Flash / Flex / ActionScript/Graphics/Rectangle

A rectangle in a Sprite is nested within another Sprite. Both Sprite instances are rotated 45 degrees.

   <source lang="java">

package {

   import flash.display.GradientType;
   import flash.display.Sprite;
   import flash.geom.Matrix;
   import flash.geom.ColorTransform;
   public class Main extends Sprite {
   
        public function Main() {
   
           var rect1:Sprite = new Sprite(  );
           rect1.graphics.lineStyle(1);
           rect1.graphics.beginFill(0x0000FF, 1);
           rect1.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 75, 50);
           
           var rect2:Sprite = new Sprite(  );
           rect2.graphics.lineStyle(1);
           rect2.graphics.beginFill(0xFF0000, 1);
           rect2.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 75, 50);
           rect2.x = 50;
           rect2.y = 75;
           
           // Create the container
           var group:Sprite = new Sprite(  );
           
           // Add the rectangles to the container
           group.addChild(rect1);
           group.addChild(rect2);
           
           // Add the container to the main application
   
           
           group.x = 40;
           group.scaleY = .15;
           group.rotation = 15;
   
           var innerGroup:Sprite = new Sprite(  );
           
           innerGroup.addChild(group);
           innerGroup.rotation = 15;
           addChild(innerGroup);
        }
   
   }

}

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Draw a rectangle

   <source lang="java">

package{

 import flash.display.Sprite;
 
 public class Main extends Sprite{
   public function Main(){

       try {
         drawRectangle(this, 100, 200);
         drawRectangle(this, 300, 400);
       }
       catch(errObject:Error) {
         this.graphics.clear(  );
         trace("An error occurred: " + errObject.message);
       }
   }
   private function drawRectangle(sprite:Sprite, nWidth:Number, nHeight:Number):void {
     if(isNaN(nWidth) || isNaN(nHeight)) {
       throw new Error("Invalid dimensions specified.");
     }
     sprite.graphics.lineStyle(1, 0, 1);
     sprite.graphics.lineTo(nWidth, 0);
     sprite.graphics.lineTo(nWidth, nHeight);
     sprite.graphics.lineTo(0, nHeight);
     sprite.graphics.lineTo(0, 0);
   }
 }

}

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Draw Colored Rectangle

   <source lang="java">

package {

 import flash.display.Sprite;
 import flash.display.Shape;
 import flash.display.Graphics;
 
 public class Rectangles extends Sprite {
   
   public function Rectangles() {
     
     drawColoredRectIn(graphics, 0xFF0000);
     
     var rect:Shape = new Shape();
     drawColoredRectIn(rect.graphics, 0xFFFF00);
     rect.x = 50;
     rect.y = 50;
     addChild(rect);
   }
   
   private function drawColoredRectIn(target:Graphics, color:int):void {
     target.lineStyle(1, 0x000000);
     target.beginFill(color);
     target.drawRect(0, 0, 100, 100);
   }
 }

}

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Fill a rectangle

   <source lang="java">

package{

 import flash.display.*;
 import flash.filters.*;
 public class Main extends Sprite{
   public function Main(){
       var box:Sprite = new Sprite(  );
       box.graphics.lineStyle(  );
       box.graphics.beginFill(0xFFFFFF);
       box.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 100, 100);
       box.graphics.endFill(  );
       addChild(box);
       box.filters = [new DropShadowFilter(10), new GlowFilter(  )];
   }
 }

}

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rotateChildren( ), applies the generalized code from Example 20-4. It randomly rotates all the descendants of a specified container (not just the children).

   <source lang="java">

package {

 import flash.display.*;
 import flash.events.*;
 public class RotatingRectangles extends Sprite {
   public function RotatingRectangles (  ) {
     var rects:Array = new Array(  );
     for (var i:int = 0; i < 20; i++) {
       rects[i] = new Shape(  );
       rects[i].graphics.lineStyle(1);
       rects[i].graphics.beginFill(Math.floor(Math.random(  )*0xFFFFFF), 1);
       rects[i].graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 100, 50);
       rects[i].x = Math.floor(Math.random(  )*500);
       rects[i].y = Math.floor(Math.random(  )*400);
       addChild(rects[i]);
     }
     stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownListener);
   }
   private function mouseDownListener (e:Event):void {
     for (var i:int=0; i < numChildren; i++) {
       getChildAt(i).rotation = Math.floor(Math.random(  )*360);
     }
   }
   public function rotateChildren (container:DisplayObjectContainer):void {
     for (var i:int = 0; i < container.numChildren; i++) {
       var thisChild:DisplayObject = container.getChildAt(i);
       if (thisChild is DisplayObjectContainer) {
         rotateChildren(DisplayObjectContainer(thisChild));
       } else {
         thisChild.rotation =  Math.floor(Math.random(  )*360);
       }
     }
   }
 }

}

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Rotating Rectangles

   <source lang="java">

package {

 import flash.display.*;
 import flash.events.*;
 public class Main extends Sprite {
   public function Main (  ) {
     var rects:Array = new Array(  );
     for (var i:int = 0; i < 20; i++) {
       rects[i] = new Shape(  );
       rects[i].graphics.lineStyle(1);
       rects[i].graphics.beginFill(Math.floor(Math.random(  )*0xFFFFFF), 1);
       rects[i].graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 100, 50);
       rects[i].x = Math.floor(Math.random(  )*500);
       rects[i].y = Math.floor(Math.random(  )*400);
       addChild(rects[i]);
     }
     stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownListener);
   }
   private function mouseDownListener (e:Event):void {
     for (var i:int=0; i < numChildren; i++) {
       getChildAt(i).rotation = Math.floor(Math.random(  )*360);
     }
   }
 }

}

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Square

   <source lang="java">

package {

    import flash.display.Sprite;
    
    [SWF(width=550, height=400)]
    
    public class Main extends Sprite {  
    
         public function Main() {
              var square:Square = new Square();
              addChild(square);
              
              // Move to (300,300)
              square.x = 30;
              square.y = 30;
              
              // Stretch horizontally and squash vertically
              square.scaleX = 2;
              square.scaleY = 0.5;
              
              // Make 50% alpha
              square.alpha = 0.5;
              
              // Rotate 45 degrees
              square.rotation = 45;
         }
    
    }
    

} class Square extends flash.display.Sprite {

    public function Square() {
         graphics.lineStyle(5);
         graphics.beginFill(0xFF);
         graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 100, 100);
         graphics.endFill();
    }

}

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