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AS3 Signals Bubbling note

Sunday, March 07th, 2010 | Author:

Working with this now and just a note that it looks like a way to bubble Signals from a nested display class is as follows:

public var deluxeSignal:DeluxeSignal = new DeluxeSignal(this);
…
deluxeSignal.dispatch(new GenericEvent(true));

and the listening class further up the display list implements IBubbleEventHandler and requires the following method:

public function onEventBubbled(e:IEvent):void {
trace(e +"-"+ e.target +"-"+ e.currentTarget +"-"+ e.signal);
}
- – -
Added a quick example below with source code using the current signals release unedited
here

PS there is an excellent Signals video tutorial here

- – -
Update: Added a new version of the simple example that works with the latest Signals release (0.7). The onEventBubbled method now has a boolean return value to determine whether to continue bubbling or stop.
The new example code can be downloaded here

Update: Added a new simple example using Signals 0.8 bubbling + custom event based on one of the test cases which helps with strong typing and can be downloaded here
- – -

Some ideas on passing parameters:
var deluxeSignal:DeluxeSignal = new DeluxeSignal(this);
deluxeSignal.dispatch(new GenericEvent(true));
Here you are passing “this”, ie the sending instance, as the GenericEvent event target so that it is available as the event.target within onEventBubbled(event:IEvent).

Alternately pass in a Value Object (VO) instead of “this” to pass more precise and data typed parameters (you would need to give it a “parent” property) or another option is to extend GenericEvent and give it some custom properties which can be read within onEventBubbled.

Category: Code Examples, Flash | 18 Comments

Quick test of FCSS

Sunday, February 14th, 2010 | Author:

fcss test Spent an hour testing the cool Flash AS3 FCSS library. Seems fine to set any public property so it can trigger tweens, image loads, filters etc as in this example
There is a good FCSS video tutorial here

Trees image from here released under CC license


Code below all in one file for now as it was just a quick test. Aside from FCSS it also uses three other AS3 libraries - Tweener and MinimalComps and BumpSlide

