Flash :: Problems With Copying Images Between Movie Clips

Copying Movie Clips & Creating New Instance
Hi, Helpful People!

I'm new to the forum and have been struggling with this issue all day. I'm not even sure if my subject line is accurate. hahaha. I'm currently making changes to a website (tukansystems.com). Each button on this site links to a standard movie clip that loads a variable. I've created a new button and am trying to forego the creation of the movie clip by copying it and changing the actionscript/variable. However, when I try this upon clicking the buttons, they both display the same .txt file, as if they are linked. How can I get around this problem??

Thanks in advance

t

Flash MX Crashing: Publishing Hqx And Copying Movie Clips
A few annoying bugs - anyone seen them?

Copying and pasting movie clips of any sort between movies in Flash MX under Windows XP crashes my instance.

Attempting to export a Macintosh projector (hqx file) freezes Flash when the file contains video.

R

Copying Dynamically Created Movie Clips To Attach To New Container
I've been searching this for hours:

How do I copy all the dynamic objects(ie: textInput) and all it's attributes created by attachMovieClip() at containerMovie1 to attach to containerMovie2 and display all of them? I don't find any solutions using duplicateMovieClip() so what's your solution?

thanks!

Copying Movie Clips Into Another Movie
Hi.

As I've told in a different thread, I'm making a coloring book for kids. My problem at the moment is the printing... There are several frames where each frame contains a drawing, and the user can print it out, before or after they have filled it with color.

Since I can't figure out how to print specific frames and multiple layers, I'm wondering if I could do something like this:

When the user wants to print the current drawing, all the movieclips on this frame are copied to a different movie, which is then loaded into an empty movieclip (movieclipholder) and then printed.

Am I way off on this one, or is there some sense in my idea? Any suggestions on how to solve this would be appreciated!

DuplicateMovieClip Not Copying "child" Movie Clips
I think I'm missing the boat here, what am I missing?!?!!

1) I have a container movie clip instance on the stage at design time.

2) At runtime a number of "child" movie clips are attached to the container clip instance.

3) I try to use the duplicateMovieClip method to duplicate the entire container clip instance.

4) Only the original container clip is duplicated. The movie clips that were attached to the container at runtime are NOT duplicated along with the container clip itself.

I'm sure I'm missing some basic concept here....so please...point me in the right direction!

Thanks!

[F8] Copying Images From Photoshop
I am trying to copy an outline/text image from Photoshop, but Flash keeps filling in the transparent spaces with white. How can I avoid this?

IMAGES..and Movie Clips?
I have a site I am working on...I was trying to make a movie clip...I went to Insert>>>>>New Symbol>>>>MovieClip..
I started drawing my movie scene stuff...and when I went to import a image...I couldnt..the option was greyed out..WHY?..Can you NOT use .jpg's/.gif's inside of a movie clip??? What the deal?..Am I doing something wrong here? (which I'm sure I am..LOL..) Thanks for the help all.

-whispers-

Copying And Pasting Frame Images With Locations ?
Hi all,

Quick question ... When you copy and paste an image, symbol, etc is it possible to copy its x and y location values rather than having to type them in again each time ?

Thanks

Greg

Trouble With Images In Movie Clips
ok.. im working on a site for a tattoo parlor.. i want to have a thumbnail-type section page, but rather than clicking on the images to view a lager version, i want the images to fade in on a designated section of the page as a rollover, just a larger version of the picture. how would i use the same image in the library in a differnt size without having the small thumbnail changing in size as well? or would i have to duplicate the image; would i need two of every image in my library.. one small one large? any help will be greatly appreciated. thanks. -j

Loading Images Into Movie Clips
How do I load an image located in a folder into a Movie Clip.

I have tried with picture1.loadMovie("images/pic1.jpg") but this doesn't seem to work.

Inserting Images Into Movie Clips
How do I load an image located in a folder into a Movie Clip.

I have tried with picture1.loadMovie("images/pic1.jpg") but this doesn't seem to work. I have also tried loadMovie("images/pic1.jpg","picture1")

Wide Movie Clips And Images
I have about 8 images lined up side by side in a movie clip, which makes it about 4400 px wide, but when i export it, and pan the mc to the left or right, the images on the extreme ends of the movie clip upon publishing appear as the first vertical columns of pixels repeated over the length of the image. Does anyone know why this is, or how I might be able to fix the problem?

dave

Transitions Between Images/movie Clips
I'm trying to use masks to transition from one image to another. When someone clicks on a button, I want the transition to take place on top of the old image.

