Flash Platform in Action:iPhone apps built with Flash

Multi-touch demo video on Flash Platform

iPhone on CS5

Flash Iphone Fitc 2010

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Calling Flash Remote Service in Flash with Zend amf

Steps:

1. Download Zend amf library and put it into your htdocs (www root) folder.
2. Create a Gateway.php for connection
3. Create your service using php
4. Connect to service using ActionScript in TestService.fla
5. Run the TestService.fla

Step 1:

1. Download Zend amf library: http://framework.zend.com/download/amf
2. Unzip and put the Zend folder into your htdocs folder

Step 2:

1. Create a folder named “service” under htdocs.
2. Create a Gateway.php under htdocs.
3. Gateway.php:

<?php
	require('./Zend/Amf/Server.php');
	//require('./services/HowAreYou.php');
	
	$server = new Zend_Amf_Server();
	$server->addDirectory(dirname(__FILE__) .'/services/');
	//$server->setClass('HowAreYou');
	$response = $server->handle();
	echo $response;
?>

Step 3:

1. Create your remote service “HowAreYou.php” under “service” folder



2. HowAreYou.php

<?php
class HowAreYou{
    /*
     * @param  string $receiveMsg
     * @return string $replyMsg
     */
	function sendStr($yourname){
		return "$yourname, 你好！";
	} 
}
?>

Step 4:

1. Write ActionScript in your TestService.fla file



2. In TestService.fla

stop();
var connection:NetConnection; // Initialize NetConnection Object
var responder:Responder;  // Initialize Responder Object
 
//Construct Instance
responder = new Responder(onResult, onFault);  // Show Receive Data
connection = new NetConnection; 
// Setting
var gateway:String = "http://localhost/Gateway.php"; 
connection.connect(gateway);  // Connect to Zend amf
// Data Receieve
function onResult(Result:String):void { 
   trace(Result);
}
// Fail
function onFault():void {  
    trace("Connection Fail");
}
// Call Remoting Service's Method: (Class.Method, reaonder, parameter)
connection.call("HowAreYou.sendStr",responder,"your_message");

Step 5:

1. Test(Run) your TestService.fla



2. you will receive “your_message,你好!”  on the output window

解決 amfphp 中文字串亂碼問題

In your htdocs\amfphp\gateway.php

Comment this line of code:

//$gateway->setCharsetHandler("utf8_decode", "ISO-8859-1", "ISO-8859-1");

Add this line of code:

$gateway->setCharsetHandler( "utf8_decode", "UTF-8", "UTF-8" );

YouTube - Adobe Opens iPhone to Flash Developers

 

How to include .swc file into Flash CS4 project?

1. Open the "Publish Settings" window (File->Publish Settings)
2. Press the "Settings…" button right to the item "Script:"
3. Select "Library path" tab and then you can include your .swc file or the folder contain the .swc file

ActionScript 3.0 Tutorial Slide. Hope it helps

Coding Flash : ActionScript(3.0) Tutorial

I use this slide to give an ActionScript 3.0 Tutorial in the freshman training course of Intelligent Agent Laboratory in Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering of National Taiwan University.

FYI.

Coding Flash : ActionScript(3.0) Tutorial

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Produce Random Number with ActionScript

var randomNumber:Number;

randomNumber = Math.random(); // 0 <= randomNumber < 1

Catch Keyboard Event (Key Down) with ActionScript

// catch Key Down Event

stage.addEventListener( KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, KeyDownEventHandler);

function KeyDownEventHandler(e:KeyboardEvent ){
    trace(e.charCode);
    trace(e.keyCode);

    if( e.keyCode == Keyboard.UP){
        // use keyCode to detect special key

    }
    else if( e.keyCode == Keyboard.DOWN){
    }
    else if( e.keyCode == Keyboard.LEFT){
    }
    else if( e.keyCode == Keyboard.RIGHT){
    }
    else if( e.keyCode == Keyboard.SPACE){
    }
    else if( e.keyCode == Keyboard.SHIFT){
    }
    else if( e.charCode == 98){
        // b, ascii code = 98

        // use charCode to detect character
    }
    else if( e.charCode == 108){
        // l
    }
    else if( e.charCode == 97){
        // a
    }
    else if( e.charCode == 65){
        // A
    }
    else if( e.charCode == 118){
        // v
    }
    else if( e.charCode == 114){
        // r
    }
    else{
        //
    }
}

Using Global Variable in Flex

 

1. Declare the global variable in the main .mxml file.

 

In the main .mxml file :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:WindowedApplication xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute" creationComplete="TryAS()">
    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            public var bookSize:Rectangle = new Rectangle(0,0,800,600);

            public function TryAS():void{
                trace("Hello World");
            }
       ]]>
    </mx:Script>
</mx:WindowedApplication>

2.Use Application.application.yourGlobalVariableName to access the variable.

