Flash :: [F8] Getting A Button To Scroll A MovieClip

Scroll Text > Button > Load Txt File > Reset Scroll Bar...?
Hi i am looking for a tutorial or an explanation of how you can load an external text file into a text field and have...let's say 3 buttons that load the .txt files...when they are loaded...i want the scroll bar to be reset to the top of the text field/box....

any help...welcome...

ta...tiger...

Button Inherits Movieclip And Movieclip Button Properties
Hi,

I am working on a component to blur pictures and use it as buttons. I got it all working but found something I do not completely understand. May be somebody knows the answer. Since movieclips can also be used as buttons I started to define a new class (I show only fractions of the script):

PHP Code:

MovieClip.prototype.createBase=function(eqClip,eqClip_1,eqClip_2,tPress,tRover,tLoad){

and so on...

}
    if(tPress){
        tRover=false;
        tLoad=false;
        this.onPress=function(){
            //count will advance here.
            count++;
            //first we fade out the pic
            fadeOut();
        }
    }
    if(tRover){
        tPress=false;
        tLoad=false;
        this.onRollOver=function(){
            count++;
            fadeOut();
        }
    }
    if(tLoad){
        tRover=false;
        tLoad=false;
        this.onLoad=function(){
            count++;
            fadeOut();
        }
and so on..

Button.createBase(eqClip,eqClip_1,eqClip_2,tPress,tRover,tLoad);

Actually "button" is the name of a movieclip, which inherits the new properties. I can now put instances on stage and write something like:
button1.onRollOver=function(){
this.Button.onRollOver();
}
button1.onRelease=function(){
textField.text="This is button 1 in action.";
}
This will do all what is supposed to do.

But when I change the name of the Movieclip to "myBut", it only performs the blurring but I cannot use it as a button any more and onRelease does not work. In other words if we name a movieclip "Button" or "button" it will automatically inherit button properties. Is that the case? Anybody heard of that?

Scroll Movieclip
I could really use your help on something. I'm trying to run a movieclip inside another movieclip, but when I run it, nothing shows up. The movieclip inside the movieclip is duplicating itself while loading variables from an ASP page. I need this whole movieclip to be inside the a main movieclip so I can scroll the through the other movieclip. Attached is a zip file to view .FLA file.

Thank you,
Adam

Scroll Movieclip
can somebody make it scroll more smooth?

it is stutterin a bit...
and is it possible for someon to make also a little bit of easing whitin it ?

would be very GREAT!!!!

THNX ALREADY

DOWNLOAD FLA

Movieclip Scroll
Hi

How do set up a set of movieclips to be viewed with a scrollbar, like a photoalbum being spread vertically?

Scroll Movieclip HELP
I would like to scroll a movie clip to a set y position when i click on a button. Can anyone help me witht the code?

Scroll A Movieclip, Help Plz
Did this ever have any chance of working?

ActionScript Code:
stop();//create scrollable clipthis.spons.scrollRect = new flash.geom.Rectangle(0, 30, 460, 160);this.spons.cacheAsBitmap = true;//------------------------------ code for scrollers -----------------------\btn_upscroll.onPress = function() { target = this.spons; var scrollUp = target.scrollRect; var scrollmax = target._y; trace(scrollmax); trace(scrollUp.y); if (scrollUp.y>scrollmax) { scrollUp.y -= 10; target.scrollRect = scrollUp; }};btn_downscroll.onPress = function() { target = this.spons; var scrollDown = target.scrollRect; var scrollmax = scrollDown.height; trace(scrollmax); trace(scrollDown.y); if (scrollDown.y<scrollmax) { scrollDown.y += 10; target.scrollRect = scrollDown; }};//------------------------------ end scroller code -----------------------\

'spons' is the instance name of the MC I'm trying to scroll and btn_downscroll/upscroll are the instance names of buttons that I'm hoping would scroll the MC. Is it possible and if so why isn't it working.
Also, I noticed that while the scrollRect is creating the mask just fine, the MC behind it is 'centered' so that you see the middle but not the top or the bottom. Very odd. Any way to fix that or am I going about this totally the wrong way? appriciate any assistance.