An example of exactly what I want to do:
http://www.royalhawaiianweddings.com/mauiweddings.html

When a button is clicked transition occurs.

My question:
Are seperate files loading into a blank movie clip (target) or is it loading onto levels.....or is there a different way to transition that I don't know about (I'm definetly not an expert)?

I'd appreciate any insight. Thanks.

Make Xml Images Movie Clips
I have created a 3D carousel. The tutorial I used though takes the images in the xml and makes them bitmapdata.

Code:
public function CarouselItem(image:DisplayObject):void {
_data = new BitmapData(image.width, image.height, true, 0x00FFFFFF);
_data.draw(image);
var bmp:Bitmap = new Bitmap(_data, "auto", true);

bmp.x -= bmp.width*.5 ;
bmp.y -= bmp.height*.5;
updateDisplay();
addChild(bmp);

I need them to load into an empty movie clip so I can make them interactive and also so I will be able to load swfs as well as jpgs.

I have tried everything I can think of from making a new movie clip to a new sprite. I have also attached my fla and classes and xml if the will help understand my problem better.

How To Line Up Images In Different Movie Clips?
Hi there,

I have a movieclip, does some animations etc.

Is it possible to view that movieclip at the last frame on the stage, so that i can then line up items in another movieclip with it?

Driving me nuts trying to get the pixels perfectly lined from two different clips

Some Help With Images Loaded Into Movie Clips.
I have a series of images that are loaded from an xml file into some movieclips, which are inside other movieclips on the stage. A quick diagram to help explain:

Main Movie Clip ----> Inner Movie Clip ---> Image

So I have several of these movie clips on the stage and I would link to find out which image is in the movie clip that the user currently has their mouse on. I feel like I'm close to getting it but it never works. So any help would be much appreciated! If I haven't given enough info please let me know and I'll fill in the holes. Thanks in advance!

Limit To Images Or Movie Clips?
i recently created a project (Flash MX) that had 24 jpg images that were loaded into movie clips so that i could fade them in and out, but anything after the 11th movie clip would create distorted fade ins. has anyone faced such a problem?

Loading Images Into Empty Movie Clips
Can anyone tell me how to load an image called "frame.png" into an empty movie clip on the stage called "frame"?

I tried doing this on the first frame of the main timeline (there is only one frame in the movie so far)

loadMovie("images/frame.png", "frame");

This doesn't work. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

Movie Clips Vs Graphic With Nested Images?
Can someone (or someones) tell me what is better in certain situations and the advatages and disadvantages of using a Movie Clip to illustrate a something like a walk cycle or eye blink vs the same thing with a Graphic with nested images?

I'm not really familiar with Graphics with nested images, so can you give me a little bit of quick info on how it works or a tutorial that would help me?

Thanks

Dynamically Creating Images (movie Clips)
I'm kind of new to flash, but I've been following a few tutorials on AS3 and I think I know the language pretty well (just working on memorizing the functions and constants.. but that will come with time).

I'm wanting to create a dynamic image gallery, where image URLs will be loaded from an XML file and displayed on the flash scene.

My main question is, inside of my XML loop, how can I create a resized image in the scene? Since the number of images will vary, I can't create image1_mc, image2_mc etc. movie clips. They need to be created dynamically.

And how can I make them show inside of a scrollable box?

Big thanks in advance. You don't have to create anything for me, I believe in doing things myself. Unless of course you're just feeling really generous. But just some tips and/or links to tutorials will be fine!

Wes

Loading Images To Duplicated Movie Clips
Hi ppl,

I have a problem in loading pictures to duplicated movie clips. I have a dynamic sliding menu and I wanna load images to submenus. However I havent succeeded yet.

