ActionScript 2.0 :: XML File - Converting Dates To Day Names In Array
Nov 26, 2011
I have an XML file that gives me a date like this "yyyy-mm-dd",I loaded the XML file in Flash and created an array that contains all dates. My problem is that I want to convert in flash the containing dates of the array to day names for example "monday" "tuesday"..etc.
I'm trying to read date variables from an external text file. I'm using the LoadVars method and it is working fine for regular string variables. I'm running into trouble trying to convert some of those strings into date variables so I can compare the current date to the targetDateX variable from the text file. I'm working on a countdown timer for a list of different times/dates. It will display the time left until the first event, then after that event the time left until the second event. I'm running the code in a for loop and everything is working except being able to convert the string with format (yyyy,mm,dd,hh,mm) into a date variable- I've attached a sample of where I'm having trouble.
I'm working on a site that is importing a published CSV (comma seperated values) via actionscript 3.0 URLloader(). Right now I'm just trying to get actionscript to successfully input the imported data from the CSV into an Array, so the CSV file has only 1 cell which contains "athleticMaroon,charcoal,colonialBlue,kellyGreen,fullColor".
Here's the code I'm using:
//create new array var shirtLiveIntense_btn_Colors:Array=new Array(); //run CSV data import
I have a small problem with my script, and its due to the dates in the array. I have tried writing the dates in a different way, and that works well. However I need the dates as they are now, because of an other function later on.[code]...
for my latest task at work, oh what joy, i have to create a small banner thing which reads data from a text file... BUT... it only reads from the text file IF there is a text file present which i labeled TODAYS date!
Get todays date IF there is a file present in a certain directory which is called todays date.txt (ie. 02042006) then it reads the info in that text file and prints it into a certain area in the flash file. If there is nothing present it just displays the default stuff!!
This is just a part of the script, the whole thing will kinda look like a calendar, it will load certain dates from an XML file, cross-check them with the dates, and then it will mark them in a different way in the SWF. However this sample of code should just build arrays of days using the name of the month array, and days in it array.Later Im gonna check if dates from the xml match some dates in those arrays. If they will, it will change theyr apperance.
Is it possible to, if you have an array of class names like ActionScript Code: var city01names:Array = ["pic_01", "pic_02", "pic_03" ...] make a new array which would read these names, instantiate them, and push them into a new array containing the instances of all these pictures, which I could then use for a slideshow?
I need to parse the parameters from one function to another as arguments rather than an array.[code]The problem is there that when the wrapping function 'push' has the arguments parsed, on the inside it is an array, meaning that when _array.push is called with the parameters variable, rather than the elements of parameters being pushed on, the entire array gets pushed on making it multi dimensional.I've tried to search for ways to split an array into seperate arguments, and number of arguments needs to be dynamic, so parameters[0], parameters[1] is no good in this case.
I've been seaching on how to get the key names of a flex Array as there is no such function in the Array class. Here is my answer that may be usueful to any of you.
I have a movie player that works fine when i hard-code the url value in the video function, but when i try to pass that url/file path from an external file, the video doesn't load. I suspect that there is something i'm doing wrong with the quotes. What am i doing wrong?
i have a collection looking like this :arr.getItemAt(0).closet.clothes[0].color. the arr is an ArrayCollection data type..the clothes is an Array data type..when i try to bind this to an mxml component , i get a warning :"Data binding will not be able to detect changes when using square bracket([]) operator. For Array, please use ArrayCollection.getItemAt() instead."this is not possible as the Array class has no method getItemAt().
I was wondering if it was possible to create the name of a NEW array dynamically. I have tried the following with no success. Does anyone know if this can be done?
Actionscript Code://Tried and failed_global["newArray"+newArrayNumber] = new Array();//Tried and failed_this["newArray"+newArrayNumber] = new Array();//Tried and failednewVariable = _this["newArray"+newArrayNumber];newVariable = new Array();
I have an array called mclipArray with the names of movie clips stored in it as follows: mclip0, mclip1, mclip2, mclip3....and so on until mclip99. Later in my code I want to run a loop using "i" as a counter variable from 0 to 99 and then depending on the value of "i" add various movie clips to be inside the movie clip that corresponds to "i". For example if I want to add a movie clip called "someMovieClip" as a child of my movie clip called "mclip6" and my loop has been running and "i" is now equal to 6, how can I use "i" to reference the correct index stored in the array. mclipArray[i].addChild(someMovieClip); The above code doesn't work.
I want this to be sorted by first name only: "John Smith 18", "Charlotte Smith 59", "Chris Doe 26", "Tony Jordan 100", "Charlotte Roberts 17", "Imad Hanna 26", "Charlotte Smith 13"
I can get it sort sort alphabetically just by using .sort(), but it takes into account the last name as well.
I have an array that creates 7 mc clips with names.I'm trying to make each one of those peices clickable.When clicked each peice will slide over to the far left "barrier_mc" and stop.Actually not true, the one closest to the "barrier_mc" will stop at the barrier and from then on each piece will stop when it hits the one beside it (kinda like a 7 car fender-bender). This isnt the problem im trying to work through right now, although i will in the near future.
What im trying to figure out is the array that creates the mc's names them like the following "" infoBar"+i+"_mc"". What im trying to do is call that in a function so that i dont have to type in each of the 7 mc names manual I.E (infoBar0_mc) you'll see my function at the bottem in the "function pieceStop"of the pasted code.
Code: var list:Array = ["piece1", "piece2", "piece3", "piece4", "piece5", "piece6", "piece7"]; var startingX:Number = list_mc._x; var bottom:Number = 950;[code].....
ok so i have this array from which i wanna fetch names of the XML files i want to load in their XML object, so i write like this but it doesn't work.[code]
I have some movieclips on stage each with an instance name like this: 101, 102,103,104.. etc.When I click one of them, it's istance name is added in an array:[code]I've got a button on stage too and I want when this button is clicked to change the Y of all the selected movieclips:[code]
I'm trying to reduce repetition in my code by using a for loop with an attachMovie call. [code]So I have a bunch of clips in array that I want to attach, and I just want to use the name of the clip as the instance name, but it doesnt seem to work.
I have a bunch of buttons on stage, and i want to place all of those buttons names in an array so i can assign an event listener to them easier. What i have is:
Code: var btnArray = new Array["btn1","btn2","btn3","etc...."]; for(var c=0; c<btnArray.length; c++) { btnArray[c].addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, doSomething); }
This should be simple but I can't come up with or find the answer anywhere. All I want to do is create a series of Arrays with instance names generated on the fly. I then want to reference these later. I have a "for" loop with a variable "count" that I want to add to a base name of rowArray and use the result to create an Array. I would think that it would look something like this: