Flash :: Really Simple Stuff... But Help

Simple Stuff
hey, im really new to actionscripting

im experimenting for stuff, trying to get a good feel of actionscript.

i'm stuck on this d=rt calculator im trying to make.

here is the code i put into the first frame:

function Formula (t, d) {
this.time = t;
this.distance = d;
this.getSpeed = function(){return this.time / this.distance}
}

i have an input text field, and its variable is t

i have a button which is supposed to submit what you type in to the text field. the code for it is:

on (release) {
setProperty(" _root.Formula", _time, t)
}

there is an error in the code for the button. this is the error the debugger gives me:

Scene=Scene 1, Layer=Layer 1, Frame=1: Line 2: Property name expected in GetProperty.
setProperty(" _root.Formula", _time, t)

what am i doing wrong?
i have been trying to figure this out, and i cant...
thanks

=)=)

Some Help With Simple Stuff
Something wierd..
I am doing a simple thing.
I have an MC, and the scene.
In the scene i have 2 inputs, one is named
a1_in the other is named d_in.
now I have 8 dynamic boxes which are
suposed to be - first - a1+d*0 second a1+d*1.. and so on.
so I did a submit button, which the code is.

_root.text(name of the mc).a1 = a1_in;
_root.text.d = d_in;

so I try it, Write in the numbers.. hit submit, and nothing happens.
Any idea why?

Some Simple Stuff
I'm trying to create an intro into a website. It's very simple. I'm trying to add a graphic that will fade in at the end of the intro. When I manually run through my movie, I see it, but when I "test movie" it's not there. I know I'm missing something really basic...can someone help?

Also, how do I put the hyperlink on the graphic to go to the webpage?

Thank you!

Uh Oh... Trying To Do Simple Stuff In AS3
Hi all,

I've been out of the flash loop for a while working on a batch of HTML websites... now i'm stuck with actionscript 3.0. I'm trying to do a simple website where clicking the buttons take you to different labelled points in the scene which are different pages. I did some research on button code and found this:

Code:
storybutton.addEventListener(
MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP,
function(evt:MouseEvent):void {
trace("I've been clicked!");
gotoAndPlay("page1");
}
);

videobutton.addEventListener(
MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP,
function(evt:MouseEvent):void {
trace("I've been clicked!");
gotoAndPlay("page2");
}
);

downloadsbutton.addEventListener(
MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP,
function(evt:MouseEvent):void {
trace("I've been clicked!");
gotoAndPlay("page3");
}
);

shootbutton.addEventListener(
MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP,
function(evt:MouseEvent):void {
trace("I've been clicked!");
gotoAndPlay("page4");
}
);

which i added to my flash file on the buttons layer as instructed... my stops are on a seperate actions layer - although i tried adding the button code to this one and seems to make no difference...

Um... basically the first button click works fine, whichever button i choose, but after that the buttons become inactive. So what have i missed out here?

I got the principle working fine in actionscript 2.0 but am making use of the full screen video playback and need to get it into actionscript 3.0 before deadline on thursday! Can anyone help please?

Very Simple Xml-stuff
hi everybody.

i'm trying to do some xml-loading in AS3.0 and I'm quite new to E4X, so I need some help.

first of all, I've made this XML:

Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<partners>
<partner>
<picture>casinodk_logo.gif</picture>
<text>Denmark's leading Gaming Portal</text>
</partner>
<partner>
<picture>partnernordicadk_logo.gif</picture>
<text>The Poker Room with a Danish twist</text>
</partner>
<partner>
<picture>pokernordica_logo.gif</picture>
<text>Earn money with the PartnerNordica.com affiliate program</text>
</partner>
</partners>
now, I've successfully loaded it into Flash, but here comes my problem.
I want to cycle through this XML assigning every picture to a movieclip, and every text to another movieclip.
I want to do this by using a for loop, but I cant make it work.

so far I've made this:

Code:
var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onXMLLoaded);

var xml:XML;

function onXMLLoaded(e:Event):void{
xml = new XML(e.target.data);
trace(xml);
for(var i:uint = 0; i<the length() of something; i++){
//actions go here
}
}

loader.load(new URLRequest("bannerxml.xml"));

what do I do from here?

thanks
felisan

Simple Stuff
I really cannot get this idea into my head. The idea is about if yo chnage say a MC that all the other MC which are the same change too. For example size or stuff. If i want to change a particular MC do i have to make an instance?

