Bodie Leonard » Actionscript 3.0 http://bodieleonard.com click, listen, learn, play interactive web Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:39:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 AS3 getting past IE popup blocker http://bodieleonard.com/as3-getting-past-ie-popup-blocker/ http://bodieleonard.com/as3-getting-past-ie-popup-blocker/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:07:22 +0000 Bodie Leonard http://bodieleonard.com/?p=273 [Edited September 04, 2009]
I also use this fix to bypass popups in IE…

/*

use this snippet in the as file to work with this class
function discoverBtnHandler(e:MouseEvent){

var popup:PassPopup = new PassPopup();
// Open the popup window.
popup.ChangePage( “http://theotherwhitemeat.com/porkrecipes/#/recipes/” );
}

*/

package com {
import flash.external.ExternalInterface;
import flash.net.*;

public class PassPopup {

/
public function ChangePage(url:*, window:String = “_blank”):void {
var req:URLRequest = url is String ? new URLRequest(url) : url;
if (!ExternalInterface.available) {
navigateToURL(req, window);
} else {
var strUserAgent:String = String(ExternalInterface.call(”function() {return navigator.userAgent;}”)).toLowerCase();
if (strUserAgent.indexOf(”firefox”) != -1 || (strUserAgent.indexOf(”msie”) != -1 && uint(strUserAgent.substr(strUserAgent.indexOf(”msie”) + 5, 3)) >= 7)) {
ExternalInterface.call(”window.open”, req.url, window);
} else {
navigateToURL(req, window);
}
}
}

}

}

[End Edit September 04, 2009]

import com.neondust.external.PopupWindow;
import com.neondust.external.PopupWindowDefaults;

var popup:PopupWindow = new PopupWindow();
popup.width = WIDTH OF POPUP;
popup.height = HEIGHT OF POPUP;
popup.menuBar = false;
popup.toolBar = false;
popup.open( “YOUR HTML PAGE PATH” );

Package created by NEONDUST STUDIOS
Download PopupWindow.as
Download PopupWindowDefaults.as

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I am creating a table that will communicate with xml and can search by many different criterias and then spit the ordered details out in order.

]]> http://bodieleonard.com/adobe-actionscript-30-e4x/feed/ 0 Click Here site has been launched http://bodieleonard.com/click-here-site-has-been-launched/ http://bodieleonard.com/click-here-site-has-been-launched/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:12:56 +0000 Bodie Leonard http://bodieleonard.com/?p=193 Finally after many hours of flash development my coworker Corban Baxter and I have finally finished the Click Here website. This is my first full blown website with Actionscript 3.0.
Developing this site I learned that you must error proof as you go or an end product will be a big roll of duck tape.

10 Useful tips in developing a large scale flash as3 site that is fully dynamic in every way possible.

  1. Start with SWF Address or Gaia and work your site around those frameworks for deeplinking.
  2. Consistently check to make sure the flash doesn’t bog down the processor and loading times are adequate
  3. Use as many classes as you can to cut down on repetitive functions
  4. Make sure all a href=”" target=”_blank” links are not blocked by browser popup blockers as you code to save headache at crunch time.
  5. Disable all elements on stage that are not in the tabIndex by tabEnabled = false;
  6. Make sure you have all the up-to-date free debugging software. Flash Tracer is great if your on FireFox
  7. Make sure you removeEventListeners as you develop for garbage collection
  8. One object to rule them all. If your loading in XML create an object={}; so you can call one central location to prevent player corruption down the road.
  9. Instead of for loops everywhere try forEach()
  10. Enjoy as3 and learn something new with every new project. Check out this very helpful presentation by Branden Hall CTO & Chief Sofware Architect at Automata Studios
]]> http://bodieleonard.com/click-here-site-has-been-launched/feed/ 2 How to use tabIndex and getting rid of the yellow box in AS 3.0 http://bodieleonard.com/how-to-use-tabindex-and-getting-rid-of-the-yellow-box-in-as-30/ http://bodieleonard.com/how-to-use-tabindex-and-getting-rid-of-the-yellow-box-in-as-30/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:15:52 +0000 Bodie Leonard http://bodieleonard.com/?p=171 Other Panel > Accessibility or shortcut Shift F11. elementName.tabIndex=1; // numbers from 1 – 65535 Enable any elements that are not to be used by tab shortcut key elementName.focusRect = true; Once [...]]]> Enabling tabIndex
You can either code all your tabIndex’s or you can use the Accessibility panel to set the Tab Index which can be found in Windows > Other Panel > Accessibility or shortcut Shift F11.

elementName.tabIndex=1; // numbers from 1 – 65535

Enable any elements that are not to be used by tab shortcut key

elementName.focusRect = true;

Once the tab indexes order has been set and all the elements are enabled (or disabled if not in use) we can set the focus so users will know if they have tabbed to an element on the page.

elementName.addEventListener(FocusEvent.FOCUS_IN, changeHalo);
function changeHalo(e:FocusEvent):voidactionscrip 3
{
e.target.transform.colorTransform = 0xFFFFFF;
}

And now tabbing has been set for the form with no yellow boxes on focused elements.

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