I am using Flash CS5 AS3. I have some code that makes a group of buttons from a css and xml file. I am trying to access individual buttons (for tweening/animating) but cant seem to find out which button is which and how to reference it. [code]...
View 9 RepliesI can't get the code to "know" which of the dynamic thumbnails has been clicked (by "know", I mean return an index value, say 0 through 7 if there are 8 projects, that I can use to access that particular project in the array of 8 projects in the rest of the code)... So if the third movieclip thumbnail were clicked, I'd like "2" to come up somehow... I've tried this code, which is kind of lame, I know, based off of the idea of each of the thumbnail movieclips' names ending in their index number:
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//"this" is the button that was pressed; would return a string ending in
//thumberMC_<number of whichever movieclip thumb was clicked>
var: testString:String = this;
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Lastly, there's a dynamic textfield I'm trying to create that never shows up for some reason. Again, you could see in the FLA (in the "createDrawer" function around line 424).
I am using buttons with a dynamic textfield and a function to set the label for various different buttons:
public function setLabel(thisLabel:String) {
visibleLabel.text = thisLabel;
}
I set a label for each button:
btn_mc.button1.setLabel("2 | Al Sabkha Bus Station - Al Qusais Police Housing");
I have a dynamic textfield ... myText ... which I would like to use as a page title ... so once the button has been clicked, the dynamic textfield should update with the label of the button clicked.
All I want to do is add text from my string to dynamic text field when I click dynamic buttons. What should the as code be for this? Here is my code. Right now I just have the click returning another shape.
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i have some code in a movie clip where this.onPress is a function, and the action is:
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_root.dyntxt.Text = "something";
but nothing happens..
I am trying to dynamcally create several buttons using the Flash API. The following code hnts at the concept. But I can't sem to dynamically name and create the MovieClip since the attachMovieClip() method does not seem to exist in Actionscript 3.
View 4 RepliesI have been in the habit of making buttons with a dynamic text field. This way assigning a value to the var property of the text field would allow me to reuse the button symbol and assign different text to each. In AS3 it looks like the text field Var property does not exist any longer. Does anyone have a suggestion for a work around? I would like to avoid having to make a new symbol for each button.
View 9 RepliesI am currently working on a publications page, where i get the buttons dynamically from a xml-file. Everything is working so far, but the buttons are not showing up. I traced around a little bit and I found out, that the button is created and all that, but the text field is simply not showing. I used a predefined button mc, but creating "on the fly" would be more handy for me. Why the buttons are not showing up???
This is ActionScript Code:
function createButton(bLabel:String, yPos:int, xPos:int, id:int):void {
var button:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
var buttonL:TextField = new TextField();
//var button:pubButton = new pubButton();
button.name = "button"+String(id);
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I'm trying read xml from flash within a class. The only thing that's missing is creating as many buttons as the length of xml. The xml length works well in the function that loads the xml. When I put the xml length in the function on the buttons, it is equal to 0. How can I make all function read the value of xml length?
View 1 RepliesI'm having some problems on how to reference dynamically placed buttons. I am building a shopping cart and for every item in the cart a movieclip is duplicated and next to this movieclip I duplicate a few buttons (to delete and add an item)This is the code:
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var id=0; //this value normally comes from the database
var amount = 10;//this value normally comes from the database
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So far when you hover over a piano key, its note name is displayed in an LCD screen with a dynamic text field. I know theres got to be a way to write a function that applies to all notes but so far I've written a function for every key! eg.
keyboard_mc.A0_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOU SE_OVER, noteOn);
function noteOn(event:MouseEvent):void
{
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I am trying to get a dynamic text box embedded in a button to populate on (XML) load but am having trouble with the path. The text boxes which are not embedded populate just fine. My fla and xml files are attached.
View 0 RepliesI have a site that has multiple pages of similarly sized buttons. These are magazine covers. I'd like for the mag covers and links they point to (loaded swfs) to be dynamically loaded via a text file, if possible. The client always has new magazines she's been in and to manually load the newest buttons first is a pain and time consuming.
View 3 RepliesI've a button with the instancename "steunen_btn". In this button there's a dynamic textfield called "weergave". Now when people select another language I want the buttons to change. So I thought I make a button with the following AS in it:
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I am working on a dynamic menu for a client. This is my first time creating a menu loaded from an xml file. I have the basics down, but am hitting a brick wall. I will have six buttons that are attached at run time, and will be labeled according to the button names in the xml file. Eventually these buttons will be rotating in a circle, but I'm just testing the functionality at the moment. I tried searching through the forum, and didn't find anything that resembled what I am trying to do. To start off here is the xml file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<menu>
<button buttonName="Home">
<content contentTitle="Home">[code].............
I have been able to trace the attribute names from the xml file, but textbox's from the dynamic buttons are not being labeled. They are coming up undefined.
P.S. This is the flow of how this project will take place: Load external xml file into Flash.Loop through elements to define the button label names.Create a loop to attach a movieClip at run time into a holder clip named "mcCircle".Label the dynamic text field in each new movieClip with the label names from the xml file.Arrange the movieClips on the stage in a circle movieClip.Rotate the circle movieClip clockwise using trig: sine and cosine. Set a speed and velocity variable to the circle movieClipWhen the mouse moves Over a button, have the circle movieClip slow down it's speed to a stop.When the mouse moves Out of a button, have the circle movieClip speed up to it's normal rotation speed.When the mouse clicks on a button, have the circle movieClip shrink down and move to the lower right corner of the stage.Tell Flash to load the content from the xml file (of the button label clicked) to a dynamic textfield on the stage. When the user is done reading the content they will click on a button to clear the text field, and bring the menu back to center, and original size.
im trying to dynamically create buttons...here's an example scenario -> off stage is a movie clip called "originalButton_mc"I want to use a loop to duplicate this movie clip 25 times, and each one should be able to perform a unique onRelease function ex.
