Peter deHaan

• Dynamically creating a DataGrid instance in Flash using ActionScript 3.0
• Specifying a data grid's contents using a data provider in Flash using ActionScript 3.0
• Resizing a DataGrid instance in Flash using ActionScript 3.0
• Creating a horizontally scrolling DataGrid in Flash using ActionScript 3.0
• Opening URLs in new browser windows using ActionScript 3.0 and ActionScript 2.0
• Manually setting values on a ProgressBar control in Flash using ActionScript 3.0
• Creating an indeterminate ProgressBar control in Flash using ActionScript 3.0
• Using the Flex SDK's ObjectUtil class in your Flash CS4 documents
• Dynamically loading images using the UILoader component in Flash using ActionScript 3.0
• Determining when a UILoader component has completed loading in Flash using ActionScript 3.0
• Detecting whether content successfully loaded in a UILoader component in Flash using ActionScript 3.0
• Dynamically creating new FLVPlayback control instance in Flash using ActionScript 3.0
• Determining whether a UILoader component auto loads content in Flash using ActionScript 3.0
• Determining when a UILoader component resizes in Flash using ActionScript 3.0
• Setting the skin background color on an FLVPlayback control skin in Flash using ActionScript 3.0
• Dynamically resizing images using the UILoader component in Flash using ActionScript 3.0
• Determining when a video's metadata is received on an FLVPlayback control in Flash using ActionScript 3.0
• Automatically hiding the skin on an FLVPlayback control in Flash using ActionScript 3.0
• Setting the skin background alpha on an FLVPlayback control skin in Flash using ActionScript 3.0
• Embedding fonts from a Flex application into a Flash SWF file
• Setting the volume on an FLVPlayback component in Flash using ActionScript 3.0
• Restricting which characters a user can type into a TextInput component in Flash using ActionScript 3.0
• Restricting the number of characters a user can type into a TextInput component in Flash using ActionScript 3.0
• Creating a masked password TextInput control in Flash using ActionScript 3.0
• Setting a custom text format on a TextInput control in Flash using ActionScript 3.0
• Using an embedded font with the TextInput control in Flash using ActionScript 3.0
• Creating an uneditable TextInput control in Flash using ActionScript 3.0
• Disabling a TextInput component in Flash using ActionScript 3.0
• Changing the data provider on the ColorPicker control in Flash using ActionScript 3.0
• Setting the number of columns on a ColorPicker control in Flash using ActionScript 3.0
• Creating a vertical Slider control in Flash using ActionScript 3.0
• Toggling the text field on the ColorPicker control in Flash using ActionScript 3.0
• Getting the currently selected color as a hexadecimal value on a ColorPicker control in Flash using ActionScript 3.0
• Detecting when the user changes the color in a ColorPicker control in Flash using ActionScript 3.0

