Flash :: Timeline And Pulling Content From Array

Saving To Array And Pulling Out
Need some help. Trying to learn.
I have sections with questions and answers which I can get.
But, I need to save each section into new array and tally all the final scores.
The screen will show the section score of current section that was just completed
and the final score.

I know the code has lots of problems - attached.

For the total scores the dynamic text boxes var's are totalnumcorrect, totalnumIncorrect, totaluserScore.

For the section score the dynamic text boxes var's are numcorrect, totalnumIncorrect, totaluserScore.

The title changes for each section, so I using that with if statement.

Can someone help please.

Thanks

Attach Code

//final scores
var quizTitleNode=quizNode.firstChild;
title=quizTitleNode.firstChild.nodeValue;

//section scores
section[i] = new Array(numCorrect, numIncorrect, userScore);

// total score
if (quizTitleNode.firstChild.nodeValue = "Section 1: The Mountains") {
section[i] = section1;
}

else if
(quizTitleNode.firstChild.nodeValue = "section 2: The Fields") {
section[i] = section2;
}

else if
(quizTitleNode.firstChild.nodeValue = "section 3: The Rivers") {
section[i] = section3;
}

//section scores as nested arrays
sectionsArray = new Array (section1, section2, section3);

function countFinalScore() {

for(var i=0; i = sectionsArray[0].length; i++);

}

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Actionscript 2

I have a fla set up to pull image paths from an XML and store them in an array. I have managed to get images from the array to display one at a time, but what I want to do is to pull all of the images in the array into a movie clip and line them up horizontally. I hit a wall where I don't know why my code doesn't work. Any help on my code, or an alternate solution would be great. Here's the code

Code:

//SETS UP THE LOOP AND LOOPS THROUGH THE ARRAY
for (var i = 0; i<nodeLength; i++) {

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//POSITIONS EACH MOVIECLIP NEXT TO THE LAST
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}
I'm a little unclear about how brackets and eval work, and if I need them together. When I load the clips, only the last image in the array appears. That makes me think that they aren't getting unique name, and one image is just over writing the next.

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logoArray[1] = {blur:"CC0",clear:"CC1"};

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Hey..

I'm created a isometric tile engine and I'm having some problems. I have a multidimensional array of "Tile" objects which is declared in a seperate .as file. Each tile object has a "select" movieclip. For some reason.. I cannot retrieve the movieclip from the tile object from my main program. I get undefined not matter what..

Here is the code from the tile object that declares the "select" variable:

Code:
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this.select._x = mapWidth - j * 32 + rowx + pushinx;
this.select._y = sety - 3;
this.select._visible = false;

and here is the retrieve code from the main program which returns undefined:

Code:
tilesArray[0][0].tile.select._visible = true;
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Hello, first time post at KIRUPA.com. Hope somebody here may be able to point me in the correct direction.

I have an array question as the title explains.

Here's what I would like to accomplish:

search my array for the element (say Names) for tom (name from comboBox component)
and place the other fields(i think there called...age, picture) into either dynamic text fields or load the images into a loader component.

Code:

MyArray.Array= new Array
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myArr=[name:"steve", age:"50", picture:"stevespicture.jpg"]
myArr=[name:"tom", age:"60", picture:"tomspicture.jpg"]
myArr=[name:"mark", age:"32", picture:"markspicture.jpg"]

name_mc.onRelease = function () {
myName= comboBoxName.value; // collect the value stored in the combo box component and sets it to myName

// here's the problem
// I'd like to have other boxes one for imageLoader to load the image variable
// an ageDynamic_txt box that loads the age variable
// and an nameDynamic_txt box that loads all the names variable
}
Plus is there a way to place the text in the field myArr= [ ... ,description:"I like cake"]
from a .txt file? (ie... I have a file named "desc.txt" with variables (des1)(des2) can I
pull it into the field [..., description: (des(myNuM)] so that myNum loads the specific description for that person?

Code:
desDynamicText_txt.text = myDesLV.des(myNum); // this is kinda the idea.

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Code:
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}
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Anyone done this and have some insight? Can't find anything online because when I search for actionscript and timeline I get a million hits for th "flash" timeline.

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if I use this code:

Code:
loadMovie("a.swf", "contentLoader");
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However, from time to time there will be additional info and when I write the info into the array, it will append every info found in the text into the array. This had caused duplication and the sequence of data is wrong.

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I have an array with buttonnames that I use to sort different buttons depending on their name.
The problem I have is that I have the same array on several places in my movie and find it timewasting when I have to add elements to each array every time.

Is it possible to have the elements in a textfile for example and import them from there?
This is the array I have now.. I want to replace that with something that calls all the "btn_names" from a seperate place

Attach Code

var Buttons:Array = new Array(
btn_one,
btn_two,
btn_three,
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I can't see all the content. I tried to use it like 'for(var x in myArray[0])" but I need to use so many of these inside this function and I'll never get the result returned in one line for each main items of this array (2, in above example).

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Code:
var myArray = new Array();

mc1.onPress = function() {
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PHP Code:

package
{
    import flash.utils.Timer;
    import fl.transitions.Tween;
    import fl.transitions.TweenEvent;
    import fl.transitions.easing.*;
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        private var load_max_images:Number = 15;
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        }

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                var url:URLRequest = new URLRequest(this_image);
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                loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, test_url_Listener);
                loader.load(url);
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HI,
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I've been pounding my head against the wall a few days and would appriciate some help.

ActionScript Code:
package {
import flash.display.*;
import flash.events.*;
import flash.text.*;
import fl.controls.Button;

public class SearchEngine extends MovieClip {

var myArray:Array = new Array();
var myField:TextField = new TextField;
var myField2:TextField = new TextField;
var myField3:TextField = new TextField;
var myField4:TextField = new TextField;
var myButton:Button = new Button;
var myButton2:Button = new Button;
var myButton3:Button = new Button;
var myButton4:Button = new Button;
var myButton5:Button = new Button;

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myField.border = true;
myField.width = 100;
myField.height = 25;
myField.x = 25;
myField.y = 25;
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myField2.border = true;
myField2.width = 100;
myField2.height = 25;
myField2.x = 250;
myField2.y = 25;
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myField3.width = 100;
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myField4.width = 200;
myField4.height = 25;
myField4.x = 250;
myField4.y = 75;
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myButton.width = 80;
myButton.height = 25;
myButton.x = 360;
myButton.y = 25;
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myButton2.label = "Add Name";
myButton2.width = 80;
myButton2.height = 25;
myButton2.x = 135;
myButton2.y = 25;
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myButton3.label = "List Names";
myButton3.width = 80;
myButton3.height = 25;
myButton3.x = 135;
myButton3.y = 75;
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myButton4.width = 80;
myButton4.height = 25;
myButton4.x = 135;
myButton4.y = 105;
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myButton5.label = "Erase Names";
myButton5.width = 80;
myButton5.height = 25;
myButton5.x = 135;
myButton5.y = 135;
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myButton2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, AddName);
//myButton3.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, ListNames);
//myButton4.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, SortNames);
//myButton5.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, EraseNames);
}
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if(myField3.text == myField.text){
myField.text = "";
}
myField.text = "";
trace(myArray);
}
public function SearchName(event:MouseEvent) {

var myResult1:String = " was found";
var myResult2:String = " was NOT found";

for (var i:int = 0; i < myArray.length; i++) //loop through array
{

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{
myField4.text = myField2.text + myResult1;
}

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{
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}
break;
}
}
}
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i would appreciate any suggestion,
thanks!

ActionScript Code:
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//
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Code:
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var txtFmt:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
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I have a site I'm trying to create. I have the book "Flash to the Core" by Joshua Davis, who explains what I need to do, very well...all except this problem. I have set everything up, but I'm not sure how to add more content.

Here is a location where I uploaded the file, its zipped, just the fla and swf.
http://www.rookscommunications.com/flashHelp.zip

I have a movie clip inside a movie clip and when you scroll or click, you are moved to a new section. I have it set up so each new section shows a name generated by the code, but I need to actually place new content in each section. I've tried a few things, like creating a new "section" movie, but nothing works. How do I accomplish this? It should be doable.

