I want to know of if it possible to target different areas of 1 text file. So I would have one file that could populate multiple text fields with different info. I know this is what XML does, but I wanted to know if I could do the same with a .txt doc as well.
View 1 RepliesI've been looking for a tutorial that loads different variables in a text file to different textfield/textbox in flash using AS3. So my text file would look like this:
myVariable1=<p class='header'>Headline1</p><br>Subtext content 1
myVariable2=<p class='header'>Headline2</p><br>Subtext content 2
myVariable3=<p class='header'>Headline2</p><br>Subtext content 3
And "myVariable1" would load in textbox "myText_txt_1" in flash and "myVariable2" would load in textbox "myText_txt_2" and so on...
I think this is possible in AS2 but is this even possible in AS3?
I am trying to make a quiz on metals. I have several elements which i want to fall into multiple target areas (e.g. the target areas are shaded grey in the following swf; metal_mc, nonmetal_mc, metalloid_mc). I can make individuals match to target areas (as there are tutorials for that) but i want each one to be able to slide in to any target area (and someday i want to create a solve button which will then place each element in the correct place). have started all over and have designated only chlorine to move (for the moment) but how do i code it to allow it to fall into any of the grey areas?
var objectoriginalX:Number;var objectoriginalY:Number;chlorine_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickUp);chlorine_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropIt);function
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Noob question, I hope. I need to create scrolling text areas with rich text format content. I know I can use the textArea component and set the htmlText property but converting all of my RTF to HTML is gonna be a major pain in the @$$. I keep getting into trouble thinking what's mindlessly easy in Director/Lingo is gonna be reasonably simple in Flash/AS3, I hoping this is just my inexperience with Flash getting in the way. Is there an easier way? I thought of embedding a PDF document but apparently that's not an option in Flash either (note: I know how to link a PDF doc, I need this text to display and scroll within the application, not just pop a new window on top).
View 6 RepliesI'm currently trying to work out a method to highlight specific areas of text within a dynamic text field at runtime. The method I've been toying with so far has been the use of CSS highlighting, but have not seemed to have any luck thusfar. What I'm attempting to do is to illustrate, to students, sections within a passage of text pertaining to correct methods of source referencing (source in terms of bibilographical references), and so am essentially trying to change the background colour of sections of text specified at runtime.Here's some code I've thrown together to test the CSS theory:
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var highlightstyle = 'span.highlight { background-color:yellow }';var txt = '<p><span class="highlight">highlighted text</span> no highlighted text<span class="highl
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Im trying to make a game, but want to use specific text input to get points, this is probably simple but it doesnt seem to work for me. Essentially I have a text input area on the screen and if the user enters the right value and then clicks continue they get points. I have a text input area named numgame and have attached this code to the continue button:
on (release) {
if (numgame = "343"){
_root.score = _root.score + 100;
gotoAndPlay(536);
}
}
Currently it seems like the if statement isnt even doing anything, the score is added once continue is pressed no matter what is entered. Is there a better/ correct way of doing this.
i have a dynamic site that allows users to create their own layout compositions. is there a way that i can implement a way for them to save their compositions to a file on their computer?
View 2 RepliesI wanted to put on the stage a png file with some transparent areas, unfortunately it weight too much.So instead I thought I'll create a shape object and use jpeg image as it's mask...
This is my code:
Code:
package {
import flash.display.Bitmap;
import flash.display.Shape;
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And it doesn't work, can I use jpeg images to mask the shape at all?
I'm creating a Flash game...blackjack, actually. It uses a back-end made from Java.Anyway, there's a basic chat in the game, where new messages are added to the bottom...pretty much your standard chat window.This is how I do it now:txtArea.verticalScrollPosition = txtArea.maxVerticalScrollPosition;However, that does not always work. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't (oddly enough). I'm looking for a permanent solution. txtArea is the component TextArea (d'uh), and I'm using ActionScript 2.0.
View 2 Repliesim trying to produce something similar to this: [URL] What I need is to know how to create the text-feature.. : Meaning, the text changes everytime it enters one of the circels.. How do I make it do this?
View 5 RepliesI have the following set up: 6 text input areas when button 1 is pressed these numbers are copied to 6 text areas these 6 (user input) with text areas appear and when button 2 is pressed a further 7 (result) text areas that appear to a timer and contain randomly generated numbers to string I need to compare these two groups of text areas in a way that treats the 7th text area as a special excluded case:
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I'm wondering if it is feesible to create a dynamic text box with like a contents sections at the beginning of the box that once you click a link it will scroll down to the appropriate info withing that dynamic text.
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I am wanting to create several dynamic text areas and have different paragraphs to be loaded from a txt file. I am using;
loadVariables("message.txt", "");
stop();
to load the text. The problem I am having is that I want to use only one txt file to house all of my different paragraphs. I can only get the first message box to display the text. How can I can the others to display the text? I've included sample files.
I'm wondering if it is feesible to create a dynamic text box with like a contents sections at the beginning of the box that once you click a link it will scroll down to the appropriate info withing that dynamic text.
