Empty MC's
Ok, since I have not gotten a response to my last question, let me rephrase. I'm having trouble w/ external SWF's functions once loaded into empty mc's.
Really need some advice or a point in the right direction w/ this.
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Posted on: 2004-07-04
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OK, so I've created an emptymovie clip and have attached clips to it, so that when I attach a drag action (actually, I did the drag through onPress and onRelease), the user can click and drag all the clips at once. However, it only detects when I click on one of the actual child clips...I'd like to be able to click on the space between the clips.
Here's the swf:
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~dnguy.../scrapbook.swf
The relevant code:
Code:
this.createEmptyMovieClip("mainclip", 1);
for(var i=0; i < nPics; i++){
var cclip = mainclip.createEmptyMovieClip("clip_"+fileNames[i], i);
myMCL.loadClip( gFolder + "/" +
fileNames[i],
cclip);
}
Code:
mainclip.onPress = function(){
this.xoff = this._xmouse;
this.yoff = this._ymouse;
this.onMouseMove = DragClip;
}
mainclip.onRelease = function(){
mainclip.onMouseMove = null;
}
function DragClip(){
this._x = _root._xmouse - this.xoff;
this._y = _root._ymouse - this.yoff;
}
Very Weird... Empty/non-empty Button Problem/bug
hey... i was just messing around when i had this code
ActionScript Code:
txt.autoSize = "left";btn.onRelease = function(){trace("it doesnt work!");}btn._width = txt._width;txt2.autoSize = "left";btn2.onRelease = function(){trace("it works!");}btn2._width = txt._width;
as you have read, the one does work and the other doesnt... that's quite weird because there almost the same buttons (not movieclips, buttons)... EXCEPT for this: the one that doesnt work is empty (only the hit tab is filled with a shape) and the other one has the up and hit area filled... i attached i fla to make it more clear
who has a good explanation for this problem(/bug)
How To Check Is An Empty MovieClip Is Really Empty?
I'm creating an empty movieClip that will load a new .swf (from a _global variable) if the empty movieClip is really empty. Unfortunately, I'm not really sure how to check to see if it's empty. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
My code currently looks like this:
// Initialize variables
_global.sceneVar = "CiA_Master2.swf";
// creat empty movie clip
var container:MovieClip = createEmptyMovieClip("container", 2);
var mcLoader:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
//"IF" statement would go on this line, perhaps something like this (?): if(container = "") {
mcLoader.loadClip(sceneVar, container);
//end "IF" statement
I'm hoping to use this in a master .swf that will load other modular .swf files into it.
Empty Frame Not Really Empty?
Hey,
Ok, this may be confusing but I'll do my best to explain it. I have a movie clip, we'll call it frustratingMC, with some code on it. This code draws something onto the stage (the parent of the movie clip) based on the movie clip's position. it's built this way because you are supposed to just be able to drag the movie clip onto the stage and be done with it. The thing is, if I put frustratingMC onto a keyframe on the stage, and a later keyframe does not have frustratingMC on it, I still get frustratingMC in the list when I run this code to see what's on the stage:
Code:
for(var a in _root) {
trace(a);
}
I've tried the same thing with a regular movie clip with no drawing code on it and that movie clip gets removed from the list like I would think it should. I could understand maybe if the drawn stuff didn't go away, but shouldn't frustratingMC go away? Thanks.
--dan
If Empty
I am trying to interface with a mySQL database via php and I want to know if there is an empty($var) style command in flash actionscript.
I need to check if current_page and limit are set to anything if not set them to 1 and 0 respecively then call the php and pass it those variables.
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on (rollOver, dragOver){
_root.thumbs.heart.gotoAndPlay(2);
}
on (rollOut, dragOut){
_root.thumbs.heart.gotoAndPlay(9);
}
on(release){
unloadMovie("_root.photoloader")
loadMovie("mary.swf","_root.photoloader");
}
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Empty MC's
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Hey guys,
Was wondering if you could look at these files and help me w/ this small problem. They are Flash2004 files, but I can save them as MX and upload if neccessary. My problem is, I"m trying to load the file called WEB into THEWORK file. If you open "The work" file and click on "web/layout' link, it does load, but the scroller dosent' work. Now I do have to load this into one more file which is the main, but if I can get this working I can figure the other out.
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www.artofdavesilva.com/files.zip
Empty Mc?
Help me please
If got 1 main.swf whit buttons in it,now i want to load external swf in de main.swf.
Now i know that y must bild a Empty mc but i don't know how to do that.
But i want a preloader in it for all the extern swf.
But first the empty mc How must i do that?
Please help.
Greats Desmond
Empty
Ignore this.. a double post.
