This project demonstrates timeline navigation, key stroke detection, a basic URLRequest, context menu modification, and how to make an object annoyingly trail the mouse cursor. The code follows after the jump.

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An EventListener listen for clicks for each of the four buttons, executing the corresponding function, which manipulates the X or Y value by 10. Is there a more efficient way to do this? btn_left.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, nudge_left); btn_right.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, nudge_right); btn_up.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, nudge_up); btn_down.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, nudge_down); function nudge_left(e:MouseEvent):void{ black_circle.x -= 10; } function nudge_right(e:MouseEvent):void{ black_circle.x += 10; } function nudge_up(e:MouseEvent):void{ [...]

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The EventListener listens for every time Flash enters a new frame, and executes the function fly, which manipulates the X values of three objects on the stage.

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I’m trying to wrap my head around Flash and basic Actionscript. So far, I have produced this exciting button, which loses 5% alpha for every click, and then restores alpha to 100% when the cursor leaves the button. Getting there!

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