I created an image.
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I have two separate video widgets running on the same test page [URL] and when an input textfield from one of the widgets receives focus or is typed into, the other widget goes black.
View 1 RepliesIf you have two textareas, one has a rotation value besides 0 and the other has no rotation value or a value of 0 and you 'tab' focus from the one w/rotation to the one w/out. The border around the textArea w/out rotation will be rotated. If you set the rotation value of the non-rotated text field to a non-zero number, even 0.01, it fixes the problem, this causes tons of other problems in text rendering though so its not a solution.
I found setting the focusThickness style to 0 removes the border, which is a good solution but not a great one, anybody got a better one? Here is some sample code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute">
<mx:VBox width="100%" height="100%">
<mx:TextArea id="source" width="100%" fontWeight="bold" fontSize="20" height="50" rotation="5" />
<mx:TextArea id="dest" width="100%" height="50" />
</mx:VBox>
So I'm trying to get cute again by building stacks of buttons dynamically, then labeling them from an external text file. The code I have so far is as follows:
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But I keep getting the error message: Target not found: Target="undefined" Base="_level0" I'm not sure what this means.
var urlString1:String="TestDrive/z05483205.xml";
var url1:URLRequest=new URLRequest(urlString1);
loader1=new URLLoader(url1);
loader1.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, test);
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I expect to see this z05483205.xml
i am using this xml scheme, i wonder if anyone can tell me how to target only the last <file> in each <folder>?
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how to loadmovie into a target that is located in another file that is loaded onto the stage.
View 2 RepliesI have two user input fields and a color picker. I have been able to target the text in the first field and change it's color. However, in the second text field, I have not been able to change the text color in it. I have been trying since yesterday with no luck. The trick is using the same color picker to change the text color in both text fields at the same time to the same color.
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I have a Bullet class - which defines and controls the firing of bullets (and works perfectly in all ways) - and now I'd like to add to it the ability to detect if it has hit a spaceship-movieclip sitting in my main .fla's timeline - what's the proper syntax to do this?
here's my code:
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public function moveBullet(e:Event): void {
this.y = this.y - 20; // moves bullet up-screen, shooting vertically
if (this.y <= 0) {
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I was trying to upload an external .txt file which is located up one level from my .fla file but I couldn't make it work, this is what I have...This code works just fine if I put my external .txt file in the same folder as my .fla
ActionScript Code:
var myRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("MaterialRef.txt");
but when I try something like... where the .txt file now is in a folder called "Materials" which is located up one level, it just doesn't work.
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var myRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("../Materials/MaterialRef.txt");
I was trying to upload an external .txt file which is located up one level from my .fla file but I couldn't make it work, this is what I have...
This code works just fine if I put my external .txt file in the same folder as my
.fla
var myRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("MaterialRef.txt");
but when I try something like... where the .txt file now is in a folder called "Materials" which is located up one level, it just doesn't work.
var myRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("../Materials/MaterialRef.txt");
I have a dynamic text field inside a movieclip. I need to target the text field using a variable.I'm loading the text and putting it into a string:
var page:String=pageDetails.page.toString();
I have a variable that gets updated:
i++;
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Users need to be able to paste the contents of an Excel spreadsheet into a grid in my flex application. I have implemented this using a TextArea with a change event handler that parses the text the the user pastes - splitting it up by newlines and tabs - and adding it to the ArrayCollection that is bound to the grid. However, it makes no sense for users to be able to manually enter text into the TextArea. How can I prevent them from doing so?
View 1 Repliesme only still learning as3, i've checked google there and back, but somehow i can't find the answer for this: how to target a movieclip instance which is already on the stage from within a class file? i mean, targeting it from the document class file is easy, but what is i want to target it from another class file?
View 2 RepliesOn the attached exercise, is it possible to stop further items being dragged onto a target when the target box is full?
View 1 RepliesI'm loading a external text file to flash and according to the number present in the text file i'm trying to do a IF - ELSE command. It's not working coz the value I load from the external file is string. How can i get this as intiger.
View 2 RepliesI've got a small client/server test application where I have a Flex app that makes an HTTP request of a server app. The server app is a script running on my local machine, listening on port 8001. The client is a swf that I am running locally, and uses mx.rpc.http.HTTPService to make the page request.
The HTTPService is being set up as per below:
_HttpService = new HTTPService();
_HttpService.url = "http://localhost:8001";
_HttpService.contentType = "text/xml";
When I make a basic page request, my server app is first receiving a "GET /crossdomain.xml HTTP/1.1" request, which is failing since I don't have a crossdomain.xml file in place. The reason I don't have one in place is because this is all happening on my local machine (for now) and I shouldn't need one (I don't think).
I definitely had this code working before without a crossdomain.xml when I was using Flex 3.x. I thought I had it working with Flex 4 as well. Now I'm using Flex 4.5. Is there an issue here, possibly due to security policy changes?With all of this happening on localhost, why is the Flash player requesting a crossdomain.xml file?
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