Edited: 03/01/2007 at 10:43:11 AM by Ruth H
If Empty
I'm loading some info by an mysql database into flash. I created a variable for the web site
var Site:Object = this.Membre.Siteweb ... And It working perfectly. With that variable I'm able to load the web site and make some action. The only problem is there is not always a web site, when there is not a web site I would like to make an if/else and when the site is empty do thing but else thos some function (on release on a picture and on some text.)
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Empty MC Help
Hey guys,
Was wondering if you could look at these files and help me w/ this small problem. They Flash2004 files, but I can save them as MX and upload if neccissary. My problem is, I"m trying to load the file called WEB into THEWORK file. If you open "The work" file and click on "web/layout' link, it does load, but the scroller dosent' work. Now I do have to load this into one more file which is the main, but if I can get this working I can figure the other out.
Thanks
www.artofdavesilva.com/files.zip
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Hey there,
I have a question about empty clips. My site seems to run a bit slower when an external clip is loaded into the empty mc. Is there a way to dump that from memory or free it up to run a bit faster once the clip is loaded?
Thanks
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Published SWF:s are empty..??
I can only see the content when I open the files direct from FlashMX and Explorer, but NOT by clicking on them..?
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Empty Or Not
hi,
another problem... i have an mc that is at a position -x of the stage, inside that mc there are to dynamic text fields that retrive data form a xml file.
what i want to do is that the mc goes to a +x position if the text fields load the data.
the code to retrieve the xml:
Code:
var my_xml:XML = new XML();
my_xml.ignoreWhite = true;
my_xml.onLoad = function(success:Boolean) {
_root.mc_putos.rapaz_txt.text = my_xml.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes;
_root.mc_putos.rapariga_txt.text = my_xml.firstChild.firstChild.nextSibling.firstChild.nodeValue;
_root.targXmc_putos = 370;
};
my_xml.load("putos.xml");
if (rapaz_txt.text == "") {
trace("my_txt is empty");
} else {
trace("my_txt is NOT empty");
}
if (rapariga_txt.text == "") {
trace("my_txt is empty");
} else {
trace("my_txt is NOT empty");
}
as you can see i created a trace action to see if the text field is empty or not, but it always says that is empty, even if the text is there.
this is the code to move the mc
Code:
onClipEvent (load) {
_root.targXmc_putos = this._x;
_root.targYmc_putos = this._y;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
cXmc_putos = this._x;
cYmc_putos = this._y;
difXmc_putos = cXmc_putos-_root.targXmc_putos;
difYmc_putos = cYmc_putos-_root.targYmc_putos;
setProperty(this, _x, cXmc_putos-(difXmc_putos/3));
setProperty(this, _y, cYmc_putos-(difYmc_putos/3));
}
please help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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mac osx 10.2.1
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Later I want to EMPTY this level - instead
of unloading a specefic movei..
Is there a global - empty level
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any help would be appreciated.
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Code:
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temp.onLoad = function() {
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data[i] = data[i].split("`");
}
trace(data[0][0]);
//ROW 1///////////////////////////////
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_root.eventsMC.textClip.txt2.text = data[0][1];
_root.eventsMC.textClip.txt3.text = data[0][2];
_root.eventsMC.textClip.txt4.text = data[0][3];
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//ROW 2///////////////////////////////
_root.eventsMC.textClip.txt12.text = data[1][0];
_root.eventsMC.textClip.txt22.text = data[1][1];
_root.eventsMC.textClip.txt32.text = data[1][2];
_root.eventsMC.textClip.txt42.text = data[1][3];
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//ROW 3////////////////////////////////
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_root.eventsMC.textClip.txt23.text = data[2][1];
_root.eventsMC.textClip.txt33.text = data[2][2];
_root.eventsMC.textClip.txt43.text = data[2][3];
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//row 4/////////////////////////////////
_root.eventsMC.textClip.txt14.text = data[3][0];
_root.eventsMC.textClip.txt24.text = data[3][1];
_root.eventsMC.textClip.txt34.text = data[3][2];
_root.eventsMC.textClip.txt44.text = data[3][3];
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//ROW 5/////////////////////////////////
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_root.eventsMC.textClip.txt25.text = data[4][1];
_root.eventsMC.textClip.txt35.text = data[4][2];
_root.eventsMC.textClip.txt45.text = data[4][3];
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//ROW 6//////////////////////////////////////////
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_root.eventsMC.textClip.txt26.text = data[5][1];
_root.eventsMC.textClip.txt36.text = data[5][2];
_root.eventsMC.textClip.txt46.text = data[5][3];
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//ROW 7//////////////////////////////////////////
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_root.eventsMC.textClip.txt27.text = data[6][1];
_root.eventsMC.textClip.txt37.text = data[6][2];
_root.eventsMC.textClip.txt47.text = data[6][3];
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};
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code:
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The sintax is pretty simple, like:
Code:
if ( getBytesLoaded()/getBytesTotal() ) gotoAndPlay("Animation", 1);
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Sorry my poor english again
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on each frame I want to load the movies.
