I was thinking "no documentation??" so I had a quick look around.. Couldn't find any Facebook-ActionScript API docs I did find this however: http://code.google.com/p/facebook-actionscript-api/source/browse/#svn/trunk As you can see, the first folder in the "trunk" is the docs. Why they're not available for download is beyond me. So to grab those docs, you'll need an svn client like TortoiseSVN (windows): http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/ ... View more

Ok, so I went ahead and created a sample using JPGEncoder (from AS3CoreLib). It's similar to what I posted earlier but requires less code. import com.adobe.images.JPGEncoder; import com.dynamicflash.util.Base64; import flash.display.Loader; import flash.net.URLRequest; import flash.display.Bitmap; import flash.display.BitmapData import flash.geom.Rectangle; var loader:Loader; var req:URLRequest; var b64Img:String; function loaderCompleteHandler(evt:Event):void { trace("Application ::: loaderCompleteHandler"); var ldr:Loader = evt.currentTarget.loader as Loader; var origImg:Bitmap = (ldr.content as Bitmap); var origBmd:BitmapData = origImg.bitmapData; var jpg:JPGEncoder = new JPGEncoder(80); var ba:ByteArray = jpg.encode(origBmd); trace("    - bytearray length: ", ba.length); // Base64 encode - this is what gets stored (in xml or whatever) b64Img = Base64.encodeByteArray(ba); //trace("b64Img: ", b64Img); // now (pretend) to load the data loadImageData(); } function loadImageData():void { trace("Application: loadImageData"); // use b64Img as if it was loaded from xml // decode Base64 string to ByteArray var ba:ByteArray = Base64.decodeToByteArray(b64Img); trace("    - bytearray length: ", ba.length); // use Loader to load image data var baLoader:Loader = new Loader(); baLoader.loadBytes(ba); // add loader to display list addChild(baLoader); baLoader.x = 210; } loader = new Loader(); req = new URLRequest("2.jpg"); loader.load(req); loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loaderCompleteHandler); addChild(loader); So again, the main difference here is that a *real* jpg image (as ByteArray) is stored in the Base64 string, which makes it alot easier to work with, as you can now just use a Loader instance to display it (Loader.loadBytes(ba)). I'd actually recommend this approach rather than the one I posted earlier. Grab the AS3CoreLib here: http://code.google.com/p/as3corelib/downloads/list ... View more

The dev center not good enough? http://www.adobe.com/devnet/facebook/ Looked at these examples? http://www.adobe.com/devnet/facebook/samples/index.html ... View more

I need to make a few changes to your solution: 1) add two shares (Done using Samba)      The first points to the install path on the Linux Server.           /opt/coldfusion8/  (default for RedHat Linux Installs)      The second maps to website's root, 2) Then map those drives on the Windows Machine. I post these for next person, you might be a little dense in figure this out. The rest of the steps worked, Thanks. Glad to hear you got things working. I'm not familiar with Linux, so wasn't sure about the shares/mapping. On windows you can use \\PC_NAME\shared_folder so a mapped drive isn't really required, but it does make things easier (well at least I think so) Happy coding ... View more

Try the following: import flash.display.Loader; import flash.net.URLRequest; import flash.display.Bitmap; import flash.display.BitmapData; var loader:Loader; var req:URLRequest; var orig_mc:MovieClip; var copy_mc:MovieClip; function loaderCompleteHandler(evt:Event) { var ldr:Loader = evt.currentTarget.loader as Loader; var origImg:Bitmap = (ldr.content as Bitmap); var origBmd:BitmapData = origImg.bitmapData; trace(origImg.width); trace(origImg.height); var image:Bitmap = new Bitmap(origBmd, "auto", true); copy_mc.addChild(image); copy_mc.x = origImg.width; } loader = new Loader(); req = new URLRequest("2.jpg"); loader.load(req); loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loaderCompleteHandler); // movieclip to display original image orig_mc = new MovieClip(); orig_mc.addChild(loader); addChild(orig_mc); // movieclip to display image copy copy_mc = new MovieClip(); addChild(copy_mc); ... View more

My context root is specified as the default "/" When I remove the context root variable from the services-config.xml, it can't find the file. I don't know where I can change context root, but I am confused as to what it should be, regardless. Add the -context-root to the compiler options, just like -services and set it to an empty string -services="/Applications/JRun4/servers/cfusion/cfusion-ear/cfusion-war/WEB-INF/f lex/servics-config.xml" -context-root="" ... View more

