Flash :: Restricted Area

Restricted MC Rollover Area
I'm trying to make a MC follow the mouse arrow, but only in a small area...i can make the MC move all over the screen using,

Code:
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
_x += (root._xmouse - _x)/10;
_y += (root._ymouse - _y)/10;
}
then i found a code in these forums that seemed to work for person who needed it, but not for me...it goes

Code:
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
var dx = root._xmouse - _x;
dx /= 10;
if (_x+dx >= 50 && _x+dx < 150)
_x += dx;
var dy = root._ymouse - _y;
dy /= 10;
if (_y+dy >= 50 && _y+dy < 150)
_y += dy;
}
the MC doesn't move around at all...i'm using MX2004 pro (even tho i can't figure out this code)..basically i'm trying to get an effect simlilar to the star at fc ukstar.com <---had to put the space between fc and uk otherwise it automatically turns to 4 asterisks, funny...
thanks in advance

NonRectangular Restricted Area
Hi
I drag and move an object (like a candle or a ball) with mouse in my movie.
How can i restrict this object to be moveable just in a nonrectangular area (suppose a circlre or a triangle )

Setting Up Restricted Area's In Games
Im creating a game, and ive created a layer below everything esle, and draw a restricted area on that layer, then alpha'ed it into the background. im trying to stop the character from walking on past the restricted area, i know this is possible, ive seen it done, can u help me?

Object Following Mouse In Restricted Area
Ok… yesterday in the night I start doing some code and one of the functions that is the last one and I thought the easier is driving me crazy.
I want to make the buttons keep flying on the stage following the mouse but in a restricted area. I have tested 2 ways to do that but without luck… I’ve searched over the forums, tutorials and now I don’t know what else I can do!

ActionScript Code:
for (i=1; i<4; i++) {
this_one = this["sqr"+i];
this_one.centerX = this_one._x;
this_one.centerY = this_one._y;
this_one.onMouseMove = function() {
xdis = (_xmouse-this._x)/100;
ydis = (_ymouse-this._y)/100;
if (xdis>0 && ydis<0) {
//trace("quadrant1");
if (this._x-this.centerX<5 || this.y-this.centerY<5) {
this._x += xdis/10;
this._y += ydis/100;
}
} else if (xdis<0 && ydis<0) {
//trace("quadrant2");
if (this._x-this.centerX>-5 || this.y-this.centerY<5) {
this._x += xdis/10;
this._y += ydis/100;
}
} else if (xdis<0 && ydis>0) {
//trace("quadrant3");
if (this._x-this.centerX>-5 || this.y-this.centerY>-5) {
this._x += xdis/10;
this._y += ydis/100;
}
} else if (xdis>0 && ydis>0) {
//trace("quadrant4");
if (this._x-this.centerX<5//|| this.y-this.centerY>-5) {
this._x += xdis/10;
this._y += ydis/100;
}
}
};
}
and the second one with hit test

ActionScript Code:
for (i=1; i<4; i++) {
this_one = this["sqr"+i];
this_one.centerX = this_one._x;
this_one.centerY = this_one._y;
this_one.onMouseMove = function() {
xdis = (_xmouse-this._x)/100;
ydis = (_ymouse-this._y)/100;
if (this.hitTest(res1) || this.hitTest(res2) || this.hitTest(res3)) {
this._x += xdis/2;
this._y += ydis/2;
trace("hit");
oldhitx = this._x;
oldhity = this._y;
} else {
if (this._x-this.centerX>0 && this._y-this.centerY<0) {
trace("111positivo "+this._name);
this._x -= xdis/2;
this._y -= ydis/2;
}
if (this._x-this.centerX<0 && this._y-this.centerY<0) {
trace("222negativo "+this._name);
this._x += xdis/2;
this._y -= ydis/2;
}
if (this._x-this.centerX<0 && this._y-this.centerY>0) {
trace("333negativo "+this._name);
this._x += xdis/2;
this._y += ydis/2;
}
if (this._x-this.centerX>0 && this._y-this.centerY>0) {
trace("444positivo "+this._name);
this._x -= xdis/2;
this._y -= ydis/2;
}
}
};
}
any idea?!?!
as u can see now all my code is a mess
I’m very tired
thanks

Movement Of MC _y Is Restricted?
lo guys and dolls,

I wonder if you might be able to shed some light on my problem, I am using two bits of code to move an arrow down a list of text items, when the text items are clicked the code is updated with the new value and the arrow moves down to that.

