How To Swap 2 Instances With Actionscript?
Like how button switches when mouse rollover and mouse rollout, except I don't want button, I need to achieve this effect with movieclip. Thx
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Posted on: 03-27-2005, 01:07 PM
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Howto Swap Instances With Actionscript ?
Hi,
How can I swap instances using actionscript? Similar to the way you would when you use the swap symbols button on the propertys tool bar.
I want to swap the graphics of the mouse after an event occurs.
Thanks for any help!
Howto Swap Instances With Actionscript ?
Hi,
How can I swap instances using actionscript? Similar to the way you would when you use the swap symbols button on the propertys tool bar.
I want to swap the graphics of the mouse after an event occurs.
Thanks for any help!
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Swap To Different Instances
I load, with the help of the form, the following:
_root.loader.loadMovie("Front_Page_Ad2.swf");
stop();
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How can I swap out the movies to the instance “contents”? I have several movies that swap out by different buttons.
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A Code To Swap Instances?¿?
Hi,
Here's my problem:
I've got a picture in my workspace and I want to swap that image with another from the library using code. So that when a user presses a particular button the picture will change.
It's probably really simple - but I just ahven't worked out how to do it. Hopefully someone can help -
Thanks
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Hi there,
my project consists of several movies using a lot of the same symbols which are to be changed easily. So I decided to use a shared authoring library for the next version. As I don't want to rebuild all the movies from scratch I thaught I might just import the new symbols from the shared library and use swap symbols.
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Hey everyone, hopefully this should be an easy answer. I haven't had a lot of experience with actionscript other than setting up navigation for a website.
What my team is trying to do right now is build a game. It is a game where the user can build their own bike from different parts, and then test it in other challenges.
Right now I'm at the stage where they are building the bike. The first thing I'm trying to set up, is allow the user to push 3 different buttons that will change the appearance of the tires. I have the bike on a movie clip, then the tires on another movie clip within that, and then three different types of tire movie clips within that tires clip (make sense? bike>tires>3 tire clips). So I think the easiest thing would be is to somehow script each button on the root frame to just swap out the instance of the tire (the three types are: thick, aerodynamic, and trick).
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I'm loading in images into my swf using a combination of actionscript & xml. Does anyone know how i'd be able to create this effect? I'd ike for if the user rolls over a bw image it swaps out to a color image. I tried using a solution some gave me a week or so ago but it doesn't seem to work with my current actionscript. Anyone able to help with this?
Here's my actionscript
Code:
#include "mc_tween2.as"
stop();
System.useCodepage = true;
Stage.scaleMode = "noScale";
var owner = this;
var selectedItem:MovieClip;
// set up initial values
var startNavY:Number = maskedView._y;
maskedView._y = contentMain._y = -maskedView._height;
arrowUp._alpha = arrowDown._alpha = 0;
//useage:
//you can modify the fellow code:
var easing = true;
//true or false mean easing or not.
var auto = false;
//true or false mean autoscroll or not
var mouseWheel = true;
//true or fale mean support mousewheel or not.
var mouseCoord = true;
//true or false mean use mouse coordinates or not.
var barVisual = true;
//when useing mouse Coordinates you can set scroll bar hid or not. false mean hid.Note:If you
//didn't use mouse coordinates and set barVisual = false.you will only use mouseWheel scroll
//content.
var space = 25;
//between list item space .
