I've drawn a button using actionscript as seen in the code below but i do not know how i add text to my button
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.display.*;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
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Is there a way to write a bitmap font right into the bitmap being desplayed? Mabey better worded: myBitmap.draw(image, t) draws a picture is there a way to draw text? I'm stuck even if its just a work around in some way I would like to know... (the current work around i have in my head is writing it in a movieclip turning that into bitmap data and drawing it... esentially creating a prototype answering my question... but a built in way would be easier probably).
View 2 RepliesHow can I change the text of a button instance without affect the other button text? I belive an AS aproach would solve it but I don't know how to do it.
View 1 RepliesI want to take a static text field, convert it into a button, and use it as a button. I need it static, because I changed orientation, and I do not know how to do that otherwise. The problem is, even though I converted it to a Button symbol, it does not work when I test the movie. It works fine with "Enable simple buttons", but when I test it, the button is not there, no change in mouse cursor, no reaction at all.So this is what I did:
Made text. // static, not selectable, Orientation: vertical left to right, / //rotated; Two filters: Drop Shadow and Glow;
Converted text field to Button - Symbol (scrollBT)
Editing the Button,I put the same content (the static text field) in all four frames: No luck, not working. without the Hit frame filled (which I think doesn't really make a difference): No luck, not working.Tried again, converting the static text field in the button into a Graphic Symbol: No luck, not working.Tried again, and put some differences in the frames for "ON" and "OVER" etc.: No luck, not working.Tried again, duplicating a similar, working button, edited it, and: No luck, not working.
To the button itself and the AS: The button will be a scroll-button for a text field, with different scroll speeds on rollover and press, but nothing else. The code for that I have (I think). It's something like (and please excuse my incorrect syntax here, but I'm typing from memory; still, I use the Script-Assistant and my syntax is apparently correct; it's also working with other buttons):
on {rollOver} {
function (scroll) {
textfieldtxt.scroll - = 1;}[code]....
I'm at the end of my wits. The only difference I can tell from other (working) buttons I did the same way, is that the scrollBt does not do anything except scrolling, while all of the others have frame actions (gotoAndplay etc.) associated with them.
i've attached my flash file. I don't get why the path is not drawn if the movieclip is set ask mask. I would like to slowly reveal the text.
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{
public function Greeter()
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I have been looking for a preloader such as the one at [URL]. The preloader there is just the effect I've been looking for for a long time. I know it's done with scripting, but I could never make it quite right. I even posted here a few times, and found a tutorial, but it used a drag bar to control it, not bytesLoaded. Any tutorials that you could lead me to that focus on making it a preloader
View 14 RepliesHow do you add a drawn object to the stage using actionScript 3? Does the object need to have an instance name?
View 2 RepliesHow can i easily break the shape into two pieces so that I can change them into movie clips?I tried using the selection tool combined with shift key to create selections but the selection tool only does squares so it's very frustrating to select a portion of my drawing precisely using it, i've given up
View 1 RepliesI'm trying to make a program that's meant for graphics tablets in AS3. So far I can allow the user to draw a line across the stage so that they know where their moving their pen around. However I want this line to only be temporary, and so the graphics.Clear() method is called to remove it.
I'd like this to look a lot better however, as the line just instantly disappears. Does anyone know how I could add code that makes the line fade out to 0 alpha first before I call the clear command?
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I seached everywhere and try fo find drawing board code that saves after drawing but it seems it's only applicable in AS3, perhaps anyone have any tutorial link or have
View 2 RepliesI wrote the following code for drawing a rotate rectangle
var s:UIComponent = new UIComponent();
s.graphics.lineStyle(1, 0x0000FF);
s.graphics.drawRect(50, 50, 200, 200);
s.rotation = 30;
template.addChild(s);
Where template is a canvas. Its rotate nicely but the problem is the position is not in right place. i.e. it is not in (50,50) after rotate.
I want to use numbers I've drawn myself to represent a number, but don't know how to implement this. How would I display the equivalent of an integer with these numbers? If it's necessary to have them in a tile pattern, which makes sense to me considering how older games worked, then what code would I use to switch between each? Or is there another, better way? Also, I need the number to be able to adjust to the number of digits in the number and read from left to right (so the 1 in 10 would be in the same place as the 1 in 1).
View 2 RepliesI'm playing with Open Flash Chart. Take a look at this chart: [URL] As you can see, the rounded dot points look ugly. Some of them are more rounded, some of them less, they don't look the same, as they should. I don't know AS3 and have no idea what is the case. I checked the source code:
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Lets say I have a customMovieClip. I sometimes draw an ellipse with customMovieClip.graphics and sometimes a rectangle. Now I want to know what was the shape ( ellipse/rect) that was created using a particular graphics object. Doing this would enable me to pinpoint what exactly to do with that customMovieClip() instance.
View 3 RepliesIf i draw a movieclip on a frame (root) as such:[code]This will draw a simple square from position 20,20 on root. Now if i trace penName_mc._x i would expect it to give me the distance from the root origin i.e. 20 however it always produces 0. My questions are:
1- Why doesnt it consider x as 20?
