ActionScript 2.0 :: Dynamically Attach Movieclips From The Library Into One Main Movieclip?
Dec 19, 2008
point me to anything which will help me dynamically attach movieclips from the library into one main movieclip, which then I can duplicate it many times..You see, what happens with duplicateMovieClip,is that it duplicates the main movieclip itself, without taking its contents..I want to take the contents too. The only way I can imagine this could work, was if I could take a 'snapshot' of the movieclip and keep it as a bitmap, from which this could be duplicated - because I dont need the movieclip and its contents to contain code or have any animation playing. I just want it as an image, so I can create a pattern from..
I've a movieClip called "picChange" and inside that movieClip, there is another movieClip called "picFrame" and inside that movieClip there are three movieClips called "HolderL1", "HolderL2", "HolderL3". I use these 3 movieClips to attach movieClips(questions for game) from library. I put movieClip inside movieClip to add some animation while it loads. I used following code:
for(var i:int = 0; i<3; i++) { var pic_mc:String = "picLeft" + ranque[i]; var que_mc_class:Class = getDefinitionByName(pic_mc) as Class;
I want to load an external swf and dynamically attach the mc's in the loaded swf to the main movie. Is it possible to reference the linkage properties of the externally loaded swf in this way?
Im trying to create an inventory where when you click an object it will automaticly go into your inventory, the inventory is embedded in other movieclips.I have quite a few spaces(movieclips) in the inventory box when it is open but I just need it so when you click an object it attaches to a movieclip in the inventory.I also need it so that if you click a different item it attaches to the next space in the inventory rather than overlapping an item you have clicked before. I would only have only about 15 (or something similar) spaces so if I have clicked 16 items the 16th item cannot go into the inventory.
EDIT: revised question. how do I do this when I have loaded an external swf into my main movie. I use this method to load library assets from the external swf files library.Code: Select allvar LibraryAsset_Class:Class
I've started trying to get into AS2 and all of a sudden, I don't know how to attach a movieclip from a document's library to the stage! The debugger's saying that attachMovie isn't a method. Just to clarify, I have an external as file which is defining a class and in that class, I want to attach a movie from the library to the stage.
I wanted to attach movieclip(btn_select) from my library to the stage (movieclip:container) by XML so here's my code.. here's my loading of xml... Note: portXML.childNodes[0].childNodes.length; is 3
When you attach a movieclip taken from the symbol library to the Stage, by using the attachMovie function and its Linkage name, do you have to - previously - place a dummy instance of the mc anywhere on that Stage to get it works ?
I have attached a movieclip(linkage name newbox1) on stage dynamically to the main stage.When press a button, You can then drag the movieclip around to any position. When the button pressed the 2nd time i want a new movieclip. Howeer the movieclip dragged just returns back to were its attached .ii want to be able to dag unlimited movieclips not the same movieclip
I've used MovieClipLoader to load a movieclip into my holder. Everything works out fine, the mc loads and it's all good. But then, inside the loaded mc I use attachMovie to attach a movieclip from the library of the holder. It won't attach, but it will attach if I re-create the specific mc in the loaded mc's library. Does anyone know how to get around this?
I know how to attach a movieclip dynamically using flash 8 and cs3 but not in cs4. can u pls help me on this.
I made a movieclip named "box_mc" and i deleted from stage. It's there in library. now i want to display the movieclip "box_mc" dynamically on stage. how to do this using flash cs4 ?
I know how to attach a movieclip dynamically using flash 8 and cs3 but not in cs4.
I made a movieclip named "box_mc" and i deleted from stage. It's there in library. now i want to display the movieclip "box_mc" dynamically on stage. how to do this using flash cs4?
I made a movieclip named "box_mc" and i deleted from stage. It's there in library. now i want to display the movieclip "box_mc" dynamically on stage. how to do this ??
I am trying to attach a movieclip and make rows with 3 movieclips each. I can attach the moveclips and make space between them but i cant figure how i can make rows...
here's the code
Code: var gamesData:XML = new XML(); gamesData.ignoreWhite = true; gamesData.load("xml/games.xml");
In the past, we've put a stop() action in the timeline of movieclip symbols so that the timeline would not play and we would control all animations via code. We've also done that to the main timeline as well. Is this still needed for performance reasons? Is this needed for dynamically created movieclips? I know that the Sprite class should be used if there is no timeline associated with it.