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• Creating an instance of the Button component using ActionScript 3.0 in Flash
• Setting a Button component's label in Flash with ActionScript 3.0
• Resizing and positioning buttons in Flash with ActionScript 3.0
• Detecting when a button is pressed in Flash with ActionScript 3.0
• Enabling and disabling Button instances in Flash with ActionScript 3.0
• Displaying a hand cursor on a Button component in Flash with ActionScript 3.0
• Setting Button component styles in Flash with ActionScript 3.0
• Setting text formats on a Button component in Flash with ActionScript 3.0
• Creating multiline Button component labels in Flash with ActionScript 3.0
• Using embedded fonts with the Button control in Flash with ActionScript 3.0
• Creating emphasized Button components in Flash with ActionScript 3.0
• Looping over items in your Flash document’s Library panel using JSFL
• Using JSFL to determine which build of the Flash Authoring program you have installed
• Setting icons on the Button component with Flash and ActionScript 3.0
• Setting a Button control's icon and label position in Flash with ActionScript 3.0
• Setting the gap between an icon and a label in a Button control in Flash and ActionScript 3.0
• Setting individual icons for different states on a Button control in Flash with ActionScript 3.0
• Using an external image for a Button icon in Flash with ActionScript 3.0
• Creating auto-repeating buttons in Flash with ActionScript 3.0
• Clearing the Output panel in Flash using JSFL
• Creating toggle buttons in Flash with ActionScript 3.0
• Using an embedded font with the TextArea control in Flash with ActionScript 3.0
• Using embedded fonts with the CheckBox control in Flash with ActionScript 3.0
• Saving the contents of the Flash Actions panel to an external file using JSFL
• Displaying messages in Flash using JSFL
• Displaying a yes/no dialog box in Flash using JSFL
• Prompting the user for information in Flash using JSFL
• Saving the contents of the Flash Output panel to an external file using JSFL
• Saving and compacting all open documents in Flash using JSFL
• Displaying an embedded image using a UILoader container in Flash using ActionScript 3.0
• Creating a multiline CheckBox component in Flash using ActionScript 3.0
• Displaying a list of Video objects in your Flash document’s Library panel using JSFL
• Looping over open documents in Flash using JSFL
• Dynamically creating an input text field in ActionScript 3.0
• Toggling specific compiler warnings in Flash CS3
• Updating to the latest version of Flash CS4 using the Adobe Updater
• Detecting the microphone in Flash using ActionScript 3.0
• Displaying a background color on a Label control in Flash
• Closing all open documents in Flash using JSFL
• Dynamically loading XML files in ActionScript 3.0
• Setting text in the Actions panel in Flash using JSFL
• Creating a new Label instance using ActionScript 3.0
• Changing the Label instance’s text in Flash using ActionScript 3.0
• Creating an HTML-enabled label instance in Flash using ActionScript 3.0
• Automatically resizing a Label instance in Flash using ActionScript 3.0
• Creating a multi-line Label instance in Flash using ActionScript 3.0
• Creating a selectable Label instance in Flash using ActionScript 3.0
• Using an embedded font with the ColorPicker component in Flash using ActionScript 3.0
• Drawing shapes using the drawing API in ActionScript 3.0 and ActionScript 2.0
• Using embedded fonts with the Label control in Flash using ActionScript 3.0
• Loading an external text file into a label instance in Flash using ActionScript 3.0

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The ActionScript Examples blog mainly focuses on ActionScript 3.0 solutions in the Flash Authoring IDE (Flash CS3 and CS4 specifically). My Flex SDK and Flex Builder specific examples will continue to be posted on blog.flexexamples.com. There are also a few interesting examples of using the Flex SDK compiler in Flash CS4 though, so there will definitely be a bit of overlap between the two blogs.

And since I love using unordered lists, here's what I've posted about in the past nine months since I first set up the blog:

• Loading FLV files in ActionScript 3.0 using the NetConnection and NetStream classes
• Loading text files using the URLLoader class in ActionScript 3.0
• Loading URL encoded variables into a Flash application using the URLLoader class in ActionScript 3.0
• Decoding URL encoded strings in a Flash application using the URLVariables class in ActionScript 3.0
• Using the ExternalInterface class in ActionScript 2.0 and ActionScript 3.0
• Creating transition effects using the TransitionManager class in ActionScript 3.0
• Loading external MP3 files in ActionScript 2.0 and ActionScript 3.0
• Displaying a dynamically loaded MP3 file's ID3 information in ActionScript 2.0 and ActionScript 3.0
• Dynamically loading an image in ActionScript 2.0 and ActionScript 3.0
• Dynamically loading external XML files using ActionScript 3.0
• Positioning a dynamically loaded image in ActionScript 2.0 and ActionScript 3.0 using the MovieClipLoader class and Loader class
• Overriding the default framerate for a tween in Flash
• Using embedded fonts with the ComboBox control in Flash CS3
• Using embedded fonts with the DataGrid control in Flash CS3
• Using embedded fonts with the Button control in Flash CS3
• Dynamically adding cue points to an FLV using the FLVPlayback control in ActionScript 3.0
• Creating data grid columns using the DataGridColumn object
• Sorting data grid columns numerically in Flash CS3
• Determining the current sort column and sort order on a Flash CS3 DataGrid control
• Calling ActionScript functions from JavaScript using the ExternalInterface API in ActionScript 2.0
• Determining which classes are automatically imported in Flash CS3 and Flash CS4
• Using the Flex SDK with Flash CS4
• Embedding images into a Flash document using the [Embed] metadata
• Copying a dynamically loaded image’s pixels to a new Bitmap instance
• Embedding fonts in Flash CS4 using ActionScript
• Using JSFL to determine your current Flex SDK path in Flash CS4

For lots of information about using the new Motion Editor features in Flash CS4, check out Jen deHaan's blog, Flashthusiast, and for more information on Flash+Flex integration from Tareq AlJaber on the Adobe Flash Authoring team, check out his blog at http://flashauthoring.blogspot.com/.

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