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ActionScript Cookbook
By Joey Lott
 
Publisher: O'Reilly
Pub Date: July 2003
ISBN: 0-596-00490-7
Pages: 896


   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 Getter/Setter 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 Audio/Video 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
      Section 22.1.  Planning the Application
      Section 22.2.  Building the Components
      Section 22.3.  Assembling the Flash Paint Application
      Section 22.4.  Using Flash Paint
      Chapter 23.  Creating a Simple Animation in Stages
      Section 23.1.  Stage One
      Section 23.2.  Stage Two
      Section 23.3.  Stage Three
      Section 23.4.  Stage Four
      Section 23.5.  Stage Five
      Section 23.6.  Conclusion
      Chapter 24.  Video Chat/Message Center
      Section 24.1.  Developing the Application Overview
      Section 24.2.  Creating the Server-Side Application
      Section 24.3.  Creating the Calling Client
      Section 24.4.  Creating the Administrator Client
      Section 24.5.  Putting It All Together
      Chapter 25.  Image Viewer/Slideshow
      Section 25.1.  Planning the Application Design
      Section 25.2.  Beginning the Application
      Section 25.3.  Creating the Components
      Section 25.4.  Putting Together the Application
      Section 25.5.  Wrapping It Up
      Chapter 26.  Creating an MP3 Jukebox
      Section 26.1.  Creating an Application Overview
      Section 26.2.  Developing the MP3 Selectors
      Section 26.3.  Developing the Jukebox Application
      Section 26.4.  Wrapping It Up
      Chapter 27.  A Personalized My Page Application
      Section 27.1.  Formulating the Application Overview
      Section 27.2.  Creating the Framework
      Section 27.3.  Creating Service Modules
      Section 27.4.  Putting It All Together
      Section 27.5.  Extending the Framework
      Section 27.6.  Wrapping It Up
      Chapter 28.  A Scheduler Program
      Section 28.1.  Designing the Application Structure
      Section 28.2.  Making the Components
      Section 28.3.  Putting the Application Together
      Section 28.4.  Making the Scheduler Application Available Online
      Section 28.5.  Using LoadVars and XML
      Section 28.6.  Wrapping It Up
    Appendix A.  Unicode Escape Sequences for Latin 1 Characters
   Colophon
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