O'Reilly - ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook

• ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook
• Table of Contents
• 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
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