ActionScript 2.0 :: Populate List Box Other Than For Loop?
Mar 20, 2009
don't know how to frame my query but i'll try to be as specific as possible.Let's say I have an xml file which I load into my flash app and then populate a listbox with it.So I'll take following steps1. load xml file2. parse xml file and make an array of items to be put in listbox3. loop through the array and populate the listbox (basically attachMovie)Now for step 3 I have been using for loop. This is ok if there are small number of items in a list box. But when the list is quite long (say 200 to 500 items) there is certain lag.same paradigm applies if I have to put different graphic elements on a blank board dynamically.
how to populate a list box component located within a seperate mc in my swf with an array... the array comes from a response from a webservice call. I am not currently on the computer with my source code available so lets just use the following....
listdata[i] = the array i want to populate the list box with..... (listdata1, listdata2, listdata3, listdata4, etc. etc.) movieclip1 = the MC within my fla containing the list box component mylist = the actual list component
... just not all that familiar with the format of actionscript when working with objects... using CS3 and as2 btw,
just wondering how to populate the list component with XML. when an item is clicked it needs to execute the actionscript specified in the XMLmy XML looks like this:PHP Code:
<application name = "Something" actionscript = "gotoAndPlay(3)">
if that's not possible...are you able to call a function?
i have an SQL base where are short messages and senders ids stored, i need them to appear on the list in flash CS4 AS3 in 2 colums sender and message.The ammount of messages is always different, so how could i do that?
Is there a way display the display list in the Tree component. I could parse the display list into xml but then I would not be able to create a reference to the display object.
I am trying to figure out how to proceed. Obviously this is a christmas project. The user will be presented with a text input to see whether their name is on the Naughty or Nice list at the North Pole. I would like to randomize which list the users name appears on. And perhaps give them an option to redeem themselves, by doing something "nice" if their name shows up on the naughty list.
I'm just starting to learn flex and AS3I'm trying to get information into a datagrid that originates from a mathmatical formula. For example if I have 100 and I subtract 5 from it and continue to do so until it reaches 0 so my grid would be something like:
I'm trying to parse a rather large XML file using a for loop to populate a listcomponent. To let the user know the XML is being parsed (takes 5-10 sec.) I want to create a simple notifier/preloader (loader_mc is on the stage, frame 1, and should inform that things are being loaded/parsed).The problem is that nothing shows as long as the loop is busy.Is there some kind of progresslistener for the loop in AS3 or some kind of Event.PROGRESS for the XML load that will kick in BEFORE the loop starts.I even tried to move this script to frame 2 but still the loader_mc wouldn't show.[code]...........
I have a Flash site I am developing that feeds in XML into various arrays and populates dynamic movie clips and text fields. I am having trouble making a for loop that works with my movieclips and text fields. I am probably only missing one step and if I can figure it out I will cut my lines of code about 10X. I have attached the fla and image files in a zip file.
What am trying to do is match an Array of possible passwords to the correct password and trace if the password is correct or not. This is what I have so far.
var passWords:Array = ["catdog", "fatcow", "yoda", "petergriffin"]; var userPassword:String = "petergriffin"; var wrongPassword:Boolean = false;
I have an array, and, when I use the for...in loop to add each element to a string in order, it appears to list them in descending rather than ascending order. I want to know if this is what its supposed to do and how i might be able to make it go in the right order.
I am having go with one one of the tutorials here. I am trying to use XML to loop, or play, the list of songs that I have going on. Though, I get stuck with two problems:
1) The Flash will not play the 2nd or third song of the XML file, only the first than it stops.
2) The Flash will also not play the XML file if I embed it on another folder, like for example: I want the flash to be embeded on my home page (so index.php) though I have all my files (songs.xml, the songs, home.as, flash_home.swf) on a folder named /flash/ off my root folder.
