i have been learning ActionScript for 7 or 8 days now. It's been a easy journey.
I'm curious, what is the hardest topic when you learning ActionScript ?
When i'm learning C++, pointer is a brain buster. What is the hardest topic for ActionScript ?
I've been Actionscripting for quite a while now, and a lot of the sources I see and books I read talk about something called XML. I understand that its a formatting language used to communicated with servers, and the syntax looks like html.
I have a few books on AS, but I don't really get the XML stuff. Is the idea that I use an XML segment of code in my Flash to import in a document to flash at runtime? Or is it that I can load variables from an external document? I don't have my own server but I do have the ability to upload files to servers, so I could probably make a file that can communicate with an SWF, and I'm told XML is the way...
So does anyone know a good way to learn about XML, and what is actually is and can do?
What would be a good resource for an experienced programmer to learn Flash?Consider a very seasoned programmer that doesn't require any teaching of programming concepts and that already programmed Javascript. Someone who never created a Flash file, or even know what Flex is. Someone who could probably learn ActionScript in a day but still needs to learn how to apply it.
View 2 RepliesI need to learn ActionScript. I have no basic knowledge on ActionScript. Can I directly start learning ActionScript3 or I have to start with ActionScript1.
View 3 RepliesI know javascript, CSS, AJAX, and HTML/ XHTML. I was told to learn these in order to make an application for the iphone. Now what? What/how do I start learning objective-C?
View 1 RepliesOk i have been making a website and i need to put a preloader in that loads my website. I have downloaded 3 different preloader and replaced the pic that they had in with my own and when i do that it either no longer works or it has a white screen until about 50% then it does work! WTH is going on??????
View 7 RepliesVery close to finishing this XML menu gallery. Pieced together with Kirupas gallery tutorial and "Claudio's" scrolling script. The layout is complete but unfortunately the functionality (hardest-part) is not.
So what I'm hoping to accomplish... ?
1. Multi gallery functionality (i.e.. menu sys.. Ad / Catalogs / Logo's).
Currently the XML is only set up to load the Advert section and the menu on the right does not yet work independently. In the end i hope to have it load other sections based on the description "Catalogs" would load the catalog section.
2. Simplifying my XML (i.e.. Write it so it's more clearly defined)
I included an example of the XML file I would like to utilize with my FLA. Unfortunately the way the AS is set up currently, I can't simply swap this file out. I'm baffled about the script that drives this functionality.
3. Add NEW feature. (i.e.. Make the menu on right "Ads / Catalogs / Logos") populate with dynamic text from the XML (i.e.. <gallery name="ADVERTS"> ). At the moment this is being populated with an image which proves to be more time consuming to make.
4. "Info" area... need to populate this with text relating to individual parts of gallery.
5. "View"... need to give a larger view of this file on click or rollover - opening another window in flash.
OK, now that i read through this... looks like I have farther to go then I thought.Anyway,I Hope i haven't scared all you flash pro's off...I know this stuff isn't very cut and dry seeing there's many ways to achieve the same goal. Ideally I would like to learn the most efficient method for doing this.
For a school project we have to make a presentation about our RME topic, and we can to it in any format we want. I want to do it in Flash so as to add interactivity. Problem is, I am not certain on parts of it.
How do you add buttons, so as to change the background? For example, it shows title screen. Then you click.Then it shows first slide like. Then you can click like, Introduction, The Pillars of Islam, ect.
I'm trying to create an accordian style menu using the function below, which is structured off the xml file posted below as well. I have everything parsed into Flash and can see all the data, as well as the movie clips being created. What I AM having a problem with is positioning the movie clips appropriately. The submenu items should sit directly underneath the menu items, like a traditional accordian menu looks, but I cannot come up with the right formula to make this happen.
function createXMLMenu(menuLength:Number,itemName:XMLList):void{
var navItemText:XMLList = itemName;
//Create dynamic menu based off
//menuLength parameter being passed in
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I have begun on a list: My reference is null!Stage is null! Convert this code from as 2 to as 3 for me! Crossdomain policies are in the way of my cool idea Dynamic property names I need to use stuff on the parent! I don't want my children to scale when I scale the parent! Classes vs instances. Mod note: I do not want this topic pinned, we will use a fresh topic once we have agreed to the content.
