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Drag And Drop Exact Coordinates
Hi! I almost have a drag and drop exercise completed, but am unsure of how to get the drop to end up in exactly the right spot. The way my code is right now is not giving me an exact drop. I know I need to setup exact x and y coordinates for each movieclip drop, but how do I set that up? Thanks for any help! Amber

Here is the code so far:

var startX:Number;
var startY:Number;
var counter:Number = 0;

var soundReq:URLRequest = new URLRequest("kidscheer.mp3");
var kidscheer:Sound = new Sound();
kidscheer.load(soundReq);

nic_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickUp);
nic_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropIt);
pan_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickUp);
pan_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropIt);
hon_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickUp);
hon_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropIt);
guat_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickUp);
guat_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropIt);
sal_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickUp);
sal_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropIt);
costa_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickUp);
costa_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropIt);
mexico_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickUp);
mexico_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropIt);
espana_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickUp);
espana_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropIt);

function pickUp(event:MouseEvent):void {
event.target.startDrag(true);
reply_txt.text = "";
event.target.parent.addChild(event.target);
startX = event.target.x;
startY = event.target.y;
}
function dropIt(event:MouseEvent):void {
event.target.stopDrag();
var myTargetName:String = "target" + event.target.name;
var myTargetisplayObject = getChildByName(myTargetName);
if (event.target.dropTarget != null && event.target.dropTarget.parent == myTarget){
reply_txt.text = "Good Job!";
event.target.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_ DOWN, pickUp);
event.target.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_ UP, dropIt);
event.target.buttonMode = false;
event.target.x = myTarget.x;
event.target.y = myTarget.y;
counter++;
kidscheer.play();
} else {
reply_txt.text = "Try Again!";
event.target.x = startX;
event.target.y = startY;
}
if(counter == 8){
reply_txt.text = "Congratulations, you're finished!";
}
}

nic_mc.buttonMode = true;
pan_mc.buttonMode = true;
hon_mc.buttonMode = true;
guat_mc.buttonMode = true;
sal_mc.buttonMode = true;
costa_mc.buttonMode = true;
mexico_mc.buttonMode = true;
espana_mc.buttonMode = true;

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X Y Drag And Drop Coordinates Confusion
Hi, I am working on a digital fiction story. You can see it at http://www.primalwounds.com/
But I am struggling to understand something at the moment. First, I should say that I mainly work in Flash MX2004, although I can get access to Flash 8 too. However, I would prefer to use MX2004 for now.

Anyway, my professor has sent me feedback on this particular page http://www.primalwounds.com/primal4/index-4.html

He says that he recommends that I make the bounding box larger so that the drag and drop jigsaw pieces at the end of this swf movie can be completely moved out of the way. He says that if I increase the X and Y coordinates to encompass a larger space, then users can drag the pieces as far as I want them
to.

According to him, if I was using Flash 8 and turned on Script Assist I would get code that might look like this onClipEvent (load) {
startDrag("", true, 100, 100, 500, 400);
}

But MX2004 does not have Script Assist and I do not really understand what this code above means. I have no idea what would be good parameters for the jigsaw puzzle I created at the end of http://www.primalwounds.com/primal4/index-4.html

Would anyone like to take a look at it and suggest to me what would be good parameters and how I should write the code. Can MX2004 use the same code as Flash 8? Sorry, but this whole thing completely baffles me at the moment. I have tried searching on line for info about bounding boxes and parameters, but the articles do not seem to address my issue.

I would be really grateful for any help you can give me on this, but keep it dead simple.

Thanks for your time,
Marchan

Edited: 05/16/2008 at 06:32:34 AM by mking10

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I see a problem in having all 9 of the computers as different instances because if one is in the right spot for a computer... but it's not the right instance of computer it will move around when it doesn't need to. so I need each of my computers to be able to snap to either of the nine computer spots without trading.

