why when I load a movie clip instance from the library using addChild, it defaults to 50% scale when I test the clip? All I am using at this point is this code:
var costume1_mc:Costume1 = new Costume1();
addChild(costume1_mc);
It loads fine, at 0,0 coordinates, but it scales to 50% of its original size.
Does anybody know why an .as file would automatically open in Dreamweaver? I can choose to open it in Flash but the default is set to Dreamweaver and I'd sure like to change that!
View 1 RepliesI'm very confused. When I instantiate a class, I'm assuming that the object is reset to its default variable values. Not so. Consider this:
Code:
class ClassTest extends MovieClip{
var arr:Array = new Array();
function ClassTest(){
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...even if the two objects have different instance names! It's as if it is making my arr variable static by default, and not resetting it to a new array in the second instance. How do I get around this? Do I need to somehow have this code instantiate itself with something like "this = new ClassTest();"
i am trying to have a login text field that has default text in it which disappears when a user clicks in the text box. i've tried every solution on this forum and it seems to get the default text in the box but i can;t get it to disappear when curser clicks in box.
currently:
userText.text = "username";
userText.onSetFocus = function(){
userText.text = "";
}
I put a motion preset (zoom in 3D) on a movie symbol instance. It worked great--it zoomed in well, and the instance stayed at the center of the stage for the whole animation, which is what I wanted.
I realized that I needed to change the stage size, for reasons I won't go into.I converted the stage measurement from pixels to inches, and resized it.Of course, all my graphics and instances were now off-center. In realigning and resizing everything, I discovered that my instance with the motion preset was no longer staying centered on the stage. It now travels in a right diagonal down to the bottom right corner of the stage when played. In fact, now anytime I use that particular preset on anything, in this file and in new ones, the same thing happens. It's like the preset has changed permanently on my computer and won't go back to the default.
I've tried editing the path frame by frame, but that makes a mess. I've tried using the subselection tool to edit the path, but that's imprecise and not working well.As an aside, I loaded this particular file onto another laptop here at work that has Flash Pro too. Before I opened my file on this new computer, that motion preset worked fine. Now that I've opened this file in the new computer, that preset is messed up, even when I start a new file.
I am using a spark list control with an itemrenderer. Whenever I set an itemrenderer's currentState, the moment I mouse out of the itemrenderer, it gets reset to its default state. How can I make an itemrenderer keep its currentState unless I explicitly tell it to change?
View 1 RepliesI'm trying to have a class file which can add objects to the stage via addChild; however, when I call addChild from within the class file, I get the error "1180: Call to a possibly undefined method addChild." I've tried importing flash.display.* and that doesn't fix the problem. Does the class file have to extend Sprite or MovieClip to be able to add objects to the stage?
View 8 RepliesI have downloaded Box2d ([URL]) and created a project that looks like this: [URL]. catalyst is the green cube and it has the base class "shapes.box", it is inside "world" which has the base class "wck.World". What i want to do is to add another "catalyst" from the library inside "world" when i click on add_btn. I tried to accomplish this by this code:
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Symbol 'buttons', Layer 'Actions', Frame 1, Line 41061: Call to a possibly undefined method addChild through a reference with static type Class.
I have the followings:
_p:Player (which is a MC)
a1:Animation1 (which is a MC)
_p.addChild(a1); //doesn't display anything
_p.stage.addChild(a1); //displays a1
Why won't the MC display a child without using his stage?
I'm trying to resolve an issue that reared it's ugly head yesterday.Frame one of main timeline I have the following code:
Code:
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
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The newMC doesn't show up.If I add 'parent.' in front of the addChild then it appears.mc_LibItem has a base class of "flash.display.MovieClip" and is exporting for ActionScript and on frame one.For grins I created a new .fla and began messing around with the same addChild idea and it worked.
Scenario: main moveiclip with 4 other clips in it. I want the rolledover clip to scale up and all the others to scale down and blur.
Question: What is the most effiecent way to code this. Would it be a "for in loop"? I am trying to minimize the code and would rather not use a whole bunch of if then statements.
I want my flash content to scale when I scale my browser window.
View 5 RepliesHow can I convert the current scale of the instance to 100% so I can easily "visualize" and manage the instance when I modify its scale? Here's the actionscript, it works, but I just want the temp._xscale and temp._yscale to be in percentages, not real numbers.
Code:
USflag.onMouseDown = function ()
{
var temp = USflag;
onEnterFrame = function ()
[code]....
One last thing, what's the tag you have to put that is designed for boxing actionscripts? I'm suing [ code ][ /code ]
somewhat understood the basics of adding and removing children, however, I am facing another problem. After using the removeChild Function, I can't seem to add another child.For example:
ActionScript Code:
var attachedMC = new (getDefinitionByName("Content1") as Class)()
Page.addChild(attachedMC);
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I have a main "shell" swf which, by clicking several buttons, will load/unload various external swfs into a Placeholder_mc which resides on the main timeline in Shell.swf In the documentation and tutorials I've seen a couple different methods, and I'm not sure I quite understand the difference, or at least the reason you would use one over the other...In the 1st method, you can just add the Loader object using the addChild() method:
Code:
var myLoader:Loader = new Loader();
var myURLRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("ExternalFileA.swf");
myLoader.load(myURLRequest);
Placeholder_mc.addChild(myLoader);
This will apparently add myLoader to the display list once it has completely loaded.The 2nd method, you supposedly can add the Loader.content; however, it appears you can only do this once the content has completed loading, so you need to incorporate an event handler with the contentLoaderInfo object:
Code:
var myLoader:Loader = new Loader();
var myURLRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("ExternalFileA.swf");
myLoader.load(myURLRequest);
[code]....