Scroll Movieclip HELP
I would like to scroll a movie clip to a set y position when i click on a button. Can anyone help me witht the code?

Scroll A Movieclip
Does anyone know how to scroll a mc?

Movieclip Will Not Scroll
I asked before, but noone seems to be able to fix the problem. I have read two flash books and it looks like my code is ok. i have tried everything here, just wondering why my movieclip will not scroll. Thanks for the help.

// mask the scrollable text
scrollable_mc.setMask(_root.mask_mc);

// speed for the scrollable movieclip to move at
SPEED = 10;

// determine the bounding area for the scrollbar drag
gutterTop = gutter_mc._y - 2;
gutterBottom = gutter_mc._y + gutter_mc._height - scrollbar_mc._height - 2;
gutterLeft = gutter_mc._y;
gutterRight = gutter_mc._y + gutter_mc._width;

// don't use the hand cursor when the mouse is over the scrollbar
scrollbar_mc.useHandCursor = false;

// on entering the frame, see if the scrollbar is 'dragging'
onEnterFrame = function() {
if(dragging = true) {
ypos = ypos + SPEED;
if(ypos > gutterBottom || gutterTop) {
dragging = false;
}
scrollable_mc._y = ypos;
}
else {
// do nothing, not dragging
dragging = true;
}
}

// when the scrollbar is pressed, start dragging
_root.scrollbar_mc.onPress = function() {
_root.scrollbar_mc.StartDrag(false, gutterLeft, guttterTop, gutterRight, gutterBottom);
dragging = true;
scrollbar_mc.onMouseMove = function() {
updateAfterEvent();
}
}

// when we let go of the scrollbar, throw the bar a little bit, adding a cool effect
scrollbar_mc.onRelease = function() {
this.stopDrag();
}

Scroll A Movieclip
Hello everyone, could you help me with that?

I'ld like to know how can I scroll vertically a moviclip called by action script (LoadMovie....) from a main movie.

Thanx in advance

Musher

Scroll Movieclip Or .swf In Flash Mx
I want to scroll movieClip or a external swf. who can tell me or where I can find the tutorials.

thanks a lot.

Scroll MovieClip With No Mask
Hi
I know that if u mask the text or componets the text will not show , only if u are using embeded font.
I dont want to use the embeded font becuse the text will not look so good like its looks with the use divice fonts.

I want to scroll an mc with many checkBoxs.But i dont know how to scroll it without the mask. I want an simple scroll with to button for up and down .

Can u plese tell me what r my solutions in this situation?

Thank You

Scroll Movieclip Symbols?
Is it possible to create buttons that will scroll a movie clip up and down under a mask? If so, what code should i use to do this? Everything i have found on this site relates to text boxes of some sort. Any info is much appreciated. Thanks.

How To Use Scroll Bar With A Movieclip Ie. Form
Hi there, my I am wondering if it is possible to assign a scroll bar to a movieclip. I have a form that requires it to go beyond the limit of my main movie dimensions but am unsure of how to achieve this.

How Do I Scroll A Movieclip Left Or Right
Hi there

I am building a site which I want to contain a movieclip which is a long photo "strip". The strip is masked to reveal only a part of it in the middle of the stage and I want to simply scroll when you roll over 2 invisible buttons either left or right. and then for the strip to stop when you reach either end.

Can anyone help with this code please????????????????