However it is hitting a point where it cannot go any further, even though I click a lower text item, I have traced the value substatusarrowMove1 which gives me the new value each time the timeline is returned to frame one for it, and in turn travels onto frame two and then frame three and in turn is looped back to frame 2 to continually adjust the movement.

substatusarrowMove1 return figure such as the original value+ the 33.3 for example, and then arrow moves there, but this value gets to something like 477 and will not go any higher.

I'm not sure why, any help or solution would be much appreciated.

Cheerz peeps

//The first piece of code is on the first of three frames:

substatusArrow = _root.submenuFurthest;
// then use this to put the arrow in the right place x33.3
substatusarrowMove1 = +24+(33.3*substatusArrow);

//the code in the second frame:

substatusarrowMove2 = getProperty("substatusArrow", _y);
substatusarrowMoveDif = (substatusarrowMove1-substatusarrowMove2)/10;
setProperty("substatusArrow", _y, substatusarrowMove2+substatusarrowMoveDif);

//and on the third frame is a gotoAndPlay frame 2 to loop back to the above.

Restricted Swf Re-sizing Possible?
I have a swf embeded in an a table with-in my html index. I want to enable the automatic shrinking of the entire swf when browser resizing (to allow entire swf viewing on smaller screens) but want to restrict any enlargement past the swf's true (actual stage pixel dimension) size when browser resizing (on larger screens) as to avoid pixelation of non vector artwork within the swf.

Is this possible and how do I do it? I know how the theory should work but I do not know if what i need is action script, js, html even? And what the specifics of the code would be?

How To Use Restricted Keyword?
Hi all,

I'm trying to do something like this:

Code:
var this_variable:XML = <stuff>get</stuff>;
But I get an error because "get" is a restricted keyword. I tried wrapping it in quotes but that doesn't work -- how would one get around this? I just want the string "get" inside of <stuff> tags. Thanks!

Restricted Mouse Following
i want to make one of the menu bars were an object follwos the mouse along the horizontal axis but still stays inside the menu

but i have no idea how to restrict the object to inside the menu area, when ever i try it simply goes over the edge,

any ideas on code or how get about doing it will be grealty appriciated

Restricted To Buttons
Okey Dokey,

On (release) is restricted to buttons right? Well, how can I classify a layer as a button

Restricted Numbers
Hello,
I need to create an input text field that allowes numbers to be only between letters.
for example: LLNNNL or LLNNLLNNLLL - is allowed, but NLLL or LLLN or NNLLLN isn't.
any ideas?

Restricted Drag Function
hiya,

anyone know how i can restrict a drag?

i have a picture of a hand which i want the user to be able to drag, but i want the user to only be able to drag it sideways, either left or right, about 2-3cm's in either dirrection...

someone suggested a bounding box but i have no knowledge about this...

Restricted Menu Curser
i am building a site and i have a menu with 5 different buttens to navigate from page to page, i want to designate an area over the menu as an active area and when the curser is in that area i want a tabe that i have created to slit along its Y axis to float over the curser and then when the curser is not in the area i want it to slide back to the page that the site is curently on. How would i do that??? its going to be in a movie clip, and i would like to only have to do it in 1 layer.

Restricted Sized Window
How do u create a window with only flash in it, so u dont have to put it in a html window.. ,so that it is always the same size and it doenst matter wat size ur browser window is

Flash In PDF - Restricted Networking
The Flex 3 documents state:

"You can control a SWF file's access to network functionality by setting the allowNetworking parameter in the <object> and <embed> tags in the HTML page that contains the SWF content."

However, there is no information about the networking mode when Flash is run from within a PDF. There is no such thing as an object or embed tag in this case, so how do you control this setting? Or if you cannot, what setting is used in this context?