My first movie was 200 frames long so on my main movie I just loaded the second movie at frame 201 so it loads at the same time my first movie ends.
But now I added preloaders to my external swfs so now it screws up my timing.
So I was thinking I would load the first swf on frame one, add a stop action. Then load the second swf on frame 2 and label it "two"
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loadText.load("example.txt");
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information2.htmlText = this.info2;
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on (release) {
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I have some code that continually requires redrawing the BitmapData to present onscreen. However, I can't find anyway to make the existing BitmapData to wipe itself clean to an empty state so that I can use copyPixels() on it like a new BitmapData should.
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When tested, it's just an empty box! No arrow even!
Help?
[F8] Loading SWF Into Empty MC
Hey there,
Quick question: I need to load an external SWF into my main movie. The SWF to be loaded has smaller dimensions than the main movie and needs to placed at specific x/y co-ordinates. I have used the following:-
createEmptyMovieClip("container", 1);
loadMovie("loaded.swf", "container");
container._x = 70 ;
container._y = 0 ;
This is working, only the BG color of the loaded SWF is not displaying.
Can anyone suggest what I need to do/ adjust please ?
Many thanks
Q.
Resizing Empty MC
Hi. I am loading a swf into another swf and need to size it correctly. I have an empty mc with the instance name 'box'. I am using this code to load in my movie.
Code:
loadMovie("gallery.swf", "box");
box._x=10;
box._y=10;
The x and y works great but how do I now size the box?
Thank you!
[CS3] How Do I Load An FLV And A SWF Into The Same Empty Mc?
Hi...actionscript noob here.
So I have a menu with several buttons that bring up different projects (flv videos & swf projects) by loading them into an empty mc (named dropZone). But it's not working properly. I can click on btn1 and then btn2 fine, but I can't go back to btn1.
btn1.onPress = function()
{
// "flv_mc" is an mc of the FLVPlayback component
_root.dropZone.attachMovie( "flv_mc", "flv_mc", 10 );
}
btn2.onPress = function()
{
var loader_mc:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
loader_mc.loadClip("projects/myProj2.swf", "dropZone");
}
Obviously, there's something wrong with attaching two different ways to the dropZone. Can anybody tell me the usual way people do this? Any insight is greatly appreciated.
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this is the first time i've tried to apply actionscript to a video and everytime i test it the output shows up empty and of course the script doesn't work. whats goin on?
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Hey guys,
I need to find out how to detect the existence of a file when Flash looks it up.
I'm creating a flash that's meant to load variables from a text file.
E.g. loadVariables(course+"/"+student+"/"+"info.txt", "");
I load variables from "&course/&student/info.txt", where the &course and &student are variables. I need a code that does something like this
loadVariables(course+"/"+student+"/"+"info.txt", "");
if (course+"/"+student+"/"+"info.txt" does not exist) {
trace("your info.txt doesn't exist!")
}
Thanks for reading!
Please Help With Empty Container
Hi im trying to open a .swf into a empty container using this code, "danni" is my button opening up the container
Code:
people.danni.onPress = function () {
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("container", 1);
loadMovie("danni.swf", "container");
container._x = 150 ;
container._y = 20 ;
}
but after i click the button to get into places, it doesnt work....
if i put a button inside the "people" clip on the first frame, so i dont have to click the "people" button to go the second frame to make it play, that is to say its inside the clip, then it works fine.
Hope you understand what i mean
could anyone please tell me what im doing wrong
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i am creating a xml photo gallery. the actionscript loads the image into an empty movie clip using this:
Code:
drop_mc.loadMovie(ppath);
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the problem is that i want the gallery to display images of different sizes, and i want them to be centered on the page. to do this, i have to know their width and height, but every time i try
Code:
trace(drop_mc._width)
trace(drop_mc._height)
all i get is two zeros, which i am assuming is because i'm loading the pictures into an empty mc, and instead of measuring the pictures its just measuring the mc itself, which is 0 by 0. is there a way to find the dimensions of the images in actionscript? the only way i've been able to figure out is to put the widths and heights in the xml, but it's a pain. i would far prefer if i could get flash to do it by itself.
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will brown
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Here is what I have. Nothing happens at the click??
Code:
on (click){
if (_root.id.text==null){
Alert.show ("Its Empty!");
}else{
_parent.getP.getId();
}
}
Thank you
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Is there a way to completely empty a displayobject of all children without referencing them directly (e.g. removeChild(x)).
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