Here is the code:

setProperty("Rub", _visible, false);
setProperty("subrub", _visible, 0);
bas._visible=false
n = 0;
while (n<=TotalRubs) {
n = n+1;
set("PosY"+n, getProperty(n, _y)+RubHeight- 1.5);
if (TargetRub==n and eval("Total_Subrubs_Rub" add n)>0) {
z = 0;
while (z<eval("Total_Subrubs_Rub" add n)) {
z = z+1;
duplicateMovieClip("subrub", n+"_"+z, Number((n*10))+Number(z));

this[n+"_"+z].img.loadMovie("urun2.jpg");
set(n+"_"+z+":subtxt", eval("L" add n add z));
if (Number(z) == 1) {
setProperty(n+"_"+z, _y, Number(getProperty(n, _y))+RubHeight- 1.5);

} else {
setProperty(n+"_"+z, _y, getProperty(n add "_" add (z-1), _y)+SubrubHeight);
}
}

max = SubrubHeight*eval("Total_Subrubs_Rub"+TargetRub);
//set("PosY" add TargetRub, Number(getProperty(TargetRub, _y))+Number(getProperty(TargetRub, _height)));
set("Distance" add n, eval("Distance" add n)+5);
if (eval("Distance" add n)>=max) {
set("Distance" add n, max);
}
//setProperty(Number(TargetRub)+1, _y, eval("PosY" add TargetRub)+eval("Distance" add TargetRub));
} else {
z = 10;
while (z>0) {
z = Number(z)-1;
removeMovieClip(n+"_"+z);
}
set("Distance"+n, eval("Distance"+n)-10);
if (eval("Distance"+n)<=0) {
set("Distance"+n, 0);
}
}
setProperty(n+1, _y, eval("PosY"+n)+eval("Distance"+n));
}

I ll be very happy if somebody help me on this problem
thanks in advance...

Load External Images In 2 Movie Clips
Hi,

What I'm trying to achieve is this:

I have 4 images which I want to load in to 2 different movieclips.

But, I would like the next image to fade over the previous image - without any "gaps" between each image.

So would I use an if/else statement: ie if mc1 does not have an image load the external image in to that, else load it in to mc2?

Please see attached. That's as far as my knowledge takes me at the moment.

Thanks for any feedback in advance.

Jo

Nested Images In Graphics Or Movie Clips?
Can someone (or someones) tell me what is better in certain situations and the advatages and disadvantages of using a Movie Clip to illustrate a something like a walk cycle or eye blink vs the same thing with a Graphic with nested images?

I'm not really familiar with Graphics with nested images, so can you give me a little bit of quick info on how it works or a tutorial that would help me?

Thanks

MX 2004 - Embedding Images/movie Clips In Textfields
Does anybody know if the new version of flash will allow use of the img HTML tag in html textfields? I.e let you put an image or movieclip inside the textfield.

If you think this is an odd request there is a good reason for it - emoticons. I read recently a rumour that img would be supported. At the moment the only way to embed emoticons in line is via very very complicated scripting or creating your own font, the latter though easier is restricting when you consider the graphical capabilities of flash outside of textfields.

cheers

Barry

Flash Squishing Images Called Into Movie Clips
Hello,

I have a flash movie and am using action script to call external images into movie clips but for some reason flash is squishing my images vertically. I have used this feature a hundred times over and never seen this problem before. I checked the size of my images vs the size of the clip i am calling them into and they are the same size.

has anyone seen this happen before and or know how to fix it?

let me know.

AddChild Moves Textbox Above Other Images/movie Clips
I have a dynamic text box inside a movie clip. The movie clip resides below a bunch of other images and movie clips on the stage, so that if the other movie clips are moved across the screen, they cover up the text box.

The problem I have is that I added a link dynamically, and now the textbox appears on top of everything else. Is there a way I can make this sit behind everything else again?

My code:

public function showContent():void {
this.gotoAndStop( "content" );

// hide various screens
hideClip( this.startmenu );
hideClip( this.downloadscreens );

showClip( this.bodytext );
setClipLanguage( this.bodytext );

this.bodytext.introCopy.htmlText += "Disc 1 is totally baller. Some other text. Etc, etc, etc. Please review the the <a href='event:Link Clicked'>usage guidelines (PDF) </a> before beginning work.";

addChild(this.bodytext.introCopy);

this.bodytext.introCopy.addEventListener(TextEvent .LINK, linkEvent);

this.bodytext.language.addEventListener( MouseEvent.CLICK, this.selectLanguage );

}

function linkEvent(event:TextEvent):void {
trace("HOORAY! I'm a PIRATE");
// Link Clicked
}

I tried to add this code:

Stage.setChildIndex(this.bodytext.introCopy, 0);

but I got an error, Stage is not a variable

Loading Random Images Into Movie Clips Using Attachmovie?
Ok so I'm totally at a loss here...