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Dears friends,

i have goal to score. i need help
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Okay, I got a good one for you flash gurus. Picture this. Remember those old gofer arcade games with the big hammers? You know, the one where the gofer pops out of a hole and you try to smash him with the hammer, but you never know which hole he's coming out of. I want to simulate that with flash...only with a little twist. If possible I'd like to use 5 or 6 "gofer" movie clips and call them at random. Any clues? I also need to call the predefined x,y coordinates (for the holes) at random. The end result being that you never know which gofer is going to come out of which hole. So, here's my question: How exactly do I call on movie clips at random? And even more confusing, how do I assign my coordinates at random. I imagine I'll be using math.random, but in which way?

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Hello!

Here's something I'm wondering:

I've made a text-scroller myself which scrolls by changing its height and _y position.

At some point - and I’m pretty sure my code is correct because I did trace the coordinates - the movieclip just disappears.

The trace looks as follow:

Scrolling up

Height: 5313.25 Y: -88.9 //displayed
Height: 5313.25 Y: -56.95 //not displayed

Scrolling down
Height: 5968.95 Y: -5358.05 //displayed
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I think my question is, is there a min and max coordinate for flash to render and display controls?

As far as I can see it is also not possible to position something at a coordinate of 6000 - I get the message: invalid value.

Hmmm... Is that something one has to live with or is there perhaps a way around that?

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Ok i've built a flash site, but i have animation within movies, that are within movies...lol

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If anyone can help that would be great!

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Code:
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stop();

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code -->
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so to break it down:

Main .swf:

Quote:

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Quote:

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NOw the External .swf code:

Quote:

on (press) {
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}
on (release) {
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}

I am pretty sure the "on release stopDrag" code is making the above buttons stop scaling...

How can i make it only stop draging the window not the entire movie??

basic question is it posible to have multiple dragable objects in one movie clip???

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using MX:

I made this really cool menu that acts like the MAC OS X buttons...
The only problem that i have is when i load an external .swf (which is a window) and drag the window the startdrag funtion on the MAC OS X buttons stops working...

so to break it down:

Main .swf:

quote:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
startDrag("dragscale", true);
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

then the code in the buttons to make then scale (this code may not matter):

quote:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
colnum = "1";
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boundright = boundleft + getProperty ("../boundbox" add colnum, _width) ;
boundtop = getProperty ("../boundbox" add colnum, _y);
boundbottom = boundtop + getProperty ("../boundbox" add colnum,_height);
if (Number(mouseposX)>=Number(boundleft) and Number(mouseposX)<=Number(boundright) and Number(mouseposY)>=Number(boundtop) and Number(mouseposY)<=Number(boundbottom)) {
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alphaAmount = 100-((myDif*myDif)/6);
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alphaAmount = 50;
}
if (Number(scaleAmount)<100) {
scaleAmount = 100;
}
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setProperty("text" add i, _yscale, scaleAmount);
setProperty("text" add i, _alpha, alphaAmount);
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}
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filledSpace = filledspace + getProperty ( "text" add m, _height);
m = Number(m)+1;
}
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totalheight = getProperty ( "text" add endnum, _y) - getProperty ( "text" add startnum, _y);
gapSpace = totalheight-filledspace;
avgDistance = gapSpace/numberofitems;
m = Number(startnum)+1;
while (Number(m)<=Number(endnum-1)) {
setProperty("text" add m, _y, (getProperty ( "text" add (m-1), _y) + getProperty ( "text" add (m-1), _height)) + avgdistance);
set("watchheight" add m, getProperty ( "text" add m, _height));
m = Number(m)+1;
}
} else {
// *** shrink text back when mouse rolls out
i = startnum;
while (Number(i)<=Number(endnum)) {
if (int ( getProperty ("text" add i, _yscale ) ) >= 100) {
// return scale back to original state
setProperty("text" add i, _yscale, int ( getProperty ("text" add i, _xscale ) ) - 1);
setProperty("text" add i, _xscale, int ( getProperty ("text" add i, _yscale ) ) -1);
}
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setProperty("text" add i, _y, int ( getProperty ("text" add i, _y ) ) + 1);
}
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setProperty("text" add i, _y, int ( getProperty ("text" add i, _y ) ) - 1);
}
if ( getProperty ("text" add i, _Alpha) > 50) {
setProperty("text" add i, _alpha, int ( getProperty ("text" add i, _alpha ) ) - 1);
}
i = Number(i)+1;
}
}
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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quote:
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on (press) {
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stopDrag ();
}
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