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 - XML based slideshow, how do I fade?ok so I am just getting into actionscript, and I am trying to make a website
 for a photography site. This is a contract job, so I want the client to have to
 ability to just drag and drop new images into the images folder, and then the
 XML file reads that folder and just pulls images from it, so that he won't have
 to use flash everytime he wants to update it. So far I have made it so it pulls
 a new image up every 4 seconds. But here is the problem, I want to images to
 fade from one to another. I know I can use this code: whatever.alphaTo(100, 3,
 "easeInOutSine");
 I have attached my code. The effect that I am going for is this: I want the
 image to take 2 seconds to fade up, then hold for 3 seconds, and then take 2
 seconds to fade out, but then the next image needs to start fading in after 1
 second of fade out of the first image, so there is a nice smooth transition. I
 am guessing I need two setIntervals, one for the fades, and one for the hold,
 but I am kinda new to this so maybe some of the more experienced people can
 help me with this. Thanks in advance for any advice.
 
 - Ryan
 
 slides_xml = new XML();
 slides_xml.onLoad = startSlideShow;
 slides_xml.load("slides.xml");
 slides_xml.ignoreWhite = true;
 
 function startSlideShow(success)
 {
 if (success == true)
 
 {
 rootNode = slides_xml.firstChild;
 firstSlideNode = rootNode.firstChild;
 currentSlideNode = firstSlideNode;
 updateSlide(firstSlideNode);
 }
 }
 
 function updateSlide(newSlideNode)
 {
 imagePath = newSlideNode.attributes.jpegURL;
 loadMovie(imagePath, targetClip);
 }
 
 function slideSwitch()
 {
 nextSlideNode = currentSlideNode.nextSibling;
 
 if (nextSlideNode == null)
 {
 updateSlide(firstSlideNode);
 currentSlideNode = firstSlideNode;
 }
 
 else
 {
 slideFade()
 updateSlide(nextSlideNode);
 currentSlideNode = nextSlideNode;
 }
 }
 
 function slideFade()
 {
 currentSlideNode.alphaTo(0, 3, "easeInOutSine");
 }
 
 setInterval(slideSwitch, 4000)
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 - Preloaded pics not fully loadedPROBLEM: I want to load 9 pics and once they are loaded I want the animation to
 start. The animation is a simple swipe off the movie clips containing the pics
 across the stage. While the pics are loading, there is a simple 'Loading...'
 move clip playing. This seems to work ok when I 'view as streaming' in Flash,
 but when I view online the images don't seem to be loaded before the animation
 starts. See at: www.simongroup.biz. Click 'Services'. Under the list of
 services, click 'billboards/signs.' This is even more apparent when viewed at
 56K dial up or lower. FILE CONSTRUCTION: First Frame is the 'Loading...' clip.
 Second Frame is the 'Loading' clip and the adHolder move clips that the images
 load into. The code for this frame includes the pics being loaded into the
 adHolder clips using the loadMovie as well as: onEnterFrame=function(){
 Loaded=adHolder1.getBytesLoaded()+adHolder2.getBytesLoaded()+adHolder3.getBytesL
 oaded()+adHolder4.ol_one.getBytesLoaded()+adHolder5.mk_3d.getBytesLoaded()+adHol
 der6.mk_future.getBytesLoaded()+adHolder7.bi_buildings.getBytesLoaded()+adHolder
 8.getBytesLoaded()+adHolder9.getBytesLoaded();
 Total=adHolder1.getBytesTotal()+adHolder2.getBytesTotal()+adHolder3.getBytesTota
 l()+adHolder4.ol_one.getBytesTotal()+adHolder5.mk_3d.getBytesTotal()+adHolder6.m
 k_future.getBytesTotal()+adHolder7.bi_buildings.getBytesTotal()+adHolder8.getByt
 esTotal()+adHolder9.getBytesTotal(); percent=Math.round((Loaded/Total)*100);
 if(percent>=100){ gotoAndPlay('start'); } } Note: Some of the pics have a
 shadow. The shadow is in the adHolder clip so that it swipes with the pic
 during the animation. That's why some of the pics are loaded into a clip inside
 the adHolder Clip. So anyone know what's going on here?
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 - HOW GO TO FULL SCREEN?I have a movie in flash and i want if someone knows to tell me what action
 script i have to put in first frame to play my movie in full screen and also
 what what action script i have to put in a button to go back to normal mode?
 
 thanx....
- 6
 - transitions within one swf?this is something I've been trying to research for a while now and on various
 forums, no one has ever been able to answer me. I can only assume that this is
 a very difficult thing to do. If you guys don't know then I'm not sure what to
 do to learn this.
- 6
 - scroll pan component problemIt looks like if you override the code in the doLayout() function of the
 ScrollPane (the actual function doLayout is in the ScrollView class) to do
 the same code it would normally do, just put the vScrollbar on the left
 (vsb.move(lo,to)). That might work, it is just a guess.
 
