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Timers are important in all sorts of Flash/Flex applications. Any screen that updates frequently can make use of a timer. Games where elements change on a regular basis can use a timer. Timer objects in Actionscript are relatively easy to … Continue reading →

Events are serious business in Actionscript– When the user clicks, double clicks, focuses on an object, right clicks, etc., an event is generated. Dealing with those events is a large part of successful Actionscript programming. In this video, Mark will … Continue reading →

Getting started with Flash Builder (Flex) is easy! Flash Builder (Flex) allows you to build complex web applications using MXML and Actionscript. Due to the impressive and extensive Actionscript API, Flash Builder (Flex) applications can do almost anything. From streaming … Continue reading →

Actionscript 3 has a convenient, yet powerful, drawing API. It is easy to learn and use and allows you to draw lines, shapes and curves. You may need to do custom charting or drawing for data visualization or perhaps you need to use the drawing API of a video game you are creating. Continue reading →

In this fifth and final tutorial on creating an Mp3 player with Flash CS5 and Actionscript, we'll add a simple visualizer for the sound. We'll also take a look at buffering sounds as they load with the SoundLoaderContext() class. Continue reading →

In part four of the Mp3 player Actionscript tutorial series we'll create a counter to display how long the song is and a counter to display how long the song has been playing. We're going to use the Timer() class in order to update the user interface regularly. We'll also write a function that converts milliseconds to a familiar time format. Continue reading →

In part three of our series on developing an MP3 player with Actionscript and Flash CS5, we'll take a look at the SoundTransform() object as we add a volume slider and a pan slider. We'll also examine how to work with the slider component and the events associated with it. Continue reading →

In part II of the MP3 Player series we'll add the stop button. As we add the stop button we'll learn about the SoundChannel() class which allows you to play sounds within a specific channel, like on a sound mixing board. Continue reading →

Actionscript 3.0 introduced a number of useful objects for working with Sound. In this tutorial, we'll create a fully-featured Flash based-Mp3 player. In doing so, we'll deal with several concepts in Flash and Actionscript. Continue reading →