ActionScript 2.0 :: Random String Generation?
Dec 13, 2004I need to create a function with ActionScript that will return a number that will be 13 characters in length and must be unique everytime its ran.
e.g. "1234567890123"
I need to create a function with ActionScript that will return a number that will be 13 characters in length and must be unique everytime its ran.
e.g. "1234567890123"
I am using Actionscript 3.0 and my learning is self-directed and is mostly from tutorials. I have been trying to make monsters appear within a specific area on the stage. I have tried to edit the code myself, but I�m not sure what and how to change it.I want the monsters to appear within; W:545 H: 305, X:2.0 Y:8.0. At the moment the code I believe need editing is;
Code:
function createMonsters(event:TimerEvent):void
{
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In ideal it must give me 5 black squares on random positions on checker field. But in fact it giving me less up to none black squares. I really stuck into this because i literally can't find answer.
PS here is compiled app.
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Is there any way of preventing repeat numbers in random number generation?I have tried using the pop function and the delete function on elements in an array which are randomly selected, but cant get the effect I want. Ihave even tried making two variable values equivalent to each other to try and constrict repetition
View 4 RepliesI've been putting data into an array via XML, and then selecting at random an image string to load in a pic at random. But whilst doing this, I wanted to remove the String from the Array that I have just used, so I don't get repetition of the same image in the output. I initially thought that pop would remove the string I had just used - But of course it Removes the last value in the Array instead, which doesn't really help.
Ok - so how about randomizing the data once inside the Array, after it has been pulled in from XML!? That way I can load in the 'last' image, and then pop it out! Keeping a randomized selection of images each time 'it' is loaded
I have this hyperlink, but I want the program to look through the hyperlinked page and pick out random words within a certain perameter. So like, it has to have a noun, verb, and pretty much end up a normal sentence that is completely out of context. Something like, "The doppler effect enjoys pine needles in the cornfield."
Is it even possible to get that? Can you even generate random string off a hyperlink? Can actionscript even browse through a hyperlinked file?
I have a file uploader which I generate a random key with, and this key is used in the url to identify what file to download. But this key does not regenerate istelf between each upload unless I refresh the page.[code]
View 9 RepliesCurrently I have sketched out this small code just to see how it might work. Each text box receives a seperate word one is the game word/the other is a hint. I was hoping to have a new one appear each time I tested the Movie but I cannot seem to get it.
import flash.net.URLLoader;
import flash.events.Event;
var allWords:Array;
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I'm building an ActionScript program in which I need to insert text into another string at random positions.I have the text which strings will be inserted into; and I have the strings which will be inserted as an array.However, I don't know how to go about inserting the elements of this array into the other string at random positions.
View 2 RepliesI am trying to pull a random string from my xml into a dynamic text field in Flash. In this example, the first text field should bring in a random fruit (Apple, Pear or Orange). Im stuck as to which way I should randomly do this. This is my code right now in my movieclip:
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Everything was going well, when suddenly this bug appeared out of nowhere. It appears that some random characters are getting removed from my strings. For example, when I write the [code]...
And then run the program, then info_txt just shows: "elmehehmepage", which is the same string minus a bunch of characters. When I try to write the [code]...
I'm trying to pass a random string to multipe swf files using SWFObject 2.0 I'm able to pass the string to one file, but it wont pass to any other object (even if i remove the object that it works on, the string wont pass to the others )
here's the HTML / JS / AS
It only seems to work on mainStage....
ActionScript Code:
package {
import flash.display.*;
import flash.events.*;
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In my project I am creating. jpg file from flash. But I am not getting the 100% quality. The aim of the project is to design something and convert into jpg file which will be printed. But as I told that I am not getting the 100% quality so the printd pictures are not so good.
View 1 Repliesw a website recently,I am curious about the 3D execution with XML generation. Does anyone know how this can be achieved.
View 1 Replies2d Landscape Generation with Midpoint Displacementhey everyone... I'm working on implementing the simple 2d algo. described here:[URL]...html in actionscript. It's a simple midpoint displacement scheme, and it's almost working correctly. The problem i'm having is that the array i'm generating isn't sorting correctly. I need to sort it so that the drawing loop cycles through from left to right (on the x axis)... For some reason, it's not sorting points that are between [0] and [1] in my array. because the algo. is iterative, the problem snowballs the more iterations you run it for.
here's the code i'm working on. it's in 3 frames, and init frame to get it going, and then a loop in frames 2 and three (so that i can see the iterations as they're drawn out):
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I'm making a picture gallery program and making it so that it takes images and resizes them to fit the proper thumbnail size, using onInit from the clip loader object and _xcale/_yscale. The problem is, the first time the thumbnail scrolls into the visible area, massive lag results; the app freezes for a solid half second until the thumbnail bar resumes scrolling. This does not happen with smaller pictures: apparently, Flash is being stupid and is reducing the size, but not the resolution, of the images. Is there a way to solve this problem other than
a) loading each thumbnail on the visible stage at first, then immediately repositioning into the bar (this would multiply load time substantially) or b) a server-side jpg resizer?
