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Revision: 38546
at January 5, 2011 01:18 by adrianparr
Initial Code 
// Display as many blocks on the screen as will fit
var BLOCK_SIZE:Number = 1;
var BLOCK_BUFFER:uint = 3;
var blockSize:uint = this.inchesToPixels(BLOCK_SIZE);
var blockTotal:uint = blockSize + BLOCK_BUFFER;
var cols:uint = Math.floor(this.stage.stageWidth / blockTotal);
var rows:uint = Math.floor((this.stage.stageHeight) / blockTotal);
var blockXStart:uint = (this.stage.stageWidth - ((cols * blockSize) + ((cols - 1) * BLOCK_BUFFER))) / 2;
var blockX:uint = blockXStart;
var blockY:uint = ((this.stage.stageHeight) - ((rows * blockSize) + ((rows - 1) * BLOCK_BUFFER))) / 2;
for (var colIndex:uint = 0; colIndex < rows; ++colIndex) {
   for (var rowIndex:uint = 0; rowIndex < cols; ++rowIndex) {
      var block:Sprite = this.getBlock(blockSize);
      block.x = blockX;
      block.y = blockY;
      this.addChild(block);
      blockX += blockTotal;
   }
   blockY += blockTotal;
   blockX = blockXStart;
}

function getBlock(blockSize:uint):Sprite
{
   var block:Sprite = new Sprite();
   block.graphics.beginFill(0xAAC228);
   block.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, blockSize, blockSize);
   block.graphics.endFill();
   block.cacheAsBitmap = true;
   return block;
}

function inchesToPixels(inches:Number):uint
{
   return Math.round(Capabilities.screenDPI * inches);
}
Initial URL 
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/authoring_for_multiple_screen_sizes.html
Initial Description 
Taken from Christian Cantrell's Adobe article called 'Authoring mobile Flash content for multiple screen sizes'.
Initial Title 
AS3 Fill Available Screen Area with Squares (Centred)
Initial Tags 
center
Initial Language 
ActionScript 3