Learning AS3

Load Movie() in AS3

var swfToLoad: String = "mySwf.swf";
var loader: Loader = new Loader();
loader.load(new URLRequest(swfToLoad));
addChild(loader);

var myLoader:Loader = new Loader();

myLoader.load(new URLRequest("load.swf"));

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Load Movie using BUTTONS and Progress BAR

import fl.controls.ProgressBar;

import fl.controls.Button;

var my_loader:Loader = new Loader();

var my_btn:Button = new Button();

my_btn.label = "Load Image";

my_btn.x = 100;

my_btn.y = 200;

addChild (my_btn);

var my_pb:ProgressBar = new ProgressBar();

my_pb.source = my_loader.contentLoaderInfo;

my_pb.x = 100;

my_pb.y = 200;

my_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, startLoading);

function startLoading(e:MouseEvent):void{

my_loader.load(new URLRequest("myPhoto.jpg"));

addChild(my_pb);

removeChild(my_btn);

my_btn=null;

}

my_loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, finishLoading);

function finishLoading(e:Event):void{

addChild(my_loader);

removeChild(my_pb);

my_pb = null;

}

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Add mouse click event to SimpleButton package {   import flash.display.*;   import flash.events.*;   public class SimpleButtonDemo extends Sprite {     public function SimpleButtonDemo(  ) {       var button:SimpleButton = new SimpleButton(  );       button.x = 20;       button.y = 20;              button.upState = createCircle( 0x00FF00, 15 );       button.overState = createCircle( 0xFFFFFF, 16 );       button.downState = createCircle( 0xCCCCCC, 15 );       button.hitTestState = createCircle( 0x000000, 50 );              button.addEventListener( MouseEvent.CLICK, handleClick );              addChild( button );       }          private function createCircle( color:uint, radius:Number ):Shape {       var circle:Shape = new Shape(  );       circle.graphics.lineStyle( 1, 0x000000 );       circle.graphics.beginFill( color );       circle.graphics.drawCircle( 0, 0, radius );       circle.graphics.endFill(  );       return circle;     }          private function handleClick( event:MouseEvent ):void {       trace( "Mouse clicked on the button" );       }   } }

--------------------------------------------------------------------  Load and Save in AS3  var buttonShape:Shape = new Shape(); buttonShape.graphics.beginFill(0x336699); buttonShape.graphics.drawCircle(50, 50, 25); var button = new SimpleButton(buttonShape,  buttonShape, buttonShape, buttonShape); addChild(button); var fileRef:FileReference= new FileReference(); button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onButtonClick); function onButtonClick(e:MouseEvent):void { fileRef.browse([new FileFilter("Text", "*.jpg;*.gif;*.png")]); fileRef.addEventListener(Event.SELECT, onFileSelected); } function onFileSelected(e:Event):void { fileRef.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onFileLoaded); fileRef.load(); } function onFileLoaded(e:Event):void { var loader:Loader = new Loader(); loader.loadBytes(e.target.data); addChild(loader); } var MyTextField:TextField = new TextField(); var MyButtonField:TextField = new TextField(); var MyFile:FileReference = new FileReference(); MyTextField.border = true; MyTextField.type = TextFieldType.INPUT; MyTextField.y=100 MyButtonField.background = true; MyButtonField.backgroundColor = 0x339933; MyButtonField.x = 150; MyButtonField.height = 20; MyButtonField.text = "Click here to save"; addChild(MyTextField); addChild(MyButtonField); MyButtonField.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickhandler); function clickhandler(e:MouseEvent): void {     MyFile.save(MyTextField.text); }  ------------------------------------------------------------------ Switch Case for Buttons but1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickHandler); but2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickHandler); but3.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickHandler); function clickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void { switch (event.currentTarget.name) { case "but1" : trace("you chose a red Papa Smurf"); break; case "but2" : trace("you chose a green Papa Smurf"); break; case "but3" : trace("you chose a blue Papa Smurf"); break; } } Books for AS3 http://cookbooks.adobe.com Tutorial AS 3 http://www.kynd.info/library/mathandphysics/