In AS3, loading external images dynamically is done slightly differently than in ActionScript 2. Whereas in AS2, we could just use the loadMovie() method of the MovieClip class, this is no longer the case.
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Instead we have to use [...]
The world of interactive development has grown immensely in the past few years, due to the increases in processing power, the emergence of social networking, the proliferation of web video, and the very real demands of web users for more, well, interactive experiences – whether they be on a desktop or mobile device, online or [...]
I have been asked to recommend some ActionScript 3 books by students in the past. Below is a list of what I consider to be the best resources available right now. Enjoy!
Learning ActionScript 3.0 in particular is an excellent tool for novice scripters who are starting with AS3 as their first language. [...]
Creating dynamic websites which combine the power of Flash or Flex with PHP is easier than ever with ActionScript 3.0.. Utilizing the networking power of the Flash player we can create next-generation user interfaces which go well beyond static web pages or simple animations and instead act as the front-end for powerful applications. [...]
This step-by-step tutorial is aimed at aspiring (and new) web designers or web content publishers who would like to understand one of the most important technologies in use on the World Wide Web: File Transfer Protocol, or FTP.
Why Should I Learn FTP?
Practical knowledge of FTP is essential for just about anyone who wants to update [...]
Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ recent comments regarding the possibility of Flash on the iPhone (summation: Flash Lite is not ready, and the Flash Player is too power-intensive), seems to have really ruffled some feathers over at Adobe. Although the two companies seem to be drifting farther and farther apart, I have to [...]
ActionScript programmers who are used to working in Flash have always been encouraged to keep code out of individual frames and movie clips as much as possible. In ActionScript 2.0, this usually meant either keeping function libraries in external files (and bringing them in using #include), or creating AS2 class files. Some [...]
For most Flash designers, the Movie Clip has been an important and rather indispensable building-block for creating dynamic Flash web sites and applications. Movie Clip symbols are very intuitive and easy to relate to, mainly because of the metaphors of ‘timelines’, ‘frames’, ‘keyframes’, ‘layers’, and ‘clips within clips’, as well as the ease [...]
Tutorial: Create a “state” drop-down (combo box) which displays all 50 states in ActionScript 3.0. The states are given in the example.
I recently worked on a project where I had to come up with a combo box component which contained state abbreviations (United States that is). It would be great to have this [...]