flash effects with bitmapdata

Posted by druva | Flash, Flex, as3 | Sunday 7 February 2010 11:11 pm

Flash is great!!

This movie requires Flash Player 9

 

Rotating device fonts using flash actionscript

Posted by Vineela | Flash, as3, utils | Monday 30 November 2009 6:38 am

package druva{
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.text.TextField;
import flash.text.TextFormat;

public class textEffect extends Sprite {

	public function textEffect () {

		for (var i:int = 2; i <= 12; i++) {
			var txt:TextField = new TextField();
			txt.selectable = false;
			txt.width = 400;
			txt.text = "blog.totusinfo.com";
			txt.setTextFormat(new TextFormat("Georgia", 2*i,(2 + 0.35*i) * 0xCCCC00,false,true ));

			txt.x = 4.5*(i*(i+1)/2);
			txt.y = 3*(i*(i+2)/2);
			txt.rotationZ = 20;
			addChild(txt);
		}

	}
}
}

This movie requires Flash Player 9

 

Why to use sharpness for textFields in Flash AS3 (Actionscript)

Posted by druva | as3, utils | Friday 27 February 2009 4:04 am
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.text.TextField;
import flash.text.TextFieldAutoSize;
import flash.text.TextFormat;

var labelText:String = 'This is brown fox';

function TextFieldExample() {
 configureLabel(numberText1, -400);
 configureLabel(numberText2, -300);
 configureLabel(numberText3, -200);
 configureLabel(numberText4, -100);
 configureLabel(numberText5, 100);
 configureLabel(numberText6, 200);
 configureLabel(numberText7, 300);
 configureLabel(numberText8, 400);
 configureLabel(numberText9, -100);
}

var _arial_str:String;
var myFont:Font = new Font1();
function configureLabel(targ, shrp:Number):void {
 targ.footer_number.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
 targ.footer_number.background = false;
 targ.footer_number.border = false;
 targ.footer_number.sharpness = shrp;

 var format:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
 format.font = myFont.fontName;
 format.color = 0xFFFFFF;
 format.size = 30;
 targ.footer_number.defaultTextFormat = format;
 targ.footer_number.text = labelText;
 targ.sharpnessValue.text = 'Sharpness ' + String(shrp);
}
TextFieldExample();
sslider.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, on_sliderChange);
function on_sliderChange(e:Event){
 configureLabel(numberText9, sslider.value);
}
 

custom text format on a TextArea using flash actionscript

Posted by Vineela | Flash, as3, utils | Monday 29 December 2008 9:38 am

import fl.controls.TextArea;

var tF:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
tF.color = 0x0000FF;
tF.italic = true;
tF.bold = true;
tF.font = "Monotype Corsiva";
tF.size = 15;

var tI:TextArea = new TextArea();
tI.setStyle("textFormat", tF);
addChild(tI);
 

check whether the content is successfully loaded or not with UILoader using flash actionscript

Posted by Vineela | Flash, as3, utils | Saturday 6 December 2008 10:51 am

import fl.controls.TextArea;
import fl.containers.UILoader;

var uiL:UILoader = new UILoader();
uiL.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, uiLoader_ioError);
uiL.source = "SOMETHING.jpg";
addChild(uiL);

function uiLoader_ioError(evt:IOErrorEvent):void {
    var tF:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
    tF.color = 0x0000FF;
    tF.font = "Monotype Corsiva";
    tF.bold = true;
   tF.size = 14;

   var tA:TextArea = new TextArea();
   tA.setStyle("textFormat", tF);
   tA.text = evt.text;
   tA.width = 300;
   addChild(tA);
}