I'm using the text effect I found in ActionScript Text Animation , and the script works great.
My question is, is it possible to have line breaks? I tried adding spaces to end a line, but you'd have to wait for the script to read through the added spaces before the next line begins.
i have an xml file and i want my code in flash to read it line by line but its only showing the first line out of 5 lines.Below is the code:
var NigeriaNumber:Number;
var stateName:String;
var year:String;
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Most of my experience with XML has been with image galleries where I have mostly stored information into attributes, but now I'm making a simple news display with XML. For practice. And the problem is here and I can't seem to solve it.
You see, this is my code.
Code:
myXML = new XML();
myXML.ignoreWhite = true;
myXML.onLoad = function() {
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It doesn't actually display (empty line), but there are two empty lines that are selectable before and after the text. This boggles me, since I set ignoreWhite to true. I'd like it to display just Man, I rock, without any empty lines before or after that text. Sure, I could edit my <update> node so that the node and it's chlid text node are in the same line, but I want my XML to be easily readable.
And it's strange that everytime I use a line break (with return of course, in notepad) in a text node, Flash displays that as two line breaks. So does anyone know what's with those two lines before and after the text and why does it make two line breaks where there is one in my XML file?
Most of my experience with XML has been with image galleries where I have mostly stored information into attributes, but now I'm making a simple news display with XML. For practice.
Code:
myXML = new XML();
myXML.ignoreWhite = true;
myXML.onLoad = function() {
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It doesn't actually display (empty line), but there are two empty lines that are selectable before and after the text. This boggles me, since I set ignoreWhite to true. I'd like it to display just Man, I rock, without any empty lines before or after that text. Sure, I could edit my <update> node so that the node and it's chlid text node are in the same line, but I want my XML to be easily readable.And it's strange that everytime I use a line break (with return of course, in notepad) in a text node, Flash displays that as two line breaks.
Would removing the (Variable definitions / Spaces / Have everything on one line) make the project run faster.Testing my projects most beefy loop without variable definitions seems to make it run slightly faster.
View 4 RepliesI know as2 couldn't read in txt's line by line.
What I'm going for is read in a txt line by line as a button is pressed.
I'm adding a line to a canvas using canvas.moveTo(0, 0); canvas.lineTo(100, 100);, but I then want the user to move the mouse to set the rotation of the line.Google suggests using the rotation property,but I don't have a reference to the line object.Can I get a reference to the line or should I rotate the whole canvas?
View 3 RepliesThis may be a stupid simple question. But I am unable to figure out how to edit a Transition Time Line Effect once it's been implemented. I added the effect with no problems, but I need to make some adjustments to the fade now (because I am using the Transition effect), and I cannot find the controls again.
View 6 RepliesI'm trying to add a line to a movie clip. When I trace the width of the lineadded it traces correctly, but the line doesn't appear. If I do everything the same but add the line to the stage instead of the movie clip it does appear. I know this is one of those cases where I can't see the forest fro the trees but
Here's the relevant code:
var xAxis = new Shape(); graph_mc.addChild(xAxis); xAxis.graphics.lineStyle(2, 0x000000, 1) xAxis.graphics.moveTo(startX, startY); xAxis.graphics.lineTo(maxX, startY) xAxis.name =
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i have a project , needed to add input text , so i maked a movie clip ,inside i added a input text field, after i added it.ctrl+entermy masking photo , have a crush line ,a long one ,some thing like bugging, but if i remove the input text field ,the masking photo have no problem again ...any one facing this problem ???? i cant do any thing about it, any one can teach me how to fix this problem ?? my project have a long coding,it work fine it i didt add the input text.
View 2 RepliesThe old method for the mx:TextArea no longer works. Specifically:
myMxTextArea.verticalScrollPosition = myMxTextArea.maxVerticalScrollPosition;
I've found this method for Spark but seems a bit kludgy:
mySparkTA.scrollToRange(mySparkTA.text.length-1, mySparkTA.text.length);
Is there a more straightforward way to do this?
I am trying to load various swfs into a main swf. The initial swf loads in by default, the others load when buttons are clicked. All of the buttons also call a lengthy function called loadpic which appears later in the code - Currently the buttons load in the swfs as required, however the swfs are always behind the initial default swf. Is there a way to add removeChild to the buttons? I have tried creating seperate functions for each button and added the line removeChild(); however doing that means I would also have to repeat all of the later functions as well. If I add removeChild(); without placing it in a function the default swf doesn't show at all.
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I'm trying to assist some members and make a small program that will add up all the numbers on the right of each line... I've been working with game code for years, but this is my first attempt at Strings!The following text below is what the text box will be filled with
05/02/2009 01:08:49 Ad Package Bonus in amount of 5.
05/02/2009 01:08:49 Ad Package acquired in amount of 20.
05/01/2009 02:14:59 Ad Package Bonus in amount of 4.
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Just need to add up the numbers on the right
question 1:I know I can use:var string = FLfile.read( fileURL);to get the content of a text file, but is there a way to read this text file line by linesuch as:var string1=fileReadLine( fileURL);var string2=fileReadLine( fileURL);question 2:Is there a way to parser(or tokenize) the above string?
