ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook By Joey Lott, Darron Schall, Keith Peters ............................................... Publisher: O'Reilly Pub Date: October 01, 2006 ISBN: 0-596-52695-4 Pages: 592

Table of Contents  | Index

		Preface
		Chapter 1.  ActionScript Basics
			Section 1.0.  Introduction
			Recipe 1.1.  Creating an ActionScript Project
			Recipe 1.2.  Customizing the Properties of an Application
			Recipe 1.3.  Where to Place ActionScript Code
			Recipe 1.4.  How to Trace a Message
			Recipe 1.5.  Handling Events
			Recipe 1.6.  Responding to Mouse and Key Events
			Recipe 1.7.  Using Mathematical Operators
			Recipe 1.8.  Checking Equality or Comparing Values
			Recipe 1.9.  Performing Actions Conditionally
			Recipe 1.10.  Performing Complex Conditional Testing
			Recipe 1.11.  Repeating an Operation Many Times
			Recipe 1.12.  Repeating a Task over Time
			Recipe 1.13.  Creating Reusable Code
			Recipe 1.14.  Generalizing a Method to Enhance Reusability
			Recipe 1.15.  Exiting a Method
			Recipe 1.16.  Obtaining the Result of a Method
			Recipe 1.17.  Handling Errors
		Chapter 2.  Custom Classes
			Section 2.0.  Introduction
			Recipe 2.1.  Creating a Custom Class
			Recipe 2.2.  Determining Where to Save a Class
			Recipe 2.3.  Creating Properties That Behave As Methods
			Recipe 2.4.  Creating Static Methods and Properties
			Recipe 2.5.  Creating Subclasses
			Recipe 2.6.  Implementing Subclass Versions of Superclass Methods
			Recipe 2.7.  Creating Constants
			Recipe 2.8.  Dispatching Events
		Chapter 3.  Runtime Environment
			Section 3.0.  Introduction
			Recipe 3.1.  Detecting the Player Version
			Recipe 3.2.  Detecting the Operating System
			Recipe 3.3.  Checking the Player Type
			Recipe 3.4.  Checking the System Language
			Recipe 3.5.  Detecting Display Settings
			Recipe 3.6.  Scaling the Movie
			Recipe 3.7.  Changing the Alignment
			Recipe 3.8.  Hiding the Flash Player's Menu Items
			Recipe 3.9.  Detecting the Device's Audio Capabilities
			Recipe 3.10.  Detecting the Device's Video Capabilities
			Recipe 3.11.  Prompting the User to Change Player Settings
			Recipe 3.12.  Dealing with System Security
		Chapter 4.  Numbers and Math
			Section 4.0.  Introduction
			Recipe 4.1.  Representing Numbers in Different Bases
			Recipe 4.2.  Converting Between Different Number Systems
			Recipe 4.3.  Rounding Numbers
			Recipe 4.4.  Inserting Leading or Trailing Zeros or Spaces
			Recipe 4.5.  Formatting Numbers for Display Without a Mask
			Recipe 4.6.  Formatting Currency Amounts
			Recipe 4.7.  Generating a Random Number
			Recipe 4.8.  Simulating a Coin Toss
			Recipe 4.9.  Simulating Dice
			Recipe 4.10.  Simulating Playing Cards
			Recipe 4.11.  Generating a Unique Number
			Recipe 4.12.  Converting Angle Measurements
			Recipe 4.13.  Calculating the Distance Between Two Points
			Recipe 4.14.  Determining Points Along a Circle
			Recipe 4.15.  Converting Between Units of Measurement
		Chapter 5.  Arrays
			Section 5.0.  Introduction
			Recipe 5.1.  Adding Elements to the Start or End of an Array
			Recipe 5.2.  Looping Through an Array
			Recipe 5.3.  Searching for Matching Elements in an Array
			Recipe 5.4.  Removing Elements
			Recipe 5.5.  Inserting Elements in the Middle of an Array
			Recipe 5.6.  Converting a String to an Array
			Recipe 5.7.  Converting an Array to a String
			Recipe 5.8.  Creating a Separate Copy of an Array
			Recipe 5.9.  Storing Complex or Multidimensional Data
			Recipe 5.10.  Sorting or Reversing an Array
			Recipe 5.11.  Implementing a Custom Sort
			Recipe 5.12.  Randomizing the Elements of an Array
			Recipe 5.13.  Getting the Minimum or Maximum Element
