I am Creating Variables in Flash through Javascript by using SetVariable Method......
Is there any Event like onDynamicVariableCreated?
Can I able capture a event when Javascript create and sets a dynamic variable in flash?
I have a project of dynamic banner creation. The main part of the job is creating a swf on clicking on a "publish" button on stage. A certain movieclip of any width and height on stage must be exported as a new swf file.
View 4 RepliesA rather large project (rich web application) has fallen into my lap and I am unfamiliar with how to accomplish a major functionality. in the right direction.I need users to be able to customize a 3D avatar and store it on the server somehow. The user can choose a body type, hair style, hair color, clothing, accessories, etc. The user can then choose from a number of different environments to place their avatar into, a specific animation (dance moves, playing an instrument, etc.), and an audio file. The audio file would then play while the avatar performed the animations within the selected environment.
How should we go about doing this? What technology should we use? Ideally, my colleagues and I would use MoCap software (w/ Microsoft Kinect) to complete 3D base models and animations for the avatars. Is it possible to then dynamically skin / texturize the models with the user's stored avatar? If so, how would I accomplish this? Does anyone have any other suggestions on how we would go about solving this problem?
Does anyone have any examples on how to create a dynamic number of TextInput boxes and have each of the text being typed in these boxes be bound to a label? For example, say I have an XML file that specifies that I want 3 TextInput boxes. Flex should then take this data, create the TextInput boxes, create bindable variables for each TextInput and create a label to display what is being typed for each TextInput. The biggest issue I'm having with solving this scenario is how to bind a variable amount of data.
View 3 Repliesvar Array1:Array = new Array(5); // where 5 is length of array
for(i=0;i<Array1.length;i++)
{
Array1[i] = new Array();
}
Above code will generate dynamic array of multidimensoal array.
I'm having problems with my usual eval methods of creating objects to read off dynamic values programmatically using concatenation. I've found the set command doesn't seem to work with objects that are dynamic....
Code:
function createobject(item){
//create it and store something in it
set ("_root.item"+item.stored, "data storage test for item "+item);
}function checkobjects(){
for (i=1;i<5;i++){
checkit=eval("_root.item"+i);
trace("_root.item"+i+".stored="+checkit);
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Running this produces the output of...
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_root.item1.stored=undefined
_root.item2.stored=undefined
_root.item3.stored=undefined
_root.item4.stored=undefined
How to do this - basically I'm trying to load data, then use that to create dynamic objects and values within it, then I'm trying to work with those values by again using loops to read off the dynamic values during runtime. Obviously if these were "fixed" variables, then it would be easy, problem is that its impossible to use the new Object() command with dynamic names!
Previously I've used this:
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checkit=eval("_root.item"+i+".stored);
trace("value is "+checkit);
Is it my imagination, or was this stuff a lot easier to do in AS1?
Is there another way to work with movieclip classes than attaching them from the library?For instance say that I have a textbox class that extends the movieclip class. Puts it on the scene and then I'm free to work with it from the class as I want.But inside this class I check if I need a scrollbar. If I do, then start a "sub-class" and create a scrollbar. I can have a movieclip in the library and attach it and have a new class on it. But what I want to do is write something like this
var clipScroll = createEmptyMovieClip("scrollBar", 3)
clipScroll = new com.texts.text_items.ScrollBar
the problem is if I do like this the class that I start is just an object. I can't trace where it is, I cant create a movieclip inside it and trace where that is.
I'm a Flash MX action scripting newbie. I'm trying to create a dynamic drop down menu system that reads a text file to create the items listed in the menu. I've been reading tutorials and trying to break down source fla files to understand how things work. I'm stuck on what the following block of code means.Would it be possible for someone to break down the following code for me? It references menudata.txt to create the drop down menu. I can successfully modify menu.data.txt to create more menus and change the titles in each button, but creating sub-nav is totally kicking me in the arse.
The code follows:
item_spacing = 18;
x = 1;
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Does anyone know if there is a serious performance increase if I were to instantiate say, 4000 objects from the library instead of creating them purely in a class?Also I know very little about garbage collection and testing performance
View 5 RepliesThe menu will consist of Main headings and Sub headings that will appear when the Main headings are clicked.The Headings are displayed within movie clips that are generated via duplicateMovieClip()I have attached actionscript to the timeline of a movieclip and it loads and displays the Main headings with no problem.On the one movie clip that I am duplicating, I have an on(press) action that is supposed to generate the Sub headings using the same duplicateMovieClip technique. This is where I run into trouble. I cannot get the Sub headings to generate. Can you specify duplicateMovieClip() within the on(press) function of a movieclip that was already duplicated?
View 1 RepliesI have been using AS3 for approximately 1 year now, and although I havent really done any major projects with it, I am fairly confident using it. However, There is 1 part that I am very curious about. At the moment, I am using the design section of flash cs5 to create my assets. I am trying to make database driven applications, and the problem I have run into with using the design section is that you must manually program each symbol.
For example, If I wanted to make a dropdown menu, and a php file was passing the variables such as "amountOfSections = 5", Then 5 sections would be displayed. This is fine to do using alpha to control what is visible etc, but if there where 5000 dropdown menu items, I would have to physically place 5000 dropdown items onto the stage. I know that it is possible to use as3 to create objects AS THEY ARE NEEDED, but I have no idea how to do it.
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I'm trying to pass the contents of variable playnoyes to the long line of code below to decide whether or not to autoplay the flash movie, but doing it as I have below, the resultant line of code has the variable in quotes and therefore the code doesn't execute it as expected. My question is, how can I pass the variable so that the resulting line of code doesn't have the quotes around the variable value.
var playnoyes='true';
var testtext = "<script type='text/javascript'>AC_FL_RunContent ('codebase','http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.[code]....
