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Drag/Drop Floor Plan App Issues - Printing And Aligning
Link to SWF:
Floor Plan App

Purpose:
Allows users to select products and place onto their floor plans, which is saved into our DB to be loaded by our filed techs to place further "tech-specific" symbols onto the plan. All of this is covered so far, with no problems.

Issues:
1) I need the have a print button that will print the floor plan in it's entirety - the products placed, the full length, NOT scaled to fit on one page, but printed out on however many are need for the full size print.

2) When a product is selected (to place onto the plan), the "attachedMC" is placed at a specific X/Y coord. I am wanting the attachedMC to be placed on the same X/Y coord (upper left of the plan) in relation to the floor plan coordinates. In other words, if the plan is scrolled to the very bottom, and the user selects a product, currently I have the plan scrolling back to the top, and the item placed in the upper left of the plan. I want the product to appear in the upper left of the plan, no matter where the actual plan coords are. Make sense?

THAT SAID:
I'm using Flash 8 for this, hoping to utilize some of the Bitmap manipulation and even file upload (for plans), and even though this app is AS heavy, it's been a real learning trila for me. I am NOT an expert, and much of the code is probably not as clean as many "gurus" would like .

I can send the .FLA (and Prototype .MXP used - Laco) through email. It's an internal project, so I don't want to upload it.

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Interactive Floor Plan -> Drag And Drop Furniture
Hi! I am a newbie and would really appreciate any help you can give me. I am attempting to build an interactive floor plan (Flash MX 2004) with drag and drop furniture. The user will use menus to navigate to different rooms and select the appropriate furniture for that room. They will be able to rotate the furniture pieces, delete furniture pieces, clear all furniture pieces and print the completed floorplan. Please see the attached FLA to see what I've managed so far (this isn't the interface, just a test). I'm clearly on the wrong track because a) I've set up each menu (room type) as a scene, and when the user clicks on a new room (button1, button2, etc.), the furniture that they've dragged and dropped disappears; and b) I can't get each furniture piece to rotate independently; and c) I need to duplicate the furniture movieclips so when it's dragged from the menu onto the floor plan, another one replaces it

Direction or advice of any kind would be much appreciated! Even helping me to understand how to set up the timeline properly (instead of using scenes like I've tried) would be SO much help. I feel like a real dolt.

Thank you in advance!!

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Hi! I am a newbie and would really appreciate any help you can give me. I am attempting to build an interactive floor plan (Flash MX 2004) with drag and drop furniture. The user will use menus to navigate to different rooms and select the appropriate furniture for that room. They will be able to rotate the furniture pieces, delete furniture pieces, clear all furniture pieces and print the completed floorplan. Please see the attached FLA to see what I've managed so far (this isn't the interface, just a test).

I'm clearly on the wrong track because a) I've set up each menu (room type) as a scene, and when the user clicks on a new room (button1, button2, etc.), the furniture that they've dragged and dropped disappears; and b) I can't get each furniture piece to rotate independently; and c) I need to duplicate the furniture movieclips so when it's dragged from the menu onto the floor plan, another one replaces it

Direction or advice of any kind would be much appreciated! Even helping me to understand how to set up the timeline properly (instead of using scenes like I've tried) would be SO much help.

Thank you in advance!!

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I'm trying to create a landscaping plan that allows the user to drag images of various trees and shrubs into a yard plan and position them.

The user needs to drag an image of a tree seen in side view into the yard plan, drop it and have a plan view of the tree appear in the yard plan in that position, (and have the side view image that was being dragged disappear).

My thought is to create a grid of144 movie clips (12x12) over the yard plan, and cause the plan view of a tree to appear by using attachMovie to attach an instance of the plan view clip to the grid clip over which the user drops the side view clip.

I need a way to have the dragged (side view) clip and any one of the grid clips interact to call the attachMovie function for that grid clip (without doing a hitTest on 144 movie clips).

I'm also open to any other thoughts on how to create this. Thanks.