			Recipe 5.14.  Comparing Arrays
			Recipe 5.15.  Creating an Associative Array
			Recipe 5.16.  Reading Elements of an Associative Array
		Chapter 6.  Display List
			Section 6.0.  Introduction
			Recipe 6.1.  Adding an Item to the Display List
			Recipe 6.2.  Removing an Item from the Display List
			Recipe 6.3.  Moving Objects Forward and Backward
			Recipe 6.4.  Creating Custom Visual Classes
			Recipe 6.5.  Creating Simple Buttons
			Recipe 6.6.  Loading External Images at Runtime
			Recipe 6.7.  Loading and Interacting with External Movies
			Recipe 6.8.  Creating Mouse Interactions
			Recipe 6.9.  Dragging and Dropping Objects with the Mouse
		Chapter 7.  Drawing and Masking
			Section 7.0.  Introduction
			Recipe 7.1.  Setting a Line Style
			Recipe 7.2.  Setting Gradient Line Styles
			Recipe 7.3.  Drawing a Line
			Recipe 7.4.  Drawing a Curve
			Recipe 7.5.  Drawing an Arc
			Recipe 7.6.  Drawing a Rectangle
			Recipe 7.7.  Drawing a Circle
			Recipe 7.8.  Drawing an Ellipse
			Recipe 7.9.  Drawing a Triangle
			Recipe 7.10.  Drawing Regular Polygons
			Recipe 7.11.  Drawing a Star
			Recipe 7.12.  Filling a Shape with a Solid or Translucent Color
			Recipe 7.13.  Filling a Shape with a Gradient
			Recipe 7.14.  Filling a Shape with a Bitmap
			Recipe 7.15.  Scripting Masks
		Chapter 8.  Bitmaps
			Section 8.0.  Introduction
			Recipe 8.1.  Creating a BitmapData Object
			Recipe 8.2.  Adding a Bitmap to the Display List
			Recipe 8.3.  Drawing a Display Object to a Bitmap
			Recipe 8.4.  Loading an External Image into a Bitmap
			Recipe 8.5.  Manipulating Pixels
			Recipe 8.6.  Creating Rectangular Fills
			Recipe 8.7.  Creating a Flood Fill
			Recipe 8.8.  Copying Pixels
			Recipe 8.9.  Copying Channels
			Recipe 8.10.  Creating Noise
			Recipe 8.11.  Creating Perlin Noise
			Recipe 8.12.  Using Threshold
			Recipe 8.13.  Applying a Filter to a Bitmap
			Recipe 8.14.  Dissolving Between Two Bitmaps
			Recipe 8.15.  Scrolling a Bitmap
		Chapter 9.  Text
			Section 9.0.  Introduction
			Recipe 9.1.  Creating an Outline Around a Text Field
			Recipe 9.2.  Creating a Background for a Text Field
			Recipe 9.3.  Making a User Input Field
			Recipe 9.4.  Making a Password Input Field
			Recipe 9.5.  Filtering Text Input
			Recipe 9.6.  Setting a Field's Maximum Length
			Recipe 9.7.  Displaying Text
			Recipe 9.8.  Displaying HTML-Formatted Text
			Recipe 9.9.  Condensing Whitespace
			Recipe 9.10.  Sizing Text Fields to Fit Contents
			Recipe 9.11.  Scrolling Text Programmatically
			Recipe 9.12.  Responding to Scroll Events
			Recipe 9.13.  Formatting Text
			Recipe 9.14.  Formatting User-Input Text
			Recipe 9.15.  Formatting a Portion of Existing Text
			Recipe 9.16.  Setting a Text Field's Font
			Recipe 9.17.  Embedding Fonts
			Recipe 9.18.  Creating Text that Can Be Rotated
			Recipe 9.19.  Displaying Unicode Text
			Recipe 9.20.  Assigning Focus to a Text Field
			Recipe 9.21.  Selecting Text with ActionScript
			Recipe 9.22.  Setting the Insertion Point in a Text Field
			Recipe 9.23.  Responding When Text Is Selected or Deselected
			Recipe 9.24.  Responding to User Text Entry
			Recipe 9.25.  Adding a Hyperlink to Text
			Recipe 9.26.  Calling ActionScript from Hyperlinks
			Recipe 9.27.  Working with Advanced Text Layout
			Recipe 9.28.  Applying Advanced Anti-Aliasing
			Recipe 9.29.  Replacing Text
			Recipe 9.30.  Retrieving a List of System Fonts
		Chapter 10.  Filters and Transforms
			Section 10.0.  Introduction
			Recipe 10.1.  Applying Color Changes
			Recipe 10.2.  Applying Color Tints
			Recipe 10.3.  Resetting Color
			Recipe 10.4.  Shearing
			Recipe 10.5.  Applying Basic Filters
			Recipe 10.6.  Applying Advanced Filter Effects (Emboss, etc.)