var path = "list.xml";//xml path
contentHolder_mc.contentinfo.html = true;
contentHolder_mc.contentinfo.multiline = true;
contentHolder_mc.contentinfo.wordWrap = true;
var thumbarray:Array = new Array();
//movieclip loader object
var mcl_listener = new Object();
loader = new MovieClipLoader();
loader.addListener(mcl_listener);
var myxml = new XML();
myxml.ignoreWhite = true;
myxml.onLoad = function(success) {
var item = this.firstChild.childNodes;
if (success) {
for (var i:Number = 0; i<item.length; i++) {
var temp_mc = contentMain.attachMovie("item", "item"+i, i);
temp_mc._y += i*(temp_mc._height+space);
contentMain.back_mc._height = i*(temp_mc._height+space);
temp_mc.tname = item[i].attributes.name;
temp_mc.tlink = item[i].attributes.link;
temp_mc.thumb = item[i].firstChild.firstChild.nodeValue;
temp_mc.contentinfo = item[i].childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue;
temp_mc.item_txt.text = temp_mc.tname;
thumbarray.push(temp_mc.thumb);
//temp_mc.item_thumb.loadMovie(temp_mc.contentinfo);
loader.loadClip((thumbarray[i]),temp_mc.item_thumb);
//contentHolder_mc.contentinfo.htmlText = item[0].childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue;
temp_mc.onRelease = function() {
owner.selectedItem = this;
owner.fadeOutMainImage();
};
}
//contentMain.item0.onRelease();
//startPreload(item[0].childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue);
// Do the transition in stuff
detailImage_mc.alphaTo(100,2);
maskedView.ySlideTo(startNavY,2,"easeOutExpo",0);
contentMain.ySlideTo(startNavY,2,"easeOutExpo",0,startScrolling);
arrowUp.alphaTo(100,1,"easeOutExpo",2);
arrowDown.alphaTo(100,1,"easeOutExpo",2);
} else {
trace("error");
}
};
function startScrolling():Void {
scrolling(easing, auto, mouseWheel, mouseCoord, barVisual);
}
myxml.load(path);
contentMain.createEmptyMovieClip("back_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth());
contentMain.setMask(maskedView);
function scrolling(easing, auto, mouse) {
//you can modify scroll speed.
var moveSpeed = 1;
//you can modify easing speed.
var easingSpeed = 20;
var scrollHeight = scrollbg._height;
//you donnot need modify the fellowing code.if you are a AS coder you can do .
var scrollable = contentMain._height-maskedView._height+2;
var top_scroll = contentMain._y;
var left = scrollbg._x-2;
var top = scrollbg._y;
var right = scrollbg._x-2;
var bottom = scrollbg._y+scrollbg._height-dragger._height;
if (scrollable<0) {
dragger._visible = false;
btnup._alpha = 0;
btndown._alpha = 0;
scrollbg._alpha = 0;
btnup.enabled = false;
btndown.enabled = false;
return;
}
//update scroll content.
function updateContentPos() {
var percent_scrolled = (dragger._y-btnup._y-btnup._height)/(scrollHeight-dragger._height);
contentMain.newY = Math.round(top_scroll-(scrollable*percent_scrolled));
//trace(contentMain.newY);
}
contentMain.onEnterFrame = function() {
if (!easing || easing == undefined) {
this._y = this.newY;
} else {
var diff:Number = this.newY-this._y;
this._y += (diff)/easingSpeed;
}
};
//dragger function
dragger.onPress = function() {
startDrag(this, false, left, top, right, bottom);
this.onMouseMove = function() {
updateContentPos();
};
};
dragger.onRelease = dragger.onReleaseOutside=function () {
stopDrag();
delete this.onEnterFrame;
};
btnup.onPress = function() {
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
dragger._y = Math.max(top, dragger._y-moveSpeed);
updateContentPos();
};
};
btnup.onRelease = function() {
delete this.onEnterFrame;
};
btndown.onPress = function() {
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
dragger._y = Math.min(bottom, dragger._y+moveSpeed);
updateContentPos();
};
};
btndown.onRelease = function() {
delete this.onEnterFrame;
};
updateContentPos();
//++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
//AutoScroll code
if (auto == true) {
onEnterFrame = function () {
if (dragger._y<bottom) {
dragger._y = dragger._y+0.3;
updateContentPos();
} else {
dragger._y = top;
}
};
}
//+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
//mouseWheel code
if (mouseWheel == true) {
var mouseListener = new Object();
mouseListener.onMouseWheel = function(delta) {
if (dragger._y<bottom) {
dragger._y += delta+3;
updateContentPos();
} else {
dragger._y = bottom-3;
}
if (dragger._y>top) {
dragger._y += delta;
updateContentPos();
} else {
dragger._y = top;
}
};
Mouse.addListener(mouseListener);
}
//++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
//Mouse coordinate
if (mouseCoord == true) {
maskedView.onEnterFrame = function() {
//trace(this.hitTest(_xmouse, _ymouse, false));
if (this.hitTest(_xmouse, _ymouse, false)) {
dragger._y = _ymouse;
if (dragger._y < top + 50) {
dragger._y = top;
}
updateContentPos();
if (dragger._y>bottom) {
dragger._y = bottom;
updateContentPos();
}
}
};
}
//+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
//scroll bar hid setup
if (barVisual == false) {
dragger._visible = false;
btnup._alpha = 0;
btndown._alpha = 0;
scrollbg._alpha = 0;
btnup.enabled = false;
btndown.enabled = false;
}
//+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
}
//++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
//movie clip loader preloader
//+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
mcl_listener.onLoadInit=function(target){
//when image laoder set its width and high.
