Actionscript Cookbook

Solutions and Examples for Flash MX Developers

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Solutions and Examples for Flash MX Developers

By Joey Lott

Publisher: O'Reilly Media

Released: July 2003

Pages: 896

When you need to get the job done fast, you'll reach for this practical, nuts-n-bolts toolkit. Rather than focusing on ActionScript in the abstract, this Cookbook puts theory into practice with ready-made answers to common ActionScript problems. Flash MX developers can solve issues quickly, while learning practical techniques for resolving similar dilemmas in the future.

ActionScript has blossomed into a large and important language whose sheer volume of capabilities can be daunting. The ActionScript Cookbook breaks it all down into tasks that are relevant, practical, and insightful. Appealing to the budding coder as well as the experienced ActionScript jockeys, this book offers new perspectives and approaches to ActionScript development that will empower all developers.

This O'Reilly Cookbook complements ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition by providing quick solutions to common ActionScript problems. This book trades on our respected "Cookbook" approach, which provides a worked-out script for every problem addressed. You can use these "recipes" to solve an immediate problem, and then explore the issue further in The Definitive Guide when time permits.

The ActionScript Cookbook contains over 300 recipes on a myriad of topics. Here's a sampling of what you'll find:

Drawing shapes at runtime
Controlling movie clips programmatically
Accepting user input and manipulating text strings
Accessing audio and video via Flash Communications Server
Working with Flash Remoting to connect to back end databases
Using record sets with data grids
And, much, much more in over 20 recipe-laden chapters...

This Cookbook's logical progression from short recipes for small problems to longer, more complex scripts for thornier riddles allows developers to link modular ActionScript pieces together to create rock-solid solutions for Flash applications. If you prefer to see larger applications instead of atomic recipes, this Cookbook has a kicker -- seven full chapters of sample applications including:

Building a Flash Paint Application
Creating a Video/Chat Message Server Application
Creating an MP3 Jukebox
Creating a personalizable MyPage Application

The ActionScript Cookbook is for people who say, "I understand everything in theory, but I don't know where to start in practice." This book is all about practice.

