OK, this is probably one of my more elaborate samples on the site so far. It covers a few different areas which I probably haven’t covered (or covered well) up to this point. We look at things like embedding fonts (so we can use the fade effect on a nested text field), embedding images for button skins, and overlaying a simple set of buttons when you move your mouse cursor over a video (which I believe iTunes and many other video players do). Basically it lets you create a nice little video player that gets overlayed on the video so you don’t have additional space taken up by play/pause buttons.
Full code after the jump.
Continue reading ‘Building a basic controller for the VideoDisplay control’
I’m sure there is an easier/better way to do this (and I’ll update this post accordingly if I find one) but here is a little sample which takes an array of items and filters out the duplicates.
Full code after the jump.
Continue reading ‘Removing duplicate items from an array using the Array.filter() method’
Sometimes in life you just need data to be sorted. Whether its a case insensitive sort (for names) or a numeric sort (for, uh, numbers), you just want things sorted in a particular order.
This example demonstrates how you can take a bunch of random numbers in an ArrayCollection and sort them numerically in ascending order.
Full code after the jump.
Continue reading ‘Sorting an ArrayCollection using the SortField and Sort classes’
