Actionscript 3 Archive
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Search Engine dedicated to Actionscript and Flex
Posted on February 8, 2011 | 6 CommentsNext time you’re searching for help on some problem you’re having with Actionscript/Flex – which if you’re like me is about every 15 minutes – then try using flex.paulsearch.co. It... -
Using graphics.copyFrom to CircleTheWagons
Posted on December 7, 2010 | 4 CommentsCircleTheWagons will take an arbitrary Sprite and repeatedly place copies of that Sprite around the perimeter of a circle. Presumably you have drawn something on the graphics layer of the... -
Add commas to a number for readability
Posted on February 18, 2010 | 4 CommentsDo you need to display a large number and want to add commas to it for readability. The following code should work. Actually, it works for numbers that aren’t too... -
Using the DrawingAPI to make wavy circles and stars
Posted on January 2, 2010 | 1 CommentIngredients A bunch of Sprites 1 cup of graphics.lineStyle A dash of Vector3D and Matrix3D – adds an extra dimension to the dish ( ha-ha ) And most importantly a... -
Explorer for BitmapData.perlinNoise and BitmapData.noise
Posted on April 5, 2009 | 5 CommentsIf you need to add some random noise to your BitmapData then you have two options: myBitmapData.perlinNoise which is sort of smooth gradiations of patterns. Sort of looks like a... -
localhost or not localhost, that is the question
Posted on March 22, 2009 | 8 CommentsHow often to you have apps that need to change certain settings depending on whether you are publishing locally or deploying to a server? If you’re like me every time... -
BitmapData.draw
Posted on March 17, 2009 | 7 CommentsThe cornerstone to BitmapData is the draw method. That is one of the main ways to get pixels into your Bitmaps. Below is an explorer to allow you to play... -
BitmapData Explorer
Posted on March 12, 2009 | No CommentsI’m revisiting my Actionscript Bible and running through the chapter on Drawing Bitmap Graphics Programmatically just to shore up some gaps in my knowledge. You can expect to see a... -
Using unique background colors for each row of a Datagrid
Posted on March 10, 2009 | 2 CommentsDon’t ask how I got started on this but I got interested in making a Datagrid with unique colors for each row. As an example I used the team colors... -
polyGeek.com undergoing Flex assimilation
Posted on March 9, 2009 | No CommentsAll I wanted to do is replace the existing banner at the top of my blog with something that looked exactly the same but used my Zongy class for the...
