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(C#) setLanguage in WinForms

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 06:57:10 GMT

Just a snippet I like; this can be called on GotFocus or LostFocus of a field, and it *attempts* to set the input language to the desired language.

(JavaScript) Hide Sencha Touch list items dynamically via CSS

Sat, 23 Jun 2012 06:45:37 GMT

Although I realize one should be able to filter a store to remove unwanted items in the list, this allows the list items through and just hides them via CSS.

(ActionScript 3) AS3 invert image transparency

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 08:17:38 GMT

This inverts the transparency on a Bitmap (probably supplied a PNG source) that specifically has two colors in it; "#656565" and "transparent" - you can tweak the threshold lines specifically if you'd like to modify that to use a range, or whatever. Adapted from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/608087/flex-actionscript-white-to-transparent and http://www.sephiroth.it/tutorials/flashPHP/thresold/

(ActionScript 3) Calling Javascript (JS) function from Flash file (AS3)

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 01:44:11 GMT

(ActionScript 3) AS3 Get Object Names from GetObjectsUnderPoint

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 23:46:36 GMT

Calling this will conditionally trace the list of object names underneath your mouse point. It will only trace when the list of objects beneath the mouse actually changes.

(ActionScript 3) AS3 GetNextHighestDepth

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:47:34 GMT

Often used in conjunction with dragging elements around the screen, you may want the item most recently picked up to jump to the top of the "stack." Here's how to do it. In the event handler you create, you tell the item's parent to set its child's index to the highest number of its children.

(ActionScript 3) AS3: Rounding to nearest N

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:01:57 GMT

syntax: roundToNearest(45, YourValueHere);

(ActionScript 3) AS3 Projectile Motion Tutorial

Sat, 29 May 2010 11:02:49 GMT

A convenient and educational tutorial for creating a bouncing ball-type game.

(ActionScript 3) Create your own custom events in AS3

Fri, 28 May 2010 09:52:43 GMT

A very easy way to have child movieclips cause events in their parent code to occur.

(ActionScript 3) AS3 ComboBox extremely basic example

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:03:32 GMT

This is the most simple example of a ComboBox created in AS3, based mostly on Adobe's example from http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ActionScript/3.0_UsingComponentsAS3/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d118a9c65b32-7fa9.html Inside the zip file you will find two folders. The first is this example with a ComboBox dragged onto the stage of the FLA with a supporting .AS file to populate it and make it work. The second example shows a ComboBox created and populated entirely by actionscript.

(ActionScript 3) AS3 Dropdown/Flyout menu

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:27:35 GMT

There ARE probably better dropdown menus than this one, but for simple purposes this works well. This has a button that reveals a menu that drops down. It could be easily tweaked to move upward instead. Uses Tweener.

(ActionScript 3) AS3 Form Field focus/blur functions

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:21:28 GMT

Paste this into your AS file to add focus and blur events to your text/form fields. If your field contains YOUR DEFAULT MESSAGE when focus is brought to it, it will erase itself, to be ready for text entry. If focus is lost while the field is completely empty, the default message will return.

(ActionScript 3) AS3 Email Validation

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:05:56 GMT

The source below is the function from the website with the corrected regular expression found in the site's comments. This is a nigh-one-line function for validating a string as an email address.

(ActionScript 3) AS3 Banner Template

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:23:54 GMT

This is an AS3 version of the banner template I created a while back in AS2. The code has been placed in the accompanying banner.as file, with the exception of a little bit of code within the dynamically-centering button you'll see placed on the stage. Just like the AS2 version, this is: An empty FLA to be repurposed for creating other banners of varying size. Clickable area is resized automatically to fit the stage size, and a sample button with rollover states is included. I removed the frames-based animation; you can just add your own as you feel. (Uses Tweener from http://code.google.com/p/tweener/ )

(ActionScript) AS2 debugging script

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:02:30 GMT

This can be used instead of "trace" to populate a text field in addition to the standard trace output. The textfield stays hidden until a selected key combination is pressed, thus allowing you to use it in a staging or, if need be, a production environment while keeping it hidden. Obviously it would be best to remove it from production when it debugging is finally complete, and you should change the key combination to something of your own making.

(CSS) Text Rotation with CSS

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:41:28 GMT

Fairly simple, cross-browser way to rotate text using only CSS.

(ActionScript) AS2 Banner with ClickTag Template

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:02:08 GMT

An empty FLA to be repurposed for creating other banners of varying size. Clickable area is resized automatically to fit the stage size, and a sample button with rollover states is included. Looping and loop delay are set according to actionscript variables in the first frame of the parent timeline. (Uses mc_tween2 from http://hosted.zeh.com.br/mctween/ )

(ActionScript 3) AS3 Video Player, placed on timeline, with spinning preloader

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:35:36 GMT

An ActionScript3 video player placed on the stage, configurable by FlashVars. It displays a spinning loader until the video loads. Also see http://snipplr.com/view/11606/ for another AS3 video code template Read about AS3 video in this in-depth tutorial: http://www.republicofcode.com/tutorials/flash/as3flvplayback/

(ActionScript 3) AS3 Image Loader with circular preloader spinner

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:12:17 GMT

Not a really elegant design, but it lets you mess around with the loading code easily.

(ActionScript 3) AS3 Calling a parent function from a child movieclip

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:22:38 GMT

I believe there are more elegant ways of doing this, but this does work for referencing a function on the main timeline of a shell/parent movieclip by a loaded, child movieclip. This would be useful particularly when you have a separate navigation SWF that is loaded into a shell/holder.