Flash :: Do I Always Clear Actions?

Basic Play And Clear Movieclip Actions AS2 / CS3
CS3
AS2

Hi, I have two problems, they seem pretty basic, but i just can't figure out the syntax.

1. I have a movieclip that stops on frame 5, but i need it to resume when clicked and start playing again on frame 6
-this is a movie clip, i cant just say something like: (or can I???)

on (release) {

gotoAndPlay(6);

}

2. Once I get the playhead moving, the code i have now to work requires a click, i would need it to be activated automatically once frame 10 is played ( or a frame label is hit). How do you get a function to activate just when a frame is reached?
(i need it to unload an external swf)

var nextimage:String = "";
//
function getimage() {
imgholder_mc.loadMovie(nextimage);
}
//

clear_mc.onPress = function() {
_level0.imgholder_mc.unloadMovie();
};

Your input would be very appreciated.
I've fought with this for a very long time.

thanks
James.

Clear Button Work To Clear All The Lines Drawn On The Board
hi i need help in regrading to my school project... here is my project... i have been stuck with this for the pass 2 weeks and i still cant figure it out i am hoping that some one would be able to help me.

my project is that i need to click 3 points on the board to draw line connecting the points which i have done.

but i need help in getting my clear button work to clear all the lines drawn on the board

and also to allow the program to draw another sets of lines after the first line has been drawn

and also an undo button that will undo the previous line drawn

Clear Stage And Clear Class Values?
I'm working with this tutorial to create a quiz, but modifying it to load the data from XML: Create a Quiz Application Using AS3 Classes

I would like to put a retry button at the end that would clear all previously set values and clear all the display objects that I've added to the stage and basically start the file over again as if it was the first time. Is this possible?

I would think there's an easy way since it is using external class files... I hope it doesn't require a lot of manual Remove Child At and clearing variable and array values.

Clear Images On Flash Not Clear On Net
I have imported 2 pictures into my library, used the bitmaps in flash converted to symbols for editing. They look great when in flash but they are very pixelated when viewed on the web. Dont know why, quality is all the way up, jpg setting is all the way, it has to do with the way it is published internally. here take a look............. www.newrealitydesigns.com In reference to the table.

If anyone knows whats up let me know.

new_reality@411.com

Actions Are Overriding Other Actions Or Being Caught In A Loop Only On Double Click
I have a movie which I use actionscript to move things on/off stage to create different pages. Everything works great unless you double click a button.
When double clicking it makes objects "stick" in place and they will not move even though another command should make them move off stage (movie gets stuck). On a single click, the objects do what they are commanded to do. I even tried setting a variable to disable the button click if it has already been clicked. What causes this?

In the code below, the objects in the function home() will not leave the stage once the services button is double clicked (they are commaned to ease off the stage once other mc's are pressed) . BUT it works if only the services mc is only single clicked...please help. I'm pulling my hair on this one and about to start pulling my teeth.

if (_global.whichMovieLoaded != "services" && _global.isMovieLoaded != "stop") {
_global.whichMovieLoaded = "services";
services.onPress = function() {
remove();
function Pause() {
// bring home
home();

clearInterval(PauseInterval);
};

PauseInterval = setInterval(Pause,1000);

valet.easeY(400, 1.09);
itinerary.easeY(425, 1.09);
dining.easeY(400, 1.09);
ground.easeY(425, 1.09);
};
};

function remove(){
valettxt.fadeOut(9);
diningtxt.fadeOut(9);
itinerarytxt.fadeOut(9);
groundtxt.fadeOut(9);

mindtxt.fadeOut(9);
nauticaltxt.fadeOut(9);
scenictxt.fadeOut(9);
terrtxt.fadeOut(9);

mind.easeY(650, 1.09);
nautical.easeY(650, 1.09);
terr.easeY(650, 1.09);
scenic.easeY(650, 1.09);

valet.easeY(650, 1.09);
itinerary.easeY(650, 1.09);
dining.easeY(650, 1.09);
ground.easeY(650, 1.09);

logo.easeX(950);

imageLoader.unloadMovie();

};
//takes objects back to the home page
function home(){
maui.easeX(200, 1.09);
con.easeX(200, 1.09);
bar.easeX(625, 1.09);
patio.easeX(400, 1.00);
patio.fadeIn(2);
discover.easeX(625, 1.09);
discover.fadeIn(1);
imageLoader._alpha = 0;
VIP.fadeIn(.9);
};

Actions On The Main Page..do They Affect Actions On Movie Buttons?
ON the home page I've created, the buttons I used with the code in my previous thread ("two questions about HTML publishing and buttons"), I added an on rollover action to the actions layer of the main timeline (not the movie button timeline) so that on rollover, a picture would change according to the button that was rolled over. I did this for all three buttons. The rollover action works great, but now the links don't work in either the html OR the swf version. Would the added action disable the movie-clip button actions? Here's the added main timeline code, edited for space: photobtn_mc.onRollOver = function() {
gotoAndStop(2);
photobtn_mc.onRollOut = function() {
gotoAndStop(1); ( Again, help is greatly appreciated!)