Please explain clearly so i don't get in a muddle with different MC which souldn't be...

... if you know wot i mean

Egg & Cress

Really Simple Stuff... But Help
ok, im puttin in a geturl on a button, but i want it to open in a seperate window. im working with mx2004, so could you show me how the whole line would look.

ths is what i have so far
Code:
on (release) {
getURL("http://www.atomicmatches.com/songs/monster.htm"), ("_blank");
}

also. could some one define the following targets. i dont know which is which

_parent
_blank
_self
_top

Very Simple Xml-stuff
hi everybody.

i'm trying to do some xml-loading in AS3.0 and I'm quite new to E4X, so I need some help.

first of all, I've made this XML:
Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<partners>
<partner>
   <picture>casinodk_logo.gif</picture>
   <text>Denmark's leading Gaming Portal</text>
</partner>
<partner>
   <picture>partnernordicadk_logo.gif</picture>
   <text>The Poker Room with a Danish twist</text>
</partner>
<partner>
   <picture>pokernordica_logo.gif</picture>
   <text>Earn money with the PartnerNordica.com affiliate program</text>
</partner>
</partners>

now, I've successfully loaded it into Flash, but here comes my problem.
I want to cycle through this XML assigning every picture to a movieclip, and every text to another movieclip.
I want to do this by using a for loop, but I cant make it work.

so far I've made this:
Code:

var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onXMLLoaded);

var xml:XML;

function onXMLLoaded(e:Event):void{
xml = new XML(e.target.data);
trace(xml);
for(var i:uint = 0; i<the length() of something; i++){
   //actions go here
}
}

loader.load(new URLRequest("bannerxml.xml"));

what do I do from here?

thanks
felisan

Simple Sound Stuff Help.
Hi guys. Just need some help on a single sound problem.

What I'm basically trying to do is to stop a looping sound from playing when the movie gets to a certain frame (in this case, it's frame 4).

Okay, so when the movie's done loading, it goes to a menu where you can select "play movie". While you're on this menu, there's music playing in the background (it's looping). What I want to happen is the music to stop playing when you click "play movie" (I just want the looping music to stop, not all sounds).

If it helps, the looping music has no effects, the "Start" sync, and 100 loops (I just put in a high number so it won't stop playing; hopefully the user would have picked an option by then).

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[ By the way, this flash I'm doing is kind of a big project, so you might see me around here more. Heh. ]

[F8] Simple Problem... If/Then Stuff
Code:
**Error** Symbol=bird3fly_mc, layer=Layer 3, frame=120:Line 4: Operator '=' must be followed by an operand
if (var inflight == "false"){

Total ActionScript Errors: 1 Reported Errors: 1
I have used this syntax millions of times before I feel like. Am I only supposed to use one "="? I don't see what is wrong here, but it is giving me these errors. Thanks for the help.

Moving A MC, Simple Stuff
Hi, i was hoping if anyone could help me with a little simple AS i have a MC and i want it to move or slide to another _x or _Y position when i click buttons, i know how to do it with the setProperty but i want the MC to move there, not just appear in another position?
If anyone could help me with this simple stuff i will be a very happy panda.

Simple _currentframe Stuff I Can't Figure Out
I have a button, and I want to make it so that if the movie clip it is manipulating is on a certain frame it will work, but if its not then it won't. but I can't seem to make the _currentframe stuff work in an "if" statement. anyone have a clue how to help me?

