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FullScreen OnMouseMove Bug

Pixelwit — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:00:46 +0000

Here’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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Drawing a Closed Arc Shape

Pixelwit — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:00:06 +0000

This tutorial provides the ActionScript needed to draw a “Closed Arc” which is my way of describing the solid shape created by connecting a pair of concentric arcs with 2 straight lines. Here’s an illustration to explain:

(If you’re new to drawing arcs I suggest reading my previous circle and arc tutorials for an introduction to trigonometry in Flash.)

In my standard arc drawing tutorial I explained the following ActionScript code...

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Flash Scripted Conic Angle Gradient

Pixelwit — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:00:25 +0000

One of the quirkier aspects of Flash is its lack of a ‘conic’ gradient fill. The conic gradient has been a mainstay of drawing apps like CorelDraw and Photoshop (where it’s called an “Angle Gradient”) for ages but Flash still hasn’t implemented this basic feature. Go ahead and check… it’s not there.

NOTE: This tutorial uses some of the code and concepts from my previous Color Gradient and Circle Drawing tutorials so I highly recommend checking them out for a more in-depth explanation of the following code...

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Animated Arc Drawing

Pixelwit — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:50:39 +0000

A recent comment on my Oval Drawing Tutorial asks how to “give the appearance that an oval is being drawn slowly”. Hmmm… this sounds like a job for my handy Arc Drawing Function.

Slowly drawing (or revealing) a circle can be achieved by drawing arcs of an ever-increasing size until the arc is so big that it comes back to the beginning and makes a full circle. The same is true with ovals. First let’s take a look at the basic code for drawing an arc of a circle...

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Rotated Oval Tutorial

Pixelwit — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:33:36 +0000

Making the transition from drawing circles to drawing ovals is pretty simple but when you need to go from drawing ovals to drawing rotated ovals, you might run into a few problems. This article documents some of the pitfalls I encountered and presents them as a learning experience. If you just want some solid code to draw rotated ovals or twisted ellipses, skip ahead to the end of the article and copy the last block of code. If you think you might gain from my experience then by all means… read on....

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