Flash :: [FMX]Changing A ClipEvent Into A Function

Function/clipEvent Help
I have 2 movieclips on my stage (box_mc, box2_mc), each contains a button(my_btn). box2_mc starts off with an _alpha of 0 while box_mc starts off with an _alpha of 100. When a button in box_mc is pressed it will fade box2_mc in and fade box_mc out and vice versa. What I would like some help with is creating a function that will fade 1 movie clip out and when that clip's _alpha has reached 0 it will start to fade the other clip in. Any help with this would be great. Here's my code so far:
code:
var fadeBox:Number;
var fadeBox2:Number;
box_mc.my_btn.enabled = true;
box2_mc.my_btn.enabled = false;

box_mc.my_btn.onRelease = function() {
box_mc.fadeBox = 0;
box2_mc.fadeBox2 = 100;
box_mc.my_btn.enabled = false;
box2_mc.my_btn.enabled = true;
}
box2_mc.my_btn.onRelease = function() {
box_mc.fadeBox = 100;
box2_mc.fadeBox2 = 0;
box_mc.my_btn.enabled = true;
box2_mc.my_btn.enabled = false;
}

clipEvent
code:
onClipEvent(enterFrame) {
_alpha += (fadeBox - _alpha) / 5;
}
onClipEvent(enterFrame) {
_alpha += (fadeBox2 - _alpha) / 5;
}

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ClipEvent To Function
Hi,

I have used the following onClipEvent to move a menu according to the x position of the mouse:

Code:
onClipEvent (load) {
xcenter = 250;
speed = 1/15;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
var distance = _root._xmouse-xcenter;
_x -= (distance*speed);
if (_x>0) {
_x = -500;
}
if (_x<-500) {
_x = 0;
}
}
Is this script also possible in a function and if yes how does that function look likes .

Thanks in advance

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I have the following clipEvent on a movieclip called square:

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
xmove = (xpos-this._x)/5;
this._x += xmove;
}

And the following framecode in the same keyframe as square:

_root.square.xpos = Math.round(Math.random()*550);

Now I want to convert this into a function so I can control more than just one clip for the random movement.

Can anybody tell me how this function should look like?

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STUCK AGAIN: Move A 'clipevent Code' Into The Main Timeline 'function' - HELP
I wonder if any on can help me here with this...this is my script that is attached to movie clips which ar erandomly placed on the screen and walk about at random angles and speeds.

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onClipEvent (load) {
sx = random(4)+4;
sy = random(6)-6;
if (_name != "ganga") {
_x = Math.random()*750+25;
_y = Math.random()*550+25;
this.gotoAndPlay(2);
}
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (_name != "ganga") {
_x += sx;
_y += sy;
// these may not be needed if it never just goes in one direction:
if (sx == 0 && sy<0) {
// just up
this._rotation = 0;
}
if (sx == 0 && sy>0) {
// just down
this._rotation = 180;
}
if (sx<0 && sy == 0) {
// just left
this._rotation = 270;
}
if (sx>0 && sy == 0) {
// just right
this._rotation = 90;
}
if (sx>0 && sy == 0) {
// just right
this._rotation = 90;
}
// directions:
if (sx>0 && sy<0) {
// 9
this._rotation = 45;
}
if (sx>0 && sy>0) {
// 3
this._rotation = 135;
}
if (sx<0 && sy>0) {
// 1
this._rotation = 225;
}
if (sx<0 && sy<0) {
// 7
this._rotation = 315;
}
if (_x<25) {
_x = 25;
if (sy != 0) {
sx *= -(random(2));
} else {
sx *= -1;
}
if (random(2)) {
sy = 2;
} else {
sy = -2;
}
} else if (_x>775) {
_x = 775;
if (sy != 0) {
sx *= -(random(2));
} else {
sx *= -1;
}
if (random(2)) {
sy = 2;
} else {
sy = -2;
}
}
if (_y<25) {
_y = 25;
if (random(2)) {
sx = 2;
} else {
sx = -2;
}
if (sx != 0) {
sy *= -(random(2));
} else {
sy *= -1;
}
} else if (_y>575) {
_y = 575;
if (random(2)) {
sx = 2;
} else {
sx = -2;
}
if (sx != 0) {
sy *= -(random(2));
} else {
sy *= -1;
}
}
}
}
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But what I want to do since i'm using MX is put all this into a function on the main timeline...but i can't get it to work! any ideas anyone...the mc are all on the root.