You'll need to use a DataProvider instance, which has event dispatching, so the list is notified when something changes. import fl.data.DataProvider; var dp:DataProvider = new DataProvider(); dp.addItem({label:"label 1", icon:"IconRSS"}); dp.addItem({label:"label 2", icon:"IconRSS"}); dp.addItem({label:"label 3", icon:"IconRSS"}); function listChangeHandler(event:Event):void { trace("Application ::: listChangeHandler"); var item:Object = _list.selectedItem; trace("    - label: ", item.label); item.icon = "IconAN"; } _list.iconField = "icon"; _list.dataProvider = dp; _list.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, listChangeHandler); ... View more

First, I didn't want to setup a Samba share, but you do what works. AFAIK, that's not required. Second, I can't find "JRun*" or "cfustion-war" on my server. That's because you have the standalone ColdFusion server installed. Just adjust the paths I mentioned to whatever your config is. On the second page in the new project wizard (the server config) select Standalone for the Coldfusion Installation type Deselect both "Use default location for CF server" and "Use built-in CF server" and fill in (and/or browse to) the proper locations. ... View more

I have a similar setup Network Sever (windows XP) with JRUN+ColdFusion 8 Flex Builder 3 running on Vista (my PC). Here's how I setup a new Flex Project to work with ColdFusion (Flex Remoting). First I have a mapped drive "S:\" that points to a drive (D:\) on the server. That drive contains the JRUN install, its local path is D:\JRun4\ On the server, the ColdFusion root is at: D:\JRun4\servers\cfusion\cfusion-ear\cfusion-war So from my PC to get to the ColdFusion root I use: S:\JRun4\servers\cfusion\cfusion-ear\cfusion-war When I create a ColdFusion/Flex application, the only thing different from a "normal" Flex application is that I compile to a directory on the server rather than a local directory. Here's how: File -> New -> Flex Project In the "New Flex Project" wizard, fill in a project name. At the bottom select "ColdFusion" as Application Server Type from the dropdown list. Enable "Use remote object access service" and select "ColdFusion Flash Remoting". On the next page you have to configure ColdFusion. For server type, I select "Deployed to J2EE server" as I have CF running on top of JRUN. The Web root is: S:\JRun4\servers\cfusion\cfusion-ear\cfusion-war If you don't have a mapped drive you can probably use something like \\SERVERNAME\path_to_root\ Root url: http://muzakserver:8300/ Context Root: leave empty I have Coldfusion WAR is located in web root selected. At the bottom, select where to compile to, make sure this is a location within your web server (so I can be reached through a browser). I used S:\JRun4\servers\cfusion\cfusion-ear\cfusion-war\cf_test Again, this is using the mapped drive (S:\) Last thing to do is fill in the url to the application directory on the next page. At the bottom of the "Source Path" tab, fill in the "Output Folder URL" which in my case is: http://muzakserver:8300/cf_test/ When I then click Finish and run or debug the project it opens up in a browser pointing to: http://muzakserver:8300/cf_test/CF_test.html Have a look at the attached screenshots. ... View more

http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/flash/display/DisplayObject.html Example at the bottom ... View more

If you want no easing at all, use fl.transitions.easing.NONE http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/fl/transitions/easing/None.html import fl.transitions.easing.*; var Move:Tween=new Tween(Bar_am, "x", NONE.easeNone, 900, -1000, 10, true); ... View more

var excel:XML = <data> <chapter id="1" title="">    <screen title="lesson" tasks="">    <swf>EXCEL/CH01/CH01_S01.swf</swf>    <ltitle>Chapter 1</ltitle>    <rtitle>Setting Up a Workbook</rtitle>    <prompt>Choose a lesson</prompt>   </screen>   <screen title="lesson" tasks="3">    <swf>EXCEL/CH01/CH01_S02.swf</swf>    <ltitle>Chapter 1</ltitle>    <rtitle>Setting Up a Workbook</rtitle>    <prompt>Click Next to continue</prompt>   </screen> </chapter> </data>; trace(excel.chapter.screen.(@title == "lesson" && @tasks == "3").toXMLString()); Note that for this to work (and not throw an error) every screen node needs a tasks attribute. In your sample code, the first screen node did not have a tasks attribute, in which case an error is thrown when using @tasks == "3" ... View more

