Flash tutorials - Drawing - Animation - Actionscript

Actionscript

Things have changed a little bit in AS3.0 when it comes to load XML but I am going to show you it is very easy to do once you done it a couple of times.

attachMovie in AS3 (Flash CS3)

You might have been wondering where attachMovie is gone in Actionscript 3.0, well no need to look for it because it's gone. In Actionscript 3.0 you will have to use another way to attachMovie clips on the stage at runtime, I am going to tell you all about it in that little tutorial.

Mouse events in Actionscript 3.0 (Flash CS3)

The event system has been revamped in actionscript 3.0, for the best of your future applications but for the worse if you still don't understand how to use it. Hopefully this little tutorial should bring some light on your knowledge.

Color picking with The BitmapData class and the getPixel method (Flash 8)

In this tutorial I would like to show you how we can use the BitmapData class in a practical and simple way to create a little color picking application just using a couple of methods and very little code.

Dynamic tweening using the Tween and Easing classes (MX2004, 8)

You are probably very familiar with the tweening that can be assigned to a movie clip at authoring time but did you know that you could apply tweening to movie clips with easing effects just with code ?

Preloading movies and pictures with the MovieClipLoader class (MX2004, 8)

In the world of Flash interactivities and multimedia applications it is always important to let the user know what is happening when the application needs to be paused while a fairly large amount of data is being loaded. To do that nothing's best than a nice preloading system.

Transferring data across domains using crossdomain.xml (MX, MX2004, 8)

In many occasions you might want a SWF to be able to retrieve data from another domain, by loading variables from a text file for example, or you might want to send data from a Flash email form to a PHP script that is sitting on another domain.

Mouse control and actionscript (MX, MX2004, 8)

In this tutorial we are going to examine more precisely the properties _xmouse and _ymouse, the mouse events onMouseMove, onMouseUp, onMouseDown and onMouseWheel as well as the method Mouse.hide and Mouse.show.

Communicating between SWFs using the localConnection class (MX, MX2004, 8)

The localConnection class is not used a lot because a lot of Flash developers are not just aware of its existence. That class lets you communicate between 2 or more SWFs running on the same machine.

Creating a grid dynamically with actionscript (MX, MX2004, 8)

There is plenty of reasons why you would like to create a grid in Flash, if you are creating a sudoku a crossword activity or a chess game you will surely need to create a grid with cells that need to be interactive and able to display some kind of data (graphics or text).

Advanced drag and drop in Flash (MX, MX2004, 8)

Learn how to create advanced drag and drop activities in Flash.

Loading HTML-formatted text in a dynamic text field (MX, MX2004, 8)

Although it is very easy to format your text at authoring time, it is not the case when you want to load text dynamically in a dynamic text field. This tutorial shows you how to load HTML-formatted text in a dynamic text field.

Loading variables from a text file with LoadVars (MX, MX2004, 8)

This tutorial shows you how to load variables from a text file using the LoadVars class instead of the deprecated LoadVariables and LoadVariablesNum.

Using arrays in actionscript (MX, MX2004, 8)

learn the ins and outs about arrays in actionscript.

Using Shared Objects (MX2004, 8)

Shared objects are to the Flash player what cookies are for the browsers, they can be used in many circumstances and are very useful to retrieve data between sessions.

Creating a simple address book using shared objects (MX2004, 8)

Learn how to create a simple address book in Flash using shared objects and the list component.