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You Tube Flash AS3 / AS2 Data & Player API
Recently I have been working on something involving the use of video content from You Tube. With the lack of a good API out there I created my own. Below is a simple example of this working with sample code to download further below.
Control Flash from Javascript
Receiving data from a Flash movie: – Enter some text in the Flash movie’s Data field, then press Receive Data. The data from the Flash movie is then transferred to the html form.
Flash AS2 XML to Array
var xmlDoc:XML = new XML(); System.useCodepage = true; xmlDoc.ignoreWhite = true; xmlDoc.onLoad = function(ok:Boolean) { if (ok) { doMenu(this); } else { trace(“XML did not load”); } }; xmlDoc.load(“myImages.xml”); function doMenu(xml:XML) { var num:Number = xml.firstChild.childNodes.length; pics = new Array(); for (var i = 0; i < num; i++) { pics[i] = xml.firstChild.childNodes[i].attributes.image; } trace(pics); …
Tweener and “256 levels of recursion were exceeded in one action list”
Tweeners’ great, but I came across one little problem the other day: when I tried to remove an externally loaded swf from the stage while it was mid-animation, Tweener could bring the whole Flash movie to a halt with the error ‘256 levels of recursion were exceeded in one action list’. Obviously that’s bad – …
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Preloading External Images in Flash Using the MovieClipLoader Class
Preloading External Images in Flash Using the MovieClipLoader Class The MovieClipLoader class is an ActionScript tool for loading external content such as images and Flash movies into another Flash movie. Other ways for doing this same thing is the Loader Component and the old .loadMovie() method. The MovieClipLoader class is better than those other two …
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