I have four empty movie clips that I want two types of pictures to load into randomly.

(example)

food1_mc place1_mc food2_mc place2_mc

now I want to randomly load images into those empty clips (pictures of food and places, imagine that). I can load in PNGs randomly but I ALSO want to have those images animate into frame each time the user visits the home section. So if I load PNGs it doesn't animate since the animation frames are passed before the PNG loads in. I also tried to throw a loader on the front but that only loads the flash file (of course) and not the PNGs. So my idea is to import all the images (there are 12 of each kind) into the library into their own movie clips (naming them food1, food2 etc etc) and then randomly AttachMovie to those empty movieclips... And then I will throw a loader on the front of that whole thing.

So I have the basic idea correct, I think, but I can't figure the code out.... Is this the most efficient and sane (at least on my end) way to do what I want?

halp?

big thankee sais in advance.

Needs Help Adding Images To Movie Clips And Referencing The Frames
i havent started with a blank, script made movie clip.
I want to add frames from action script 2, and be able to reference/show the induividual frames for a video game and not a movie. I dont realy need animation, i just need certain frames to show, that i want to load load(from a non script made movie clip with one loaded frame(bitmap data).

Dynamically Adding JPG Images As Buttons Or Movie Clips
Using an XML file, I am pulling a series of JPG images from my hard drive onto the stage. Each of these images will need to have different mouse events placed on them that will take the user to another part of the movie, or perhaps to a different scene. The attached code successfully pulls the images to the stage -- as JPG images -- and spaces them. What i need to do is make each of them a button or movie clip, each with a specific action (information which can be gleaned from the XML).

Eventually, I'll need to show images from this XML file based on user-selected criteria via some check boxes. And I'll also need to build some kind of "show next 9 images" and "show previous 9 images" functionality.

So I guess my immediate question is the first one: how the heck to you get these images on the stage and have them clickable??

Attach Code

import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.display.Loader;
import flash.events.*;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.display.Bitmap;
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.display.*;

//Load the XML data
var XMLData:XML = new XML();
var XMLPath:URLRequest = new URLRequest("models.xml");
var XMLLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(XMLPath);
var i:int;
var lines:int = 3;
var columns:int = 3;
var xpos:int = 193.4;
var ypos:int = 17.0;
XMLLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,loadXML);
//load up the XML data
function loadXML(e:Event) {
XMLData = new XML(e.target.data);
for each (var item in XMLData.item) {
i = i+1;
var pic:String = "c:/temp/demo/photos_th/"+item.pic;
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(pic);
var loader:Loader = new Loader();
loader.load(request);
loader.x = xpos;
loader.y = ypos;
if ((i == 4) || (i == 7)) {
loader.x = 193.4;
xpos = 193.4;
}
if ((i == 4) || (i == 5) || (i == 6)) {
loader.y = 126;
}
if ((i == 7) || (i == 8) || (i == 9)) {
loader.y = 235;
}
if (i <= 9) {
//this.addChild(loader);
addChild(loader);
}
xpos = xpos+161;
}
}
stop();

Laoding External Images Into Movie Clips In Different FRAMES
I generally don't mess with the timeline, but I need to for this project. In a nutshell: user can customize a product reference sheet with her choice of crossection, footprint, etc. All those choices exist as external swfs. In order to be legible, the reference sheet must be two pages.

I know how to print multiple frames with Flash. But what I cannot yet achieve is loading external swfs into movieclips on different frames, and then print that. Here's my code from a test fla:

ActionScript Code:
//add1, add2 are buttons on stage.//printArea is a movie clip on stage. holder1 and holder2 are movie clip instances within printArea movie clip.////these two event handlers go to a frame in printArea and load in the images. They work fine.add1.onRelease=function(){ printArea.gotoAndStop(1); printArea.holder1.loadMovie("Salakk.JPG");}add2.onRelease=function(){ printArea.gotoAndStop(2); printArea.holder2.loadMovie("johnStewart_cn.jpg");}////this is the function that sends the swf to the printer.printBtn.onRelease=function(){ glPrint=new PrintJob(); glPrint.start(); glPrint.addPage(printArea, null, null, 1); glPrint.addPage(printArea, null, null, 2);}

Now, this code will print both frames as separate pages, but the loaded image in printArea.holder2 does not print! Anybody have any ideas? thanks in advance!