I have a movie clip menu on a main timeline and inside that movie clip I have created four buttons dynamically. How to access those nested buttons/movieClips (add event listeners etc) from main timeline? Here I am adding menu to the display list on main timeline:
I have a problem with dragging movieclip which is dynamically generated via attaching movieclip from library.I want to move the movieclip by pressing the yellow square within a boundary say 100*4. I am attaching the flash file with this thread.
Code: function myFunction(myMC) { myMC.attachMovie(myMC, myMC, getNextHighestDepth()); }
myFunction(test); I want this to attach a MC from my library called "test" to a movieclip holder called "test" on the canvas and have it named test. In the end, the instance path would be _root.test.test.
The problem is myMC (the one right after the first parenthesis) is not populating correctly because it is not being read by Flash properly. The typeof myMC is movieclip. I can String(myMC), but still no hope. How do I get this done?
Throughout different times in my app I have to load, and then later on delete, a series of movieclips from the library.They all have the prefix "mc_".[code]
I want to add MovieClips from the library at runtime onEnterFrame to create a trail behind the movieClip that is moving on stage: [Code]...
This just creates one instance of a movieClip "Follower". But how to make trail like effect - adding movieClips onEnter frame and positioning them according to "mcToFollow"?
I have a MovieClip, that I'm going to add to the display list with my document class at runtime beacuase there will be many instances of it. The MoviClip "box" has 3 more MovieClip instances inside it,and each of those three have two more.It looks like this:
How to add random movie clip to stage from many different movie clips in library? If I wanted to add one movie clip to stage I would do liko so:
Code: stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, onMove); function onMove(e:MouseEvent):void { var mc:MovieClip = new Ball(); mc.x = mouseX; mc.y = mouseY; addChild(mc); }
Code above works perfect but I tried following but with no success, no errors, but nothing happens - no mc's are added to stage. I have 6 movie clips in library and they all are linked, exported for actionscript. On MouseOver I want to add random movie clip from those six movie clips to the stage.
Code: var myArray:Array = [mc1, mc2, mc3, mc4, mc5, mc6]; stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, onLoop); function onLoop(e:MouseEvent):void { for (var i:int = 0; i< myArray.length; i++) { var randomMc:Number = Math.floor(Math.random()*i); var mc:MovieClip = new myArray[randomMc]; addChild(mc); mc.x = mouseX; mc.y = mouseY; }}
I have some fairly large movieclips in the library which need to be dynamically loaded at runtime. I don't want to export them all in frame 1, because that would slow down initial loading of the movie. I tried putting an instance of each of these clips later in the timeline where they wouldn't normally be encountered. When I then tried to load one from the library dynamically, I was able to successfully get an instance of the movieclip, but its currentFrame property was 0 and I couldn't see anything on the stage. As soon as I enabled "Export in frame 1", it worked properly. Does this old trick of putting an instance on the timeline somewhere no longer work in AS3?
I am making a Thumbnail class which is part of my Photo Gallery Package that I am building with the intent of automatically generating my thumbnails. I do not want to limit myself to just AS3 animations, I would also like the ability to use timeline animations. I have a system using "in" and "out" for frame labels which I find very efficient and I get stuff done quickly. So I created the thumbnails holder MovieClip with the animations and have it linked in my Library, however, when I try to pass it to my Thumbnail Class, I only get one instance and I need to create several instances.
Document Class ActionScript Code: var thumbCont:mcThumb = new mcThumb(); thumbNails = new Thumbnails(thumbCont);
Thumbnails Class ActionScript Code: var thumbContainer:MovieClip; public function Thumbnails(thumbCont:MovieClip,) { thumbContainer = thumbCont; }private function createThumbs():void { for (var i:int = 0; i < aThumbs.length; i++) { [Code] .....
I eliminated most of the additional stuff. What this does is that it doesn't create several thumbContainers, rather it just uses the one. So how would I be able to generate several of them? I can obviously create an Array with them and create them in my document class, but if I can avoid that and have my thumbnail class do it by itself, that would be perfect.
Is there a way to dynamically tell if the main timeline's (or a MovieClip's) playhead is moving or has stopped? I know I can manually set a boolean variable and then toggle it between true and false:
