March 2008

The following example shows how you can use embedded fonts (normal weight and bold weight) with a Flash CS3 Button control in ActionScript 3.0.
Full code after the jump.

Tagged as: Button, embedFonts, Font, setStyle(), textFormat

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The following example shows how you can use embedded fonts with a Flash CS3 DataGrid control in ActionScript 3.0.
Full code after the jump.

Tagged as: columns, DataGrid, DataGridColumn, embedFonts, HeaderRenderer, headerTextFormat, setRendererStyle(), setStyle(), textFormat

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The following example shows how you can use embedded fonts with a Flash CS3 ComboBox control’s drop down menu in ActionScript 3.0.
Full code after the jump.

Tagged as: ComboBox, DataProvider, dropdown, embedFonts, setRendererStyle(), setStyle(), TextField, textFormat

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The following example shows how you can override the default frame rate for a programmatic tween in Flash by setting the Tween object’s FPS property.
Full code after the jump.

Tagged as: FPS, start(), Tween

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The following examples show how you can dynamically load an image, calculate its width and height, and center the image on the Stage in ActionScript 2.0 and ActionScript 3.0 using the MovieClipLoader class (ActionScript 2.0) and the Loader class (ActionScript 3.0).
Full code after the jump.

Tagged as: contentLoaderInfo, loadClip(), Loader, MovieClipLoader, onLoadInit

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The following examples show how you can load external XML files at runtime using the XML class in ActionScript 2.0 and the URLLoader class in ActionScript 3.0.
Full code after the jump.

Tagged as: dataFormat, onLoad(), URLLoader, URLLoaderDataFormat, XML

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The following examples show how you can dynamically load an image in ActionScript 2.0 and ActionScript 3.0 using the MovieClip class and Loader class.
Full code after the jump.

Tagged as: createEmptyMovieClip(), Loader, loadMovie(), MovieClip

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The following examples show how you can dynamically load an external MP3 file and display it’s ID3 information in ActionScript 2.0 and ActionScript 3.0 using the Sound class and id3 property.
Full code after the jump.

Tagged as: id3, onID3, Sound

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The following examples show how you can dynamically load MP3 files into your SWF using the Sound class in ActionScript 2.0 and ActionScript 3.0.
Full code after the jump.

Tagged as: load(), loadSound(), play(), Sound

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