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ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook: Solutions for Flash Platform and Flex Application Developers

ISBN: 0596526954
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2005
Pages: 425

Authors: Joey Lott, Darron Schall, Keith Peters

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• Main Page
• Table of content
• Copyright
• Preface
• What s Not in This Book
• Flash Naming Conventions
• The Code
• Typographical Conventions
• We d Like to Hear from You
• Acknowledgments
• Part I: Local Recipes
• Chapter 1. ActionScript Basics
• Introduction
• Recipe 1.1 Using Mathematical Operators
• Recipe 1.2 Checking Equality or Comparing Values
• Recipe 1.3 Performing Actions Conditionally
• Recipe 1.4 Performing Complex Conditional Testing
• Recipe 1.5 Repeating an Operation Many Times
• Recipe 1.6 Performing an Action Once per Frame Update
• Recipe 1.7 Repeating a Task at Timed Intervals
• Recipe 1.8 Creating Reusable Code
• Recipe 1.9 Generalizing a Function to Enhance Reusability
• Recipe 1.10 Exiting a Function
• Recipe 1.11 Obtaining the Result of a Function
• Recipe 1.12 Avoiding Conflicting Variables
• Recipe 1.13 Reusing and Organizing Code in Multiple Movies
• Chapter 2. Runtime Environment
• Introduction
• Recipe 2.1 Detecting the Player Version
• Recipe 2.2 Detecting the Operating System
• Recipe 2.3 Checking the System Language
• Recipe 2.4 Detecting Display Settings
• Recipe 2.5 Scaling the Movie
• Recipe 2.6 Changing the Alignment
• Recipe 2.7 Detecting the Device s Audio Capabilities
• Recipe 2.8 Prompting the User to Change Player Settings
• Recipe 2.9 Hiding the Flash Player s Menu Items
• Recipe 2.10 Enhancing Standalone Projectors
• Recipe 2.11 Setting the Dimensions of a Projector
• Recipe 2.12 Specifying Where on Screen a Projector Opens
• Chapter 3. Color
• Introduction
• Recipe 3.1 Setting the Color of a Movie Clip
• Recipe 3.2 Specifying RGB Values
• Recipe 3.3 Decoding an RGB Value
• Recipe 3.4 Setting the RGB Relative to Its Current Value
• Recipe 3.5 Tinting a Movie Clip s Color
• Recipe 3.6 Setting a Movie Clip s Transparency
• Recipe 3.7 Transforming a Movie Clip s Current Color
• Recipe 3.8 Restoring a Movie Clip s Original Color
• Recipe 3.9 Controlling a Movie Clip s Color with Sliders
• Chapter 4. Drawing and Masking
• Introduction
• Recipe 4.1 Drawing a Line
• Recipe 4.2 Drawing a Curve
• Recipe 4.3 Drawing a Rectangle
• Recipe 4.4 Drawing a Rounded Rectangle
• Recipe 4.5 Drawing a Circle
• Recipe 4.6 Drawing an Ellipse
• Recipe 4.7 Drawing a Triangle
• Recipe 4.8 Drawing Regular Polygons
• Recipe 4.9 Filling a Shape with a Solid or Translucent Color
• Recipe 4.10 Filling a Shape with a Gradient
• Recipe 4.11 Filling a Shape with a Complex Gradient
• Recipe 4.12 Scripting Masks
• Chapter 5. Numbers and Math
• Introduction
• Recipe 5.1 Representing Numbers in Different Bases
• Recipe 5.2 Converting Between Different Number Systems
• Recipe 5.3 Rounding Numbers
• Recipe 5.4 Inserting Leading or Trailing Zeros
• Recipe 5.5 Formatting Numbers for Display
• Recipe 5.6 Formatting Currency Amounts
• Recipe 5.7 Generating a Random Number
• Recipe 5.8 Simulating a Coin Flip
• Recipe 5.9 Simulating Dice
• Recipe 5.10 Simulating Playing Cards
• Recipe 5.11 Generating a Unique Number
• Recipe 5.12 Converting Angle Measurements
• Recipe 5.13 Calculating the Distance Between Two Points
• Recipe 5.14 Determining Points Along a Circle
