Flash :: Curser Problems

Mouse Curser
Hi,

I am trying to build a drawing component for a project that I am working on. I need to have the coding for the draw tool and paint tool in the same frame of the actions layer (it's a very complex project). When the user selects the pencil tool, it tells the movie to go to the frame with the draw&paint code, and the user can start drawing. If the user selects the paintbrush tool, it also tells the movie to go to the frame with the draw&paint code. When either of these tools are selected, I want them (the mc of the pencil or the brush) to replace the mouse cursor , and the code for this needs to be in the actions layer of the main timeline (not the traditional way, which is to attach the Mouse.hide code to the movie clip itself). For eg., say the user draws a bit, the selected pencil replaces the cursor. Then user wants to paint, selects the brush, and it should replace the pencil cursor. If they go back to the pencil, the pencil again replaces the cursor, etc. How do I do this??

This is what I have so far:

pencil_btn.onRelease = function() {
_root.myComp.thick = 1;
_root.myComp.colour = 0x330000;
Mouse.hide();
pencil_mc.onEnterFrame = function(){
this._x = _root._xmouse;
this._y = _root._ymouse;
}
}
brush_btn.onRelease = function() {
_root.myComp.thick = 7;
_root.myComp.colour = 0xFF3366;
Mouse.hide();
brush_mc.onEnterFrame = function(){
this._x = _root._xmouse;
this._y = _root._ymouse;
}
}

But this doesn't work (obviously!). Please help!
thanks

Curser Script
ok, i have a menu with an arrow at the top that is going to slide across when the mouse is over the menu, i cant remember what the scripting is; on (load){
_root.ymouse

or somthing along that lines, please help.

Custom Curser
i have a menu with 5 items in it, i need to make a little indicator follow the mouse when its over each menu item and then slide back when its not on the menu. and the indicator will snape back to the page its on, so the location of the indicator is going to be moved.
i think this makes sence, let me know if you can help.

Cheers

Curser Movement?
Hey

Could someone explain how this works?

I would like to find out how to do this: on a curser movement left or right - it will go to the next frame or previous frame:
Moving the mouse across the screen will play the series of frames in a movie clip - creating the animation motion according to the mouse movement.

Look at this great example: www.presstube.com/portion/
It would be good to use while a file is preloading!

Any help?
Cheers, werglum

Curser Movement ?
Hey

Could someone explain how this works?

I would like to find out how to do this: on a curser movement left or right - it will go to the next frame or previous frame:
Moving the mouse across the screen will play the series of frames in a movie clip - creating the animation motion according to the mouse movement.

Look at this great example: www.presstube.com/portion/
It would be good to use while a file is preloading!

Any help?
Cheers, werglum

Makeing A Curser
ok heres the deal ive got this constantly looping animation now what i want is to see the constantly looping animation instead of my mouse while running my website but i can worry about that later for right now i was wondering if anyone can tell me how i would show my animation instead of my mouse? i dont know if this is the right thread to ask this so if it isnt pleasee rederect me to the correct one thanks alot for your help guys

Follow Curser
hey i need something to follow my curser and its not really working i cant figure it out so if some one could tell me how to or point me to a tutural that would be great thank you so much

i tried this code but obvouly it didnt work or else i wouldnt be posting this

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
this._x=7.7
this._y=122.3
if (_xmouse>0) {
this._x = +10;
}
if (_xmouse<0) {
this._x = -10;
}
if (_ymouse<0) {
this._y = -10;
}
if (_ymouse>0) {
this._y = +10;
}
}

Custom Curser
Hello
Im new to flash so im still learning all the basic action script and things like that, and ive found this code to add to a movie clip to make it drag and be your curser, but when i try to use it the thing its dragging is always way above the where to mouse is , so it makes it hard to clip buttons.
Could someone please help.

Here is the scrip that I have been using

Attach Code

onClipEvent(load)
{
Mouse.hide();
this.startDrag();
}

My Own Mouse Curser
hi; i have made my own mouse curser for flash, it all works fine.
except if you right click on the page the normal windows mouse appears over the top of my flash mouse. and it doesnt go away unless u refresh the page.

i was just wondering if you could stop this?

my script for the mouse is...

onClipEvent (load) {
startDrag("", true);
Mouse.hide();
}

Curser Question.
HI Kirupa's nice place this I fell on. I hope someone maybe able to help me.

My question I have made a curser. I know how to get it to work when working inside a flash movie, No problem what I want to know is it possable to use the curser.swf to work as my main mouse inside a html page.

Many thanks, questions.

