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LocalToGlobal And Vice Versa
Hi - this looks easy but is more complex than it seems.

When I mouse over a clip which is embedded two levels down
(_root -- loaded swf -- clip with mouseover), I want capture the x y position of the clip relative to the _root and then a function which places a label on the _root next to the clip but off set by -30 on the _x.

At the moment I am capturing the the X Y of the mouse and using that as a point, but obviously it looks a little messy because it depends on where the mouse hits the clip - yMouse could be 100, or 105 or 110, so each time the label is attached at slightly different Y positions. Currently I am doing XPosition = _parent._parent._xMouse and the same for Y.

Any ideaS?

thanks

frank

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GlobalToLocal And Vice Versa
I am haveing a hellofa time trying to understand the globalToLocal and localToGlobal thing. I have read countless threads and nothing about it is clicking. I just know that once I get it I will be able to complete my project. I have some code and this is just a quick movie that I put together so I can isolate just the globalToLocal thing in action. My finished files have tweening and easing in it but that just complacates things for me visually. But this code is structured like my final file.

I have a mc "MC_B" with artwork inside a holder mc "MC_A. the holder mc is dragable by way of the second MC_B. so this main clip moves around and drops were ever you want. A button when pressed needs to send MC_B to about a 100 pixels from the Stage.width (the browser window). The code posted here is what I can't get to work. when you press the button MC_B goes flying off the screen. Ultimately I will have a button that will bring MC_B back to the x0 y0 of MC_A. If I could get some help and advice I would really appreciate it. And please don't direct me to a link on globalToLocal. I have been reading them for about 4 days. And a comment about how I get this working with the tween function would be helpful.

Code:
Stage.align = "TL";
// *** Stop the stage from scaling with the browser window.
Stage.scaleMode = "noScale";
stop ();

var myPoint:Object = {x:0, y:0};

//MC_A._x = 100; // _x for movieclip x position
//MC_A._y = 100; // _y for movieclip y position

MC_A.globalToLocal(myPoint);
trace ("x: " + myPoint.x); // output: -100
trace ("y: " + myPoint.y); // output: -100

MC_B.globalToLocal(myPoint);
trace ("B" +"x:" + myPoint.x);
trace ("y:" + myPoint.y);

////////Drag and drop function

this.MC_A.MC_B.onPress = function() {
this._parent.startDrag();

MC_A.globalToLocal(myPoint);
trace ("A" +"x: " + myPoint.x); // output: -100
trace ("A" +"y: " + myPoint.y); // output: -100

MC_B.globalToLocal(myPoint);
trace ("B" +"x:" + myPoint.x);
trace ("B" +"y:" + myPoint.y);

this.onRelease = function() {
this._parent.stopDrag();
};
}

/////////
this.toStageWidth.onPress = function() {
MC_A.globalToLocal(myPoint);
MC_A._x = Stage.width - 100;
trace (Stage.width)

trace ("A" +"x: " + myPoint.x);
trace ("A" +"y: " + myPoint.y);

trace ("B" +"x:" + myPoint.x);
trace ("B" +"y:" + myPoint.y);
}

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check out www.seasonsrecordings.com

...

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any help would be much appreciated..
peace

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pros? cons? doen't matter?

tyia.

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How do you get around this simple idea?

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any tutorial/code snippet is greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
please help!

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Such question again... how can I make a sized window with or without the tool bar?

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Here is what I need:

A button in Flash that when pressed will make a variable called "command" in a php file change value. (ie command=1).

I need to make another separate Flash file that will check to see the value of that variable.

I need help writing the actionscript for the button, the PHP file, and the file that looks for the new variable.

Can anyone help me or point me to a beginner's tutorial?

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Hey all you gurus,
Is it possible to emebed an html form onto a flash html page

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with that space on the flash page i want to show an html form

Here is the html form:

http://www34.brinkster.com/ugamis/form.html

I am resorting to this because I could not get a form to work in flash. If you feel up to it email me or notify you want to take a crack at it and I will post a link on the list serve.

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i attached .SWF document, so take a look at it please! (couldn't post .fla .... the file size was too big)

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Whats The Best Method For Navigating Html From Flash & Vice Versa?
hey all

ok, so basically i need to find out the best Method for navigating html from flash & vice versa.

