Simple actionscript 3.0 dynamic registration point

this is a very simple dynamic registration point in actionscript 3.0 using fl.motion.MatrixTransformer class. please refer the class for more useful features.

import fl.motion.MatrixTransformer;
import flash.display.Sprite
var box:Sprite;
box = new Sprite();
box.graphics.beginFill(0xFF0000);
box.graphics.drawRoundRect(0, 0, 100, 100, 5);
addChild(box);
box.x = (stage.stageWidth / 2);
box.y=stage.stageHeight/2;
var xPoint:uint =  (box.width/2);
var yPoint:uint =  (box.height / 2);
var mtrx:Matrix=box.transform.matrix;
MatrixTransformer.rotateAroundInternalPoint(mtrx, xPoint, yPoint, 40);
MatrixTransformer.setScaleX(mtrx,2)
box.transform.matrix=mtrx;

actionscript 3.0 Loading image-swf from local file system

This is an example how to load a image file from local hdd to swf file running in a browser.

//file referance
var refer:FileReference=new FileReference();
//file filter
var imagesFilter:FileFilter=new FileFilter("Images","*.jpg;*.gif;*.png");
//loader
var loader:Loader=new Loader();
//event listener for file selection event
refer.addEventListener(Event.SELECT, selectHandler);
// event listener for load complete
refer.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, done);

function selectHandler(e:Event):void {
 // load the file after file selection
 refer.load();

}
function done(e:Event) {
 //load the byte array  from the loaded data
 loader.loadBytes(refer.data);
 //add the loader to stage
 addChild(loader);
 //loadevent handler for loader
 loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,onImageDone);
 
}
//button clickevent listener
btn1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,loadImage)
function loadImage(e:Event){
 //show the browser window after click the button
 refer.browse([imagesFilter]);
}

function onImageDone(e:Event){
 //resize the image after it add to stage
 loader.width=200;
 loader.height=200;
}

sample source file will be uploaded soon.

how to load external image with actionscript 3.0

This post is a simple example for actionscript 3.0 beginners. The bellow actionscript 3.0 code help you to understand how you can load an external image from a url. if any doubt or help please add a comment.

import flash.display.Loader;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
var url:String="http://www.sfubiz.ca/misa/image/flash.jpg"
var loader:Loader = new Loader();
loader.load(new URLRequest(url));
addChild(loader);

open URL with Querystring using actionscript 3.0

hi,

this post is not for actionscript masters this is only for those who just started playing with actionscript. this simple example demonstrate how to open a url with querystring HTTP GET method.

import flash.net.navigateToURL;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.net.URLVariables;

var url:String="http://anilmathewm.blogspot.com/search";
var variables:URLVariables = new URLVariables();
variables.q="actionscript";
var urlRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);
urlRequest.method="GET";
urlRequest.data=variables;
navigateToURL(urlRequest, "_blank");

flash actionscript 3.0 change color

bellow is a simple example to change the color of a DisplayObject(MovieClip,Button,Sprite) in flash actionscript 3.0.

// creates a red square
var square:Shape = new Shape();
//fill the square with blue color
square.graphics.beginFill(0x0000FF);
// drow the square
square.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 150, 150);
//add the square to stage
addChild(square);
// calling the change color function
changeColor(square,0xff0000);

//changeColor function
function changeColor(o:DisplayObject,color:Number):void {
 //create a new ColorTransform
 var newColor:ColorTransform=new ColorTransform();
 // set the color property
 newColor.color=color;
 //assign the new ColorTransform to target DisplayObject
 o.transform.colorTransform=newColor;
}

Simple custom event example actionscript 3.0

This is a simple custom Event example I hope this will help actionscript 3.0 bingers to understand how event works in actionscript 3.0. In this example I just created a MouseDown event listener for stage mouse clicks. Clicking the stage will trigger the custom event.

const CUSTOM_EVENT:String='custom_event';
addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,onMouseClick);
function onMouseClick(e:Event){
    dispatchEvent(new Event(CUSTOM_EVENT));
}
addEventListener(CUSTOM_EVENT,onCustomevent)
function onCustomevent(e:Event){
    display.text="Custom Event Called"
}

how to post data from actionscript 3.0 to php or asp.net sample

this a small example for sending and retrieving data from serverside scripts like php , asp.net or any thing

package
{
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.net.URLLoader;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.net.URLVariables;
import flash.net.URLRequestMethod;

/**
* ...
* @author Anil Mathew
*/
public class Main extends Sprite
{
public var loader:URLLoader; //url loader
private var _url:String // the url string
private var _req:URLRequest; // url request
public var _vars:URLVariables; // url variables
public function Main():void
{
 if (stage) init();
 else addEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, init);
}

private function init(e:Event = null):void
{
 removeEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, init);
 // entry point
 _url = "http://www.yahoo.com/";// url where we need to post the data
 _req = new URLRequest(_url);// url request instance
 _req.method = URLRequestMethod.POST ; // metheod to use for the request
 _vars = new URLVariables();// url variables
 _vars.name = "Myname"; // sending name
 _vars.age = 21; //sending age
 loader = new URLLoader(); //loader instance
 loader.load(_req); //loading request
 loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeHandler);// event handler for complete event


}

 private function completeHandler(event:Event):void {
         trace(event.target.data); // returned data
     }


}

}