//target._width =60;
//target._height=52;
}
mcl_listener.onLoadStart=function(target) {
target._parent.attachMovie("preloader anim", "preloader_mc", 500, {_x:25, _y:25});
}
mcl_listener.onLoadProgress=function(target, bytes_loaded, bytes_total) {
target._visible = false;
target._alpha = 0;
target._parent.preloader_mc.value = bytes_loaded/bytes_total;
}
mcl_listener.onLoadComplete=function(target) {
trace("complete");
// show content
target._visible = true;
target.onEnterFrame = fadeIn;
target._parent.preloader_mc._visible = 0;
}
//+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
// PC :: 12/13/08
// Transition the scrolling nav in and out
//+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
function navTransitionOut():Void {
this.xSlideTo(-617,1,"easeOutExpo");
}
function navTransitionIn():Void {
this.xSlideTo(0,1,"easeOutExpo",delay);
}
function fadeOutMainImage():Void {
if (detailImage_mc._alpha > 0) {
detailImage_mc.alphaTo(0,1,"easeOutExpo",0, selectItem);
} else {
selectItem();
}
}
function selectItem():Void {
startPreload(selectedItem.contentinfo);
}
XML
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<item>
<list name="Sanctuary Resort & Spa" link="Paradise Valley, AZ" >
<thumb>portfolio/p1bw.jpg</thumb>
<content>tradervics.swf</content>
</list>
<list name="Trader Vic's" link="Scottsdale, AZ" >
<thumb>portfolio/p2bw.jpg</thumb>
<content>contentpic/tradervics.swf</content>
</list>
<list name="Salobre Resort & Spa" link="Gran Canaria Island, Spain" >
<thumb>portfolio/p3bw.jpg</thumb>
<content>contentpic/salobreresort.swf</content>
</list>
<list name="Boulders" link="Carefree, AZ" >
<thumb>portfolio/p4bw.jpg</thumb>
<content>contentpic/boulders.swf</content>
</list>
<list name="Warm Springs Ranch" link="Ketchum, ID" >
<thumb>portfolio/p5bw.jpg</thumb>
<content>contentpic/warmspringsranch.swf</content>
</list>
<list name="Kimberlee" link="Scottsdale, AZ" >
<thumb>portfolio/p6bw.jpg</thumb>
<content>contentpic/kimberlee.swf</content>
</list>
<list name="Bighorn" link="Palm Desert, CA" >
<thumb>portfolio/p7bw.jpg</thumb>
<content>contentpic/bighorn.swf</content>
</list>
<list name="Southbridge Mixed-Use" link="Scottsdale, AZ" >
<thumb>portfolio/p8bw.jpg</thumb>
<content>contentpic/southbridge.swf</content>
</list>
<list name="Maravilla" link="Scottsdale, AZ" >
<thumb>portfolio/p9bw.jpg</thumb>
<content>contentpic/maravilla.swf</content>
</list>
<list name="CANAL" link="Scottsdale, AZ" >
<thumb>portfolio/p10bw.jpg</thumb>
<content>contentpic/canal.swf</content>
</list>
<list name="Pinnacle View" link="Scottsdale, AZ" >
<thumb>portfolio/p11bw.jpg</thumb>
<content>contentpic/pinnacleview.swf</content>
</list>
<list name="Mountain Vista" link="Scottsdale, AZ" >
<thumb>portfolio/p12bw.jpg</thumb>
<content>contentpic/mountainvista.swf</content>
</list>
<list name="Valley Ho" link="Scottsdale, AZ" >
<thumb>portfolio/p13bw.jpg</thumb>
<content>contentpic/valleyho.swf</content>
</list>
<list name="Montelucia" link="Paradise Valley, AZ" >
<thumb>portfolio/p14bw.jpg</thumb>
<content>contentpic/montelucia.swf</content>
</list>
<list name="Hops" link="Scottsdale, AZ" >
<thumb>portfolio/p15bw.jpg</thumb>
<content>contentpic/hops.swf</content>
</list>
<list name="Bridge House" link="Scottsdale, AZ" >
<thumb>portfolio/p16bw.jpg</thumb>
<content>contentpic/bridgehouse.swf</content>
</list>
<list name="Fairmont Scottsdale" link="Scottsdale, AZ" >
<thumb>portfolio/p17bw.jpg</thumb>
<content>contentpic/fairmont.swf</content>
</list>
<list name="Grandview at Las Vegas" link="Las Vegas, NV" >
<thumb>portfolio/p18bw.jpg</thumb>
<content>contentpic/grandview.swf</content>
</list>
<list name="Grand Central Hotel" link="Durango, Colorado" >
