Flash Hacks
by Sham Bhangal

This errata page lists errors outstanding in the most recent printing.

If you have technical questions or error reports, you can send them to
booktech@oreilly.com.  Please specify the printing date of your copy.

This page was updated December 6, 2005.

Here's a key to the markup:
	[page-number]: serious technical mistake
	{page-number}: minor technical mistake
	<page-number>: important language/formatting problem
	(page-number): language change or minor formatting problem
	?page-number?: reader question or request for clarification



Confirmed errors:

(3), bottom: 
"As we shallsee" should be "As we shall see"


(41), middle: 
"Advance Effect" should be "Advanced Effect"


(46), middle: 
"Advanced Effects" should be "Advanced Effect"


(99), middle:
"In the case of a bitmaps image" should be
"In the case of a bitmap image"


(120), top: 
"onEnterFrameFrame()" should be "onEnterFrame()"


(172)  Under function drop (){;
this.speed.y = 1; 
should be:
this.speedY = 1;



{178}  circleHitTest  function;

function circleHitTest (circle1, circle2) {
  var a = circle1._x - circle2._x;
  var b = circle1._y - circle2._y;
  dist = Math.sqrt( Math.pow(a, 2) + Math.pow(b, 2));
  return dist < Math.abs(circle1._width/2 - circle2._width/2);
}

should be:

function circleHitTest(circle1, circle2) {
  var a = circle1._x-circle2._x;
  var b = circle1._y-circle2._y;
  var dist = Math.sqrt(Math.pow(a, 2)+Math.pow(b, 2));
  return dist<(circle1._width/2+circle2._width/2);
}


{253} 3rd paragraph;
In the Library, right-click (Windows) or <Command>-Click (Mac) on...  (Note: I can't reproduce the Apple Command key pictured in the book)
should be:
In the Library, right-click (Windows) or control-click (Mac) 



(272), top:
"It's a bit of a trial and error process, but once you have the
correct result, its very obvious."  
should be
"It's a bit of a trial and error process, but once you have the
correct result, it's very obvious."


(291), top:
"Perhaps most importantly, you can create button movie clips
dynamically using MovieClip.duplicateMovieclip" 
should be
"Perhaps most importantly, you can create button movie clips
dynamically using MovieClip.duplicateMovieClip"


(323), top:
"A frame rate readout is displayed at the top left of the Stage"
should be
"A frame rate readout is displayed at the top right of the Stage"


(323), first bullet:
"Are created using bitmaps tiles rather than vector ones" 
should be
"Are created using bitmap tiles rather than vector ones"


(339), top:
"Specifying ball's type as MoveClip tells the compiler that the
variable must contain a movie clip reference" 
should be
"Specifying ball's type as MovieClip tells the compiler that the
variable must contain a movie clip reference"


(343), top:
"However objects are not always treated the same way as simple
variables."  
should be
"However, objects are not always treated the same way as simple
variables."


(427), middle:
"Macromedia's uses cross-domain policy files to control the ways in
which Flash content on one domain can access content on another domain." 
should be
"Macromedia uses cross-domain policy files to control the ways in
which Flash content on one domain can access content on another domain."


(439), top:
"Someone could take a SWF that loads in your content and rework it to
load in his content, or worse yet, pass of your content as being his own." 
should be
"Someone could take a SWF that loads in your content and rework it to
load in his content, or worse yet, pass off your content as being his own."


(440), middle:
"Readers who have done traditional web design probably already have a
big wide smirks thinking about the downright dirtiness of this hack,
but here's a rundown for everyone else"
should be
"Readers who have done traditional web design probably already have
big wide smirk thinking about the downright dirtiness of this hack,
but here's a rundown for everyone else"


(459) in index;
Add entry for -
Local Shared Object,        202