Fullscreen flash resource

[LeadMagnet]

Hey there everybody.
I thought i'd be generous here and make a little template people can use and learn from.

I just knocked up this thing here really quick showing how to position elements relative to the edge of a user's browser window.

• The stage is the green rectangle in the center, the grey is the background colour of the flash movie.
• Arrows touch the screen's edge
• figures show the window width and height
• The red dot just flashes to indicate the framerate of the movie (as you can see while resizing in firefox, flash movies are frozen, which is why the arrows and figures don't re-adjust until you stop resizing. Not a big deal really though.

I'm using SWFObject for this because it's so damn snazzy. Download the resources here (as well as the HTML file above):
http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/swfobject.zip
*edit - Update* Sample page here
Download the files here */edit*


So anyway, this is really basic and i haven't done much with it yet, i thought it might be a good idea to get a bit of feedback from you ladies and gents first. Primarily any feature requests really.
I intend to keep this script freely available.
*edit* Oh, i intend to add in some easily modifiable script for scrolling. Lack of a scrollbar is a really common problem within flash and it shouldn't be.

[Toon]

Great Stuff

[jeffross]

Wow! Very cool. Actionscript is just not one of my stronger points with Flash. Would you be able to add some comments in the code to give hints on what each line does?

[LeadMagnet]

Absolutely.
Like i said though, looking for some ideas for features to add first before i update it again.
I'll probably create an object class for positioning purposes, whereby the designer can flick some switches and give objects positions relative to set points in the movieclip such as the corners, the middle of the edges, center of the page.
If i'm feeling REALLY energetic i might try to code in some positioning and size styling rules similar to what css does.
Wouldn't it be nice if you could use a css file to position elements in Flash dynamically? Sure would.

[Mailno]

Good work Leadmagnet, makes good sense

[LeadMagnet]

Made a small update. Mainly to make it more user-friendly.
Sample page here
Download the files here

Changes:

• Split it up and made almost all the actionscript external to keep the FLA clean for users to put their own content in there however they like to.
• Added a function for simplicity called fs_posit(). Copy the sample in edit_me.as
  • fs_posit accepts 5 variables:
    • Y-position; X-position; target; X-offset(optional); Y-offset(optional)
    • Y-position is a vertical position. Accepts the values "top", "center" and "bottom".
    • X-position is a horizontal position. Accepts the values "left", "center" and "right".
    • target is the name of the instance you want to position.
    • X-offset offsets the position by whatever amount you specify (negative values offset to the left, positive to the right). Accepts pixel values or percentages of the total screen width (percentages must be written as Strings. i.e. in quotation marks).
    • Y-offset offsets the position by whatever amount you specify (negative values offset upwards, positive downwards). Accepts pixel values or percentages of the total screen width (percentages must be written as Strings. i.e. in quotation marks).
• originalheight and originalwidth variables must be set to your movie's stage height and width, even though the movie will resize in your browser. Necessary for script calculations.
• Positions will now update while resizing the browser window in Firefox.
• If you have any other code you want to run when the browser is resized, place it within the resizer() function in edit_me.as

Any questions?
Still accepting feature requests.

[LeadMagnet]

Made another update cause i was bored.
Lots more stuff added, but some of it's incomplete so i won't upload the source yet.
View the progress here: FS_script sample page

Anybody reading this? Anybody care? lol

[jeffross]

I'm still checking in!