Flash :: [F8] Adding Text Layer From Libary

Adding Different AS To Each Layer
I am a little confused. I'm reading a tutorial book and getting my feet wet.
The instruction tells me to insert an AS code on layer 1 symbol.

DONE.

Then insert a different AS code on layer 2. But when I click on the frame on layer 2, the same AS code from layer 1 is shown. If I change the AS code on layer 2, the AS code is changed also for layer 1.

So it seems that both layer (tried 3 layers, same thing) are using AS code on the layer. How would I add a new AS code on the second layer?

Layer Adding
Hi
i am creating an application in which user can add a new layer ,move it ,make up/down, and change its position also.I have to implement all layer functions.How can i add new layer when user click on layer add button/tab .Can some one help me
Thanks in Advance
shobha

Adding One New Layer To Many Flas
I need to add an identical border graphic on the top layer of about 50 fla's.

can this be done in any other way than opening each individual fla and pasting the relevant frames in?

because that seems like the stupid way of doing it! (not that that's ever held me back before )

Adding An Flv Layer To Aother Flv
Ok, here is the dilmma. It's not so much that I can't add an flv layer + it's alpha channel on top of an existing flv, I got that to work, but now if I try to add an flv with some amount of transparency, the alpha channel darkens the transparency (like getting something to fade in because I used some really cool effects during compositing in AE, Trapcode's FORM, which has a lot of transparency involved). SO now that I'm uploading files to my website and into my SWF, the FLV files that has my cool transparent files (20% opacity) are being blankened out by the Alpha channel.

Is there another way. A work around with no guns involved or humans having to suffer.

Short Cut Adding New Layer
Has anyone out there discovered a method to add a new layer either with a macro or a short cut key. If you have done any developing and needed some 100 layers then by always pointing your mouse at the layer icon and then clicking can become a pain.

Any input would be appreciated.

If there is no short cut key to do this them maybe Adobe should think about this for their next release.

Thanks in advance.
Bizzum

Adding A Guide Layer To A Mask.
I have a layer with pics.
I have a layer with a symbol, and i turned it into a mask of the pics. I added a motion tween to the mask, and everything works fine.
Now, HOW DO I ADD A GUIDE LAYER to the mask. I'm pretty sure I have doen this before, but for some reason it won't work. If I add the guide layer to the mask, it unmasks the pics. WHY WHY WHY???
The worst part? I only have about 1 hour to get this to work, HELP PLEASE!!!

Adding Transition To Picture Creates New Layer
I don't really know anything about Flash at all...

I was creating a project mostly just using the built-in Fade Transition and the Expand Effect with the occasional motion tween. Everything was working great until I added a motion tween that followed a line.

After that, if I put a picture in a new layer and attempted to add a Transition or Effect to it, Flash creates a new layer with the correct effect, but the effect starts running at the very beginning of the presentation. (and I don't want it to be creating a new layer)

I've tried rebooting and restarting, but that hasn't changed anything. Currently the presentation is around 650 frames with 25 or so layers. Any help at all would be much appreciated. Thanks!

Adding And Removing Opaque Child Seems To Layer?
Evening all,
I come humbly before you to ask for assistance.

I currently have a map beacon on my map (natch) and have a toggle button that shows the user how far their character can move, displayed as a 0.2 opaque circle, centred on them.

I want this to be togglable, to prevent lots of data clouding the UI. I have made a button in my interface that, depending on the button's state (up/down) will hide/show the circle.

I am using removeChild() to remove it, and also set it to null as recommended elsewhere. Delete doesn't work because of it's nature (dynamically drawn from a value in database)

I then use a method of my Map class to redraw/attach the circle. I thought this all worked fine, until I just started flipping the button repeatedly.. and noticed the colour gradually getting darker.

I check each button press and it is only calling the creation method.. so presumably the previously removed circle is still lurking? To test I commented out the creation code and just left the addChildAt() line in, whihc did nothing, as expected. Also tried specifically targeting it with getChildByName() and it returns null, as I expected.

I can't seem to access the 'opacity' property, so I can't see if it's something there (the opacity is hard-coded, shouldn't be altered by other things.

