3D Book Shelf

pauliusuza
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Advanced Actionscript 3 Series 3D Book Shelf Menu

You can compile this file using Adobe Flash CS3 , Adobe Flex 2 , Adobe Flex 3 or the free FlashDevelop 3 (With Flex 2 SDK ). Older versions of Flash do not work!

This is a brand new way to browse through book (or CD and DVD ) collections using 3D simulation. When user rolls over the desired item, it flips to the side to reveal it’s cover art.

You can see the similar effect in the FWA award winning site http://www.vpbookclub.com and the modified version of this actual file running on a live site http://www.boek.net

Highlights:
- Fully dynamic (XML controlled)
- Easy to use (3 lines of code and you are ready to go)
- Fast (blazing speeds with AS3)
- Easily customizable code to fit your needs
- Comes with lots of code comments
- Email support

There are no assets or code in *.fla file. Everything is contained in .as class files. Code is written in Actionscript 3.

Posted about 1 year ago

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pauliusuza
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By saying Flex I meant Flex Builder and not MXML . This product is purely Actionscript 3.

Flex Builder does not have a stage where you can draw graphics visually, but it’s great for coding AS3 . Flash does have a stage, but the code completion sucks. So there’s no winner.

If you want to do some client side tweaking without investing into Flash CS3 software (or learning how to use it) I can help you out and tweak the files for you for a relatively small price.

This is the latest example of a “tweaked bookshelf version on a live website”: http://www.boek.net done in couple of days.

I believe in this link you will also see an improved image loading algorithm and book holders on each end.

Posted 11 months ago

aroberts3

I can not get this to work. And I want to incorporate it into a larger project. The only way I get it to work is to run the blank .fla that comes with the project.

Can someone tell me what to do?

angela@acuteconsulting.com

Posted 10 months ago

pauliusuza
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@ aroberts3

I wrote you an email, please continue from there.

@ everyone

If you ever run into problem, please contact me via email first. I care.

My email can be found in the readme file that comes with the purchased software.

Posted 10 months ago

Bringhurst
Bought between 10 and 49 items

This is one of the nicest AS3 files on FD. Works beautifully right “Out of the Box”

Bringhurst

Posted 9 months ago

BigZ

nice file!

Posted 9 months ago

quickyboy

super smecher!!!

Posted 9 months ago

URanimEnigma
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I saw something like this one a site that was featured somewhere. I thought it was cool then and I’m still thinking its cool.

Posted 8 months ago

yayitsbria

I think by “similar effect” on http://vpbookclub.com, you must mean the sole inspiration for your utility. The boek.net example seems to be an even more literal rip, I’m surprised they haven’t been sued yet.

The bookshelf on the vpbookclub seems to runs much smoother with a significantly greater number of books. On the example above it lags when I roll over only a few books too quickly—is there a delay in your version? Also, it seems as if you can’t flip the books until all are loaded. Not a pitch perfect copy, but pretty cool original idea.

Posted 8 months ago

rez

Nice file.

I did notice that if you rollover them while they are still loading, some books will then overlap and can’t be seen.

Are these PNG files? Is it possible to use, say a star shape with a transparent background which would make a 3d Star? Or does it always have to be boxes? I guess since its actually skewed squares its not possible?

Posted 7 months ago

pauliusuza
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@rez – Thanks, everything is possible with a little modification. The overlap bug is fixed in v1.1, please contact me if you purchase the file and I’ll send you the updated version and some bonus material

Posted 7 months ago

Corvis777

Hi, I am having some trouble getting the SWF to load into a movie i am working, any ideas?

Great file though!

Posted 6 months ago

bbarcia

I would like to know how do I set the script to link the books have _self target, because the pattern is _blank. Xml file does not exist in the option to set the target, where do I set? thanks

Posted 6 months ago

marima

I want to purchase this, but I keep comming back to this page.

Posted 6 months ago

penyan

are you selling this on AFComponents too? Because I see the same thing file there

Posted 6 months ago

musemuse

i want the link with _self target. where can i set the script? and how? thx.

Posted 6 months ago

gfranklin

Very nice work.

Posted 5 months ago

librium

Hello I can only get the flash to play when testing locally, how do I get it to play in a HTML page

Posted 4 months ago

pauliusuza
Exclusive author

Thanks for your purchases!

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@penyan – No. The file on AFComponents uses Papervision3D framework while this code only emulates a 3D effect.

@musemuse, @bbarcia – Please contact me via email for v1.1 of the source code, it has a variable through which you can control _target.

@librium – The file should play inside HTML with no problem, please check if your filepaths once again and if the problem persists, please contact me via email for further support.

Posted 3 months ago

HRHegnauer
Bought between 1 and 9 items

Hello. I just purchased this. Once I insert the flash file into my HTML , it doesn’t run on the preview in browser test. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks.

Posted about 1 month ago

psyklla

terrific file – well worth the purchase.

For those who want to change the link target to _self, just open ‘book.as’ and change this line:

navigateToURL(request);

to this:

navigateToURL(request, “_self”;

i am on a bit of a deadline for my project – does anyone know a quick and easy way to add rollover text to a dynamic textfield so that each book can have a caption?

Posted about 1 month ago

davelk

my new favourite file

Posted about 1 month ago

joelrube

I can not get this to work. I want to incorporate it into a larger project (FLA). I use cs3 I also need to adjust its position and size

The only way I get it to work is to run the blank .fla that comes with the project.

Posted about 1 month ago

HRHegnauer
Bought between 1 and 9 items

I’m having a similar problem as some other people posting. How do I get the SWF file to play once it’s in my Dreamweaver page? I’m not sure how the file paths should be aligned.

Please email me: hrhegnauer@hotmail.com

Thanks!

Posted 18 days ago

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