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Create a Dropdown Menu in AS3

Thu, 07/02/2009 - 7:41pm — Jody Hall
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In this article, you will learn how to build this simple dropdown menu in Flash using Actionscript 3.0:

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How to change the registration point in AS3

Sun, 06/27/2010 - 10:44pm — Jody Hall
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Here is something I think everyone would love to know how to do in Actionscript: dynamically change the registration point of a Movieclip or Sprite at runtime. I have certainly wanted to know how to do it for a long time, and I have been kind of less than satisfied with some of the solutions I've seen online. I should say, though, that they did give me valuable clues on developing my own solution, so I certainly don't mean to knock anyone here. One of the most popular solutions you'll find out there is a class that lets you link a library symbol to it. After you do, you get properties like rotation2, x2, y2, scaleX2, scaleY2--you get the idea.

However, this is not what I wanted....

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Better Flash Navigation using AS3 Classes

Thu, 01/14/2010 - 9:34am — Jody Hall
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In this article, you will learn a much better, more object oriented way to structure a Flash application than the typical "frames on the main timeline" scheme that you see so often everywhere. This better way might be summed up in a few words as "MovieClips as screens." This is so far superior to "Frames as screens," that I think you will be as amazed as I was, when I line out for you exactly why. Read on!

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Creating and dispatching your own custom events in AS3

Fri, 07/10/2009 - 12:26am — Jody Hall
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This is something that you are probably going to kick yourself over when you see how easy it is! ....

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Jody Hall
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7 menu dropdown
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The movieclip method works - Thanks so much!
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Thank you so much
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