Any ideas are gratefully welcomed. Have a nice Friday

Libary
Is it wise to ´clean up´ your library before exporting or is the library size of no influence on the exported SWF file ? Does it only export the used files, or does it export all files in our library to the SWF ?

Libary
Could anyone tell me how to import my own sounds in the libary so i can use them when i need to,and do they have to be a certian format?Is this the same process for buttons ect...in the libary?
Thanx.....
__=WARBLADE=__

Libary
can you save to a overall libary so you can pull up objects into diffrent documents without having to copy paste??

What The Libary Can And Can't Do
Morning out there;

Using flash 8, my knowledge base is not so hot. Would someone clarrify hte info below please.

First, is this correct. In my library i change all my bitmaps from lossless to jpeg to keep down movie size, and in the belief that our eyes don't see that much difference on our present day computer screens. Correct?

2nd - MOST IMPORTANT - - if i wanted to, i could go back into the library, change all bitmaps back to lossless and republish, AND i would have the original lossless quality - correct? Or is this truth - once you degrade the image in the library, you can't get the quality back unless you reimport the lossless image and place it back into the movie. A lot of work. Which is correct?

thank you
Hoss

Shared Libary
i need to use a shared libary - but i am a little confused about the URL when exporting for runtime - flash 5 doesnt need it. i guess i want to put a relitive path in it somewhere.

are there any examples .fla's around??

thanks

Ok .... Use No Shared Libary
hai

ok the shared libary is not cool to use

i take a other way ....

thanx kaptan

Libary Always Out? Flash 8
everytime I open Flash it doesn't have the libary on the side and I've tried saving a new default and all and it still doesn't work.

Actionscript Libary
Hey,
Being new into this whole actionscript thing I was wondering how others have their actionscript libary structured.

Right now I have folders for navigation, text, sound , transitions. Is this an effective way to catalog my actionscript or does anyone have a better suggestion.

thanks

Can Flash Load A Libary Of Another Swf?
hi i really need some help i got like 20png images and i need a way to load them dynamicly, i thought of putting them in a swf, then loading the swf in my mainmovie, then using attachmovie or something to add the image i want, but so far its not working
Any sugestions or help?

Flash Game AS Libary
Is there a website with all the useful codes to make a game?

Loading A Movieclip From Libary?
hi i was wondering if any one could tell me how i would go about loading a movie clip that is in the libary on to the stage after clicking a button

thanks for any help

Libary Issues With The Fl Packages
So I recently installed flash cs3 and updated it to current today. It works fine for the most part, but when I try to import things from the fl package, such as the statement: import fl.controls.*; I get a compiler error saying it can't find the definition. I can import things from the flash packages just fine.

I think I discovered why this is the case. I found the classes folder for as3 buried in my flash directory. The fl folder is there, however it only containers 4 packages; lang, livepreview, motion, and transitions. I'm missing a lot of packages. How did this happen and where can I get these packages?

Loading Images FROM Libary?
Hey all i dont want to load an image (Externally) i want to get it from the libary how would i do that?

Access Libary From Live Preview
is it possible for a components live preview to access (eg. use attachMovie() ) the libary of the .fla it is running in.

thanks

Searching For Libary Member Usage
Hello,

I'm a pretty inexperienced with Flash, but am a Director expert. In
Director there is a way to find out if a cast member is used in the score.
In Flash, is there something similar? I mean is there a way to find out if a
library member is used in a timeline? I'm trying to clear out unused
resources and don't want to delete something that is being used.

Thanks,

Brian

Loading Movieclips Into The Libary Dynamicaly
Hi everyone,

Is it possible to load libary items from one swf into another?

I am trying to load a set of tiles stored in one swf into a tile editor.

In the code for the tile editor it adds objects from the libary onto the stage. Is it possible to get the movieclips from another swf?

Sorry for a poor description on that.

I Can Call A Sound From The Libary (useful Technique), Can I Do The Same W/ A Movie?
Can you use code and the Linkage for action script to pull a movie or graphic right from the libary, and have it appear in your movie?

It works with sounds, but I can't seems to get results w/ movies.

I use code to generate sounds on the fly, from the library.

After selecting "Linkage" from the libary and naming the file "bark" the following script pulls the sound right from the libary and it plays. So, I never have to deal w/ inserting these types of sounds.

on (release) {
mySound = new Sound(this);
mySound.attachSound("bark");
mySound.start();
}

By the way, "bark" could also be a variable, making this technique very useful.