Actions On Clip Kill Parent Actions? Workaround?
Hello, i have a nav clip, with rollover actions. When the nav clip is rolled over, i want the nav to zoom in. Which isn't a problem,
there are 6 buttons inside the nav clip which have onRelease actions. However, since the nav clip (the parent to the buttons clip) has the rollover state, it kills the actions of the buttons. Is there a workaround for this?

here is my code, the clip structure is nav.buttons.but1 etc.

code:
Stage.scaleMode = 'noScale';
import flash.filters.*;
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
this.nav.onRollOver = function() {
};
this.nav.onRollOut = function() {
};
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
for (i=1; i<=6; i++) {
nav.buttons["but"+i].onRelease = function() {
trace(this._name);
};
}

[mx2004] Actions Window Won't Show Actions
Well the problem is rather annoying and stops me from doing any work...

If I open my actions window, it opens up, but I just have a gray area inside the window, I can't put any scripting in, and even funnier, if I try to put my actions window locked into place it will actually crash flash entirely without any error message.

Any help would be much appreciated, thanks in advance!

[F8] Rewriting Button Actions To This.on Actions
Evening! I could do with a little help if possible - basically I need to combine a number of different button commands into script for a movieclip button.

I want these actions

PHP Code:

on (rollOver) { // slider - Movie Clip's Instance Name. button_1 - Button's Instance Name. slider.xMove = button_1._x;}on (rollOver) { tellTarget ("_root.PC_Cursor") { gotoAndStop("Finger"); }}on (rollOut) { tellTarget ("_root.PC_Cursor") { gotoAndPlay(1); }}on (release) { if (_root.CENTERpages.clip._currentframe == 10) { _root.CENTERpages.clip.gotoAndPlay(11); }}on (release) { if (_root.world._currentframe == 2) { _root.world.gotoAndPlay(1); }}on (release) { tellTarget ("_root.CENTERpages") { gotoAndStop("name"); }}on (release) { unloadMovieNum(1);}on (release) { if (_root.CENTERpages.A1._currentframe == 1) { _root.CENTERpages.A1.gotoAndPlay(2); }}on (release) { if (_root.CENTERpages.A2._currentframe == 1) { _root.CENTERpages.A2.gotoAndPlay(2); }}on (release) { if (_root.CENTERpages.A3._currentframe == 1) { _root.CENTERpages.A3.gotoAndPlay(2); }}on (release) { if (_root.CENTERpages.A4._currentframe == 1) { _root.CENTERpages.A4.gotoAndPlay(2); }}

to work like this in a movieclip:

PHP Code:

this.onRollover = function() { // slider - Movie Clip's Instance Name. button_1 - Button's Instance Name. slider.xMove = button_1._x;}this.onRollover = function() { tellTarget ("_root.PC_Cursor") { gotoAndStop("Finger"); }this.onRollout = function() { tellTarget ("_root.PC_Cursor") { gotoAndPlay(1); }this.onRelease = function() { if (_root.CENTERpages.clip._currentframe == 10) { _root.CENTERpages.clip.gotoAndPlay(11); }this.onRelease = function() { if (_root.world._currentframe == 2) { _root.world.gotoAndPlay(1); }this.onRelease = function() { tellTarget ("_root.CENTERpages") { gotoAndStop("name"); }this.onRelease = function() { unloadMovieNum(1);}this.onRelease = function() { if (_root.CENTERpages.A1._currentframe == 1) { _root.CENTERpages.A1.gotoAndPlay(2); }this.onRelease = function() { if (_root.CENTERpages.A2._currentframe == 1) { _root.CENTERpages.A2.gotoAndPlay(2); }this.onRelease = function() { if (_root.CENTERpages.A3._currentframe == 1) { _root.CENTERpages.A3.gotoAndPlay(2); }this.onRelease = function() { if (_root.CENTERpages.A4._currentframe == 1) { _root.CENTERpages.A4.gotoAndPlay(2); }

but it doesn't work!!! period! am I supposed to be keeping all of the functions together after I call the action? ie; all of the onrelease functions run on after a single this.onrelease call?
or have I took the wrong approach altogether on this?

