I would have expected, given the way Adobe seems to do things, that you could reference some of the non-ASCII keycodes using a static constant, for example KeyCode.UP_KEY. Am I dreaming? Or do you just assume 38 will be the up key in perpetuity..?
View 1 RepliesI've read that the enter keycode should be 13. However when using
trace(event.keyCode);
other keys will show up but the enter key does not. Could it be my computer or something? Using macbook pro keyboard.
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, entered);
function entered(event:KeyboardEvent):void {
trace(event.keyCode);
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i.e. I can't get this to trace "enter button" Also noticed no code traceable for Ctrl. alt Tab or Backpace
What is the most proper way to store "global" constants for a flash app:
a static data class
a dynamic data class
a dynamic data class via getter/setter
We have a project that has been built in Flash and as3. It is a video player of sorts that we want to fully customize. We have different images and color schemes that we want to be able to change very quickly. Right now we have config constants that we turn on and off for different schemes. And in the code there is a massive amount of different spots where the images and such are changed.When we create a new color scheme or whatever, we need to create a new config. Then we have to go through all of the code and put it in correctly.Basically any suggestions for how we can take the current flash project (maybe flex?) and make it customizable a lot quicker.
View 1 RepliesI have a class that holds some constants and will receive an object literal (associative array) with some data like this:
var ConfigObj:Config = new Config({
"Some" : 10,
"Other" : 3,
"Another" : 5
});
The class looks like this:
public dynamic class Config
{
static public const SomeProperty:String = "Some";[code].....
Flash UI Components have many different styles to set, which require passing a string name to the setter method.while this certainly is not challenging, the use of a constants class would be beneficial but i can't find one.is there no constants class available with all of the possible style settings?
View 1 RepliesIf I make multiple draw calls for various Program3D instances, is there a way that I can reset or nullify the constants if I'm no longer using them in the next following Program3D assignment?
Is it even necessary that I do something like this?
//Nullify 'vc0' in the vertex shader:
context3D.setProgramConstantsFromVector("vertex", 0, null);
Is there a way to compile SWC files in different targets (Debug vs. Release) similarly how you can compile a SWF file with the AS3 Conditional Compiler constants?
This link shows how SWF files can be compiled with predefined compiler constants:[URL]..
But I need to know how to achieve this with SWC files instead.
Note: I'm using FlashDevelop (Windows 7) to create the SWC (if that's any help to refine the answer).
I am trying to catch the alt keycode, when I press the alt key in keyboard.I can get all key codes, but alt key is not working.[code]...
View 1 RepliesUsing a static method in as3, I can get a charCode from a character in a string.
How can I get the keyCode from a character in a string? Do I need to run this function through javascript (if I can do this in Javascript...)
I'm creating a keypad which uses buttons to enter numbers into an input textfield.I can get the buttons to enter numbers into the field but can't figure out how it knows the code is correct.I've attached the fla to explain what I mean.Code used so far:
On button 1:
on (press)
{
[code].....
I have a function that needs to pass the "spacebar" keycode into an array. I'm not sure how to give the function a keycode that hasn't actually been pressed. It seems like there should be a way to do this, but I haven't been able to figure it out. Is there a way to give a keycode (which is interpreted as such, rather than as a number) to a function, without that key having been pressed?
View 5 RepliesThis line of code is generating codes for other keys but not the Enter Key trace("key code: : " + e.keyCode); It's like AS3 doesn't know there is such a key. The code should be 13 but on my system according to AS3 it doesn't exist. I'm usind CS4 is this a CS4 bug?
View 2 RepliesHow to get MacBook Pro Function Keycode in AS3.0. Then how to write the function+delete press event in MacBook Pro. the MacBook Pro Function Keycode and Delete Keycode.
View 2 RepliesIs there an easy way to convert keyCode to charCode?
Either this or a way to get the name of a key via it's keyCode and not it's charCode (I've made all of my movie use keyCodes so far, and I really don't want to have to convert it just to get the name of the key).I know there is a String.fromCharCode but this isn't what I need, I need one from keyCode.
I want to detect which keys are pressed while user input text into TextField.I tried something like
import flash.text.TextFormat;
import flash.text.TextField;
import flash.events.Event;
[code]...
but this doesn't work.
