Dedication
by Rich Shupe, Darren Richardson, David Stiller, Jen deHaan
The ActionScript 3.0 Quick Reference Guide
- Dedication
- A Note Regarding Supplemental Files
- Foreword
- Preface
- I. ActionScript 3.0 Introduced
- 1. Introducing ActionScript 3.0
- 2. Discovering What You Need to Work with ActionScript 3.0
- 3. Looking at the Changes in ActionScript 3.0
- 4. Exploring the Benefits of Using ActionScript 3.0
- II. ActionScript and the Flash CS4 Authoring Tool
- 5. Creating and Working with Code
- 6. Creating a Document Class
- 7. Working with Library and Linkage Changes
- 8. Copying Motion as ActionScript 3.0
- 9. Using ActionScript 3.0 Components
- 10. Making Up for a Reduced Component Set
- 11. Debugging and Troubleshooting
- Debugging Is a Good Thing
- Testing Your ActionScript 3.0 Code
- Reviewing Improvements in Debugging Over ActionScript 2.0
- Exploring the Compiler Errors Panel
- Using the Compile Errors Panel to Open Code
- Interpreting and Understanding Errors
- Identifying Common Errors and What They Mean
- Be careful where you type your code
- Remember to omit property underscores
- Referencing movie clip’s parent requires explicit conversion (casting)
- Variables can be declared only once per timeline or class
- Undeclared timeline variables cannot be referenced
- Properties and methods cannot be referenced from a null reference
- Troubleshooting
- Using the Enhanced Debugging Workspace
- III. How Do I?
- 12. How Do I Draw with Code?
- 12.0 Introduction
- 12.1 Creating a Display Object Dynamically
- 12.2 Referencing an Object’s Graphics Property
- 12.3 Defining a Line Style
- 12.4 Drawing a Line
- 12.5 Drawing a Curve
- 12.6 Defining a Fill Style
- 12.7 Drawing a Rectangle
- 12.8 Drawing a Rectangle with Rounded Corners
- 12.9 Drawing a Circle
- 12.10 Creating a Gradient Fill
- 12.11 Using a Drawn Shape as a Dynamic Mask
- 12.12 Caching Vector as Bitmap
- 12.13 Applying a Simple Bitmap Filter
- 13. How Do I Work with the Display List?
- 13.0 Introduction
- 13.1 Choosing Which Type of Display Object to Use
- 13.2 Creating a New Display Object
- 13.3 Adding a Display Object to the Display List
- 13.4 Specifying the Depth of a Display Object
- 13.5 Finding a Display Object
- 13.6 Removing a Display Object from the Display List
- 13.7 Working with Children of a Display Object Container
- 13.8 Working with Parents of a Display Object
- 13.9 Casting a Display Object from One Type to Another
- 13.10 Changing the Parent of a Display Object
- 13.11 Referencing the Stage Through a Display Object
- 14. How Do I Work with Events?
- 14.0 Introduction
- 14.1 Understanding Event Listeners
- 14.2 Capturing Mouse Events
- 14.3 Understanding Event Flow
- 14.4 Using Event Bubbling
- 14.5 Using the target and currentTarget Event Properties
- 14.6 Simulating a Mouse Up Outside Event
- 14.7 Capturing Frame Events
- 14.8 Improving Performance by Removing Event Listeners
- 14.9 Capturing Keyboard Events
- 14.10 Capturing Stage Events
- 14.11 Using a Timer to Dispatch Events
- 14.12 Dispatching Your Own Events
- 14.13 Manually Calling Event Listener Functions
- 14.14 Capturing an Event Before It Reaches Its Target
- 14.15 Setting the Execution Order of Events
- 14.16 Using Weak Listeners
- 15. How Do I Work with Text?
- 15.0 Introduction
- 15.1 Creating a Text Field
- 15.2 Styling a Text Field
- 15.3 Creating a Password Field
- 15.4 Focusing a Text Field
- 15.5 Populating a Text Field
- 15.6 Automatically Sizing a Text Field
- 15.7 Scrolling a Text Field
- 15.8 Using Embedded Fonts
- 15.9 Formatting Text Using TextFormat
- 15.10 Formatting Text Using HTML
- 15.11 Formatting Text Using CSS
- 15.12 Adding Hyperlinks to Text
- 15.13 Triggering ActionScript from HTML Links
- 15.14 Selecting Text
- 16. How Do I Work with XML?
- 16.0 Introduction
- 16.1 Creating an XML Object
- 16.2 Loading XML
- 16.3 Reading an Element Node
- 16.4 Reading a Text Node
- 16.5 Working with Multiple Nodes of the Same Name
- 16.6 Reading an Attribute
- 16.7 Finding Content Using Shorthand
- 16.8 Finding Content Using Conditionals
- 16.9 Reading HTML or Entities in XML Nodes
- 16.10 Deleting XML
- 16.11 Writing XML
- 16.12 Writing XML with Variables
- 16.13 Sending and Loading XML
- 17. How Do I Work with External Assets?
- 17.0 Introduction
- 17.1 Loading and Applying a Cascading Style Sheet
- 17.2 Loading and Displaying an Image or SWF File
- 17.3 Communicating with an ActionScript 3.0 Loaded SWF
- 17.4 Communicating with an ActionScript 2.0 Loaded SWF
- 17.5 Unloading an Image or SWF File
- 17.6 Loading and Playing a Sound
- 17.7 Setting the Volume and Pan of a Sound
- 17.8 Visualizing the Amplitude of a Sound
- 17.9 Unloading a Sound
- 17.10 Loading and Playing a Video
- 17.11 Unloading a Video
- 12. How Do I Draw with Code?
- IV. Migration
- 18. A Sample Migration
- 19. Where Did It Go?
- Introduction
- Code Comparisons
- Language Fundamentals
- Display
- Accessing the Stage
- Accessing a parent
- Creating an empty movie clip
- Adding a library movie clip to the stage
- Duplicating a movie clip
- Creating a bitmap
- Adding a library bitmap to the stage
- Checking the level of a display object
- Getting the highest unused depth
- Swapping display object depths
- Accessing a display object by name
- Removing a display object
- Using the drawing API
- Checking for display object collisions
- Assigning a mask to movie clip
- Events
- Text
- Sound
- Loading and playing an external sound
- Playing an internal sound from the library
- Stopping a sound
- Getting or setting a sound’s volume or pan
- Getting a sound’s duration
- Getting a sound’s current time
- Getting a loaded sound’s bytes loaded or total bytes
- Stopping all sounds
- Setting the buffer time of loaded sounds
- Network
- Miscellaneous
Dedication
To Scott Joplin, for doing his thing like nobody’s business, then sharing it.
-- David Stiller
To Jodi, Sally, and Claire for putting up with so much.
-- Rich Shupe
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