AS3 Archives - Ryan Welcher

getDefinitionByName

Post author:Ryan
Post published:November 16, 2011
Post category:The Code
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I have been creating a code base for a Screen Manager system that I am using for an iOS app I am building in AS3. I wanted to create a dynamic way to reference and instantiate classes that represent each of the Screens in the app so I can reuse this for other applications in the future and to make it a lot less code intensive.

I setup a series of static variables that held string names to represent each of the Screens in the application. Then when I want to create the screen and add it to the stage I use the getDefinitionByName() method and pass the string name of the class. (more…)

Weak Listeners

Post author:Ryan
Post published:June 13, 2011
Post category:The Blog The Code
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Garbage collection can be a big deal when writing complex programs in Actionscript. Not removing EventListeners is probably one of the biggest sources of AS holding onto memory it doesn't…

Castfire AS3 Library

Post author:Ryan
Post published:April 10, 2011
Post category:The Blog The Code
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I have been developing an AS3 library for the video publishing company Castfire on my own for the past little while and recently got in touch with them about continuing the endeavor. I thought it was a shot in the dark but they were more than willing to help out and so here is the first of, I hope, many articles on the Castfire API and the class library I am working with them to create for it.

The point of this library is to allow Flash devs like myself to easily access the Castfire API when creating custom video players.

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WordPress and Flash

Post author:Ryan
Post published:November 16, 2010
Post category:The Code
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Typically we have always created Flash sites from scratch and used XML or, in the case of Rush.com, a custom-made CMS as the content source For the bulk of our…

Syndicate Design Splash

Post author:Ryan
Post published:October 20, 2010
Post category:The Work
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Our website is still under construction but I got inspired last night and changed the splash page.

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Compiler Error 1180

Post author:Ryan
Post published:September 30, 2010
Post category:The Code
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1180: Call to a possibly undefined method assignListeners.

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Compiler Error 1046

Post author:Ryan
Post published:September 30, 2010
Post category:The Code
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1046: Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant: URLRequest;

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What the Function!?

Post author:Ryan
Post published:September 30, 2010
Post category:The Blog
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Functions (aka methods) are the bread and butter of any application. Without them you can’t do much of anything. So I thought I would show you how to write one.

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Getter ready, get Setter, Go!

Post author:Ryan
Post published:September 29, 2010
Post category:The Code
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I am loving the stupid names I’ve been using for these posts. Pretty soon you’ll have no idea what I am talking about.

In my last post, I showed you have to create a new class and the topic of access modifiers was mentioned. I would like to expand on that topic and use it to introduce a new one for class creation.

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Going Somewhere?

Post author:Ryan
Post published:September 29, 2010
Post category:The Code
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Opening a URL in Action Script 3

Navigating to a URL in AS 2 was pretty straight forward.

getURL(“http://www.ryanwelcher.com”);

As with most things in AS3 that has changed a fair amount. It is no longer one line of code. I’ll show you everything and then walk you through it (more…)