Any pointers welcome!

Frame Actions Vs Object Actions
In preparation for AS3 which no longer supports object actions, I am on the process of converting flash movies created with Object actions in AS2 to Frame actions. While I understand some valid reasons for switching to Frame actions, I am discovering that converting button and clip actions to Frame actions is a very tedious process and so far, more than half the files I have tried to convert do not work. Having worked with Flash since version 3, I know about timelines, targeting and variable scope but this whole conversion process is driving me nuts! Is there a place that I can go to or tutorials available that teach how to attack this conversion? What are the main guidelines in converting from Object to Frame Actions? I have looked in the CS3 Help (from the program or Adobe online) and I have not found anything to guide me. Am I the only one experiencing this? Thanks for your help.
Yvan

Actions Of One .swf Controlling Actions Of Another .swf
Hi,

I have a musical jukebox on a project i am making and the way I did it was on the main timeline I have a script

stop();
unloadMovieNum(66);
loadMovieNum("song1swf",66);

Then at the end of each swf (which is each song in the jukebox) I load the next song so the swf's loop from 1,2,3 and back to 1.

But I give the option to choose each individual song by loading up each seperate swf. I have song info that is displayed on the main timeline, so the button for each song leads you to a different frame on the main timeline.

But, for example, a person chooses song 2 and it plays and then proceeds to song 3 but the info still displays song 2. Because it has stopped on that frame. Is there a way to move to a different frame on the main timeline when one song.swf passes to the next?

Thank you for your help,
GD

Clear
I may have not made myself clear but i dont need soung are images you see if i was going to make a intro and i wanted to use all my own staff then there is where i run into probules. i just wish i had the skills to build it all from the ground up.

p.s my last intro was 400 frames WOW i need to know how to cu this down and still make my intro good with less frames

a8j5f

[F8] Clear A MC
How do I totally clear a MC - ie. empty the contents.

Clear Btn HELP
hi , i did this flash ting for drawing on a sketch pad kinda thing, i can draw yes, but den when i re-enter this scene the drawing is still there, how can i clear everything i've drawn by clicking on clearbtn? i tried having clearbtn.onpress den the symbol movieclip of a blank paper(which is jus a white rectangle mc) will be visible. but then it cant work at all. =(

Clear Key
hi all,
in the previous version of Flash i could clear the screen while working in order to have full view of the work area by pressing "TAB" key... all those windows will be cleared and left only the work stage on the screen.. but looks like i cant do tht in the new flash MX... anyone know how can i clear the screen in Flash MX??? or maybe macromedia changed the key... thanks

Clear Xml?
Hi am puting together a fairly easy interface. The "start" frame shows four buttons. Each of those four buttons goes to a specific frame of the movie where a menu appears in a popup window that is populated using xml. That works.

There is a "close" button on the popup that takes you back to "start", where only the four original buttons are supposed to be, but the xml menu remains on top of everything, even though it's not in that frame. I'm guessing I have to somehow clear it, but don't know how.

Any help would be appreciated. I've been searching the forums for a couple of hours now, with no luck.

Not Clear To Me.
HI,
i was reading a tutorial on this site about URL submission but i couldn't understand the rules mentioned below. can anyone explain:
1) how i can make a garbage email address for the return junk mail? how n why do u get return junk mail ?

2) how can i get garbage e-mail address for free?

3)how can i submit my site internationally for free ?

From Tutorial

Site Submission Tools:

If you use them, (Site Submission Tools) make sure you take out a new garbage e-mail address for the return junk mail which will NEVER stop once you do this. Ignore this rule at your own peril. i.e kirupajunkmail@yahoo.com

Never pay for it. There are so many for free and it is the same exact service. It doesn't take terribly long to do but you should set aside at least 1/2 - 1 full day for this alone. But it is helpful. Make sure you spend adequate time on the Foreign search engines in such countries as Brazil, China, Japan, Russia, Germany, France, India, etc..(See others below).

Thankyou,
Peace.

Help To Clear The Air...
Need some understanding here.

I've got a movie clip (myMovieClip) in the Library. I then drag, 5 copies of it to the timeline and named them myMovieClip01, myMovieClip02, myMovieClip03, myMovieClip04 and myMovieClip05.

I scripted a onClipEvent (mouseDown) for myMovieClip01. When I clicked on myMovieClip02 or the other 3, it behaves just like myMovieClip01.