this is what I created, but as I said it doesn't work:

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function walkFree() {
if (_name != "ganga") {
for (i=1; i<=amount1; i++) {
_x += _root["ganga"+i].sx;
_y += _root["ganga"+i].sy;
sx = _root["ganga"+i].sx;
sy = _root["ganga"+i].sy;
}
// these may not be needed if it never just goes in one direction:
if (sx == 0 && sy<0) {
// just up
this._rotation = 0;
}
if (sx == 0 && sy>0) {
// just down
this._rotation = 180;
}
if (sx<0 && sy == 0) {
// just left
this._rotation = 270;
}
if (sx>0 && sy == 0) {
// just right
this._rotation = 90;
}
if (sx>0 && sy == 0) {
// just right
this._rotation = 90;
}
// directions:
if (sx>0 && sy<0) {
// 9
this._rotation = 45;
}
if (sx>0 && sy>0) {
// 3
this._rotation = 135;
}
if (sx<0 && sy>0) {
// 1
this._rotation = 225;
}
if (sx<0 && sy<0) {
// 7
this._rotation = 315;
}
if (_x<25) {
_x = 25;
if (sy != 0) {
sx *= -(random(2));
} else {
sx *= -1;
}
if (random(2)) {
sy = 2;
} else {
sy = -2;
}
} else if (_x>775) {
_x = 775;
if (sy != 0) {
sx *= -(random(2));
} else {
sx *= -1;
}
if (random(2)) {
sy = 2;
} else {
sy = -2;
}
}
if (_y<25) {
_y = 25;
if (random(2)) {
sx = 2;
} else {
sx = -2;
}
if (sx != 0) {
sy *= -(random(2));
} else {
sy *= -1;
}
} else if (_y>575) {
_y = 575;
if (random(2)) {
sx = 2;
} else {
sx = -2;
}
if (sx != 0) {
sy *= -(random(2));
} else {
sy *= -1;
}
}
}
}
------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------

this is called from in the on clip event within the mc's they also have the top part as there onclipevent load:
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onClipEvent (load) {
sx = random(4)+4;
sy = random(6)-6;
if (_name != "ganga") {
_x = Math.random()*750+25;
_y = Math.random()*550+25;
this.gotoAndPlay(2);
}
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
walkFree;
}
------------------------------------------------------------------------

please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!STU

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please indulge me if you have read this before but i'm really stuck... sorry it's long, just trying to be thorough...

i'm doing a flash presentation and want it to function the same way as a ppt presentation (user hits the space bar, it advances forward, back key and it goes back one).

I know you can easily do this with buttons, but I was trying to avoid that. So i tried using a clip event (the different sections of my presentation are built in movieclips) that states:

onClipEvent (keyDown) {
play ();
}

The problem is when it gets to the end of that movie clip, it just goes back to the beginning of the same one (mc) and starts to play it over again. I want it to advance to the next movieclip on the main timeline. I'm not sure how to get the clipevent to recognize when it is at the end of the designated movie clip and begin playing the next mc.

Is there some other action I could be using? Do I need to set this up in a different way?

PLEASE HELP ME!

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I have 3 dynamic text fields on stage, and I want them to display how many right, how many wrong, and percentage.

Now....

When the user clicks a choice in a multiple choice for example I have this code:

onClipEvent(mouseUp){
_global.wrong = _global.wrong += 1;
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The problem is whenevr the mouse is clicked on any frame this value gets added to. So in the end it will say 10 wrong out of 5.