Aligning Dynamically Loaded Images Within Empty Movie Clips
Hey Guys,

this might be a stupid question, but if I create an empty movie clip and dynamically load a jpg into it, is there a way to align it to the right? At the moment the image's top left corner will be put at the top left corner of the emptymovieclip. I want to put the top right corner of the jpg and align it right inside the movie clip. Is that possible?

Matt

Copying Movie Problems
When i copy and paste my scrolling text boxes
on

http://members.tripod.com/nickharperuk/poomnew.swf

under the about me, and info about me section

i want to paste it into "my job" and write about my job in there, but when i do that it changes in the info abut me section too.

what do i need to do to stop this happenening?

Copying A Scene From Another Movie?
How do I do this? I downloaded a really slick scrollbar thing, then I modified it to suit my needs, but it's a different movie! I want to include it's functionality in my main movie but I don't know how to copy a scene from one movie to another. Help!

Thanks.

-spack

Copying A Whole Scene From One Movie To Another
Hi,

I have a preloader in one movie and i want it in another movie. If i try copy frames it isnt taking the library items with it. Whats the easiest way to copy an entire scene and paste it into another movie?

Im using flash mx 2004.

Cheers

Custardcream

[CS3] [AS2] Copying A Movie Clip?
hi guys,
I'm working on an app where the user can upload an image and create a mask to cut out their face. I've got it all working, and I've got an image appearing in a movie clip on the root, but I need it to be in a different, nested movie clip.
Is there any way to do that? duplicate a movie clip into a different movie clip (that won't be destroyed when the original is)? or should I just find a way to load the image into the right mc from the beginning?

Copying The Same Movie Clip?
this is probably a simple problem but i have no clue how to do it..
I have 10 small graphics. I made the first one a movie clip called 'icon_mc' that animates when it is rolled over and rolled out.
I'd like to use 'icon_mc' for the other 9 but simply change the graphics within the movie clip, rather than create all 9 from scratch.
I've tried putting multiple versions of the 'icon_mc' on the stage and changing the instance name but whenever I change the graphic of one all the rest change as well..??
Is there a way to make a template of 'icon_mc' that i can paste multiple copies onto the stage and then alter them??
any ideas?

my flash file is here:
http://www.mymrykassociates.ca/portfolio.fla
the 10 icons are on the left sidebar.

Thanks.

Copying An Existing FLASH Movie?
Hi,

I am new to Flash and have only recently stared using it. However, my skill are still not that well developed and I am having trouble copying this Flash movie.

It can be found on: http://www.tate.org.uk

I am interested in the opening sequence which shows an overlap of lines running from left to right!
All I want to know is how this can be achieved in FALSH, but not at the expence of it beign too large.

Thanks

VAVO

[Edited by vavo on 11-27-2001 at 06:00 AM]

Copying A Movie Clip With A Loop?
Hello,

I have using ot loop to duplicate a MoiveClip, which works find. But I have a box that should cover 1 half the duplicated movieclips, but for some resason eventhougth I have the box layer below the code for the duplication the duplicated Movie clips show above the box??

Please help.
Thanksw

Copying Frames And Pasting To New Movie
Does anyone know the best way to copy frames from one movie and past them into a new movie. I have been rebuilding my site and i want to keep some of the old movies. When I copy the frames and paste them to the new movie it does not center them on the new page. If i try to move the movie it messes up all of tweans. Is there any way to movie the pictuers and text without messing up the tweans?

Copying And Pasting Layers And Content From A Movie To Another: Possible?
I make a preloader in a flash movie. Now I'd like to move it the way it is in the preloader scene of another movie, with all it's content al levels. Is it possibile? And if it is how? Plus, is it possibile to import a .fla movie in onother?

How To Remove All Movie Clips/array: Movie Clips Carry Over To Next Frames/ Scenes
Hi: I am creating a small game. So far so good, but only problem I have come across is when I jump to another frame or scene, previous movieclips (using an array) that are still running carry over to the next frame/scene.