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Hi Guys,

I am a grad student working on a floor planner project. I am fairly new to Flash and action script as a whole, and would like to know how one can write a script that allows users to rescale/resize and rotate movie clip objects at runtime. I.e. When a user moves their cursor over an object on the floor plan, I would like for them to be able to either resize the object or rotate it.

After trawling the web, I am still yet to find an existing API that I can use to build my floor planner in Flash. However, I did stumble across the 'Space planner' created by Icovia for architects and interior designers alike. If you visit the icovia web site at http://www.icovia.com/, and click on 'Test Drive' under Interior design and Home renovations section, you will see what I envisage for my project.

However, all I would like to know for now is how I can manipulate objects on the floorplan using action script.

Many Thanks

Prince Taj

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I need someone to give me some pointers on how to scroll around the attached movie. It you take a look at the floor plan , this is going to be much bigger and I want the user to be able to move the mouse point up and the plan move down and so on.

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Why won't this code send me to the designated frame?

on(release) {
stopDrag();
if (this._droptarget=="/target1") {
setProperty(this, _x, _root.target1._x);
setProperty(this, _y, _root.target1._y);
trace("Why won't this work?")
gotoAndPlay("house");
} else {
_x = defaultX;
_y = defaultY;
}
}

I tried it with "gotoAndPlay(scene, frame);" as well and it still didn't work. I'm also positive that there is a frame labeled "house." The trace works fine but it refuses to go to the frame I tell it to go to. Any idea?

Thanks in advance,

Carl Gibson - rkitecsure@hotmail.com

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im am currently doin drag and drop for a website this is wat actionscript i have

on (press) {
this.startDrag ();
}
on (release) {
this.stopDrag();

if (_root.vid2._droptarget == "/vcr") {
this._x=225;
this._y=340;
_root.amission.gotoAndPlay(2);
}
else {
this._x=496.8;
this._y=327.3;
}
}

when the object hits the target i have a movie being played, but when it doesnt hit the target i want it to play a different movie then too. i have tried putting

_root.static.gotoAndPlay(2);

at the end of this script but it does not seem to work, any suggestions?

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Intro: I started learning flash about a week ago and have made a noobish, but decent site. I really want to have drag and drop windows on my site. I have figured out the drag and drop part...(see below)...now I need to know if I wanted to put, say a button on that movie clip that would move with the clip, how would I do that? Is there a way to group the two so they drag and drop together?

I would greatly appreciate help with this cause I've probably spent 10hours trying to figure it out. Don't laugh at me...

movieclip.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);
movieclipaddEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, mouseUpHandler);

function mouseDownHandler(evt:MouseEvent):void {
var object = evt.target;
object.startDrag();
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Heya, im currently working on a project that requires a "experimental navigation" that leads to page with dynamically loaded content from a database.

Basically, my idea is to make a RTS-like game, where in order to reach the sections of the site, you have to build certain buildings in a tech-tree like fashion. As you build, more sections become available. Now, im not the best at actionscripting, but I do have some experience with it.

My problem is, im trying to create a drag and drop, so when you click on the button to create a building and drag it to the build area, the construction of the building animates and finishes. I would like the building to be clickable also so when all the buildings are constructed you can click on them to go back to certain areas.

this is what i have on the button:
on (press) {
startDrag ("_root.drag_main"); //<-- (drag_main is a duplicate image of the button in movie clip form on the main stage so it can be dragged)
_root.main = 1; //<-- (this is just making the movie clip appear, as i have the alpha set to 0 and 1 is the variable calling it to be visible)
}
on (release) {
stopDrag();
_root.drag_main.gotoAndPlay("main"); //<-- (this is pointing to the animation of the building constructing and finishing which is inside of the duplicate button movie clip)
}

if this is confusing, i understand and if there is any ideas of just starting over and doing it a different way i'm all for it. I'm sure there is a much simpler way of doing this.
What happens with this code is, if i drag and drop the animation wont play, but if i just click and release the button the animation works. It just doesnt work if i drag first. Any ideas or suggestions anyone has i'd appreciate. thanks

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Hello,

I wonder if someone might be able to shed some light here. I have a follow the mouse/elastic style effect in my navigation. It works great on it's own. I would like to load a movie in a higher level with a drag and drop function. As you can see the drag and drop movie will not work when loaded onto my example movie. I assume the problem has something to do with the fact that both movies have actionscript that works with the mouse. I have attached an example of my problem. Any help in getting these two movies to jive independantly is greatly appreciated.

