ActionScript 3.0 :: Create New Layers Programmatically?
Aug 20, 2009is this possible and if so is there also a way to get a count of layers?
View 2 Repliesis this possible and if so is there also a way to get a count of layers?
View 2 RepliesIs there any way to set layers programmatically? If there is please please how?
View 5 RepliesIs there any way to set layers programmatically? If there is please please how?
View 5 Repliesway to programmatically create a scrollbar? I did some research and only found components which is not practical in my case. I want to create a scroll bar for a movieclip. Examples or links to tutes would be cool.
View 7 RepliesI was looking at this painting tutorial and was wondering how would you go about creating the different layers in flash builder?
View 8 RepliesI want to create multiple layers where each layer has some graphics and buttons on it. I am using Flex so I like to do this using actionscript.
Does anybody know how to create a layer in actionscript?
How do you attach these layers to your stage?
I hope this isn't too vague, but I'm stuck on a problem that has put me in an Unfortunate Position. I'm Flash developer getting my feet wet with with AS3 and am trying to build an interior decoration tool for a client. My thinking so far has been: create the basic user interface, get the screen flow down, and then finally use a couple of simple arrays to store user selections and stuff like that.
Naturally my 'couple of simple arrays' is totally inadequate to model the many user decisions that my program has to take into account. So I find myself trying to create an enormous, multi-dimensional array with several layers of nesting and before Panic sets in. Here's an example of my thinking for the 'bedding' component of the application in pseudo ActionScript:
[Code]....
... keep in mind that this is just a fraction of what goes into bedding and there are several other of these kinds of arrays that would go into a room like flooring and walls and funture... all equally complex. And I'll need to frequently access different combinations like, how many options under bedding have no value associated and things like that.
So, I realize I'm out of my league and am going to get hurt on this,My questions are:
1) Could it be that using nested arrays like this actually isn't such a bad thing and I should just stick it out? That would suprise me, but I want to make sure I'm not already on the right path.
2) If not, where do I go from here if I want to do this right?
Off the top of my head I feel like I could maybe make everything class based. So my sheets are a class and beds have instances of sheets and rooms have instances of beds... etc. It think it would be complicated but might be the way to go. Or maybe, I go the XML route and store all of the room options in nested blank XML nodes that a user then populates as they move through the application. These are my thoughts but I'd like to hear what more experienced members of the community say.
the snow effect always acts like the top layer, ok what i mean is, i have 3 layers, (1)toplayer= a car, (2)middle= snow, (3)low= background.I want to make the snow to be seen behind the car...i hope you understand what i mean , whenever i put the code from the link above it acts as the top layer and appears in front of everything.
View 4 RepliesHow can I Create an animated Bar Chart or Line Chart type of component in flash programmatically, which should depends upon an incoming XML data, the chart should have the basic criteria like, Chart Label, Item Tooltips, background grids (without using any image). There also needs an ability to change the data which should reflect the chart as well.
View 1 RepliesIn terms of Flash expertise I am on the the doddering divkid level -- but have mananged to create a custom cursor; a hand that I want to move about over most layers but under one specific layer. Currently, no matter the layer order, when published the cursor image jumps straight to the top.
Is there a property I can imbue in the would-be "top" layer or a way of editing or modifying the custom mouse cursor actionscript that would bring about the desired result?
Is it possible to add layers, re-order layers, move movieclips from layer to layer or specify which layer a duplicate movieclip appears on at runtime with AS3?I am aware of the depth properties and the functions associated with that but it would be easier to have a concept of a layer because I am dealing with masks.I have a nasty feeling I'm gonna be told that layers don't really exist within an swf and that depths and setmask are all there is to work with.
View 4 RepliesThe stand-alone Flash player has an option to print a SWF. However, there is no shell action registered for this, and as far as I can see the only way to do it is to use a keyboard macro (or do something invasive such as inject a DLL in the player). Is there some official API for this?
View 1 RepliesI was wondering how I could programmatically create a swf using Flash AS3 and AIR? I have successfully recreated a swf (using the data found in a swf file converted to hex and using byteArray) but I can't seem to change anything to it; if I do it no longer works.I have some text fields a person can enter information into. I want to take that information and save it out to a swf file.[code]
View 4 RepliesI learn that if I want to add sound in flash, I need to put the sound in library, and then assign linkage...
But I have like 100-200 of sounds, and some of them update runtime... So...how can I dynamically add sound to flash project?
I have a flash file. I have a class called Screen. In Screen I want three properties: Image1, Image2, Image3. These image properties are representative of three bitmaps already in my flash file. How do I just create instances of them? And once they are initialised what type are they? Are they BitmapData?Or I can put said images as graphics in my flash file, so how to I create an instance of a graphic programtically?If I can't do this, I am happy to load the images from an external folder. How could I do this? Is it just load("image.png")?
