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?
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Im trying to build a class that moves around some movieclips on the stage, but it would never be that easy would it!
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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 have a movieclip(parentMC) which consists of several other movieclips(childMCs). Each childMC can trigger an event, and each event performs a different function. I want to check from my parentMC whenever there is an event triggered by any of its child.
View 3 RepliesI got a Parent Sprite, let's name it SpriteP, which holds inside it two other Sprites. Sprite1 and Sprite2.[code]Sprite2 is a rectangle. When I rotate it, of course, the height of its parent, SpriteP, GROWS. But I would expect that height to go back to what it should be when I'm removing Sprite2!And it does! If I remove Sprite2 while NOT being rotated, the height of the parent drops back to normal, 200.
View 10 Repliesi am slightly confused about the parent and child relationship. lets assume we have several different instances, what would be difference of adding them all as children of the stage and creating a parent-child hierarchy between them(other than the access path).
View 5 RepliesI got a Parent Sprite, let's name it SpriteP, which holds inside it two other Sprites. Sprite1 and Sprite2.
When Sprite2 is NOT rotated:
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trace(SpriteP.width + ' ' + SpriteP.height); //100 250.
SpriteP.removeChild(Sprite2)
trace(SpriteP.width + ' ' + SpriteP.height); //100 200. -> works, 200 is good.
When Sprite2 is rotated at 90:
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And it does! If I remove Sprite2 while NOT being rotated, the height of the parent drops back to normal, 200. But if I rotate Sprite2, the Parent won't update its bounds.
[code]All clips are squared.Ok, on the PlayerPlane, there are little soldiers, which have hotkeys. The effect I'm trying to create is I want to position the GameStage so that the currently selected soldier appears in the center of the GameClicker clip.The GameStage is movable by the player (to scan other areas of the map)by holding the CTRL key, so it's easy to kinda lose track of where your players are.I have tried using localTo Global and globalToLocal techniques, but I think I'm lost on the actual math of getting the GameStage to move the correct distance so that the selected soldier is centered to the GameClicker.[code]
View 2 RepliesI got a "preloader" that creates an movieclip and loads an SWF. Now in the loaded SWF i want a close button to go back to the "preloader". The preloader isn't an actuall preloader but some sort of mainclip.Now i tried this:removeChild(MovieClip(e.currentTarget).parent.pare nt.parent)But i get error:ArgumentError: Error #2025: The supplied DisplayObject must be a child of the caller.at flash.display::DisplayObjectContainer/removeChild()at MethodInfo-6()
View 1 Repliesif I add a clip to the stage as a child and remove the parent and set the parent equal to null, does the child get collected and removed from memory? What if the child has an image loaded into it as its child?
In my application I'm loading a series of png images as overlays that can be tinted for customizing in this app. When I trace my memory, the basic app idles at 64,000 k. The exact second I load those overlay images it goes up to 205,000k. If I remove those clips and "clear" the stage I should go back down to 64,000 k if everything is removed and collected correctly, right? It's not, it's hanging at 215,000 k. Are my images being cached and that is the reason for the memory staying up? If so, how do I prevent that. Or upon removing the parent of the image how can I un-cache the image.
If a user switches between models and loads several different items then the application actually crashes the Flash environment because of too much memory usage. It also does the same to browsers.
I have a parent swf which loads many child swfs (though only one is displayed at a time). My intention was to use the loaded SWFs document class to retrieve an array of objects to be assigned a tab index, combine this with the parent's own array of objects and apply sequential tab indices to them all. But what happens is actually that the parent's objects are assigned an index, but the external swf is unaffected. In fact, the external swf retains its automatic tab indexing, when I would expect that having set a value for InteractiveObject.tabIndex, automatic tab indexing would be disabled.
I've seen similar tales elsewhere. Most posts I've read are wanting to load an external swf, give it focus and loop through those objects, then close the swf and return to looping through the parent. However I would like loop through all objects as one. including manipulating the focus manager(s), and basically fiddling with every tab-related property I know.
I am working on a swf that calls a flv embed to play. I am calling a default image at the begining before the video starts. Does anyone know if it is possible to control the z index or level of this image in actionscript. My problem is when the image shows up it is showing up over my flash video controls and they are not visible. So after the movie is over it shows the image and the controls are there just hidden behind this image now.