Simple Onclip Event Stuff >:(
Ok, lemmy try and remember what I wanted to do...
hmm..
I have made a movie, and I want every 5 frames to put in action script, something like.

Frame 1
onClipEvent (mouseDown){
if(down.gotoandplay(2;}

I know basicly nothing of actionscript I'm just trying to do a few simple things, and it says that I have some error(s). I don't know where to look to find out how to do any thing

Help With Some Movieclips And Simple Goto Stuff.
Let's see. I have some small movieclips grouped into a bigger movieclip, each of them with separate animations and stuff.

I want to make it so that, when you click one of the small movieclips, the whole movie goes to another frame. If I use onRelease ... gotoAndPlay(frame), it only affects the big movieclip, but not the main movie. I've tried with gotoAndPlay(Scene 1, frame), but I returns the same. I can't seem to animate the full movie from within the little symbol, but only the movieclip.

Does anyone know what I need to do?

Thanks in advance.

Mouse-over Buttons....simple Stuff I'm Sure
This should be simple but I can't do it. I basically want a button that when the mouse passes over it, a border appears around it and a sound is played. Then, when you click on the button, it will take you to an area. How is this done?

Some Simple Button Action Stuff
Hey guys,

I feel like this is an easy one. But I've got 2 buttons that have some rollover effects (enlarging/shrinking). Each works fine by itself; it'll enlarge and shrink perfectly. But if I roll over a button to enlarge it while the other is shrinking, suddenly both of them enlarge simultaneously even though one no longer has a mouse over it. I feel like it's something simple that I'm overlooking, or maybe I've just got some bad habits. If anyone could give this a quick look and see if I'm doing anything atypical, that'd be great.

here are my button listeners

Code:
// seventytwo

events.seventytwo.onRollOver = function()
{
enlargePhoto(this);
}
events.seventytwo.onRollOut = function()
{
shrinkPhoto(this);
}

// seventysix

events.seventysix.onRollOver = function()
{
enlargePhoto(this);
}
events.seventysix.onRollOut = function()
{
shrinkPhoto(this);
}
and here are the functions

Code:
function enlargePhoto(target:MovieClip)
{
factor = target.photo._width / target.photo._height;
wDest = 240;
hDest = wDest / factor;

startingX = target.photo._x;
startingW = target.photo._width;

photoEase = 0.12;

target.onEnterFrame = function()
{
trace("enlarge photo " + this);
wInc = (wDest - this.photo._width) * photoEase;
hInc = (hDest - this.photo._height) * photoEase;

this.photo._width += wInc;
this.photo._height += hInc;

this.photo._x -= wInc/2;

if ((Math.abs(this.photo._width - wDest) < 1) && (Math.abs(this.photo._height - hDest) < 1))
{
this.photo._x = startingX - wDest/2 + startingW/2;
this.photo._width = wDest;
this.photo._height = hDest;
trace("delete enlarge photo " + this + " - killed");
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
}
}

function shrinkPhoto(target:MovieClip)
{
factor = target.photo._width / target.photo._height;
hDest = 32;
wDest = hDest * factor;

startingX = target.photo._x;
startingW = target._photo._width;

photoEase = 0.12;

target.onEnterFrame = function()
{
trace("shrink photo " + this);

wInc = (this.photo._width - wDest) * photoEase;
hInc = (this.photo._height - hDest) * photoEase;

this.photo._width -= wInc;
this.photo._height -= hInc;

this.photo._x += wInc/2;

if ((Math.abs(this.photo._width - wDest) < 1) && (Math.abs(this.photo._height - hDest) < 1))
{
this.photo._x = this.flagpole._width; //this assumes flagpole will always be at 0
this.photo._width = wDest;
this.photo._height = hDest;
trace("delete shrink photo " + this + " - killed");
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
}
}
Thanks!

On MouseMove Question. Simple Stuff?
okay.. so i have a movieclip that i want to play (fade in). when the mouse is moving. That part works fine. Hoever, when the mouse STOPS moving I want the movieclip to play backwards and fade out.

