After taking some time to tweak the sketchbooks a bit based on feedback, I have released my first three iPhone application sketchbooks online for sale.

• The iPhone Application Project Sketchbook is structured for developers and has plenty of space for notes and sketching.
• The iPhone Application Storyboard Sketchbook is structured for designers and has more space for story boards and planning UI and UX.
• The iPhone Developer : Barry Ezell Edition of offers the same features as the firstiPhone application sketchbook.

I have many more sketchbooks on the design table right now and I will be posting them as they are available. I also have a few request for personal projects so if you are interested in the possibilities, drop me a line.

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Passing a variable to a function in ActionScript 2 was a fairly simple task. However, it is not so easy using ActionScript 3. There are a few more things you must do first.

In ActionScript 2, passing a string variable looked like this.

my_btn.onRelease = function(){
doThis("whatever variable you want goes here");
}

function doThis(a:String){
trace(a);
}

In ActionScript 3, this is what I need to do to get the same results.  I initially wrote the example below thinking at some point, I will have several buttons that the user will interact with such as a navigation menu.

var b:Array = [b1_btn, b2_btn, b3_btn];
var a:Array = ["zero","one","two"];

for (var i:int = 0; i<b.length; i++) {

b[i].addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickedOne);
function clickedOne(e:MouseEvent):void {
for (var j:int = 0; j<a.length; j++) {
if (e.currentTarget.name == b[j].name) {
doThis(a[j])
}
}
}
}

function doThis(v:String):void {
trace(v);
}

Get the source fla file here.

If you have any questions just drop me a line.

UPDATE!!!

There’s more than one way to solve this problem.

Thanks to kcreation for this solution.

var btns:Array = [b1_btn, b2_btn, b3_btn];
var a:Array = ["zero","one","two"];

for (var b in btns) {
btns[b].name = b;
btns[b].addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickedOne);
}

function clickedOne(e:MouseEvent):void {
var b:int = int(event.currentTarget.name);
doThis(a[b]);
}

function doThis(v:String):void {
trace(v);
}

Thanks to Mykola Bilokonsky for this solution.

var buttons:Array = [b1_btn, b2_btn, b3_btn];

var dict:Dictionary = new Dictionary();
dict[b1_btn] = “String Argument”;
dict[b2_btn] = new MySampleMovieClip();
dict[b3_btn] = 7

for each (var b:MovieClip in buttons) {
b.buttonMode = true;
b.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, myHandler);
}

function myHandler(e:MouseEvent):void {
var myVariable = dict[e.currentTarget];
}

I have been reading articles and getting some good tid-bits of information about how they work over there at Adobe.  As of right now, I am getting more from the sites “Blog Feed” section. I’m sure I’ll get to the rest of the site later today.

It’s a very inspiring (no pun intended) piece of work. It makes me want to open up my copy of Flex and get going but I need to stay focused on Flash and AS3 at this moment in my life.  But rest assured, Flex is next on my list!!!

Check out the site and shoot them feedback

AS2

Method Description

Tween.continueTo()
Instructs the tweened animation to continue from its current value to a new value.

Tween.fforward()
Forwards the tweened animation directly to the end of the animation.

Tween.nextFrame()
Forwards the tweened animation to the next frame.

Tween.prevFrame()
Directs the tweened animation to the frame previous to the current frame.

Tween.resume()
Resumes a tweened animation from its stopped point in the animation.

Tween.rewind()
Rewinds a tweened animation to the beginning of the tweened animation.

Tween.start()
Starts the tweened animation from the beginning.

Tween.stop()
Stops the tweened animation at its current position.

Tween.toString()
Returns the class name, “[Tween]“.

Tween.yoyo()
Instructs the tweened animation to play in reverse from its last direction of tweened property increments.

Event Description

Tween.onMotionChanged
Event handler; invoked with each change in the tweened object’s property that is being animated.

Tween.onMotionFinished
Event handler; invoked when the Tween object finishes its animation.

Tween.onMotionResumed
Event handler; invoked when the Tween.resume() method is called, causing the tweened animation to resume.

Tween.onMotionStarted
Event handler; invoked when the Tween.start() method is called, causing the tweened animation to start.

Tween.onMotionStopped
Event handler; invoked when the Tween.stop() method is called, causing the tweened animation to stop.

AS3

Method Description

Tween(obj:Object, prop:String, func:Function, begin:Number, finish:Number, duration:Number, useSeconds:Boolean = false)
Creates an instance of the Tween class.

continueTo(finish:Number, duration:Number):void
Instructs the tweened animation to continue tweening from its current animation point to a new finish and duration point.

fforward():void
Forwards the tweened animation directly to the final value of the tweened animation.

nextFrame():void
Forwards the tweened animation to the next frame of an animation that was stopped.

prevFrame():void
Plays the previous frame of the tweened animation from the current stopping point of an animation that was stopped.

resume():void
Resumes the play of a tweened animation that has been stopped.

rewind(t:Number = 0):void
Moves the play of a tweened animation back to its starting value.

stop():void
Stops the play of a tweened animation at its current value.

yoyo():void
Instructs the tweened animation to play in reverse from its last direction of tweened property increments.

Event Description

TweenEvent.motionChange
Indicates that the Tween has changed and the screen has been updated.

TweenEvent.motionFinish
Indicates that the Tween has reached the end and finished.

TweenEvent.motionLoop
Indicates that the Tween has restarted playing from the beginning in looping mode.

TweenEvent.motionResume
Indicates that the Tween has resumed playing after being paused.

TweenEvent.motionStart
Indicates that the motion has started playing.

TweenEvent.motionStop
Indicates that the Tween has been stopped with an explicit call to Tween.stop().

Actionscript 2

import mx.transitions.Tween;
import mx.transitions.easing.*;

Actionscript 3

import fl.transitions.Tween;
import fl.transitions.easing.*;

For tween methods click here.

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