Terry. (terryc@vitrium.com)

Triangle Restricted Drag
whats the best way to restrict a draggable object to a non-rectangular shape (like triangle)
I did it with hittest but i cant get it to go to the nearest point when the cursor is outside the shape...
Thanks

Is A AS 2.0 Swf Restricted When Loaded Inside A AS 3.0 Swf
Please Help!!!!
If an AS 2.0 swf is loaded into a AS 3.0 swf, does it, the AS 2.0 swf, lose the capability of loading in other AS 2.0 swfs? I am trying this right now, and none of the movie loading functions are working (e.g. loadMovie,loadMovieNum,MovieClipLoader.loadClip). I am however, able to load XML files into the AS 2.0 swf.

Any Ideas on why this isn't working? I'm trying to display a prexisting AS 2.0 application inside of a Flex Application.

Send To Mysql Restricted Data
How to resolve this?

I have a php with a user logged in (with a session), where lots of mysql data is load into a flash.

Now my problem is backwards, from that flash I need to save the data modified on mysql.

That could be easily done just by sending all information that I want to modify on mysql on the address with ?do=....&f=..., but since part of this information is the userid I really did not want this procedure or someone could try to modify what is not from them. In order to identify I could also add the password on the variables sent but that would become easy to try to hack each other passwords.

Is there anyway to send this modifyed data to mysql and also username and password to authenticate the user and to preven to just have access to modify the user data?

Thanks in advance
Zeb

Random() Rotation Restricted Values?
Hey guys/gals. My question is, can you restrict values to a "random()". For example, I want to rotate a bunch of MCs randomly so they all looked a little different, but obviously if something is rotated upsidedown, that would look kinda dumb, so I want to restrict the degrees that my MCs rotate. Can I set parameters so that my MC won't rotate more than 75 degrees one way (counter clockwise) and 75 degrees the other way (clockwise), but for each MC, do it randomly?

Thanks in advance,

J

Help With Fullscreen Flash W/ Restricted Text
I'm trying to build a site that uses fullscreen imagery which is scalable, but i want to load an external .swf on top that is restricted and cannot scale. see URL for example.

i've tried using all combinations of fscommand allowscale, and Stage.scaleMode but it applies it to the whole movie, is there a way you can target individual levels?

any help appreciated.

Rossco

Backlash Can't Be Restricted In Input Field
Does anybody know how to restrict the backslash in the input field?

I tried this code for my input text field named “myInputField” but you can still type the backslash:

// create input text field
_root.createTextField("myInputField", 1, 20, 20, 300, 20);
myInputField.type = "input";
myInputField.border = true;
// restrict backslash character
myInputField.restrict = "^\";

Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong here? Thanks.

Restricted Html Page Size And Control
I want to display my swf on an html page which is fixed at the size of that swf i.e. without all the excess space surrounding it or the normal browser controls. Kind of like a pop up. I suspect this may be a dreamweaver/html thing but can any one help
Thanks
Mark Waterfield

How To Prevent Restricted Active Content Warning
Recent browsers have an annoying "feature" that pops up a warning before allowing the user to run any scripts present on a web page. Is there something developers can do or code we can include to prevent this warning message (below) so that users do not have to click through several alert boxes to get to the content?

"To help protect your security, Internet Explorer has restricted this file from showing active content that could access your computer. Click here for options..."

Password Restricted Photo Gallery Idea...?
Hi I have idea to restrict login into my flash based photogallery, I would like to:

1) not to run *.swf without PASSWORD
2) to PASSWORD let expire after defined time
3) have ability to change (define new PASSWORD) without running Flash application (e.g. through editing XML file or whatever)

Is it possible ? Does anybody have any experinces and could give my advice (code)....unfortunately I have basic knowladge of programming (actionscript) only...

Thanks
Peter

Is 0.48 Restricted In Flash, When We Trace It From Input Text Box?
Hi...
I have a query....

I used a input text box with instance name "a". And i have to compare the value given by the user and proceed to next step.

But when i give "0.48" and compare it, i'm not able to proceed. my answer should be "0.48" only.
but when i declare a variable called "b" and give it the value "0.48" and comparing it, I get positive result.

I want to know why is it not taking from the input text box?

It would be great if any one could help me in this.