Basically I just need to know how to tell my movieclip that the mouse is NOT moving.

any ideas? Keep in mind i'm fairly novice and if this is going to involve a "listener" I have no idea what that is.

thanks.

A Good Book For AS 3.0 Simple Stuff?
Can someone direct me to a good book that can explain to me how to make forms and such in AS 3.0. The tabIndex, borderColor and many other things that used to help me make kick butt forms are gone or I don't know how to make them work..

This AS 3.0 is going to make me un-employed if I don't learn more faster. Thanks Adobe for such a enormous leap from AS 2.0 and having horrible documentation! Not everyone programs everything through just code. You don't have many examples of anything in your docs. I like to layout my design and then program it, that's how you get good design. Not by just adding everything to containers at run time...

Probably Really Simple (interface Sorta Stuff)
I have this:

Code:

//Attach Starting Dialog to Foreground Container
_root.fgcont.attachMovie("start_mc", "smc",3100);
Ok so no problems, an instance of start_mc is attached to fgcont, my "container" MC. It appears and animates fine.

What I'm stuck with here, is making it dissapear when I press enter or click the mouse. I've tried using listeners with no success, perhaps I'm doing it wrong. This is for Flash Player 6, AS 1.0 by the way.

Font Alert Problem. Simple Stuff?
Sorry if this has been answered before but I have searched.

Every time I go to publish my .fla I get an alert box that says:
"Some characters could not be converted to outlines pecause the apropriate outline font is not available. These fonts will dissapear......blah blah....."

They dont actually dissapear on my machine, but I'm worried because the one Font I used that I did not get this message was "Osaka(comes with OSX)" (my first choice) but on some machines it requests that the user download a Japanese language package. When you ignore this alert the text seems to display fine but I can't have that.

http://www.fingerfunk.com/ie.new.big.html

I have tried almost all the fonts that came with OSX, and a bunch from MAFONTS, so it's not because I'm using weird ones. What am I doing wrong here? Can I just ignore this?

Pretty Simple Straight Forward Stuff
New to flash.
I've got two flash files both AS3 - one is my website that i've created, one is my portfolio.
I wanted to link the website to the portfolio with a button?

Suggestions?

Whats This? JavaScript Issue Simple Newbie Stuff ;(
Check this out, this is the script on my html site
var mywindow=window.open ("http://www.markstyrczula.com/traditional/traditional01.htm","mywindow","width=800,height=45 0,resizable");
Look what happens!! WHY?????????? Here is the link to my site Linky link Then hit the top, first tradtional art example, and check out what happens... Man o MAN!!! Whats goin on?? Can I adjust the window that being opened through the action script on the button?? If so, how? Thanks guys, da danga...Im SOOOOoooo behind

Previous Button Without Using PrevFrame() Xposted To Simple Stuff
First off, thank you in advance for looking at this! This post was x-posted in Simple Stuff.. seeing as I haven't had an answer, maybe its not that simple? Or perhaps its easier to find than I've been making it. Or maybe I'm impatient....oops.

I'm making a movie that loads external swfs created by iwork's keynote. Keynote leaves the first frame blank and labels every three slides (starting at frame2) "SlideFrame_1", "SlideFrame_2", etc.

My next button which goes to nextFrame() works just fine. It ends up stopping somewhere in the middle of SlideFrame_whatever. Which is great since its a static frame.

My previous button goes...nowhere with prevFrame() since prevFrame goes right back to where Next took us and stopped.

I don't know how many slides are in each swf I'm loading. I just know how its being run. I need my previous button to look at the current slide's label and then move back to "SlideFrame_x" x=previous slide.
Q: How do I go about writing that?

I'm going to hunt further on the webs and I'll post if I find anything.

Any help is greatly appreciated. I hope this is a "simple stuf" post...