QUESTION: Can you do something similar w/ a movie clip?

Deleting Libary Item In Actionscript Of Another Movie
Hi,

Here's what i want to do:
Load a movie on another one by a button.
Once the new movie is loaded, one libary item of the new movie must be deleted, without adjusting the new movie.
HOW???

Greetz, DeaTH-RuLeR

I Cannot Understand, How To Put Mask Layer On A Text Layer To Do A Mask
it looks there is only one layer.
the code is here.
http://go3.163.com/qiukezhi/tutor/1tutor.fla
see the picture
http://888888882.tripod.com/onelayermask.jpg
does anyone know how to make it?
thanks.
[Edited by bluerabit on 02-10-2002 at 06:09 PM]

Mask Layer Hides Labels, Button Text, And Selected Text For Combobox
does anyone know how to get flash to stop hiding text that resides on movie clips that have a mask layer over them? the masks appear to work fine but hide this text and i cannot figure out how to get it to stop.

thx

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Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.

Help With Loading Swf In To Layer 1 From Layer 0 And Nutrelizing Layer 0
I have my main movie- main.swf in level 0.
I need to load a movie - s1.swf to level one and disable level 0 - main.swf,
Then with a button click i need to goto main.swf - level o enable it & of course remove movie s1.swf.

Thank you for your help.

Text Box And A Mask Layer
Hi,

I have a problem with a text box and a mask layer.

I draw in Layer1 a filled rectangle.
In Layer2 a make a text box with text in it.
Now I make the Layer1 to my MASK layer.

Problem: If the text box in Layer2 is a STATIC TEXT (text properties) than everything works fine, but if the text box in Layer2 is a DYNAMIC TEXT (text properties) than I see nothing!!!

Question: How can I place a DYNAMIC TEXT BOX in Layer2?????

Thanks
David

Sending Text To A Swf On Another Layer?
I need to be able to load one swf on top of another. Currently I am able to load a second swf on top of the original on layer 1 by using the following code:

on (release) {
loadMovieNum("nameOfFile.swf", 1);
}

This works great but I need to be able to pass specific text information to a dynamic text field from swf 1 to swf 2 based on what button the user presses on swf 1 that loads the second swf. I am trying to use the code example from Adobe’s site but it only seems to work if both swf’s are open separately. This is the code that they post:

The Outgoing SWF:

// create a new LocalConnection instance used to send
// calls to a LocalConnection instance in another movie
var outgoing_lc:LocalConnection = new LocalConnection();

// event handler when the send button is clicked
send_btn.onRelease = function(Void):Void {

// send the methodToExecute method in another movie's
// LocalConnection listening to "lc_example"
outgoing_lc.send("lc_example", "methodToExecute", "Specific text to be sent here");
}

The incoming SWF:

// create a new LocalConnection instance used to listen
// for calls from a LocalConnection instance from another movie
var incoming_lc:LocalConnection = new LocalConnection();

// create a local connection listening to a connection
// with the name "lc_example"
incoming_lc.connect("lc_example");

// define an method which will be called when a message
// is sent from a LocalConnection instance from another movie
incoming_lc.methodToExecute = function(param:String):Void {
sentMessage_txt.text = param;
}

Is there any way to a) Open another swf and put it on layer 1 and b)pass specific text information from the swf on layer 0 to the second swf on layer 1 with a single command? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Alt Text Layer Issues
Hello all,

I want to thank everyone for helping me with this delimma of mines ahead of time.

In my program, when you hover over some of the dots, their caption "balloons" appear under some of the other dots. I would like for the caption "balloons" to appear above all dots. I hope this makes sense.

Can any of you help me with this? Were this HTML I would just use CSS to adjust the Z-index. But this doesn't seem as simple. Thanks again for any help you can give me.

Attached is a copy of my program and a screenshot so you can see what I have so far.

Joync

Text Layer Misbehaving
I have a layer of text that is at the bottom of the pile, so to speak, but when I play the movie, the text floats on top of all the other layers. Looks less than good. Any ideas on 1)why the layer refuses to stay on the bottom, and 2)what I can do to correct the problem?

