I was playing with Photo Booth on my laptop the other night and decided to see if I could make something similar. I gave it a shot and it came out pretty good for a quick prototype.

http://joekromer.com/photoBooth/

So using the Twitter API, I run a search for “twitpic.com”, return some JSON, parse it and loadin the photos.

I think it works pretty well, it is kinda like a train wreck though, you just can’t look away. Also be aware I don’t control the content, so odds are you will some nudity and other questionable content, enjoy!*I currently DO NOT limit how many images will be loaded in, so eventually it will crash your browser if you let it run long enough.

** joekromer.com is in no way affilated with twitpic.com

*** for those interested here is the source for twitpic-viewer.

Back in AS2 it looked like this:

getURL("http://www.joekromer.com", "_self");

AS3 it looks like this:

var URLReq:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://www.joekromer.com");
try {
	navigateToURL(URLReq, "_self");
} catch (e:Error) {
	trace(e);
}

So I decided I was going to write a quick little class to make my life just a little bit easier. Now after you include my Navigate class all you have to do is call “Navigate.to()”. Of course you need to pass the URL to the function. The function also defaults the target to “_self”, but that can be changed by including whatever target you want.

The code in my class looks like this:

package com.joekromer{
	import flash.net.URLRequest;
	import flash.net.navigateToURL;

	public class Navigate{
		public function Navigate(url:String, target:String) {
			var URLReq:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);
			try {
				navigateToURL(URLReq, target);
			} catch (e:Error) {
				trace("Oh noes you broke it = " + e);
			}
		}

		public static function to(url:String, target:String = "_self"):Navigate {
			return new Navigate(url, target);
		}
	}
}

With my class you can navigate to a url like this:

import com.joekromer.Navigate;
Navigate.to("http://www.joekromer.com", "_blank");

Download my class.

Happy Flashing.

Example:
I have a Movie Clip in the Library where the “Export for ActionScript” box is checked and the class is called SomeAwesomeClass.

Before, I would reference this clip like this:

var clip:MovieClip = MovieClip(new SomeAwesomeClass());

or

var clip:MovieClip = MovieClip(new SomeAwesomeClass());

Now, I call it like this:

var clip:MovieClip = MovieClip(new (SomeAwesomeClass));

Not really sure why it works this way, but it does, Happy coding!

//create an array to hold the numbers
var numArray:Array = new Array(25);

// create an array to hold the used numbers
var usedNumArray:Array = new Array(25);

for (var i:int = 0; i <= 24; i++){
	pickNum(i);
}

// run fuctions to get a random number and put in it the array
function pickNum(i:Number){
	var num:Number;
	do{
		//set num to a random number between 0-24
		num = getRandNum();
		//set the numArray[i] to the random number
		numArray[i] = num;
		//make sure the number is a new number
	}while(usedNumArray[num]);
	//if its a new number set the usedNumArray[num] to true
	usedNumArray[num]=true;
	//trace it back to make sure it works
	if(i == 24){
	trace(numArray)
	}
}

// get random number
function getRandNum():Number{
	return Math.floor(Math.random()*25);
}

I don't know if its the best way to handle it but it works. If there is a better way please let me know.

So I test the movie and every thing shows up totally cool as below:

Then I go to Simulate Download and I end up losing some of my images, what’s the deal. See below:

Any way not a huge deal cause it all works good outside of the Flash IDE, but still kind of annoying.

*sorry about the blurriness once the pages go live I’ll clear them up.

Here’s what it looks like:

Here’s a link to the source: Link
Not a class, yet… hopefully soon! Enjoy!