dynamic fonts

var tf:TextField = new TextField();
var font:Font = new Font1()//Font1 is classid in linkage
var format:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
format.font = font.fontName
format.color = 0
format.size = 32;
tf.defaultTextFormat = format;
tf.selectable = false;
tf.embedFonts = true;
tf.rotation = Math.random()*-15; // to demonstrate the embed worked
tf.text = 'poopship'
December 17, 2007 | Filed Under as3 snippets | Leave a Comment 

custom events

/**
*
...usage: dispatcher
var evt:CustomEvent = new CustomEvent(CustomEvent.ON_EVENT,{data:poo});
dispatchEvent(evt);

...usage: listener
listenerObject.addEventListener(CustomEvent.ON_EVENT,handleCustomEvent)

private function handleCustomEvent(evt:CustomEvent):void
{
	trace(evt.data);
}

*/

package arbor
{
	import flash.events.Event;

	public class CustomEvent extends Event
	{
		public static const ON_EVENT:String = "onEvent";
		public static const ON_EVENT2:String = "onEvent2";

		private var _data:Object;
		public function get data(){return _data};

		public function CustomEvent( type:String, evtData:Object, bubbles:Boolean = true, cancelable:Boolean = false)
		{
			super( type, bubbles, cancelable );
			_data = evtData;
		}
		public override function clone():Event
		{
			return new CustomEvent(type, _data);
		}
	}
}
December 16, 2007 | Filed Under as3 snippets | Leave a Comment 

basic xml

import flash.events.*;
import flash.net.*;

var loader:URLLoader=new URLLoader;
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,completeHandler);
var request:URLRequest=new URLRequest("xml/someXML.xml");
loader.load(request);

private function completeHandler(event:Event):void
{
var loader:URLLoader=URLLoader(event.target);
var someXML=XML(loader.data);

}

also look up ROGER!

November 7, 2007 | Filed Under as3 snippets | 1 Comment 

dynamically create classes

//dynamically create the display classes we need.
var someClass:Class = getDefinitionByName('com.ak10.MyClass') as Class;
var mc = new someClass();
November 7, 2007 | Filed Under as3 snippets | Leave a Comment 

SVN useful commands

COMANDS
cd data
svnadmin create –fs-type fsfs <repo-name>
rm -R folderName remove directory
mkdir folderName
27053

LINKS:
http://kb.mediatemple.net/article.php?id=143
svn+ssh://serveradmin@ak10.com@ak10.com/home/###/users/a/data/
http://kb.mediatemple.net/article.php?id=247

October 6, 2007 | Filed Under SVN | Leave a Comment