<thumb>portfolio/p19bw.jpg</thumb>
<content>contentpic/grandcentralhotel.swf</content>
</list>
<list name="Sanctuary Resort & Spa" link="Paradise Valley, AZ" >
<thumb>portfolio/p1bw.jpg</thumb>
<content>contentpic/sanctuary.swf</content>
</list>
<list name="Trader Vic's" link="Scottsdale, AZ" >
<thumb>portfolio/p2bw.jpg</thumb>
<content>contentpic/tradervics.swf</content>
</list>
<list name="Salobre Resort & Spa" link="Gran Canaria Island, Spain" >
<thumb>portfolio/p3bw.jpg</thumb>
<content>contentpic/salobreresort.swf</content>
</list>
</item>
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++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
<?php
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$msg .= "Name: $name
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$msg .= "Email: $email
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$msg .= "Message: $comments
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$msg .= "sent: $date";
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************************************
It appears that you or someone you know has made an inquirey about the advertising section
on our web site. If this is in error please forgive us. Contact remove@jsm-inc.com and we will make sure to
remove you from our files.
Thank you
John Merlino
************************************
Thank you for your interest, a representative will get back to you.
", "From: JSM-Inc Web Designs <jsm-inc.com>");
?>
I am confused as to how to get the script to recognize the variables in teh form. I am loading the contact form on level two of the index page called jsm_main1.swf
When I click the contact button on the main1 page the jsm_contact.swf loads on level 2. All good so far.
When I fill in the form and submit it I get nothing.
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Hi,
Im currently in the process of creating a small game ok so game discussion should be in the games forum but my question is an actionscript question in general so here goes:
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I'm trying to load random images from an xml file and then name them from the xml. I think I have everything working correctly, but when I trace it only gives me
[object Loader]
[object Loader]
[object Loader]
cherry1
[object Loader]
It's the cherry1 that is the really confusing part - it's the only one that seems to get named correctly.
Here is a sample of the xml:
<images>
<image source="flavors/creamsoda.png" name="creamSoda"></image>
<image source="flavors/rootbeer.png" name="rootBeer"></image>
<image source="flavors/strawberry.png" name="strawberry"></image>
<image source="flavors/cherry.png" name="cherry"></image>
</images>
Here is the function where I get the random image and name it:
function xmlLoaded(event:Event):void
{
xml = XML(event.target.data);
xmlList = xml.children();
imageLoader = new Loader();
imageLoader.load(new URLRequest(xmlList[Math.floor(Math.random() *13)].attribute("source")));
imageLoader.name = xmlList.attribute("name");
addChild(imageLoader);
trace(imageLoader);
}
Let me know if there is anymore code you would like to see and thanks very much!
Movieclip Instances With Actionscript.
This is a very general question from a newbie - how I do create movieclip instances using actionscript. Example, I would like to create a random number of instances of one movie clip already created named "movInst". I know this must be simple but I can not figure it out.
Attaching ACTIONSCRIPT To Instances Dynamically
I was wondering if it was possible to add an actionscript to a library element that is dynamically placed on the main stage when the movie is loaded.
