FlashStudio PRO Review

1. Introduction
   
2. General Overview
   
3. FSCommands
   
4. Awkward things
   
5. Conclusion
   

ActionScript:
// using a variable as argument
theMsg = "FlashDevils roxxx!!!";
fscommand("flashstudio.prompt","theMsg");
// using a value as argument
fscommand("flashstudio.prompt","\"FlashDevils roxxx!!!\"");
// this works as well (double quotes surrounded by single quotes)
fscommand("flashstudio.prompt",'"FlashDevils roxxx!!!"');
// several arguments, mix between variables & values
posX = posY = 0;
theURL = "http://www.flashdevils.com/";
fscommand("flashstudio.browserload",'posX,posY,"400","300",theUrl');
// 'flashstudio.prompt' brings up a Windows message-box with the message specified
// 'flashstudio.browserload' opens an instance of IE inside the app, more about this later
//
// some examples of incorrect uses:
// the argument-string *always* had to be surrounded by quotes
theMsg = "FlashDevils roxxx!!!";
fscommand("flashstudio.prompt",theMsg); // doesn't work
// numbers inside the argument-string *always* have to be surrounded by quotes
fscommand("flashstudio.browserload",'posX,posY,400,300,theUrl'); // doesn't work

ActionScript:
// set the positioning variables for the browser-instance
posX = posY = 0;
w = 400;
h = 200;
theUrl = "http://www.flashdevils.com/";
fscommand("flashstudio.browserload","posX,posY,w,h,theUrl");
// now we try to get the page's source-code
theHTML = "";
createTextField("theText",1,0,200,400,200);
theText.wordWrap = true;
// make a setInterval
intID = setInterval(function () {
        // try to get the source
        fscommand("flashstudio.getbrowserdata","theHTML");
        // if anything is returned, display it
        if (theHTML!="") {
                theText.text = theHTML;
                clearInterval(intID);
        }
},3000);

ActionScript:
// set the positioning variables for the Media Player-instance
posX = posY = 0;
w = 320;
h = 240;
theUrl = "testMPEG.mpg";
fscommand("flashstudio.mpload","posX,posY,w,h,theUrl");
// stop-play functionality
isPlaying = true; // the movie auto-starts, so is playing
this.onMouseDown = function () {
        // toggle state of movie
        (isPlaying)?(fscommand("flashstudio.mpstop"):(fscommand("flashstudio.mpplay"));
        isPlaying = !isPlaying;
}

ActionScript:
// we will attempt to open the MySQL db and access data from it
// all results will be sent to 'retVar'
retVar = "";
s = 0;
host = "127.0.0.1"; // location of DB
port = ""; // port number
comp = true; // toggles transfer compression
un = pwd = ""; // username & password
db = "FlashDevilsDatabase"; // database name
fscommand("flashstudio.mysqlconnect","host,port,comp,un,pwd,db,retVar");
// make a textfield
createTextField("theText",1,0,0,550,400);
theText.wordWrap = true;
// place text in it continually
this.onEnterFrame = function () {
        theText.text = retVar;
}
//
this.onMouseDown = function () {
        switch (s) {
                case 0:	// let's get the status of the MySQL connection
                fscommand("flashstudio.mysqlgetstat","retVar");
                break;
                case 1:	// let's try a query
                fscommand("flashstudio.mysqlquery",'"SELECT * FROM a_table",retVar');
                break;
                case 2: // get results of query using default delimiters
                fscommand("flashstudio.mysqlgetresults",'"","",retVar');
                break;
        }
        if (++s>2) s = 0;
}

ActionScript:
// fade in from 0 to 255
alpha = 0;
// remember that arguments for the new fscommands
// *ALWAYS* need to be enclosed by quotes
// so this throws an error:
//fscommand("flashstudio.alpha",0);
// this also throws an error cuz the value is a number
// so it should be enclosed by quotes inside the argument
//fscommand("flashstudio.alpha,"0");
// this works correctly cuz the value is a string
// and the value is surrounded by quotes again
// cuz it is the argument:
fscommand("flashstudio.alpha",'"0"');
//
this.onEnterFrame = function () {
        // set the alpha
        fscommand("flashstudio.alpha","alpha");
        // update alpha
        if ((alpha+=10)>=255) {
                // set end-alpha and delete this onEnterFrame
                fscommand("flashstudio.alpha",'"255"');
                delete this.onEnterFrame;
        }
}

ActionScript:
// build the fist item
theItem = "Item 1";
fscommand("flashstudio.insertcontextmenuitem","theItem");
s=0;
this.onMouseDown = function () {
        switch (s) { // be sure to check the menu after each left-click
                case 0: // add a new item
                theItem = "Item 2";
                fscommand("flashstudio.insertcontextmenuitem","theItem");
                break;
                case 1: // disable right-click menu
                fscommand("flashstudio.disablecontextmenu");
                break;
                case 2: // add a new item to the old menu
                theItem = "Item 3";
                fscommand("flashstudio.insertcontextmenuitem","theItem");
                break;
        }
        if (++s>2) s = 0;
}

ActionScript:
// 'theText' is the var-name of a manually placed dynamic textfield on the stage
theText = "nothing yet";
// start listening for remote calls
fscommand("flashstudio.starthttp",'""');
this.onMouseDown = function () {
        // stop listening to remote calls
        fscommand("flashstudio.stophttp");
        // reset text
        theText = "back to normal";
}
//
// after starting up the exe, open this URL in the browser
// to change the shown text in the app
http://127.0.0.1?set&theText&FlashDevils%20Forever