Best Source Code Comments
This isn’t directly related to Flash but programming in general. Stack Overflow has a post about encountering the best comments in source code. These are pretty classic.
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AS3: Environment
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UPDATED 10/26/07
The Environment class has been re-versioned to 2.0. It is now a singleton which means you can only have one instance of it anywhere in your application. This is a cleaner approach. The code has changed only slightly as it has added a setPaths() method [...]
AS2: MousePositionPanel
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Creates a scrolling panel that allows for scrolling in the x or y axis depending on where the mouse pointer is within the panel.
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* Creates a scrolling panel that allows for scrolling in the x or y axis depending on where the mouse pointer is within the [...]
AS2: ContactForm
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Creates a communication gateway between a contact form and a PHP script that checks for validity and sends the email. The e-mail checking is rudimentary at best, but it gets the job done. If someone will go through the trouble to try and break this e-mail checker, [...]
AS2: AxisScroller
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Creates a scroller that allows for scrolling in the x or y axis, using the mouse wheel/arrow keys, different easing functions and types, and some other miscellaneous cool things.
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import mx.utils.Delegate;
import mx.transitions.easing.*;
import mx.transitions.Tween;
/**
* Creates a scroller that allows for scrolling in the x or y axis, using the [...]
AS2: PullOutMenu
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Creates a menu like the classic dropdown menu with the options to direct it up, down, left, or right depending on values set.
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import mx.transitions.easing.*;
import mx.transitions.Tween;
import mx.utils.Delegate;
/**
* Creates a menu like the classic dropdown menu with the options to direct it up, down, left, or right depending on [...]
AS2: StageManager
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Creates an instance of the StageManager that aligns clips according to their selected alignment mode. Also dispatches an event, onStageResize, that allows for futher manipulation of clips to the stage sizing.
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import mx.transitions.easing.*;
import mx.transitions.Tween;
import mx.events.EventDispatcher;
/**
* Creates an instance of the StageManager that aligns clips according to their [...]
AS2: CacheBuster
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A simple utility class that converts a URL or array of URLs to a "cache-busted" version to ensure loading of the most current version.
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* A simple utility class that converts a URL or array of URLs to a "cache-busted" version to ensure loading of the most current version.
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* @usage
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