Scroll Movieclip With Bar And Buttons
i'm trying to maka a scroll with buttons and a scrollbar to scroll a movieclip. my buttons are working just fine but i have a "little" problem with the scrollbar.

i'm using a simple controller movie clip, like the one in jesse's tutorial on continuously scrolling movieclips, to control the scrollbar.

the controller has three frames. the first frame has a stop(); action. the second and the third frame has the same action except that the third loops back to the second frame.

when you start dragging the scrollbar a button tells the controller movieclip to gotoAndPlay frame 2.

the problem is that if you drag the scrollbar and stops "dragging" but keep holding down the mouse button the scrollbar keeps scrolling (quite slow tho). i only want the scrollbar to scroll by every pixel i drag it but since the controller movieclip keeps on looping while i hol down the mousebutton the scrollbar keeps scrolling...

here is the code i have on my controller movieclip
--frame 2--
if (_root.container_xMax > _root.maskWidth) {
_root.container.content._x = _root.container.content._x + (_root.currentStart_scroll - _root.scroller_xpos);
}

--frame3--
if (_root.container_xMax > _root.maskWidth) {
_root.container.content._x = _root.container.content._x + (_root.currentStart_scroll - _root.scroller_xpos);
}
gotoAndPlay(2);

Scroll MovieCLip PROBLEM
I have a movieClip with Dynamic Text Boxes and image loader components in it I am looking for a good way to scroll the content. I have downloaded this Scroler and it works until you got to another frame in the movie , when you return to the the frame the sroller is on by button click it no longer works?

I am not sure why so I need to find a better solution or the code to add to an up and Down button or something to scroll my contents

http://www.73minstrel.com/Clients/MA...ION/tours.html

this is the link , the scroller is on packages, but after you navigate away and come back it stops working

WHY WHY WHY?

Scrolling A Movieclip Down (without A Scroll Bar)
Hi, I'm new to the site and was wondering if someone could help me. I have a movieclip that I am scrolling up and down using two buttons (and up and a down arrow). I found some code on how to continually scroll while the mouse is down, (on press and setProperty -- it works great except for one thing -- if doesn't stop scrolling. I put in an if statement but think i did it wrong because if i hold down the button, the movie clip continually scrolls. only if i release the mouse and then click will it listen to my if statement. can anyone help? anything that will make me able to scroll my movie clip would be soooooooooooooooooooooo helpful!!!!!!
thanks!
kathy

Scroll Movieclip With Bar And Using Buttons
Hi,
I'm trying to scroll a movie with a scroll bar and using buttons to target sections of this movie. This all works, but not together.
When the buttons work, the scroll bar does not.

This is the code that is on the scroll bar:

on ( press ){
_root.mcScript.gotoAndPlay(1);
startDrag('',false,695,0,0,0);
}
on ( release, releaseOutside ){

_root.mcScript.stop();
stopDrag();
}

This is the code that is on the script of the scroll bar (this is a movie called script):
(first frame)
oldX = 0;
newX = 0;
X = 0;

(second frame)
X = getProperty('/dragMC/buttonMC',_x);
newX = oldX - (X + oldX)/1;

setproperty('/scrollImage',_x,newX*10);
oldX = newX;

play();

(third frame)
prevFrame();

The button script is:
_root.beginnings.onPress = function() {
scrollImage._x = -10;

Do you have any idea why this is not working together?

Thank you.
Dianne
dianne_darbouze@sandp.com

Loop Scroll A Movieclip
How do you loop scroll a mc horizontally using AS only? With NO mouse!

Edited: 04/28/2007 at 02:30:38 AM by Walloompoom

Reset MovieClip Scroll Bar
I've created an image gallery that allows the user to select from multiple galleries, which are loaded dynamically using XML. I've implemented a homemade scrollbar to scroll through the thumbnails, which works perfectly. However, when I select a new category, the scrollbar remains where the user left it, and the new content is loaded as if it has already been scrolled.
How do I wipe it out and reset it for each new category.

Thank you!

Can The FFH Scroll Component Be Used With A Movieclip
All,

I have been successfully using the FFH scrollbar component with textfields. However I now have a page containing a number of elements and consquently I have placed them within one parent movieclip which has had the FFH scrollbar component attached.

The problem lies with the fact that there seems to be no method of fixing the height of the parent clip. This means that the clip expands to accomodate all the content i place within it. As a consquence the scrollbar obviously will not initialize since the parent clip fits the content.

