Flash CS3 and Flash CS4 tutorials

Free Tweened Flash CS3-CS4 menu

admin — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:26:26 PST

At the request of some users, FlepStudio has created a menu with Flash CS3 (of course also for Flash CS4) is often seen that lately
browsing the web.
The menu has an effect of Tween on rollover, rollout, and mouse click.
It reads from an external XML file and can be easily managed even by users who have little experience of ActionScript 3.0.

You can also choose the colors of the effects on texts of the menu items and choose whether to add a link (then open a web page) to the click of a menu item, or add Actionscript 3.0 actions.

Let’s see it.

Method some of Array class of Actionscript 3.0

admin — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:24:56 PST

This method allows us to check if an array has undefined indexes.
Especially important in applications with considerable use of arrays, the some method allows us to control our array so as not to fall into errors due to some unpleasant index that is undefined (undefined).
As arguments, this method takes a function name that we create ourselves and who will run for each index.
This function can contain a simple comparison (for example item<20) or even a more complex conditional logic, and it is invoked with three arguments: the value of an index, the index of an element, and the Array.
Moreover, this function must return a Boolean value (true or false).

Here are a couple of examples.
Controlling an empty string:

var my_array:Array=new Array("Andrew","John","","Philip","Luke");
var emptyString:Boolean=my_array.some(checkArray);

function checkArray(element:*,index:int,a:Array):Boolean
{
    if(element=="")
        trace("The index with an empty string is: "+index);

    return (element=="");
}

if(emptyString)
    trace("The Array contains one or more empty strings");
else
    trace("The Array does not contain empty strings");

Checking for undefined indexes:

var my_array=new Array();
my_array[0]="Filippo";
my_array[2]="Andrea";
my_array[3]="Giacomo";
my_array[4]="Franco";
var undefinedIndex:Boolean=my_array.some(checkArray);

function checkArray(element:*,index:int,a:Array):Boolean
{
    if(element==undefined)
        trace("The undefined index is: "+index);

    return (element==undefined);
}

if(undefinedIndex)
    trace("The Array contains one or more undefined indexes");
else
    trace("The Array does not contain undefined indexes");

With this method we can also check whether the elements of an array are all MovieClip or not.
We can really control a lot of things.

Tags: actionscript 3.0 array, array checking, array class, method some

Winners of Creative Movie FX V2 component by ExtendStudio

admin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:56:22 PST

Rolling drums….

The winners of two licences of Creative Movie FX V2 by ExtendStudio are:

the comments n° 47 and 14

ZilverDragOn
Heyy!! Sweet. I want to join the contest, count me in.

Hanzeus
Wow, that’s cool!

Congratulations !
The winners will be contacted by FlepStudio for instructions.

Thank you all for your involvement and stay tuned, another great contest is coming!

Tags: contest, contest winners

Coloring regions of images using floodFill method of Actionscript 3.0

admin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:50:31 PST

In this tutorial we see how to color the sections of an image using the method floodFill() of the BitmapData class of Actionscript 3.0.

This method works almost like magic wand tool in Photoshop (or other photo editor) with a setting of zero tolerance.

It fills in all contiguous regions of the same pixel color with the specified color.

This method allows us to create such an application of coloring and much more.

Flash CS4 GuestBook

admin — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:18:18 PST

Here’s another Flash CS4 free utility created by FlepStudio.

This is a Flash GuestBook with 3D effect rotations using the property rotationX of Actionscript 3.0.
If you want to load into your main SWF on your site or application or site of your clients, just create the logic on your main FLA
to load and you’re done.

Very easy to install, requires PHP and mySQL.

Very useful as a space dedicated to the signatures and comments from visitors to your blog or website.
Interactive utility that allows visitors to a website could leave signatures and comments.

Let’s see it…

Passing values from PHP to HTML to Flash

admin — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:28:50 PST

We have seen how to pass values from HTML to Flash.
Now let’s see how to pass a value from PHP to HTML, which in turn will pass it to Flash.

We have two simple files: index.swf and index.php.
The PHP file is expecting a variable via GET or POST (indifferent).
The switch to Flash via FlashVars HTML.

Here’s the code.

index.fla

var username:String;

checkUsername();

function checkUsername():void
{
    var value:String;
    var obj:Object=LoaderInfo(root.loaderInfo).parameters;
    for (value in obj)
    {
        username=String(obj[value]);
        trace(username);
    }
}

index.php





index

Just call index.php?username=milesdavis and Flash will be able to recognize the variable username.

Tags: flash and php, flash cs4 tutorials, flash html, flash html and php, passing values to flash

Win A Flash component by ExtendStudio

admin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:47:24 PDT

Do you want win the component Creative MovieFX V2 by ExtendStudio FREE ?

