I have a Flash application that includes an MC (bitmap object) that is dynamically assigned to a Class. In that Class, other graphics are created, but the class MC is overlapping those graphics. Event though I tried dynamic depth swapping, it generally works, yet not for the inherent MC assigned to the class. The MC still overlaps the other graphic, even if I have swapped that graphic to the top depth
View 8 RepliesHow can you trace the "depth" or stacking order of a display object with AS3? I'm trying to figure out if my sprite is behind another sprite.
View 4 RepliesI have a list containing display objects from throughout the application (insertion order). I want to process the list either top-down (parent, child) or bottom up (child, parent). The only requirement is that either a parent is processed before any child or vice versa a child before its parent. What is a good approach? This question is not about sorting a list. It's about retrieving the depth of a particular display object.
Example
Display list:
A (root)
B1
C1
C2
D1
B2
......
My list:
list = [E1, F4, A, B2, B1, C3, ..., N9, N8]
Bottom-up:
N9, N8, F4, E1, C3, B2, B1, A
Top-down:
A, B2, B1, C3, E1, F4, N9, N8
Does not matter if N9 before N8 or N8 before N9. Important is that any N is before M (first run) or any M before its children N* (second run).
Is it possible to display a MC above another MC without changing the depth? How?
View 1 RepliesNot sure if I am doing something wrong, or completely misunderstanding how this works. I have three sets of objects that will always be in back, middle and front wrt to each otherSo I thought I could have three containers and add the objects in their respective locations.
back= new Sprite();
front = new Sprite();
addChild(back);
[code].....
If I create a rectangle with 100px width and 100px height and then rotate it, the size of the element's "box" will have increased.With 45 rotation, the size becomes about 143x143 (from 100x100).Doing sometimes like cos(angleRad) * currentWidth seems to work for 45 rotation, but for other bigger angles it doesn't.At the moment I am doing this:
var currentRotation = object.rotation;
object.rotation = 0;
var normalizedWidth = object.width;
[code].....
So I have a bunch of objects (thumbnails) and I want every photo to be displayed on top of other photos once it's clicked. So what should I put inside the click handler inside the photo object?
View 1 RepliesI have been trying to change the depth of an object. I have only just started learning AS3, so I haven't looked into this yet.So far I have been using a trial-&-error method to try to get this piece of code to work which I found on a site, but I have not succeeded:
Code:
setChildIndex(example,numChildren-1);
I am putting this code in it's class, and I tried replacing the word example with 'this'. Can someone please help me? When I test the swf it comes up with this in output:
Code:
ArgumentError: Error #2025: The supplied DisplayObject must be a child of the caller.
at flash.display::DisplayObjectContainer/setChildIndex()
at Foreground/enterFrame()
How can I generate a MovieClip from an object and make it go behind that object?I've got a object that leaves a trail and I want the trail behind it.
View 1 Repliesmy designer made a fla file where he has animated layers loads of them. All the images inside those animations are loaded from outside the swf.
Now, the issue is at one point in time I want some of the objects to go under another object ( current their on top) . If I do this visually the images inside the swf(loaded) are lost.
i have objects on my stage and when i rollover on each object he raize.exmeple u can see here (here i make only 2 objects):http: [url]....what i want to do is that all of the objects have the same depth but when one of my object rollovered and he start to raize get the top depth (up then other)
Code:
stop();
acceleration = 10[code].....
When I click on an object, I need it (technically it's parent object) to drop to the lowest level, but I'm having a heck of time. I've tried:
stage.setChildIndex(this, 0);
and
stage.swapChildrenAt(0, getChildIndex(this));
Which seem like they would both do what I want, but both of which get an Error #2006: The supplied index is out of bounds.
I've also tried:
stage.setChildIndex(e.target.parent, 0);
Which produces Error #2025: The supplied DisplayObject must be a child of the caller.
and stage.setChildIndex(this.parent, 0);
Which doesn't error, but also doesn't do what I want it to do.
As the title says, i would like to have an object which is nested beneath another objects depth set higher than that of one the is NOT nested. Is this possible if so how, may be real easy and im just over-looking it but
View 1 RepliesI am drawing some lines in my program using
graphics.lineTo(xx, yy);
The program has a background image over which these lines are drawn.The problem which I am facing is that the image overshadows the lines and the lines are not visible to the user.Since these lines do not have an id, I am not sure as to how I can assign a depth to them?
I am getting a warning when i run my application flash builder burrito.the warning is Warning: Failed to place object at depth 1.
View 2 RepliesIs there any way to test if a display object has been added to the display list?
View 9 Repliescan I resize a display object (container) without its contents (children) are resized?
For example, in the following code when I resize the green square, red is also resized. I wanted to resize only the green.