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for (i = 0; i<25; i++) {
var newButton_mc = originalButton_mc.duplicateMovieClip("button"+i, i+1);
newButton_mc._y = i*22;
newButton_mc._x = 10;
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the problem with the above code is that when I click my new buttons it always traces 25...because, clearly - my code is wrong, and the onRelease is getting rewritten for each button - hence its left with the last i ... 25.
I have some buttons on my timeline and I want something to be done when I mouse over (for example) my button. The buttons have instance names of b1, b2, b3 and so on. Actionscript I`m using (for the first button) is:
b1.onRollOver = function() {
//blah
}
Same code goes for other buttons, I only change instance name. It is easy to do as I have a few buttons but what if I want 100 or more? It should be an easier way instead of using copy/paste.. Tried to solve this problem using loop:
howmuchbuttons = 3;
for(i = 1; i != howmuchbuttons + 1; i++) {
_root["b"+i].onRollOver = function() {
//blah
}
}
but it didn`t work as I expected.
I have a solution for this already, but it involves a million if/else statements so I was wondering if there's a way around this. Here we go.I'm making an RSS reader that displays posts in Craigslist. All the info I need is loaded into flash and immediately tossed into arrays. Well take the links[] array for our example.
I count the amount of links
for(i=0;i<links.length;i++){
and I make my boxes to hold the info
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joining this forum may be an awesome resource for future continued use. So, I have an as2 language selection front door in development utilizing xml influenced dynamic buttons being retrofitted for a global front door language toggle.
In production, it looks somewhat like this:
I have two main buttons that the 'for-loops' add. mainTabs and subTabs. On release on the subTabs, the are supposed to getURL defined by the link attribute in the xml file. However, I cant seem to have the getURL command target the proper address.
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I have a directory of PDF's that I am loading the names of dynamically using PHP: My PHP file looks like this:
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Now the code works perfect and it displays the name of all the pdf's but I want to somehow make a button on top of each displayed pdf that makes it clickable. The code is already storing the name of the PDF's so it should be pretty easy to do a getURL("pdfname","blank") or whatever I just don't know where to start. Here is the SWF output: [URL]
I'm trying read xml from flash within a class. The only thing that's missing is creating as many buttons as the length of xml. The xml length works well in the function that loads the xml. When I put the xml length in the function on the buttons, it is equal to 0. How can I make all function read the value of xml length?
View 1 Repliesi am creating an application in flash as3 that-load an xml file- parse the xml file-create the UI base on the xml filehere is the XML file
<data>
<button id="1" label="apple" content="This is an apple"/>
<button id="2" label="banana" content="This is a banana"/>
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I've a button with the instancename "steunen_btn". In this button there's a dynamic textfield called "weergave".
Now when people select another language I want the buttons to change. So I thought I make a button with the following AS in it:
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on (press) {
_root.steunen_btn.weergave.text = "SOSTENGA";
}
This should change the text in the button to SOSTENGA right?
I've a digram with lots of button from top to bottom. At present all the buttons are manually placed on the stage and add corresponding links to each button. I've managed to add dynamic links on the fly but any other option to place buttons dynamically on the stage from library without overlapping one with another.
View 2 RepliesI've got a column of buttons that load dynamically with attachMovie, and are named in the for loop as "patentBtn"+i+"_mc" etc.
When I address them in the code like this:
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patMenuHolder_mc.patentBtn0_mc.onRelease = function(){
gotoAndStop("Claims1");
patMenuHolder_mc.patentBtn0_mc.gotoAndStop("active");
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My dynamically loaded background is overlapping my buttons for audio on the stage.
My .fla is located at www.saleck.net/TEMP/U0863279.7z
There are 4 buttons and a Text box on Frame 1, but the background that is loaded in the code overlaps.
I'm getting an odd little problemwhen I have a movieclip I can go:Quote:movieClip.dynamicText.text = "yo";but why doesn't it work with buttons?Quote:randomButton.dynamicText.text = "yo";How can I access a dynamaic text inside a button?
View 2 RepliesI try to make a dynamicly loaded menu.I load four buttons to the stage and applie code to each of the buttons. But it's only the last button loaded, that responds to onRollOver/onRollOut If I roll over the other buttons it's the last buttons that reacts all the time.I just can't see what's wrong. Here's the code:
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buttonCount = 4;
for (var i:Number = 0; i<buttonCount; i++) {
btnRef = "button"+i;
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I need to create 5 buttons which looks the same, and each one of them has a picture on it.
I created a button symbol, named it and created linkage to AS. I also created a MovieClip that holds the picture I want to put on top of the button and created a linkage.
Then in the code I create two instances and display them
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how can i set up buttons to fill text boxes with dynamic text from an xml document?i want button 1 to load some information about item1 in the text box when the button is moused over and then when the button is clicked it should open up a new browser window for that item.then button 2 will do the same thing in the same text box but with the info for item 2.i have 2 text boxes, one is called "title" which will have the name of the product, the other is named "ssnumber" and it will have the product number. already have an xml file. and i have already done this in as2 (and it worked fine but i just got word that the people hosting this will only accept as3. this is my first attempt at as3, it is a lot different.here is the code i have from my book
var xml
loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader ();
xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loadXML);
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