			Recipe 10.7.  Embossing
			Recipe 10.8.  Detecting Edges
			Recipe 10.9.  Sharpening
			Recipe 10.10.  Making a Digital Negative
			Recipe 10.11.  Applying Grayscale
			Recipe 10.12.  Changing Saturation
			Recipe 10.13.  Changing Brightness
			Recipe 10.14.  Changing Contrast
		Chapter 11.  Programmatic Animation
			Section 11.0.  Introduction
			Recipe 11.1.  Moving an Object
			Recipe 11.2.  Moving an Object in a Specific Direction
			Recipe 11.3.  Easing
			Recipe 11.4.  Acceleration
			Recipe 11.5.  Springs
			Recipe 11.6.  Using Trigonometry
			Recipe 11.7.  Applying Animation Techniques to Other Properties
		Chapter 12.  Strings
			Section 12.0.  Introduction
			Recipe 12.1.  Joining Strings
			Recipe 12.2.  Using Quotes and Apostrophes in Strings
			Recipe 12.3.  Inserting Special Whitespace Characters
			Recipe 12.4.  Searching for a Substring
			Recipe 12.5.  Extracting a Substring
			Recipe 12.6.  Parsing a String into Words
			Recipe 12.7.  Removing and Replacing Characters and Words
			Recipe 12.8.  Retrieving One Character at a Time
			Recipe 12.9.  Converting Case
			Recipe 12.10.  Trimming Whitespace
			Recipe 12.11.  Reversing a String by Word or by Character
			Recipe 12.12.  Converting Between Strings and Unicode or ASCII
		Chapter 13.  Regular Expressions
			Section 13.0.  Introduction
			Recipe 13.1.  Understanding Regular Expression Patterns
			Recipe 13.2.  Testing Regular Expressions
			Recipe 13.3.  Looking for Pattern Matches
			Recipe 13.4.  Removing and Replacing Characters and Words Using Patterns
			Recipe 13.5.  Creating a Nongreedy Pattern
			Recipe 13.6.  Validating User Input with Common Patterns
		Chapter 14.  Dates and Times
			Section 14.0.  Introduction
			Recipe 14.1.  Finding the Current Date and Time
			Recipe 14.2.  Retrieving the Date Values
			Recipe 14.3.  Retrieving the Day or Month Name
			Recipe 14.4.  Formatting the Date and Time
			Recipe 14.5.  Formatting Seconds or Milliseconds as Minutes and Seconds
			Recipe 14.6.  Converting Between DMYHMSM and Epoch Milliseconds
			Recipe 14.7.  Using Timers
			Recipe 14.8.  Calculating Elapsed Time or Intervals Between Dates
			Recipe 14.9.  Parsing a Date from a String
		Chapter 15.  Programming Sound
			Section 15.0.  Introduction
			Recipe 15.1.  Creating a Sound Object and Loading a Sound
			Recipe 15.2.  Starting and Stopping a Sound
			Recipe 15.3.  Setting the Buffer for a Sound
			Recipe 15.4.  Offsetting the Start of a Sound
			Recipe 15.5.  Playing a Sound Multiple Times (Looping)
			Recipe 15.6.  Getting the Size of a Sound File
			Recipe 15.7.  Reading the ID3 Tag of a Sound File
			Recipe 15.8.  Find Out When a Sound Finishes Playing
			Recipe 15.9.  Tracking the Progress of a Playing Sound
			Recipe 15.10.  Pausing and Restarting a Sound
			Recipe 15.11.  Reading the Level of a Sound
			Recipe 15.12.  Stopping All Sounds
			Recipe 15.13.  Reading the Sound Spectrum
			Recipe 15.14.  Changing the Volume or Pan of a Sound
			Recipe 15.15.  Creating a Sound Application
		Chapter 16.  Video
			Section 16.0.  Introduction
			Recipe 16.1.  Loading and Playing Back Video
			Recipe 16.2.  Controlling Video Sound
			Recipe 16.3.  Reading Playback Time
			Recipe 16.4.  Reading Video Duration
			Recipe 16.5.  Controlling Playback Time
			Recipe 16.6.  Scaling Video
			Recipe 16.7.  Managing and Monitoring Buffering and Loading
			Recipe 16.8.  Listening for Cue Points
			Recipe 16.9.  Applying Filters to Video
			Recipe 16.10.  Pausing and Resuming Video
			Recipe 16.11.  Stopping Video