This is probably because of the (highly annoying) "automatically declare stage instances" feature. File -> Publish Settings -> Flash tab -> ActionScript version, click "settings". Disable "Automatically declare stage instances". You'll then have to define the inner MovieClip through code in Class A. package {     import flash.display.MovieClip;     public class A extends MovieClip {                 protected var filler:MovieClip;                 public function A ():void {             trace ('construct A');         }     } } And if I'm not mistaken you'll also have to create and add filler through ActionScript (in Class A) instead of having it on stage (in MovieClip main). ... View more

Hi all, How can a function in main timeline be called from class file? You can, but you really shouldn't. Classes shouldn't "talk" to the outside directly. Use Event dispatching to get things done. "root" (i just threw up by just typing that word) should be avoided at all cost, especially in AS3. ... View more

No ActionScript is generated as Ned already said, but (almost) every action - that takes place in the IDE - is stored in the History Panel. Those are Flash specific commands which you can save to file (JSFL). So if you'd have a repetitive task, you can perform the task once, save the generated JSFL from the History Panel and then repeat the task from the "command" menu. You can open the History Panel from the "window" menu: Window -> Other Panels -> History (CTRL+F10) May not be what you're looking for, but you never know ... View more

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=flash+fullscreen+keyboard and read the docs ... View more

Out of the box, Flash AS3 has no Webservice support. There are "WebService components" for AS2, but they dropped them for AS3. Flex does have a WebService API and there's a few tricks to use those in Flash. // the hard way http://labs.wichers.nu/2007/12/25/using-flex-compiled-code-within-flash/ // easy way http://flashauthoring.blogspot.com/2008/10/using-flex-webservice-component-in.html ... View more

kglad is correct. When encoding to mp3, you'll always end up with a slightly different file than the original. That's a "flaw" (if you like) in the mp3 file format. Google "flash loop mp3" as this has been written about/discussed to death.. http://www.8bitrocket.com/newsdisplay.aspx?newspage=3153 http://www.netalive.org/swsu/archives/2007/01/gapless_mp3_loops_in_flash_1.html ... View more

Linking a Class to a MovieClip is done through the MovieClip Symbol properties in the Library. To do so, right click a MovieClip in the Library, select Properties. In the Properties dialog, click the "advanced" button (bottom right) if necessary. In the "Class" field you can fill in the Class to link to the MovieClip. Note that this has to be the full package, but in this case I didn't use any packages. You can read more about packages and class paths in the docs. Just note that the folder an FLA is in automatically becomes a class path (for that FLA). That's why in this case Flash (the IDE) knows where to find the Master.as, Photos.as, Thumbs.as when linking them to the MovieClips in the Library, because they're in the same folder as the FLA file. It's a good habit to use packages, but for simplicity, I didn't ... View more

Well, I went ahead and rewrote the whole thing, now using Classes. As I mentioned earlier, there's 3 classes Master, Thumbs, Photos, each of these are linked to MovieClips in the Library (with the same name): The setup hasn't changed, Master still contains Thumbs and Photos. - Master      - Thumbs      - Photos I've cleaned up the library though, put everything in folders and that kind of stuff. Something to consider is making sure "imported stuff" has clear names. Having a bunch of bitmaps named "layer", "layer copy", "layer copy" isn't really helping . So before importing psd's make sure everything is named properly (in PhotoShop). Should also avoid importing graphics (plain fills) that can easily be drawn in Flash itself (vector), which will reduce swf filesize. Or at least once they're imported, replace them with vector shapes (redrawn in Flash) or use "Convert Bitmap". I've also rearranged a few things, Thumbs and Photos now have a clear background so they're easier to spot and position (align) properly when working in Flash. Stuff like this should be high on your list as it makes working so much easier !! The masterMC (now Master) apparently was scaled.. that's a big "no no". Don't do that, especially when working with bitmap images. So I removed the scaling. I removed all the timeline tweens in Photos and put all the images on top of eachother. In the Photos class they're then tweened using ActionScript and their visibility is switched on/off as well. Rather than using event bubbling, this time Thumbs dispatches an event (thumbClick) to which Master listens. When a thumb image is clicked (in Thumbs) a property (selectedThumbIndex) is set indicating the index (0 to 5) of the thumb that was clicked upon (duh!). The Master class then passed that index on to Photos by setting a property: selectedPhotoIndex. Photos then uses that value to determine which image to show (and tween). So basically each thumbnail movieclip and image movieclip has a corresponding index. This is done by storing the movieclips in an Array: in Photos: images = [photo01, photo02, photo03, photo04, photo05, photo06]; in Thumbs: btns = [thmb1_btn, thmb2_btn, thmb3_btn, thmb4_btn, thmb5_btn, thmb6_btn]; So when in Thumbs, the first thumbnail movieclip is clicked, the selectedThumbIndex will be 0 (arrays are zero based). And when in Photos the selectedPhotoIndex = 0, the first image will become visible and tweened. Get the files here: http://muzakdeezign.com/cs4/florist_gallery04.zip ... View more