You can view the swf here

PLAIN TEXT
Actionscript:
  1. /**
  2. * v0.1 code by dehash.com 2010
  3. * Quick Test of FCSS
  4. * Released as open source under the BSD License
  5. * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
  6. */
  7. package {
  8.  
  9.     // http://code.google.com/p/minimalcomps/
  10.     import com.bit101.components.*;
  11.  
  12.     // http://github.com/theflashbum/fcss
  13.     import com.flashartofwar.fcss.applicators.StyleApplicator;
  14.     import com.flashartofwar.fcss.managers.SingletonManager;
  15.     import com.flashartofwar.fcss.styles.IStyle;
  16.     import com.flashartofwar.fcss.stylesheets.*;
  17.  
  18.     import flash.display.Sprite;
  19.     import flash.events.Event;
  20.     import flash.events.MouseEvent;
  21.  
  22.     // trees image from http://www.flickr.com/photos/cybot586/4356730349/
  23.  
  24.     public class Main extends Sprite
  25.     {
  26.  
  27.         private var css:XML = <css><![CDATA[
  28.         #boxStyle {
  29.             x: 50;
  30.             y: 10;
  31.             alpha: 0.95;
  32.             width: 300;
  33.             height: 250;
  34.             color: 0x1C2331;
  35.             tweenYto: 333;
  36.             dropShadowDistance: 20;
  37.             loadImage: 4356730349_2cfcbdff4d.jpg;
  38.         }
  39.         ]]>
  40.         </css>;
  41.  
  42.         private var styleSheetCollection:IStyleSheetCollection =
  43. SingletonManager.getClassReference(StyleSheetCollection) as IStyleSheetCollection;
  44.  
  45.         private var txt:Text;
  46.  
  47.         private var box:BoxExtended;
  48.  
  49.         public function Main():void
  50.         {
  51.             if (stage) init();
  52.             else addEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, init);
  53.         }
  54.  
  55.         private function init(e:Event = null):void
  56.         {
  57.             removeEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, init);
  58.  
  59.             // entry point
  60.             addControls();
  61.             addBox();
  62.         }
  63.  
  64.         private function addControls():void {
  65.  
  66.             var window:Window = new Window(this, 400, 50, "Box CSS Window");
  67.             window.width = 320;
  68.             window.height = 460;
  69.  
  70.             var vBox:VBox = new VBox(window.content);
  71.  
  72.             txt = new Text(vBox, 10, 20);
  73.             txt.text = css.toString();
  74.             txt.width = 300;
  75.             txt.height = 400;
  76.  
  77.             new PushButton(vBox, 180 , 0, "Apply CSS to Box", parseButtonHandler);
  78.  
  79.         }
  80.  
  81.         private function parseButtonHandler(e:MouseEvent):void {
  82.  
  83.             var styleSheet:IStyleSheet = new FStyleSheet( );
  84.             styleSheet.parseCSS(txt.text.toString());
  85.  
  86.             styleSheetCollection.removeStyleSheet("boxStyleSheet");
  87.             styleSheetCollection.addStyleSheet(styleSheet, "boxStyleSheet");
  88.  
  89.             var boxStyle:IStyle = styleSheetCollection.getStyle("#boxStyle");
  90.  
  91.             var styleApplicator:StyleApplicator = new StyleApplicator();
  92.             styleApplicator.applyStyle(box,boxStyle);
  93.         }
  94.  
  95.         private function addBox():void {
  96.             box = new BoxExtended();
  97.             addChild(box);
  98.         }
  99.  
  100.     }
  101. }
  102.  
  103. // http://code.google.com/p/tweener/
  104. import caurina.transitions.Tweener;
  105. import flash.filters.DropShadowFilter;
  106. // http://code.google.com/p/bumpslide/
  107. import com.bumpslide.events.UIEvent;
  108. import com.bumpslide.ui.Box;
  109. import com.bumpslide.ui.Image;
  110.  
  111. class BoxExtended extends Box {
  112.  
  113.     private var image:Image = new Image(null, Image.SCALE_CROP, -1, -1, imageLoaded);
  114.     private var _tweenYto:Number;
  115.     private var _loadImage:String;
  116.     private var _dropShadowDistance:Number;
  117.  
  118.     public function BoxExtended() {
  119.         super(0xccccff,100,100,20,20);
  120.     }
  121.  
  122.     public function set tweenYto(value:Number):void {
  123.         _tweenYto = value;
  124.         Tweener.addTween(this, { y:_tweenYto, time:2.5, delay:0.5, transition:"easeInOutExpo" } );
  125.     }
  126.  
  127.     public function set loadImage(value:String):void {
  128.         _loadImage = "/demoimages/"+ value.split("/").pop();
  129.         if (_loadImage == "null") {
  130.             tileBitmap = null;
  131.         }else {
  132.             image.url = _loadImage;
  133.         }
  134.     }
  135.  
  136.     public function set dropShadowDistance(value:Number):void {
  137.         _dropShadowDistance = value;
  138.         filters = [new DropShadowFilter(_dropShadowDistance)];
  139.     }
  140.  
  141.     private function imageLoaded(e:UIEvent):void {
  142.         tileBitmap = image.imageBitmap.bitmapData;
  143.     }
  144.  
  145. }

Category: Code Examples, Flash | 3 Comments

Flash 10 3D example

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 | Author:

fp10 3d example3D Flash Player 10 example and code using PaperSprite and the new built in 3D instead of PaperVision. The output is similar to similar to the InteractivePlanesBoard example and some of it is loosely based on this example code too.
view swf here


