ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook: Solutions for Flash Platform and Flex Application Developers

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dash (-)

     pattern matching

     URL-encoded escape sequence for

data, sending/loading

dataFormat property (URLLoader.load( ) method)

datatypes

Date class

date property (Date object)

DateFormat class

     parsing dates from strings

dates

     calculating elapsed time/intervals between

     date values, retrieving

     day/month names, retrieving

     finding current

     formatting

     parsing from strings

DateUtilities class

DateUtilities.addTo( ) method

day property (Date object)

DAYS constant (DateFormat class)

days parameter (addTo( ) method)

DAYS_ABBREVIATED constant (DateFormat class)

deal( ) method

Debugger menu item

declarations (XML)

declaring methods

default keyword

defaultTextFormat property

Delegate class

delete keyword

deleteCount parameter (splice( ) method)

delimiter parameter (split( ) method)

dependencies of classes

deselected text, responding to

destBitmap object (threshold( ) method)

destPoint parameter

     applyFilter( ) method

     pixelDissolve( ) method

     threshold( ) method

dice, simulating

digital negatives

direction (acceleration)

directories

     holding classes

     saving class files

     sharing data between Flash applications

discard( ) method, simulating playing cards

dispatchEvent( )

display ActionScript property

display lists

     adding items to

     objects, moving forward/backward

     removing items from

display object containers

display settings, detecting

DisplayObectContainer class

     moving objects forward/backward

     removing items from display lists

DisplayObject class

     adding items to display list

     custom visual classes, creating

     external movies and

     mouse interactions, creating

     simple buttons, creating

DisplayObject.mask

DisplayObjectUtilities.removeAllChildren( ) method

DMYHMSM format (days, months, years, hours, minutes, seconds, milliseconds)

documents (XML)

dollar sign ($)

     escape sequence for

     regular expression metacharacter

domains, loading .swfs from different

dot (.)

     regular expression metacharacter

     XML objects, adding elements 2nd

"dot down"

     finding elements

     text nodes, reading

dotall (s) flag

dots (.)

     saving class files

double quotes ("), escape sequence for

doubleClick event (InteractiveObject)

download( ) method

     uploading files, detecting selections

downloading files

downState property (SimpleButton class)

drag( ) method

DraggableSprite custom visual class

dragging objects with the mouse

draw( ) method

     BitmapData class

     simulating playing cards

drawArc( ) method

drawCircle( ) method

drawing

     arcs

     circles

     curves

     ellipses

     lines

     polygons

     rectangles

     stars

     triangles

Drawing API

drawRectangle( ) method

drawRegularPolygon( ) method

drawRoundRect( ) method

drawTriangle( ) method

drop shadows

drop( ) method

dropping objects with the mouse

DropShadowFilter class

dropTarget property (Sprite class)

duplicate arrays

duplicate( ) method

     multidimensional arrays and

duplicateMovieClip( ) method

duration metadata value

dynamic classes

dynamic text fields