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(ActionScript) actionscript - cuepoint listener for FLV video in flash

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:01:16 GMT

basic structure of the actionscript function to listen for cuepoints embedded in a piece of FLV [flash video]. note: cuepoints need to have been embedded when the video was converted from its original format to FLV - prior to importing it into flash

(ActionScript) actionscript - trace actions to get info about cuepoints in FLV video

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:55:37 GMT

this is a handy snippet to trace the info about any cuepoints actionscript encounters, embedded in a FLV [flash video]. these traces will display the name, type and time of the cuepoint - in a nicely formatted list

(ActionScript) actionscript3 - seek to cuepoint in FLV flash video clip

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:08:34 GMT

send an FLV clip to a designated embedded cuepoint. the cuepoint must be of the type 'navigation' and must have previously been embedded when the video was converted to FLV format. in this example, the FLV video is called "vid" and it lives inside a movieclip called "videoholderMC". if you're going to have multiple videoclips on the stage,it makes sense to put each one inside a movieclip, so you can talk to it with actionscript

(ActionScript 3) actionscript3 - show and hide a movieclip

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:39:31 GMT

how to show or hide a movieclip, using either the "visible" or "alpha" properties. the movieclip needs to have an instance name. in these examples it is called "stupidmovieclip". quite similar to actionscript, except that we dinnae use underscores with the property names any more. so "\_alpha" becomes "alpha" and "\_visible" becomes "visible"

(ActionScript) actionscript - show and hide a movieclip

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:38:35 GMT

how to show or hide a movieclip, using either the "\_visible" or "\_alpha" properties. the movieclip needs to have an instance name. in these examples it is called "stupidmovieclip"

(ActionScript) actionscript3 - targetting 'root' or 'parent' timelines

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:18:16 GMT

how to target the 'root' or 'parent' timelines from within a movieclip. the old actionscript method of using [for example] "\_root.gotoAndPlay("intro");" or "\_parent.gotoAndStop(3);" no longer works in actionscript3.

(ActionScript 3) actionscript 3 - button action [listen for multiple events. eg. MOUSE_OVER, MOUSE_OUT, MOUSE_UP]

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:44:00 GMT

actionscript3 version of a more complex button action, which responds to rollover, rollout and clicking. this method uses one single 'buttonstuff' function with a 'switch' inside which causes the function to respond differently, depending on what the user action on the button was. i think this is a neater way to do it than to have each individual 'addEventListener' trigger a separate function. in actionscript3, button actions can no longer be attached to the buttons themselves or called from the main timeline. you need to put an 'addEventListener' in the timeline to 'listen' for interaction with the button and then call an appropriate function to deal with that action. the button needs to have an instance name. in this case it is called 'stupidbutton'

(ActionScript) actionscript 3 - button action [listen for a single event. eg. MOUSE_UP]

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:27:12 GMT

actionscript3 version of the basic button action. in actionscript3, button actions can no longer be attached to the buttons themselves or called from the main timeline. you need to put an 'addEventListener' in the timeline to 'listen' for interaction with the button and then call an appropriate function to deal with that action. the button needs to have an instance name. in this case it is called 'stupidbutton'

(ActionScript) actionscript - button action [to attach to the timeline]

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:49:23 GMT

basic actionscript button action that should be attached directly to a frame on the timeline - NOT to the button itself. this is a slightly more complex version of the 'standard' button action which attaches directly to the button itself. this version has the advantage of allowing you to keep all your actionscript code together in one place on the timeline, rather than having it scattered across all the various elements in your movie. for this to work, your button must have an instance name. in the code here, my button instance name is "stupidbutton". this action will NOT work in actionscript 3, which uses "addEventListener" to respond to button events. make sure you're attaching this action to the timeline and not directly to the button. the actions window should say "actions - frame" when you open it. if it says "actions - button" you're trying to attach this action to the button itself and flash will blow a fuse!

(ActionScript) actionscript - button action [to attach directly to button]

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:45:59 GMT

basic actionscript button action that can be attached directly to a button on the stage. this will NOT work in actionscript 3, which does not allow actionscript to be attached directly onto buttons. make sure you're attaching this action to a button and not to a keyframe on the timeline. the actions window should say "actions - button" when you open it. if it says "actions - frame" you're trying to attach this action to the timeline and flash will blow a fuse!

(ActionScript) actionscript - load in XML [with attached stylesheet info]

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:44:55 GMT

load in XML and style the text via CSS

(ActionScript) actionscript - date object

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:39:50 GMT

actionscript date object and some date calculations

(ActionScript) actionscript - paypal button in flash

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:34:29 GMT

code to implement a paypal button in flash

(ActionScript) actionscript - sorting [with an external javascript]

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:29:05 GMT

an external javascript sort function, which you can import into flash to help sort arrays of objects. include the script thus: #include "objSort.js"

(ActionScript 3) actionscript3 - trace actions to get info about cuepoints in FLV video

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 06:47:17 GMT

(ActionScript) actionscript switch statement

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 06:26:07 GMT

shows the basic structure of a switch statement. switches are useful when you want to respond to a series of possible values that a variable might have, without having to write a shitload of "if(blah blah){do blah}" code which, as we know soon ends up as curly bracket spaghetti!

(ActionScript 3) import necessary actionscript to work with FLV & metadata [ie. cuepoints]

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 06:07:56 GMT

this code loads in the necessary actionscript classes for dealing with FLV [flash video] and metadata [in this case cuepoints]. this needs to be loaded right at the beginning of your code, so flash knows how to handle cuepoints embedded in FLV [flash video] files.

(ActionScript 3) actionscript cuepoint listener for FLV video in flash

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 05:59:41 GMT