Tag Archives: AS3 Bible

ActionScript 3.0 Bible Errata

Posted on March 27, 2008 by

Much like the authors of the original Bible, we authors of the ActionScript 3.0 Bible have caught a lot of heat over discrepancies in our book. Unfortunately, working with several co-authors has its drawbacks and I am not able to … Continue reading →

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Reader Question: Why isn’t event bubbling working

Posted on March 18, 2008 by

A reader sent me this question. Thanks in advance to Michael: i’m dispatching an event from a sprite after it fades in completely dispatchEvent(new Event(Main.ENTER_SCREEN_COMPLETE)); i’m trying to listen for to this event but for some reason it doesn’t get … Continue reading →

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No children on the stage – a confusing Flash CS3 display list issue

Posted on January 15, 2008 by

A reader wrote to me with an interesting Flash CS3 problem that had me stumped at first (mostly because I use FlexBuilder instead of Flash). I thought I’d post the answer here so we can all benefit from it. The … Continue reading →

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Building and Running AS3 Bible Examples

Posted on December 4, 2007 by

I’ve received several emails from readers who have had trouble running code from the ActionScript 3.0 Bible. You can find a step-by-step guide to running example code in the Introduction to that book. We all know that a picture is … Continue reading →

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