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11/05

2009

SortField Case Insensitivity – Flex 3.4, AS3

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Toggle case insensitivity for SortField when sorting Collections for Adobe Flex 3.4 / ActionScript 3.0 with second parameter (caseInsensitive) passed into the SortField Class:

SortField(name:String, caseInsensitive:Boolean, descending:Boolean, numeric:Object)

Sorting by default is case-sensitive (Z precedes a). Set to “true” for case insensitivity.

SortField("name",true)

Code in use:

var sortList:Sort = new Sort();
sortList.fields=[new SortField("name",true)];
myXmlListcollection.sort = sortList;
myXmlListcollection.refresh();

Tags: as3. flex, case insensitivity, caseInsensitivity, Sort, sortField

10/23

2009

Loading Variables and Parameters – clickTag transition from AS2 to AS3

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If you’ve ever worked with an interactive advertising agency, more than likely at some point or another you had to deal with clickTag for Metrics Tracking.

Here’s how we loaded up the clickTag parameter and launched the URL in AS2:

AS2

button.onRelease = function(){
if (_level0.clickTag.substr(0,5) == "http:") {
getURL(_level0.clickTag, "_blank")
}
}

Now that Media Platforms are slowly starting to allow for Flash Player 9+ content.. here is the AS3 method of calling the clickTag parameter and launching the URL:

AS3

button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickHandler);
function clickHandler(e:MouseEvent):void
{
try{
if (root.loaderInfo.parameters.clickTag.substr(0,5)=="http:")
{
navigateToURL(new URLRequest(root.loaderInfo.parameters.clickTag), "_blank");
}
}catch(err:Error){
trace(err);
}
}

Enjoy!

Tags: adobe, air, as2, as3, clickTag, Development, flash, flex, metrics, tracking