Posts Tagged ‘ as2 ’

swapDepth in AS3 for drag n drop

  • August 25th, 2008
  • Posted in Flex

The swapDepth is not available on AS3, rather much more simplest way is available. The below commented code can be achieved through the single line: event.target.parent.addChild(event.target); private var _dragIcon:MovieClip; dragIcon.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP,onMouseUp, false, 0, true); dragIcon.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,onMouseDown, false, 0, true); /* private var oldSwapDepth:int = 0; private var tempSwapDepth:int = 0; private function onMouseDown(event:MouseEvent):void { dragIcon.startDrag(false) tempSwapDepth = [ READ MORE ]

AS3 remedy to overcome removed / replaced AS2 terms

  • August 21st, 2008
  • Posted in Flex

on()/onClipEvent(): AS2: on (release) { this._parent.gotoAndPlay(1); } AS3: replayBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, replayBtnClickListener); function replayBtnClickListener (e) { gotoAndPlay(1); } or replayBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, function (e) { gotoAndPlay(1); }); Delegate Class: The Delegate Class of AS2, is more simpler to write in AS3 as like the example below: AS2: myButton.addEventListener(“click”, Delegate.create(this, someMethod)); Delegate.create(this, someMethod) AS3: myButton.addEventListener(“click”, someMethod); loadMovie AS2: theClip.loadMovie(“animation.swf”); AS3: [ READ MORE ]

Steps to be followed for AS3 migration

  • August 21st, 2008
  • Posted in Flex

1. Declare types for all variables, parameters, and return values. 2. Declarations with no access specifier now default to package internal, not public. 3. Classes are sealed by default, meaning properties cannot be added dynamically at runtime. 4. Use package declarations to put a class definition into a package. 5. Import classes, even if references [ READ MORE ]

using root keyword in Flex (AS3 migration)

  • February 7th, 2008
  • Posted in Flex

var root_mc:Object = parent.parent.parent.parent.parent.parent.parent.parent root_mc.functionNAME();  use the parent as per the level of components used, then u can refer the root_mc to control the objects or to call the functions of the root level elements[ READ MORE ]

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