Customised Curser
does anyone know how to make one? i made this one that i got off some tutorial where you make a graphic called mcurser and then give a blank frame the following text

mouse.hide();
startDrag(mcurser, true);

it works when that's ALL you have in your .fla file but it began making the whole scene a curser and not just the graphic called mcurser

does anyone know how to fix what i've done or make a different one???

please help and ask to see the movie i'm making if u want!!!!!!

Button Following The Curser
how do I get a button to follow the curser until it leaves the hit area. hopefully that makes sense. I like how the chronicles of narnia production page does it.

http://adisney.go.com/disneypictures/narnia/index.html? deeplink=production

I know how to create a movie inside the button with a fade in... but how do I make it fade out? and I have no idea as to how to make the button movie follow my curser around the "hit" box area....

any help would be great !
thanks
wam
wampictures.com

Change Curser Shape
Hi,
There is a button symbol which I want that onRollOver the mouse won't show "a finger" = I want it to be as if it's not a button. The symbol has to be a button, and during runtime the instance window with the behavior property can't be reached, so the way the curser looks onRollOver has to be taken care using ActionScript.
Also I've been told that changing the shape of the curser in a certain area on the page (unlike changing it for the hole page) doesn't work well - it's jumpy.

Any idea how do I keep the curser shape as an arrow while it's on a button?

Thanks,
Maya

Curser Turns Into Symbol
hi everybody,

how can i make the mouse curser turn into a graphic symbol? it's probably not so difficult. i am gratetful for help!

anuschka

Replace Curser Problem
i've got a little problem:
i'm trying to drag an object with a movie clip curser.
but when i click to drag, the curser freezes and the object is being dragged by an "invisible" curser.
can anyone help me with this tiny issue?

Curser Controlling A Slider
I have created a slider bar that uses button as the grabber.

I wan't to move the slider without using my mouse.

How do I do this with the curser keys?

Follow Curser Problem
i am doing a site for someone and they want an eyeball on it and want the pupil to move according to where the cursor is.........i am just a newbie when it comes to actionscripting....i found 1 tutorial in here dealing with this but it only made pupil rotate......i want to do the following......

i want the pupil follow the cursor accurately(i.e...if cursor is on the eyeball the pupil would be centered.......and any movement of cursor from there the pupil would follow it accordingly.......

i do not know if this will help but here are size and location parameters:

eyeball area(where pupil will move is: w=100px h=70px
size of swf: w=700px h=350
location of pupil(centered in eyeball): x=248.0 y=38.9

can anyone help or lead me to tutorial.......any help would be appreciated.

CURSER & KEYSTROKE PROB
Hi

I have a input text variable on the main timeline called "message" and would like the curser to blink in this variable on loading of the page, i also want to be able to use the Enter key on my keyboard to send the value of "message" to my server can anybody help me out with this and suggest the scripting i need please...

HELP - It's A Custom Curser Thing...
i have made a custom curser using the following tutorial.>>
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/In...-179/index.php
it works fine, but i want to add an animation when the mouse is clicked. (the custom curser i am using is a paint splat, and i want to make it get slightly bigger and make a splat noise when a button is clicked.) does anyone know how to do this? i'm not very good at actionscript so any help would be great!

Restricted Menu Curser
i am building a site and i have a menu with 5 different buttens to navigate from page to page, i want to designate an area over the menu as an active area and when the curser is in that area i want a tabe that i have created to slit along its Y axis to float over the curser and then when the curser is not in the area i want it to slide back to the page that the site is curently on. How would i do that??? its going to be in a movie clip, and i would like to only have to do it in 1 layer.

Sliding Curser ... You Will Be Agod If You Help Me, Noone Else Knows How
i have a menu with 5 items in it and an indecator that will point at each page that ur on, but i need to makr it slide over the menu items when the curser rolls over them and then when the curser isnt on any of them i need it to slide back to its original page.

Hide Curser With Right Click
ive got this script

Mouse.hide();
startDrag("_root.CC", true);

but when i right click, the original curser shows up on top of my custom curser, and it stays like that. andy help?

Mc Following Curser Outside Flash Movie
hi all,
i've seen a few examples of that familiar effect where some mc inside a movie follows the user curser movements (like animated eyes etc.). All of them could only trace the curser's whereabouts when it was over the movie's area. Is there a way to trace the curser's position in real time when it is outside the movie and so continue directing the mc to it?

Thanks!

Curser In A Text Field
I want to make it so when my flash movie starts someone can imediately start typing in my text field without having to click it. Is this possible?

THanks your help is appreciated
B

Entering A X Y Reference And Curser Goes To It
I have constructed a flash movie and require the user to be able to type in an x y postion and the cursor goes to it.