A bunch of us are trying to learn here at the office and we came up with a flash banner(very much duct taped on). We can not understand how to take the flash to display the number of buttons per the number of children in the xml... ie: 1, 2, 3, 4(slides or whatever). I've researched plenty on this forum but just can't get the flash to get past errors.
XML:
<flashnews>
<news>
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Wondered if anybody knows how customizable Flash swf files are made, where there appears to be a template swf that the user can then input some changes (eg text or image) and receives a newly-compiled swf file with their changes.[URL]
Constraints:- user receives a single output swf file that can be played with all their changes included. ie there is no reading from an xml file, or using Flashvars.
As part of a nightly build i want to automate the generation of action script classes like Flex does but in an automated fashion. So I'm looking for an equivalent tool to flex builder 3's Import Web Service functionality, but accesable to a Hudson nightly build using ant.
View 1 RepliesI am looking for a solution to this issue but I have not yet found anything conclusive. I would love to get some input. What I need to do is basically to take two or more individual PDF-files and merge them into one. Nothing fancy just sticking one after the other and ending up with one file.
I have found AlivePDF and purePDF but those libs both seem to be focused towards generating PDF's from scratch.
I want to write some games in ActionScript but I do not have any illustration skill. I am looking for a library that can help me generate simple but beautiful, colorful shapes I will then animate.
Recently, I have stumbled upon such a library, written in C++ and newly ported to javascript, but I can't remember it anymore ! Something like Raphael.js in ActionScript would be cool, but I really want to hear about solutions in any language.
My client has asked to generate pop art images for the user uploaded images, Does any one of you has done some work related to this? is this sort of work is possible in flex, flash, as3, etc,
There is one software named pop art studio, which generates such images. we have Image magic software with us, does image magic generates these sort of pop art images? i don't have much idea about Image magic.
one solution for this would have been, if these images were our images, then we would haven taken them as the separate parts of one image, and applied color transform or any other thing on those parts, and would have generated these sort of poparts displayed in the picture , but client requires this option on user uploaded images, so all this is not possible in that case.
Which is the fastest way to generate HTML from a MXML GUI? I would like to print a complex GUI
View 1 RepliesIs there anywhere available a software which allows to build UML diagram from AS3 code ?I found that someone started to implement that in ArgoUML, but with any results yet.Does anyone now if there is any software which can do that ?
View 4 RepliesHere is the code that I have just now:
Code:
package
{
import flash.display.*;
public class Particle
[code]....
This creates a constant stream of particles flowing from one point on the screen. I don't want the particles to constantly flow out from one point - I want to create a button that causes a set number of particles to explode out from it when it is clicked.
I need to build a web application in flash, the gist is the application takes users inputs and generates a network diagram based on that inputs. I actually coded the entire application in JS DOM and PHP GD, and client comes back suddenly saying they cant support PHP (IT restrictions). So now am back to square one, wondering, how to draw network images dynamically. JS cant do it. So I stumbled upon Actionscript. So if i were to code an application entirely in actionscript,
1. Does actionscript provide me a way to create input fields (select, text, textarea...etc)
2. Would i be able to use these user inputs from Question 1 to generate a network diagram?
3. Can actionscript do Question's 1 and 2 without needing support from a server side
scripting language like PHP?
tool which can convert a flash (.swf) chart to any image format to be later embedded to a pdf report. I am using Ruby on Rails as the dev platform. I have used tools from swftools (specifically the swfextract program) but it doesn't suit my use case as it extracts individual elements (shapes, movieclips, frames etc) which is not too useful.
View 1 Repliesi just started using Flash builder 4 and i have a problem.As it is based on Eclipse I"m excepting, when I move mouse over undefined Method, class, variable that small Eclipse like window pops up and let shows me some choices for creating interface, class, renaming, classpath fixes etc.
View 1 Repliesis there a way in flash by which i can create a large number of movie clips in a single go instead of applying a loop and using duplicateMovieClip in every iteration.
View 3 RepliesI'm trying to get an external script to communicate with an application instance running on my Flash Interactive Media Server installation. I've got the following server side actionscript in my AppStart():
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The connection to an open socket on the localhost, port 16005 works fine, but when I try to write some xml to the socket that I accepted the connection on (running on the localhost), I never seem to get the onXML or onData callbacks on the server application instance. One question that I had was regarding the NULL byte. If the FMS application doesn't not receive the NULL byte, does that mean the callback won't happen? If so, can someone tell me how to take something like a Python string and *add* a NULL byte so that the FMS will invoke the proper onXML or onData callback when this data is sent?