Limit drag and drop in AS3

Limit drag and drop in AS3 I previously created a drag and drop tutorial in Actionscript 3 where you could freely drag the object around the stage area. However, this means the object can also get dragged beyond the stage boundaries. In this tutorial you will learn how to...

Drag and drop in AS3

Drag and drop in AS3 This Flash tutorial will teach you about the basic drag and drop in Actionscript 3.0. You will learn how to drag an object around the stage. I have used an image of a sheep as the object to demonstrate the drag and drop functionality. This is an update from...

Custom cursor in AS3

Custom cursor in AS3 Custom cursor this time will be in Actionscript 3.0. The steps are similar, only the code needs to be changed. The rest of the tutorial is pretty much the same as the previous one. Custom cursor using the timeline Step 1 Open a new Flash document. Create...

Follow object with mouse in Actionscript 3

Add caption Follow object with mouse in Actionscript 3 In this tutorial you will learn how to follow an object with the mouse in Actionscript 3.0. This means that when you move the mouse the object will follow. I have created two different variations in this tutorial for the...

Find mouse position in Actionscript 3

Find mouse position in Actionscript 3 This is an update from the previous mouse position tutorial in Actionscript 2.0. In this tutorial you will learn how to find the mouse position of the stage, and the position of a movie clip in Actionscript 3.0. This means that when...

Reversing a string in Actionscript 3

Reversing a string in Actionscript 3 In this tutorial you will learn how to reverse a string in Actionscript 3.0. You need to use the following three methods to reverse a string: split(), reverse() and join(). Some knowledge of basic buttons is also needed for this tutorial....

Superscript and Subscript - with Actionscript 3

Although I do like writing lovely elegant code I'm also a big fan of 'the cheap hack'! Here's one I used last week to get round the age old problem of dynamic text boxes in Flash not supporting superscript and subscript. You need to do the following: Install the GGsuperscript and GGsubscript...