Posts Tagged ‘actionscript’
How to Load External Images in Actionscript 3.0
Using the flash.display.Loader class in AS3, you can load in external image files to display in flash. The loader class supports loading in JPG, SWF, PNG, or GIF file types. The Loader class sounds more like a loading manager that watches load progress, rather than a display object. Fact is, the Loader is treated as a DisplayObject, so when it’s ready you just add it to the stage. Pretty simple, so let’s get started!
Connecting to a Flash Media Server using RTMP
RTMP is the protocol used by Adobe’s Flash Media Server to stream content into flash. Most of the help documentation doesn’t touch much on this method of connection and is limited to sources not easily available to users.
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What the hell is Modulus?!
Grant Skinner has started a great series of posts related to core functionality. Each post will discuss methods that are less than 5 lines of code. These “Core AS3″ snippets can be HUGE time savers when used properly. Grant does a great job at fully explaining what you need to do, and why you would want to do it.
This week: Modulus (%)