 Jim Fee
 
 "sebnewyork" <email***@***.com> wrote in message
 news:c0cf9g$o1c$email***@***.com...
 > Hi all
 > using Flash MX 2004 pro, I am using the scroll pane component
 > I have managed to customize all the elements of the component, exept ONE,
 and
 > it is killing me
 > I want the scroll bar to be on the LEFT of the scroll pan, not the right
 > The only solution I have found is ridiculous: I've had to invert the
 whole
 > scroll pane with the free transform tool, but as a result the content of
 the
 > scrollpane is inverted too! That's hilarious! But really not satisfying
 > Any help?
 > Thanks in advanc
 >
 >
- 6
 - Window pop-upHi. I want to create a pop-up showing a movieclip called "mcTest" whenever a
 button instance named "btButton" is released. How can i do that using a window
 component? I tried this code, but it doesn't work
 
 import mx.containers.Window;
 import mx.managers.PopUpManager;
 
 btButton.onRelease = function():Void{
 var cwMessage:MovieClip = PopUpManager.createPopUp(this,
 mx.containers.Window, true, {contentPath: "mcTest", closeButton: true});
 }
 
 I have already set the mcTest to be exported for actioscript with the linkage
 identifier "mcTest". Could anyone help me please?
 
 Thank you all!
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 - Loading Sprite Using Loader Need Access to Sprite TypeHello,
 
 I'm loading a Sprite via a Loader and once loaded I have access to that Sprite
 via the Loader class. I can manipulate the Sprites alpha, x and y coordinates
 ect. However, I have a custom function that fades in or out the passed param
 and it expects a Sprite. When I pass the loaded Sprite (loaded via the Loader
 class) I get an error:
 
 1067: Implicit coercion of a value of type flash.display:Loader to an
 unrelated type flash.display:Sprite.
 
 I know that the problem is that it expects a Sprite, but how do I access the
 Sprite type once the swf is loaded via the Loader?
 
 My Code:
 import FadeClip;
 
 var ldrMovieCntr:Loader = new Loader();
 addChild(ldrMovieCntr);
 
 var fcLoadedMovie:FadeClip = new FadeClip(); //CUSTOM CLASS
 fcLoadedMovie.setClipToFade(ldrMovieCntr); //PASSING IN A TYPE Loader - CLASS
 EXPECTS A Sprite
 
 Thanks in advanced,
 
 Vic
- 7
 - Function calls - referenceIf I call a function from a symbol event ( on release ), can I somehow pass the
 symbol itself or a reference to it to the function ? I want to use the
 reference in the function to make the calling symbol invisible.
 
 Button Symbol calls function. How can the function make the button _visible =
 false
- 7
 - Help with Key ListenersFirst I'd like to say thank you to anyone that can help me out with this.
 
 I've set up a key listner and it works fine with the space bar but I want to
 use the number keys to control it instead. Numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 to be exact
 and I was wondering how I would need to change my code to have it listen for
 those numbers.
 
 Here is my code so far:
 
 this.onEnterFrame=function()
 {
 if(Key.isDown(Key.SPACE))
 {
 One_Buzzed_In._visible = true;
 buzzed = new Sound(this);
 buzzed.attachSound("buzzer");
 buzzed.start(0, 1);
 }
 }
 
 Thanks again for any help.
- 8
 - AS3.0: How to extend a class that extends MovieClipWhen I try to set the base class of a library symbol to a class that doesn't
 DIRECTLY extend MovieClip, but instead extends another class that DOES extend
 MovieClip, it's disallowed, saying, "The class 'Whatever' must subclass
 'flash.display.MovieClip' since it is linked..."
 
 Is this just a validation bug in the property windows, only checking one class
 deep into the inheritance hierarchy? Because the specified class does extend
 MovieClip, just two levels in instead of one. Is there a fix for this? Or must
 library symbols always directly extend MovieClip? If so, why?
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 - Probs with setInterval and programmatic animationHi all
 
 Further to a recent post about using setInterval to create animation on a
 dynamically created menu item mc; I'm now trying to refine this process but
 once again not having much luck! The Flash front end is pulling in the menu
 data from an XML file, duplicating a menu item movie clip that has a dynamic
 text field in it and then populating that text field with the data from the XML
 file. This was all fine and dandy and working with no issues until I tried to
 add some interaction motion to the menu item mc.
 