PLAIN TEXT
Actionscript:
  1. /**
  2. * v0.1 code by dehash.com 2009
  3. * Flash Player 10 swf using PaperSprite similar to InteractivePlanesBoard
  4. * http://www.dehash.com/?page_id=219 only using FP10 3D rather than PV3D
  5. * code loosely based on example at :
  6. * http://blog.soulwire.co.uk/code/open-source/two-sided-planes-in-flash-player-10
  7. * Released as open source under the BSD License
  8. * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
  9. */
  10.  
  11. package  {
  12.     import flash.events.Event;
  13.     import flash.events.MouseEvent;
  14.     import flash.display.Sprite;
  15.    
  16.     //http://blog.soulwire.co.uk/code/open-source/two-sided-planes-in-flash-player-10
  17.     import soulwire.display.PaperSprite;
  18.    
  19.     // http://code.google.com/p/tweener/
  20.     import caurina.transitions.Tweener;
  21.  
  22.     [SWF(width="800", height="600", backgroundColor="0xFFFFFF")]
  23.  
  24.     public class InteractivePlanesBoard10Multi2CleanedUp extends Sprite {
  25.  
  26.         private const NUM_OBJECTS:uint = 4;
  27.  
  28.         [Embed(source='add.png')]
  29.         private var pic:Class;
  30.  
  31.         private var size:uint = 100;
  32.         private var cnt:uint = 0;
  33.         private var holder:PaperSprite;
  34.  
  35.         public function InteractivePlanesBoard10Multi2CleanedUp() {
  36.             holder = new PaperSprite();
  37.             addChild(holder);
  38.             holder.x = stage.stageWidth / 2;
  39.             holder.y = stage.stageHeight / 2;
  40.  
  41.             var xOffset:Number = (NUM_OBJECTS * size) / 2;
  42.             var yOffset:Number = (NUM_OBJECTS * size) / 2;
  43.  
  44.             for (var i:int = 0; i <NUM_OBJECTS; i++) {
  45.                 for (var j:int = 0; j <NUM_OBJECTS; j++) {
  46.  
  47.                     var paperSprite:PaperSprite = new PaperSprite();
  48.                     paperSprite = new PaperSprite();
  49.                     paperSprite.x = -xOffset + (i * size * 1.2);
  50.                     paperSprite.y = -yOffset + (j * size * 1.2);
  51.  
  52.                     if(cnt%5==0){
  53.                         paperSprite.front = createPicSprite();
  54.                     }else {
  55.                         paperSprite.front = createSprite();
  56.                     }
  57.  
  58.                     paperSprite.back = createSprite()
  59.                     paperSprite.rotationY = 0;
  60.                     holder.addChild(paperSprite );
  61.  
  62.                     paperSprite.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, planePressedHandler, false, 0, true);
  63.  
  64.                     cnt++;
  65.                 }
  66.             }
  67.  
  68.             addEventListener ( Event.ENTER_FRAME, spin );
  69.         }
  70.  
  71.         private function createSprite ():Sprite {
  72.             var sp:Sprite = new Sprite();
  73.             sp.graphics.beginFill ( Math.random() * 0xffffff );
  74.             sp.graphics.drawRect ( -size / 2, -size / 2, size, size);
  75.             sp.graphics.endFill ();
  76.             return sp;
  77.         }
  78.  
  79.         public function createPicSprite():Sprite {
  80.             var sp:Sprite = new Sprite();
  81.             var b:*= new pic();
  82.             b.width = b.height = size;
  83.             sp.addChild(b);
  84.             return sp;
  85.         }
  86.  
  87.         private function spin ( event:Event ):void {
  88.             var mX:Number = ((mouseX / stage.stageWidth) - 0.5) * 360;
  89.             var mY:Number = ((mouseY / stage.stageHeight) - 0.5) * 360;
  90.             holder.rotationY += (mX - holder.rotationY) / 140;
  91.             holder.rotationX += (mY - holder.rotationX) / 140;
  92.         }
  93.  
  94.         public function planePressedHandler(e:MouseEvent):void {
  95.             if (!Tweener.isTweening(e.currentTarget)) {
  96.                 Tweener.addTween(e.currentTarget, { time:2, delay:0, transition:'easeinoutback', rotationY: e.currentTarget.rotationY + 180 } );
  97.             }
  98.         }
  99.  
  100.     }
  101. }

Category: Code Examples, Flash | Comments off

Quick Image Viewer

Thursday, November 26th, 2009 | Author:

Image ViewerMade a quick image displayer with zoom and pan in just a few lines of code using BumpSlide and MinimalComps which can be viewed here. The main source code is below and the image is The Starry Night by Van Gogh from here


