Posts Tagged ‘actionscript 3.0’
Sending data with LocalConnection in Flash
Posted by Will | Filed under Adobe Flash, Advertising, Banners, Experiments, Tutorials
As a follow up to my previous post titled “How to communicate between multiple Flash files with LocalConnection” I’m going to demonstrate a slightly more advanced way of using the LocalConnection object in Flash. (more…)
How to communicate between multiple Flash files with LocalConnection
Posted by Will | Filed under Adobe Flash, Advertising, Banners, Tutorials, Web
Have you ever come across a website containing banner ads of the same creative which appear to be in sync? Here I’m going to demonstrate how this is done by giving an example of how to use the LocalConnection class in Actionscript 3.0.
What is a local connection?
A local connection is used to communicate between two or more currently running SWF files. These can be either opened in Flash Player or, more commonly, embedded in a web page. A local connection object can be used to facilitate the communication between SWFs by enabling one SWF to call a function in another SWF.
A common place local connections are used is in banner advertising. An advertiser will buy out multiple ad positions on the same web page and create an advertisement that will utilize both spaces for greater impact and viewer retention.
A good use of this was the recent ‘Mac vs PC’ ads that did the rounds late last year. This ad featured our befuddled PC character attempting to light up a sign promoting Windows Vista featured in the above banner.
Issues with Actionscript 3.0
Posted by Will | Filed under Adobe Flash
Colin Moock, author of Essential Actionscript 3.0, has written a brilliant article over at Inside RIA called “The Charges Against Actionscript 3.0“. Colin does a great job of outlining some of the more outstanding issues currently effecting users when in comes to programmig in Actionscript 3.0 and offers some solutions on how we as developers can make some waves to get Adobe to act.
They have also just opened up a poll inviting people to vote on which of the issues is most important to you. Cast your vote here.
Tips for learning Actionscript 3.0
Posted by Will | Filed under Adobe Flash
So ive been working with Actionscript 3.0 now for well over a year now and I thought i’d share some of the tips they may help others in their quest to becoming a Flash guru. (more…)