			Recipe 16.12.  Scrubbing Video
			Recipe 16.13.  Clearing the Video Display
			Recipe 16.14.  Determining User Bandwidth
		Chapter 17.  Storing Persistent Data
			Section 17.0.  Introduction
			Recipe 17.1.  Creating and Opening a Local Shared Object
			Recipe 17.2.  Writing Data to a Shared Object
			Recipe 17.3.  Saving a Local Shared Object
			Recipe 17.4.  Reading Data from a Shared Object
			Recipe 17.5.  Removing Data from a Shared Object
			Recipe 17.6.  Serializing Custom Classes
			Recipe 17.7.  Sharing Data Between Flash Applications
			Recipe 17.8.  Controlling the Size of Local Shared Objects
		Chapter 18.  Communicating with Other Movies
			Section 18.0.  Introduction
			Recipe 18.1.  Creating Local Connections
			Recipe 18.2.  Sending Data
			Recipe 18.3.  Validating Receipt of Communication over Local Connections
			Recipe 18.4.  Accepting Local Communications from Other Domains
		Chapter 19.  Sending and Loading Data
			Section 19.0.  Introduction
			Recipe 19.1.  Loading Variables from a Text File
			Recipe 19.2.  Loading Variables from a Server-Side Script
			Recipe 19.3.  Loading a Block of Text (Including HTML and XML)
			Recipe 19.4.  Checking Load Progress
			Recipe 19.5.  Accessing Data Being Downloaded
			Recipe 19.6.  Sending Data to a Server-Side Script
			Recipe 19.7.  Sending Variables and Handling a Returned Result
		Chapter 20.  XML
			Section 20.0.  Introduction
			Recipe 20.1.  Understanding XML Structure (Reading and Writing XML)
			Recipe 20.2.  Creating an XML Object
			Recipe 20.3.  Adding Elements to an XML Object
			Recipe 20.4.  Adding Text Nodes to an XML Object
			Recipe 20.5.  Adding Attributes to an XML Element
			Recipe 20.6.  Reading Elements in an XML Tree
			Recipe 20.7.  Finding Elements by Name
			Recipe 20.8.  Reading Text Nodes and Their Values
			Recipe 20.9.  Reading an Element's Attributes
			Recipe 20.10.  Removing Elements, Text Nodes, and Attributes
			Recipe 20.11.  Loading XML
			Recipe 20.12.  Loading XML from Different Domains
			Recipe 20.13.  Sending XML
			Recipe 20.14.  Searching XML
			Recipe 20.15.  Using HTML and Special Characters in XML
		Chapter 21.  Web Services and Flash Remoting
			Section 21.0.  Introduction
			Recipe 21.1.  Calling Web Services Methods
			Recipe 21.2.  Handling Web Services Responses
			Recipe 21.3.  Handling Web Services Errors
			Recipe 21.4.  Calling Flash Remoting Methods
			Recipe 21.5.  Handling Flash Remoting Responses
		Chapter 22.  Building Integrated Applications
			Section 22.0.  Introduction
			Recipe 22.1.  Calling JavaScript Functions
			Recipe 22.2.  Calling ActionScript Functions
			Recipe 22.3.  Passing Parameters from HTML
		Chapter 23.  File Management
			Section 23.0.  Introduction
			Recipe 23.1.  Downloading Files
			Recipe 23.2.  Detecting When a User Selects a File to Upload
			Recipe 23.3.  Monitoring Download Progress
			Recipe 23.4.  Browsing for Files
			Recipe 23.5.  Filtering Files That Display in the Browser Window
			Recipe 23.6.  Detecting When the User Has Selected a File to Upload
			Recipe 23.7.  Uploading Files
			Recipe 23.8.  Monitoring File Upload Progress
		Chapter 24.  Socket Programming
			Section 24.0.  Introduction
			Recipe 24.1.  Connecting to a Socket Server
			Recipe 24.2.  Sending Data
			Recipe 24.3.  Receiving Data
			Recipe 24.4.  Handshaking with a Socket Server
			Recipe 24.5.  Disconnecting from a Socket Server
			Recipe 24.6.  Handling Socket Errors
		Appendix A.  Unicode Escape Sequences for Latin 1 Characters
		Index