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1. Chapter 1 ActionScript Basics
  1. Introduction
  2. Using Mathematical Operators
  3. Checking Equality or Comparing Values
  4. Performing Actions Conditionally
  5. Performing Complex Conditional Testing
  6. Repeating an Operation Many Times
  7. Performing an Action Once per Frame Update
  8. Repeating a Task at Timed Intervals
  9. Creating Reusable Code
  10. Generalizing a Function to Enhance Reusability
  11. Exiting a Function
  12. Obtaining the Result of a Function
  13. Avoiding Conflicting Variables
  14. Reusing and Organizing Code in Multiple Movies
2. Chapter 2 Runtime Environment
  1. Introduction
  2. Detecting the Player Version
  3. Detecting the Operating System
  4. Checking the System Language
  5. Detecting Display Settings
  6. Scaling the Movie
  7. Changing the Alignment
  8. Detecting the Device’s Audio Capabilities
  9. Prompting the User to Change Player Settings
  10. Hiding the Flash Player’s Menu Items
  11. Enhancing Standalone Projectors
  12. Setting the Dimensions of a Projector
  13. Specifying Where on Screen a Projector Opens
3. Chapter 3 Color
  1. Introduction
  2. Setting the Color of a Movie Clip
  3. Specifying RGB Values
  4. Decoding an RGB Value
  5. Setting the RGB Relative to Its Current Value
  6. Tinting a Movie Clip’s Color
  7. Setting a Movie Clip’s Transparency
  8. Transforming a Movie Clip’s Current Color
  9. Restoring a Movie Clip’s Original Color
  10. Controlling a Movie Clip’s Color with Sliders
4. Chapter 4 Drawing and Masking
  1. Introduction
  2. Drawing a Line
  3. Drawing a Curve
  4. Drawing a Rectangle
  5. Drawing a Rounded Rectangle
  6. Drawing a Circle
  7. Drawing an Ellipse
  8. Drawing a Triangle
  9. Drawing Regular Polygons
  10. Filling a Shape with a Solid or Translucent Color
  11. Filling a Shape with a Gradient
  12. Filling a Shape with a Complex Gradient
  13. Scripting Masks
5. Chapter 5 Numbers and Math
  1. Introduction
  2. Representing Numbers in Different Bases
  3. Converting Between Different Number Systems
  4. Rounding Numbers
  5. Inserting Leading or Trailing Zeros
  6. Formatting Numbers for Display
  7. Formatting Currency Amounts
  8. Generating a Random Number
  9. Simulating a Coin Flip
  10. Simulating Dice
  11. Simulating Playing Cards
  12. Generating a Unique Number
  13. Converting Angle Measurements
  14. Calculating the Distance Between Two Points
  15. Determining Points Along a Circle
  16. Converting Between Units of Measurement
  17. Calculating Asset Appreciation (Future Value)
  18. Calculating Retirement Savings
  19. Calculating the Loan (Mortgage) You Can Afford
  20. Calculating Loan Amortization or Annuities
6. Chapter 6 Arrays
  1. Introduction
  2. Adding Elements to the Start or End of an Array
  3. Looping Through an Array
  4. Searching for Matching Elements in an Array
  5. Removing Elements
  6. Inserting Elements in the Middle of an Array
  7. Converting a String to an Array
  8. Converting an Array to a String
  9. Creating a Separate Copy of an Array
  10. Storing Complex or Multidimensional Data
  11. Sorting or Reversing an Array
  12. Implementing a Custom Sort
  13. Creating an Associative Array
  14. Reading Elements of an Associative Array
7. Chapter 7 Movie Clips
  1. Introduction
  2. Referring to Movie Clips via ActionScript
  3. Targeting Movie Clips with Dynamic Names
  4. Affecting Playback
  5. Reversing Playback
  6. Using Movie Clips as Buttons
  7. Defining Hit Areas for Movie Clips
  8. Checking for Mouseover
  9. Performing Repeated Actions on Movie Clips
  10. Fading a Movie Clip
  11. Discovering Nested Movie Clips
  12. Getting Unique Depths
  13. Getting a Movie Clip’s Boundaries
  14. Creating a Draggable Movie Clip
  15. Creating a Custom Mouse Pointer
  16. Checking for Overlapping Movie Clips (Performing Hit Tests)
  17. Changing Stacking Order
  18. Converting Between Coordinate Spaces
  19. Duplicating Movie Clips
  20. Adding Movie Clips from the Library with ActionScript
8. Chapter 8 Text
  1. Introduction
  2. Referring to a Text Field via ActionScript
  3. Creating a Text Field
  4. Creating an Outline Around a Text Field
  5. Creating a Background for a Text Field
  6. Making a User Input Field
  7. Making a Password Input Field
  8. Filtering Text Input
  9. Restricting the Maximum Field Length
  10. Displaying Dynamic Text at Runtime
  11. Displaying HTML-Formatted Text
  12. Condensing Whitespace
  13. Sizing Text Fields to Fit Contents
  14. Scrolling Text with the ScrollBar Component
  15. Scrolling Text Programmatically
  16. Responding to Scroll Events
  17. Formatting Existing Text
  18. Formatting User-Input Text
  19. Formatting a Portion of a Text Field
  20. Setting a Text Field’s Font