View 9 RepliesSorry if this has been discussed somewhere else on stackoverflow (I could not find it), or if it is not a "programming" question (more like a discussion). Is it good to avoid using an IDE (Flash Builder, Visual Studio...) while first learning a new framework or language?
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I have made a script, and now has come the point when I need to use removechild. Whenever I try this I get an error. After looking at the problem, I think I need to learn more about scope and packages. I think if I put everything in the correct scope, I will be able to use the removechild command. I tried to make all my vars public, so that removechild would work, however I got an error that anything public needs to be in a package. I tried to add the package part to my script, but got the error that packages cant be nested. I tried some other things and still no luck, just more errors.
So, if anyone could point me to a tutorial, or recommend a book or something, that will help teach me about scope and packages, Or if you are feeling patient and generous, and you think you could explain this problem to a 5 year old, please explain it to me the way you would to said 5 year old. If you maybe think you can help me out on the script, it can be found here: [URL]
I'm trying to learn how to use flash, and there's only so much I can learn on my own. I looked up some books on various websites, but I don't know which would be the "best" to use for someone completely new to the program.
View 2 RepliesI've gotten far on my own just using online tutorials and dinking around in Flash on my own but my boss(es) are starting to ask for more complex stuff that I simply can't learn by just piecing together my Flash education.I know there's many, many books out there that will teach you Flash but can anyone recommend any particular one(s) that are more concentrated in creating Web elements as opposed to game or animation development?
View 2 RepliesI have created a Flash file with 4 "Fill in the Blank" questions (from the Learning Interactions continued within Flash CS3) at the end. I'm then using the swf file in two different ways. One way simply loads the swf file onto a 'stand-alone' page on my website and it works perfectly.The other way I want to use it is integrated into a more complicated website where I have a Flash File into which various swf files are loaded when needed. In this version the "Control Button" doesn't change to "Check Answer" and "Reset" as it should and the whole question doesn't work. The working version is at url..Select "4 For You to Try" to go directly to Quiz Questions.The non-working version is at url...Go to "Extras" in Menu and select Naming Alkane Isomers, then "4 For You to Try" again.
View 7 RepliesAny pointers where i could start learning flash programming. Also i would be really grateful if you could point me to place where i could get free templates for the programming
View 2 RepliesCan i learn Flex without learning ActionScript 3?
View 4 RepliesI am trying to learn flex4 from adobe document and I am very confused while using three namespaces.. there is no way i can keep track of when to use what often ending up using fx inside mx or s or similarly making some stupid goofed up combinations of {fx,mx,s}.
Adobe document is huge and i am looking for some good starting point for learning flex .
I have been learning about classes and oop programming with AS2. I think I have a very good idea of how it all works, but I'm lacking in one final area before I can truly say I'm coding in OOP.Currently, I use a contentmanager class to route all button commands through. This class handles the removal and preperation of the stage for content change, and then seperate classes handle the actual loading and placement of the new content.So in a way, its not really OOP, just very well organized code.
The next step is Event Management in AS2. I know it can be done, I read through a few tutorials, but get confused by it all.What I'm looking for now is two things.. a very good Event Management tutorial or article if anyone knows of any..as well as a sample site that can be downloaded or viewed which has been written using OOP. I want this sample site, to re-evaluate how my current way of programming holds up compared to more proffessional examples...
(Perhaps even we can turn this into a hot thread with examples of code and structures to help other developers trying to gain a grip on OOP..?)
I'm trying to learn loops, and I want to make this code functional,IE i want the ten clips to appear..How would I do this?
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Good books for learning as3.. I'm a beginner in action scripting but i'm quite enthusiastic about it.
View 1 RepliesI'm trying to make a Flex-based desktop application consume messages from an ActiveMQ topic with a durable subscription, using the JMS bridge of BlazeDS. The basic scenario is as follows: Messages are produced by other producers in the topic to which the Flex client is subscribed. The Flex client may go offline from time to time, but it must receive all the messages it has missed while being offline when it connects to BlazeDS again. (Of course the Flex client connects with the same client ID every time). It can not be guaranteed that the Flex client is shut down gracefully.
