips horizontally
Solution
Use scaleX=-1 and scaleX=1
Detailed explanation
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, starMoving);
var speed:Number=20;
function starMoving(event:KeyboardEvent):void {
trace(event.keyCode);
switch (event.keyCode) {
case Keyboard.LEFT :
face_mc.x-=speed;
[...]
Problem
Content has been loaded from a text file. How do we append text through AS3?
Solution
Using appendText method, or just + your content.
Detailed explanation
var myTextObject:URLRequest=new URLRequest(”my_content.txt”);
var myLoaderObject:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
myLoaderObject.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,
myContentWasLoaded);
myLoaderObject.load(myTextObject);
function myContentWasLoaded(e:Event):void {
myContent_txt.text=myLoaderObject.data + ” Added some new
text here!!!”;//first way
myContent_txt.appendText(” Hello [...]
Problem
Need load text from *.txt file.
Solution
Use URLRequest and URLLoader. Also using text and data methods.
Detailed explanation
var myTextObject:URLRequest=new URLRequest(”my_content.txt”);
var myLoaderObject:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
myLoaderObject.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,
myContentWasLoaded);
myLoaderObject.load(myTextObject);
function myContentWasLoaded(e:Event):void {
myContent_txt.text=myLoaderObject.data;
}
An example is in the source in the attached files.
Source:
loading_content
Thank you for reading.
Problem
Load a text file with html code into Flash
Solution
Use the htmlText method.
Detailed explanation
var myTextObject:URLRequest=new URLRequest(”my_content.txt”);
var myLoaderObject:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
myLoaderObject.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,
myContentWasLoaded);
myLoaderObject.load(myTextObject);
function myContentWasLoaded(e:Event):void {
myContent_txt.htmlText=myLoaderObject.data;
}
An example is in the source of the attached file.
Source:
reading_html
Thank you for reading.
Problem
Need show fps for users
Solution
Using stage.frameRate, also don’t forgot to change types.
Detailed explanation
my_fps.text=String(stage.frameRate);
Source:
fps
Problem
Need drag and drop movie clip + separate code from .fla file to .as file.
Solution
Using startDrag/stopDrag, and addEventListener/removeEventListener.
Detailed explanation
package {
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
public class DragDrop extends MovieClip {
function DragDrop() {
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Problem
Need get array elements on output window and on the stage.
Solution
Using indexOf.
Detailed explanation
globe_mc.buttonMode=true;
bag_mc.buttonMode=true;
dice_mc.buttonMode=true;
var myItems:Array=[globe_mc,bag_mc,dice_mc];
globe_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, checkMyItems);
bag_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, checkMyItems);
dice_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, checkMyItems);
function checkMyItems(event:MouseEvent):void {
trace(event.target.name);
trace(myItems.indexOf(event.target));
arrayElement_txt.text=String(myItems.indexOf(event.target));
}
Source:
gettingArrayElement
Problem
Need sort array elements.
Solution
Using loop and indexOf.
Detailed explanation
var
foodArray:Array=[fruit_mc1,fruit_mc2,fruit_mc3,fruit_mc4,fruit_mc5,fruit_mc6,fruit_mc7,fruit_mc8,fruit_mc9,fruit_mc10,fruit_mc11,fruit_mc12,fruit_mc13,drink_mc1,drink_mc2,
drink_mc3, drink_mc4, drink_mc5, drink_mc6, drink_mc7, drink_mc8,
drink_mc9, drink_mc10, drink_mc11, drink_mc12, drink_mc13];
sortingAll_btn.label=”Wanna All”;
sortingAll_btn.useHandCursor=true;
sortingAll_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, moveFoodToBags);
function moveFoodToBags(event:MouseEvent):void {
var instanceName:String;
fruitBasket_mc.alpha=.5;
drinkBasket_mc.alpha=.5;
for (var i:uint=0; i
Problem
Need to display movieclips as buttons/show users that it’s enabled or active, also assign a Click MouseEvent.
Solution
Using property buttonMode.
Detailed explanation
my_mc.buttonMode=true;
my_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, gogogo);
function gogogo(event:MouseEvent):void{
trace(”go”);
}
Specifies the button mode of this sprite. If true, this sprite behaves as a button, which means that it triggers the display of the hand cursor when the mouse passes [...]
Problem
Need create percentage calculator.
Solution
Recreating types. Using function. Also added simple error checker. If user not enter numbers in fields he will see error.
Detailed explanation
calculate_btn.useHandCursor=true;
calculate_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,
persentageCalculate);
function persentageCalculate(event:MouseEvent):void {
var a:Number=Number(sum_txt.text);
var b:Number=Number(percentage_txt.text);
var c:Number;
c=a*b/100;
enteredPercentege_txt.text=String(b);
enteredSum_txt.text=String(a);
[...]