  21. Embedding Fonts
  22. Creating Text That Can Be Rotated
  23. Displaying Unicode Text
  24. Assigning Focus to a Text Field
  25. Selecting Text with ActionScript
  26. Setting the Insertion Point in a Text Field
  27. Responding When Text Is Selected or Deselected
  28. Responding to User Text Entry
  29. Adding a Hyperlink to Text
9. Chapter 9 Strings
  1. Introduction
  2. Joining Strings
  3. Using Quotes and Apostrophes in Strings
  4. Inserting Special Whitespace Characters
  5. Searching for a Substring
  6. Extracting a Substring
  7. Matching Patterns with Regular Expressions
  8. Looking for a Pattern Match
  9. Parsing a String into Words
  10. Removing and Replacing Characters
  11. Processing One Character at a Time
  12. Converting Case
  13. Trimming Whitespace
  14. Reversing a String by Word or by Letter
  15. Converting Between Strings and Unicode or ASCII
10. Chapter 10 Dates and Times
  1. Introduction
  2. Finding the Current Date and Time
  3. Retrieving the Day or Month Name
  4. Formatting the Date and Time
  5. Formatting Milliseconds as Minutes and Seconds
  6. Converting Between DMYHMSM and Epoch Milliseconds
  7. Calculating Elapsed Time or Intervals Between Dates
  8. Parsing a Date from a String
  9. Creating Timers and Clocks
11. Chapter 11 Forms
  1. Introduction
  2. Adding UI Components at Runtime
  3. Positioning Form Elements
  4. Adding Menus to a Form
  5. Making Dependent Menus
  6. Resizing Menus to Fit Their Contents
  7. Detecting the Selected Menu Items
  8. Adding Radio Buttons to a Group
  9. Aligning Radio Buttons Automatically
  10. Getting the Selected Radio Button Value
  11. Adding Checkboxes to a Form
  12. Getting Checkbox Values
  13. Assembling an Advanced Form
  14. Submitting a Form
  15. Validating Form Input
  16. Alerting Users to Validation Errors
  17. Making a Multipage Form
  18. Submitting a Multipage Form
  19. Validating a Multipage Form
  20. Transmitting Data Securely
  21. Prepopulating a Form
  22. Customizing the Tab Order
  23. Using Tables to Arrange Form Elements
  24. Creating Auto-Complete Text Fields
  25. Customizing a Component’s Appearance
  26. Customizing All Components’ Appearances
12. Chapter 12 Objects and Custom Components
  1. Introduction
  2. Using Methods and Properties of Built-in Objects
  3. Creating an Instance of a Class
  4. Adding Properties to an Object Instance
  5. Adding Custom Methods to an Object Instance
  6. Creating a Custom Class
  7. Creating Smart Getter/Setter Properties
  8. Defining Read-Only Properties
  9. Creating Subclasses
  10. Implementing Subclass Versions of Superclass Methods
  11. Listening for Events
  12. Adding Listeners to Custom Classes
  13. Creating a Component That Subclasses MovieClip
  14. Program: Color Selector Component
13. Chapter 13 Programming Sound
  1. Introduction
  2. Creating an Object to Control Sound
  3. Attaching Sounds at Runtime
  4. Playing and Stopping a Sound
  5. Getting Playback Time
  6. Looping a Sound
  7. Setting In and Out Points
  8. Pausing and Resuming a Sound
  9. Performing Actions When a Sound Ends
  10. Queuing Sounds
  11. Adding Sounds to Buttons and UI Components
  12. Setting the Volume of a Sound
  13. Controlling the Panning of a Sound
  14. Creating Advanced Stereo Panning Effects
  15. Fading In a Sound
  16. Fading Out a Sound
  17. Program: A Sound Controller Component
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1. Chapter 14 FlashCom Server
  1. Introduction
  2. Creating a New FlashCom Application
  3. Connecting to the FlashCom Server
  4. Adding a Video Object at Runtime
  5. Capturing and Displaying Video from a Web Cam
  6. Capturing and Playing Audio from a Microphone
  7. Controlling FlashCom Audio
  8. Subscribing to Audio/Video Content
  9. Creating Playlists
  10. Recording and Publishing Video and Audio
  11. Publishing Live Content
  12. Pausing and Resuming a Net Stream
  13. Fast-Forwarding and Rewinding a Net Stream
  14. Seeking Relative to the Total Stream Length
  15. Implementing Server-Side ActionScript
  16. Tracking Clients Connected to the Application
  17. Invoking Server-Side Functions from the Client Movie
  18. Invoking Client-Side Functions from the Server
2. Chapter 15 Loading Assets
  1. Introduction
  2. Loading an External SWF
  3. Loading an External SWF from a Trusting Domain
  4. Loading an External JPEG Image
  5. Loading an External Image (All Formats)
  6. Loading an External MP3 Sound
  7. Loading Remote Content by Proxy
  8. Determining if an Asset Is Loaded
  9. Getting the Percentage of an Asset That Has Loaded
  10. Monitoring Load Progress Using a Progress Bar Component
  11. Monitoring Load Progress Without a Progress Bar Component
  12. Performing Actions When the Asset Is Loaded
