I'm using XML to load text in dynamic textfields but want to attach a button to every field with a different link. How to position these buttons exactly behind the text fields and give them getURLsI'm attaching the fla & here is the xml:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
mp3>
<slot
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I'm using XML to load text in dynamic textfields but want to attach a button to every field with a different link. How to position these buttons exactly behind the text fields and give them getURLs? I'm attaching the fla & here is the xml:
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I can't get the code to "know" which of the dynamic thumbnails has been clicked (by "know", I mean return an index value, say 0 through 7 if there are 8 projects, that I can use to access that particular project in the array of 8 projects in the rest of the code)... So if the third movieclip thumbnail were clicked, I'd like "2" to come up somehow... I've tried this code, which is kind of lame, I know, based off of the idea of each of the thumbnail movieclips' names ending in their index number:
Code:
//"this" is the button that was pressed; would return a string ending in
//thumberMC_<number of whichever movieclip thumb was clicked>
var: testString:String = this;
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Lastly, there's a dynamic textfield I'm trying to create that never shows up for some reason. Again, you could see in the FLA (in the "createDrawer" function around line 424).
I've got a project that loads video clips and text via XML. I'm trying to add buttons but I am not sure how to code them. The problem is, I'm creating 4 transparent buttons over four dynamic text fields. In the XML doc I have 11 different sections or groups of content. Those text fields with the transparent buttons change when each video finishes and a new section is loaded.
What I want to do is get the changing value of any of those 4 buttons that I click while one of the sections is playing and load that new section. At first I thought I'd just check to see what the current section is that's playing and then if I click on the button that represents the next section I would increase the value+1. If I click on the button that's supposed to represent the third section from the current one then I would code the button, current section+3 and so on.
That would work fine but If I'm on section 9 in the XML and there's only 11 sections, I can't add "current section+3" because that would go to section 12 and there isn't a section 12. I would want it to go and load section 0.
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I have a user text input field and a preview button, when they press preview the inputed text appears in a dynamic text field in another part of the window. I need to be able to change the font of the text in the dynamic field using buttons (so the user can see their text displayed in various different fonts which will be embedded into the swf). After watching various different tutorials I hashed together this code for my first button to change the font to Times New Roman which I embedded with the class name timesNew.
ActionScript Code:
times_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, showTim);
function showTim(e:MouseEvent):void{
var oneFont = new timesNew();
var timForm:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
timForm.font = oneFont;
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When I run the movie everything works fine and the console shows no errors but when I press the button to change the font the text in the dynamic field simply disappears.
What I need to do is assign 5 separate dynamic text fields to 5 seperate buttons and at the same time to those same five buttons i would like to add 5 images that i would be able to change merely by swapping out the images in the file theyre in on the server.I would also like to get a nice transition between the images...ALSO i want to dynamically load the images for the buttons that will be used for switching from picture to picture(which im thinking i will be able to do after i know the how to do point the aforementioned things.)
Through tutorials I've found around the net I've been able to get most of the parts together... but i get lost because what they show you for AS2 they don't for AS3 and vice versa, at least that ive seen.so... I guess my question is... would i need to set up 5 seperate dynamic text fields on the stage and then set each one of them to one of the corresponding button. If so what AS code would i need to use to do so. And if not what would i need to do?
The other part of the question would be I know about the UILoader... would i be able to use it as my buttons and images, if so would i need 5 seperate ui loaders for both the Thumbnail buttons and the images or is there a way that would be better to do it? and once i do that would i do the transitions using frames and tweens like with AS2?
I have assigned a different URL link to each button in my flash file, but receive the error "duplicate function exists" when tested. I tried renaming each function, but get an additional error, so that doesn't work either. Below is my code:
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I have a series of buttons, and I want the same code applied to them all, to handle rollover states etc... Normally I'd do this useing registerClass, but in this case the buttons are added to the stage manually so I can't.I could do somehting like this:
Code:
home_btn.onRelease = news_btn.onRelease = about_btn.onRelease = function() {
// do something
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So im trying out AS3 and kinda havin some issues. I want to be able to attach a button or a movieclip that I have constructed in the Flash IDE - it contains a textfield, some other movieclips, etc.If i make it a button, I have tried subclassing the simplebutton class, attaching that class to the button, and then creating new instances of that class. That works fine - until I have to access, say, a textfield in the button. It seems that these elements are drawn, but are not accessible (or even connected in any way - i used flash.utils.descibreType(mybutton) and the instance names dont even show up in the XML).
