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Allowing users to use the keyboard as well as the mouse is a great way to incite interaction with your flash. This tutorial will show how to code it and what you can do with some keyboard events. This changed with actionscript 3, note this tutorial is AS3. altKey (Boolean) Indicates whether the Alt key is active (true) or inactive (false). charCode (uint) Contains the character code value of the key pressed or released. ctrlKey (Boolean) Indicates whether the Control key is active (true) or inactive (false). keyCode (uint) The key code value of the key pressed or released. KeyboardEvent keyLocation (uint) Indicates the location of the key on the keyboard. KeyboardEvent shiftKey (Boolean) Indicates whether the Shift key modifier is active (true) or inactive (false).

I’ve put together this flash to show how to set a movieclip to a certain color, I’ve had to do this at runtime and had to go by different values such as a hex number, rgb values and have even wanted to just set a random color, so this example does them all! It’s even nice for translating a Hexadecimal color into RGB color. Flash uses a Transform object to control certain properties of movie clips. To set color we need to use a Transform object as well as a ColorTransform object. ColorTransform objets are used to, you guessed it, tell the Transform object what color we want to set our clip to. It was a little unintuitive for me to learn, but now it makes sense, or at least enough sense to use.

A specific use of drag and drop which is a bit more complicated than your average drag & drop needs is a slider. You can use components, but I usually prefer using my own graphics and code, partly because the components tend to bloat the filesize of the swf and partly because that’s just how I am, I like to make it myself.

Often we need to have different parts of a website talk to each other. This can get tricky when we are using multiple technologies and need the communication in real-time. Going from flash to html is done through javascript on the browser side and in actionscript we use something called ExternalInterface. The ExternalInterface class is an application programming interface that enables straightforward communication between ActionScript and the SWF container– for example, an HTML page with JavaScript or a desktop application that uses Flash Player to display a SWF file. We can send things form actionscript to javascript as well as from the html and javascript into flash and actionscript.

This tutorial details how to implement the AS3 Hand Cursor. The AS3 Hand Cursor is a graphic used to show the user that they are hovering their mouse above a graphic in flash that is clickable. The AS3 Cursor is essential for user experience.

It’s very useful to work with external files and load them in Flash, using a preloader for example or adding some nice effects. Let’s see how to manipulate a loaded image with BitmapData in AS3 using few lines of code.

In this tutorial I’m gonna show you how to create your own Yahoo Weather App in Flash, using AS 3.0 and Adobe Flash.

Learn how to work with ClassPaths and Packages in Adobe Flash Cs5

Printing something in Flash isn’t really rocket science, but there are a couple of details that will make your job easier as well as improve the quality of the end result. Today you will learn how to print movieclips using PrintJob in AS3 and Adobe Flash.

This is a basic tutorial, that will match your creativity using OOP to scroll anything in Flash.

AS3 Button Tutorial covering the creation of an AS3 Button purely from actionscript 3 code. Covers drawing the graphic using actionscript, setting the user experience of a button and firing an event from the AS3 Button.

The AS3 Switch Case compares a value against a number of other values, executing code dependent on the matching value. The AS3 Switch Case can be used with Flash, Flex, or AIR as all of these are programmed with Actionscript 3.

Have you ever wondered how you could create a file browser in Flash? Well, if yes, or you are just eager to learn new stuff including working with Flash and PHP , then this tutorial is just what you need. We won’t just be creating a File browser, we’ll be building an entire custom UI. Additionally, we’ll be writing several classes, such as code for selecting multiple files and detailed explanation for creating a flexible dialog box class that can be used in other projects.

Have you ever wondered how you could create a file browser in Flash? Well, if yes, or you are just eager to learn new stuff including working with Flash and PHP , then this tutorial is just what you need. We won’t just be creating a File browser, we’ll be building an entire custom UI. Additionally, we’ll be writing several classes, such as code for selecting multiple files and detailed explanation for creating a flexible dialog box class that can be used in other projects.

A Flash / ActionScript class that you can use it to add text into a text field with buttons and a Scroll bar, in your Flash presentation. The text can be loaded from an external file or added directly in the script.

Collect as many stars as you can before the bomb explodes Bomb Roller is an optimized game for mobile devices. Control bomb by using accelerometer of the device. Bomb Roller supports multiple devices, This game automatically changes its controls according to the presence of accelerometer in the device. It has two control modes Mouse and Accelerometer. If the device does not have accelerometer in it then the game switches controls to mouse. Bomb Roller is optimized for low processor speed and memory consumption which makes it suitable for many mobile devices. The game can easily be ported to many platforms like android etc.

In my attempt to dynamically create musical instrument sounds in Flash, I have created this wave player. The idea was to draw out waves manually, to get an idea of what they sounded like. It's somewhat processor heavy.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a simple biker animation in Flash CS5 with a snowfall effect in the background. This tutorial will teach how to create frames, keyframes, blank frames & motion tweens. You will also learn how to use the deco tool to create a simple snow fall effect.

Table Enigne for easy making of data forms, data view, grids and tables in easy use like Tables in HTML that can contains any type of Flash DisplayObject. Written in ActionScript 3.

GChat Flash Window Component is designed to be used straight away in any Flash project which requires a fully featured window. Once dragged and dropped onto a stage, it is ready to go straight away.