ActionScript 3.0 :: Creating Dynamic Menu In Flash - Array Conversion
Dec 2, 2010
I've Googled & Binged to no avail. I'm trying to create a dynamic menu in Flash using PHP & MySQL and bring it into Flash using AS3 DataProvider. My menu works fine with a local Array, but I seem to have an issue with the Type being a String and not an Array, but how do I set it up properly so the types are correct? So I started with a typical, non-dynamic array and it works to create my menu:
[flash=]var items1:Array = [
{myClass:"SCI101", question:"What color is the sky?"},
{myClass:"MATH110", question:"What is the square root of 81?"},
{myClass:"SCI101", question:"How fast is the turtle?"},
{myClass:"SCI101", question:"How far is the Earth from Mars?"},
{myClass:"xXxXxXx", question:"xXxXxXx"},
[Code] .....
I got the first part to work. The only problem is when I click any buttons it produces errorTypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.at resume_fla::MainTimeline/frame1()not sure what I have to do. All it's supposed to do is when you click a button the target movie clip plays frames 2 - 10 and the previous movie clip plays frame 11 - 20. Not sure what's the problem here.
I want to convert my Drawing (that I created in a Flash Dialog using AS 3) into the .DXF and .DWG format.Is there any way by which I can give the export functionality on the flash page so that the dynamic drawing that created in flash code will export into .DXF and .DWG format.
I recieve the following error..Type Coercion failed: cannot convert Stinger@d8d43a1 to Array.[code]where laser.wielder is an Array that gets declared inside of the StingerLaser Class. As of right now, there is only one type of object I am trying to put into the the array. And that is stingerWhen trying to add an object that is type Stinger to an Array.[code]If no one can figure this issue out, atleast I would like to know how loose is an Array in actionscript? Can it take all types of classes or just classes that are of the same parent class or what?.
I have been working on building a XML menu and I have been able to create the top level menu but I am not sure how to add the sub menu items in a drop down. I have a link to a zip file containing my XML and FLA file. I am using CS4. [URL]. The top level menu items consist of the following and the sub menu options are listed. In this list, Items 1,2 and 3 are top level menu buttons and item 4 is a sub menu button that would drop down from item 3.
Animated Logo : 1 Welcome Video : 2 About Us : 3 sub menu option Our Mission : 4 We Make It So : 5 sub menu option Web Design : 7 sub menu option Web Hosting : 8 Our Work : 9 sub menu option Cambria Suites Akron/Canton : 10 sub menu option Westfield Insurance : 11 Our Staff : 13 sub menu option Our Developers : 14 sub menu option Contact Us : 15
I would like to create a dynamic menu in flash importing the text from an external file. I downloaded an fla from actionscript.org which makes the dynamic menu part (attached the fla & txt) and created a txt file. This is the point where I' m lost: How can I import the text for the menu from that txt file and store it in variable(s) than build the menu.
I am trying to create a buttons menu with Array, and for some reason it only show the lastone on the list.
Here is my code (AS3): var nav1Items:Array = new Array("about", "work", "contact"); //Create text field var myFont:Font = new Calibri(); var myFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat(); var label_txt:TextField = new TextField(); //Set text style [Code] .....
I need to give a value, then when I give another value, the actionscript goes to the new value slowly.So if I give 10, then I give 20, the value goes 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20. Basically I'm creating a dynamic menu that when a button is highlighted, a vine grows to the button. When you highlight the button next to it, the vine grows to the next button. I can't think of a way for this to work other than this value smoothing technique.
Is it possible to create a completely dynamic menu by creating empty movie clips and loading external images into them? I'm experimenting with this, but it seems there is no way to create rollover/release functions for these dynamically created MC's.
I've got an array (slides) that I parsed from an amfphp return that contains the following data in each array element: slides = (chapterName, lessonName, slideName, slideText), for every slide in the course
I'm trying to get arrays out this that will look like: chp1Array = list of Lesson names in that Chapter chp1Less1Array = list of slide names in that Lesson chp1Less2Array chp2Array chp2Less1Array chp2Less2Array chp2Less3Array etc. etc.
This wouldn't be a problem in as2 but I can't get it to work in AS3 because it gives me errors when I try to create the arrays with dynamic names from within the function? How to get the dynamic number into the array name...
I am creating a scrolling portfolio, but am having issues assigning movieclips to an array. I'm loading xml with the image info. That works just fine. I've created an empty movieclip in my library called pane() and set it to export for actionscript with a class name pane.
I have a function that is called from a timer event. Every time the event is called I need to create a new Array with a unique name: Code: var dropNumber:int = dropHead.length - 1; var ["dropTail" + dropNumber???]:Array = new Array(); I am not sure how to dynamically change the name of an array with as3. Also, just a bonus question, is it more efficient to have a single array broken into partitioned indexes or have several arrays of data?
i've been working throught the great book, Quote:'foundation flash for designers'I thought i'd play around with an mp3 player, the example below uses an array for the mp3's, i want to load them using xml.whatever i'm doing i'm getting lots of errors, i have done xml loading before but this seems a bit more difficult.
