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Event Function With Update Problems
I'm new to AS3 and are trying to make an external preloader. The Preloader class gets called by my "Main" class that is connected to my movie by "Document class". The function "Preloader" takes an URL as an argument and creates a status bar. The problem is that the x position in the event function "showProgress" doesn't update after the first event trigger. Everything works fine on the first event, but after that the x position doesn't update. My trace updates correctly during the preloading. I'm guessing that the call to the movieclip in the library that has linkage "myBar" and contains a mask with linkage "mask109" somehow is not found after the first event fired? There is no compile errors.

Any comments on what I should check or do to get on with my life

Attach Code

package [removed for forum display]
{
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.ProgressEvent;
import flash.display.Loader;
import flash.display.LoaderInfo;
import flash.text.TextField;

public class Preloader extends MovieClip
{

private var myLoader:Loader = new Loader();
var myBar:PreloaderBar_mc = new PreloaderBar_mc;

public function Preloader(myURL:String)
{

var myRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest(myURL);

myLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.OPEN,showPreloader);
myLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS,showProgress);
myLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,showLoadResult);

myLoader.load(myRequest);
}

function loadFile(fileURL:String)
{
var myRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest();

myLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.OPEN,showPreloader);
myLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS,showProgress);
myLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,showLoadResult);

myLoader.load(myRequest);
}

function showPreloader(e:Event):void
{
myBar.x = 50;
myBar.y = 50;
addChild(myBar);
}

function showProgress(e:ProgressEvent):void
{
var percentLoaded:Number = e.bytesLoaded / e.bytesTotal;
percentLoaded = Math.round(percentLoaded * 100);
if (percentLoaded > 0) {
myBar.mask109.x = percentLoaded - 100;
trace(percentLoaded);
}
}

function showLoadResult(e:Event):void
{
trace("Load complete");
addChild(myLoader);
}

}

}

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I tried to figure this one out myself, but I need your help finally.

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Please forgive me. I am completely new to this stuff, and I am going to post several questions over the next week or so. Unfortunately, I am trying to do some things in areas of several new technologies for me. I am new to Windows, C#, .Net, Flash, and ActionScript, and the project that the company I work for has me working on right now uses all of those technologies.

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(Code for buttons not included, since I don't believe they will make any difference in helping. If you need them, please let me know).
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Just as an FYI, I am including the FlashPlayer control on a panel inside a C# program which I am creating with Visual Studio .Net. I am communicating between ActionScript and C# .Net using the ExternalInterface API. I don't have that working well yet, but a simple single function is working. This will be important information when I eventually post my other questions.

Code:
import flash.external.ExternalInterface;

// See if the Container even offers an External Interface.
var bIsExternalInterfaceAvail=ExternalInterface.available;
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var bIsRegDisplayScrnStartup:Boolean=ExternalInterface.addCallback( "DisplayScrnStartup", this, DisplayScrnStartup );

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trace("Start Call to RequestInitialBetAmount Function.");

// Kept out for now since debugger seems to not work
// after the call.
//ExternalInterface.call( "RequestInitialBetAmount" );

trace("Finished Call to RequestInitialBetAmount Function.");
Mouse.hide(); // Hides the Mouse from the Screen. (We are using TouchScreen).
stop(); // I understand this to mean playhead stops, not Actionscript code.
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function SetBetVal( a_CurBetVal:Number ):Void
{
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}

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// For now this function just tries to update another dynamic text
// box on screen. Though this doesn't work.
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//this.gotoAndStop( "Scrn_Startup" );
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var szIntervalCnt:String=this.iIntervalCnt01.toString();
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/*
I even tried updating the other Dynamic Text field that was
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and this one wouldn't. However, now both wouldn't update.
*/
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Also, in the future, would it be easier or better or both for me to simply attach a .zip file with the code file?

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Code:
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s.y = 10;//imposto la coordinata y del contenitore
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var ldrLung = 0;//setto la lunghezza della foto centrale

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//--------------------------------------------load XML-----------------

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//---Funzione collegata al listener di caricamento XML---//
function LoadXML(e:Event):void {
xmlData = new XML(e.target.data);//carico la foto nel thumbnail
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thumbMask.y = j + (i*5);//imposto la coordinata y della maschera dei thumbs

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newLdr.scaleY = 0.8;//scalo la thumb sull'asse Y
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ldrLung = 250;//setto la lunghezza della foto centrale
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}

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function firstimg(index) {
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}
}
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Code:
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I'm putting together a quite large site for school based in Zanzibar and, obviously, they want to show of the beauty of the country with
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I've searched for related issues, but none of them seems to cover this and I guess that's partly because, for absurd as it might sound, there's nothing wrong... let me make it clearer:

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Code:
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I've attached a zip file that contains a fla file, an xml file, a txt file with the full chunk of actionscript code and the fonts you'll be needing should you decide to take a look (they're only two).

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that way one situation is compared with the other more easily.

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I've searched for related issues, but none of them seems to cover this and I guess that's partly because, for absurd as it might sound, there's nothing wrong... let me make it clearer:

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Code:
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contentSubMenu.ignoreWhite = true;
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//--------------------------------------------------

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no information is passed to that clip. If the path targets that clip one should expect it to, right? even if all this code is placed on _root, right? well, it doesn't happen...
I tried tracing for info that comes from the xml, but nothing is displayed in the output window.

I've attached a zip file that contains a fla file, an xml file, a txt file with the full chunk of actionscript code and the fonts you'll be needing should you decide to take a look (they're only two).

The fla file has been built in the following manner:
_on the right side, the clips that hold the text fields to wich the [i]contentSubMenu.onLoad[i] function will pass info to are directly placed upon _root (so, following the code example from above, it would be like having var buttonList = _root;)
_on the left side, the clips that hold the text fields are down into buttonListSlide_mc and the contentSubMenu.onLoad function is there as well, only commented so it doesn't display anything.

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currentY = target._y
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var dy = newY - currentY;
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currentY = newY
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gf_ar[2] = gf_mc.dep_2 //department 2
gf_ar[3] = gf_mc.dep_3 //department 3
gf_ar[4] = gf_mc.dep_4 //department 4
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newY = 690
newXscale = 350
newYscale = 350
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newX = -620
newY = -796
newXscale = 432
newYscale = 432
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newX = -70
newY = -520
newXscale = 365
newYscale = 365
}

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newX = -455
newY = -335
newXscale = 315
newYscale = 315
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Additionally, i have a few extra questions:
1. In the function Itself, i have nabbed the coding:

Code:
this.onEnterFrame = function () {
What is 'this' in this instance?

similarly, later i used

Code:
delete this.onEnterFrame;
am i right in thinking that that peice of coding is re-usable, and that it is not permanently deleted, only telling the motion function to stop?

2. Whenever i trace the focusdep, it is always undefined. So although the output bar updates when i release a department, it only displays 'undefined' again.

Code:
iDep.onRelease = function () {
this = focusdep
this.motionTween (gf_mc, this.newX, this.newY, this.newXscale, this.newYscale, 70)
}
trace(focusdep)
3. Finally, i have made an attempt at causing the unfocused (not zoomed in on) departments to fade when another department is selected.

Code:
iDep.onRelease = function () {
this = focusdep
this.motionTween (gf_mc, this.newX, this.newY, this.newXscale, this.newYscale, 70)
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}
I have a feeling this is horribly inaccurate. I am trying to say:
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I've searched for related issues, but none of them seems to cover this and I guess that's partly because, for absurd as it might sound, there's nothing wrong... let me make it clearer:

I'm programming a dinamic flash/xml website. up until now I've kept the info for the menus and the one for the gallery (the site has a gallery that displays both text and images) in separate xml files. but I'm trying to make all of it work out of a single xml file. I've managed to make the menus and the gallery all go get the info correctly to the xml (text and images), but then I came up with a problem that jeopardizes the whole show: a path inside the xml's onLoad function refuses to work! the code that bears the function has to be placed into the same clip as the clips that contain the text fields to wich info will be passed or it won't do a thing.

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Code:
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contentSubMenu.ignoreWhite = true;
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unless _root.contentSubMenu.onLoad = function() and the code from there on is placed into _root.listSubMenu_mc.listWindow_mc.buttonListSlide _mc (right above category_mc),
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I tried tracing for info that comes from the xml, but nothing is displayed in the output window.

I've attached a zip file that contains a fla file, an xml file, a txt file with the full chunk of actionscript code and the fonts you'll be needing should you decide to take a look (they're only two).

The fla file has been built in the following manner:
_on the right side, the clips that hold the text fields to wich the contentSubMenu.onLoad function will pass info to are directly placed upon [i]_root (so, following the code example from above, it would be like having var buttonList = _root;)
_on the left side, the clips that hold the text fields are down into buttonListSlide_mc and the contentSubMenu.onLoad function is there as well, only commented so it doesn't display anything.

that way one situation is compared with the other more easily.

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If I comment the drag function out, then I can close the window.
I can do one or the other, but not both.

I have a vague idea of what's happening.

Theory:

The close window command ( t.removeMovieClip() ) is not able to execute because
the "close button movie clip" is inside the popup window movie clip. Therefore, when I add the startDrag function, it gets dragged along with everything else. I believe that to
sovle this problem the startDrag function has to be cleared some sort of way
so that the "close button movie clip" can perform its function.

Well that's just my theory.

Here is my code:

Code:
//-----------------------This creates an empty movie clip----------------------\

this.createEmptyMovieClip("container_mc",1);

//-----------------------end of movie clip creation----------------------------\

//-------------This attaches movie clip to stage on button release-------------\

button.onRelease = function () {
var t:MovieClip = container_mc.attachMovie("popup","pop_mc",container_mc._level1());
t._x =100;
t._y =100;
t.closer.onRelease = function () {
t.removeMovieClip();
}

//---------------------end attach movie--------------------------------------\

//--------------------drag events--------------------------------------------\

t.onPress = function () {
t.startDrag();
}

t.onRelease = function () {
t.stopDrag();
}

//----------------------------end drag events------------------------------\

}
I have attached the fla file.
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Thanks in advance.

Hungry Samurai

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//Scrollbar Control//

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space = 0;
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speed = 4;
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