• Recipe 5.15 Converting Between Units of Measurement
• Recipe 5.16 Calculating Asset Appreciation (Future Value)
• Recipe 5.17 Calculating Retirement Savings
• Recipe 5.18 Calculating the Loan (Mortgage) You Can Afford
• Recipe 5.19 Calculating Loan Amortization or Annuities
• Chapter 6. Arrays
• Introduction
• Recipe 6.1 Adding Elements to the Start or End of an Array
• Recipe 6.2 Looping Through an Array
• Recipe 6.3 Searching for Matching Elements in an Array
• Recipe 6.4 Removing Elements
• Recipe 6.5 Inserting Elements in the Middle of an Array
• Recipe 6.6 Converting a String to an Array
• Recipe 6.7 Converting an Array to a String
• Recipe 6.8 Creating a Separate Copy of an Array
• Recipe 6.9 Storing Complex or Multidimensional Data
• Recipe 6.10 Sorting or Reversing an Array
• Recipe 6.11 Implementing a Custom Sort
• Recipe 6.12 Creating an Associative Array
• Recipe 6.13 Reading Elements of an Associative Array
• Chapter 7. Movie Clips
• Introduction
• Recipe 7.1 Referring to Movie Clips via ActionScript
• Recipe 7.2 Targeting Movie Clips with Dynamic Names
• Recipe 7.3 Affecting Playback
• Recipe 7.4 Reversing Playback
• Recipe 7.5 Using Movie Clips as Buttons
• Recipe 7.6 Defining Hit Areas for Movie Clips
• Recipe 7.7 Checking for Mouseover
• Recipe 7.8 Performing Repeated Actions on Movie Clips
• Recipe 7.9 Fading a Movie Clip
• Recipe 7.10 Discovering Nested Movie Clips
• Recipe 7.11 Getting Unique Depths
• Recipe 7.12 Getting a Movie Clip s Boundaries
• Recipe 7.13 Creating a Draggable Movie Clip
• Recipe 7.14 Creating a Custom Mouse Pointer
• Recipe 7.15 Checking for Overlapping Movie Clips (Performing Hit Tests)
• Recipe 7.16 Changing Stacking Order
• Recipe 7.17 Converting Between Coordinate Spaces
• Recipe 7.18 Duplicating Movie Clips
• Recipe 7.19 Adding Movie Clips from the Library with ActionScript
• Chapter 8. Text
• Introduction
• Recipe 8.1 Referring to a Text Field via ActionScript
• Recipe 8.2 Creating a Text Field
• Recipe 8.3 Creating an Outline Around a Text Field
• Recipe 8.4 Creating a Background for a Text Field
• Recipe 8.5 Making a User Input Field
• Recipe 8.6 Making a Password Input Field
• Recipe 8.7 Filtering Text Input
• Recipe 8.8 Restricting the Maximum Field Length
• Recipe 8.9 Displaying Dynamic Text at Runtime
• Recipe 8.10 Displaying HTML-Formatted Text
• Recipe 8.11 Condensing Whitespace
• Recipe 8.12 Sizing Text Fields to Fit Contents
• Recipe 8.13 Scrolling Text with the ScrollBar Component
• Recipe 8.14 Scrolling Text Programmatically
• Recipe 8.15 Responding to Scroll Events
• Recipe 8.16 Formatting Existing Text
• Recipe 8.17 Formatting User-Input Text
• Recipe 8.18 Formatting a Portion of a Text Field
• Recipe 8.19 Setting a Text Field s Font
• Recipe 8.20 Embedding Fonts
• Recipe 8.21 Creating Text That Can Be Rotated
• Recipe 8.22 Displaying Unicode Text
• Recipe 8.23 Assigning Focus to a Text Field
• Recipe 8.24 Selecting Text with ActionScript
• Recipe 8.25 Setting the Insertion Point in a Text Field
• Recipe 8.26 Responding When Text Is Selected or Deselected
• Recipe 8.27 Responding to User Text Entry
• Recipe 8.28 Adding a Hyperlink to Text
• Chapter 9. Strings
• Introduction
• Recipe 9.1 Joining Strings
• Recipe 9.2 Using Quotes and Apostrophes in Strings
• Recipe 9.3 Inserting Special Whitespace Characters
• Recipe 9.4 Searching for a Substring
• Recipe 9.5 Extracting a Substring
• Recipe 9.6 Matching Patterns with Regular Expressions
• Recipe 9.7 Looking for a Pattern Match
• Recipe 9.8 Parsing a String into Words
