I have 10 movie clips on the stage all of them are on the same layer and the alpha property at 0.5.
I want a single movie clip to randomly move to the top of the other at timed intervals. This movie clip alpha property will change to 1 while the other movie clip will remain at 0.5
I'm not too familiar with how I can use the getChildIndex() along with an if statement in a mouse_move event to make sure one image is always above the other or one is always on the bottom
View 4 RepliesI'm working on a project conversion from AS2 to AS3.
In AS2, I used a mainMenu file and loaded a Navigation file at _level 999 (very top). Then I loaded and unloaded different modules on _level 5.I also loaded and unloaded an external Glossary file on _level 95.Now in AS3 I am using AddChildAt(1) for the Naviation file and AddChildAt(.1) and removeChildAt(.1) for the module files. The Glossary file only seems to work at Child Index 1, so I'm guessing it pushes the Navigation file to a higher index. Is there a reference that explains the Index properties of the Child and why sometimes I get an error when I try to add a Child of Index 2 or higher?
I've got multiple images being loaded from an xml document and when they're created they add it to the stage and call a setIndex function to set it to 0. But when I try to the same object later on when they're called I get this compiler error:
I marked in bold the lines that relate. Out of the last two lines I marked bold I get this compiler error when I use the first one: 1118: Implicit coercion of a value with static type Object to a possibly unrelated type flash.display:Sprite.
and this output error when from the last bold line: TypeError: Error #2007: Parameter child must be non-null.
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I am adding movieclips (myBall) to the stage by the click of a button. There is a base class applied to myBall which allows it (and its children) to be dragged and dropped. Within the base class on mouse down, along with startDrag, the movieclip is being brought to the top index. I would like to be able to refer to this movieclip in my document class. The point of doing this would be to apply a function to the last clicked movieclip (finding what movieclip was last clicked would happen by applying the function to the movieclip (myBall) with the highest index).[code]...
View 7 RepliesIm trying to build a class that moves around some movieclips on the stage, but it would never be that easy would it!
Code:
package {
import flash.display.MovieClip;
public class Rotation extends MovieClip {
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So I waddled it down to the "stage.addChildAt(mcContainer[i], i);" bit and I've tried everything that I could think of, but nothing seems to work.
With this version of the code, I would get "The supplied index is out of bounds." error, I can change it to addChildAt etc, but that just gives me a different error.
I had this working when it was in a flash file, its converting it into a usable class thats bugging me. All the MovieClips in the array are being exported for Actionscript.
Here's what I'm trying to accomplish: I have as3 script that successfully displays an array of MovieClips, the MCs have variable xy positions, and in some cases they overlap each other. I have a function within the array that I can't quite figure out. Here's what I'd like the function to do: When the cursor rolls over a particular MC displayed by the array,I'd like that MC to be brought to the front of the others. This is my script:
var myArray:Array = new Array(); for(var i:int=0; i<8; i++) { myArray[i]= new myImage();addChild(myArray[i]);myArray[i].x = 180*i;myArray[i].y = 330;myArray[i].addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER , overlap);
function overlap (event:MouseEvent):void
{trace('function triggered on image ' + i);
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I want to know the index number of the object when I clicked it..
trace(mc.getChildAt(0)) = display the object at the index 0 lets say the output is [object] button
now I want to reverse it..
when i click the object button
button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClick)
function onClick(e:MouseEvent)
{
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I have 3 objects (mask_cat, mask_dog, mask_sea_monster)on the stage and I want the user to be able to move them independently with the ol' click and drag.[code]So far only the, sea_ monster moves. The odd thing is the sea_monster moves when I click on the dog or the cat also, but not if I click anywhere else.
View 0 RepliesI want to know the index number of the object when I clicked it..
trace(mc.getChildAt(0)) = display the object at the index 0 lets say the output is [object] button
Now I want to reverse it. When I click the object button
button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClick)
function onClick(e:MouseEvent){
trace(e.currentTarget.????????)
//I want to trace what index number is that button, the output should be "0"
}
I encountered and did not make heads or tails out of this whole new concept of child, parent and setting a index level. What is an index level and this 'child and parent' thing?
View 3 RepliesI'm writing a game with Flash CS5/AS 3.0 that tries to simulate depth of field by drawing all the relevant Movie Clips based on their Y position in ascending order, i.e. things lower on the stage overlap things higher on the stage. A MovieClip with a Y position of 10 would therefore need to have a lower index compared to a MovieClip with a Y position of 20, so the second one gets drawn on top of the first.
I wrote a quick and dirty function just to test this. During the trace, I've noticed that the truck's index hits 0 when I go near the top of the stage, but if I go too far up it will completely disappear from the stage. Trace then starts generating this error:
ArgumentError: Error #2025: The supplied DisplayObject must be a child of the caller.
at flash.display::DisplayObjectContainer/getChildIndex()
at EICT::Game/ReorganizeDisplayIndexes()
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I have a set of buttons which trigger menu panels to tween up from below the screen. I want these menu panels to be displayed behind the buttons (which are displayed on the button edge of the screen). So I add the menus to the parent container, then I add the buttons, so that the menus would be behind the buttons and getChildIndex(buttons) = 1 and getChildIndex(menus) = 0.
The menus are correctly displayed behind the buttons when I comment out the tween code. But when I implement the tweens and start the tween of the menus, they do their motion tween but are displayed in front of the buttons instead of behind; somehow their display object index order got screwed up.from the Menu class:
Code:
this.tweenIn = new Tween(this, "y", Regular.easeOut, stageHeight, stageHeight - this.height, 2, true);
this.tweenOut = new Tween(this, "y", Regular.easeOut, stageHeight - this.height, stageHeight, 2, true);[code].....
