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Dynamically Loading Text Into A Movie Clip
Ok, I've been fighting with this for a while, and finally found something suitable but I would still like some help/clarification.

I'm trying to use a button to load a text frame that resides in a seperate movie clip other than the _root.

Right now I've got a dynamic text box called test_text in a movie clip called test_mc. test_mc resides on the _root. I want to load test_text using the button, test_button. test_button resides on the _root.

right now, the code on the button looks like this

Code:
on(release) {loadVariables("myText.txt", _root.test_mc.test_text);}
i have a stop(); on the frame, but that shouldn't effect the loading.

the .fla and .txt files are attached

if someone could gimme a hand i'd appreciate it

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Loading Images Into Movie Clip Dynamically
I am trying to create thumbnails and when I try to load the image onto the dynamic movie clip...it suddenly becomes non-clickable.

if I create a movieClip with borders and color, it is fine.it just messes up when I load images onto the dynamically created movie clip.

It is baffling. any help would be appreciated.

here's the code for it:

myPhoto = new XML();

myPhoto.ignoreWhite = true;
myPhoto.onLoad = function(success) {
numImages = this.firstChild.childNodes.length;
d1 = 1;spacing = 70;
trace(numImages);
x = 250;d2 = 1;
for (i=0; i<numImages; i++) {
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("btn"+i,100+i);
_root["btn"+i].lineStyle(2, 0x000000, 100);
_root["btn"+i].beginFill(0xFF0000, 100);
_root["btn"+i].lineTo(25, -10);
_root["btn"+i].lineTo(25, 10);
_root["btn"+i].lineTo(-25, 10);
_root["btn"+i].endFill(-25, -10);

_root["btn"+i]._x = x + i*spacing;
_root["btn"+i]._y = 420;
trace(this.firstChild.childNodes[i].attributes.thmb);

//the line below is the one that messes up things

loadMovie(this.firstChild.childNodes[i].attributes.thmb,_root["btn"+i]);
}
btn1.onRelease = function(){
trace("Inside btn1");
}
btn2.onRelease = function(){
trace("Inside btn2");
}
btn3.onRelease = function(){
trace("Inside btn3");
}
btn4.onRelease = function(){
trace("Inside btn4");
}
btn5.onRelease = function(){
trace("Inside btn5");
}
btn6.onRelease = function(){
trace("Inside btn6");
}
btn7.onRelease = function(){
trace("Inside btn7");
}
btn8.onRelease = function(){
trace("Inside btn8");
}
trace(this.firstChild.childNodes[1].attributes.main);
//loadMovie(this.firstChild.childNodes[1].attributes.main);

};
myPhoto.load("xmlphoto.xml");

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Loading Jpeg's Dynamically
Hi
I am having problems getting my images for my portfolio to load into my site, here's the AS I'm using.

on(release){
_level0.DropZone_mc.loadMovie("http://www.visionsofthem.com/portfolio/cba.jpg");
}

I have made sure the images are not progressive, and the DropZone is has an instance name, yet the images do not load

Any sugesstions ??
thanks in advance

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Dynamically Loading An Image To A Movie Clip After Upload...
Hello!

I posted on the Actionscript 3 forums yesterday regarding a project that I am working on. I'm glad to say that a portion of what we are trying to accomplish is working, however we are having some issues none the less.

The overall scope is as follows:

1. Upload an Image to the fileserver
2. Place that Image on Stage in a Transformable Movie Clip
3. Export a 'snapshot' of the image to the file server

We now have the upload functionality working as intended. It is uploading to the file server. We have some work to do to ensure that file names aren't overwritten, that each has it's own ID, but we can mess with that later.

At this time, we need to get the Flash application to load the just uploaded image into a new instance of a movie clip. The movie clip that is on stage is a placeholder and is transformable, scaleable, moveable, etc.

Let's say that the placeholder movie clip is mcImagePlaceholder and it contains a image file "fish.jpg".

After upload, we need "fish.jpg" inside mcImagePlaceholder to be replaced by the new image. Using the FileReference class, we have already stored the file name in a variable "fileName".

How involved is the loading going to need to be? The mcImagePlaceholder aleady contains an image "fish.jpg" - can we just replace "fish.jpg"?