• Recipe 9.9 Removing and Replacing Characters
• Recipe 9.10 Processing One Character at a Time
• Recipe 9.11 Converting Case
• Recipe 9.12 Trimming Whitespace
• Recipe 9.13 Reversing a String by Word or by Letter
• Recipe 9.14 Converting Between Strings and Unicode or ASCII
• Chapter 10. Dates and Times
• Introduction
• Recipe 10.1 Finding the Current Date and Time
• Recipe 10.2 Retrieving the Day or Month Name
• Recipe 10.3 Formatting the Date and Time
• Recipe 10.4 Formatting Milliseconds as Minutes and Seconds
• Recipe 10.5 Converting Between DMYHMSM and Epoch Milliseconds
• Recipe 10.6 Calculating Elapsed Time or Intervals Between Dates
• Recipe 10.7 Parsing a Date from a String
• Recipe 10.8 Creating Timers and Clocks
• Chapter 11. Forms
• Introduction
• Recipe 11.1 Adding UI Components at Runtime
• Recipe 11.2 Positioning Form Elements
• Recipe 11.3 Adding Menus to a Form
• Recipe 11.4 Making Dependent Menus
• Recipe 11.5 Resizing Menus to Fit Their Contents
• Recipe 11.6 Detecting the Selected Menu Items
• Recipe 11.7 Adding Radio Buttons to a Group
• Recipe 11.8 Aligning Radio Buttons Automatically
• Recipe 11.9 Getting the Selected Radio Button Value
• Recipe 11.10 Adding Checkboxes to a Form
• Recipe 11.11 Getting Checkbox Values
• Recipe 11.12 Assembling an Advanced Form
• Recipe 11.13 Submitting a Form
• Recipe 11.14 Validating Form Input
• Recipe 11.15 Alerting Users to Validation Errors
• Recipe 11.16 Making a Multipage Form
• Recipe 11.17 Submitting a Multipage Form
• Recipe 11.18 Validating a Multipage Form
• Recipe 11.19 Transmitting Data Securely
• Recipe 11.20 Prepopulating a Form
• Recipe 11.21 Customizing the Tab Order
• Recipe 11.22 Using Tables to Arrange Form Elements
• Recipe 11.23 Creating Auto-Complete Text Fields
• Recipe 11.24 Customizing a Component s Appearance
• Recipe 11.25 Customizing All Components Appearances
• Chapter 12. Objects and Custom Components
• Introduction
• Recipe 12.1 Using Methods and Properties of Built-in Objects
• Recipe 12.2 Creating an Instance of a Class
• Recipe 12.3 Adding Properties to an Object Instance
• Recipe 12.4 Adding Custom Methods to an Object Instance
• Recipe 12.5 Creating a Custom Class
• Recipe 12.6 Creating Smart GetterSetter Properties
• Recipe 12.7 Defining Read-Only Properties
• Recipe 12.8 Creating Subclasses
• Recipe 12.9 Implementing Subclass Versions of Superclass Methods
• Recipe 12.10 Listening for Events
• Recipe 12.11 Adding Listeners to Custom Classes
• Recipe 12.12 Creating a Component That Subclasses MovieClip
• Recipe 12.13 Program: Color Selector Component
• Chapter 13. Programming Sound
• Introduction
• Recipe 13.1 Creating an Object to Control Sound
• Recipe 13.2 Attaching Sounds at Runtime
• Recipe 13.3 Playing and Stopping a Sound
• Recipe 13.4 Getting Playback Time
• Recipe 13.5 Looping a Sound
• Recipe 13.6 Setting In and Out Points
• Recipe 13.7 Pausing and Resuming a Sound
• Recipe 13.8 Performing Actions When a Sound Ends
• Recipe 13.9 Queuing Sounds
• Recipe 13.10 Adding Sounds to Buttons and UI Components
• Recipe 13.11 Setting the Volume of a Sound
• Recipe 13.12 Controlling the Panning of a Sound
• Recipe 13.13 Creating Advanced Stereo Panning Effects
• Recipe 13.14 Fading In a Sound
• Recipe 13.15 Fading Out a Sound
• Recipe 13.16 Program: A Sound Controller Component
• Part II: Remote Recipes
• Chapter 14. FlashCom Server
• Introduction
• Recipe 14.1 Creating a New FlashCom Application
• Recipe 14.2 Connecting to the FlashCom Server
