AS3 Easy Dynamic Movie Clip Buttons
Back in 2007 I posted a tutorial explaining how to dynamically create movie clip buttons using AS2. I received a lot of feedback on it including some great questions, like “How can I auto-select a button?” and “Can you do this in AS3?”. Like the Clickable Button in a Draggable Clip app that I re-coded in AS3, I felt that recoding this app could be a good exercise that would offer an introduction to some basic, frequently-used techniques for someone learning AS3.
AS3 Clickable Button Inside a Draggable Movie Clip
A few years back I wrote a popular post that demonstrated an AS2 technique to have a clickable button inside of a draggable movie clip. Recently, I received a request to see how it would be accomplished in AS3.
I haven’t posted in a LONG time and I thought it was a great idea. Not only does it get me blogging again, but it’s a great, short introduction to a couple of the new features in AS3.
Flash CS4 Update Fixes Hanging Issues
I recently had Flash CS4 installed and began experiencing some issues. Specifically, I was attempting to copy a nested object from within one heavily nested frame into another movie. Flash hung immediately and never recovered.
After a little bit of Googling I found that Adobe released an update to version 10.0.2 on 5/13/2009 to address similar issues. The installation was fairly quick and painless. No reboot was required. It seemed to fix the issues I was experiencing.
You can download the update here:
http://www.adobe.com/support/flash/downloads.html
If you purchased a current copy of Flash, the update is probably already included since it came out last year. The version information is on the splash page and under Help / About Adobe Flash CS4 within the application.
