I am doing some server communication in AS3 / PHP / MySQL and I was wondering if there was a way to change a variable just before the user closes Flash?
Example: User closes browser or tab and Flash updates a variable before it closes the player.
I would like to be able to send the message to the server so that it knows that the user quit as it happens.
I'm new to AS3 and programming in general and thought I could find some help here. I've tried researching and fixing this problem myself but I can't seem to figure it out.
I'm essentially making a version of Pong as a small project to get myself into programming using AS3. My problem is I've got the ball moving left towards the edge of the stage but I can't make it come back once it reaches the border.
I've an idea of what needs to be done, I need to make a function that sends the ball off to the side of the screen then have an if statement that detects when the ball reaches the border that then tells the ball to stop moving in that direction and move to the other side of the screen. [code]...
In my previous topic whitelynx_nivla gave me a code, which I edited. I'm using it to set variables when a certain key is pressed.But the loader can't access the variables and change them.[code]
View 0 RepliesRight, is it possible to change the varaible of an object within flash (5) through the use of a textbox? The reason being we're doing a group project with Flash and MaxMSP and when a video camera picks up movement, numbers will be sent from MaxMSP through to flash.
Thus, when these numbers "arrive" in flash I want them to trigger certain events. For instance (where this code resides in the movie clip: 'tree'):
Code:
onClipEvent(load){
if(textbox=5){
gotoAndPlay("grow");
}
}
Here, the idea is that when '5' is sent to flash a tree will grow and when 4 is sent something else will grow etc... However, because I don't want stuff growing all the time I need to change the variable of an object. I presume a textbox would be the easiest way of going about it
I'm trying to use actionscript in a button to increment variables in my program. ie. when you click the button it increments a variable and so displays different information in one of my dynamic text boxes. The program doesn't seem to recognise the button input. I understand you have to give your button an instance name but I'm not sure how to set up the code to recognise this input.
View 3 RepliesThe plan is to set up variables to react to a flashvars value like this:
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There would be many mainVars (over 100, actually) and this setup isn't working.
The plan is to set up variables to react to a flashvars value like this:[code=html]<param name="flashvars" value="mainVars=1" />[/code]
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There would be many mainVars (over 100, actually) and this setup isn't working.
The plan is to set up variables to react to a flashvars value like this:
Code:
<param name="flashvars" value="mainVars=1" />
Code:
var videoArray:Array;
var videoTitle:String;
var videoFile:String;
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There would be many mainVars (over 100, actually) and this setup isn't working.
I have this code:
ActionScript Code:
for (var j:int = 0; j < 20; j++){
if (values==j){
var "ingredient"+j:"Ingredient"+j = new "Ingredient"+j();
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it doesn't work for what are probably obvious reasons but I show it to give you an idea of what I'm trying to do which is change the name of the variables while the program is running.
I'm trying to use actionscript in a button to increment variables in my program. ie. when you click the button it increments a variable and so displays different information in one of my dynamic text boxes. The program doesn't seem to recognise the button input. I understand you have to give your button an instance name but I'm not sure how to set up the code to recognise this input. The code in my button is on (release) { buttonup++;} This is meant to increment a variable of that name but doesn't appear to work.
View 3 RepliesI have a movie which consists of 4 buttons( PLAY, PREVIOUS, NEXT and STOP)
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These buttons work correctly and advance or reverse in sequencial order (slide1,slide2,slide3,slide4). However the movie can run from start to finish wihtout the use of the navigation. My problem is that if I let the movies run independently and then choose to use the next button while(for example) "slide3" is playing, the movie jumps to "slide1". Note that these slide labels are located within movieclip named "allunits" I know that the variable currentSlide is still equal to 1 thus returning the playhead to label "slide1".
i am working on a flash website and i have for the first time made everything dynamically loading from outside of the SWF to reduce the file size. I have a text file which is dynamically loaded into a text box, which i have defined in a variable called "textfile". I want to reload the movieclip on the click of a button and at the same time change the variable for the text file to be opened into the text box. so as i click content, the variable changes to content and the movieclip reloads, showing content.txt in the text box
View 1 RepliesI've got a bunch of mc's which I've put in an array. With these mc's you can do a lot of different things, like dragdrop and rotation. I also got a button which on mouse down, changes the image of the mc. It only changes the image.. not the size. So far so good...But when I've clicked the button and the mc's all change their image... They are not able to dragdrop / rotation anymore. I do not understand why this is happening... because by clicking that button... it doesn't change the names of the mc's.....here is the code:
ActionScript Code:
library = new mc_library();
library.x = 100;[code]....
I'm having trouble with a script I'm writing and don't understand why. I have
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on a a button that I have, but when i test my file and click on the button, it doesn't change frames.