PLAIN TEXT
Actionscript:
  1. /**
  2. * v0.1 code by dehash.com 2009
  3. * based on example code at :
  4. * http://bumpslide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/as3/examples/zoom/ZoomDemo_01.as
  5. * Released as open source under the BSD License
  6. * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
  7. */
  8.  
  9. package {
  10.  
  11. import com.bit101.components.HBox;
  12. import com.bit101.components.HSlider;
  13. import com.bit101.components.Label;
  14. import com.bit101.components.PushButton;
  15.  
  16. import com.bumpslide.ui.Applet;
  17. import com.bumpslide.ui.ZoomPanel;
  18. import net.stevensacks.utils.Web;
  19.  
  20. import flash.display.Bitmap;
  21. import flash.display.Loader;
  22. import flash.events.Event;
  23. import flash.events.MouseEvent;
  24. import flash.net.URLRequest;
  25.  
  26. public class ImageDisplayer extends Applet {
  27.  
  28. static private const CONTENT_URL:String = "starrynight1280.jpg";
  29. private var zoomPanel:ZoomPanel;
  30. private var image:Loader;
  31. private var myZoomSlider:HSlider;
  32. private var controls:HBox;
  33. private var credits:HBox;
  34. private var offset:uint = 50;
  35. private var label:Label;
  36.  
  37. override protected function addChildren():void {
  38.  
  39. // load image with smoothing not applied
  40. image = new Loader();
  41. image.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.INIT, function(e:Event):void {
  42. (image.content as Bitmap).smoothing = false;
  43. });
  44. image.load(new URLRequest(CONTENT_URL));
  45.  
  46. // create zoom panel with image as content
  47. zoomPanel = new ZoomPanel();
  48. zoomPanel.content = image;
  49. addChild(zoomPanel);
  50.  
  51. // create HBox to hold controls
  52. controls = new HBox(this);
  53.  
  54. // create controls
  55. new PushButton(controls, 0, 0, "Home", function():void {
  56. zoomPanel.panTo(0, 0);
  57. });
  58. new PushButton(controls, 0, 0, "<<--", function():void {
  59. zoomPanel.panLeft();
  60. });
  61. new PushButton(controls, 0, 0, "-->>", function():void {
  62. zoomPanel.panRight();
  63. });
  64. new PushButton(controls, 0, 0, "/\\", function():void {
  65. zoomPanel.panUp();
  66. });
  67. new PushButton(controls, 0, 0, "\\/", function():void {
  68. zoomPanel.panDown();
  69. });
  70. myZoomSlider = new HSlider(controls, 0, 5, doZoom);
  71. myZoomSlider.tick = 0.25;
  72. myZoomSlider.minimum = 0.25;
  73. myZoomSlider.maximum = 7;
  74. myZoomSlider.value = 1;
  75.  
  76. addChild(controls);
  77.  
  78. zoomPanel.dragZoomControl.minZoom = .25;
  79. zoomPanel.dragZoomControl.maxZoom = 7;
  80.  
  81. zoomPanel.zoomContent.cacheAsBitmap = true;
  82.  
  83. // create HBox to hold credits
  84. credits = new HBox(this);
  85.  
  86. // create credits
  87. var labelText:String = "Van Gogh - Starry Night - 1889 -";
  88. labelText += "(source http://www.flickr.com/photos/financialaidpodcast/3956763480/)";
  89. label = new Label(credits, 0, 0, labelText);
  90.  
  91. new PushButton(credits, 0, 0, "Image Source", getSource);
  92.  
  93. }
  94.  
  95. private function getSource(e:MouseEvent):void {
  96. var link:String = "http://www.flickr.com/photos/financialaidpodcast/3956763480/";
  97. Web.getURL(link, "_blank");
  98. }
  99.  
  100. private function doZoom(event:Event):void {
  101. zoomPanel.zoom = myZoomSlider.value;
  102. }
  103.  
  104. /**
  105. * Applets are resized when stage size changes, so re-center content during redraw
  106. */
  107. override protected function draw():void {
  108. zoomPanel.move(offset, offset);
  109. zoomPanel.setSize(width * .85, height * .85);
  110. controls.x = offset;
  111. controls.y = offset / 2;
  112. credits.x = offset;
  113. credits.y = height * .95;
  114. }
  115. }
  116. }

Category: Code Examples, Flash | One Comment

PV3D InteractivePlanesBoard for Flash CS3

Monday, June 15th, 2009 | Author:

cs3 board image

InteractivePlanesBoard from here converted to work in Flash CS3.

view swf here and download .fla and source here

Icon by http://dryicons.com and pop up view of the swf is displayed using shadowbox.