 

In the .as class you write :

import mx.core.Application;

// Application.application.yourGlobalVariableName

Application.application.bookSize.width

Writing Action Script in Flex

Writing Action Script in Flex

Example of a .mxml file :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute" creationComplete="TryAS()">
    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import Puzzles.*;
            public function TryAS():void{
                trace("InitPuzzles");
            }
       ]]>
    </mx:Script>
</mx:Application>

MDM + as3corelib : 存檔寫 log (文字檔 + 圖檔)

// MDM Version (http://www.multidmedia.com/)
// encoder from as3corelib (http://code.google.com/p/as3corelib/)

/*

如果你要它存 PNG 結果掛掉的話，有可能是因為 轉成 png 以後太大了
(記憶體佔用太多，血淋淋的經驗，死的不明不白，完全看不出來為什麼4 張只存了一張以後好像就沒動靜了)
可以先改用 JPG 存檔並調整他的壓縮比例 JPGEncoder(60)，這樣存的檔案體積會比較小，比較不容易掛

*/

import mdm.*;
import com.adobe.images.PNGEncoder;
import com.adobe.images.JPGEncoder;


//Declare global variables

var fileFolderPath:String; // 資料夾的位置
var fileName:String; // 文字檔(log)檔名
var uniqueName:String;

// 用 Flash CS3 的話一定要先用這個指令來 Initiate
mdm.Application.init(this,OnInit); 

// 可接收關掉程式時的 Event
mdm.Application.enableExitHandler();

function OnInit():void {
OpenFile();
}

function OpenFile() {
var myDate:Date = new Date();
var folderExists:Boolean;

uniqueName = myDate.toDateString() + " - "
+ myDate.hours
+"_" + myDate.minutes
+"_" + myDate.seconds ;

fileFolderPath = mdm.System.Paths.desktop + "Record-" + uniqueName + "\\";
folderExists = mdm.FileSystem.folderExists(fileFolderPath);
if( folderExists == true ){
; // 資料夾已經存在
}
else{
// 資料夾不存在就create一個
mdm.FileSystem.makeFolderUnicode(fileFolderPath);
}

// log 檔名
fileName = "Log.txt";

// 在第一行寫入試著在第一行寫入 "#Log\n"
mdm.FileSystem.saveFileUnicode(fileFolderPath + fileName, "#Log\n");

}

// 要寫 log 的時候就把 string pass 給 WriteLog(your_string)
function WriteLog(msg:String) {
appendFile(msg);
}

function appendFile(eMsg:String) {

mdm.FileSystem.appendFileUnicode(fileFolderPath + fileName, eMsg);
}

// 回傳畫著這個 MovieClip 的 BitmapData
function mc2Bitmap(mc1:MovieClip):BitmapData {
var myBitmap:BitmapData = new BitmapData(mc1.width, mc1.height, true, 0);
myBitmap.draw(mc1);
return myBitmap;
}

// 將 MovieClip 轉成 名為 fileName.png 的 PNG 圖檔

function MovieClipToPNG( target_mc:MovieClip, fileName:String):void {
BitmapDataToPNG( mc2Bitmap(target_mc) , fileName );
}

// 將 MovieClip 轉成 名為 fileName.jpg 的 JPG 圖檔

function MovieClipToJPG( target_mc:MovieClip, fileName:String):void {
BitmapDataToJPG( mc2Bitmap(target_mc) , fileName );
}


// 將 BitmapData 轉成 名為 fileName.png 的 PNG 圖檔

function BitmapDataToPNG( targetB:BitmapData, fileName:String ):void {

var baString:String;
var bpd:BitmapData = targetB;
var ba:ByteArray;
var resultString:String;

ba = PNGEncoder.encode(bpd);

var g:Number;
g = 0;

resultString = ba[0];

// MDM 的存檔格式(由 | 分隔)
for (g = 1; g < ba.length; g++) {
resultString += "|" + ba[g];
}

mdm.FileSystem.BinaryFile.setData (resultString);
mdm.FileSystem.BinaryFile.writeData( root["fileFolderPath"] + fileName + ".png" );


}


// 將 BitmapData 轉成 名為 fileName.jpg 的 JPG 圖檔

function BitmapDataToJPG( targetB:BitmapData, fileName:String ):void {

var baString:String;
var bpd:BitmapData = targetB;
var ba:ByteArray;
var resultString:String;

var jpgEncorder:JPGEncoder = new JPGEncoder(60);

ba = jpgEncorder.encode (bpd);

var g:Number;
g = 0;

resultString = ba[0];

// MDM 的存檔格式(由 | 分隔)
for (g = 1; g < ba.length; g++) {
resultString += "|" + ba[g];
}

mdm.FileSystem.BinaryFile.setData(resultString);
mdm.FileSystem.BinaryFile.writeData( root["fileFolderPath"] + fileName + ".jpg" );


}

SWF, EXE, MDM 的 exe 都能關掉程式的 function

import mdm.*;

mdm.Application.init(this,OnInit);
mdm.Application.enableExitHandler();

function OnInit():void {
//mdm.Dialogs.prompt("Zinc with Flash CS3, Text Saver!");
}