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Dynamically Loading Images Into Movie Clip Or Button
Hi

I'm having a real problem trying to load a dynamic image into a movieclip or button. Does anybody have a good starting point for me as I've used a button to initiate the load but I cannot get the image loaded when the movieclip loads (which is what I trying to acheive)

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Dynamically Saving/loading Movie Clip Values
Hi folks

I could use some advice, I've been using Flash for ages but haven't a clue about backend scripting.

I've got a flash app where you can add movieclips to the stage and drag them around etc...

http://www.staff.ljmu.ac.uk/mkgngran/index.html

...what I'd like is for the user to dynamically save the _x, _y and _rotation values so they can be viewed by other people.

What would be the best way to do this - write to an XML file or to a MySQL database? I've looked at some tutorials but its beyond my capabilities to be honest. Any pointers would be appreciated.

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Loading A JPEG Dynamically...problems.
Hello,
Let me start off by saying i am a beginner to actionscript, although i have a decent amount of experience in programming.
I am currently using Flash MX6.
I have reviewed all the help files available in flash and read most of the recent topics on this forum, but i am still stuck with a problem. This is probably due to my inexperience with actionscript, so i propose this question to the Forum...
(This should be simple enough for all you Hardcore action scripters!

My aim is to load a list of JPEGS at run time and display them on a viewer(Created by Flash) one by one.
To make matters simple ill cut down to the problem...

When i try to load the variable list with the names of the jpegs from a text file and then ask flash to display them, this does not work.
For example lets just load one piture name variable...

loadVariablesNum("Index.txt", 0);
//This loads a variable loadname=picture1.jpg

Viewer.loadMovie(loadname);
//This should display the jpeg "picture1.jpg" in the object "Viewer"

So basically by assiging the contents of the text file to the variable "loadname" i should then be able to use this variable to call the movie load file.
This does not work...

I have tried several things...
I tried inserting a loadname="picture1.jpg"; in the actionscript before the load, and obviously this did work. I also tried displaying the contents of the variable "loadname" in a dynamic text field, and it displayed it correctly.
This means that the variable is loading from the text file and that the jpeg should be displayed if the variable was being handed correctly.

Doing a trace of the variable 'loadname' in question on the text file, gives me 'Undefined', but still this same variable works with the dynamic text and is displayed???

SO WHY DOES THE .loadMovie NOT RECOGNISE MY VARIABLE loadname EVEN WHEN THE DYNAMIC TEXT FIELD DOES

Thanks for your time, i tried not to be long winded, but you have to explain these things correctly.
Cheers,

Mek

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Dynamically Loading JPEG Files
I have created a project that loads thumbnail JPEGs into three of four scenes. The thumbnails are MCs that act as buttons which dynamically load text and a larger JPEG image (like a catalog would do). The first scene with thumbnails loads the larger JPEG files correctly, but the subsequent files do not. I tried using the same MC instance name and code for all three scenes.

_root.image.loadMovie("JPEGname.jpg");

What am I missing?

Thanks

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I'm loading jpgs using this:

Code:
currentClip = createEmptyMovieClip(_global.arr_fileName[cID], 100);
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But currentClip._height and currentClip._width evaluates to 0...shouldn't the movie clip have the same height and width as the jpg?

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Hi!

Is there a way to dynamically load external picture to library? The problem is, every time I load a picture with loadMovie(), I have to wait till Flash loads it (size is 100 KB - slow on 56k connection). I need some way to load it only once, put it into library, and have it available for reuse later.

It's really painful, since I have image gallery with more than 40 pictures, every time I open the gallery, it loads every single of 40 pictures again.

So I need some way to cache this pictures inside Flash...

Thanks!

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Loading External Graphic (jpeg) Using Text File Dynamically
Hello all experts , i need your help ~!

Can anyone please help me by teaching me how to load an external jpeg file which can be change dynamically from a text file?

it would be best if you could provide some tutorial or posting some examples.

I have being stuck for 2 days and have tried out many ways but still cant work. Below is my code which i have tried out! Thanks for helping me . : )

myVars = new LoadVars();
myVars.load("text.txt");
myVars.onLoad = function(success)
{
if (success)
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loadMovieNum("myVars.image", 1);
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Loading Pictures Dynamically To A Dynamically Loaded Clip
Here's the issue. I'm creating a video player and EVERYTHING is working swimmingly except for one thing. On my list of available videos (which is XML driven) everything reads in correctly and the movie clips are added correctly, but I can't get the thumbnails to add to the stage. Someone help!! Here's the code I'm using:

EDIT: Oh yeah, the thumbs are located in a separate directory and the location is indicated in the xml file. the "vidList" variable is my XML list.

