I have also added the ability to ignore all out of bound events with a simple method call.

Download Zip here
http://gfxcomplex.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/screensizenotification.zip

Source comes with completed example file.

Heres some example useage

import com.gfxcomplex.screen_management.ScreenSizeNotification;

var testing:ScreenSizeNotification = new ScreenSizeNotification();
testing.manageStage(stage, {minSizeW:550, minSizeH:400, maxSizeW:1000, maxSizeH:850});
testing.addEventListener(ScreenSizeNotification.SCREEN_LESS_THEN_MIN, tooSmall);
testing.addEventListener(ScreenSizeNotification.SCREEN_GREATER_THEN_MAX, tooBig);

function tooSmall(e:Event):void{
	trace("Too small");
}

function tooBig(e:Event):void{
	trace("Too Big");
}
//if needed to stop event dispatches use testing.ignoreEvents(true);

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Please come tomorrow for my first presentation on tool of the trade. The location and time is posted on the front page of as3apex.com

thanks
- Josh Chernoff

FYI:
“wph” = watts per hour.

DeskTop - 600wph
LapTop - 90wph
Two LCD monitors - 100 combined wph approximately
wifi - 24wph
wifi camera - 5 wph
vonage - 12 wph
cordless phone - 2.5 wph
broadband modem - 12 wph
external harddrive - 18wph

Total watts per hour use: 863.5 watts per hour.
Total watts per full work day: (863.5 * 8 hours a day) = “6908 watts of electricity a day”!.
Total watts per hour for web hosting server…….! (That’s a whole other story!)

Since about 50% of all America’s electricity is from coal that is like a barbeque burning all day just to power my pc. That’s just dirty!

Getting the point yet? I think this is a real problem for all of us, but I have options thanks to solar power. My goal is to power my work station 100% off the grid via solar power with in the next 6 months and maintain it that way for the detraction of my profession. Of course I will post all the details as they happen. I encourage you all to try to do the same and at the very least become more aware of your impact in this world even if you rarely see it.

Just imagine if you only used a laptop for your job you could easily power it fully for 8 hours a day for about $700 in solar equipment for up to 25 years and that’s at the laptops full power use of 90 watts per hour with power to spare. Thought powering a full desktop system with dual monitors and wifi gear should prove to be more then just a solar powered hobby.

One real cool thing I have been getting excited about solar power is how easy it is to set up.
There is just a few things you need to make a DYI solar power system

Here’s just some of the basics of what you would need to start a solar power system.
1: Solar panels.
2: A battery
3: A AC/DC converter
4: A controller for charging the battery.

You maybe wondering if it’s so good why is this not already happening on a mass scale?
It’s the cost of the solar panels. I believe they are still not right for the consumer market, yet I believe we will most likely seen prices drop in the next 3 to 5 years dramatically.

If any of you have already done the same or plan to, please post a link or tell your stories. Since I have a lot to learn I will need some advice.

Please try to be more aware of your impact in this world.
- Josh Chernoff.

So that why I rate Cricket wireless of st.Louis a 1.5 out of 10.
buyer beware! Though on a lighter note they may have plans to correct their local problems but I wouldn’t hold my breath tell they do.

- Josh Chernoff.

My games:
Mario cart wii

post yours or email me at josh@gfxcomplex.com so we can race it up!

The idea is that you use the dictionary class to assign vars to an object and then access the var by passing the object to which the var is assigned to as an array index key in the dictionary.

Example:
I this example you would need three movieClips on the stage each with a instance name of someClip1_mc, someClip2_mc and someClip3_mc.

var dictionary:Dictionary = new Dictionary();	

dictionary[someClip1_mc] = "sting1";
dictionary[someClip2_mc] = "sting2";
dictionary[someClip3_mc] = "sting3";

someClip1_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, traceOut);
someClip2_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, traceOut);
someClip3_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, traceOut);	

function traceOut(e:Event):void {
	trace(dictionary[e.target]);
}

Now the pit fall to this solution is that the scope of the dictionary instance needs to be accessible to the event method. Other then that you could use an Object, Array, ect… in the dictionary.

hulu at http://www.hulu.com/ has to have the bast quality(rendered) video of online video I have seen yet, though thats not say a hole lot. The problem still remains, there is a lack of quality(rendered) content and no reason for it. Since the release of the last flash player I think every one has been waiting for this magical flood of true high quality content and real alternatives to you tube rendering quality and other like sites.

I my self would love to see a nice site like netflex pull their head out of their ass and drop the hole MS and IE bull crap and pick up flash 9. Till then I will just have to keep looking. Lets just hope Hulu can satisfy till then.