Sean Gallagher - Adobe Certified Instructor
Class Notes, ColdFusion 9 Bootcamp - April 25-29, 2011, Washington, DC PDF Print E-mail
Written by Sean Gallagher   
Monday, 25 April 2011 16:30

 

QUESTIONS and ANSWERS

In ColdFusion Builder, How do you set the AutoComplete feature when you begin to type a closing tag (like in Dreamweaver)?

Here's how: Click "Window", click "Preferences", click "ColdFusion", click "Editor Profiles", click "Editor", click "Code Assist", and then check (or uncheck) "Automatically Display Code Assist When Typing".  It's as easy as that.

Change the Code Dictionary

In the same dialog, you can change the tags and code hints to match your servers version

 
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Class Notes ActionScript 3.0 for Flash CS5 June 2010 Washington, DC PDF Print E-mail
Written by Sean Gallagher   
Thursday, 24 June 2010 03:28

 

Day Two Notes

From Flashandmath.com:

3D Card Flip in Flash CS4    http://www.flashandmath.com/flashcs4/flip/index.html

How to Load an External XML File and Process its Content in AS3 and Flash http://www.flashandmath.com/howtos/loadxml/index.html

XML-Driven 3D Spinning Menu and Photo Gallery in Flash CS4 http://www.flashandmath.com/flashcs4/xmlspinner/index.html

 

 

Converting a String to Title Case


var ss:String=_global.firstnamevalue;
_global.firstnamevalue = ss.charAt(0).toUpperCase()+ss.slice(1)

Also, please read the following link http://www.java2s.com/Code/Flash-Flex-ActionScript/String/toTitleCaseconvertsastringtotitlecaseinitialletterscapitalized.htm This page has a great overview.


Actionscript.org is a GREAT resource, and they have a big list of download-able String manipulation scripts at http://www.actionscript.org/actionscripts_library/String_Object/more2.php

 

Listening for the Keyboard Event


I stumbled and fell yesterday as I tried to use an Event Listener for keyboard events.   The following link, http://www.bensilvis.com/?p=146,  has a very concise and WORKING example.

The Tween Class Reviewed.  Aternatives Discussed

3D Card Flip in Flash CS4

http://www.flashandmath.com/flashcs4/flip/index.html

TweenLite

http://www.greensock.com/tweenlite/

TweenLite is an extremely fast, lightweight, and flexible tweening engine that serves as the foundation of the GreenSock Tweening Platform. A TweenLite instance handles tweening one or more numeric properties of any object over time, updating them on every frame

Other Frameworks

http://www.landinghousegraphics.com/links/open-source

After today, you will have learned to avoid Adobe's Tween class in favor of more robust Open Source frameworks for animating using Action

Script.

Senocular.com

Advanced ActionScripts available for downlaod at http://www.senocular.com/flash/actionscript/

 

OPERATORS in ActionScript 3.0

Symbolic operators are characters that specify how to combine, compare, or modify the values of an expression.

