ActionScript 2.0 :: Prototype - Creating Polygons Based On Array
Mar 14, 2008
Basically I have a prototype that creates polygons based on an array. works well. I then have another prototype that's supposed to create polygons using said polygon prototype.
So the below is:
1 - the polyMaker prototype
2 - an array of arrays ($arrowListB). basically each array item should be a new polygon.
3 - the problematic genArrows prototype.
What it should do is loop through the $arrowListB array and create a container clip ($cont). Within each container clip it should make a $arrowClip to be used in making the polygon (an arrow actually). It works until I get to the line after creating the movieclips:
Code:
$arrowClip.polyMaker(..arguments..)
Once I put that line in, it only makes one polygon and doesn't create the other (7 in this case) movie clips. I'm not sure if I'm just not referencing correctly or what.
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Array.prototype.xmltoArrObj = function( path ) { var xmlurl:String = "nav/" + path + ".xml"; var attr:String = "";
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2 - How can I see if a property is an object or a basic type like String or int? Some of the objects in my Ship class need to be cloned, and some are just references that need to stay the same.
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Here's the code I use:
var fixtureDefs:Array = new Array(); ... var fDef:b2FixtureDef = new b2FixtureDef(); fDef.density = 0;
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Code: if(displayButton.currentFrame==displayButton.totalFrames) { //sort the chosen ones into an array
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* continue until all possible position types are listed
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I have a project that was dumped on my lap, and my knowledge of Actionscript is very limited.
The scenario is that the user is presented with a floormap of a building that should show a red dot denoting where each employee sits (based on X,Y coordinates on the floormap).
The employees' profiles (name, telephone, X/Y coordinates) are stored in a database.
One our our programmers managed to load the users into a Flash object array. Now, it's my turn to add some actionscript to place a red dot on the floormap for each and every user in that array based on their x/y coordinates.[code]...
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heres the code I have:
ActionScript Code: var thumbs:Array = new Array(); var myXML:XML; var myLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
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