When I scripted myMovieClip01.onRelease = function() in the main timeline, then the rest behaves the way I wanted.

Is this suppose to happen? Why?

Clear Btn
hi , i did this flash ting for drawing on a sketch pad kinda thing, i can draw yes, but den when i re-enter this scene the drawing is still there, how can i clear everything i've drawn by clicking on clearbtn? i tried having clearbtn.onpress den the symbol movieclip of a blank paper(which is jus a white rectangle mc) will be visible. but then it cant work at all. =(

Clear CRLF's
I use this function to clear all CRLF's from a text file... but it's a slow function !! does anybody know a faster one ????

function clearCRandLFs(fString) {
return fString.split(chr(10)).join("").split(chr(13)).joi n("");
}

How To Clear Variables
Does anyone know how to clear variables in Flash? By "clearing" I mean set them to a state like they were never used before. It's not enough to set 'v = null' or 'v = void(0)'. I need something like Perl's delete() function.

I need this for a form that uses loadVariables. If the form form is posted the first time, the resulting variables are put in the form movie clip. If the form is posted a second time all the result variables are sent back as cgi parameters. I can set them to an empty string, but they're posted anyway. This is only a cosmetic problem, but it would be nice to have a solution.

Clear Levels?
If I have a movie attached on a certain level. Is there a way to clear that level without referring to the specific movie. Basically I have several MCs that scroll in as thumbnails, then get replaced by another set of MC thumbnails when another choice is made. Sometimes there will be 5 thumbnails - sometimes 3. When the 5 are showing, and the three are coming in, I want to delete all five of the current levels so only the three thumbnials are showing.

Right now, the first three thumbnails get replaced, but the last two stick around.

Line To Clear?
Ok heres what i'm trying to do. I want a to draw a line from 0,0 of a specific movie clip to the mouse. Heres the code i have.

with(this)
{
lineStyle(1,0x99FF00,100);
moveTo(0,0);
lineTo(_xmouse,_ymouse);

}

It works great except it doesn't erase the created lines!!

so i get this nice crazy line effect.

Is there an Easy way of doing this?

? Text Not Clear ?
My text isnt clear when I publish my movie. Why is this?

Clear Out All Variables
is there a command that will whipe out all variables in flash?

I Dont Know How The Clear It
I have promblem still occur. MY CDs had both flash for introduction and VDO at some contents. when I start CD-Rom Flash can played with no problem and then I play VDO. There It can't be played smoothly. I know we should clear Flash from memory before playing VDO..

But I dont know how the clear it.....Thanks you

More Clear. Last Thread.
Ok, nobody answer and the problem should be simple, so i'll try to be more clear:
I have this drawing tool that works fine:
2°frame
if (Number(mouse) == 1) {
if (Number(x1) == 0) {
x1 = int(getProperty("mc", _x));
y1 = int(getProperty("mc", _y));
} else {
x0 = int(getProperty("mc", _x));
y0 = int(getProperty("mc", _y));
if (Number(((x0-x1)*(x0-x1)))>5 or Number(((y0-y1)*(y0-y1)))>5) {
n1 = Number(n1)+1;
duplicateMovieClip ("line", "line" add n1, n1);
setProperty ("line" add n1, _x, x1);
setProperty ("line" add n1, _y, y1);
setProperty ("line" add n1, _xscale, (x0-x1));
setProperty ("line" add n1, _yscale, (y0-y1));
x1 = x0;
y1 = y0;
}
}
}

Clear ALL Intervals ?
hi there,

i 'd like to know if there is a way to clear all Intervals in a movie with one command...

in my current project I use setInterval()
very often in different clips and though i cleanly put the corresponding clearInterval() commands in the script I realized, that on slow computers some of them don't get stopped...
which puts more weight on the CPU and sometimes slows down the comp very much.

is there a fix ?

tia

Clear Variables?
Is there an actionscript function to clear the data from your variables? How about only some variables (var1 and var2 but not var3 or var4)?

Thanks,

DT

Clear Cache
Whilst this is not a strictly flash question when I upload a new version of a swf file I have cache troubles with viewing latest versionI run ie6 with windows xp

can anyone advise on sure fire way to clear cache or any other tips on viewing my updates on line

Clear Color
I want to make a radial gradient. The outside color will be red and the inside color will be clear. The problem is I don't know how to get that clear color.