The following should work:    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------    // createLayout()    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------    private function createLayout():void {     trace("Application ::: createLayout");         var container:VBox = new VBox();         var vBox:VBox;     var hBox:HBox;     var titleText:LinkButton;     var itemInfo:Text;     var abstract:Text;     var archive:CheckBox;     var rateItem:ComboBox;     var category:ComboBox;         var categoryLabels:Array = new Array("Food & Ag","News","Health","People","General","What's Coming","Biofuel","Environment");     var rateLabels:Array = new Array("Excellent","Good","Bad","Neutral","Controversial");         var len:int = listCollection.length;     var item:Object;         for(var i:int=0; i<listCollection.length; i++) {           item = listCollection.getItemAt(i);           vBox = new VBox();      hBox = new HBox();           titleText = new LinkButton();      itemInfo = new Text();      abstract = new Text();      archive = new CheckBox();      rateItem = new ComboBox();      category = new ComboBox();            titleText.label = item.title;      titleText.width = 400;      itemInfo.text = item.source + " | " + item.date;      abstract.text = item.abstract;      abstract.width = 400;      archive.label = "Archive";      archive.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, toggleArchive);               category.prompt = "Category";      category.dataProvider = categoryLabels;      category.rowCount = categoryLabels.length;      category.visible = false;      category.includeInLayout = false;            rateItem.prompt = "Rate";      rateItem.dataProvider = rateLabels;      rateItem.visible = false;      rateItem.includeInLayout = false;           vBox.addChild(titleText);      vBox.addChild(itemInfo);      vBox.addChild(abstract);      vBox.addChild(hBox);           hBox.addChild(archive);      hBox.addChild(category);      hBox.addChild(rateItem);           hBox.percentWidth = 80;      hBox.percentHeight = 80;      container.addChild(vBox);     }         addChild(container);         }       //-------------------------------------------------------------------------    // toggleArchive()    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------    private function toggleArchive(evt:Event):void {     trace("Application ::: toggleArchive");     var chb:CheckBox = evt.currentTarget as CheckBox;     var hBox:HBox = chb.parent as HBox;     trace("    - parent: ", hBox);     var len:int = hBox.numChildren;     for(var i:int=0; i<len; i++) {      var cb:DisplayObject = hBox.getChildAt(i);      if((cb is ComboBox)) {       // toogle visibility and include in layout       (cb as ComboBox).visible = chb.selected;       (cb as ComboBox).includeInLayout = chb.selected;      }     }    } You can get the selected checkbox through the event argument (evt.currentTarget). Since the CheckBox and ComboBoxes are in the same container (HBox), you can get a reference to that container by using: checkbox.parent Once you know the parent, just cycle through its children to find the comboboxes and do whatever needs to be done. With this approach, there's no need to "name" any of the comboboxes, just use the available framework API (numChildren, getChildAt()) I've moved the Arrays out of the for() loop as there's no need to create them with each iteration. ... View more

Is the way in which you have written the script the correct method as it were, or in scripting is there not really right and wrong, but best and most efficient? The best way, no There's always more than one way to do get things done. A more programmatic approach (and IMO better) would be to do this kind of thing using classes, rather than coding in the timeline. So you'd have a Master class, Thumb class and Photos class (aka Views) and each of these would be "attached" to a MovieClip in the Library. It's not that different from what you have now, except that the code would be taken out of the movieclips and put into separate .as files (ActionScript classes). And you could have a complete separate "layer" (Data class, aka Model) for your data (the thumbnails and photos). The way in which i started to carry out this task was watching a vid for an as2 gallery and changing the script so it worked with as3.I did find it rather repetitive! I'm afraid alot of what is out there is just poorly written (from a programming point of view). ... View more