Thanks for your time, jevans.

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ok, i have a few .swf loaded from a menu, go here to see how i finally figured out how to load them successfully as now im having trouble with a drag and drop:

http://www.flashkit.com/board/showth...hreadid=567110

The drag and drop function works fine when the movies are played individually but when they have been loaded in sequence (as described at the above link) the functions stops working correctly.

when the 'drags' are dropped in the correct place they behave as if they have been dropped in the wrong place.

please please help

thanks in advance

davey

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Good afternoon,
I have come across a coding problem in my Flash movie that has boggled my mind. I have created a drag and drop movie in which the drag object scales to twice its size once it is released over the drop zone (which is what I wanted). The problem I am having is that if the user clicks and releases the object again after dropping it in the drop zone, the object will again morph to twice its size. If you keep clicking and releasing the object multiple times while inside the drop zone, it keeps growing and growing like the blob.

I understand that it may be doing this because I told it to enlarge to 2x the size when dropped over the zone. So I am looking for some code (if it exists) that will tell it to quit scaling 2x its size if it is being clicked and dragged around once inside of the drop zone. The purpose of this movie is for users to rearrange (pictures of) appliances to see how they may want them stacked or presented in their own kitchens, so it's important that they be able to move them around while inside of the drop zone.

The following is the code I am using which is attached to the actual dragging movie clip:

onClipEvent (load) {
this.origX = this._x;
this.origY = this._y;
}

onClipEvent (mouseDown) {
if (this.hitTest(_parent._xmouse, _parent._ymouse)) {
this.startDrag();
}
}
onClipEvent (mouseUp) {
if (this.hitTest(_parent._xmouse, _parent._ymouse)) {
this.stopDrag();

// scales picture out upon dropping
if (_parent.dropzone.hitTest(this._x,this._y,true)) {

this._xscale *= 2;
this._yscale *= 2;

} else {

// return it to its original location at orig size
this._x = this.origX;
this._y = this.origY;
this._xscale = 100;
this._yscale = 100;
}
}
}

I would appreciate any insight to this issue I'm having! I hope I was clear enough. Thanks so much.

Jill

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I am very new to using flash, so please help.

I have created a flash document that imports a swf file. The main document contains questions that need to be answered, and when the user clicks on a link, it opens the imported swf file.

The problem that I am having, is when I publish the document as a HTML, I can work through the questions in the main part, but then it comes time to load the swf file, and work through those questions, it won't work. The multiple choice questions and true/false ones work, but when it comes to the drag and drop question, it won't.

So far, I can click on the item that needs to be moved, but it won't "Stick" to the destination. I have looked at the _root, the _parent, and _global and have tried each, but to no avail.

If someone could give me a suggestion, it would be great!

Thank you

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Have incl. small attachment.

Yossi

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Hi, im using Flash MX 2004.

I am building a drag and drop, and I have a MC that can be dragged around the stage. The trouble im having is trying to make the drop location do something when i drag the MC over/off it.

I have the following code which works.

objectToDrag.onMouseMove = function() {
if ((objectToDrag.hitTest(dropper)) && (component._beingDragged == true)) {
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Is there a better way that hitTest??

Cheerz,
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Hello. This is my desperate problem:

I am creating a circuit diagram designer.
There is basically instructions on the left, in a scrolling textbox (taken care of) and above that a rectangle with a bunch of components in it.

You need to be able to drag the circuit part from the side bar (a duplicate, so that the original remains in the same spot), and to a square on the grid on the stage of this program(Should snap to place...). Each clone should be able to be moved. Like so: You Press on a MC to drag it, the thing you are dragging to the stage is of course a clone. You release the mouse button, so it drops on the grid. It snaps into place. *Oops, you made a mistake. You press on it again, it is draged by your mouse to another square, and does not make a clone. *mind Changes... I dont want to use this one any more. You press on the MC, drag it to a bin which animates to show you the MC is being dragged over it. You release, the MC in question is deleted/removed...

