Comments on: How to Position Dynamically Loaded Content Based on Browser Resizing

by: Shawn

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:05:26 +0000

oh if someday were now……

I have been really struggling with Liquid Layout in AS 3.0 and have found so few
(almost no) good tutorials and instructions.

I am new to AS and am still do not have a intimate knowledge of its syntax
and all of the classes and such. but this Tutorial and the “How to Position Movie Clips Based on Browser Resizing” post on this blog would solve 90% of my problems if only they were for AS 3.0.

I am half tempted to start over in AS 2.0 just for these blog posts.

it just seems counter intuitive for me to learn 2.0 when 3.0 is out and being implemented now…

or would you advise otherwise?

thanks, none the less, I will try to find a AS 3 version of this and or dissect your fine tutorial here and attempt to frankenstein for AS 3.

Cheers

by: David Stiller

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:21:20 +0000

katie,

Ha! No worries. When you’re back in however many months, bear in mind that this particular article is written for ActionScript 2.0, which has many differences from AS3.

If you want to follow these particular steps, make sure your FLA file is configured for AS2, or glean what you can from a concepts/principles standpoint. One day I’ll update this tutorial for AS3 as well.

by: katie disimone

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:45:58 +0000

I know that i understand nothing of this, but the title and what it is doing…and I am so excited to learn. This is exactly one of the things that made me want to learn flash. Ok, I’ll come back and leave a genuinely intelligent comment on this in about 6-18 months.

by: David Stiller

Wed, 21 May 2008 04:27:35 +0000

var,

Thanks! (Yeah, there are a number of good tween engines out there. I haven’t tried them all yet, but almost every last one seems much more robust — and often easier to use — than the native Tween class.)

by: var

Thu, 01 May 2008 16:39:45 +0000

additionally - for cool implementation of background images for full beauty shots behind content, etc…

1) constrain the proportion of the image, to the larger of width and height Math.max()
2) resize the image based on the larger, and force the alternative (width/height) to what it should be (say if all your images are 4:3, cross multiply and divide)
3) center width/height based on #2

http://www.edwardthomasco.com/hotels.html

also i use TweenLite/mc_tween - and hate the native flash tweens