Example:
I have a library full of symbols stored on a local drive. Can I send XML (for example)from a REMOTE server down the pipe to TELL the SWF to go to that local library, load a SPECIFIC symbol from that library, place it at SPECIFIC X,Y location on the stage AND assign a SPECIFIC action/function to it?
In a nutshell:
Can symbols be placed dynamically and can you add actionscript to an instance of a symbol dynamically?
Thanks for any help.
Actionscript Calling Funcionts On Different MC Instances
Hello,
I am trying to call a method on different MC instances where the name of the MC instance migth be different at any given time.
The instruction I'm trying to execute is:
if(isClicked==buttonId){
name = "project"+buttonId;
_level0.name.displayDesc();
}else{
name = "project"+isClicked;
level0.name.displayDesc();
}
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Fabio Cepeda
Using Actionscript To Dynamically Create Instances?
I'm a relatively new user to flash, although not completely; I've done a few sites and things in flash, but they have all been ugly and useless up until recently, so I still consider myself new to flash. But, I think this question isn't all that basic, so I don't think it's fit for the the Newbies forum.
The question is about the dynamic creation of instances from premade symbols. Let me give you some background: the content system on a site I'm currently developing has two windows, one which is a menu window and another which is the main content window. The content window's contents changes depending on which item you select from the menu window. Let's just take the News section as an example; the user clicks "News" and I want the menu section to load, from a text file, however many entries there are (the format is irrelevant right now, I'll develop a system to create and interpret the text file). Each entry has two parts: A date, and the body of the news. For each entry, I'd like to create a new button that goes on the bottom of the list in the menu window; the menu will have a simple roll-over scroll system, which I think I will be able to handle. Each of these buttons should be identical, except each bears the date which they represent. When one clicks one of the buttons, the body of the news that pairs with the date appears in the main content window.
I am planning to do this by making a template symbol for the buttons, with maybe a blank or " " text box in the middle as a place-holder, linked to a variable. My problem is, how might I create new instances of this symbol during run-time (probably using actionscript), and how might I control the individual properties of each of the separate instances (as in, date, and what content it links to), even when there could be any number of them? My thoughts are that it would be useful for there to be a way to put these instances in an indefinite array, for easy indexing, and a way for them to have object-like characteristics (as in, object-oriented programming) in that they would be common to a class but each individual instance would have their own values for each of their properties. I'm almost certain that I've heard that these are part of the main advantages of symbols and instances, but I'm not sure.
Perhaps it would be simple, perhaps it would be overly complicated, and perhaps there is a better way to do it than I am thinking of. But right now I am at a loss as for what to do; I lack even the proper syntax for this task. Any help that anyone could give me, whether to suggest an alternative method, help me understand my options, explain to me in detail how I can go about following my plan, or to tell me that this would be way over my head, would be appreciated to a nearly absurd degree.
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Hello chaps,
I am a designer just picking up Flash having cut my teeth on Director and Lingo originally. Funny way of doing things I know?
I have a little slide show thing running that fades between different images via a TWEEN that I have repeated over 10 different SCENES for each different image.
This is rather clumsy and I would like actually to use one scene but to have a BUTTON click change the graphic SYMBOL used for a given INSTANCE.
This was easy enough to do in Director with a Sprite CastMember change if memory serves me. I wonder if there is an equivalent in Actionscript in Flash MX. I have scoured the Actions menus and cannot seem to find anything that suits??? But there has to be surely!!!
Thanks in advance for your help...
Grouping Similar Instances In Actionscript
I'm pretty sure you can do this, but for some reason, I can't find it for the life of me. I'm trying to find a way to group similar instances together in actionscript. For example, let's say that I have a bunch of similar buttons that execute a function when pressed, is the there a better way to code this?
myButton1.onRelease = function(){
myButtonAction();
}
myButton2.onRelease = function(){
myButtonAction();
}
myButton3.onRelease = function(){
myButtonAction();
}
myButton4.onRelease = function(){
myButtonAction();
}
myButton5.onRelease = function(){
myButtonAction();
}
I just used buttons as an example, but this also goes for dynamic text boxes and movie clips. Can anyone point in the right direction for this? Thanks!