Is there a way to have a global variable in my main movie, and when certain external swfs load in, it change the value of the variable?
View 2 RepliesI have been using AS2 for a while now but am having some trouble when it comes to the internet side, I basically would like to be able to change the value of a varible on a web page or something and use this value on a different computer, like an mmorpg but it does not have to be that fast, I have looked around and am having trouble working it out, I know you can use servers and stuff but I don't want to have my computer running 24/7 so someone else can use it.
View 1 RepliesMy intention is to have an array with several variables, each one with a different name, all of them of the type 'Number'. This I can do.What I can't do is to access the variables using the array's index.
Paste this on your frame 1:
Code:
trace("======at frame 1======");
//objects//
var objects:Array = new Array();
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As you can see, the code is changing the value of the array element and not the value of the variable inside the array element.
I am having problems with the
getcoord = xycoordMap[x][y].split(":");
xcoord = getcoord[0].toString();
ycoord = getcoord[1].toString();
xcoord0 = xcoord + "";
ycoord0 = ycoord + "";
code... as you can see in the code I converted three times just to verify that I was working with strings. What happens if you run this script, the variables xcoord0 and ycoord0 magicly change in value when they are used in the IF statement (see the traces). What is going on?? what am I doing worng?? Is there an issue with my 2d Array?
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figuring out a method to reset variables on a list component change for my mp3 player. everytime i select a new song on the list or select the same song the timer for song position keeps going and nothing resets. here is the action script:
ActionScript Code:
var artistList:mx.controls.List;
var sound:Sound = new Sound();
info_txt.autoSize = true;
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I'm trying to use associative arrays to store my variables but am looking for a solution to change the value of array1[i] to array2[i]. Since it's an associative array, the only way I know how to loop through these kinds of arrays is by the following:
Code:
for(var i in array1) {
trace(array1[i];
}
What I would do when using indexed arrays to change the value of array1[i] to array2[i] would be something like this:
Code:
for(i=0; i<array1.length; i++) {
array1[i] = array2[i];
}
However, I can't see any way you can do this with associative arrays because they do not have a numbered index such that in a loop you could
say array1[i] = array2[i] .
So I'm looking for a way to do this with associative arrays.
It seems like the random variables in my duplicated movieclips are all the same, any way to change this? To explain a bit more in detail: I got a movieclip with a few random variables and actions and I duplicate this movieclip and want the duplicate to have different random variables than the first one, but it gets identical ones.
View 7 RepliesI'm trying to setup a button to exit my swf.I used:
System.exit(0);
But always get the error:
SecurityError: Error #2018: System.exit is only available in the standalone Flash Player. at flash.system::System$/exit() at menu_fla::MainTimeline/sair_fc()
How should I do this?
I have installed the CS3 on a Dell workstation with Windows XP SP3 and when I try to exit when finished, Flash will not exit. It seems like it is trying but will not close. There is no error, the program just sits there. You have to right click on the program and click close to get it to close. Then the program wants to send a error.
View 1 RepliesI am trying to create a button that will close Kiosk Mode (IE), but havent been able to find an example any place. I have tried using the fscommand function but do not get any results, and i think this is because when i launch kiosk mode i am launching the swf instead of the htm file.
View 1 RepliesI am having a problem with fullscreen in Flex 4. I want to use the esc key to escape fullscreen mode and at the same time change the size and position of my video. I put the player in fullscreen using a button but I don't want to use it to exit fullscreen. only with the esc key This is the following code I used to put the player in fullscreen and the video with an appropriate size:
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I tried different ways to do this (tried to see when the stagedisplaystate was normal with a timer checking that every millisecond, tried to use a keypress and keydown on esc key, tried to use event listener with fullscreenevent) and every single one of those appeared with an error. flash builder 4 didn't even let me use some functions and events that worked on other people (I searched different forums). there was always an error there. its the only thing that isn't working on my player and I need it for school.
I have a Template that I bought for a client that wanted it. It has background looping music and my customer wants to add videos (FLV), no problem. Now she wants the background music to sop when the FLVs are playing and start when I exit the FLV and go to another portion of the site. I hope I am being clear.
I need the background music to sop playing when the FLV videos are playing. I have Google and found nothing really.
how to get a child removed from the screen when exiting a frame (my homepage).
Help...
Is it possible to check if an event listener already exists
like at some point in the code I write:
mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP,someFuncti on);
but before at another point in the program I need to check if an evenListener exists on MC, is it possible to check?
Is it possible to detect the exit button was pressed and handle it (cancel it)? I would like to put a confirmation on the player exit but I cannot find anything.
View 3 Repliesi am doing a group project , about a test. At the end of the test , i would like to implement a print button to print the result, how to do it?
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