Gradient Masks in Flash 8

Make two movieclips:

1. The "maskee" which is just a regular MovieClip containing a picture.
2. The "mask" which is also a movieClip but contains some blends that fade to a solid color to clear

maskee.cacheAsBitmap=true
mask.cacheAsBitmap=true
mask.setMask(maskee)

MovieClip Depth Property

mc.getDepth();

Remember the parens

Call a JavaScript function from Flash

This Flash function calls a Javascript and sends a string to be displayed in an alert window.

import flash.external.*;
btn.onPress = function() {
 ExternalInterface.call("playmovie", "hi Matt");
};

Put this Javascript function in the html file

function playmovie(theMessage){   
alert(theMessage)
}

sIFR

This tool uses css, flash, and Javascript to embed non-web fonts in a browser.

http://www.mikeindustries.com/sifr/

SlideShowPro

http://www.slideshowpro.net/

String Search and Replace

String.prototype.replace = function(str, rep) {
     return this.split(str).join(rep);
};
 
 
//use it like this
var myStr:String = "Hello earth!"
trace(myStr.replace("earth","world")

Timer Countdown

displayTime = 10;
countDown = function () {
     displayTime--;
     if (displayTime == 0) {
          clearInterval(timer);
     }
};
timer = setInterval(countDown, 1000);

Change MovieClip Color

colorTo = function (theHex, theMc) {
 colorful = new Color(theMc);
 colorful.setRGB(theHex);
};
colorTo(0x00FFFF, theMc);

Simple Tween Equation

this._y += (newPos - this._y) * .5;