TransitionManager in Actionscript 3, Flash, AIR and Flex

import mx.transitions.*; import mx.transitions.easing.*; TransitionManager.start(some_mc, {type:Fade, direction:Transition.IN, duration:3, easing:Strong.easeOut}); Legenda: Blinds La classe Blinds mostra l’oggetto clip filmato mediante rettangoli che scompaiono o compaiono. Fade La classe Fade applica all’oggetto clip filmato una dissolvenza in entrata o in uscita. Fly La classe Fly fa comparire l’oggetto clip filmato facendolo scorrere da una direzione particolare. Iris [...]

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Actionscript 3 inline function call in addEventListener

_timer = new Timer(1000, 1); _timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, function(event:Event):void { // show the next panel showPanel(index++);});

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How to set icon to a Button in Adobe Flex 2 and 3

First of all create a images directory in your flex project folder, then add your icons to it. After that remember to set properly the icon attribute of your mx:Button element: <mx:Button icon=”@Embed(‘/images/youricon.png’)”    click=”makesomething()”    toolTip=”This button does…”/>

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Capture global keyboard events on Flex 2 and Actionscript 3

If you want to capture global keyboard events maybe you put this line of code in the constructor method of your actionscript 3 class: addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, onKeyDown); or this.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, onKeyDown); but maybe it doesn’t work? Simple! because you have to add the listener to the stage object giving focus to it… stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, onKeyDown);

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Torino Flash Festival 6 – 2007

The competition (registration is free) is intended for Italian and foreign artists and comprises two Theme-based Sections: Animations freed from the web, dedicated to vectorial Flash animations or graphic videos lasting not more than 5 minutes and on any subject, and 2007 interArt dedicated to interactive graphics and web sites: in previous editions, the aim [...]

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Flex Textarea – Create and Get a Selection

How to create a selection on a Textarea or TextInput: myTextArea.setSelection(fromIndex, toIndex); How to create a selection on a RichTextEditor: myRTE.textArea.setSelection(0, 10); How to get a selection from a TextArea or TextInput: var mySelectedTextRange:TextRange = new TextRange(myTextArea, true); How to get a selection from a RichTextEditor: public var mySelectedTextRange:TextRange = myRTE.selection;

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