// 想關程式的時候就 call MyClose()

function MyClose(){
fscommand( "quit" ); // for flash player
mdm.Application.exitWithCode(0); // for mdm
}

/*
這樣子不管單純用 swf, or swf -> exe 都可以透過 fscommand 來關程式 (用 Flash IDE開發， Debug Mode的時候)

而在用 mdm 包裝後， mdm.Application.exitWithCode(0) 就可以關程式了

所以不管你是在什麼階段都能用。
*/

Note : Adobe Flex 2 (Training from the Source)

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Lesson 24 Using Shared Objects

Shared Objects 可以由複雜的資料結構組成(話是這樣說沒錯，但是目前的經驗是，也只有簡單的資料型別可以，BitmapData 等大型的東西就要轉成Byte 寫進去，再自己 parse出來了)。學到的重點是使用前最好 instantiate 給它 ex. example.data.accounts = new Array();。另外就是，如果存的東西比較複雜 ex. boolean + array => example.data.accounts = {hasWork:Boolean, buyBooks:Array}。

Note: Essential ActionScript 3.0

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Chap 13 Exceptions and Error Handling

講的是 try/ catch/finally 的使用跟邏輯。有學過Java 的人應該很熟練。

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Chap 14 Garbage Collection

Programmer 無法強迫System 做 Garbage Collection，甚至連提示它可以 collect 的指令好像沒有，所以一個objct 就算 reference 被設成 null，還是有可能繼續作用(這個還滿重要的，不是設成 null 就沒事了)。你只能自己讓 Deactivate Object(進入可回收狀態，回收時間仍然由系統決定)，也就是

1. 拿掉 Event Handler
2. 停止 timer 跟 intervals
3. 停止 playhead (不繼續播放)
4. 把唯一由自己reference 到的object 也 deactivate。

另外一點就是，如果可以重複使用一個Object就重複使用，而 不是因為方便就一直new，這樣很容易就會把記憶體用光(雖然， 這樣就可以觸發 Garbage Collection!!!)。

使用 MDM 包裝 swf 檔成為全螢幕執行的設定方式

Style-> Window Settings : No Border
Size/Position-> Window Size: MovieSize
Extras : Maximized

from Jones

想把 MovieClip (-> Sprite -->DisplayObject) 恢復原來的大小

把 scaleX, scaleY ，設回 1 的時候就會恢復原來的大小

this.scaleX = 1.0;
this.scaleY = 1.0;

放大 Bitmap 的時候(或是內含Bitmap 的 DisplayObject) 可提昇Display 品質的參數

// 設定了 smoothing, pixelSnapping 後就好很多

var tempBitmapData:BitmapData;
var tempBitmap:Bitmap;
var temp_mc:MovieClip;
temp_mc = new MovieClip();

function mc2Bitmap(mc1:MovieClip):BitmapData {

var myBitmap:BitmapData = new BitmapData(mc1.width, mc1.height, true, 0);
myBitmap.draw(mc1);
return myBitmap;
}

tempBitmapData = mc2Bitmap( new WhiteBackBoy1());
// WhiteBackBoy1 : 有內容的 MovieClip (自這裡是把他的內容"印"成 BitmapData )

tempBitmap = new Bitmap( tempBitmapData );
tempBitmap.pixelSnapping = PixelSnapping.AUTO;
tempBitmap.smoothing = true;
temp_mc.addChild( tempBitmap );
addChild( temp_mc );

stage.addEventListener( KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN , KeyDownEventHandler);


function KeyDownEventHandler(event:KeyboardEvent) {
if (event.keyCode == Keyboard.UP) {
trace("Keyboard.UP");
temp_mc.scaleX *= 1.1;
temp_mc.scaleY *= 1.1;
} else if (event.keyCode == Keyboard.DOWN) {
trace("Keyboard.DOWN");
temp_mc.scaleX /= 1.1;
temp_mc.scaleY /= 1.1;
}
}

SharedObject 的 data 可以傳給其他 function 當作 reference 來改 data 下面的屬性的值

// 也就是說，你不一定直接用 shared object 的 data 下的屬性來改值，可以把 reference 傳給其他 function 後，讓那些 function 自己改

var bytes:ByteArray = new ByteArray();
var example:SharedObject = SharedObject.getLocal( "example8");
var tempList:Array;

var targetObject:Object;

function Target( o:Object ) {
targetObject = o;
targetObject.times = 10;
}
function AddTarget() {
targetObject.times++;
}

if ( example.data.times == undefined ) {
example.data.times = new Number();
var i:Number;
i = 0;
example.data.times = i;
trace("i:" + i); // first time, 0
trace("Before Target():" + example.data.times);// first time, 0
Target( example.data );
trace("After Target():" + example.data.times);// first time, 10
AddTarget();
AddTarget();
AddTarget();
AddTarget();
AddTarget();
trace("After 5 AddTarget():" + example.data.times);// first time, 15
example.flush();
}
else{
trace("example.data.times last time:" + example.data.times); // from the second time, 15
}