PHP Code: var songList:Array = new Array("alternative.mp3", "rockfunk.mp3", "chill.mp3"); var isPlaying:Boolean = false;
im trying to create a conversion utility that uses number input via calculator style buttons to generate conversion for the following distances:
-Miles to/from KM -cm to/from mm -binary to/from decimal
Now i was thinking of possibly having the options contained within an drop down and an input text field where the numbers are entered via the calculator buttons. The only thing im struggling with is how to perform the actual calculations on the different formats. Has anyone had to do anything similar in the past? Ive only found currency conversion examples and not sure how to apply that to these conversions.
I have a requirement wherein I have to draw some of the elctronic components like resistors, capacitors and inductors. I have tried using the image and converted it to the Movieclip, but it has some limitations with respect to our requirement and also doesnt look natural. Is it possible to draw the components using basic shapes and then try converting it to movie clip. I want to assign some events to the ends of the components(small end wires for connecting the components) say like highlighting the wire end by drawing a circle on mouse focus on these points. This requirement is not possible with the image being converted to movieclip.
Would like to receive the flashvar "filepath=.$name" which contains a string which is the dynamically generated file path to xml file. I would like the flashvar to replace the "xmlfile.php", which is the file playlist.load opens. E.g. playlist.load("xmlfile.php"); works with this playlist.load(flashvar); would like this if possible or the equivalent
The file loads the xmlfile.php correctly and will read and play files, I would just like to make this "playlist.load("xmlfile.php"); " load the flashvar.filepath (contains file path).
var myflashvars:Object = this.root.loaderInfo.parameters; for(var s:String in myflashvars) { playlist.load = (myflashvars[s]); } //Passing the flashvars; <param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" /> <param name="flashvars" value="<?php echo "filepath=".$listxml; ?>" /></object>
I am looking at creating a menu with three movieclip buttons on a main menu. I want to keep these buttons on the top of the screen at all times. I am opening different swf's and I want to make sure that the buttons are still showing. I know there is something with changing or swapping the depth of the movie clip when it loads the new swf's in, but I have not found anything that is seeming to work.
I am using Flash 8 by the way. Anyways what I am doing is making a menu with different options. I need the user to click on various buttons from the menu and then after those buttons are clicked, an animation needs to play and then return to the original menu. I have got the mouse to follow my custom cursor and made the general outline of the menu, but no buttons so far.
my boss is requesting me to make a similar menu like this site :look on the left side, when you click it it goes down and the other items just close and what my boss wants is that when you click something the link changes colors so it will be determined that your on that page
I'm having a problem creating an xml menu for a personal flash site. The site that has a blog in the background. The blog updates from an xml document. But I want to make menu buttons out of words from the xml. I'd like to assign buttons to 4 random words from the xml (which would change each time I updated the xml). The catch is, I would only like to pick words that fall on the left side of the page (say between x = 55 to 250). The buttons would open an overlay on the same page. So 4 buttons on the left, with overlay to the right. Here is the current XML loading code in actionscript:
I am an intermediate flash user and need to create navigation for my flash project. Basically what I have is one swf with several scenes and I need a small pop up menu with clickable buttons to jump to different scenes. I know scenes are not generally recommended, but I cannot load separate swfs due to technological constraints at my company. The way my project is set up is like one continuous movie that plays from start to finish. I don't need a player controls or anything. I have divided it into scenes to make it easier to work on the fla.
It starts and plays through to the end, one scene after the next. What I want is a small menu button at the bottom that when clicked pops open a list of buttons that can be clicked to jump to and play a different scene. It never stops or anything, just jumps to and plays the chosen scene. I have created a movieclip with a menu button and the pop up list with buttons. I can get the list to open and close, but it won't jump to a different scene. Is this because it is in a movieclip?
I'm trying to create a simple drop down menu in as3. My problem is the sub menu's buttons of the main buttons cannot be listened by the mouse event. I have no idea why it couldn't work, here I attached the source.
Good day to everyone. I'm here today to seek help about Flash CS4 and ActionScript 3.0. The story starts when one day, my boss asked me to make a flash presentation about their upcoming user training for a newly developed software. I was enthusiastic and excited about it because it's been a long time that I did not use Flash (note that I don't have any experience in ActionScript 3.0). At first, everything was a bit rough as I need to recall how to properly use the frames to create a successful animation. As I was about to finish the project, my boss approached me again and asked if I could insert a menu page in front so that the users won't have to replay the whole thing again just to look for a little something on that part of the movie. So yea, at first I was abit hesitant to accept. I said that it will work with Powerpoint. But she's a total pusher and I was forced to say yes. Now I'm having this problem about how to make a flash button load a swf movie.I've tried searching all over the net for tutorials but most of the times the "getUrl" and other stuff are said to be outdated.
make a similar menu like this site: [URL] look on the left side, when you click it it goes down and the other items just close and what my boss wants is that when you click something the link changes colors so it will be determined that your on that page my menu consists of a main menu then a sub menu then a sub sub menu
I'm creating a drop down menu and when I addEventListeners to check the clicks on the invisible buttons on frame 19 of the "menu" movieclip, it gives me an error. T really hate doing rollover with actionscripts. The download link for the fla can be found in below. Sorry for posting an external download link as the file is 7mb+! [URL]