Creative MovieFX v2 is a Flash component by ExtendStudio, components and Flash effects creators.

It offers the ability to apply effects on any movie clips.
From the user friendly interface it’s very easy to browse the over 280 predefined effects gallery and apply them on the three transition types available (In effects, Out effects, and Wait effects) without writing a line of code.

Features:

Apply effects on animated clips (flv movies, timeline animations) and loop them
Default effects pack with over 280 predefined effects
3D effects
Action triggered effects (adding sound, moving along the timeline, adding an URL)
Filter effects drop shadow, blur, reflections
In, Wait and Out transitions
Integrated preview mode
ActionScript 3.0 compliant (documentation: http://www.extendstudio.com/documentation/creative-moviefx-v2/documentation/ )
Contextual Help
Visual Time Manager
Use the ergonomic user interface to choose and customize the effects

I tried the component and it’s very flexible and easy to manage.
I cretaed the following gallery in just 10 minutes

Requirements

Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Vista or Mac OS X 10.1.x, 10.2.x, 10.3.x and 10.4.x or greater
Adobe Flash CS3 or Adobe Flash CS4
Flash Player 9/10 with AS3

HOW TO WIN THIS COMPONENT?

Useful list of regular expressions with Actionscript 3.0 and RegExp class

admin — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:15:34 PDT

In computing, regular expressions provide a concise and flexible means for identifying strings of text of interest, such as particular characters, words, or patterns of characters.
A regular expression (often shortened to regex or regexp) is written in a formal language that can be interpreted by a regular expression processor, a program that either serves as a parser generator or examines text and identifies parts that match the provided specification.

Are used to analyze texts and strings and check if they comply with certain parameters.
For example, you can use to validate the input of an e-mail in a form.

Class Actionscript 3.0 allows you to use regular expressions with Flash CS3, Flash CS4, Flex 3 and Flex 4.

I created a very useful list of regular expressions for people like me develop with Adobe Flash.
The following list has been tested with Actionscript 3.0 and Flash CS4.

VALIDATE AN URL

var validURLRegExp:RegExp = /^http(s)?:\/\/((\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+)|(([\w-]+\.)+([a-z,A-Z][\w-]*)))(:[1-9][0-9]*)?(\/([\w-.\/:%+@&=]+[\w- .\/?:%+@&=]*)?)?(#(.*))?$/i;
trace( validURLRegExp.test( "http://www.google.com" ) );

VALIDATE EMAIL ADDRESSES

var validEmailRegExp:RegExp = /^([a-zA-Z0-9._%-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4})*$/;
trace( validEmailRegExp.test( "flepstudio@gmail.com" ) );

VALIDATE PHONE NUMBERS

it must start with + sign and the international code

var validPhoneNumberRegExp:RegExp = /(^\+[0-9]{2}|^\+[0-9]{2}\(0\)|^\(\+[0-9]{2}\)\(0\)|^00[0-9]{2}|^0)([0-9]{9}$|[0-9\-\s]{10}$)/;
trace( validPhoneNumberRegExp.test( "+393349713568" ) );

VALIDATE DATE FORMATS

formats DD/MM/YY or DD/MM/YYYY or MM/DD/YY or MM/DD/YYYY

var validDateRegExp:RegExp= /^(\d{1,2})\/(\d{1,2})\/(\d{2}|(19|20)\d{2})$/;
trace(validDateRegExp.test("12/05/1972"));

VALIDATE ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTERS

var validAlphaNumericRegExp:RegExp= /^[a-zA-Z0-9]*$/;
trace(validAlphaNumericRegExp.test("Flep1972"));

VALIDATE UK POSTAL CODES

var validUKpostalCodeRegExp:RegExp= /^([A-Z]{1,2}[0-9][A-Z0-9]? [0-9][ABD-HJLNP-UW-Z]{2})*$/;
trace(validUKpostalCodeRegExp.test("ME7 9AA"));

VALIDATE AUSTRALIAN POSTAL CODES

var validAUpostalCodeRegExp:RegExp= /^((0[289][0-9]{2})|([1345689][0-9]{3})|(2[0-8][0-9]{2})|(290[0-9])|(291[0-4])|(7[0-4][0-9]{2})|(7[8-9][0-9]{2}))*$/;
trace(validAUpostalCodeRegExp.test("2620"));

VALIDATE CANADIAN POSTAL CODES

var validCanadianPostalCodeRegExp:RegExp= /^([ABCEGHJKLMNPRSTVXY][0-9][A-Z] [0-9][A-Z][0-9])*$/;
trace(validCanadianPostalCodeRegExp.test("K1A 0B1"));

VALIDATE DIGITS (WHOLE NUMBERS)

var validDigitsRegExp:RegExp= /^[0-9]*$/;
trace(validDigitsRegExp.test("29647362"));

