Debugging SWF files in a browser Debugging a SWF file from the comfort of Flash is one thing; debugging from the confines of a browser is another thing altogether! Fortunately,...
Meet the Debugger panel Ready to step up? The Debugger panel provides a much more comprehensive, interactive view than trace() of the inner workings of a SWF file. It enables...
Meet the Output panel Your first stop is the Output panel, which displays text that is output either by Flash or by you. To view the Output panel, open an...
Debugging ActionScript 2.0 Code: Lifting the BlindfoldProgramming can be a bit like navigating blindfolded in a petting zoo. Sure, you may know the general layout (which pens are where, which...
Moving from ActionScript 2.0 to ActionScript 3.0 Upgrading ActionScript 2.0 code to ActionScript 3.0 entails some mandatory changes to the source code. Typically the required changes are minimal to make...
Installing the sample files I've created all the sample code for my upcoming book, tentatively titled Essential ActionScript 3.0, in Flex Builder 2, the new development tool from Adobe for...
Building an image-viewing widget with ActionScript 3.0Along with the launch of Macromedia Flash MX 2004 back in 2003 came ActionScript 2.0, the first version of the Flash programming language to...
Create a new file with 700x780 px and 72 dpi. Paint the layer with the color 390021. Using the instrument PenTool, draw a picture with the color E53F91: Using the...
Comparing SWFObject with Other Methods There have been several methods over the years to detect versions of Flash Player and embed SWFs into HTML pages. This section looks at each...
Using Express Install with SWFObject SWFObject has full support for the Express Install feature in Flash Player 8. Included with the SWFObject script is an ActionScript file that works with...
SWFObject Examples The previous example is all that you need for barebones usage of SWFObject. But what if you need to use some of the other parameters that Flash Player...
Using FlashVars to pass variables to a SWF Introduction The FlashVars property of Macromedia Flash Player provides an efficient method of importing variables into the top level of a...