Archive for March, 2009

FullScreen OnMouseMove Bug

March 31st 2009 Posted to Flash

stinkbugHere’s an interesting fact: Going to FullScreen mode causes Flash to temporarily stop executing all onMouseMove events.

I’m sure if someone from Adobe was pressed hard enough they might be able to provide some convoluted ~logical~ reasons why going into full-screen mode stops all onMouseMove events but I’m not buying it. I wasted a few frustrating hours figuring this out and when I searched the web to confirm my suspicions I found no mention of this “feature” so I’m calling it what it is, a BUG.

Here, take a look at this ugly SWF (move your mouse around to draw a line whenever the OnMouseMove event is fired and then press the blue square to toggle fullScreen mode) …
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PageFlip: Right to Left Modification

March 02nd 2009 Posted to Flash

This tutorial explains how to modify the Free PageFlip or Improved PageFlip so that it reads from right to left. Follow along in this simple two part process.

Part #1) Flip the book movieclip.

  1. Open the Pageflip file to display the main timeline.
  2. Drag the Timeline’s red PlayHead to the last frame of the Actions layer.
  3. Select the small cross in the middle of the stage. This is the Pages movieclip.
  4. Flip the Pages moviecliip horizontally: Menu » Modify » Transform » Flip Horizontal.

Part#2) Modify the code. …
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