VALIDATE IP ADDRESSES

var validIPRegExp:RegExp= /^((?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?))*$/;
trace(validIPRegExp.test("192.168.0.0"));

VALIDATE LOWER CASE ALPHABETIC CHARACTERS

var validLowerCaseRegExp:RegExp= /^([a-z])*$/;
trace(validLowerCaseRegExp.test("filippolughi"));

VALIDATE UPPER CASE ALPHABETIC CHARACTERS

var validUpperCaseRegExp:RegExp= /^([A-Z])*$/;
trace(validUpperCaseRegExp.test("FLEPSTUDIO"));

VALIDATE STRONG PASSWORDS

The password must contain one lowercase letter, one uppercase letter, one number, and be at least 6 characters long.

var validPasswordRegExp:RegExp= /^(?=^.{6,}$)((?=.*[A-Za-z0-9])(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*[a-z]))^.*$/;
trace(validPasswordRegExp.test("filiPPo1972"));

VALIDATE ZIP CODES

var validZipRegExp:RegExp= /^([0-9]{5}(?:-[0-9]{4})?)*$/;
trace(validZipRegExp.test("40202"));

VALIDATE MAJOR CREDIT CARDS

var validMajorCreditCardsRegExp:RegExp= /^(?:4[0-9]{12}(?:[0-9]{3})?|5[1-5][0-9]{14}|6011[0-9]{12}|622((12[6-9]|1[3-9][0-9])|([2-8][0-9][0-9])|(9(([0-1][0-9])|(2[0-5]))))[0-9]{10}|64[4-9][0-9]{13}|65[0-9]{14}|3(?:0[0-5]|[68][0-9])[0-9]{11}|3[47][0-9]{13})*$/;
trace(validMajorCreditCardsRegExp.test("Type here your credit card number and test it"));

VALIDATE DINERS CLUB CREDIT CARDS

var validDinersRegExp:RegExp= /^(3(?:0[0-5]|[68][0-9])[0-9]{11})*$/;
trace(validDinersRegExp.test("Type here your Dyners Club credit card number and test it"));

VALIDATE MASTERCARD CREDIT CARDS

var validMasterCardRegExp:RegExp= /^(5[1-5][0-9]{14})*$/;
trace(validMasterCardRegExp.test("Type here your MasterCard credit card number and test it"));

VALIDATE VISA CREDIT CARDS

var validVisaCardRegExp:RegExp= /^(4[0-9]{12}(?:[0-9]{3})?)*$/;
trace(validVisaCardRegExp.test("Type here your Visa credit card number and test it"));

Tags: actionscript 3.0 regular expressions, flash cs3 regular expressions, flash cs4 regular expressions, RegExp

JC Panorama contest winners

admin — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:33:43 PDT

Rolling drums….

The winners of two licences of JC Panorama by JumpeyeComponents are:

the comments n° 22 and 50

deeve 21-10-09 at 07:53
You gotta be in it to win it ;O).

niklaz 22-10-09 at 07:54
Me Randomize to Panoramize )).

Congratulations !
The winners will be contacted by FlepStudio for instructions.

Thank you all for your involvement and stay tuned, another great contest is coming!

Tags: contest, contest winners

Free Video Player YouTube Flash CS3 – CS4

admin — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:05:15 PDT

FlepStudio has created a new free utility for Flash CS3/CS4 and Actionscript 3.0.

This is a video player that reads the feeds from YouTube.
More precisely reads the feeds by category of YouTube videos and shows a list.
It also displays thumbnail images of video with related information (title, description, duration, number of comments, links to comments page on YouTube, how many raters, how many views, links to author’s page on YouTube, links to the original video on YouTube, etc. etc.).

It reads existing categories from an external XML file that you will keep updated each time YouTube add or remove categories, downloadable at the following URL:

http://gdata.youtube.com/schemas/2007/categories.cat

PS: the file you downloaded has the extension cat, you just have to rename to categories.xml and replace categories.xml which is in the same folder main.swf.

This video is very useful if you want to view and play YouTube videos on your website.
There is a ComboBox with the list of categories.
A MovieClip that plays the video in youtube selected (automatically the first video of the selected category).
A list of videos for the selected category so it can play each video.

Let’s see it.

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VALIDATE ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTERS

VALIDATE UK POSTAL CODES

VALIDATE AUSTRALIAN POSTAL CODES

VALIDATE CANADIAN POSTAL CODES

VALIDATE DIGITS (WHOLE NUMBERS)

VALIDATE IP ADDRESSES

VALIDATE LOWER CASE ALPHABETIC CHARACTERS

VALIDATE UPPER CASE ALPHABETIC CHARACTERS

VALIDATE STRONG PASSWORDS

VALIDATE ZIP CODES

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