I just finished uploading a new tutorial called Using the Document Class which shows you how to use this great new OOP feature in Flash CS3 Professional. This allows you to have zero code in your FLA and make your projects 100% class-based. Obviously this will only apply to large projects but it still a good technique to know about. Check it out at gotoAndLearn().
Lee
I can’t wait till i get my hands on Flash 9! Thanks alot!
Awesome! I am going to try and create something using this method tonight! Thanks for the tip lee.
Dear Lee,
Thanxs for Your new Tutorials, like Air, Pv3D and DocumentClass.
Really amazing!!! Thanks so much for sharing your professional knowledge.
Your fangroup since 2 Years from Germany!You are really great!!!
please keep on with sharing this amazing Tuts..the best on web!
Greetings!!!!
Another great tutorial from the master. Thank you!
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I do not have CS3, I would love to try out the last four tutorials but can’t.
You can get a free 30-day trial at adobe.com
Thanks a ton Lee! AS3 is a real leap from doing things in AS2. This is much appreciated.
Hey Lee, when is the Flash IDE going to have that snazzy automated package naming found in Flex? I was so delighted not to have to type that basic syntax when demoing Flex. Unfortunately I didn’t want Flex for anything else, well maybe a few of its as3 classes…but at least I can add those to my global classpath.
Is CS4 more than 6 months into the future? Are we going to see much further developments along the lines of swc/swf libraries? What is Adobe working on to further improve runtime calculations? How about generating visual UMLesque overviews of compiled swfs? Showing object responsibilities, relationships, weight, and persistence? Anything to help developers analyze, and finetune their OO as3 apps?
And lastly, what’s your favorite thing about Flex that could be included in the Flash IDE?
I love this tutorial, it’s really useful!!
I’m a fan from France, Paris.
Thank you very much!
Just wanted to continue the pile-on of kudos. Great tutorial. Super clear intro to the topic. I look forward to more AS3 centric videos in the future!
On a side note, I’d love to see some sort of “auto project builder” where you just type in the name of your document class and if it extends MovieClip or Sprite and then the associated .fla and .as files are created automatically along with the package/import/constructor class code in the .as file. It would save time but more importantly reduce the change for the inevitable typos when starting a project. I imagine something like that could be created using Applescript in OS X…
Unfortunatly ive already used the 30 days up, thanks anyway lee, great turorial and help site.
Hi,
any idea for designing a focus rect?
Please keep posting more stuff like this one!!!
Your tutorials are great! They helped me a lot… Preciater bud!!