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Flash Action Script 3: Converting MovieClip As Images – Jpg Or Png

October 10, 2010

In order to create images, you need to access the pixel data of the MovieClip object. The data can be obtained by rendering a MovieClip into a BitmapData object and using this data, you can write your own encoder to convert it to any image format you’d like. Writing such encoder is not a trivial […]

ActionScript

Flash AS3: Using FileReference And PHP To Upload Files To Server

June 9, 2010

FileReference.upload() function is a handy addition to Flash. In conjunction with server-side language, it can be used to upload files to the server or to a database. In this example, we will use a PHP script to retrieve the file data and save the file onto the server. Outline: Call FileReference.browse() in response to a […]

ActionScript

Flash AS3: Using FileReference To Load Files (example for Flash CS4 and above)

June 8, 2010

Using FileReference, you can allow user to upload files from their computer to be used. This can be useful in applications such as photo processing applications, image manipulation applications, etc. For more information, see: https://www.permadi.com/blog/2009/05/actionscript-3-using-file-reference-to-load-local-swf/ Here’s the general outline of the steps required to load a file from user’s computer. Note that these steps require […]

ActionScript

Workaround For Hand Cursor Missing Flash Buttons In Chrome

June 1, 2010

If you are having issues with hand-cursor icon not appearing when mousing-over buttons in Windows version of Chrome, then a solution that works for me is to set wmode to window or do NOT set wmode at all. When not set, it already defaults to window. This solution only works if you are not explicitly […]

ActionScript

Flash AS3: Processing RSS Feeds – Part 2

March 28, 2010

This post continues the topic of reading and parsing RSS2 feeds which were discussed in the previous post and can be found here: https://permadi.com/blog/2010/03/flash-as3-processing-rss-feeds/. Building from the example in that post, we will do the following improvements here: Cycling though posts. Enabling users to read the full post. To begin with, we added two buttons […]

ActionScript

Flash AS3: Processing RSS Feeds

March 27, 2010

This is a basic example of loading and processing RSS2 Feed in Flash. It assumes familiarity with the Flash authoring environment and basic programming, in particular, XML processing and text field. For an introduction to using XML in Flash, you are encouraged to read this post: https://permadi.com/blog/2010/03/flash-as3-basic-xml-reading-and-parsing-example-part-1/ For our example, let’s use RSS2 standard since […]

ActionScript

Flash AS3: Basic XML Reading And Parsing Example – Part 1

March 18, 2010

XML support was first added to Flash 5, it was not supported on Flash 4. This tutorial explains how a Flash movie can retrieve (load and access) data from an external XML file using Action Script 3. If you are used to the complicated way of parsing XML in Action Script 2, you will be delighted […]

ActionScript

Flash Gaming Summit 2010

February 13, 2010

The second annual summit will be held in San Francisco in March. Participants include Mochimedia, Adobe, Kongregate, Traffichoney, and Gabob. For more details, see http://www.flashgamingsummit.com/

ActionScript

FlashVars, SWFObject, and AC_RunActiveContent in ActionScript3

June 6, 2009

Background FlashVars is a mechanism to pass variables to a Flash SWF file. It is similar to a query-string and you can read more about it on this tutorial. FlashVars is useful to pass custom data and to customize the content of a SWF file. For overview of the FlashVars, look here. In the old […]

ActionScript

Using FLVPlayback Component in Flash CS3 Professional

May 26, 2009

Create a new Project. Make sure the Components window is open. If not, open it using Window->Components. Drag component from the Components window into the stage. Resize it to the size you want. In the next step, you can decide the scaling mode of the video, such as maintainAspectRatio or noScale. Open the Parameters window. Use […]

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