How come this code is not working:
PHP Code:
voca = new Object();
voca.onKeyDown = function( {
[code].....
Does anyone know the greatest possible value the "keyCode" property will return?I'm mostly worried about international keyboards.I'm wanting to release a few KeyboardEvents myself using some rather nifty code (if I may say so myself) and want to make sure there are no future conflicts.Each of my "special keys" have a unique id numbered sequentially. Is there anywhere I can start my numbering from where I can be safe from conflicting key codes?
View 3 RepliesI am trying to use the letter x to stop and play my movie, I got it to sucessfully stop but I am having trouble restarting it once it is stopped, [code]
View 3 RepliesHere's my code:
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Everything worked perfectly fine in CS5, then I converted it to CS4 and it won't move my guy around, or even trace anything, when I press the WASD keys. The arrow keys still work fine.
I thought all keyboards were alike other than maybe special Chinese and Japanese ones. I was guessing that, other than adding a few extra letters (such as Sweden's the keyboards would be identical... WRONG. find it extremely annoying typing since when I reach for a ", I get an when I want a closed curly bracket, I get ^. Swedish keyboards are not a programmer's best friend. It is quite frustrating, but that is another subject, and quite off topic.o doubt, since the key locations vary so drastically in some areas,How are "keyCode" and "charCode" values different if captured from other keyboards?How smart is Flash, and how much does the developer need to compensate for this?Is there any way to detect what type of keyboard the user is currently using?
View 1 RepliesI'm trying to catch Return key presses in a TLF textfield, but the code I'm using is not working:
Code:
function keyHandler(e:KeyboardEvent):void {
trace(e.keyCode == 13); // true/false
[code].....
I always assumed constants to be good, obedient variables that are only set once, and thereafter never change.They are reliable and... well... constant. However, the term "compile-time constant" seems to pop up quite a bit.Does this mean that rather than treat references to the constant as references to a variable, Flash goes in (at least for numbers, booleans, and strings) and during the compiling replaces all the references to the constant variable with those actual values? For instance, this line during "edit mode":
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClick);
during compile time, the Flash FIRST replaces it to this:
stage.addEventListener("click", onClick);
and AFTER that finishes the compiling into bytecode?
This method would be a little faster since it doesn't need to access the constant as a variable, but instead has the actual value, which is a fraction of a second saved, but it can add up in the long run.Is this what happens or am I way off? Why otherwise would there be the term "Compile-time constant", and what does that refer to?
The trace function in this file doesn't output all of the keycodes on my keyboard. Some letters generate a keycode and others don't. For instance, "u" outputs 85 but "i" outputs nothing.
Here's the trace function trace(event.keyCode);
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stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP,go);
function go(e:KeyboardEvent)
{
trace(1);
[code]......
is there a way to display the keycode for a KEY_DOWN command on the screen ? and im not talking about the keycode itself ( the num ), im talking about the symbol on the keyboard...lets say im pressing T on the keyboard, i want to see T on the screen and when im pressing P, same thing, i wanna see P.
View 3 RepliesJust wondering if there is a way to read class static constants from a SWF file server side. I have found things like getimagesize() but it doesn't have all these details. I guess that means I need a partial decompiler.Specifically, I have this class in my Flex project:
package
{
public class AppVersion
[code].......
How can I have a constant in a Flex application which I could apply at several places in a Flex CSS file? For example I may have a background color which is the same in several UI components and then I would like to have this color set in only one place and reused in all style clauses. Something like ...
public static const myColor = "#00FF00"...
component1 {
backgroundColor: myColor
}
component2 {
backgroundColor: myColor
}
Basically I want to call a const by a int. Here is the code I have so far...
public static const _100:String = "name=lion legs*type=legs";
public static const _101:String = "name=lion tail*type=tail";
public static const _200:String = "name=tiger legs*type=legs";
///more lines going down with the number on the far left being the main differentiating factor
public static function getByName(name:int):String {
[Code] .....
Is there a better way out there to call the constants by an outside int without having a switch function handle the logic?
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What is wrong with this code I get the error 1119: Access of possibly undefined property keyCode through a reference with static type flash.events:Event.