Tutorials

Here they are, the reason you're here -- the tutorials. Have fun!

	Ver.	File	Created	Updated
	3,4,5	Miscellaneous files A collection of rough-and-ready Flash files - more than 50! - that I created for various reasons over the last few years. No tutorials, just raw Flash. Use at your own risk	12 Apr 2001	6th February 2002
	5	Drawing a shape Draw a series of lines to make a shape	8th Feb 2001
	4	Handling cookies Use FSCommand and JavaScript to read, write and delete cookies seamlessly from Flash	1st Nov 2000
	5	Unique random numbers A Flash 5 version of the technique for generating a sequence of random numbers with no repetitions [Flash4 version available]	2nd Oct 2000	17th Apr 2001
	5	Double click button Yet again, no double-click action in the new version of Flash, so here's a simple way to simulate it	15th Sept 2000
	5	Draggable Mask Macromedia didn't manage to get draggable masks into Flash5, so here's an updated version of a technique for 'faking' it [Flash4 version available]	29th August 2000	30th August 2000
	5	Smart Cursor A simple way to implement context-sensitive cursors in your Flash 5 movies. Just drop it in, set a couple of variables and off you go	23rd August 2000
	4	Stretched text effect A funky text animation thing	12th June 2000
	4	Generate unique random numbers An efficient way of having Flash give you a series of random numbers, with no repetitions [Flash5 version available]	9th June 2000
	4	Gradient Mask Create a convincing 'soft-edged' mask -- fading with alpha between two layers	5th June 2000	12th June 2000
	4	Barney's Menu An exploration of how to emulate the stylish menu on www.barneys.com	5th June 2000
	4	Drawing a line between two points Use simple actionscript (and almost no maths!) to join two points with a line	27th April 2000
	4	Scrollbar No tutorial, but a demonstration of how to create a proportional scrollbar [Flash3 version available]	11th August '99
	4	Changing window order An early method for using Duplicate Movie to change the draw order of layers	4th August '99
	4	Draggable mask How to create a mask that can be moved with the mouse [Flash5 version available]	20th July '99	13th June 2000
	4	Mouse-following line A cool effect explained	6th July '99	29th July '99
	4	Droptarget example A very simple explanation of how _droptarget works	28th June '99
	4	Rotating Chicken (scrolling button) How to create a button that works continuously as the mouse is held down [Flash3 version available]	18th June '99

Miscellaneous Flash 3 Tutorials
Stop/Start Button	Fading button	'Rewinding' button
A lever	Zoom, rotate, pan	Simple supernova
Simple counter	'Slamming' text	Tell Target
Rotating chicken (scrolling buttons)	Scrollbar	Sliding menu
Crosshair

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