Thank you,
Sri...

Is 0.48 Restricted In Flash Action Scripting When Tracing?
Hi...
I have a query....

I used a input text box with instance name "a". And i have to compare the value given by the user and proceed to next step.

But when i give "0.48" and compare it, i'm not able to proceed. my answer should be "0.48" only.
but when i declare a variable called "b" and give it the value "0.48" and comparing it, I get positive result.

I want to know why is it not taking from the input text box?

It would be great if any one could help me in this.

Thank you,
Sri...

Capturing User Input Restricted To Just Numbers?
Iâ€™ve written a function that restricts user input to just numbers (0-9,.) and stores the input in the associative array, userInput[]. It works but seems inefficient looping through the entire input text string to scrub out invalid characters. Anyone have suggestions for a more efficient approach? Note that a working solution must correctly process mouse or cursor key movements/edits within the input box.

Also, you can see Iâ€™m using the KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP event to trigger the processing. The docs seem to indicate TextEvent.TEXT_INPUT is really the proper event for this purpose. I started with TextEvent.TEXT_INPUT but found the event is triggered before the last key pressed is actually added to the instance. The result is that the function was always one character behind. Is there an easy way to get the current text in the input box, including the last key pressed, when processing TextEvent.TEXT_INPUT?

Attach Code

someTextInputInstance.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP,numInputCapture);
//--------------------------------------------------
function numInputCapture(e:KeyboardEvent):void {
var myTargetName:String = e.target.name;
var myTargetText:String = e.target.text;
var numChars:Array = ["0","1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9"];
userInput[myTargetName] = "";
for(var i:uint = 0; i < myTargetText.length; i++){
var testChar:String = myTargetText.charAt(i)
if (numChars.indexOf(testChar)>-1) {userInput[myTargetName]=userInput[myTargetName]+testChar};
if ((testChar==".")&&(userInput[myTargetName].indexOf(".")<0)) {userInput[myTargetName]=userInput[myTargetName]+"."};
};
e.target.text = userInput[myTargetName];
};

Content Not Appearing On Restricted Windows Account
Hi all,

I have a flash file in which certain items are set to Export for AS.
"Export in first frame" is unchecked and those items are placed on the
stage some frames after frame 1 to allow for a small loader bar.

All's fine on a whole lot of machines (Mac, PC and all sorts of
browsers) except for a group of PC's which run on a restricted
useraccount and run only Internet Explorer. On those machines the items
set to "Export for ActionScript" but not in frame one are not shown.

Does anyone have any ideas?

QAD workaround I suppose could be to have it all load in frame 1 and if
needed built a separate preloader but I would prefer to keep it all in
one file...

thanks in advance,
Manno

--
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Manno Bult
http://www.aloft.nl

Having A Movie Clip Restricted To A Linear X-scale Movement That Follows Cursor
I am creating a menu where I want an arrow movie clip to follow the cursor above the menu but I want the movie clip restricted to a linear x-scale movement

<-----v------------------>

| button 1 | button 2 |

the only thing i can't quite figure out how to do is restrict the "arrow" movieclip to that certain x-y coordinate

any help would be great, and if you need clarification--just ask

Thanks,

Thayn

Load External Swf Into A Specific Area And Confine Interactivity To That Area... ?
Hello again,

I have a problem I've been trying to solve below.

I have a file that loads external swf files onto the screen, but I need these swfs to load into a specific 1024x644 area in the main movie.

I need the external swfs to maintain their interactivity while the mouse is over their area, but not when the mouse is over other parts of the screen (I need other buttons to still be accessible outside the area of the loaded swf.

As it is now, the mouse properties of the loaded swf take over the entire movie and render the buttons useless.

Below is some code I'm using. Can anyone provide examples of code that positions an external swf into a specific area and contains its interactivity?

I'm still very new to AS, so it's difficult for me to understand how to do things without specific code examples to look at. Also, if my code is inefficient or sloppy, please let me know.