HERES MY CURRENT STRATEGY...
flash;
the flash banner will be just the one swf, it will navigate through the html content with the getURL function

html
each html page has the flash swf embedded using swfobject, a unique 'loadstate' variable will be passed from the html to flash,
eg. for the homepage it'll be;

HTML Code:
<script type="text/javascript">
// <![CDATA[
var so = new SWFObject("/swfs/header.swf", "sotester", "924", "350", "8", "#69be28");
so.addVariable("loadstate", "home");
so.write("flashcontent");
// ]]>
</script>
flash;
flash will receive this loadstate variable, then using switch/case it will gotoAndStop on the appropriate frame.
e.g

ActionScript Code:
// check variable passed from html, then play approiate frame switch (loadstate) {case "Home" : castMC.gotoAndPlay(1); break;case "Renewal" : castMC.gotoAndPlay(2); break;case "Growth" : castMC.gotoAndPlay(3); break;case "Harvest" : castMC.gotoAndPlay(4); break;case "Use" : castMC.gotoAndPlay(5); break;}

is there a better way of achieving the same result using swfobject to pass the variables to the .swf?

many thanks
Cam

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I will also have arrows ( < > ) between the listboxes to allow the user to manually move selected users between the two boxes if they don't use drag and drop (same end, different means).

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Heya,

on (release) {

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fscommand("fullscreen", "false");
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}
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this doesn't work in both directions.. it only makes fullscreen if it's not already. i have it on a button, which is meant to toggle fullscreen.

lil help ?

ta

FK

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Like make a movie using AS3 then load a movie that uses AS2 with MC Tween maybe.

Are they backward compatible? I am wondering how could you mix and match and load different movie versions and actionscripts.

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Button Makes Another Disappear, But Not Vica Versa.
///
/ Solved, I was using a graphic from another library which had
had it's it own personal agenda.......a button attached to it with it's own actionscript, back to square one then.
/
///

Probably one of those basic concepts that I miss sometimes, but this one has been bugging me for almost an hour now.

I want to make a checkbox, I have made two buttons, a tick and a cross.

They sit on the same place on the stage, here is the script.

On the first frame....

_root.tick._visible=false;
_root.tick.enabled=false;

On the cross button....

on(release){
_root.tick._visible=true;
_root.cross._visible=false;
_root.tick.enabled=true;
_root.cross.enabled=false;
}

On the tick button....

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_root.tick._visible=false;
_root.cross._visible=true;
_root.tick.enabled=false;
_root.cross.enabled=true;
}

What happens when I test the movie is that the cross button appears, after click the tick button appears, clicking on the tick button makes everything disappear.

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Combobox Control Load Graph
hello....
I have problem about combobox.
I have one combobox and in labels is "Underdamped,Overdamped,Undamped,Crittally damped"
if then select sameone in combobox .It plot graph line and then I select new other in combox it dont work. I must close its and open it again.
I want it work continous.I select someone in combobox it plot graph one line and I select new other in combobox it done work and line of any graph dont lose.
can sameone help me?
Thanks you.

then select sameone in combobox . in example I select "Critally damped"

I select new other in combox it dont work.I must close its and open it again

this code

Quote:

this.createEmptyMovieClip("graph_mc",this.getNextH ighestDepth());
this.createEmptyMovieClip("graph1_mc",this.getNext HighestDepth());
this.createEmptyMovieClip("graph2_mc",this.getNext HighestDepth());
this.createEmptyMovieClip("graph3_mc",this.getNext HighestDepth());
LO = new Object();
LO.change = function(EO)
{
c1Value= c1.getSelectedItem().label;
checkValue();
};
graph_mc.moveTo(100,300);
graph1_mc.moveTo(100,300);
graph2_mc.moveTo(100,300);
graph3_mc.moveTo(100,300);
graph_mc.lineStyle(2,0xFF0000);
graph1_mc.lineStyle(2,0xFFFF00);
graph2_mc.lineStyle(2,0xFFCCFF);
graph3_mc.lineStyle(2,0x9900FF);
var t:Number = 0;
var i:Number =-98;
this.onEnterFrame=function()
{

if(i<148&&c1Value=="Critically damped")
{
Go=(3*Math.exp(-3*t)+Math.exp(-3*t))/5;
graph_mc.lineTo(201+i,140-260*Go/150*i);
t+=1/12;
i=i+3;

