Go get the file at ActiveDen Dynamic Scrolling Link List XML driven (No Wrap) An interactive link list. Vertically scrolling list of links or just text. Could be used for a nav menu or a link list, or even just a scrolling list. Scroll speed calculated dynamically from mouse position to give not only scrolling [...]
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Dynamic Flash Scrolling Link List XML driven Component on FlashDen
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Interactive Spin Actionscript Tutorial
I have been thinking of different interactions that are possible with objects. If you’ve read this blog at all you’ll know that I’ve played with physics and gravity and throwing balls and bouncing balls and all sorts. But I hadn’t wrapped my head around an interactive spinner. I know it’d be easy to make a [...]
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Local Connection Actionscript – Communicate between seperate Flash files | Tutorial
Overview: Local Connection Communication between two separate flash files placed on the same page (or even running simultaneously on one machine) is a nice way to spread a project out. You can send variable, call functions, pretty much do anything in one swf from another. Easiest case use would be a navigation menu set up [...]
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Men Circles | Interactive Experiment
Here’s a graphic of a circle of men. You may recognize the outline from any public restroom. They’re standing in a corny circle holding hands, like an all over the world theme., let’s just hope they all washed their hands… I made the graphic a while ago, and have been wanting to interactive-ize it. I’ve [...]
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Dynamic Flash Vertical Scrolling Link List with XML download at Flashden
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Distance Formula in Actionscript Tutorial | Pythagorean theorem

Overview To find the distance of any two points on an axis is easy, just subtract them. But what about when you have to find the distance of something not on the axis (a diagonal)? Find the distance between any two points with the Pythagorean theorem. This is an old problem we can look to [...]
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CSS and HTML WYSIWYG in Flash | Open Source Example

Overview: Using what I learned with the Actionscript Javascript Communication Tutorial, and pushing it a little further I’ve set up this example of how flash renders html and css. This is basically a wysiwyg (What you see is what you get) html editor! Natively flash only handles some html and css. Many people have enhanced [...]
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City Skyline Test | Depth Study
Gives feel of perspective and depth by reacting to mouse movements. The effect is parallax, read more… The city images are very choppy and ugly, I know, it’s just a test.
Sample Actionscript. This in on one of the buildings which are separate movie clips. Adjust the [...]Posted in portfolio Also tagged 3D, actionscript, animation, as2, download, flash, open source Leave a comment
Customize the Right-click menu in Flash | ContextMenuItem Tutorial
Overview: Flash give publishers the opportunity to customize the right-click menu which pops up in the swf file with a context menu item in actionscript. ContextMenuItem ContextMenuItem(caption:String, callbackFunction:Function, [separatorBefore:Boolean], [enabled:Boolean], [visible:Boolean]) Creates a new ContextMenuItem object that can be added to the ContextMenu.customItems array. Steps: The menu item has a caption, which is displayed to [...]
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Dynamic Flash Vertical Scrolling Link List with XML
As seen at activeden. I’ve fixed it up a lot and made it much easier to incorporate into your own files. A link list. Vertically scrolling list of links or just words. Scrolls and wraps automatically and interactively. Reads an external XML file containing just titles and paths and creates an interactive click-able link list! [...]
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