You need to be able to rotate circuit parts by clicking on it so that it highlights, then pressing space bar.

It must also be possible to delete a duplicate by dragging it to the trash (an image/ MC), and last but not least, it is required to save the contents of the stage, or print them off.

Please note that to print it off, there are 2 input boxes outside the stage. One for the title, and one for the Users' Name. When they click on the print button, the two dynamic text fields must retrieve the values from the box outside of the programs' stage.

One Last detail: The cloned objects to be dragged around net to be in a six co-ordinate polygonal boundary, so that no-one can place any objects outside of the stage.

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i want to do the following.

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[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]...

(basket)

drag drop [1] then [2] then [3] then [4] into (basket)

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Hi There...

I'm creating a game where people can design their own cell phone by adding diamonds to it, a "Bling Phone" if you will. You will be able to add 4 types of diamonds to it, change the phones skin, add music to it, give it a name etc etc

I've got it to a stage where it when you click on a diamond(mc) on the stage it duplicates a hidden diamond(mc with a button inside) off stage and you can drag it around etc and then click save. Theres a script which grabs the instance name, x and y position of every diamond on the stage and stores it into a multi dimensional array which will be fed into a mysql database for retreival purposes at a later date.

Now my problem is i would like to be able to use the phone(mc) as a drop target but i'm not sure where to put the droptarget script. does it go on the original MC diamond or the duplicated mc diamond with the button inside it ?

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I've attached the .fla file to this post if some is interested in taking a look and helping me out. The droptarget script is only on the blue diamond so far.

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Hi All

I am struggling with a drag and drop excercise.

I have 15 movie clips that need to be dragged over a single drop target in a specific order. i.e 1,2,3,4, when the correct movie clip is dragged to the drop target a movie within the drop target needs to advance a single frame to display the result of the correct movie clip being dragged over the drop target.

Would I be correct in thinking I need to use some kind of array to compare the clip that is being dragged to the frame position of the drop target?

I have the bones of this working and need advice / help on getting the clips to work in the specific order required. I can post my code if needed.

Thanks in advance.

btw - am using Flash MX 2004 Professional

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Hi

I am trying to make a draggable object have two drop locations, but it will still only drop to one. Please if anyone can help me or notice my mistake it would be really appreciated.

on (release) {
if (_root.DragMotor._droptarget == "/Socket2") {
_root.DragMotor._x = _root.Socket1._x;
_root.DragMotor._y = _root.Socket1._y;
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_root.MotorDropped = 0;
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_root.DragMotor._y = _root.Socket2._y;
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i have this code which deals with a straight 'a to b' drag and drop function:

Code:
setProperty(_root.boing,_visible,false);
function dragSetup(clip, targ) {
clip.onPress = function() {
startDrag(this);
this.beingDragged=true;
};
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stopDrag();
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} else {
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}
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clip.myHomeY = clip._y;
//the variables below will store the clips end position
clip.myFinalX = targ._x;
clip.myFinalY = targ._y;
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//all these actions basically just say "if the mouse is up (in other words - the clip is not being dragged)
// then move the MC back to its original starting point (with a smooth motion)"
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this._x -= (this._x-this.myHomeX)/5;
this._y -= (this._y-this.myHomeY)/5;
//if the circle is dropped on any part of the target it slides to the center of the target
} else if (!this.beingDragged && this.onTarget) {
this._x -= (this._x-this.myFinalX)/5;
this._y -= (this._y-this.myFinalY)/5;
setProperty(_root.boing,_visible,true);
}
};
}

dragSetup(circle_mc,targetCircle);
dragSetup(circle2_mc,targetCircle2);
dragSetup(circle3_mc,targetCircle3);

which i have then tried to adapt to 'a to b possibly via c':