Category: Code Examples, Flash, Papervision 3D | 3 Comments

Flash CS4 Papervision example

Tuesday, April 07th, 2009 | Author:

This post is mainly to cover some of the questions often asked and give a simple download to try out.

The Papervision examples here were compiled using the Flex SDK and FlashDevelop so there are no .fla's used. But as the examples are AS3 classes the conversion to using in Flash can be made so here is one download with a few usage ideas.

It was made in Flash CS4 and can be viewed here and the source can be downloaded here. It uses the very simple PlaneDemo class without editing it and the recent Papervision classes Papervision3D_2.0.883.zip from here are included in the zip.

Some things to note:
- The first line of the PlaneDemo class is
package com.dehash.pv3d.examples.basic
so the PlaneDemo class is stored in the following location
com/dehash/pv3d/examples/basic/PlaneDemo.as

- PlaneDemo.as is used as the document class and set in the Publish Properties pane which is one of the ways to use the class in Flash because PlaneDemo extends BasicView which extends AbstractView which extends Sprite.

- the Papervision classes are stored in the libs folder and that directory is added to the Source path using the Publish Settings > Flash tab path > Settings dialogue.

PlaneDemo.as includes the following Metadata
[SWF(width="800", height="600", backgroundColor="0xffffff")]
Flash CS4 is able to read this and implement it whereas the CS3 IDE was not. There is an article that covers this here

At some point I shall put up a more interesting example than PlaneDemo but it does cover many of the essentials despite being quite basic. The pop up view of the swf is displayed using shadowbox.

Category: Code Examples, Flash, Papervision 3D | One Comment

More Papervision 3D examples with source code

Sunday, January 04th, 2009 | Author:

Added some more Papervision 3D examples with source code.

There are now over 30 and all examples use current Papervision3D GreatWhite from SVN and so far all use BasicView also

Category: Code Examples, Flash, Papervision 3D | 8 Comments

AS3 Image Slicing

Monday, October 27th, 2008 | Author:

Dynamic slicing of an image example which runs a bit better than I expected it to. Idea from here and image from here


Image Slicing Example

more...

Category: Code Examples, Flash | Comments off

Panning Images

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 | Author:

Came up with this which is fun to play with.
Images from here 1 | 2 | 3 | 4

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Papervision AS3DMod – modifier for 3D Flash

Thursday, September 04th, 2008 | Author:

Modified Cube example using AS3DMod Interested to see this appear yesterday at everydayflash.com and made a quick start on a sandbox for it to get ideas on how to use it with Papervision.

A first example of AS3DMod which is a sandbox to experiment with can be found here.

Updates: Some usage tips noted for the initial version of the library using pv3d

* Seems to work fine with current SVN build of PV3D

* in com.as3dmod.modifiers.Noise.as comment out line 9:
import alternativa.types.Matrix3D; (the import is not used but will error if you only have pv3d library)

* Grab com.carlcalderon.arthropod.Debug.as from here and put it in your path as it is used in several of the files.

* Added simplfied usage code to the example here

* Added examples below using svn build.

Noise - sandpaper to mountain range: AS3DModNoise.as


Taper- rip and shrink: AS3DModTaper.as

Fish example
An idea for a Fish


Category: Code Examples, Flash, Papervision 3D | 4 Comments

Papervision 3D Examples Added With Source Code

Wednesday, August 06th, 2008 | Author:

Added some more Papervision 3D examples with source code.
All examples use current Papervision3D GreatWhite from SVN and so far all use BasicView also. **Update:** added four more examples to the top of the list to make 18 in total:
PV3D Examples


Category: Code Examples, Flash, Papervision 3D | 29 Comments

Papervision3D Examples With Code

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 | Author:

Here are some Papervision3D SVN GreatWhite examples with source code.

More to be added soon.

Category: Papervision 3D | One Comment

Flex YouTube API Example Update

Monday, June 30th, 2008 | Author:

Added a Comments viewer, and a related movies tab using the as3-youtube-data-api

View the flex swf here

Loading the comments is almost identical to loading the feeds - just use these classes :
import ca.newcommerce.youtube.data.CommentData;
import ca.newcommerce.youtube.feeds.CommentFeed;
import ca.newcommerce.youtube.events.CommentFeedEvent;

The rest is the same.

Previous version with source code here

Category: Flash, YouTube API | 3 Comments

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