So, I thought about a different route - using a movieclip or sprite, and making it react LIKE a SimpleButton. Not what I had in mind, but whatever. Unfortunately, it seems that when I subclass Sprite or MovieClip, the class has to be made dynamic in order to attach things to it from within the IDE before compilation (as opposed to from actionscript).
Im using this xml "data.xml":
HTML Code:
<XML>
<salesreps>[code]...
I want to generate a mc for each rep with 6 text fields containg the 6 values for eash rep.So for this xml there would be 3 mc's with 6 text fields in each. This is one of my first times really diving in to xml parsing in Flash.
How would i go about attaching 2 dynamic text box's ( textA and textB ) to a movie clip ( caption_mc ) using action script 2 ?
i have tried to convert the tooltip method from the carousel tutorial but there are 2 many other things going on to pin point the few lines of code i probably need to do this simple action.
I am trying to attach my movieclip bubble to my dynamic text field called caption but my code isn't working. Instead of displaying the caption in my XML i get this instead; "level0.main.bubble".
Code:
target_mc.onRollOver = function() {
this._alpha = 50;
event.currentTarget.text_property;
caption.text = description[k]
caption.text =attachMovie("bubble","bubble",1);
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I have a main timeline with a series of buttons, the buttons were created and placed manually, I have a script to attach the code to the buttons, but iI can't get it to work! GRRRR!
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i need to add code to attached buttons
for(i=1; i<=6; i++) {
_root.attachMovie("niceButton", "niceButton"+i, this.getNextHighestDepth(), {_x: 50 * i, _y: 50});
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Here is the scenario. I have a AS2 flash game in the works. I have a vcam set up to follow the main character. It all works wonderfully. I have also attached a health bar movie clip to the vCam like so:
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
this._x = _root.char._x-200;
this._y = _root.char._y-210;
}
Basically I just attached it to the main character and it works in the Vcam nicely. It just stays on top left of screen. I would also like to attach 2 dynamic text fields to the vcam-character as well so the screen has a little hud. (you know, health bar, name, and health points on main screen no matter where character and vcam move. I can't add the same script from the health bar to the dynamic text because they are not movie clips, they are dynamic text which do not allow actionscript inside. So basically, I'm wondering how I can attach the dynamic text to the vcam? Can I do it in the main timeline and if I can how would I write it?
I am trying to create an interface with multiple buttons (left side of screen) that will toggle on or off (increase alpha) multiple graphic fields (right side of screen) that are not mutually exclusive
Ex.
If btn1 is pressed (checked), fields a, b, c will turn on.
If btn1 is pressed (unchecked) again, fields a, b, c will turn off.
If btn2 is pressed (checked), fields b, c, d will turn on.
If btn2 is pressed again (unchecked), fields b, c, d will turn off.
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I am wondering how do we determine when a user "starts" entering text into a dynamic text field. Say a person has entered the wrong information and they get an error. I would like to be able to remove that error message as soon as the person selects the input fields again.
View 2 RepliesI'm trying to make this guessing game where you have to guess how many times a penguin will bounce off the water surface before it sinks The way I'm planning to do it is kind of like this:
1.[Script telling textbox to add +1] >>
2.[Bounce animation] >>
3.[Script that randomly sends you to point 1, or 4] >>
4.[Ending animation]
Yeah, and right now I'm desperately trying to get that dynamic text field to work ...I've made a button with this code:
(The textbox is called "test")
on (release) {
test ++;
}
And on the first frame of the timeline I've added this:
stop();
point = 0;
I've tried changing names, tried adding "_root." (_root.test ...) nothing works!
I am working on a project where I am reading (trying to!) from an xml file. I have 5 separate dynamic text fields that I am filling with the individual digits from a string. I am not an expert but really think my code should work. Below is the actionscript and the xml I am using.
import fl.controls.*;
var digit01_xml:XML;
var xmlReq:URLRequest = new URLRequest("testRBS.xml");
var xmlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
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What I'm doing is that I want to create textfields using flash and insert them into my HTML portfolio site.The reason I'm doing this is to be able to use special fonts, kern the text properly and customize the anti-aliasing. I tried with CSS but I don't have enough control using that (regarding kerning and anti-aliasing).I have created a Flash file that can load specific .txt files into the textfield of the SWF (so that the text becomes formatted), using FlashVars. I discovered that kerning in Flash doesn't apply to dynamic textfields unless you set it using actionscript. So I've tried to use the following code on my textfield:
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var myFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
myFormat.letterSpacing = 3;
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I'm populating dynamic text fields within (timeline) animated movieclips. For some reason, this only works with the first movieclip even though the rest are formatted identically. I'm getting no errors.I can load other nodes into this MC so I think the XML and the code targeting the nodes seems fine (tracing the node values works as well).
