ActionScript 3.0 :: Scrolling Clamped To Not Scroll Beyond The Total Number?
Jul 15, 2009
I'm trying to do something that makes sense in my head, but can only translate to code with mixed success.On the screen is 6x4 grid of boxes, 24 in total. These boxes represent a number of entries in a big visual timeline, the total of which can be anywhere from 1 to many thousand. Of course, only a fixed number of 24 can be seen at any one time.The grid scrolls left/right to show previous/future timeline entries in their box form.
The grid normally starts at the very first entry, but there is an offset built-in to it so that you can, for instance, start the display of these entries at a certain point. For instance, if you have 26 entries with an offset of 1, that means there will be 1 entry not seen to the left (before), 24 on the screen seen, and 1 entry not seen to the right (future). Or if you have an offset of 10, there would be 10 to the left (not seen) and 16 filling the space on screen, etc.The scrolling basically slides the entries left or right by a factor of 4 (since the columns consist of 4 boxes), but must be clamped to not scroll beyond the total number.
Is there some simple math anyone can think of to track the state of these boxes? I ask because I will have Flash create *only* the 24 max that can be seen at any one time. Any time you scroll to the right or left, Flash will create up to 4 new boxes to fit that next column, and then animated all 28 boxes (24 existing + 4 new) to move the new ones on (and the old ones off), and then delete the old ones. This is to keep things optimized since creating many thousands of boxes that each load external content is not very feasible.
Hope this makes sense to someone. It would be similar to what you see here, but with scrolling (and more importantly, something to keep track of it all): [Url]
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But I want to be double sure there aren't any MCs lurking (implementing this is producing rarely occuring bugs), how can I get the number of clips attached?
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[AS] function loadXML(loaded) { if (loaded) { projectNode = this.firstChild;[code]......
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this is what I have so far:
Code: var imageNumber:Number = 1; var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(new URLRequest("images/info.txt")); loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeHandler);
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2/15
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private function overviewOne():void{ var stmt:SQLStatement = new SQLStatement(); stmt.sqlConnection = sqlConn; stmt.text = "SELECT COUNT(user_id) FROM tbl_user WHERE status_status ='Away'";
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So how do I make a reference to the COUNT(user_id)?
(flash.data::SQLResult)#0 complete = true data = (Array)#1
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import fl.text.TLFTextField; import fl.controls.UIScrollBar; var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
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Code: on (press, release, keyPress "<Up>") { currentScroll = scrollableText.scroll;
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I'm using a list element with variableRowHeight and word-wrap set to true like in the example below:
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When I scroll through the list with a mouse scrollwheel the text in the listItems also scroll. I know that this is to do with the height of the textField...
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