Floating Picture Thinggy... Does Stuff... Stuff I Don't Know How To Do...
Check this out. I'm making a website and at the bottom of the site i want floating pictures. They not only float but they continue to move to the left. Untill you place the mouse over the pictures and then you can either make them go left or right with the speed varying as you go further to each side. Then when you select them there is a loading process and the pictures come up in a cool way and the rest is history. Now here is the problem... how do you do all that stuff. I'm talkin' 'bout all of it. Make them look like they float, make them go left and right and default left, and the... well the selection I can manage. Assistance would be quite nice. Thanx alot whoever answers this.

Why Is My HTML Stuff Messing With My Flash Stuff?
Hi fellas, I have an HTML page that has the regular drop down menues and some buttons in them. Nothing fancy. I also have a Flash banner withing the HTML page. The problem is whenever I go over the buttons in the HTML portion, my Flash banner pauses until I move the mouse away from any HTML buttons. Why would that be?!
Many thanks in advance.

Orbiting Stuff Around Other Stuff
Hi y'all

I've been searching the web for about 2 hours now, hoping to find some actionscript which makes something (eg a planet) around something else (eg another planet), but so far, I haven 't found anything ..

I did find something for Flash 8, but I'm not sure if it's going to work by just pasting it in CS3 ..

The thing is, even if I do get the script working in AS3, how do I make the object do a circular motion at the same time as the orbital motion?

If planet1 starts above planet2, goes down in front of p2, disappears behind p2, than how do I make it shift a bit to the left/right when above p2 again.
Repetig this should then result in a circular + orbital motion.

Does anyone know how to do this, or do you have to see the code (even though it is still AS2 right now)? In that case just ask me

Thanks!

Help With _x And _y Stuff
Id like to have two buttons that could move a movie clip up and down.. I've tried various ways with variables but it seems that there is a scope resolution problem

How would I go about changing the _x and _y value of a movie clip, with another button?

.txt Stuff
First of all i'm not really a newbie. I just don't have too much experience wit flash actionscripting. Ok, so i made this nice website, http://monshu.netfirms.com, it's on a free server until i'm done! Well i have some input text(goto about > test) that i want to edit the corresponding dynamic text on the homepage. So far, as you can see, i does it. But i need it to save as a *.txt file so that it is visible even after refreshing!... I know how to make the dynamic text load the .txt file, but how do i save the input text as a .txt file?... That's my question. Any help would be great!, thnx

Ps: perl, php, c++ scripts to do this is fine, but you have too show me how?

3d Stuff
are there any good free things like swift 3d?

Cgi Stuff
Hey all,

It's me again. I've gotten everything figured out finally on the flash side of my form, but I'm having trouble with my CGI script. I know this isn't the place, but I was wondering if any of you knew where I could go to get help with debugging my Perl CGI script. I do know it is the script because I ran the form through another script and it went beautifully, the script just wasn't made for that form. It will do for now, but I ultimately want to be good at this programming thing. If you know where a good discussion board is or something let me know. Thanks

Fro

Where Did My Stuff Go? %&*()$^&
going crazy here, i have a movie that calls certain object properties to _visible = true, everything was working fine, then, i added some more objects and tried dupilcatemovie command to reproduce these objects dynamicaly. problem is, my objects that were working are no longer visible. property instector says _visible = true, but i dont see them. any clues? its almost like when i was using the duplicatemovie command, they somehow got move down a couple of levels, but at any rate, i can not see them eventhough they show visible in the PI.
thanks in advance for any help you can give!
Jeff

Stuff
"==" means is qual to

where as "=" means becomes qual to

3d Stuff On A Mac
What software do I need to be able to create 3d to use in flash mx on a Mac. and what else do you think i might need to know before i start getting too involved.

I've successfully managed to import stuff from 3d studio max using both illustrate and vecta3d so i guess i'm looking for something similar to that.

cheers guys!!!

