Shine Draw

This is the third Image Rotator sample. It is totally original (But you may find something similar from the Internet).

I am thinking to make more image rotators and package all of them as an Open Source Project. Please support me if I really make it. Haha.

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Comparison

Flash implementation: 30 minutes  
Silverlight implementation: 30 minutes 
What’s the difference?

• Object Container: Array [AS3] vs String [], List<String> [C#]

Source codes

•   Random Expand Rotator [Flash 9, AS3] (216.3 KiB, 575 hits)
•   Random Expand Rotator [Silverlight 2, C#] (249.6 KiB, 662 hits)

Silverlight

String Array [AS3] vs String [], List<String> [C#]

AS3 and C# are completely different when handling the Array. In AS3, an Array can be used to store everything. You may even use it to store the Class and Function. However, it means that you need to be carefully when getting the values from the Array since no one sure what is stored inside. Here is an simple demonstrator.

// AS3
var array : Array = new Array();
array.push(new MovieClip());	// push an  object
array.push(MovieClip);		// push a class

for(var i:int = 0; i < array.length; i++){
	trace(array[i], array[i] is MovieClip, array[i] is Class);
}

// return
// [object MovieClip] true false
// [class MovieClip] false true

While in C#, you must define the type of the array clearly. You may either create a static array (String [] array), which means you can’t add/remove object once it is created, or a dynamic array (List<String> array). There are many more object containers under the namespace [System.Collections.Generic] which serve for different purpose.

// C#
// static array
String[] images = { “image1.jpg”, “image2.jpg”, “image3.jpg” }; 

// dynamic array
List images = new List{ “image1.jpg”, “image2.jpg”, “image3.jpg” };
images.Add(”image4.jpg”);

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