  13. Hiding the Graphics and Text for a Progress Bar
3. Chapter 16 Storing Persistent Information
  1. Introduction
  2. Storing and Retrieving Locally Persistent Information
  3. Adding Data to a Client-Side Shared Object
  4. Reading Values from a Client-Side Shared Object
  5. Saving a Local Shared Object
  6. Sharing Information Between Movies Within the Same Domain
  7. Storing Persistent Data on the Server
  8. Saving Remote Shared Object Data
  9. Checking for Updates to Remote Shared Objects
  10. Reading Values from a Server-Side Shared Object
  11. Adding Data to a Server-Side Shared Object
4. Chapter 17 Communicating with Other Movies
  1. Introduction
  2. Communicating with Other Movieson the Same Computer
  3. Sending Data Using Local Connections
  4. Validating Receipt of Communication Over a Local Connection
  5. Accepting Communications from Other Domains
  6. Communicating Between Movies on Different Computers
  7. Broadcasting Data to Remote Shared Object Clients
5. Chapter 18 Sending and Loading Variables
  1. Introduction
  2. Loading Variables from a Text File
  3. Loading Variables from a Server-Side Script
  4. Checking Load Progress
  5. Sending Data to a Server-Side Script
  6. Sending Variables and Handling a Returned Result
6. Chapter 19 XML
  1. Introduction
  2. Understanding XML Structure (Reading and Writing XML)
  3. Creating an XML Object
  4. Adding Elements to an XML Object
  5. Adding Text Nodes to an XML Object
  6. Creating an XML Object from an Array
  7. Adding Attributes to an XML Element
  8. Reading Elements in an XML Tree
  9. Finding Elements by Name
  10. Reading Text Nodes and Their Values
  11. Reading an Element’s Attributes
  12. Loading XML
  13. Removing Extra Whitespace from XML Objects
  14. Sending XML
  15. Sending XML Data and Receiving a Response
  16. Searching XML
  17. Using XML Data to Initialize a Movie
7. Chapter 20 Flash Remoting
  1. Introduction
  2. Establishing a Connection via Flash Remoting
  3. Configuring Flash Remoting for ColdFusion
  4. Configuring Flash Remoting for .NET
  5. Configuring Flash Remoting for J2EE
  6. Configuring Flash Remoting for PHP or Perl
  7. Invoking a Remote Function on a Service
  8. Handling Flash Remoting Results
  9. Distinguishing Among Results from Multiple Calls to a Single Service
  10. Calling ASP.NET Functions from Flash
  11. Calling ColdFusion Functions from Flash
  12. Passing Named Parameters to ColdFusion Component Methods
  13. Passing Complex Parameters to ColdFusion Component Methods
  14. Calling Java or JSP Functions from Flash
  15. Transmitting Custom Datatypes to a Flash Remoting Back End
  16. Receiving Typed Objects with ColdFusion
  17. Receiving Typed Objects with ASP.NET
  18. Receiving Typed Objects with Java
  19. Returning Typed Objects from ColdFusion
  20. Returning Typed Objects from ASP.NET
  21. Returning Typed Objects from Java
  22. Writing Server-Side Functions in ActionScript
  23. Querying a Database with Server-Side ActionScript
  24. Making HTTP Requests with Server-Side ActionScript
  25. Consuming Web Services with Flash Remoting for .NET or ColdFusion
8. Chapter 21 Recordsets
  1. Introduction
  2. Creating Recordsets
  3. Reading Recordsets
  4. Filtering Recordsets
  5. Sorting Recordsets by a Single Column
  6. Populating Menu Components
  7. Using Recordsets with DataGrids
Applications
1. Chapter 22 Building a Flash Paint Application
  1. Planning the Application
  2. Building the Components
  3. Assembling the Flash Paint Application
  4. Using Flash Paint
2. Chapter 23 Creating a Simple Animation in Stages
  1. Stage One
  2. Stage Two
  3. Stage Three
  4. Stage Four
  5. Stage Five
  6. Conclusion
3. Chapter 24 Video Chat/Message Center
  1. Developing the Application Overview
  2. Creating the Server-Side Application
  3. Creating the Calling Client
  4. Creating the Administrator Client
  5. Putting It All Together
4. Chapter 25 Image Viewer/Slideshow
  1. Planning the Application Design
  2. Beginning the Application
  3. Creating the Components
  4. Putting Together the Application
  5. Wrapping It Up
5. Chapter 26 Creating an MP3 Jukebox
  1. Creating an Application Overview
  2. Developing the MP3 Selectors
  3. Developing the Jukebox Application
  4. Wrapping It Up
6. Chapter 27 A Personalized My Page Application
  1. Formulating the Application Overview
  2. Creating the Framework
  3. Creating Service Modules
  4. Putting It All Together
  5. Extending the Framework
  6. Wrapping It Up
7. Chapter 28 A Scheduler Program
  1. Designing the Application Structure
  2. Making the Components
  3. Putting the Application Together
  4. Making the Scheduler Application Available Online
  5. Using LoadVars and XML
  6. Wrapping It Up

