Suppose we need to convert 14 – 100 as 0% – 100%

X may be any input from 14 to 100, and the calculation is

((X – 14)/(100 – 14)) * 100

This might be usefull in scrollBar calculations or when we want to restrict size of Image and so on.

Here some of the free preloader animations created by me this morning.

Idea of preloader is indicating the user that some assets are being loaded, and making them to wait.
But we should keep in mind that the user may lost their patience, so keeping the Flash assets filesize minimal is much important while making Flash websites or Flash applications.

Difficulty:
Beginners – intermediate

Version:
AS2 and AS3

Here we are going to see how to use mailto function in AS2 and AS3.

Actionscript2.0

Step1:

Open New Flash Document (File > New) from menu or (CTRL + N) shortcut

key.Select Flash File (Actionscript2.0)

Step2:

select the first keyframe on the layer1.

Step3:

Press F9 (Function key) or open the Actions Panel under the Windows menu.

Step4:

Paste the below code

getURL("mailto:designscripting@gmail.com?subject=Test Message&body=Site link: http://www.designscripting.com");

Step5:

Save your work and CTRL + ENTER to run the flash

You will see default mailing service with the mail address, subject and body

content.

Actionscript3.0

Step1:

Open New Flash Document (File > New) from menu or (CTRL + N) shortcut key.

Select Flash File (Actionscript3.0)

Step2:

select the first keyframe on the layer1.

Step3:

Press F9 (Function key) or open the Actions Panel under the Windows menu.

Step4:

Paste the below code

var email_str:String = "mailto:designscripting@gmail.com?subject=Test Message&body=Site link: http://www.designscripting.com";
var _request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(email_str);
navigateToURL(_request, "_blank");

Step5:

Save your work and CTRL + ENTER to run the flash

You will see default mailing service with the mail address, subject and body content.

Thats it we are one click away to send email… from Flash actionscript

Cheers

HexoSearch – The world’s first search engine dedicated for actionscript.

HexoSearch is aiming to provide the best actionscript search experience which we believe is to offer a best solution for any specific topic.

To achieve that, actionscript developers are able to vote for the link that they find useful. Given enough time, links that provide useful information will be pushed up to save everybody’s time.

Actionscript 2.0

var one:Number = 1;
var two:String = "two"
trace([one, two]);

Actionscript 3.0

var one:Number = 1;
var two:String = "two"
trace(one, two);

one difference is that no need to use square brackets in AS3.0

I serached internet and got this Class GUID.

It has one drawback that it always create GUID of length 40. So i made some change to generate GUID of specified length.

Version of Actionscript:
Actionscript 2.0

Here is the usage of the Class GUID

trace(GUID.create(40))

Note:
Make sure that GUID resides in the same folder.

Here you can have look t previous version

Nothing complicated from the previous version… just need to update the swf and xml

in xml

image url=”Images/image1.jpg” gotoURL=”http://www.designscripting.com” target=”_blank”

gotoURL = webpage to be opened on clicking

target = _blank | _self

_blank opens the link in new page;

_self opens the link in same page.

Next in slideshow is Fader Classes in AS3 with that its possible to Fade back to back images, wait till preloading, load animated swf files in slideshow, fade textfield without embeding fonts…

So its advisable to delete items alone. When passing the array references accross several Class.

var Num_arr:Array = new Array();
Num_arr.push(1)
Num_arr.push(6)
Num_arr.push(2)
Num_arr.push(4)
Num_arr.push(9)
trace("--"+Num_arr+"--")
arr.splice(0,Num_arr.length)
trace("--"+Num_arr+"--")

Happy coding

There are some easy ways to check the player installed..

Follow the link and check the version

• kb.adobe.com
• duber.com
• playerversion.com

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Dont have Adobe Flash Player….

Install Adobe Flash Player

Conditional Operator:
Using conditional operator is similar to if else statement.

Example:

var test_boolean : Boolean = true
if(test_boolean)
trace("I am True");
else
trace("I am False");
//output:I am True

Same Logic using the conditional operator

var test_boolean : Boolean = true
test_boolean == true ? trace("I am True") : trace("I am False");
//output:I am True

setTimeout:
setTimeOut() method is an undocumented feature of flash8. This method is very useful when we need to call a function after specified duration of time. But not more than once.
Simple usage:

setTimeout(sayHello, 1000);
function sayHello() {
  trace("Hello, welcome here!");
}

Passing argument:

And incase we need to pass some argument then

setTimeout(sayHello, 1000,"Hello, welcome here!");
function sayHello( arg:String ) {
  trace(arg);
}

Output SWF File

Slideshow Code:

import mx.transitions.Tween;
import mx.transitions.easing.*;
import mx.xpath.XPathAPI;
var delay:Number;
var animationDuration:Number;
var current_num:Number = 0;
var first_num:Number = 0;
var image_holder:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip("image_holder", this.getNextHighestDepth());
var mcl_lis:Object = new Object();
var mcl:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
mcl.addListener(mcl_lis);
var xml:XML = new XML();
xml.ignoreWhite = true;
xml.onLoad = function( isLoaded:Boolean )
{
  if( isLoaded )
  {
    data_arr = XPathAPI.selectNodeList(this.firstChild,"Slideshow/images/image");
    delay = parseInt(XPathAPI.selectSingleNode(this.firstChild,"Slideshow/settings/delay").firstChild);
    animationDuration = parseInt(XPathAPI.selectSingleNode(this.firstChild,"Slideshow/settings/animationDuration").firstChild);
    //optional code to check delay and animationDuration values
    (delay == undefined || delay == null) ? delay = 5000: delay<1000? delay =1000:true;
    (animationDuration == undefined || animationDuration == null) ? animationDuration = .8: animationDuration<.3? animationDuration =.8:true;
    load_image();
  }else
  {
    trace("XML Load error");
  }
}
xml.load("XML/data.xml")

function load_image()
{
  mcl.loadClip(data_arr[current_num].attributes.url, image_holder);
  (current_num>=data_arr.length-1) ? current_num = first_num:current_num++;
}

mcl_lis.onLoadInit = function(target_mc:MovieClip) {
  var obj:Tween = new Tween(target_mc, "_alpha", Normal.easeIn, 0, 100, .5, true);
    setTimeout(function(){
                var obj:Tween = new Tween(target_mc, "_alpha", Normal.easeIn, 100, 0, .5, true);
                  obj.onMotionFinished = function() {load_image();};
               },5000);
};

In loadImage function we are loading the next image using MovieClip Loader and Checking the present number of image against the last.

mcl.loadClip(data_arr[current_num].attributes.url, image_holder);
  (current_num>=data_arr.length-1) ? current_num = first_num:current_num++;

Here I am not going to explain the full code bcoz after the above description and XPath tutorial; it €™s very easy to understand.

Updated SlideShow

Cheers
-sara