• Recipe 14.3 Adding a Video Object at Runtime
• Recipe 14.4 Capturing and Displaying Video from a Web Cam
• Recipe 14.5 Capturing and Playing Audio from a Microphone
• Recipe 14.6 Controlling FlashCom Audio
• Recipe 14.7 Subscribing to AudioVideo Content
• Recipe 14.8 Creating Playlists
• Recipe 14.9 Recording and Publishing Video and Audio
• Recipe 14.10 Publishing Live Content
• Recipe 14.11 Pausing and Resuming a Net Stream
• Recipe 14.12 Fast-Forwarding and Rewinding a Net Stream
• Recipe 14.13 Seeking Relative to the Total Stream Length
• Recipe 14.14 Implementing Server-Side ActionScript
• Recipe 14.15 Tracking Clients Connected to the Application
• Recipe 14.16 Invoking Server-Side Functions from the Client Movie
• Recipe 14.17 Invoking Client-Side Functions from the Server
• Chapter 15. Loading Assets
• Introduction
• Recipe 15.1 Loading an External SWF
• Recipe 15.2 Loading an External SWF from a Trusting Domain
• Recipe 15.3 Loading an External JPEG Image
• Recipe 15.4 Loading an External Image (All Formats)
• Recipe 15.5 Loading an External MP3 Sound
• Recipe 15.6 Loading Remote Content by Proxy
• Recipe 15.7 Determining if an Asset Is Loaded
• Recipe 15.8 Getting the Percentage of an Asset That Has Loaded
• Recipe 15.9 Monitoring Load Progress Using a Progress Bar Component
• Recipe 15.10 Monitoring Load Progress Without a Progress Bar Component
• Recipe 15.11 Performing Actions When the Asset Is Loaded
• Recipe 15.12 Hiding the Graphics and Text for a Progress Bar
• Chapter 16. Storing Persistent Information
• Introduction
• Recipe 16.1 Storing and Retrieving Locally Persistent Information
• Recipe 16.2 Adding Data to a Client-Side Shared Object
• Recipe 16.3 Reading Values from a Client-Side Shared Object
• Recipe 16.4 Saving a Local Shared Object
• Recipe 16.5 Sharing Information Between Movies Within the Same Domain
• Recipe 16.6 Storing Persistent Data on the Server
• Recipe 16.7 Saving Remote Shared Object Data
• Recipe 16.8 Checking for Updates to Remote Shared Objects
• Recipe 16.9 Reading Values from a Server-Side Shared Object
• Recipe 16.10 Adding Data to a Server-Side Shared Object
• Chapter 17. Communicating with Other Movies
• Introduction
• Recipe 17.1 Communicating with Other Movieson the Same Computer
• Recipe 17.2 Sending Data Using Local Connections
• Recipe 17.3 Validating Receipt of Communication Over a Local Connection
• Recipe 17.4 Accepting Communications from Other Domains
• Recipe 17.5 Communicating Between Movies on Different Computers
• Recipe 17.6 Broadcasting Data to Remote Shared Object Clients
• Chapter 18. Sending and Loading Variables
• Introduction
• Recipe 18.1 Loading Variables from a Text File
• Recipe 18.2 Loading Variables from a Server-Side Script
• Recipe 18.3 Checking Load Progress
• Recipe 18.4 Sending Data to a Server-Side Script
• Recipe 18.5 Sending Variables and Handling a Returned Result
• Chapter 19. XML
• Introduction
• Recipe 19.1 Understanding XML Structure (Reading and Writing XML)
• Recipe 19.2 Creating an XML Object
• Recipe 19.3 Adding Elements to an XML Object
• Recipe 19.4 Adding Text Nodes to an XML Object
• Recipe 19.5 Creating an XML Object from an Array
• Recipe 19.6 Adding Attributes to an XML Element
• Recipe 19.7 Reading Elements in an XML Tree
• Recipe 19.8 Finding Elements by Name
• Recipe 19.9 Reading Text Nodes and Their Values
• Recipe 19.10 Reading an Element s Attributes
• Recipe 19.11 Loading XML
• Recipe 19.12 Removing Extra Whitespace from XML Objects