View 8 RepliesBelow, I will copy the code I am using and I have placed to .fla file and images online, but I cannot place the link here (don't have enough posts yet), so ask me if you want.he script runs perfectly and loads its parameters from the "hardcodedXML" variable. This way, however, whenever the images and their information need to be changed, someone with knowledge of flash and AS will need to open the sourcecode and alter the "hardcodedXML".I am currently assigned to make a renewed website for my employers and would like to enable them (no knowledge of flash or AS whatsoever) to edit the contents of the scroll box. The easiest way for "dummies" is to have a .txt file in the same directory, that contains the stuff that is put in the "hardcodedXML" right now.My actual question/problem: how can I create a txt file that is read by the script, to store the string in "hardcodedXML" (the current string that is hard coded looks like "<photos>...</photos>".I've tried searching Google, but didn't come up with anything.
ActionScript Code:
import fl.data.DataProvider;
import fl.events.ListEvent;
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why there is a gap of 5secs (ish) between my swf opening and my preloader starting (at like 90% complete)?My first frame contains 228kb of info, could that be it? If it is, I cant see what it is to cause this.
View 3 RepliesI don't have much experience with buttons and barely any with action script. I am trying to make a button that is a non-animated symbol on up, a glowing version of the symbol on over, and on down the symbol swaps to an animated symbol that moves across the screen.
But, on the down state, the symbol does not animate like it is supposed to. When I hold the mouse button down, the glow goes away, but the symbol just does not animate as specified in the symbol that appears during the down state.
I tried experimenting with making the button move on the main timeline, adding a stop() command in one of the layers of the up-state symbol, and then adding a play() command to one of the layers of the down state symbol, but nothing seems to work.[code]...
I bought an mp3 player that was supposed to prevent multiple instances of the player from playing at the same time. In other words, if I was playing an mp3 on one instance of the player and then pressed play on another instance, it would pause the original mp3. However, it is not functioning like this and the author of the flash player is not responding to my emails. I've included the code below:
magicmp3.fla:
Code:
if (songName == undefined) {
songName = "songs/VanessasDub.mp3";
}
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I got problem with this code:
Code:
ob.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, kdown);
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I have a MovieClip with Instance name: The function never begins when i press on keyboard. trace('CLEAR'); never begins,
I finally found out how to make my own sound control buttons but the problem is i'd really like the sound to start up when the flash movie loads and then use the stop and resume button to control it? But when I place the sound on a layer and then click the resume button the sound begins again and is echoed?
View 1 RepliesProject:
Reading text from XML document
Text scrolls up, pauses, then automatically scrolls up and off the screen
Text content changes to the next node.
Scene Level:
I have a movie clip named "symbol headline" (see attached screenshot)
Within the MovieClip:
I have 2 dynamic text boxes: headlineText and contentText (see attached screenshot)
ActionScript Code:
// Import flash libraries
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.display.SimpleButton;
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The Problem:
Everything works GREAT except there is a slight difference between the TIMER in the ActionScript and the frames in the GUI. That means that after 3 or 4 iterations, the text starts changing before the motion tween is done.
My Idea:
Instead of using a timer in my ActionScript, can I create and Event Listener that listens for when the movie clip starts to replay? If so, HOW ?
I just followed Lee Brimelow's 'Preloading in Actionscript 3.0' tut - it was easy to follow and implement. However, when I upload my files to my webserver to test, the .swf that I'm loading begins to play before the preloader completes. Actually, to be precise, the main swf has an audio file in the background that begins before the preloader completes. The stage of the main swf doesn't appear until the preloader completes. Prior to this, I was using a 'scenes' method of preloading, that didn't have this problem, but I kept running into a 1009 error, so thought I'd try a different method...
Here is the actionscript for my preloader:
Code: Select allvar l:Loader = new Loader();
l.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, loop);
l.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, done);
l.load(new URLRequest("CelebrateV4RPLY.swf"));
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I am using a Flash AS2 template for a PayPal shopping cart on my site. As the code is now, a new shipping charge is added to the buyers total for every item added. I would like it to have only 1 shipping charge, no matter how many items are added!
Actionscript Code:
import caurina.transitions.Tweener;cartItems = new Array();itemNr = -1;itemQty = 1;cartin = false;ctrl_mc.cart_mc.onRelease = showCart;attachMovie("cart","cart_mc",15000,
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Im trying to use BitmapData.draw() on a movie clip, thing I noticed is that this method always draw from the top left of the movie clip, is there a way to "center" the draw method somewhere else on the mc?
View 1 RepliesI got some problem with this code:
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There is a MovieClip with Instance name: ob The problem is that the function kdown never begins if I press a button. trace('CLEAR'); never showes.
I've had this problem with a couple of different files. Whenever I contiuously change variables that define Dynamic Text using ActionScript, the text begins to appear with square characters in front of it. Note: This doesn't happen on the computer that I made the Flash file on, just every other computer I've tried it on.
View 2 RepliesI am trying to pull a link (or links) out of a text string. So if I had something like this:[code]I would like to be able to find the links in the text string and replace them with a single word or words that I would format to be an HTML link within a text box.I've had some luck with string.indexOf, but I'm not sure how to detect the end of the link where the remaining text begins that I don't want linked.
View 7 RepliesMy animation contains a button which 'hovers' or 'lightly floats' on the stage. The object and motion tween creating the 'hover' is in a movieclip which I then applied to a button symbol. When I test my swf and scroll over the button, the motion tween within the button skips back to the beginning. Is there a way to get a smoother transition?
PS. I put the button into a movieclip with the a motion tween and it doesn't seem to work properly.
As the title says, suppose I have an hypothetical XML containing this:
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I can check if a certain speech has a bg change by simply doing this:
if(bgs[i])
{
//true!
}
what should I compare in the case of sounds, I've tried many, like:
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I want to make a text box that will not allow spaces to be entered. Is there some actionscript to do this?
In other words, a user typing 'John Smith' would just display 'JohnSmith'.