I want to be able to just pass as a parameter the image instance and screen holds a reference to it. How can I create this instance though in the first place?
I am trying to programmatically queue MovieClips on the scene to play one after the other. I have tried onEnterFrame with Event.ENTER_FRAME that gotoAndStop() to next fram each time, but this does not show the MovieClip playing somewhy.Is there a way to programmatically link (in AS3) MovieClips to play one after the other? One I tried is at URL... and I have tried creating actionscript at last frame for each movieclip, but this goes directly into function I specify as an event at the time of creation (MovieClip.addFrameScript(MovieClip.totalFrames1, MyEventFunction) )
View 5 Replieshow to draw an arrowhead facing either left or right programmatically with as3? The arrowhead should be a filled triangle pointing either left or right.
View 10 RepliesI need to generate SWF or FLA files programmatically using php. Because I want to create a movie(either swf or fla) using sequences of images at my sever.
How to generate .FLA or .SWF files programmatically using php?Are theres any libraries for that?Or at least any APIs for generating those files?
I'm trying to control the video playback of a live video stream using ActionScript 3 code in Flash Professional.
There's a FLVPlayback component on my stage titled "flvPlayer", and in Frame one of my "Actions" layer, I have the following code:
import fl.video.FLVPlayback;
import flash.display.Sprite;
var vidURL:String = new String("rtmp://www.mycompanyserver.com/test/live
[Code]....
I can get it to work by adding the source to the Compenent Parameters window, but I need to be able to access those parameters in code.
How is a movie clip programmatically alpha'd? I've tried everything in my .as script, I run the movie, and nothing happens.
View 4 RepliesI am developing PDF to e-book converter which will run on a server.I need to programmatically extract embedded fonts from PDF file to finish the project.Now I am able to extract images and text, but to display content in the Flash Player precisely I need the fonts to be extracted from PDF and compiled to SWF to be loaded by Flex application at run time.
I am wondering if it's possible, as such tool as pdf2swf.exe from SWFTools is able to do this. I have decompiled the swf file produced by the tool and there were fonts embedded.The extracted fonts will be used for displaying the same content from PDF file only, just in Flash player. So i think it will not be any rights violation? Moreover, people who will use the converter have all rights for the PDF files content.
So I see next workflow:
1. Call pdf2swf.exe to produce SWF file with fonts embedded;
2. Call some tool (Which one?) to parse previous SWF to SWFs with separate fonts.
3. Load the SWFs with fonts to Flex application at run time to correctly display content.
I need to load several images as Bitmap or BitmapData objects. The images are hosted outside the Flex project, and they're referenced by an external configuration file, so I can't embed them. Because the images won't be displayed directly to the user (they're being added to a PDF that is generated for download), creating a grouping of Image objects, attaching them to the application, and waiting for their LoadComplete handler to fire seems inefficient.
What is the best way to load these images into an application? Programatically load images in it?
Some sites have forms which are Flash.How can I programmatically, fill out these forms ?Is the only solution sending POST via cURL by first monitoring the http headers being sent ?
View 2 RepliesI have I datagrid, on which I want to select multiple rows on a other user interaction than the one intended by the Programm. I'm wondering, whether I can programmatically select some rows depending only on code?
View 1 Replieshow can I assign the stroke to my LineSeries, programmatically in Actionscript ?<mx:LineSeries stroke="{new Stroke(0xCC33CC, 2)}"/>How is it in Actionscript? LineSeries.stroke doesn't exist
View 2 RepliesI'm trying to figure out how to in as3 (not mxml) add views to a view stack.For example I have a view component like so[code]I've being trying to add it to a viewstack in the following way.[code]I'm aware I have to assign ID's but for now I just want to get the view in there
View 2 RepliesI want to programmatically detect flash on a web page. From my search, I understand I need to parse the code and look for embed tags that have the attribute "application/x-shockwave-flash". Is that all? Or there are other ways to embed flash into a web page?
View 2 RepliesHow can I verify that flash content includes or excludes certain text?
View 1 RepliesI would like to know the correct way to close an AIR application programmatically. In my Spark WindowedApplication I have:this.addEventListener( Event.CLOSING, shutdownApp );and of course an implementation of the shutdownApp method (which basically tidies up temporary files).his works fine for the top-right close button of the window. However I also have functionality which needs to shutdown the application. Within the code I have called:NativeApplication.nativeApplication.exit();However this doesn't trigger the Event.CLOSING method, and so my temporary files are not cleared up. Should I not be calling nativeApplication.exit ? If so, what should I call instead? I'd rather not have to call my shutdownApp method before the NativeApplication.exit() as this doesn't feel quite so elegant.
View 2 RepliesI want to set the height, width and backgroundcolor, etc on stage programmatically in a pure AS project. I'm not really sure about how to do that.
I tried to set the height and width like that but it failed..
stage.align = StageAlign.LEFT;
stage.height = 400;
stage.width = 500;