2- Is there no way to determine the x of this newly created movieclip from the origin? (besides drawing from 0,0)
How do you resize shapes drawn in actionscript?
I need to create a skewed rectangle and on rollover, have the right edge move outwards.. making the skewed rectangle wider.. while keeping the proportions.[code]...
On mouse move i have a line drawn using lineTo method. This works like in Paint or most drawing programs: the mouse drawing like a pencil. What i need now, and dont know how to accomplish, is to add a number of mclips over that line. And this mclips should be over the line but separated to each other (different x and y of the drawn line). So in the end when moving the mouse the user should get a line and, every certain distance, a number of mclips over it.
View 2 RepliesIs it possible to create 2-3 drawn lines in actionscript?Wanted to make a dynamic chart, but so far when I add coding for the second line, the first no longer works.
Trying to nest the lines in movie clips didn't work.Is this a restriction of the createEmptyMovieClip?I'm using....
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("lineFirst",0);
lineFirst.lineStyle(12,0x000000,100);
lineFirst.moveTo(0,0);
I have an XML file which consists of x/y coordinates...from this I draw shapes in a movieclip on stage when the user chooses(from list component) an xml to load...how do I clear the contents of the mc so that when the user chooses another xml file from the list component the new xml is drawn in the now emptied mc from before??...
View 1 Repliesim trying to work out how to keep lines drawn between different movieclips. It works, but wont clear the lines!!, so i have to leave it out.. to see something .. should I put them all inside an empty movieclip?
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I have this triangle drawn (see fla)(Got it from this forum). Now I want a height being drawn as well. I want a height from point A beeing drawn to BC The angle at BC must be 90 degrees of course and the height drawn must alter when I drag the points B and C. Is this possible to do in flash, I have seen it done in JAVA
View 3 RepliesI altered a movie with the following AS:
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How can I duplicate this "mask", and place it on a grid. I tried a couple of things, but my "code juggling" didn't work this time... *I left out the function "drawCircle".
If I have say 7 buttons, each containing text that changes color on rollover using the "Up" "Over" and "Down" keyframes in the buttons' timeline. Is there a simple way to get the button's text to change color when clicked, stay that way, and then change back to the original color once one of the other 6 buttons are clicked?
The only thing I can come up with is writing pages of code for each button that changes the color of every other button regardless of whether it was active.
I'm designing an interface for a class, and the buttons that I am using all have multiple functions.For example, when the story button is clicked, I need the mc to stop playing and change to text (in the same window/screen, just no mc playing). The mc is 31 frames long, but if there's a way to just make it loop continuously until told not to, Currently, my code looks like this:
stop();
story_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,story);
function story(event:MouseEvent):void { gotoAndStop(32);}credits_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,credits);[code]...
When I click the button, the mc does not stop playing and the text does not show up.
I really need to make a transparent button, so it needs to just look like floating text but with button capabilities. But I was confused about a couple things: Initially I was using the "FPushButtonSymbol" but was unable to make it transparent, although I tried like this:
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This left some shadow though So, I utlized a post from ezboard.com, which said to just make a square and then do Insert->Convert to Symbol and make it a button symbol. When I converted into a symbol, I also exported it for use with ActionScript. So I have been making instances of my new button (TermButt).... But can I still use generic button functionality like labeling, text fonts/colors, button size:
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I wanted to know what is the best way to bring original hand drawn art to use for animations. Should I use Photoshop or Illustrator or would it be best to draw directly to Flash. Also is it better to bring images over to Flash from Illustrator or from Photoshop?
View 1 RepliesI would like to develop a program where a user(children in this case) could draw a selection and the program to detect the selected objects in that selection.I have also attached an image of the idea.redirects to threads, anything is of great use. I remember playing a game where you had this functionality, but I can't remember the game name
View 2 RepliesI'm drawing a simple line with API and I would like to know how to detect what angle the line has and where a ball hits it.Scenario: the player draws a random line in a random angle, a ball comes in from random points and hits the line, the ball then bounces off the line depending on where it hit the line (and of course depends on the line's angle).I draw the red line with this: (on a 400x400 stage)Actionscript Code:graphics.lineStyle(2, 0xFF0000, 100);graphics.moveTo(150, 150);graphics.lineTo(250, 250);The grey, green and purple lines are just demonstation of the ball movement, comming in from outside the screen, hitting the line and bouncing off in different directions. I just made a guess on the angle they will bounce off in.
I just can't figure out how to detect the line's angle and where the ball hits it. So all I have is a ball flying in from random positions and hitTests the line (not coded yet, but no problem to do ball movement and hitTesting with line), I don't know where to go from there until I know how to detect where it hits the line.I know this is a double post (from the Games section), but I realized this place seems to have more activity and not many seem to visit the Games place anymore.
How can I delete a drawn object from the stage to then use the same function to draw it up again?
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