PHP Code:

function loadPics():void //this is the first function called...{ for(var i:uint = 0; i < vidList.length(); i++) { var picLoader:Loader = new Loader(); picLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onPicLoaded); picLoader.load(new URLRequest(vidList[i].thumb)); trace(vidList[i].thumb); picLoader.width = 72; picLoader.height = 54; picLoader.x = 0; picLoader.y = 0; picLoader.name = vidList[i].title; } populateList();}function onPicLoaded(e:Event):void //this should be called after each pic is loaded, but the trace statements have yet to appear.{ trace("________________________"); trace(e.currentTarget.name); trace("________________________");}function populateList():void //everything in here works fine{ for(var i:uint = 0; i < vidList.length();i++) { var lItem:ListItem = new ListItem(); lItem.title.text = vidList[i].title; lItem.caption.text = vidList[i].caption; lItem.x = 5; lItem.y = 7+(79*i) lItem.filters = [dsf, bf]; lItem.name = vidList[i].title; list.addChild(lItem); lItem.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickVideo); }}

Can anyone give me any kind of suggestion on how to do this?

Basically, after all the foundation stuff for the video player is done, it calls the loadPics function. That is supposed to load each pic and then upon the pic being loaded, it was going to call the onPicLoaded function and I was going to (somehow) pass them to some type of array. Then, in my populateList function I would just use "i" to put the correct pic with the correct video.

Please help! I can give you more if you need it. I just don't know what else to post.

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Hello.
My newbie questions are can a movie clip be converted to a JPEG in Flash and how is this done?
The user generates the JPEG in the action on click of the button.
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My flash movie is repopulated with XML data each time the submit button is clicked. I got it to load a JPEG properly into a movie clip, but when it is repopulated with a smaller JPEG, I can still see the first JPEG behind the second one. Is there a way to remove the old one before adding a new one to a movie clip?

Here, among other things, is what I tried:

Attach Code

var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(imageArray[counter]);
var loader:Loader = new Loader();
if (photo.child == true) { photo.removeChild(); }
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How To Center A Loaded Jpeg In A Movie Clip?
Hello fk.
I want to load jpegs in using loadMovie. I have a container or "empty" movie clip that I want to load these jpegs into. The catch is that I want them to be centered in that empty movie clip. Can this be done?

Also, I would like the code to be adaptable. For example. If I make my container movie clip a certain size, say 450 x 450 using an obect like a square at alpha 0, can the code carry over to a container that is 400 x 600. I just don't want to go back and tweek code if I change my design. I wish I new more about functions and the like but I don't. Any insight appreciated.

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Save Movie Clip In Frame As Jpeg
We Are Developing A web Application as the following :
the Client Can select A template then Write words on over it and Save the Template as Jpeg format ,we did the first part ,how we can save the movie Clip as JPEG format ,I looked in the Bitmap class and i did not found any Solution,also I used the PHP to send Data to It From Flash but it is very Slow Proccess is there any way to do this from Flash

Edited: 12/08/2007 at 10:32:20 AM by hanyegypt

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I have a movie clip on my stage names "t".
Inside "t" there is a movie clip named "pic".
Both t and pic are 80x80 px.

Here is what I am doing in my action script:

var t = tn_group.tn.duplicateMovieClip("tn"+i, i);
t.pic.loadMovie(folder+photo_thumbnail);
if (t.pic._width gt t.pic._height) {
ScaleRatio = 80/t.pic._width;
} else {
ScaleRatio = 80/t.pic._height;
}
t.pic._xscale = ScaleRatio*100;
t.pic._yscale = ScaleRatio*100;

The problem is, the t.pic._height & _width always are 80, and not what my jpegs are.

How do I get the actual size of my jpeg? I've tried t._height & _width, and lots of other contortions and nothing seems to return the actual size of my jpeg.

Any one know what I'm missing?