How do we get the XML list looping so when we get to the end of the list the next_btn takes us back to the first photo in the list again? (And Visa Versa)
I've got 13 movieclips that all run a function (setNames) contained in a child object (namer) it contains. The function displays text in a dynamic text boxI've set them up with the instance names mark0 > mark12 so I can target them with a loop and array notation which is something I often use. But the loop sometimes doesn't work, however a list of 13 separate lines of code works fine. Am I overloading Flash with too much code commands at once, and is there a way around this?This doesn't work...
I'm using flex 4.1 to write an application. i read in the documents that has the rowCount property to set how many items to display. the does not have that property. how can I limit the list to display 3 items ?
I am working on an older Flash project created in CS3 ActionScript 2.0 How can I make the pointer cursor change to the hand when hover over a list item?_root.slidePanel.myList'myList' is the list. I have traced out the contents of the List MC and it has a child MC called 'content_mc'. I assumed this was the object containing all of my list items but the only members of this MC I can see (when tracing them out) are 'setRGB' and 'searchKey'.
Creating a dynamic list and associating a picture with each list item. i need the list to be scrollable, and i want the list and it's associated picture to be displayed randomly when the application is re-launched. i.e it doesnt show the same list everytime.
I also what to be able to sort the displayed list items. e.g if the list items is about restaurants, i want users to be able to sort the displayed items by either; district, cusine type and gastro type.
I have a combobox and list component on the stage. The combobox has 3 selections. How do I get it so that each selection triggers the specific xml file to load into the list component? I can't get them to communicate to each other.
If I have a ComboBox component on stage and it has 11 options in it, is it possible to populate a dynamic text field with text based on which one of the 11 options are selected?ComboBox has instance name of 'age' and has 11 options to choose from (Opt1, Opt2, Opt3, Opt4, Opt5, etc.).There are also 11 dynamic text fields (instance and variable names of c1, c2, c3, etc.). I want the text fields to be blank unless the corresponding option is chosen. So, if Opt1 is selected from ComboBox 'age' then populate 'c1' with the number 1, if 'Opt2' is selected populate 'c2' with 2 and so on, otherwise the text fields stay blank.
i have a div which has a flash object embedded in it when the user hits the page the swf plays great.the thing is, is that once the swf is done playing.i want the div to be filled with other html info(ie div.innerHTML = "stuff").
I am trying to figure out how to write some AS code that creates a button using dynamic jpg's for the on, over and down states. I am sure this possible, but cant wrap my head around it.
I know I can use a loader to get the image, but how do i place it in a button's various states? The only state I understand right is that of confusion :-)...
I have been tasked with creating an online course evaluation form. This form will be used by our client students to give us feedback on the courses they take with us. I have two needs: ONSITE - I need a good tutorial on how to create a form in Flash that will populate a SQL DB. Students will complete the form when onsite at our HQ. This form will be on our intranet and will directly feed the SQL DB.
The 'recommendations' dataProvider is an ArrayCollection of String, which are generally sentences about as long as this one. By setting the variableRowHeight and wordWrap properties as shown, if a sentence is too long to fit on a single line, everything works fine- the row expands and the messages show on two lines, or occasionally three.
The space allocated for this panel within the entire canvas means if the total text size of 'recommendations' exceeds six lines, I need for the entire list scroll. This is also working just fine. The trouble is when using the mouse wheel to do the scrolling- Flex scrolls both the entire list and the single item where the mouse is hovering. Often this results in only the second half of a sentence being visible. Non-programmer friends I have asked to look at this noticed this, and tell me it as a problem. If a user does not notice the dual scrolling, and sees only a fragment of a sentence, it will be perceived as an error in the application.
I want to add a SimpleButton to a list item in a list component. I am getting the CellRenderer for the list item I want and using the addChild method to add the simple button. The button appears in the right spot on the list item but it doesn't function like a button. It's like the contents of the buttons first frame is added to the CellRenderer and nothing else.
When a user selects a category from the first drop down box then i want the 2nd drop down to be updated based on the selection of the first drop down. I have created multiple ArrayCollections whose names are set to the "data" values of the first drop down, for instance:
[Bindable] public var countries:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection([ {label:"USA",data:"USA"},