ActionScript Code:
import flash.display.Sprite;
var sprite:Sprite = new Sprite();
sprite.graphics.beginFill(0xff0000);
[Code].....
What's a simple way to detect if a display object is currently on the display list?
View 1 RepliesI have about 85 movie clips on stage and they all have startDrag with MOUSE_DOWN.
here is the thing I need the active one to come forward to the top of all others.
I tried using:
setChildIndex(e.currentTarget, 85)
on the mouse over function but its not working its giving me an error
1118: Implicit coercion of a value with static type Object to a possibly unrelated type flash.display:DisplayObject.
Can you make one Bitmap Object (I'm using an external jpg) or something similar, and then display it many times simultaneously without creating a separate object each time?
Also, would they be easily removed or hidden?
I've got a little checkmark jpg graphic loaded here, but I'm not sure how to go about using it in many places at once.. I can only display it in the one place at any one time...
I'm thinking there might be a way to load the picture once, then use its bitmapData elsewhere in new display objects somehow, without needing to reload the image over and over?
It's my understanding that a display object cannot be in the display list more that once.So if I add something to the stage shouldn't a second addition of the same object replace the first? for instance:
[code]...
there should now only be one "myDisplayObject" on the stage.
putting a movieclip into highest depth without knowing which clip is in the highest depth
View 2 RepliesHow can i cast a object to another type? in AS3 i tried putting (objectType) infront of the variable but it doesnt work, below i have added objects of fishes into the child, and i am getting the fishes back out when mouse down is triggered, and then calling the fishes what to do. however i cant call the method of the custom class fish because it is a displayobject.[code]...
View 1 RepliesI am trying to build an MXML application with Flash Builder 4.5, and I am integrating an API that requires the root of a display object to be a MovieClip. Personally I think this is bad design but I have to go with it. The root object always seems to end up as the stage, because of course I have to add the object to the stage for it to be added to the display list. Is there some way that I can either change the stage type in an MXML application to a MovieClip or is there some way to force a MovieClip wrapper to become the root of a display object?
View 1 Replieshey guys i have 6 moveable objects, what i want is to be able to click a button and a text field appears that displays the x and y co-oridinates off each object, is this possible and if so is there a way also i could have another button where the user inputs the numbers he wants from x and y and the objects will go to that posisition
View 1 RepliesI want to make collage[url]...
I want to bend images using as3.
I have MCs loaded from the Fla library through my main class. These are drag objects. When one of these is clicked, I want the player to run a function that will disables some based on one selected. When I tried the obvious reference, I had an error. I've been advised to add these to an array, but I can't even do that.
Code:
import HO_42;
I set the objet to a variable above the constructor function:
Code:
private var office:HO_42;
The constructor calls a function that loads the objects to the stage (and this works fine if I don't try to access the object), here is an example of the load and access code:
Code:
office = new HO_42();
addChild(office);
office.x = 441.9;
[code].....
i have a tinted mc on the stage, which i want on roll-over to change its tint - so far no problem, but not surprisingly i want to return to the original tint on roll-out, and that's where my problem is - how to get the tintColor property?
i'll make it even more simple - place a MC on the stage, give it some tint. now according to the help files the 'tintColor' is a property of the Color class, however if you'll write this code: trace(_mc.transform.colorTransform.color.tintColor) you'll get an error, for the 'color' property of the 'colorTransform' returns uint, not a Color object.
ok, let's try to overpass this issue by doing so:
var ct:ColorTransform = _mc.transform.colorTransform;var c:Color = new Color(ct.redMultiplier,ct.greenMultiplier,ct.blueMultiplier,ct.alphaM ultiplier,ct.redOffset,ct.greenOffset,ct.blueOffset,ct.alphaOffset);trace(c,c.tintColor, c.tintMultiplier);
the output you'll get is your clip's color AFTER the tinting and 0 for both tintColor and tintMultiplier. and in case you wonder, it doesn't matter if i apply the tint directly to the MC on stage or with code. so how can i get a display object's tintColor?
i have this really basic class and all it does is create a button...i have another class called main where i want to put the button on the stage...problem is it all compiles but can't get the button to display..
public class Main extends Sprite
{
public function Main()
{
[Code].....
I tried to mask a 3D Display object using some code from the AS3 reference but was unsuccessful:
var square:Sprite = new Sprite();
square.graphics.beginFill(0xFF0000);
square.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 40, 40);
addChild(square);
myDisplayObject.mask = square;
Is it possible to mask a 3D Display Object? (Can I draw a 3D Display Object through the Flash UI or must it be done via AS3? My guess is no, otherwise more people would be doing 3D in Flash without great travail.)