See attached if you have some time- start clicking on answers in the game, and when time runs out some movie clips that are still running will remain on top of my end frame and carry over to the next scene as well.

Is there any sort of remove all movie clips or "clear all" type of actionscript?

thanks in advance!

Copying Movie Clip Buttons That Use Action Script
Hi guys, back again

I'm trying to copy a button which is a movie clip. Only thing is that no matter which way I do it, I fail. I try to rename the buttons and then refer to the new ones in action script but I am really messing it up. I've included the original file and also the one I've mangled. I'd really be grateful for some input. Thanks-Wil

Working Single Button File: http://paragon-nj.com/test/ButtonGlow.html
Working FLA File: http://paragon-nj.com/test/ButtonGlow.fla
Mangled FLA File: http://paragon-nj.com/test/mangled.fla

Maintaining Event Behavior For Movie Clips Nested In Movie Clips
Is there any way to maintain a clip's event callbacks when said clip is nested in a parent clip that has its own definitions for those callbacks?

In other words, if clip B has a definition for .onPress and clip A has a definition for .onPress, is there anyway to maintain clip B's definition if it is nested in clip A?

I have tried doing it by making clips into movie clip subclasses but it doesn't work... but how do components work then?

How Do I Load/stream Individual Movie Clips Within Other Movie Clips
I am using flash 5

I have a movie with a huge movie clip in it and that movie clip has lots of movie clips inside that. how do I load each one individually so when the viewer clicks on abutton it starts to laod the related movie clip.

Please help.. I'm working on borrowed time and borrowed money

Accessing To The X And Y Coordinates Of Movie Clips Inside Of Other Movie Clips
lets say I have a movie clip with an instance name of "char" and another movie clip inside it with an inctance name of "ball" and when I try this I get zero:

_root.char.ball

why?

thanks in advance because you flashkit users know everything about flash in and out.

Movie Clips Within Movie Clips: Text Link Problem
Hello.

I have a Movie Clip that is my main one with another Movie Clip inside of it. In the subordinate Movie Clip, I wish to have text linking frame (13) to frame (14) for instance. The problem that manifests is that while buttons is the subordinate Movie Clip link to frames within it with no complications, the text link from 13 to 14 with its respective code links to the last frame (would be 14) in the main Movie Clip.

Am I doomed to convert all text links to buttons in the subordinate Movie Clip or is there (what I am praying for) a code to work around this and keep frame links confined to the subordinate Movie Clip? I would appreciate any help that anyone can offer regarding this problem. Many Thanks.

Movie Clips Acting As Buttons Can't Load Other Movie Clips
Frame 1 has three movie clips on it, instance names are A, B, C. I have the following actionscript on frame 1 as well:

stop();
import flash.filters.GlowFilter;

ar = [A, B, C];

for(var z=0; z<ar.length; z++) {
ar[z].onRollOver = rollover;
ar[z].onRollOut = rollout;
}

function rollover() {
this.swapDepths(0);
this.filters = [new GlowFilter(0x333333, .20, 7, 7)];
}

function rollout() {
this.filters = null;
}

This code creates a glow, obviously, on whatever movie clip I rollover. What I want to do as well is this:

I want to click on mc "A" and have it launch a different movie clip (let's say "X") on top of everything else (so that A, B and C are still visible in the background). "X" is in a sub-folder of "A" if that makes any sense or is relevant. Same kind of action for mc's B and C. B should launch mc "Y" and C should launch mc "Z".

What is the actionscript for this? Any questions please let me know. Please respond, I need this info as soon as possible. Much appreciated!!

Text

External Movie Clips With Multiple Menu Movie Clips
It's pretty late and I don't think i have enough time to search this question in the forums but here I go. Sorry If I upset someone for making a topic that already exists.

I have a main timeline that im importing an external movie clip in. This external movie clip is named "members" it has several buttons that load other external movie clips into a window within "members" . What do I need to do to make this work. Do I need to use "this, _parent, _root, level(s) or "whatever.swf". If you can help me out that will be great. I'll make it up to you down the road. No sexual favor please.

I'm using flash mx 2004 btw.

Thanks in advanced