Am I missing something? or do I have to go back to basics and build my own scroller with a mask for the content?

Tom

Scrollbutton To Scroll Movieclip
Hi everyone,

I've got a small problem here, and I'm relatively new to AS, so bear with me.

I have a movieclip with a list of option in it. The list is too long to fit in the space provided, so I've masked it, and created a scroll button on the side. The list changes often and is not a fixed length.

I can make the scroll button drag up and down just fine, but I can't get the movieclip list to move with it. All the tutorials I find online are showing only text with the scroll option, not moving an actual movieclip.

I've attached an image of what I'm trying to do, so you can see it.

[img=http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/2588/scroller4aw.th.png]

Thanks in advance,

Josh

Horozontal Scroll Movieclip
i'm trying to get a movieclip to scroll horozontally when the user rolls the mouse over each end of it.

tried using hit test but couldn't get it to work. any links to tutorials or advice would be appreciated

sean

Disable MovieClip Scroll
Hi all,
I got some help with this movie clip a week ago to enable it to lock to pixels when scrolling, but I now have a problem of not being able to disable it if the number of tracks in the list is less than a certain number.

For example, when you open the file and test it, it should work fine, but go and delete a few tracks from the XML list to leave about 5. When you test the movie again it scrolls these down to the bottom.
I'd just like to disable this if there are less than 10 tracks loaded by the XML or maybe it's could be disabled if the number of dynamically loaded track buttons is less tahn a certain height.

You can download the files at www.buildrebuild.com
To test with a shorter list just open the XML file and delete a few entries.

Thx for your help (again!!!)
Best,

BRb

Control A Nested MovieClip From A Button Component Inside A Seperate MovieClip.
I am a beginner in using Flash and Action Scripting.

This is the Scenerio:

I want to control a movieclip that is inside of another movie clip.
I control it from a button component that is inside of a seperate movie clip.

test = button component instance name
test1 = function
test2 = Movieclip instance name
test3 = Movieclip instance name
testbutton = movieclip name where button component is located

I am able to control a movieclip on the main timeline with the following AS 3.0:

test.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, test1);
function test1(event:MouseEvent):void
{
event.target.root.test2.gotoAndPlay(2);
}

I want to control a movieclip inside MovieClip1.

I tried this:

test.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, test1);
function test1(event:MouseEvent):void
{
event.target.root.test2.test3.gotoAndPlay(2);
}

The movie loaded fine when I tested but got this error when I pressed the button:

TypeError: Error #1010: A term is undefined and has no properties.
at Untitled_fla::testbutton_26/test1().

Please help!!!!!!!!!

Loading A Movieclip On The Main Stage From A Button Within A Movieclip - Big Headache
Hi there,

i am trying to put together a portfolio site, which uses a 'floating' panel with buttons on it. In order for it to move around it has to be a movieclip. So all the buttons are stored within a single movieclip, which is giving me a headache because i want those buttons to load other movieclips from my library onto the main stage (as like a popup window within the flash)

Its all slightly confusing. i have tried using this code based within the movieclip where my button is based:

button_play.buttonMode = true;
button_play.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, OpenBox);
function OpenBox (e:MouseEvent):void{
this.addChild(new mc_box());
}

button play is within a movieclip called mcTweenMe2 (which is on the main timeline) and i want the movieclip to be loaded on the main timeline (not within in the movieclip where the button 'button_play' is based) mc_box is the movieclip i wish to load on the main timeline (in the centre) with the ability to close it also!

Bit of a headache, please help me someone i have run out of sites to look for answers!

PS: does anyone know why stop (); wont stop my timeline playing like it used to in AS2? beacause another option for making my site work is making this button target labeled frames in the main timeline, however stop (); don't seem to work now!

Thanks!

How Can You Have A Movieclip Scroll Down By Simply Using Script?
how can i get a MovieClip to scroll across(down from the top) the screen by using actionscript?