Would Anybody Like To Help Me With Some Stuff?
i need some one to help me with a movie a game and if possible my website if you have MX plz help me

if you have msn messanger and your ready to start add me :

ar_cb3@hotmail.com

Gun And Stuff For It, HELP
Hey, firstly, how do you make a bullet come out a gun (and got e direction th gun points etc)

secondly, how do you make an arm/gun atc point the direction you r mouse is????

any help please???

Cheers

3d Stuff
how do you animate 3d imported swift 3d images? like move around them, and also have things like characters in differnt parts/layers.???
cheers

Stuff #1
a ping pong game. kinda sux

Y And X Stuff
Hi

How can I make this script tell it to notice the bottom instead of the top.

Code:
if (this._y<-10) {
reset();
}

thanks

3D Stuff
Hi,
I think this is quite complicated, but I know that it is possible.
I want to make a 3D genorater. I have a movieClip called 'box', its just a square, I want to use actionscript (version 2) to make it 3D. Then I want to make it so that if I press the up, down, left and right keys the box rotates and if you press controle and these keys it moves in different directions. This could be done by making the boxes sizes and coordinates etc variables and then they are changed when you do this.
I would also like a zoom in tool, but its not as important.

Please help me, I really want this,
Thanx in advance,

[F8] Help With Some Stuff
Ok, I am making this slide show like thing

http://www.john.8m6.net/webs/sugar/slideshow1/

and when you hover over the thumbnails i want the blown up version of the image that comes up stay on the screen (instead of going to white), until you hover over another thumbnail. How would you do this?

also when you hover over white an image will come up, i dont want that. How can I make it not do that.

also, how do you make a transparent background on a flash file? you know when you make a .png file in photoshop and you dont make a background it will save and when you go to show it on a forum or something the background will be the same as whatever the background is.

aim: efstratis
yahoo: jefstratis

please help.

++ -- >= <= +- += All That Stuff
Hi.

What does all that stuff mean? I have a basic idea, I'm not sure if I'm correct though. Do they mean like ++ is add twice? or >= greater than or equal to?

Thanks.

Help Me With... Stuff...
On my graphical calc I made a program of a cord following your cursor and it has a very realistic effect. It works perfectly on my calc, but when I try to make it on my computer it woun't calculate my cordinates!
Can anyone help? I'm kindoff n00bish on actionscript...
Here's the code:

Code:
onClipEvent (load) {
var corX = new Array();
var corY = new Array();
var angle = new Array();
var a = 0;
for (i=0; i>200; i--) {
corX[a] = 0;
corY[a] = i;
angle[a] = 270;
a++;
}
this.startDrag(1);
Mouse.hide();
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
for (x=0; x<200; x++) {
corX[1] = _x;
corY[1] = _y;
if (corX[x+1]-corX[x] != 0) {
angle[x] = Math.atan((corY[x+1]-corY[x])/(corX[x+1]-corX[x]));
}
if (corX[x+1]<corX[x]) {
angle[x] = angle[x]-180;
}
corX[x+1] = Math.cos(angle[x])+corX[x];
corY[x+1] = Math.sin(angle[x])+corY[x];
this.createEmptyMovieClip(x, 10);
x.lineStyle(1, 0x000000, 100);
x.moveTo(corX[x], corY[x]);
x.lineTo(corX[x+1], corY[x+1]);
}
}

Txt Stuff
ok, i want to know if there's a way i can call a variable to put in a dynamic text like this:

myVariable=xxx.txt

another thing is the #include action. Is there another way besides exporting the movie every time you update the xxx.as file?

How Do I Do This Stuff?
first of all sorry for my english!!! i'm a portuguese girl... ope u understand me!
I have a movieClip wich is attached and inside of this movieclip i have 2 text fields and a another movieclip. what i'm doing exactly is importing from a xml file text and imgs to this movieclip and duplicating the text fields and the movieclip inside the main movieclip, what i what to do, is to create a scroll to the main movie clip! because os this movieclip is being use several times and sometimes it is bigger than others! have to take care about this!
i wonder if anyone can help how to do this???
thanks
jinhos