 Initially I added a tween within the menu item mc that shifted the text field,
 (inside another mc), to the right and changed it's colour. The control of this
 happened in the rollOver statement back in the code. That was fine until the
 animation of the menu item embedded mc reached a keyframe - at that point any
 data that had been pulled into the text field vanished! So, my first question
 is, is there any easy fix to that?
 
 So, I figured I'd go about creating the animation programmtically. kglad
 helped me out last night with setInterval, but I'm having two problems now. I'm
 using an if statement inside the setInterval function to try and clear the
 interval when it reaches a certain point - i.e. when I've slid the menu item 50
 pixel to the right. Seems to be working - however getting it to reverse back
 into position on rollOut is proving tricky AND it only moves the same menu item
 - regardless of which item you rollOver ... which is odd. I guess I'm not being
 specific enough in telling it which item to move, but I can't figure that out.
 So, my two questions here are 1). Why is reversing the animation not working
 correctly on rollOut and 2). How can I let the rollOver code know exactly which
 menu item to control?
 
 Here's the code in full:
 
 var item_spacing = 45;
 var item_count = 0;
 
 function generateLargeNav(mainMenu_xml){
 var numberOfContactees = mainMenu_xml.firstChild.childNodes;
 for (var i = 0; i < numberOfContactees.length; i++){
 var currentContact = numberOfContactees[i];
 
 var species = items[i].firstChild; // same as items[i].childNodes[0]
 var location = items[i].childNodes[1]; // second child node
 
 var item_mc =
 mcPlaceHolder.attachMovie("mcLargeMenuItem","item"+item_count, item_count);
 item_mc._y = item_count * item_spacing;
 item_count++;
 
 var clickableEmail = currentContact.attritubes.email;
 item_mc.mcLargeMenuItemEmbedSingle.mcMenuItemBottomLevel.itemText.text =
 currentContact.attributes.itemText;
 
 item_mc.onRollOver = currentThumb_mc.onDragOver = function(){
 moveItem = function () {
 if (item_mc._x < 50){
 item_mc._x += 10;
 } else if (item_mc._x == 50){
 clearInterval(moveItem);
 }
 }
 itemMoverID = setInterval(moveItem, 20);
 }
 item_mc.onRollOut = currentThumb_mc.onDragOut = function(){
 moveItem = function () {
 if (item_mc._x > 0){
 item_mc._x -= 10;
 } else if (item_mc._x == 0){
 clearInterval(moveItem);
 }
 }
 itemMoverID = setInterval(moveItem, 20);
 }
 
 item_mc.onRelease = function(){
 somethiung();
 
 }
 }
 }
 
 var mainMenu_xml = new XML();
 mainMenu_xml.ignoreWhite = true;
 mainMenu_xml.onLoad = function(success){
 if (success) generateLargeNav(this);
 else description_txt.text = "Hmm, for some strange reason I couldn't find the
 XML file you're looking for, sorry.";
 }
 
 mainMenu_xml.load("mainmenu_data.xml");
- 10
 - New to ActionscriptMy eyes are getting old...I didn't see the " " until you mentioned it...haha. Very observant Cinemaguy !
- 10
 - Menu at the bottom of this siteI know how to pull of the rotating photogallery, but what baffles me is the
 nave menu at the bottom. Go ahead play with it. When you rollover one of the
 three only a corner raises. By the looks of it, I would say that it is
 actionscript. But i have never come across script that deal with angles. Then
 when you click on one it is something special. I have used the tween classes
 but never like this. There is some easing too. This is driving me nuts.
 Someone please tell me how it's done.
 
 http://www.onceblindphotography.com/goflash.htm
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 - Flash Video cuePoints are messed up...Anyone else notice that things aren't working with cuePoints... or is it
 just me. I am trying to use multiple cuePoints on a video, using the
 
 Obj.target.name
 
 and the component must be messing up.
 
 I have an example from the CD that came with Flash MX 2004 ActionScript book
 and it works fine right off the cd, but try using a new MediaPlayback
 component, since the update and no go. Just keeps returning the name as
 undefined. This is royal BS or I am just totally missing something and no
 one is addressing it.
- 11
 - Scroll wheelcan someone please tell me how to get the scroll wheel to work in a flash movie?
 
 thanks,
 dawn

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amitsa

Posted: 2005-8-31 14:22:32

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flash-actionscript, Passing values to Window hi..
i am very new to flash... i am trying to open a Window at a click of a
button and attach movie to it... now i want to pass the values of the component
on the main document to a component of the movie clip... i cant figure out how
to accomplish it..:confused;
please help.... the code o have written is

on(click)
{
import mx.managers.PopUpManager
import mx.containers.Window

var my_win = PopUpManager.createPopUp(_root, Window, true, {closeButton: true,
title:"My Window"});

my_win.setSize(300,400);

my_win.attachMovie("name", "name_mc",my_win.getNextHighestDepth() , {_x:0,
_y:20}); //attaching

my_win.name_mc.name_txt.text = "Hello"; -----------------------> name_txt is a
text box in the movieclip

//////////////////////
//adding a listner to the popup window for closing
//////////////////////
windowListener = new Object();
windowListener.click = function(evt){
my_win.deletePopUp();
}
my_win.addEventListener("click", windowListener);
}

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 i'm working on a projekt, which is a card game and i need to implement some
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 I tried to do it on my own but i can't figure it out.
 