Brent Text

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I'd like to create a swf where the user can arrange some small movie clips to create a composite picture and then I'd like to be able to allow them to save or send that picture to others in an email or at least output it in a format they can show others. In other words, I'd like them to be able to save the picture they created and use it elsewhere.
I realize this sounds complicated and will need to use various technologies, but dies anyone have a clue?
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Hey Folks!

I've been up all night trying to figure out what I think is a very simple problem. I have a scrolling portfolio (made up of multiple thumbnail buttons #1-42) with each picture loading a dynamic .jpg using a movie clip called pix. This is the code I have for each button:

on (release) {
_root.pix.loadMovie("portfolio/1.jpg", "get");
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Everything works beautifully, FINALLY, BUT, now, the problem is, each photograph is a different width and the movie clip position is the same for each, leaving most of them off-center(there are 3 different sizes). I tried making multiple movie clips, one for each size on different layers of the timeline, but then the photos stack on top of each other. I would like to be able to adjust the coordinates of the movie pix, so that I can attach these independently to each button and customize the _x & _y axis for perfect centering.

True, I know little actionscripting, but in 10 hours, you'd think I would have found something that worked. Is this just so simple I am overlooking it?

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Greetings,

I am trying to create a drag and drop interaction using jpegs. The problem is after loading a jpeg into the movie clip the onPress event handler is no longer active. I've tried the onEnterFrame trick, but that's not working either. Here is one more catch, I am dynamically duplicating these movie clips inside a for loop. So, there could be between 1 and 5 movie clips.

Please point me to some help I'm really struggling here...

for (var i=0;i<_global.dtrs_obj_array.length;i++) {
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this.dtr.duplicateMovieClip("dtr" + i +"_mc",i);
//set it's instance name in the global dtrs_obj_array
// reference to the duplicated mc
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// configure correct string variable sequence
if (_global.dtrs_obj_array[i].targ != "null") {
_global.correct_str += ":" + _global.dtrs_obj_array[i].name;
}
// position duplicated movie clips
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if (i == 0) {
_global.dtrs_obj_array[i].name._y = 65;
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}
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_global.dtrs_obj_array[i].startx = _global.dtrs_obj_array[i].name._x;
_global.dtrs_obj_array[i].starty = _global.dtrs_obj_array[i].name._y;

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using properties from the Stage object we stop
the distracter from being dragged off the stage
*/
startDrag(this,false,50,50,Stage.width-50,Stage.height-50);
orig_x = this._x;
orig_y = this._y;
}

// event handler for dropping the distracters
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stopDrag();
this.swapDepths(shoppingcartbasket); // this target reference needs to be dynamic
//if (this.hitTest(shoppingcartbasket)) {

if (eval(this._droptarget) == shoppingcartbasket) {
_global.guessed_str += ":" + this;
this._x = shoppingcartbasket._x //+ tgt._width/2;
this._y = shoppingcartbasket._y //+ tgt._height/2;
} else {
this._x = orig_x;
this._y = orig_y;
}
}

} // end for loop stepping through array of distracter objects

Thanks!!!

thotskee

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trace("image_mc._x = " + image_mc._x);
// I get "Image_mc._x = 393" as expected //

trace("myImage._width = " + myImage._width);
// I get "image_mc._width = undefined" //

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The problem is that I can only have 3 buttons but need to display 4 images. So I want the image that is loaded into the container to swap with the one that is in the button. I can't find any code, either on this forum or on the web, that retrieves the name of a file that is loaded into a movie clip. This is what I need.

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I hope this makes sense to someone, I know it is a very long post but thought it best to give more detail rather than less.

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function kobeleft_onload() {
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<cfcomponent>
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then i tried to use loadmovie to load the variable but it didnt work...

pls some one help me on this matter....

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this is the code that I currently use. I want to be able to wiat until the jpeg is loaded before going trought the loop again.....
any ideas? I have tried to use the getBytesLoaded and getBytesTotal but they always show up as 0. Very annoying.

Code:
var currentX = 0
for (k=0;k<galleryVar.items;k++){
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the "currentX" (2nd line from the bottom) doesn't get a value because the jpeg doesn't get loaded quickly enough. How can I wait for the jpeg to load before going through the loop again.
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Am i making sense?

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I have tried:

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and

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Here's the code:

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Sort of like a mouse trailer, but not on a mouse. Just a free-standing Movie Clip that I can use again and again.

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PHP Code:

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