Code:
function dragSetup(clip, targ, drop) {
clip.onPress = function() {
startDrag(this);
this.beingDragged = true;
};
clip.onRelease = clip.onReleaseOutside=function () {
stopDrag();
this.beingDragged = false;
if (eval(this._droptarget) == targ) {
this.onTarget = true;
this.onDrop = false;
_root.targ.gotoAndStop(2);
} else if (eval(this._droptarget) == drop) {
this.onDrop = true;
this.onTarget = false;
_root.targ.gotoAndStop(1);
} else {
this.onTarget = false;
this.onDrop = false;
_root.targ.gotoAndStop(1);
}
};
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clip.myHomeX = clip._x;
clip.myHomeY = clip._y;
//the variables below will store the clips end position
clip.myFinalX = targ._x;
clip.myFinalY = targ._y;
//the variables below will store the clips end position
clip.myDropX = drop._x;
clip.myDropY = drop._y;
clip.onEnterFrame = function() {
//all these actions basically just say "if the mouse is up (in other words - the clip is not being dragged)
// then move the MC back to its original starting point (with a smooth motion)"
if (!this.beingDragged && !this.onTarget && !this.onTarget) {
this._x -= (this._x-this.myHomeX)/5;
this._y -= (this._y-this.myHomeY)/5;
trace("didn't drag anywhere");
//if the circle is dropped on any part of the target it slides to the center of the target
} else if (!this.beingDragged && !this.onDrop && this.onTarget) {
this._x -= (this._x-this.myFinalX)/5;
this._y -= (this._y-this.myFinalY)/5;
trace("correct!");
} else if (!this.beingDragged && !this.onTarget && this.onDrop) {
this._x -= (this._x-this.myDropX)/5;
this._y -= (this._y-this.myDropY)/5;
trace("teacher drop area");
}
};
}
dragSetup(circle_mc, targetCircle, dropPlace);
dragSetup(circle2_mc, targetCircle2, dropPlace);
dragSetup(circle3_mc, targetCircle3, dropPlace);

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thanks,
dave.

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Hi,

Please see
http://www.paraminionstudios.com/dump/PleaseHelp.zip for the files I'm requestiong help on (upload tool is not working).

Drag and drop the power generator "icons" on the left of the screen into the designated areas in the 3d scene to "install" power generators along the side of the building.

I have 4 designated regions in a 3d rendered scene. there are 4 dragable power generator "icons" on the far left of the screen. When the generator icons are dragged and dropped upon one of the 4 targets, the target mc advances to frame 2 of the target mc, and the generator icon disappears (actually the generator icon mcs simply advance to frame 2 of the mc.. a blank kframe). Frame 2 of each of the targets contains a small graphic of a generator that fits the perspective of the 3d scene.

my problem here is that my target MCs overlap slightly. This is causing some issues. if you have already "installed" generator 1, and you then go to drag another icon just below target1, flash is getting confused because of the overlapping. Is it possible to change the instance name of the target after dropping a generator icon on the target so that the script doesn't get confused? the layer order doesn't seem to have any bearing on anything here as I had hoped.

The file is located (upload tool isn't working) at:
http://www.paraminionstudios.com/dump/PleaseHelp.zip

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this.onRelease = function() {
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This works just great. The font/text/circles/shapes are nice and clear, and very legible, great looking, however the printed chart is not centered on the final printed paper, because it is merely printing the stage from 0,0 as far as I understand.

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I'm using the following for the printJob class way:

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var my_pj = new PrintJob();
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delete my_pj;

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Now does anyone else have any issues with using printJob and it messing up the 'clarity' of the content being printed? It renders this method unusable for me, so I'm stuck having my content not be centered on the final printed page as of now, so hopefully someone can help! I assume it would be because of the dynamic content that is being drawn, but I don't see how that would even be a problem. I've tried doing it with printAsBitmap:true, and false, I've tried all those basic ideas, but please shoot any thoughts my way if you can think of what would be ruining the clarity. Thanks!

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Please download the fla if you want.. www.redsta.co.za/drag-n-drop.fla

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You can post your email or
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