I want a variable named wrong and a variable named right to be added to only when the user clicks the distractor.

I'm I making sense?

-Lemorris

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I need some help with a clipEvent. Right now I have two clips(clients_display_mc, work_thumbs_mc) fading out, when the clip is faded out another clip(content_area_mask_mc) slides into position. Once that clip has reached it's new _x spot I want another clip(work_mc) to fade in. Currently I have the first two clips fading out fine and the second clip sliding into position, but I can't get the last part of my clip even to fire telling the last clip to fade in. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Code:
_root.checker_mc.onEnterFrame = function() {
if (_root.content_mc.clients_display_mc._alpha > 0) {
_root.content_mc.clients_display_mc._alpha -= 10;
_root.content_mc.work_thumbs_mc._alpha -= 10;
} else {
_root.content_mc.content_area_mask_mc.endX = 10;
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I am continually amazed at the number of people who are just now coming to Flash (or have only just started learning a bit of Actionscript) and post questions regarding on(someClipEventOrOther). I'm trying to understand who and/or what is guiding them to using this type of pre-Flash MX (6) style of coding.

Flash 6 was released early in 2002 and introduced all the MovieClip.onSomeClipEventOrOther events. The benefits of being able to put all your code in one place (or at least in more controlled places) and not having to search around to make changes are truly amazing. Personally I haven't used the on(clipEvent) structure since 2002. And I suspect that most folks here who do a lot of development use it very sparingly if at all? Am I correct in this assumption?

Personally I seldom answer questions that involve that kind of code because I just don't remember all the in-outs-and-little-tricky-bits about using it. Scoping issues, does the clip exist at the correct time, what is the path from it to other things on the stage, what is their code and properties, etc. It just gets too hard to debug and follow when it is so broken up. Or maybe it is just me?

I'm just trying to start a community dialog about this and am wondering if there is someway we can encourage/lead new folks to not using that style of coding? Or does everyone think that it is a good thing?

PS: I used to be crazy and rabid about the use of _root, and I would just like to point out that we don't seem to have so many questions that revolve around _root anymore, now do we? :)

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Hello:
I have a blank container mc into which I am loading JPGs after you click on a button.
There are 10 buttons in the movie, each associated with a different JPG.
This container_mc is part of a function called on the main Timeline.
The Flash movie is 1 frame on the main Timeline.
This code works correctly on the first JPG when I click on a button for the first time), but then when you click on a different button I believe it just uses the dimensions and coordinates of the first JPG.
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updateAfterEvent, maybe?
thanks.
//after full size image loads into detailthumb_mc,
//resize image so that neither width nor height is > 150, tben recenter
onClipEvent(load) {
var maxWidth = 150;
var maxHeight = 150;
if (this._width > maxWidth || this._height > maxHeight) {
var scaleFactor = this._width > this._height ? maxWidth / this._width : maxHeight / this._height;
this._width = Math.floor (this._width * scaleFactor);
this._height = Math.floor (this._height * scaleFactor);
this._x = 85 - (this._width/2);
this._y = 90 - (this._height/2);
//display gallerywm_mc at bottom of resized image
var gallerywm = _parent.gallerywm_mc;
gallerywm._x = this._x;
gallerywm._y = this._y + this._height - 20;
gallerywm._width = this._width;
gallerywm._height = Math.floor (gallerywm._height * this._width /150);
//hide boundingbox_mc if image is portrait orientation
if (this._height == 150) {
_parent.boundingbox_mc._visible= false;
}
//hide imagepreloader_mc
_parent.imagepreload_mc._visible= false;
}
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I don't consider myself really good at anything. AS is one of those. I am not bad at it, having handwritten about 40,000 lines so far, but there is still so much that I don't truly understand.

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Code:
onClipEvent(enterFrame){
and

Code:
onClipEvent(load){
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Frame2:

ActionScript Code:
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ActionScript Code:
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ActionScript Code:
MovieClip.prototype.tot = total;

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ActionScript Code:
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source:
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Code:
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