• Recipe 19.13 Sending XML
• Recipe 19.14 Sending XML Data and Receiving a Response
• Recipe 19.15 Searching XML
• Recipe 19.16 Using XML Data to Initialize a Movie
• Chapter 20. Flash Remoting
• Introduction
• Recipe 20.1 Establishing a Connection via Flash Remoting
• Recipe 20.2 Configuring Flash Remoting for ColdFusion
• Recipe 20.3 Configuring Flash Remoting for .NET
• Recipe 20.4 Configuring Flash Remoting for J2EE
• Recipe 20.5 Configuring Flash Remoting for PHP or Perl
• Recipe 20.6 Invoking a Remote Function on a Service
• Recipe 20.7 Handling Flash Remoting Results
• Recipe 20.8 Distinguishing Among Results from Multiple Calls to a Single Service
• Recipe 20.9 Calling ASP.NET Functions from Flash
• Recipe 20.10 Calling ColdFusion Functions from Flash
• Recipe 20.11 Passing Named Parameters to ColdFusion Component Methods
• Recipe 20.12 Passing Complex Parameters to ColdFusion Component Methods
• Recipe 20.13 Calling Java or JSP Functions from Flash
• Recipe 20.14 Transmitting Custom Datatypes to a Flash Remoting Back End
• Recipe 20.15 Receiving Typed Objects with ColdFusion
• Recipe 20.16 Receiving Typed Objects with ASP.NET
• Recipe 20.17 Receiving Typed Objects with Java
• Recipe 20.18 Returning Typed Objects from ColdFusion
• Recipe 20.19 Returning Typed Objects from ASP.NET
• Recipe 20.20 Returning Typed Objects from Java
• Recipe 20.21 Writing Server-Side Functions in ActionScript
• Recipe 20.22 Querying a Database with Server-Side ActionScript
• Recipe 20.23 Making HTTP Requests with Server-Side ActionScript
• Recipe 20.24 Consuming Web Services with Flash Remoting for .NET or ColdFusion
• Chapter 21. Recordsets
• Introduction
• Recipe 21.1 Creating Recordsets
• Recipe 21.2 Reading Recordsets
• Recipe 21.3 Filtering Recordsets
• Recipe 21.4 Sorting Recordsets by a Single Column
• Recipe 21.5 Populating Menu Components
• Recipe 21.6 Using Recordsets with DataGrids
• Part III: Applications
• Chapter 22. Building a Flash Paint Application
• 22.1 Planning the Application
• 22.2 Building the Components
• 22.3 Assembling the Flash Paint Application
• 22.4 Using Flash Paint
• Chapter 23. Creating a Simple Animation in Stages
• 23.1 Stage One
• 23.2 Stage Two
• 23.3 Stage Three
• 23.4 Stage Four
• 23.5 Stage Five
• 23.6 Conclusion
• Chapter 24. Video ChatMessage Center
• 24.1 Developing the Application Overview
• 24.2 Creating the Server-Side Application
• 24.3 Creating the Calling Client
• 24.4 Creating the Administrator Client
• 24.5 Putting It All Together
• Chapter 25. Image ViewerSlideshow
• 25.1 Planning the Application Design
• 25.2 Beginning the Application
• 25.3 Creating the Components
• 25.4 Putting Together the Application
• 25.5 Wrapping It Up
• Chapter 26. Creating an MP3 Jukebox
• 26.1 Creating an Application Overview
• 26.2 Developing the MP3 Selectors
• 26.3 Developing the Jukebox Application
• 26.4 Wrapping It Up
• Chapter 27. A Personalized My Page Application
• 27.1 Formulating the Application Overview
• 27.2 Creating the Framework
• 27.3 Creating Service Modules
• 27.4 Putting It All Together
• 27.5 Extending the Framework
• 27.6 Wrapping It Up
• Chapter 28. A Scheduler Program
• 28.1 Designing the Application Structure
• 28.2 Making the Components
• 28.3 Putting the Application Together
• 28.4 Making the Scheduler Application Available Online
• 28.5 Using LoadVars and XML
• 28.6 Wrapping It Up
• Appendix A. Unicode Escape Sequences for Latin 1 Characters
• Colophon
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