Does anyone know how to do this

Thank you for your time

Curser On Rolling Over A Botton
recently in some movies i see roll overs in with the mouse pointer changes to a "hand" like one in windows .are they simple buttons in newer versions of flash? i use flash MX of wich the roll over button shows an ugli "hand" as curser.

[MX04] Following Curser Restrictions
Hello everyone,

Hope everythings going well.

I have a basic question, i have got an image following the curser but i want to restrict it from going below half way of the document.

i have a clear example here

www.viviensmodels.com.au
Click woman then melbourne.

The circle on the site follows the curser but doesnt go past the grey box.
i would like a direction on how to do this please.
im sure its a 1 liner code too.

thanks in advanced

Peter

Pencil That Jumps On The Curser
Hello!

I have created a pencil that jumps onto the mouse curser and allows you to draw. But I am having problems with it. You see depending on where you rollover the pencil it changes the position of where the pencil draws and it should draw from the pencil tip! Can someone take a look a tell me what I am doing wrong please?

Thanks alot.

No Hand Curser On Button
Hi - I searched the forum and found the answer, just not sure where to put the code

instanceName.useHandCursor = false;

I just want it so when you mouse over a button there is no hand.

Thanks - Eric

Flash Mouse Curser Help
I have created my own flash mouse curser for my portfolio - All works well...

Although i was just wondering if there was some script so that when the mouse curser is moved of the flash file (swf), the flash curser in the swf disappears and when you move the mouse curser back over the flash swf the flash curser re-appears???

Timeline Controlled By Curser
I am looking at trying to make the users curser control timeline action ie move the mouse left and right thus moving the timeline pointer left and right. Would there be tutorial on this. I cannot find one. Thanks.

Custum Curser Problem
Hi

I'm making a homepage where I use a custum curser, made with the following script:

custCurser1_mc.onEnterFrame = function() {
this._x = this._x-(this._x-_xmouse)/2;
this._y = this._y-(this._y-_ymouse)/2;
};
custCurser2_mc.onEnterFrame = function() {
this._x = this._x-(this._x-_xmouse)/3;
this._y = this._y-(this._y-_ymouse)/3;
};
custCurser3_mc.onEnterFrame = function() {
this._x = this._x-(this._x-_xmouse)/4;
this._y = this._y-(this._y-_ymouse)/4;
.......

I would like to use a normal curser on parts of the site, but when you roll over a specified area, I would like the curser to change to the custum one, mentenied above.

Do you know how thats done?

Cheers, Moo

I Want To Change Curser Within An Embedded Movieclip
I wish to change the curser within a movie witch I have found docs on how to do this but I want the curser to go back to the normal pointer once it leave the movieclip.

The movieclip is being loaded into another larger size movie clip and I want the pointer to reapear.

I can't find anything out there that explains this.

thanks for any help.

Lawayne

Animate MC Depending On Curser Position?
How would I play an animated MC back and forth depending on Xpos of mouse. For example my MC plays forward as I move my curser to the right, and my MC plays backwards as I move my curser to the left. NOT A ROLLOVER STATE, there will be separate navigation for the site, I just want elements to move around a bit in the background as the user moves through the site.

Thanks for the help
coop

Converting Curser To Outstretched Hand
Hi,

I need a hand.

I trying to find a way of converting the curser to a outstretched hand as soon as the curser enters the scene, then a grasped hand when the mouse button is depressed. You will see in the example at http://www.prolo.nildram.co.uk/hand/ I’ve used a startDrag script attached to a movie to obtain close to what I want, however this is a bit cumbersome and leaves the movie at the side of the scene. I would like to achieve a simpler smoother swap to the outstretched hand as soon as your curser enters the scene using ActionScript, is this possible? Many thanks in advance to anybody that can help me out here.

Custom Curser And Dragging Issues
in my website I have made a custom cursor for myself. everything works fine for the most part. but i have a section in my website that loads music, and with that there is a volume bar. when i go over the volume bar and drag, my custom cursor detatches and i no longer have a visible working cursor. the site still works I just can't see the cursor. anybody know how to fix this.

thanks alot. I'm new at action script but learning fast.
fatclike

Custom Curser+Drag And Drop
OK, I am pretty new to flash so I've been copying and pastng codes, learning along the way. I found a tut. for a custom curser and dragging and dropping, when combined it doesn't work properlly, when you go to drag something the curser gets stuck and you then use an invisible curser and the cutom cyrser just sits there doing nothing, any help appreciated
Here is the current code:
Mouse.hide()
startDrag(cursornew,true)

Anything I should add to that?