View 4 Repliestrying to on mouse over set the parent of the moused over text field to the highest depth child of its parent i tried both of these: [code] private function
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i want to pass the variable from parent to child .How Can i pass the Variable.Here i paste my code.
My Parent Class
public class PlayerStrobe_domaincheck extends Sprite
{
private var myService:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
private var _loader:Loader;
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I have an issue where removechild won't infact remove a child. I think its something to do with my dropTarget.parent issues. The concept of the code is that you drag a source onto a destination. When you drop the source onto the destination you will get a text field that says "Hello" or "Goodbye". The objective i want to achive is that once i drop a source onto the destination, removechild will remove any previouse textfields added. This is proving difficult.
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I am trying to make a calculator where a user can select from a list of items. If a user clicks say "ITEM1", it should add the item to a "CONTAINER_MC". The problem i have is all my data is set inside an array containing names and prices like the code below.
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Here is a working script to drag drop a ball from the stage into another target mc:
ball.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickUp);
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropIt);
function pickUp(event:MouseEvent):void{ [code]...
It works well but I'm new to AS3 and I am having difficulty amending this script to drag the ball out of a parent mc (instead of the stage) and onto another mc (the target mc). To explain: imagine a ball, a box, a tri, + more shapes all within a scrolling mc (initial parent), the user scrolls to select a shape, then drag-drops onto a target mc on the stage.The scrolling is no problem, but how would you amend the script above so that the ball can start inside a parent mc rather than on the stage itself?
know how to load them using one container. The problem I have is that when a new SWF loads, it covers the main navigation's drop menus from main container. The navigation bar on main container is a movie clip labeled nav_btns.Here is my code, which works when loading SWFs
import flash.display.MovieClip;import flash.display.Loader;import flash.net.URLRequest;import flash.events.Event;
var Xpos:Number=10;var Ypos:Number=115;var swf:MovieClip;var loader:Loader=new Loader();var
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Like I have a parent with 5 children which are the same type of object, like the same class. Is there a function or property that tells me what index this particular child is in its parent? Like this child is the 3rd child in its parent.
View 2 RepliesIs there a way to set the tab index on a button loaded (addChild method) from the library? Granted, you can easily add the tab index to the same button if it's on the stage, but I see no way to add it to the button if it's just chilling in the library..
View 5 RepliesI am working on a simple action-script3 slideshow. The thing that I have modified is the movie loads the list in two separate sections. The problem is I want the movie clip to load one image on the right then one image on the left. When the one on the left loads, it loads over top of the right image. I want send the image on the right to be on top again when the left image loads.
Here is my code specific to the images loading:
ActionScript Code:
function nextImage():void{
if(my_times > 0){
var my_image1:Loader = Loader(my_loaders_array[my_playback_counter]);
my_image_slides.addChild(my_image1);
my_image1.x = 26.1
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The idea is, when my_image1 is loaded, I want to have the depth of my_image to be on top.
As I am finally dipping my toe's into AS3 from years of AS2, I am having an issue for my menu buttons (which are within a movie clip) effecting the activation of movie clips that are featured on the main timeline.
I can get this to run how i want it when each menu button is on the main timeline (by using the 'the click to go to Frame and Play' code snippet)...but when these button are within a movie clip, I can't figure out where in the code i have to add the _parent. command ?
I have attached the .fla to see what I have done. I am keen to keep using the code snippets scripts.
I gave up on Flash heavy coding when it switched to AS3. Always thought it was less intuitive, longer, and a brand new language and I got tired of trying to keep up when most of my clients did not want to pay for a full flash site. But I got this client...
Here's the problem, I can load a swf into my main stage or into an MC , but I cannot find out anywhere how to set parameters or load into a level so it doesn't replace the current material or fix to a size that doesn't block my other material.[code]...
how do i retrieve the top level parent of an xml node in actionscript please?
<companies>
<company id="1" name="boo" level="1">
<company id="2" name="hoo" level="2">[code]......
i have a small question concerning away3D. I have some cubes with the exact same dimensions that are positioned in the same place. When i click on the stack of cubes, i want to register a click on the cube i added last. Instead of doing this, the click is registered on the cube i added first.
I have found a way to alter the cubes position in the container and have tried putting the element at the end (code below) and start of the childrenArray, but nothing seems to work. I am kinda really stuck here, so if anyone knows how to get the top level element when clicking on the stack, i'd be happy to hear.
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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 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)
{
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