Setting The Min And Max Scroll Of A Movieclip Dynamically?
Hello...

I have a movieclip below a mask. You can scroll the movie clip up or down.

The movieclip will vairy in size, so I need a way of setting a max level to which the movieclip can not be scrolled beyond.

I can set the maxscroll by just entering a number, but this is no good because the movieclip changes size.

How can I get the size of the movie clip, then not allow you to scroll beyond the bottom or top of that movie clip.

Thanks,
Mark

Auto Scroll A Form Movieclip ?
I have a form that I have created inside a movie clip and put into a scrollpane. I have set the tab order in my form properly.

My Problem: Once the user tabs in the form and the form hits the bottom of the scrollpane, the tabbing stops until the user moves the scroll bar down to see the rest of the form. What is the correct code to add so that when the user tabs from a field that is at the bottom of the scrollpane, the scrollbar moves the form down automatically?

Any help would be appreciated, I have not seen this topic on anything I have researched so far. Thanks!

Auto Scroll A Movieclip In A Scrollpane ?
I have created a form and converted it to a movie clip which I put into a scrollpane. I have set the tab order properly on the form.

Problem: When the user tabs down in the form, and hits the bottom of the scrollpane, they neeed to manually move the scrollbar down so that the rest of the form is showing.

I am trying to find code so that when the user tabs, the movie clip inside the scrollpane moves automatically with the form and adjusts so that the rest of the form is shown once the form hits at the bottom of the scrollpane.

I have been trying to look this up everywhere and have not seen this issue. Hopefully, one of you can help since this is driving me crazy!!

MovieClip Movement On Scroll Page
Hi all,

I'd like to ask if anyone does know about any code for this situation:

I have a page with height of 2800px. On this page I place a menu up of the page. As I scroll the page down, the menu disappears ( it still stays up). What I need is the menu to remain on the level of the page, where I am just, while I am scrolling the page. Something like on the this website http://www.milonic.com/menusample10.php.
By the way it doesn't have to be menu, I mean any mc that I want it to be moving on that page like that.
Thanks for any idea.

Infinite Scroll, Duplicate Movieclip? HELP
Hello,

This should be pretty simple but... Im stumped!

so it's pretty simple, i have a movie clip (MC) that scrolls....
I would like it to loop but right now it waits for the edge of the photo to completely scroll off the stage (I see the white background) and then brings the movieclip back to the starting point. It's not seamless to say the least.

So whats the best way to make this loop seamlessly? I was thinking duplicate movieclip? I really dont know how to do this anyway...

pls help!

Flash Scroll Movieclip Problem
I'm having a huge problem with flash and I'm about to chew off my arm!! I have scroll deal that is supposed to scroll a movie clip, yet when I export the movie the bottom of the content that is being scrolled is cut off, and the remaining content is being overlayed at the beginning of the content. It's confusing but I've attached a file for you to see what I'm talking about.

This file was originally downloaded from the web and I just modified the content, and now it doesn't work. The crazy thing is that if I paste the content in a different file (also downloaded from the web) I get the same exact problem... so I came to the conclusion that it's either a bug with flash or a bug with my content, so I changed the content to some random greeking (with roughly the same word count) and I get the same problem in both files.

Please help

Scroll Movieclip With Dynamic Content Help
I have a movicelip that loads in information from an xml file. I have been looking all over the place for a scrollbar component that works with this and nothing works. Ultimatr scroller doesn't and I tried some other ones, none of them seem to work with the dynamic info. So, can anyone lead me in a direction that has worked for them in the past?

How To Control A Movieclip Tweening Using Scroll Bar
I have a scrollbar that when moved to the right I want to control a movieclip to move to the left. When the scrollbar moves to the left the movieclip will movie to the right. I was able to make the scrollbar to work correctly. I need to add the actionscript to the other movieclip so it can work. I have no idea how to start.

The movieclip I want to move has 30 frames. Frame 20 a image is located in the middle. Frame 30 the image is located on the right, in frame 1 the image is located on the left. I have a stop command on frame 1 and 30.

