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Flash Tools for Developers (AS3): Graphing curves in the plane
Flash CS3 (Actionscript 3.0) templates and classes for graphing functions in one variable as well as parametric curves in rectangular or polar coordinates.
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Flash Tools for Developers: Parametric Curves on the Plane
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Doug Ensley, Shippensburg University
Barbara Kaskosz, University of Rhode Island
This Flash Forum article provides instructions and resources for producing customized graphing applets using the Macromedia Flash (either Flash MX 2004 or the more recent Flash 8) programming environment. After working through this material you will be able to build a fully customized Parametric/Polar Curve Grapher for your own webpage using your own instructions, your own color schemes and your own choice of functionality.
The compressed file param_graph.zip contains all templates and code referenced within the article, and the twenty page Parametric Curves Guide (param_guide.pdf) gives detailed instructions for some specific customization tasks. Within this article, there is a brief description of each of the templates including active versions of each to demonstrate its functionality. In addition, we list some of the specific customizations that are addressed within the Parametric Curves Guide.
The Flash 8 programming environment for Windows or Mac can be "borrowed" on a 30 day trial basis from macromedia.com.