Like in many programming languages, Actionscript 3 allows for use of the ternary operator ?:
Let’s take a normal if statement as an example:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | if( score == 10) { win = true; } else { win = false; } |
This could be written in a different way using the ternary operator:
1 | win = (score == 10) ? true : false; |
So the syntax is: Expression ? statement : statement
This one has been covered a million times on other sites but I thought I’d include it here anyway.
To move a MovieClip or other DisplayObject to the front of the stack, you can use the following function:
I am often given AI files (Adobe Illustrator) for the purpose of extracting assets for my flash projects. Over the past few months, I’ve been receiving a lot of files having been giving me this same issue.
As you may have noticed, you can’t iterate over the properties of an Actionscript 3 class as if they were normal properties of a generic object, unless the class is dynamic of course.
here’s what I mean:
Adding a dropshadow effect to a Display Object in Actionscript 3 is really easy. In Actionscript 3, Display Objects such as MovieClips have a property called filters.
To apply a drop shadow to your MovieClip, you must first import the DropShadowFilter. Then create a DropShadowFilter instance. Lastly, assign your new filter to the MovieClip’s filters property: