Changing Linestyle.
Hi,
I have several lineStyle created MCs. Can I change the lineStyle after it has been set? I have a pencil tool that allows a user to set colour, width and draw, and would like to be able to change the colour and width after the line has been drawn by the user. Any ideas?
Any help would be great.
Steven.
FlashKit > Flash Help > Flash ActionScript
Posted on: 04-23-2005, 04:48 PM
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_root.createEmptyMovieClip( "triangle", 1 );
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hi
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The above code works fine but I wanted to speed up the rate of change so put a similar function in to a “setInterval” fired script
ActionScript Code:
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Fla attached.
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Hi,
I've got an animation that is set to 12 fps (frames per second).
I had to copy and paste a scene from someone else's animation into mine -- BUT I've come to find that this other animation was set to 30 fps.
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I just finished making a short Flash movie, and when I play it as .fla it all looks fine.
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.swf without screwing the movie?
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Changing A Sqf
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var bdelay = 1;
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