Look into event bubbling. I posted an example in this thread yesterday: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/433959?tstart=0 http://muzakdeezign.com/cs4/Surrey-florist-gallery3.fla Best is to forget about root and trying to access objects in a "parent". It's all about event dispatching. ... View more

Google "style metadata" or check the docs. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Style+metadata&meta=&aq=f&oq= ... View more

File isn't corrupt (well not completly, I did get a warning message about "scenes" when opening the file, but just ignored it). Anyways.. there were quite a few things wrong. For starters, you had nested functions in the thumbsMC (meaning, some braces were out of place). function foo():void {      function blah():void {      } } instead of: function foo():void { } function blah:void { } In the rollover and rollout event handlers, you don't need all the "if()" statements. Just use the currentTarget of the event argument to access the current rolled over or rolled out instance. So I removed all the if statements and used the following instead: function rollOverHandler(event:MouseEvent):void { trace("thumbMC ::: rollOverHandler"); event.currentTarget.alpha=1; } function rollOutHandler(event:MouseEvent):void { trace("thumbMC ::: rollOutHandler"); event.currentTarget.alpha=.5; } The thumbs were not MovieClip instances, but Button instances, which is why casting didn't work properly. Button symbols are refered to as SimpleButton, not MovieClip. I changed all of them to MovieClip symbols (both in the Library and on Stage). Next I removed the click event handlers in the thumbsMC and decided to use event bubbling (see docs) instead. So instead of defining listeners for each thumb inside thumbsMC, I added a click event handler in masterMC (thumbsMC parent). When a thumb is clicked in thumbsMC, the event will bubble through to the masterMC. In the event handler (in MasterMC) you can then use the event arguments .target property to determine which thumb was clicked. Note that there's a difference between .target and .currentTarget. .target will point to the thumb movieclip being clicked (if any) .currentTarget will always point to the displayobject that the event is registered to (thumbsMC). In other words, if you were to click "between" 2 thumb movieclips (but still click on thumbsMC) the event handler will be triggered, but both.target and .currentTarget will refer to thumbsMC. If this doesn't make sense, just click around in thumbsMC and watch the output panel (I've put some traces in the event handler). Anyways, here's what it looks like: function thumbClickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void { trace("masterMC ::: thumbClickHandler"); trace("    - target: ", event.target); trace("    - currentTarget: ", event.currentTarget); var t:MovieClip = event.target as MovieClip; trace("    - target name: ", t.name); if(t == thumbsMC.thmb1_btn) {   photosMC.gotoAndPlay("image1"); }else if(t == thumbsMC.thmb2_btn) {   photosMC.gotoAndPlay("image2"); }else if(t== thumbsMC.thmb3_btn) {   photosMC.gotoAndPlay("image3"); }else if(t== thumbsMC.thmb4_btn) {   photosMC.gotoAndPlay("image4"); }else if(t== thumbsMC.thmb5_btn) {   photosMC.gotoAndPlay("image5"); }else if(t== thumbsMC.thmb6_btn) {   photosMC.gotoAndPlay("image6"); } } thumbsMC.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, thumbClickHandler); Here's the FLA: http://muzakdeezign.com/cs4/Surrey-florist-gallery3.fla ... View more

If this is your setup: masterMC      - photosMC      - thumbsMC then thumbsMC should never (have to) access photosMC. It should dispatch an event to which masterMC listens. masterMC then does whatever needs to be done (like telling photosMC to do something). ... View more

In case you would like to associate 'hideOnLoad' extension class to more than one movieClip symbol in the library you need to type 'hideOnLoad' in the 'base Class' field while typing a unique name in "Class" filed of a movieClip properties. There's no need for that. Allthough it depends on what it is you're trying to do, because normally you wouldn't associate a class with multiple MovieClip symbols. If you want multiple instances of the Class, you just drag another MovieClip from the Library to the stage (or instantiate one through ActionScript). If you're looking to extend the class, it is ok to leave flash.display.MovieClip as the base class and fill in the name of the new class in the "Class name" field. In the new class (.as file) have it extend the "other class" (HideOnLoad). package {      public class NewClass extends HideOnLoad {      } } Note it's a good habit to have classes start with an uppercase character (HideOnLoad instead of hideOnLoad). ... View more