The problem seems to be with the target movieclips, however I cannot find any differences in their settings compared to the one that is working. AS and XML below:
Code:
function loadXML(loaded) {
if (loaded) {
var format1:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
format1.letterSpacing = -4;
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I have attached the FLA and XML for reference, version CS4.
I have four dynamic fields named
1. fieldone
2. fieldtwo
3. fieldthree
4. answer
and a submit buttonI would like to be able to add up all the numbers inputted into the first three dynamic fields by the end user and the result displayed on the 'answer" field.
i have my black berry being able to add a custom pin i created and when i send a message its shows on the screen but want i need help with is when more thane one persons use it when they text it removes the previous text so i need help in know how to create 4 dynamic text fields so when they text it can transfer to the other three and remove after a period of time..
View 4 RepliesI am having trouble embedding a font in my Flash file. I have the font in my library. I have the text field selected to that font with the * next to it. In my actions I have: vid_title_txt.embedFonts = true;
If I set it to false instead, it shows a different font. But if it is set to true, nothing shows.
Is there a way to type HTML directly into a TextField in Flash CS4? I've created a TextField on the stage, set it to dynamic, set "Render text as HTML" and thought that I could then type HTML directly into the TextField and that it would be rendered as such. Instead it displays whatever HTML I type as regular text.
I assume then that the only way to get HTML into one of these fields is to dynamically load it into the TextField through the htmlText property. Is this right? And if so, what exactly is the purpose of having a "Render text as HTML" button in the first place? Couldn't I just load the HTML into the TextField through the htmlText property anyways?
Well, at any rate, I was really hoping to use as much of the flash interface for the project I'm working on, such that anyone who didn't know AS3 could easily update it themselves. Now it's looking like not only will they have to know AS3 and HTML, but also have to deal with the hassle of formatting what will potentially be a complex system of images, textfields, and videos all in AS3 with no visual interface.
Is it too much to ask to be able to just highlight some text and make it bold or italic? That's really all I need, sadly.
I think that I have properly embedded the Verdana font (see image below). However, in my Flash game, dynamic text fields do not show certain letters, such as X and J. What am I missing?
View 8 RepliesI'm having trouble with dynamic text. I have a symbol with dynamic text fields in it. In the action script file I want to change the text of these text fields like this:
textFieldName.text = "new text";
But nothing happens. I cannot see any text when I play the movie. Also I tried adding a dynamic text field directly to stage and change the text with
textFieldName.text = "new text";
I can see the new text when I play the movie. Then I added my symbol that has the dynamic texts in it, and the text of the text field that is directly on stage disappears. When I delete my symbol, the text is back there. I'm using Flash CS5 and ActionScript 3.0.
i need to use large list of locations in text field round about 5000 to 6000. i have done that but the text field doesnt display data when reaches more than 3000 i think (below it its working fine), i need to cater this prob, maybe it can be done through paging
View 0 RepliesFor an input field I need about 20 fonts to be embedded.
The size increases like hell, as expected. So I try to embed only the needed characters.
First thing I notice is I can only set that for the text field, I expected to be able to set the character range for every single font.
I set only Uppercase for all my dynamic/input fields but the size doesnt decrease and I can still see all characters.
So I suspect the way it works is strange and/or I just dont understand how it works.
trying to format some dynamic text fields (i.e.) Im trying to specify the font style, the font size and colour, but my code below doesnt seem to be working, no errors being returned.
ActionScript Code:
private var fontStyle:TextFormat;
fontStyle = new TextFormat("Arial",18,0x006666,false,true);
2. Also trying to specify the physical size of the dynamic text field via code, so that long sentences for example can be fully seen without being cut off, see image below.But Im unsure on how to work out the code for doing this tried the regular googling tatic but no results. my dynamic text fields are added to the stage via addChild(); so just physically changing the size of them on the stage .FLA isnt an option as they arent actually on the stage.