I recently stumbled across a piece of javascript that when I converted the best I could still worked within my flash file perfectly. One thing that stood out the most was the var tag:
ActionScript Code:
var apple, pears, orange, cucumber;
instead of
ActionScript Code:
var apple;
var pears;
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is there a way to manipulate the free transform x-wise and y-wise using Actionscript rather than the traditional design approach?
View 3 Repliescan you tell me if it is possible to detect if an object is rotating anti clockwise or not? at present i get x,y co-ords and use the code below to rotate it which is fine. now i could write an if statement to check if rotation is negative or positive but because rotation can be negative and positive when rotating clockwise and anti clockwise this wouldnt work.
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at present i get x,y co-ords and use the code below to rotate it which is fine. now i could write an if statement to check if rotation is negative or positive but because rotation can be negative and positive when rotating clockwise and anti clockwise this wouldnt work.
Code:
theAngle = Math.atan2(diffy , diffx);
this._rotation = theAngle*360/(2*Math.PI);
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I cannot find Pan anywhere in the shortcut key explorer thing. I want to add the middle mouse button click to the Pan behavior.
View 7 RepliesIs it wise to keep developing in 2.0? Will Flash player ever cease to compile it? AND Any good articles you know of on converting 2.0 to 3.0?
View 4 RepliesLet's say a movieclip inside another movieclip has a x of 9000. Is that bad? Is there a cap?
View 1 RepliesI have a gear on stage which rotates using this script.....
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//Here is my question. I want to place a second gear on stage and have it rotate counter clock-wise. If I wish to use the same script (this script makes for smother rotation.) What modification do I need to make?
How do I activate the F8 on a mac? I can't find a way to make all the F keys work on a Mac they all keep on opening up other Mac related things instead of, for instance creating a new symbol.
View 2 RepliesI have a 4x4 set of square buttons that I need to give instance names to. They will be named 'btn_1' thru 'btn_16'. Is there any shortcut to assigning the names or do I have to go through 16 times clicking on the button and clicking down to the 'instance name' text box?
View 2 RepliesI am working on an AIR application (made with Flash Builder) that will be used in Windows. What I would like to do is create a Window's shortcut from within AIR by referencing a file already on the users computer. Is this possible?
View 1 RepliesI want to create values in an array 1-25, and I was wondering if there was a shortcut or do I have to actually type in the numbers from 1-35?var shortArray:Array = shuffle([1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 etc.]);
View 2 RepliesI want to scrub the timeline using a shortcut. What I mean is... I want to use something like the arrow keys to go forward and back and frame, each keypress taking me back and forth, without having to manually scrub. Hitting Enter and Enter again is not useful enough for what I'm seeking.
View 4 RepliesI am unable to find a shortcut key combination for "Insert new layer" in flash CS5.
As, Ctrl + C = COPY
Ctrl + V = PASTE
________ = INSERT NEW LAYER
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I have an array of twenty integers, and I'd like to find the sum of all the integers. The obvious way is
var sum:int = arr[0]+arr[1]+arr[2].... etc.
I'm wondering if there's a shortcut way of adding the elements up?
I am unable to find a shortcut key combination for "Insert new layer" in flash CS5. As,
Ctrl + C = COPY
Ctrl + V = PASTE
________ = INSERT NEW LAYER
Is there any shortcut or any other key combination for insert new layer?
What is the shortcut for going ONE step back, when being inside a MovieClip. I get inside the MovieClip using "Edit in place" (CMD+Alt+E), but HOW DO I GET OUT using a shortcut?(In the old days i could just use the 'edit in place' shortcut again without having anything selected, but since CS4 or 5 upgrade, that option is gone.)
View 4 RepliesIs there a keyboard shortcut to duplicate items in the Library. I'm having to right-click and select Duplicate right now.
View 3 RepliesIn Flash CS5 (Mac OS). Window menu... right at the bottom it lists the windows you've got open with a number in front ie:
1 project.fla
2 class.as
3 interface.as
Now... if I click (with the mouse) to focus (activate) the window menu and press a number key corresponding to a window in the list, Flash kindly takes me to that window. Q: What is the 100% keyboard shortcut way to do this? I've had a go at wading in and just pressing keys... as my last-but-one strategy for finding this out. My last strategy being "ask".
I have a MenuBar which contains general menu items like File, View, Tools have sub items in each of those menuitems. The problem is that i want to open the 'File' menu automatically when i press Alt+f key.I could capture the keyevents on the view.But how to open the File Menu of the MenuBar (what is the function that needs to be called from MenuBar Class to popup those sub menuitems) ?
<root>
<menuitem label="File">
<menuitem label="New" enabled="false"/>
[code]........
Does anyone know of a method or strategy through which a shortcut can be created through Flex for the various platforms? I've been examining the various flash.filesystem.File methods but did not notice anything that seemed noteworthy.
View 1 RepliesHow do I get the Adobe AIR installer that I exported from Flash Builder 4.5 install shortcut to the application on the "all users" desktop on Windows?
View 1 RepliesI would like create a application that can can create folders and short cuts to folders in the file system. The user will click a button and it will put a folder on there desktop that has short cuts to files like //server/folder1/folder2 Can you create a desktop shortcut with code in adobe air? How would you do that? How do you create a folder? I keep thinking this should be easy but i keep missing it.
View 2 RepliesI noticed that in the new version of flash (CS5) that if I accidently send my program into a infinite loop spewing out the same error over and over again just clicking the 'x' on the flash file doesn't end it any more. Is there a keyboard short-cut that kills the flash file so I don't have to restart flash every time it happens?
View 1 RepliesI have figured out how to add tabs to text by makinginvisible buttons and using the accessibility panel, but haven'tbeen able to get access keys to work (there is a place to add theshortcut on this panel). I have read that I need to enter somethinglike "Control+I" in the field for shortcut, but I don't know whatcode to add to the frame to get it to work.
View 1 RepliesWhat is the keyboard shortcut to open a context menu in Flash? Shift+F10 doesn't work.. Now I am trying to implement a key-down event handler like below:
public function customKeyHandler(e:KeyboardEvent):void { if (e.keyCode == flash.ui.Keyboard.F10 && e.shiftKey)
But this is not working as the F10 key in flash is reserved by the system and cannot be used in action script according to this [URL]
how to go about enabling context menu in Flash to be opened using keyboard (not mouse right click) ??
What is the keyboard shortcut to open a context menu in Flash? Shift+F10 doesn't work.. Now I am trying to implement a key-down event handler like below:
public function customKeyHandler(e:KeyboardEvent):void { if (e.keyCode == flash.ui.Keyboard.F10 && e.shiftKey)
But this is not working as the F10 key in flash is reserved by the system and cannot be used in action script according to this [URL]
how to go about enabling context menu in Flash to be opened using keyboard (not mouse right click) ??
how to do that when you run the swf the Play button on the shortcut menu was always active
View 1 RepliesI have a Flash projector in CD. Besides having an autorun file, if I want to create a shortcut automatically for this projector when the CD is inserted, how do I do ?
View 2 RepliesDoes anyone know if there is an option to not create a shortcut to an AIR application after its installation?
Currently, all I have found is an option to choose the location of the application shortcut from within the start menu (in the application descriptor file, using the programMenuFolder option)