His website which has each chapter file downloadable is:
flashtothecore.praystation.com (it's ch 21)

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Can anyone shed some light on this? I don't understand why this wouldnt work. All I can think of is, (obviously), the content.swf cannot somehow find the subcontent mcs, although everything is in the same folder, and it works fine when I test it independently of the main.swf.

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Hi, I am trying to create a scrollable list of links.
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One last time and then I abandon this idea of importing XML files forever

I have attached a sample .fla file plus folders with the other files in the Variables not found only on "simulate download" post if you want to try running it.

There are 42 XML text files and 42 buttons on stage. In 'Test Movie' all 42 external XML files load perfectly every time - switch to 'Simulate Download' and keep clicking. It won't take long to "break it" and an 'undefined' will appear. But if you keep clicking, the same text will be defined on the next time around - so this isn't simply a case of the array not being created properly.

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Code:
function loadXML(loaded) {
if (loaded) {
//loops back to load all text
var xnRootNode:XMLNode = this;
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gotoAndPlay(next);
}
}

var xmlData:XML = new XML();
xmlData.ignoreWhite = true;
xmlData.load(allText[nCounter], allPics[nCounter] );
xmlData.onLoad = loadXML;
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Code:
textForStage = _root.myText[textNum];
'textNum' will never fail to show the number clicked when 'undefined' appears - but 'textForStage' which is the actual text in the array will show 'undefined' in the output window.

Any ideas on how to solve this (after a year) would be GREATLY appreciated.

Thanks
Charles

P.S. Any idea why the gifs are actually not loading INTO the .fla file? There is a definite lag time when using real gifs with larger file size.)

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One last time and then I abandon this idea of importing XML files forever

I have attached a sample .fla file plus folders with the other files if you want to try running it in the Variables not found only on "simulate download" post.

There are 42 XML text files and 42 buttons on stage. In 'Test Movie' all 42 external XML files load perfectly every time - switch to 'Simulate Download' and keep clicking. It won't take long to "break it" and an 'undefined' will appear. But if you keep clicking, the same text will be defined on the next time around - so this isn't simply a case of the array not being created properly.

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Code:
function loadXML(loaded) {
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gotoAndPlay(next);
}
}

var xmlData:XML = new XML();
xmlData.ignoreWhite = true;
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textForStage = _root.myText[textNum];
'textNum' will never fail to show the number clicked when 'undefined' appears - but 'textForStage' which is the actual text in the array will show 'undefined' in the output window.

Any ideas on how to solve this (after a year) would be GREATLY appreciated.

Thanks
Charles

P.S. Any idea why the gifs are actually not loading INTO the .fla file? There is a definite lag time when using real gifs with larger file size.)

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Stumpled in Tampa,

Bo

PS. If you would like to get paid for creating a multiplayer game of rook with payment gateway let me know.

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here's my terrible attempt:

Code:
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??
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Using a mc I made into a play/pause btn, I can pause and resume play of the main timeline by targeting â€œ_rootâ€.
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Can someone look at my code and let me know what's missing and/or what I did wrong?

TIA

JL

Attach Code

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}

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Copy and paste this script to the new Flash movie and check out the Output Panel to see what's going on...
PHP Code:

// Array.prototype.distinctShuffle
// author: splict
Array.prototype.distinctShuffle = function()
{
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    arr_lngth = this.length;
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    {
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        res_arr.splice(curNum, 0, this[i]);
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                    {name:"Name 2", content:"Content 2"},
                    {name:"Name 3", content:"Content 3"},
                    {name:"Name 4", content:"Content 4"},
                    {name:"Name 5", content:"Content 5"},
                    {name:"Name 6", content:"Content 6"},
                    {name:"Name 7", content:"Content 7"},
                    {name:"Name 8", content:"Content 8"},
                    {name:"Name 9", content:"Content 9"});

tmp_arr = content_arr.distinctShuffle();

displayContent();

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Shuffling the array...
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Attach Code

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Thank you,
Carl

XML----------------------------------------------------------------------
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
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