}
if(i<139&&c1Value=="Undamped")
{
G1=(1+Math.sin(3*t-19.4));
graph1_mc.lineTo(209+i,300-80*G1);
t+=1/20;
i=i+3;

}

if(i<148&&c1Value=="Underdamped")
{
Go=1.5*(1.06*Math.exp(-t)*Math.cos(Math.sqrt(8)*t-19.47));
graph2_mc.lineTo(198+i,140-190*Go/150*i);
t+=1/7;
i=i+3;

}
if(i<148&&c1Value=="Overdamped")
{
Go=(0.171*Math.exp(-7.854*t)+1.171*Math.exp(-1.146*t))/1.8;
graph3_mc.lineTo(202.5+i,140-260*Go/150*i);
t+=1/12;
i=i+3;

}
}

_root.c1.addEventListener("change", LO);

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frame action:

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---------
(I am using a html frames method for this so that the flash movie moves on to the next frame saying it is sent, but the actual "real" send notice appears in a lower frame set which is normally so small as to be hidden from view),

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I thought it would be easier for folks if they didn't have to create this from scratch:
Here is the Sample SWF
and the Source FLA
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Greetings --
I traced back a bug that I was having to its most basic level and was surprised that it happens with only a ComboBox component and a button symbol... I traced it back so far that it got rid of all of my ActionScript and was left with only these two interface elements:

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Edited: 06/24/2008 at 11:47:02 AM by FishFlash

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Hi all -

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Anyhow. My designer doesn't want the user to be sent off as soon as they make a combobox choice as, and I see his POV, a selection could have been made in error. Therefore I've made a button that I now want to be the listener. If such a thing is possible.

ie make a combo selection, then click on button and button runs code that finds out selection and uses that for url.

This code
Code:

listenerLanguagesObject = {};
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Any ideas anyone?

cheers

frank

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I've spent many hours searching forums and tutorials, got answers to most of my questions except these ones.

My question is : how do I access this bright green when I click the down arrow button ?

I have the same problem with the border color. How do I access the white border color ? Here's an image of the actual combobox :

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My problem on this combo box is that after surfer select from the combo box list,it does not automatically directed into another frame/page and they still need to
press the push button to go another frame/page.

I need to automatically navigate(goto Frame no.) when the user selects from combo box
without pressing push button.

Can you guys help and advice me on this since im a newbie on actionscript.
And please help me more on Change Handler of combo box.

Thanks in advance.

Waxx

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HI,

I am using Flash MX 2004 on the mac platform.

A while backcI found the following code that enabled me to set up paypal donatoins from my flash site. It was after searching through a huge amount of complicated code and help forum ideas that I eventually found what turned out to be incredibly simple (in my opinion). I have a button on the stage called button1 , and I place the following code in the first frame of my main timeline.

stop();

function makeDonation1() {
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lv.item_number = "monkey01";
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lv.currency_code = "USD";
lv.tax = 0;
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lv.send("https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr", "POST");
}

Button1.addEventListener("click", makeDonation1);

I'm definitely not a coder and understand actionscript only just enough to get through each project - no matter how much I try at this point however, most knowledge slips through the seive in my brain by the time it comes to use that knowledge again - grrrr.

What I am trying to do is two things.

1. Convert the above code to an add to cart button. (I know that the donation code above might have to change to different variables for an add-to-cart button, but I'm not sure what they are or which ar erequired by paypal at the very least.)

2. have the item name, item reference & price be determined by the value of a combobox selection. (download link to my fla below to understand better).

I have never used comboxes before, and my first challenge is figuring out how to make a combobox user selection change the value of a variable (or three variables in this instance - item name /item ref/item cost). How do I do this???? surely there is not much other use for a combobox than to change the values of variables but I can't find any simple info on this online! Is the 'data' where i put the variable value??? how do i refer to this elsewhere?? woudl it be:

myvariable1 = combobox1.data

(Total guess - no idea if that's even valid code or if the data is where I would get the value from)

I will try to figure this out by myself, but if anyone can help me out I'd be really grateful,

Thanks in advance

Cheska

PS) here is a link to download my zipped FLA ( I haven't added any code yet for the three variables relating to the combobox choices - because I don't know how !) http://www.lucid-life.com/paypaltest.fla.zip

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