  Arithmetic
  + addition Adds numeric expressions.
  -- decrement Subtracts 1 from the operand.
  / division Divides expression1 by expression2.
  ++ increment Adds 1 to an expression.
  % modulo Calculates the remainder of expression1 divided by expression2.
  * multiplication Multiplies two numerical expressions.
  - subtraction Used for negating or subtracting.
  Arithmetic compound assignment
  += addition assignment Assigns expression1 the value of expression1 + expression2.
  /= division assignment Assigns expression1 the value of expression1 / expression2.
  %= modulo assignment Assigns expression1 the value of expression1 % expression2.
  *= multiplication assignment Assigns expression1 the value of expression1 * expression2.
  -= subtraction assignment Assigns expression1 the value of expression1 - expression2.
  Assignment
  = assignment Assigns the value of expression2 (the operand on the right) to the variable, array element, or property in expression1.
  Bitwise
  & bitwise AND Converts expression1 and expression2 to 32-bit unsigned integers, and performs a Boolean AND operation on each bit of the integer parameters.
  << bitwise left shift Converts expression1 and shiftCount to 32-bit integers, and shifts all the bits in expression1 to the left by the number of places specified by the integer resulting from the conversion of shiftCount.
  ~ bitwise NOT Converts expression to a 32-bit signed integer, and then applies a bitwise one's complement.
  | bitwise OR Converts expression1 and expression2 to 32-bit unsigned integers, and places a 1 in each bit position where the corresponding bits of either expression1 or expression2 are 1.
  >> bitwise right shift Converts expression and shiftCount to 32-bit integers, and shifts all the bits in expression to the right by the number of places specified by the integer that results from the conversion of shiftCount.
  >>> bitwise unsigned right shift The same as the bitwise right shift (>>) operator except that it does not preserve the sign of the original expression because the bits on the left are always filled with 0.
  ^ bitwise XOR Converts expression1 and expression2 to 32-bit unsigned integers, and places a 1 in each bit position where the corresponding bits in expression1 or expression2, but not both, are 1.
  Bitwise compound assignment
  &= bitwise AND assignment Assigns expression1 the value of expression1 & expression2.
  <<= bitwise left shift and assignment Performs a bitwise left shift (<<=) operation and stores the contents as a result in expression1.
  |= bitwise OR assignment Assigns expression1 the value of expression1 | expression2.
  >>= bitwise right shift and assignment Performs a bitwise right-shift operation and stores the result in expression.
  >>>= bitwise unsigned right shift and assignment Performs an unsigned bitwise right-shift operation and stores the result in expression.
  ^= bitwise XOR assignment Assigns expression1 the value of expression1 ^ expression2.
  Comment
  /*..*/ block comment delimiter Delimits one or more lines of script comments.
  // line comment delimiter Indicates the beginning of a script comment.
  Comparison
  == equality Tests two expressions for equality.
  > greater than Compares two expressions and determines whether expression1 is greater than expression2; if it is, the result is true.
  >= greater than or equal to Compares two expressions and determines whether expression1 is greater than or equal to expression2 (true) or expression1 is less than expression2 (false).
  != inequality Tests for the exact opposite of the equality (==) operator.
  < less than Compares two expressions and determines whether expression1 is less than expression2; if so, the result is true.
  <= less than or equal to Compares two expressions and determines whether expression1 is less than or equal to expression2; if it is, the result is true.
  === strict equality Tests two expressions for equality, but does not perform automatic data conversion.
  !== strict inequality Tests for the exact opposite of the strict equality (===) operator.
  Logical
  && logical AND Returns expression1 if it is false or can be converted to false, and expression2 otherwise.
  &&= logical AND assignment Assigns expression1 the value of expression1 && expression2.
  ! logical NOT Inverts the Boolean value of a variable or expression.
  || logical OR Returns expression1 if it is true or can be converted to true, and expression2 otherwise.
  ||= logical OR assignment Assigns expression1 the value of expression1 || expression2.
  Other
  [] array access Initializes a new array or multidimensional array with the specified elements (a0, and so on), or accesses elements in an array.
    as Evaluates whether an expression specified by the first operand is a member of the data type specified by the second operand.
  , comma Evaluates expression1, then expression2, and so on.
  ?: conditional Evaluates expression1, and if the value of expression1 is true, the result is the value of expression2; otherwise the result is the value of expression3.
    delete Destroys the object property specified by reference; the result is true if the property does not exist after the operation completes, and false otherwise.
  . dot Accesses class variables and methods, gets and sets object properties, and delimits imported packages or classes.
    in Evaluates whether a property is part of a specific object.
    instanceof Evaluates whether an expression's prototype chain includes the prototype object for function.
    is Evaluates whether an object is compatible with a specific data type, class, or interface.
  :: name qualifier Identifies the namespace of a property, a method, an XML property, or an XML attribute.
    new Instantiates a class instance.
  {} object initializer Creates a new object and initializes it with the specified name and value property pairs.
  () parentheses Performs a grouping operation on one or more parameters, performs sequential evaluation of expressions, or surrounds one or more parameters and passes them as arguments to a function that precedes the parentheses.
  / RegExp delimiter When used before and after characters, indicates that the characters have a literal value and are considered a regular expression (RegExp), not a variable, string, or other ActionScript element.
  : type Used for assigning a data type; this operator specifies the variable type, function return type, or function parameter type.
    typeof Evaluates expression and returns a string specifying the expression's data type.
    void Evaluates an expression and then discards its value, returning undefined.
  String
  + concatenation Concatenates (combines) strings.
  += concatenation assignment Assigns expression1 the value of expression1 + expression2.
  " string delimiter When used before and after characters, indicates that the characters have a literal value and are considered a string, not a variable, numerical value, or other ActionScript element.
  XML
  @ attribute identifier Identifies attributes of an XML or XMLList object.
  { } braces (XML) Evaluates an expression that is used in an XML or XMLList initializer.
  [ ] brackets (XML) Accesses a property or attribute of an XML or XMLList object.
  + concatenation (XMLList) Concatenates (combines) XML or XMLList values into an XMLList object.
  += concatenation assignment (XMLList) Assigns expression1, which is an XMLList object, the value of expression1 + expression2.
    delete (XML) Deletes the XML elements or attributes specified by reference.
  .. descendant accessor Navigates to descendant elements of an XML or XMLList object, or (combined with the @ operator) finds matching attributes of descendants.
  . dot (XML) Navigates to child elements of an XML or XMLList object, or (combined with the @ operator) returns attributes of an XML or XMLList object.
  ( ) parentheses (XML) Evaluates an expression in an E4X XML construct.
  < > XML literal tag delimiter Defines an XML tag in an XML literal.

 
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