I have an HTML button that I need to dynamically assign to an AS3 variable when clicked (in order to load an .mp3). I am using externalInterface.call to collect javascript variables - I am just unsure how to change these dynamically when a button is clicked.
View 2 Repliescan't figure out why the dynamic text boxes in my dynamic clip arent picking up the variable when I loop through this recordset!the trace (you'll see here right after I try two ways to assign the variable) traces the correct info back..
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I'm trying to make something that will show up in a dynac text field something like this:"[variable1] text text text [varibale2] text text text"I've linked the dynamic text field to a variable "resu" and set it to:var resu = variable1 + "text text text text" + variable2 + "text text text"The only problem is that when I make the variables random, they don't change
View 1 RepliesI have a movie clip and in that movie clip there is a dynamic text box. I want that text box to display a dynamic variable name something like:
Quote:
_root.var_[this._name]
so the variable will be _root._var plus what ever the instance name of the movie clip it's in is, how can i do this?
Is there anyway to set a javascript variable from AS3? At the moment I have the following:
public function onBWDone(... rest):void{
var bw_event:Event = new Event(Client.bandwidth_event);
if (rest[0] > 0){
ExternalTrace.alert("Your bandwidth is: " + rest[0]);
var jscommand:String = "var bandwidth2 = " + rest[0];
p_bw = rest[0];
this.dispatchEvent(bw_event);
}}
I was wondering if I can use the jscommand to do this?
I am tring to run this JS function, I have tryed ExternalInterface and URL request and i can't seem to get it right.
function findUserName () {
var wshshell = new ActiveXObject('wscript.shell');
var username = wbshell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings ('%username%');
return username;
}
Does anyone know how to pass a variable to javascript in As2?
View 1 RepliesHow could I set a Flash (Actionscript 3) variable using javascript? Or is it possible to call a flash function with parameters from javascript? I have tried ocument.getElementById('flash').SetVariable("data", "asdf");but it only works in AS2 and AS1.
View 3 RepliesI'm creating a quiz and as a timer in the quiz I have a flash movie (an animated clock). I poll the clock every second to see if the time for the quiz has run out.
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First of all, it just fetches the flash movie object, and then calls some mehtods on the object. This works fine in Firefox (pc & mac), Safari (mac) but in IE8 on pc it returns 'unexpected error on line 3' (or any other line that uses the flashMovie object
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Imagine I had a variable called X.Let's say every 5 seconds I wanted to make X = true. (it could be either true or false in between these 5 seconds, but gets reset to true when the 5 seconds are up).
Would it be more efficient to check if the value is already true, then if not, reassign it to true? Or just have X = true?in other words, which would run faster?
if(x==false){
x = true;
}
vs
x = true;
On one hand, the first program won't mutate the variable if it doesn't have to. On the other hand, the second program doesn't need to check what X is equal to; it dives straight in.
I have a javascript variable in my html page and I need AS to check the page and see what the value of that variable is.
JavaScript:
Code:
<script language="JavaScript">
function getMyVar()
{
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I want to send a variable to javascript, then in the javascript for it to take that flash variable and then evalute it using an if statement. Can I use the loadvars command?
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I know this might have been discussed somewhere else, but I couldn't find it where it worked using a variable as the url. So I have tried a few things but what I have right now is:
the button is set to: getURL("javascript:openNewWindow(movie,'thewin','h eight=400,width=400,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes') ");
Movie being the name of the variable set up earlier in the project to randomly choose my swf movie that I want to play. Then of course I have the function set up in the HTML page to listen for the variables for the URL, name and windowsettings.I can get the whole thing to work with an HTML page in the URL, but I can't get a variable to work....
Anyone know how to grab the values from a running AS3 file and put them into a javascript function on the html page?I know how to initiate js functions with the ExternalInterface but not sure how to push a variable out.What i am using this for is an MP3 player that i developed. I want to pass the variables for the "current track" and "if the player is playing". I just dont know how to begin making the swf pass out its variables
View 4 RepliesI've been trying to communicate flash and javascript some time now, but I can't get Javascript to send variables to flash, just the other way around. When the .swf is done loading, it succesfully triggers the "isReady" function in Javascript, but when i try to trigger the "sendToFlash" function in Flash(via javascript), nothing happens.
"thisMovie("myID").sendToFlash(toFlash);" this is the code I can't get to work, as you see I tried these to as well;
document.getElementById("myID").sendToFlash(toFlas h);
document["myID"].sendToFlash(toFlash);
nothing triggers the code.
JAVASCRIPT
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<script type="text/javascript" src="swfobject.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var isIE = (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE") != -1) ? true : false;
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just a quickie - im sure this is possible but for some reason its not working, - can you put variables within javascript calls, ie
getURL("javascript:swffit.fit('my_flash',1024,(700 +_root.imageHeight));");
where _root.imageHeight is a variable within flash
anyone know where i may be going wrong?
I'd like to enable the user to enter several parameters within the flash plugin. These influence the flash movie. The flash file itself works perfectly fine. But now I also want to access and process these parameters on a Javascript function.
I tried the external.Interface and navigatetoURL method but couldnt achieve the required result. (The 'link' between flash and javascript doesn't seem to work...)
So how / which is the best way to transfer parameters from AS3 to Javascript on the server ?
My goal is to pass a variable from JavaScript to ActionScript in my swf file. I am using Flash CS3 and AS3. Currently all I want is my test to work where I mouseover a text link and a function is called with a passed variable in my swf file.
Here is my code:
// test.html - Cropped out the excess code
<html><head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function myMovie(movieName) {
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ExternalInterface.addCallback("sendToActionScript",fromJS); only once, or inside of my function onEnterFrame(event:Event) loop? I tried both, but since I can't get it to work I don't know which one is the proper one.