Is there a way in AS2 to stop a child movie clip taking on the parents alpha value? I want the parent movie clip's alpha to change on rollover but not the movieclip I am attaching from library via linkage.
Is there a command out there that stops this parent/child inheritance?
If my holder's alpha equals 0 can its child's alpha be effectively > 0 ? In my case I have holders (custom clases) with many children, some of which are holders them selves (with their own children and holders and so on).
I would like to:
-pick out a single holder from the 'tree'
-have all of the 1st level children of that are NOT holders themselves have an alpha of 1.
I've been trying to find this topic on the internet for what seems like forever but haven't had any luck. What I'm trying to do is remove a child movie clip and have an alpha transition when it is removed.
What I have so far can be found at: [URL]
Basically what I'm trying to do is when the video player is closed, instead of simply disappearing, I want it to fade to an alpha value of zero
this is the code I have so far:
ActionScript Code:
stop ();
MC_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, vimeo_embed);
function vimeo_embed (e:MouseEvent):void {
var OpenEmbedPlayer:Vimeo_MC_PU = new Vimeo_MC_PU();
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I have a Array of Objects
var pp:Array=new Array()
pp.push([object,object2,object3,object4])
all the objects have Events, propertys, functions.....I will like change the position in the array, but not destroy de object.
I have a symbol of text with instance name "test_" on the main timeline and some graphics that are loaded programmatically. When the graphics are loaded onto the stage, it covers up the "test_" so that only part of it is visible. How do I change the depth of the "test_" symbol so that it is on top of all the graphics on the stage?
I tried this setChildIndex(test_,numChildren-1); however numChildren is equal to one so apparently it is already on top of its container. I need "test_" to be above all graphics that were loaded onto the stage instead.
I'm writing a multi-layered drawing app, and I want to be able to move the layers up and down. It's easy enough to change the objects in the display list and move the buttons, but in order for it to work continuously I need to be able to change the index of the button objects in the array so they are targeted properly by the function. Is there a way to do this in AS3?
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I am trying to change the z-index when you a user clicks on one of my movieclips. I get this error and am not sure how to resolve it. If anyone has a few minutes to view the code I posted below that would be awesome.
Here is the error I am getting:
TypeError: Error #2007: Parameter child must be non-null.
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Currently creating a pure Actionscript Application within Flex, (Really just playing about to see what it can do). Currently when you create a new application it sets out all of the folders for you, and creates an SWF with the same name as the project. Is there anyway to change the name of the swf created to say index.swf.
I am aware I can create the new swf in the flash ide and go from there, but this is really just a question to see if it's possible. I am aware the is the compiler arguments, and also there is an argument -o="" or -output="", however when I use this argument and an exact path to where I want it to go Flex throws me an error.
I have added some backgrounds on stage and then on top of that adding another background and all these are movieclips.
At some time i have to remove the backgrounds and then it should be added but here problem am facing is the background become coming front.
so is there any function like send to back or bring to frond based on the movie clip names.
when I compile my action script project in Flash Builder 4 it creates a html wrapper file based on index.template.html in my html-template folder. That file automatically gets the name of my project or main application (project name.html). But usually I want it to have the name index.html
View 1 RepliesI have created a finite menu and it works fine, the only problem is that now I want to have the menu set to 50% alpha and when the user moves the mouse over the menu it gradually increases to 100%
View 14 RepliesI'm in a situation where I have a xml document which is going to be updated in the following way: The deepest child within the document which surrounds a certain x,y position (depending on it's x, y, width and height attributes) is going to get a new child element. If multiple childs exist with the same depth, the bottom one is updated.
My first step was to find this deepest child, this already caused problems, but I managed to solve this with the following recursion[code]...
I am trying to dynamically change the alpha value of a set of movieclips on a timer. The timer works but I get an error message from the function. This is the error:
TypeError: Error #1010: A term is undefined and has no properties. at piedacoulisse_timer_fla:MainTimeline/zoom/piedacoulisse_timer_fla:onT ime()[piedacoulisse_timer_fla.MainTimeline::frame1:124] at
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Im very new in the flash business and i started making a gallery after this videoi get 2 errors when i write te action code for alpha change. Is it because i use ActionScript3 instead of 2? because i made it with flash CS3.
View 8 RepliesBasically, I want to change the alpha value on my movieclip. I start my mc with an alpha of .08 (8%).
mc.alpha = .08;
What I then want to do is increment it to .9 (90%) and when it hits that, decrement it back to .08, and then when it hits that, increment it again to .9 etc.
I have tried
if(mc.alpha==.9){
mc.alpha -= .01;
}else{
mc.alpha += .01;
}
From what I understand you can change the alpha value of a textfield to be fully transparent. I would like to have chat output that fades after a while. I was wondering if there was a way to change just a portion of the string inside of a text field to transparent. The textColor does not have an alpha value. I could just use multiple text fields but I would like to avoid doing that if possible for efficiency sake.
View 1 RepliesI'm making a drawing API for my homepage. My homepage is exclusively created in Flash AS2... But I have a problem with my brush for the drawing API... I would like to change the opacity/alpha value of the brush, with keypress LEFT and RIGHT... But i can't get it to work!
Here is my code:
ActionScript Code:
lineThickness = 0;
selectedColor = "0x000000";
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