Everything works fine if I explicitly disconnect my consumer on the Flex side by calling disconnect() - I do it in the exit handler of the application. However, due to #3 above, it is not guaranteed that disconnect() is called all the time. When the Flex client shuts down without calling disconnect(), it seems that the subscription of the "proxy JMS client" that BlazeDS creates and associates to the Flex client stays active towards ActiveMQ, so ActiveMQ still thinks that the client is logged in. When the Flex app starts up the next time, it is unable to log in to BlazeDS because ActiveMQ refuses its subscription, claiming that the client ID is already taken. Why is it so and what can I do here to ensure that BlazeDS makes the "proxy JMS client" offline in ActiveMQ when its real Flex counterpart terminates unexpectedly?
More detailed information: some debugging revealed that:
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I have been in the print world for a while and flash has changed quite a bit. I am interested in learning about rich media and expandable banner ads.
View 4 RepliesI am just starting to get comfortable using as3 to create e-learning applications. I have this xml file that has a list of swf files that gets called(loaded) into a holder_mc when the user clicks on the forward btn or the back btn. Pretty simple...and it is working nicely at the moment.
I also have another loaded swf that has a menu which contains linkages to 8 chapters. Basically, when the user clicks on a link in the menu it takes them to a specific location in the course.
Here is the issue: example: let's say the user is on page 4, in the course, and decides to click on the menu and jump to page 28. After jumping to page 28, if the user clicks the forward button, the application takes them to page 5, instead of page 29. So, how do i write a script, and/or change the xml file so that the "forward" btn takes the user to page 29, instead of page 5? I think some kind of reset function needs to happen either in the as3 script or the xml file, but i'm not sure how to do that.
Here is the xml file sample:(this is a short sample of the xml file)
<course>
<page>
<file>welcome.swf</file>
</page>
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I've been learning greensock and I find it helpful now when studying greensock I've been introduced to Gaia does anyone here have an opinion on Gaia?
View 3 RepliesI want to create a subtitle for ourself language from lynda video training.(my language is persian)But it's very difficult work... I need somebody for create subtitle in english language... and this work very easier make subtitle to every language.let trying to create subtitle for this video ActionScript 3.0 in Flash Professional CS5 Essential Training
View 1 RepliesI am using a learning interactions quiz at the end of an animated movie. Because it is entertaining I would rather not launch as a standalone quiz. Everything works perfectly when the quiz is on its own timeline that starts at frame1, but whether I use loadMovie or use the quiz as a movieclip, or start the quiz on frame 1460 on the scene1 timeline the calculate score control doesn't work. It is called mc, frameNav and it comes with the Flash quiz templates. The AS associated with that mc is below.
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I need to make a learning device in flash similar to this [URL]..anyone know any tutorials that would ? im fairly new to flash.
View 4 RepliesI am very much a beginner to rails and I have a specific need for it. I wish to connect it to a flex app, and also use it to call a database.
For example when the following web page is visited: ?User=bob&id=4&lic=234 Take 'bob' and 4 and add them to an existing database table if the license number is valid and not already used. I don't want to use the standard database stuff, I will need to write my own SQL queries as well as have logic for checking other stuff to do with registering users etc. It is already done with Coldfusion but I am having issues with it, and would like to have it work with Ruby instead.
But to start with, I just want the ability to call a web page (on localhost:3000) get the string after the URL "?User=bob&id=4&lic=234" in this case and output "User:bob id:4" to the screen. I want to learn what the code is doing rather than have the least lines of code solution. I would rather use as little of the rails framework to do this as this will help me learn the language. I won't be making the standard website so learning the rails framework won't be so useful to me.
looking for, however I am having problems connecting with databases, mysql in this case:
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I am looking at the creation of a quiz using the Learning Interactions in Flash.I noticed that when I place say a Multiple Choice question on the stage that the area which says 'Question will appear here' is a dynamic text field.This renders the final text bitmapped. Is there any way of getting the text to look like smooth like the rest of my work?I have tried to anti alias it for Animation and Readability but it doesn't change.nd in all honesty set against the rest of my work the text looks crap.
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