Thanks.

var loader:Loader = new Loader();

function buttonPush1(event:MouseEvent):void {
var url:URLRequest = new URLRequest("mousetrail_644.swf");
loader.load(url);
this.addChild(loader);
}

Btn1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonPush1);

function buttonPush2(event:MouseEvent):void {
var url:URLRequest = new URLRequest("magnify2.swf");
loader.load(url);
this.addChild(loader);
}

Btn2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonPush2);

function buttonPush3(event:MouseEvent):void {
var url:URLRequest = new URLRequest("mapcursor_644_2.swf");
loader.load(url);
this.addChild(loader);
}

Btn3.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonPush3);

function accessDenied(event:MouseEvent):void {
gotoAndPlay("scanner_denied");
}

Btn4.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, accessDenied);

Menu Area's To Stay Expanded When You Rollout The Red Area ?
I am stuck here.

I want the different menu area's to stay expanded when you rollout the red area (see attached file: red line).

I think I need to use a flag variable, but I am stuck.

Any advice, suggestions??

Document Area And The Area Outside It.
I have movie clips outside of my document area. So if my movie size is 1000 X 1000 with a white background I've got things in the grey area to the left, top, right & bottom that get tweened in at some point during the movie.

When I test the movie though, parts of the elements outside of the actual doc size show. Isn't there someway I can force them out of the test?

I've tried playing with the publish settings and view magnification sizes but it only distorts and or crops my other elements. Why wouldn't it just be the document contents shown?

Any help is much appreciated.

Working Area? Not The Stage Size....but The Working Area Lol
You know how there is a little white square that represents the stage size? And then, if you zoom out all the way, you have only a certain amount of working area and stuff dissapears. Is there a way to make this area larger? I have huge movie clips I need to work with...thanks!

Increasing Work Area Outside Of Work Area
I'm trying to create a layout pan with flash, and I need a larger area to work in. I don't mean the work area, since you just change that with modify>document, but the grey area surrounding it. help?

Hit Area
hi.

I'm going to try and explain this, as my computer won't let me upload my code for some reason.

Ive got a man going across the screen. he's in a movie clip and he's an instance of a button.

In the button, I have two layers - one for the man and the other for the hit area (a square - and on this square, I have put the action - this.hitArea = hitArea) - and therefore given the square the instance name of hitArea.

Now the thing is, I have a config screen. I want the user to be allowed to change the hit area around the man from smallarea, medium etc. so that the user can click on the man, who will then animate (but if the hit area is large, they do not have to get exactly on him)

This is the code I'm using to try and call it:

if (_root.smallarea == 1) {
Masked[ObjectName].hitArea._width = 200;
Masked[ObjectName].hitArea._height = 200;
}

but it doesn't work.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated

Thanx in advance

Hit Area
Howdy scrpiters,

I want to place 2 mc's in my movie, each with a different animation (basically fading in and out, each at a different speed) but both sharing the same hit area. What would be the best way to go about this and can it be done at all?

Hit Area?
how do I give a movie clip a hit area......

all that is in the MC is text but I need it to ahve a hit area like a button because I need it to have enable=false to work on it and enable=false only works on MC.....HELP !!!!!!

Hit Area On MC
How do i increase the hit area on a MC???

Heres my file

http://www.pastorsgolftour.org/macronavnew.fla

as you will see, when u try to mouse over the links it is near impossible(very small spot)......plz help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hit Area
How can I define hit area on this? THe mouseOver only works on the solid part of the text.

Hit Area?
objective: is to have an area where when the user clicks on it, a small pallete appears wherever the mouse is located in that object's area displaying the colors to choose from, when user clicks on the pallete, the area turns to that color..

any advice would be great!

Hit Area
I'm currently making a small flash game. When a The PLAYER movie clip goes over My ENTER STORE movie clip, I want the player to be able to press SPACE and enter the Store.

My "Player" stick can move around perfectly fine.

