I’m sure everyone has their own solution for this, but here’s mine… function rMouseDown() { if(Key.isDown(2)){ clearInterval(rMouseListen); rMouseListen = setInterval(rMouseUp, 40, mc); trace("right mouse down"); } } function rMouseUp(mc:MovieClip) { if(!Key.isDown(2)){ clearInterval(rMouseListen); rMouseListen = setInterval(rMouseDown, 40); trace("right mouse up"); } } rMouseListen = setInterval(rMouseDown, 40); enjoy

Here’s hoping flash player 8 gets this latest codec (On2′s VP7) instead of VP6. It looks to be quite a step up.

Which File Extension are You?

Now that’s dandy news. It’s news like this that inches me closer to not having to be so defensive when I’m asked what I program in. Update: Macromedia has a new area up with more detail.

The I’s have it. Now that I know I’m not a lone voice in the wilderness… How ’bout a snippet for figuring what you’ve right-clicked. This just traces the path to the mc you’ve right-clicked, but could be easily modified to perform tasks specific to the item clicked. It was swell to discover that you [...]

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