Thanks for any ideas...

Layer Text Color
okay, this isnt really flash designs question, just a flash question,

how do i change the text color for my layers, they are white and it buggs my eyes out trying to find the layers i need to modify, i checked in the preferences but didnt see anything for that.

thanks alot

Lisa

Dinamic Text On Masked Layer
I have som problem, maybe there is no chans to get it work but anyway...

I hawe text on masked layer, when it is as static text everything works, but when I set it as dynamic text and publish movie this text not shows. Is it posible to make that this text shows or not?

Dynamic Text Controlled From Dif. Layer
I have this script that changes the title of the page on the click of a button, which works fine! Now I want to be able to change the title from another button (which is on level 3)

What do i do?

on (press) {
with (_root.text) {
_root.a = "title";
}
}

Mask Layer And Dynamic Text
I'm creating a drop down menu system using a mask. However, I am having a bit of trouble getting the dynamic text on the buttons to display. The buttons display perfectly, but no text??? So, I remove the mask and the text diplays fine...Is there something I missed about dynamic text and masks?

Text In Layer 5 Behaves Strange...
I have done a scrolling textbox which can be update from a text file. It looks fine in layer 0, but when it is loaded in layer 5 the danish characters æ, ø, å becomes to something lik &,%,½.

What to do?

Actionscript To Get All Text On A Layer/frame?
Hi,

Is there anyway to extract text from an fla/swf file using PHP/ColdFusion?

One solution I was thinking was that we could make the flash file return all the text given an arguement in the url (ie flashfile.swf?action=returnstring). But is there a function in flash that will grab all the text in the movie?

How do I use actionscript to get all the text on a certain layer/frame?

Or is there an easier solution?

Thanks

Changing The Color Of The Layer Name Text
Anyone know how to change the color of the text that is used for the layer names in the authoring environment?

I somehow changed mine to white and now i can't see the layer names!

Hide Dynamic Text On Different Layer
Hi,

Layer 1/ Frame 1 there is a button

Layer2/ Frame 5/ a1 (Dynamic text
Layer2/ Frame 6/ a2 (Dynamic text)

When I press the button on layer1/frame1 it should goto frame 5 but before it reaches there it should hide both the dynamic text.

script on button

on(release){

setproperty("a1",_visible,"0");
setproperty("a2",_visible,"0");
gotoandstop(5);

}

"IT'S NOT WORKING"!!!!

Thanks in advance.

Component Text Behind Layer Mask
So I have dealt with embedding fonts in dynamic layers, but I have not dealt with it in button components. How do you get the button component text to show up when it is behind a layer mask? I have tried searching for it, but I can only find the dynamic text box that has the handy little embed font option on it.

Erasing The Top Layer With A Line To Show The Layer Beneath It
I was curious if anyone would be able to help me out. I have a layer that is a menu with some buttons. When a button is hit, I'd like to do this: A line from above the menu will go down the page, and as it goes down it apperas to erase the menu layer and show the layer beneath it. So as it goes down, what is beneath the line is still the menu page but above the line is the information (movie clip) that should be shown to that corresponding button. Any one have any ideas?

Thanks
Have a Happy New Year
Ty

Creating A Delay/Pause, Frome Layer To Layer.
Hello,

I'v been having trouble with my newest project, i'm trying to create a pause from it going from 1 layer to the next without using frames.

If i use the frames my project just messes up, so im trying to create a pause of going from frame 1 to frame 2 to frame 3 up to 20.

If someone could help me i'll be really great full.

Layering Problem: McText (layer 1) Over McText2 (layer 2)
Hi,

Quickie: Have 12 layers. Base layer has some text (mcWelcome) and a popup on layer
8 with some text plays over it. When I do a a href link to bring up the next mcTextfield combination
on top of the layer 8 the new layer goes under all other layers even though its on layer 10 (it has an arrow and a textfield).
In Design mode it is on top but when it plays it (layer 10 mc) plays under even the first layer.
What am I doing wrong? No matter where I drag the layer containing that new movie clip it goes underneath. Made
a new layer and it does the same thing adding text with ActionScript.
I've even done the "bring to front" and it has no effect. Why is the new mcText alway below the other layers?
Any ideas?

Thanks,
Thanks,