Clear All Variables?
is there a quick way to clear all the variables you have defined in your movie without having to go through them all? - any help much appreciated.

thanks

How To Clear A MovieClip?
well, My first line is
this.createEmptyMovieClip("holder",1);
after "holder" is created, a image is loaded into it.
now i want to clear it, so it be empty agian...
If i can't clear it, how can i remove a mc from the swf?

thax,
Mapisto

Clear Out Old Mc And Start New
Hello,
I have a main timeline that consists of 1 frame - 2 layers.
The one frame (main) just has a skip intro button.
The second layer is my actions layer. It loads an mc to play.

this.attachMovie ("mcintroText", "mov2", 1);
this.mov2._x = 320;
this.mov2._y = 240;

stopAllSounds();

This plays and loads the next mc, until the third mc is played. At the end of the third mc I give the user a button to allow him to restart the intro.

My problem: When the intro restarts it leaves the old button and old text on the screen from the last(3rd. mc). How can I clear the screen and return to the first mc to start over?

Thanks

Clear Old MC And Replay New
Hello,
I have a main timeline that consists of 1 frame - 2 layers.
The one frame (main) just has a skip intro button.
The second layer is my actions layer. It loads an mc to play.

this.attachMovie ("mcintroText", "mov2", 1);
this.mov2._x = 320;
this.mov2._y = 240;

stopAllSounds();

This plays and loads the next mc, until the third mc is played. At the end of the third mc I give the user a button to allow him to restart the intro.

My problem: When the intro restarts it leaves the old button and old text on the screen from the last(3rd. mc). How can I clear the screen and return to the first mc to start over?

Thanks

Clear My Library
Is there something in flash that will automatically delete all the imports and symbols that are not used in my movie?

Clear Background?
What is the color code for a clear background for flash? Or is there a way to program it?

Thanks

MovieClip.clear()
I am drawing a bunch of lines dynamically and looping within the movie to do this continuously. What I am finding is a fairly substantial degredation in performance even though many of the lines are 'off screen' - i.e. they have been moved off the visible area of the movie. Is there a way to clear something other than everything? Why would flash be affected by something off screen?

Clear Screen
This is fairly simple. I have a little drawing board using the following code:

createEmptyMovieClip("Line",1);

Line.lineStyle(1,0x000000,100);

onMouseDown = function (){
Line.moveTo(_xmouse, _ymouse);

onMouseMove = function (){
Line.lineTo(_xmouse, _ymouse);}
}

onMouseUp=function(){
onMouseMove=null;
}

I also have a button named clearScreen, instance name clearScreen. I want this button to clear the screen so I can continue drawing. Whats the code?

Thx

I Can't Get My Text Clear
Hello,

I just started Flash, I have a problem with the text, on preview is not clear like the one you're reading now.
Do I have to do a little trick to have it normal ?
Thanks

Ybisou~

Clear Variables
Is there an action that can be used to tell a movie to reload itself or to clear any activity that is started?

I've created a juke box solution which uses tell action to jump to a play movie command. During the movie, the title and performer display. If the "stop music" button is chosen, I want the title/performer to stop being displayed.

I'm thinking that the simplest way to do this would be to load the main movie again...sort of like an old Basic "begin" command.

Fonts Are Not Clear
Hey I'm having probelms with my fonts, The system fonts look great but the added fonts look real blury has anyone else experienced this before?

Can You Make It More Clear Please?
Thanks your reply was helpful. Can you please tell how will I import all of the sub-movies into the main movie? Do I need to create one empty movie clip in the main movie and import the sub-movie into that movie clip? If so I will have to import the swf or fla of the sub movie?

Should I also have preloader as the first scene in all the sub movies? These are the two things not clear. Please help.

Types Are Not Clear.
Hi, Every body!

Í´ve made a presentation with Flash and when This presentation is projected on the wall (throug a projector ofcourse), I dont see text clearly. It´s a kind of smouth that Flash aply automatly to the text, but this produce undefination to the text.

What can I do, to aboid this efect?

I´ve tried to convert the text to outlines, but it´s the same.

Thank´s!

Jordi.

SetInterval Only Once, Then Clear
Hey-

I have a bunch of buttons inside a movieclip called "f2". When I press them, I want them to be disabled for .76 seconds. Sounds like a setInterval thing to me, right?

Here's the function I have:
code: function disableButtons() {
for (i=0; i<stationButtons.length; i++) {
_root.f2[stationButtons[i]].enabled = false;
}
clearInterval(dis);
}
And in the onRelease() function for the buttons, I have the "dis=setInterval(disableButtons, 760)". My problem is the doesn't clear after .76 seconds.

Please help.

Steve