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 - bringing a movie to the top????Hi
 
 This problem could be solved by assigning proper depth to each MC. Here is
 explaining the same withh few steps:
 
 1. Assuming u have 10 MC. Now attach those to the stage using attachMovie()
 2. Assign unique depth tto each MC ( say 1,2,3 ....,11)
 3. Now when u click on a Particular Instance to drag then set its depth using
 swapDepth(15) // 15 or the heighest depth than the given to other MC)
 4. Once it stops dragging then set its swapDepth back to the orignal. But
 first u need to store its inital depth using getDepth() in to a variable.
 
 I hope this would help u !!
 
 Ashish
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 Is this true or not?
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 Basically, I am attempt to create a sliding menu type MC, with an unlimited,
 or unknown number of menu items. I want to give the user of my application the
 ability to add or remove items to the menu my clicking a button. When the user
 removes an item, I want the items below it to slide up into the hole that was
 created. To see what I have done so far, and to download the FLA, please go
 here?(please try and ignore the code and screen design, and this is just an
 early prototype? )
 
 FLA: http://greatplains.novations.com/order_II.fla
 
 SWF: http://greatplains.novations.com/order_II.swf
 
 If you add so 5 new MC items; via the Add Program button, and then attempt to
 remove item 3, it want items 4 and 5 to slide up and then be labeled 3 and 4.
 
 Hopefully someone can give me some pointers as to what I am doing wrong?
 
 Thanks,
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 the pizza from a drop down menu. Somewhere in the code the var needs to be set
 to ?0000Tnfm?so that the data can port to my CMS.
 
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 problem until now. Just recently, i noticed i was not getting emails from
 through my website, and then i did a mock email to myself- through my website
 and noticed an "Error: No recipent" notification! I have never changed my code,
 and i went and verified that my code is the same and i'm puzzled at this
 problem. Anyway, here's the code:
 //---------------------<send form LoadVars>------------------\\
 var gatherForm:LoadVars = new LoadVars () ;
 
 function sendForm() {
 gatherForm.recipient = "email***@***.com";
 gatherForm.visitor_comments = contactForm.userComments.text;
 gatherForm.visitor_name = contactForm.userName.text;
 gatherForm.visitor_email = contactForm.userEmail.text;
 gatherForm.visitor_primaryphone = contactForm.userPhone.text;
 
 gatherForm.send ("/cgi-bin/formmail.cgi", "POST");
 //---------------------------------</send form
 LoadVars>----------------------------\\
 
 As a note: in flash, the text input field that holds my email address, already
 has the instance name of "recipient." That was something I already double
 checked. I keep getting the Error: No Recipient for some reason! Finally, i
 called my web host provider andthey did a test on the formmail.cgi script and
 it's working fine (the link to the html test of the formmail.cgi script-
 www.iibyandre.com/testform.htm).
 
 Thanks for any help guys.
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 i need something like
 
 var arraycount = 3
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 Three circles appear randomly. For each circle that appears, I want its
 correlating box to appear for five seconds. I want the appearance of the boxes
 to happen in the order they are numbered. (Check to see if circle 1 is
 visible. If it is, display box 1 for 5 sec. Then, if circle 2 is visible,
 display box 2 for 5 sec.)
 
 Any help is appreciated.
 
 //Makes boxes 1-3 invisible.
 box1._visible = false;
 box2._visible = false;
 box3._visible = false;
 
 //Randomly sets visibility of circles 1-3.
 circle01._visible = Boolean(Math.round(Math.random()));
 circle02._visible = Boolean(Math.round(Math.random()));
 circle03._visible = Boolean(Math.round(Math.random()));
 
 //Uses a circle's visibility to make the corresponding box visible.
 if(circle01._visible == true){
 box1._visible = true;
 }else{box1._visible = false}
 
 if(circle02._visible == true){
 box2._visible = true;
 }else{box2._visible = false}
 
 if(circle03._visible == true){
 box3._visible = true;
 }else{box3._visible = false}
 
 //Stops movie.
 stop();
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 If not, is there a way to avoid stringing out the variable data such as the
 following?
 textboxVariableName = "Appetizers Baby Back Ribs $5 
 ... etc ... etc."
 
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