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Tutorial: Hello World! With AS3 in FlashCS3

Flash CS3

Our first approach of ActionScript 3.0 within Adobe Flash CS3.
We will see how to create a new object from a class in the timeline and how to interact with a movieClip in Flash CS3.

Dedicated to beginner in ActionScript 3.0

var myGreeter:Greeter = new Greeter();
mainText.text = Greeter.sayHello("World");

Hello World! With AS3 in FlashCS3
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Tutorial: Introduction to Loop and Event in AS3

Flash CS3 Flex 3

Following our first tutorial (Hello World with AS3 in Flash CS3), this video will show you the basis of event handling, conditional statements (if - else if - else) to create a simple fake login systems.

Introduction to Loop and Event in AS3
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Tutorial: Deepth of MovieClip with setChildIndex in AS3

Flash CS3 Flex 3 AIR

How to display movieClips on the stage.
How to control them with ActionScript 3.0
Managing the depth of MovieClips with setChildIndex.

Deepth of MovieClip with setChildIndex in AS3
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Tutorial: AS3 Animation - The Timer Class

Flash CS3 Flex 3 AIR

Creating a custom class for MovieClips, using getter and setter on properties.

Using the Timer Class to count the time elapsed: animating Movieclip.

AS3 Animation - The Timer Class
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Tutorial: Playing Flash Video (FLV) with AS3

Flash CS3 Flex 3 AIR

Displaying an FLV, handling his resolution (Width and Height).
Video playing only with AS3 language, no use of FLV Player components.

Playing Flash Video (FLV) with AS3
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Tutorial: Tracking the Cursor Position

Flash CS3 Flex 3

Event listening of a Mouse Cursor leaving the Stage Area with AS3 and tracking specific function.
How to know when the mouse leave outside the SWF.

Tracking the Cursor Position
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Tutorial: Xml & Actionscript 3.0

Flash CS3 Flex 3 AIR

How to load an XML with the new URLLoader & URLRequest.
Some simple examples of using E4X for node and attributes searching (XPath), using AS3 in Flex 2.0.

Xml & Actionscript 3.0
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Tutorial: Compute Audio Spectrum

Flash CS3 Flex 3 AIR

Computing an audio spectrum, with SoundMixer.computeSpectrum()
. Then we display a different color for the right and the left audio channel.

Compute Audio Spectrum
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Tutorial: Connecting AS3 with a Database

Flash CS3 Flex 3 AIR

Sending and receiving values to/from a database with Flash CS3 and actionscript 3.0. Using a server sided technologie(in this example php).

Connecting AS3 with a Database
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Tutorial: Interaction between AS3 and JavaScript

Flash CS3 Flex 3

Controlling ActionScript 3.0 via JavaScript and JavaScript via ActionScript 3.0. Easier than expected!

Interaction between AS3 and JavaScript
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Tutorial: Auto Updating AIR Application

Flash CS3 AIR

How to create an AIR application that update automatically when a new version is online
If the AIR application got access to Internet we check if the distribution AIR (online) have a more recent version than the local, if yes we update.

Auto Updating AIR Application
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