When I move the scroll bar from its center position I want the movieclip tween between the images.

If you have the solution I will appreciate any imput.

Thanks
Carlos

Scroll A Dynamique Content Movieclip
hello,
so here is my problem, i made a flash animation that is feed from a mysql database, the number of records may be to much to be seen on the stage, so i think that i must have a scroll bar , ad instead of having the content of my animation on the main scene,i put it on a symbol, and then put everything on the main scene,
the problem is that its not working, because i have a loop on the beginning of my movielclip that make a refresh for getting live data from a php queries,

the files are here,files
if anyone can help me ,i will really appreciate.
tanks a lot

Add Scroll Bar For A Dynamically Populated Movieclip. Help
I've an empty movie clip on the stage and at the run time that is populated with some text and visuals. That is working fine but i failed to add a scrolling for that. I'm totally confusing how to make it out. The setMask (); method i've tested and the visible area of scrolling is ok. But how to add scroll bar for that. Actually this has totally destroyed my plans on the movie.

Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dynamic Content MovieClip Scroll
Hi all,
I was wondering if someone could take a look at my fla and see if they can get the scroller to work.
I've tried everything!
It scrolls if there is something already in the content area but if content is loaded dynamically, as it is here, it doesn't work.

http://www.buildrebuild.com/scrollNotWorking.rar

You need the FLA and the XML file.

Thanks for any help and advice.

BRb

Can Someone Please Help Me Code Scrollbars To Scroll A Movieclip?
Hi guys,

Thanks for the interest in my post...

I've created a scrollbar with up and down buttons for a site in Flash 8 but the up button was behaving very oddly even though there were no syntax errors.

Because of this I have decided to start again as nobody could find what was going wrong.

I've created an fla (attached) with all all the elements that will be used but would really appreciate it if you wouldn't mind taking a few moments to add the code to the buttons and dragger to make it work if that's alright please. I've looked all over for tutorials but just can't find anything relevant other than the one I used originally.

Thank you very much and I hope to hear from you.

Take care,

Mark

Scroll Movieclip - Stop At Certain Point
Hi. I figured out the code below to make a movie clip scroll up and down. However, the problem is that it will keep scrolling forever. Does anyone know how I can get it to stop at a minimum and maximum vertical height?

Code:
var scrollUp = function() {
test_mc.onEnterFrame = function() {
this._y -= 5;
}
};
var scrollDown = function() {
test_mc.onEnterFrame = function() {
this._y += 5;
}
};
scrollup_mc.onRollOver = function() {
scrollUp();
};
scrollup_mc.onRollOut = function() {
delete test_mc.onEnterFrame;
};
scrolldown_mc.onRollOver = function() {
scrollDown();
};
scrolldown_mc.onRollOut = function() {
delete test_mc.onEnterFrame;
};

Scroll Movieclip Menu Via Buttons
Hi!
The menu is controlled by moving the mouse over the movieclip with images at the moment and when you click you enter a seperate scene in the flash file. I would like to controll the scrolling by pressing the two arrow buttons on the left and right side of the movieclip. Does anyone know how it could be done?
You can se how the menu looks like now via this link:
http://www.redpoint.se/jordgubbe3/
(The arrows are there just for showing you the idea of how I would like it to be.).

I have attached the fla file if you would like to take a look at it and help me out!

Happy for help!

/JoakimN

Scroll Movieclip With Mouse Pointer
Hi all,

I have seen plenty examples of panning an image in flash. But the examples I found were never quite right. I have an image loaded into a movieclip, which is inside a main movieclip.

I want to scroll (horizontally or vertically) the movieclip (which holds the image) based on how far the mouse pointer moves - but only within the range of the main movieclip borders.

Get what I mean? Like the map is on this site: http://www.nec.com/ - Hint - wait for globe to stop spinning!

So, if anyone has any handy script lying around, please enlighten me!

BTW - Flash MX 2004.

thanks very much,

KS