And I put this on the ENTER STORE movie clip. (It's 0% Alphaed invisible)

This is what I have...Tell me what I could do to improve it...
==========================================
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if(Player.hitTest){
if (Key.isDown(Key.SPACE)) {
gotoAndPlay("Store");
}}}

Specify An Area
I made an entire site out of flash and in the background I have "snow" falling. I got it from the Kirupa snow tutorial. But how would I specify the area in which I want it to fall? This is my code:

init = function () {
width = 750;
// pixels
height = 500;
// pixels
max_snowsize = 10;
// pixels
snowflakes = 50;
// quantity
for (i=0; i<snowflakes; i++) {
t = attachMovie("snow", "snow"+i, i);
t._alpha = 20+Math.random()*60;
t._x = -(width/2)+Math.random()*(1.5*width);
t._y = -(height/2)+Math.random()*(1.5*height);
t._xscale = t._yscale=50+Math.random()*(max_snowsize*10);
t.k = 1+Math.random()*2;
t.wind = -1.5+Math.random()*(1.4*3);
t.onEnterFrame = mover;
}
};
mover = function() {
this._y += this.k;
this._x += this.wind;
if (this._y>height+10) {
this._y = -20;
}
if (this._x>width+20) {
this._x = -(width/2)+Math.random()*(1.5*width);
this._y = -20;
} else if (this._x<-20) {
this._x = -(width/2)+Math.random()*(1.5*width);
this._y = -20;
}
}
init();

This is the website if you want to check it out on there. (Beware of pop-ups)
http://graham.w3.to

Hit Area
Hi everybody!
How do I do for the Hit Area of a button to grow together with the button when the mouse is over it?
Thanks a lot!
Amir

Hit Area
I'm working on hit area. For shape like rectangle I can use this short script:

Code:
if (this._x > 280 && this._x < 423 && this._y > 280 && this._y < 338)
How could I define rhombus ABCD (example) or polygon?

Hit Area
Hi Fk'ers,
I'm currently working on a website, which contains some buttons..
The buttons are mc's who have to play forward and backwards, depending on mouseover..
That part works!
Now my problem:
How do I make a hitarea for each button, so they only play when the mouse is over the text of the button?

I have attached the file...

NB: I'm not very advanced in the ways of ActionScript..

Keep MC's In Area
Hi all,
Here's the deal:

I have 15 MC's (through attachmovie) and they 'walk' around on the screen, there is a limit to their movement, which is being detected by the Hittest on a irregular shaped 'wall' made up by a lot of Mc's.
shape image

Noe this is the script it uses to detect the hittest, but the problem is that its very Cpu intensive...
(90% on a 2Ghz/1Gb ram machine)
Which I totally understand why, but It won't really work on slower machines..

Code:
for (b=1; b<37; b++) {// bounce to bottomright
if (this.hitTest(_root.lb["wall"+b])) {
this.targx = this.x =this.x + 2;
this.targy = this.y =this.y + 2;
}
}
for (b=1; b<21; b++) {// bounce bottomleft
if (this.hitTest(_root.lb["links"+b])) {
this.targx = this.x =this.x - 2;
this.targy = this.y =this.y + 2;
}
}

for (b=1; b<17; b++) {// bounce left
if (this.hitTest(_root.lb["ro"+b])) {
this.targx = this.x =this.x - 2;
this.targy = this.y =this.y - 2;
}
}
for (b=1; b<36; b++) {// bounce right
if (this.hitTest(_root.lb["rb"+b])) {
this.targx = this.x =this.x + 2;
this.targy = this.y =this.y - 2;
}
}
I tried all I can think off, but nothing but the above seems to work properly.

Anyone has suggestions on how to do this, which is less Cpu intensive?

As always many thanks in advance for any (usefull) help...

Help With The Hit Area
Ok, so Im really new to Flash and this is what I have.

First I sliced part of an image and copied out of it using photoshop. I imported the full image into flash and then used variations of the slice to create a button. To make the button I imported the .psd file with a transparent background. The full image is the 'background' then I put the slice on top so that the slice and original were in line. My problem is how do I make the clickable area the shape of the image and not the box surrounding it? The button works, however the clickable area of the box covers an area where I want to put another button. I'm not sure if I have th right idea or am barking up the wrong tree. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Jr.

Restricted Area

Hi!I am doing a new web site with flash and I want to put one option with restricted acces, only for user identified.How can I do it?Anybody can help me, please?

Hi!

I am doing a new web site with flash and I want to put one option with restricted acces, only for user identified.
How can I do it?
Anybody can help me, please?