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This is from a designer-type.

Going from print to the web, Flash5 was easy for me to pick up. After a break of doing no Flash and coming back to it with Flash6 out for a few months, I was frustrated, uptight and bought every Flash6 book I could find by trusted authors in order to catch up, while at the same time trying to get a big flash site done for a client.

Nothing helped. I kept getting more and more frustrated. Everytime I saw the words "call-backs", "this", "method" or "object", I would get knots in my stomach.

Actionscript Cookbook not only helped me get the website done, but his Actionscript Cookbook finally got me to understand Flash6 concepts. Flash5-free at last, no more knots in my stomach. I can now read and understand all the other books I bought! Now that Flash7 is out, I'll be buying every title that comes out by Joey Lott. He is the consummate teacher, and includes explains what you need to know, and why you need to know it, in concise, easy-to-understand verbiage.

In my opinion, Joey's Actionscript Cookbook and Colin Moock's Actionscript, the Definitive Guide, and are the best values out there for Flash6.

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Like most O'Reilly classics, ActionScript Cookbook is great for learning and mastering Actionscipt for Flash MX along with C. Moock's ASDG. Joey Lott also has a website with lessons on OOP. Excellent!

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Joey Lott's Actionscript Cookbook is a great desktop reference. The cookbook format allows me to solve problems quickly without having to wade through excessive details. I'm primarily a ColdFusion programmer that is learning Actionscript and Flash, so the concise, real-world examples and solutions have really helped me be more productive.

9/30/2003

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This is a remarkable book in that before I picked it up I knew a bunch of Flash and ActionScript theory and had nearly no clue about how to create a Flash movie. And now I feel right at home creating a complicated dynamic Flash MX 2004 movie. Too bad that Flash MX 2004 introduced ActionScript 2.0 which is not covered in this book.

Still most of the ideas in the book remain valid: ideas such as the use of class libraries, the dominance of movie clip objects and the use of custom components.

I highly recommend this book!

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This is really a good book, its compliments to ASDG by Colin Moock.

I am really inspired by the problems are solved in this book. A must be for Flash Developers.

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For a technical cookbook, this book is a pleasure to read and easily qualifies as best in its genre. It is published as Flash MX is being replaced with its 2004 version, but it should be a good reference for a long time, at least until another edition updates it to Flash MX 2004. Its 28 chapters are well organized with clear titles and well defined sections, a big help when one is looking for the right recipe to an every day coding problem. Joey Lott is a teacher of ActionScript, among other subjects, and that experience comes through in his lucid writing and straight forward examples. I will always keep this handy on my desk to refer to when the need arises.

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I received this book 2 weeks ago and have not put it down. The author did a phenomenal job breaking down problems and could not have been any clearer on his solutions to the problem. This is not a how to book, rather it is the friend you're looking for at 3am when nobody else is awake. I have yet to run across something that I couldn't find the answer to in the AS Cookbook! I highly recommend this book to any Flash/ActionScript developer. Thumbs up to Joey Lott & O'Reilly.

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This Book is a great learning tool and a huge time saver. I've been using Macromedia Flash since Flash 3 and this book has given me the most useful examples that I've seen.

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I've bought about 10 oreilly titles and I've read many more on Safari. Of these titles, the Cookbooks are the most useful and fun to get the job done.

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Chapter 1 ActionScript Basics

Chapter 2 Runtime Environment

Chapter 3 Color

Chapter 4 Drawing and Masking

Chapter 5 Numbers and Math

Chapter 6 Arrays

Chapter 7 Movie Clips

Chapter 8 Text

Chapter 9 Strings

Chapter 10 Dates and Times

Chapter 11 Forms

Chapter 12 Objects and Custom Components

Chapter 13 Programming Sound

Remote Recipes

Chapter 14 FlashCom Server

Chapter 15 Loading Assets

Chapter 16 Storing Persistent Information

Chapter 17 Communicating with Other Movies

Chapter 18 Sending and Loading Variables

Chapter 19 XML

Chapter 20 Flash Remoting

Chapter 21 Recordsets

Applications

Chapter 22 Building a Flash Paint Application

Chapter 23 Creating a Simple Animation in Stages

Chapter 24 Video Chat/Message Center

Chapter 25 Image Viewer/Slideshow

Chapter 26 Creating an MP3 Jukebox

Chapter 27 A Personalized My Page Application

Chapter 28 A Scheduler Program

Appendix Unicode Escape Sequences for Latin 1 Characters

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