How To Create Different Instances Of A Symbol With Actionscript ?
I have a symbol in the library and I want to create different instances of this symbol dynamically.
These instances have to have different text content, so actually each instance has to be different from the others.
Which is the simplest way to do this using actionscript ?
thanks
Refer To Mutiple Instances In Actionscript
hi, i'm making a game where you shoot enemy ships from your ship. i've made it so that i can shoot one ship but i want to be able to have many instances of the same symbol on the stage and them to all work with this bit of actionscript. how can i make it do this? please help
ps. i want the enemies coming in in a structured way rather than a random one
Adding Different Actionscript To Multiple Instances From The Same Symbol
well thats it, kind of. i have a movie, inside that movie is a button, and a layer with animation that is activated with script when the button is moused over, with the use of the call action. i have about 10 instances of the movie on my scene, however i dont know how to add different actions to one instance without it affecting them all. i'm a bit of a beginner to actionscript, so i dont know what to do. i could upload the file if it might help. well, if anyone understands what i am trying to do, and knows how to do it...let me know, i could really use the help.
thanks, Ben
[F5] ActionScript Problem On Movie Clip Instances
I am using Flash 5 and am new to Flash in general. I have been reading a book called "SAMS Teach Yourself Macromedia Flash 5 in 24 Hours" by Phillip Kerman, for the past few days now. I am a little more than half way through the book and I have reached a road block! The exercises in the book dealing with setting Actions for Movie Clip Instances are NOT working as described in the book.. I have been able to reproduce everything in the book on my computer, until this
The two .fla files are attached to this post (hopefully I attached them correctly, as I have not done it before on this forum)
One is simply a circle movie clip instance that has a STOP action applied to it that is suppose to STOP the clip from animated upon loading. Stop it IMMEDIATELY. This action is not stopping anything at all when I test the movie. No error messages are produced.
The second, is a car, with two rotating instance movie clip wheels, all combined together as one instance. I could successfully stop the car from moving with a STOP Action. The release of the red button in the lower right hand corner is suppose to trigger the Stopping of the car and front wheel upon the button's release. When I try to stop the nested movie clip wheels from rotating as well, the Action as described in the book, doesn't work (nothing stops at all, not even the car body) and I get the following error messages in a Generator log:
Error messages resulting from testing movie, "Failed action on nested instance.fla"
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Scene=Scene 1, Layer=button, Frame=1: Line 3: ')' expected
with (the_car.front wheel) {
Scene=Scene 1, Layer=button, Frame=1: Line 4: Statement must appear within on handler
stop ();
Scene=Scene 1, Layer=button, Frame=1: Line 5: Unexpected '}' encountered
}
Generator is not enabled for this movie. D:Flash testsFailed action on nested instance.swf
The wheels are suppose to be stopped by a WITH statement following the STOP statement. In the .fla file I am just trying to stop the front wheel along with the whole car, as I could not even get that to work let alone stopping both front and rear wheels together..
After being frustrated by this for hours I decided to try and post a message on this forum. Any help with this would be most appreciated.
Steve
Creating Multiple Movieclip Instances Using ActionScript?
Hi, this is my first time using these forums. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Right now I have a movieclip made in the library. I need to:
1) Create multiple instances of that button and dump them on the stage using actionscript.
2) Name those instances with an array of names I have already made: e.g. "Jack", "Sam", "Joe", "Eddy"
3) Create a single array to point myself to all those instances.
How do I accomplish this? Thanks!
WARNING: Actions On Button Or MovieClip Instances Are Not Supported In ActionScript 3
What does this mean?
Quote:
WARNING: Actions on button or MovieClip instances are not supported in ActionScript 3.0. All scripts on object instances will be ignored.
TypeError: Error #1006: value is not a function.
at video_fla::MainTimeline/video_fla::frame1()
TypeError: Error #2007: Parameter type must be non-null.
at flash.events::EventDispatcher/addEventListener()
at video_fla::volume_3/video_fla::frame1()
TypeError: Error #2007: Parameter type must be non-null.
at flash.events::EventDispatcher/addEventListener()
at video_fla::timeLine_7/video_fla::frame1()
Swap Images Or Swap Symbols?
