Actionscript :: Flash Runtime Complexity Of The 'Sprite.contains'?
Jun 29, 2010As the title suggests, what is the runtime complexity (eg, big-O) of the Sprite.contains method?
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Actionscript 3.0 :: Sprite Instance Registration Point At Runtime?
Aug 30, 2009I've looked over many forums and pages to sadly learn that you can not reset/change the registration point of a movieclip dynamically. Though I am curious if or how I could go about assigning the registration point to a sprite instance I create at runtime. To give you a more concrete example of what I'm doing:
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Actionscript :: Generate Animated Sprite Sheets At Runtime From Vector?
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ActionScript 3.0 :: Remove Child Complexity?
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Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Canvas xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
implements="mx.controls.listClasses.IListItemRenderer"
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It's a really simple renderer that has an image and some text sitting next to it, or just the text if no image is in that item's data provider. There is also some basic rollover, rollout and click functionality...
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<mx:List
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package
{
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What the heck is going on? When I view the livedocs I see that DisplayObject has width and height listed as public properties. I have been able to instantiate a Sprite directly, and set the width and height after it's been instantiated, so I don't get it.
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PHP Code:
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at flash.display:isplayObjectContainer/removeChild()
at grid/ball_movement()// my function in enter frame event
The code I wrote in ENTER_FRAME is
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