Arrays are used to store multiple objects that are similar (eg multiple movieclips, numbers, strings etc) so that they can be easily looped through and handled in a uniform manner. This tutorial will introduce Arrays in Actionscript 3.0 and will show you how to insert elements into an Array (push()), remove elements from an Array (splice()), loop through arrays with for loops and make functions that can loop through an array and return a result.

This tutorial will demonstrate how to create a smooth thumbnail scroller in Flash that is controlled by the user's mouse movement.

How to make a dynamic text scrollbar in Flash



Author: Bill Trikojus



This tutorial will show you how to create a dynamic text scrollbar in Flash. The scrollbar contains arrows that the user can click and a dragger that can be dragged up and down to scroll the text. The scrollbar is dynamic and will automatically update to reflect the amount of text in the text box. The finished scrollbar will look something like this:





You can also download the finished dynamic text scrollbar.



Please note there is a small error in the code in the video that causes problems. This can be fixed by changing the relevant code to:



vis=my_txt.maxviewable()



//max needs to include the visible lines

max =vis+my_txt.maxscroll;

visPercent=(vis/max)*100;

This tutorial will help you get started using Papervision 3D - a Flash 3D engine. Covers initial source setup, loading Collada (DAE) files, controlling the position of the model using the keyboard and also basic 3D hit detection.

Download the finished example source files and Papervision source files used in this tutorial - https://commons.swinburne.edu.au/items/7f3bd373-8d10-4665-9963-13f3d9a27643/1/

Extra Links:
Papervision Code Page - http://code.google.com/p/papervision3d/downloads/list

Papervision Language reference - http://www.paultondeur.com/files/papervision3d/documentation/Public_Alpha_2.0/index.html?all-index-A.html&index-list.html

This tutorial will demonstrate how to load multiple Flash videos (.flv files) into Flash and control their playback using the FLVPlayback component. An alternative to the method shown in this tutorial is to load the FLV files using the Netstream object. You can download a Netstream / FLV example here - http://www.hed.swinburne.edu.au/design/tutorials/flash/how-to-create-a-flash-gallery-portfolio/loadflv.zip

This tutorial will demonstrate numerous methods of animating an object with easing. The first method looks at a timeline animation, then manually easing an object using Actionscript and finally utilising the built in Tween object.

This tutorial will show you how to create a function using Actionscript 3.0. It covers all the basics, including providing function parameters (both optional and required) and returning data from the function.

This tutorial will show you how to define a variable in Flash Actionscript 3.0 and how this differs from earlier versions of Actionscript.

This tutorial will show you how set object properties in Flash Actionscript 3.0 and how this differs from earlier versions of Actionscript.

This tutorial will introduce you to using if, else and else if statements in Flash Actionscript.