I want to load a bunch of images dynamically -- into different movie clips. And then simply have a master clip which lets me swap out these dynamically loaded clips. Is that possible?
Can I do a swap or replace symbol on the Master to have it be replaced by each loaded clip one after the other?
Can Instances Be Attached To Instances ?
can instances be attached to instances using attach movie??
what i am doing is creating an instance of a movie by dragging and dropping and attaching a movie to a symbol and then i want to attach my new movie instance that i just created to another instance... can i do that...??
thanks
Swap MC's
Hello,
i have a MC1 and during the running of my flash movie i want to remove MC1 and place MC2 in its position. Just like the swap command in the properties window...is this possible with actionscript?
Thanks,
Miguel
Swap Mc
hi, idiot user here.
basically i'd like to drag a symbol over a specific area and for it to swap with another symbol while held over that area.
i figured out the dragging ok.....
my_mc.onPress=function(){
my_mc.startDrag();
}
my_mc.onRelease=function(){
my_mc.stopDrag();
if(my_mc.hitTest(area_mc)==true){
now how dod i swap it??
thanks
Swap ?
Hi,
is it possible to write a bit of code which when called upon, swaps one movie clip with another?? without jumping to another frame?
cheers,
g
Swap MCs'
How do you change an MC into a different one in the middle of a movie?
Swap X/Y
Hi,
So far, my code:
PHP Code:
fscommand("allowscale", "false");
bar.useHandCursor = dragger.useHandCursor=false;
space = 20;
friction = .9;
speed = 4;
y = dragger._y;
top = main._y;
bottom = main._y+mask_mc._height-main._height-space;
dragger.onPress = function() {
drag = true;
this.startDrag(false, this._x, this._parent.y, this._x, this._parent.y+this._parent.bar._height-this._height);
dragger.scrollEase();
};
dragger.onMouseUp = function() {
this.stopDrag();
drag = false;
};
bar.onPress = function() {
drag = true;
if (this._parent._ymouse>this._y+this._height-this._parent.dragger._height) {
this._parent.dragger._y = this._parent._ymouse;
this._parent.dragger._y = this._y+this._height-this._parent.dragger._height;
} else {
this._parent.dragger._y = this._parent._ymouse;
}
dragger.scrollEase();
};
bar.onMouseUp = function() {
drag = false;
};
moveDragger = function (d) {
if ((dragger._y>=y+bar._height-dragger._height && d == 1) || (dragger._y<=y && d == -1)) {
clearInterval(myInterval);
} else {
dragger._y += d;
dragger.scrollEase();
updateAfterEvent();
}
};
up_btn.onPress = function() {
myInterval = setInterval(moveDragger, 18, -1);
};
down_btn.onPress = function() {
myInterval = setInterval(moveDragger, 18, 1);
};
up_btn.onMouseUp = down_btn.onMouseUp=function () {
clearInterval(myInterval);
};
MovieClip.prototype.scrollEase = function() {
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
if (Math.abs(dy) == 0 && drag == false) {
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
r = (this._y-y)/(bar._height-this._height);
dy = Math.round((((top-(top-bottom)*r)-main._y)/speed)*friction);
main._y += dy;
};
};
is used to control a horizontal scroll bar. How would I go about making it horizontal? Where would I change the Y values to X?
Thanks
--iMat
Swap
hi, so i use loadMovie to load some.swf to loaderMC (the target),which can be a movie clip in an swf on level90. then i use this.swapdepths(50); to tell loaderMC to swap to level50 and it will take some.swf with it?
do you think you could rewrite- this.swapdepths(50);
so that it is correct, i guess this becomes loaderMC?
thanks very much
mark
Swap 2 Swf's
I have created 2 swf files and I would like to attach to a button the action script to switch from one to the other. Please can anyone help. my two files are hamopen.swf and hampanto.swf
i have tried
on (release) {
loadMovie("Hampanto.swf");
}
but it doesn't work
thanks
Swap To Top
currently using:
on (press) {
this._parent.BUT1.swapDepths(this._parent.BUT2);
this._parent.BUT1.swapDepths(this._parent.BUT3);
}
can i simple call the pressed button to the top layer with code?
cheers rat
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