Pass Parameters into your Flash File at runtime Adobe Flash / ActionScript
One way you can get around not being able to pass a parameter in is to add a "querystring" to your swf src in the embed tag / param movie in your object tag and then look at the _url property for the movie and strip off the query part.
Flash Fonts Adobe Flash / Text Effects
When you create a html document in a certain font and want to share it with others on the internet, they wont be able to view the font unless they download it and install it on your computer. Unless of course you embed the font within the document.Flash also allows you to embed fonts, the difference is that while embedding fonts in HTML is problematic, Flash allows you to embed fonts flawlessly. So the person viewing the flash file can any fonts used within it without having the font installed on their computer.Despite the fact the flash makes embedding fonts so easy, they remain one of the most frequently reported sources of problems on flash forums.
A Memopad, using the new MX Shared Object Adobe Flash / Dynamic Content
This tutorial shows you how to make use of a new feature of Flash MX, the shared object. At the same time you will learn how to use radiobuttons as event handlers like real buttons.The shared object is a new feature of Flash MX and works like a cookie. When you type text into a textfield and this text is defined as a shared object, the text will be remembered even you close the file. This is also true when a file containing one or more shared objects is on a server.
Embed Flash Into MS Powerpoint Adobe Flash / Third Party
Adding a little of interactivity and animation to your powepoint presentation can greatly ease sending your message to your audiance. In this tutorial, I'm going to show you in very easy steps how to add flash swf files to your Powerpoint slides.
Integrating Video in a Flash Movie Adobe Flash / Video
Want to integrate video in your Flash movie? You have two choices. You can embed the video in your Flash document, or keep progressively download it into a SWF file using from a FLV (Flash Video) file. In this tutorial you'll learn to use the Media Playback Component to display a FLV file in a Flash movie.
Dynamically Controlling Volume via the Sound Object Adobe Flash / Sound
The sound object is a very important aspect of Flash. Dynamically controlled sounds played directly from the library can only be realized by using this versatile object. Check out this tutorial and get a great start on using the sound object in your movies!
Flash Background Adobe Flash / Third Party
Use Flash SWF file as the background of a web page like you would use BODY BACKGROUND tag by using Flash Designer.
Flash 5 Tab Order Adobe Flash / Interactivity
Users of traditional HTML forms have gotten used to tabbing through the input fields to enter in their data. Users will do the same thing in Flash, but Flash tabs to elements on the page that we don't want to bother with. This is because, in HTML, a form is bounded by the
tag, while in Flash, there is no "form" section -- it's just all movie clips or in the _root timeline. Flash doesn't know any better, so we have to make it a bit smarter -- and meet the user's expectations.
Flash 5 and XML Adobe Flash / Third Party
When Flash 5 came out, I was impressed by a lot of the new features Macromedia had put into their product, but none so much as the addition of the XML ActionScript object. The XML Object allows you to pull in xml data and display it within your flash movie. Take a look at my example below (I pulled the xml content from moreover.com. They have tons of free feeds to all kinds of free news and content).
Shape Transformations Adobe Flash / Animation
When what we want is not to change the position of an object on the stage, but rather its shape in a progressive way (or both of them simultaneously), Flash provides us the technique of the Shape Tweening, that consists, simply, in transforming the outline of the object created until it becomes just like the outline of another different object.
Building Protoypes Adobe Flash / ActionScript
Basically, a prototype is a function, but the difference is that you can apply it to an object. This is where the fact that Flash Actionscript is Object Oriented is the most obvious.