Digital Paper Revolution

SWF Scaling and Content Alignment

2010-08-26 13:44:47

I want the past two hours of my life back. Real quick, it turns out that in AS3, fscommand("allowscale", "false") messes with the

Stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE;

AS3: Singleton

2010-03-08 12:02:34

I don't think this trick is all that special, but I've been told I should put it on the internets. ActionScript does not allow for private constructor functions, thereby preventing a pure implementation of the Singleton pattern. This is my way around it:

AS3: References by Interface aren't Objects?

2010-03-07 16:53:24

It turns out when you typecast an object as the interface it implements, you lose the fact that it's an object. What up, team ActionScript?

AS3: Dynamic Instantiation

2010-03-06 18:05:39

I know this trick is well documented already, but I figure the more it's out there, the easier it is to find.