Some people have been asking how to create button code in Flash (CS3, CS4, or CS5) that progresses the playhead in a SWF to the next or previous frame using ActionScript 3.0. This is not too difficult, and is a super simple code modification from any other button in AS3 (and is actually a touch […]
ActionScript 2.0
Controlling the window target a button click opens using ActionScript 3.0 in Flash
One of my frequently asked questions in the comments is how to control what window a button click opens using ActionScript 3.0. For example, you might want your button to open in the same window, a particular part of your frames layout, or a new window. It’s similar to ActionScript 2.0, but there is a […]
Movie clip buttons in a fight: it’s AS2 vs. AS3 (again)
You might have created movie clip buttons in Flash CS3 or Flash CS4 (or Flash 8 or 7 or…) before to get those animations on your buttons. Either way, creating one would have proceeded a bit like the following if you used ActionScript 2.0. Create a button, and give it an instance name (in the […]
Loading and displaying video in Flash CS3 using ActionScript 3.0, no more video objects
A pretty common thing to do with Flash is to play an FLV file. In ActionScript 2.0, you would do the following: Create a new Video object in your Library (choose New Video from the Library’s Options menu). Drag the video onto the Stage, and give it an instance name. Add the following code to […]
Making a button work in Flash CS3, CS4 or CS5 with ActionScript 3.0 – it’s not too bad
So I used to monitor comments coming in from the CS3 Video Workshop, which contains a few hundred video tutorials on the CS3 products. Some of the comments that came in regarding the Flash videos was how people were having frustrations about how to set up button code with ActionScript 3.0. I thought that’s where […]