What are the pros/cons of adding the entire Loader object, as opposed to the Loader.content and vice versa?
My Flash image will not scale.if you zoom in, it gets chopped up. if you zoom out, it has a big blank area.What should I change in order to have this Flash image scale just like the rest of the site? [URL]It is the Flash in the center.
View 1 RepliesWhat I have is a function that occurs every second. Every time this function is called, it will add two movie clips from the library onto the screen. I am wondering if there will be a problem if my function keeps on continuously adding children to my scene?
Code:
import fl.transitions.Tween;
import fl.transitions.easing.*;[code].............
Im wondering if its possible to arrange movieclips with addchild in such a way like this?:[code]mc_1 and mc_2 is in my case a forward and back button (obviously these have to be on top all the time).. mc_3 - 6 is images rotating.
View 2 RepliesI'm new to programming in general, so not only are the basic concepts new to me but OOP and all of the various underlying rules are keeping me very frustrated in this learning process..I've reached a point that I'm simply stuck and can't find the solution through trial and error, and perhaps am not grasping how addChild works. traces just fine, but then when I try to run addChild I get "error 1023: stack overflow occurred: at Bullet$iinit()".Ignore the commented out lines, they're just for some testing and some trial and error).
//Bullet Class
package {
import flash.display.MovieClip;
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I have a movie clip that I add Bitmaps by using addChild(). I was wonding how would I go about displaying the next image that I added because as of now it is stuck on the first image.
View 3 Replieswhere addChild comes from? Is it pre-built in or does it com from importing Flash.display. Sprite (and if it is from Flash.display.Sprite, does it mean it gets imported whenever you display *any* subpackage of Flash.display?)
View 1 RepliesI am trying to use swfobject 2.2 to display an swf, but the swf won't scale to fit the div that I'm putting it in. You can see what I've got here. When it first loads, it is the right size, then it expands larger for some reason. If I right-click on the movie and select "Show All", it then fits perfectly.[code]
View 5 RepliesI am trying to add and remove children from the stage using a string. the string takes the instance name from the button pressed and i want to use that string to add a child from my library and its giving me:
"TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert "Floor2" to flash.display.DisplayObject."
I realize i have to make the string into the actual object but not exactly sure how.
Code:
var rollstr:String = this.toString();
var Floor1 = new floor1();
var Floor2 = new floor2();
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I am looking at an xml file, and creating a big list of visible buttons for each "flag" via addchild().
One of the subsets of each "flag" button in the xml is "Content"
I've been reading a lot on this but I'm just getting more and more confused. Can someone break down for me:
How to pass the xml Content to each addchilded button, so it can then pass that Content to a function when it's clicked.
The Content is a string, like "Flag40.swf" which is the file I want my function to load when I click the button. I have everything working except for getting each button to tell my function which .swf to load.
I had a previous old script working with AS2 and have tried to convert it as the new system requires AS3 .the below script :
function displayItems() {
var xPos = 0;
var yPos = 0;[code].....
This gives me the following for the bolded line
Scene 1, Layer 'as', Frame 1, Line 44 1067: Implicit coercion of a value of type String to an unrelated type flash.display:DisplayObject.
This line used to be addmovieclip which worked. I'm not sure how to edit this to suit the new addchild method.
Is there a way besides pasting frames inside a layer to add an element into a timeline? I'd like to replicate the addChild functionality from actionScript into JSFL. So basically, I'd like to add a bunch of movieClips instances into another movie clip, does anyone know how to do this in JSFL?
View 1 RepliesI need to have five radiobuttons as a group, which needs be duplicated some n times.The following code works fine in Flash 8, But i dont know how to do it in Flash CS3, As i am new to this.thisFollowing is my code in flash 8:
for (i=1; i<6; i++) {
_level0.attachMovie("radioFiveGroup", "rg"+i, _level0.getNextHighestDepth());
this["rg"+i]._x = 200;
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I have an array with names referencing movieclips, how do I add them so that I can control them in a function? I want to control each one seperately.
If I wish to control the .x value of say myArray[1][6][12] do I have to call them individualy as in:
myArray[1].x+=128
myArray[6].x+=194
myArray[12].x+=236
Or can I control say the X coordinates of a bunch of movieclips in one line of code?
Here is my code:
ActionScript Code:
var myArray:Array = new Array();
var star:mcStar;
//var xpo:Number = new Number (Math.ceil(Math.random()* 400));//ignore
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I am working on an Augmented Reality project .. This is the code that is called when the marker makes contact with the webcam.
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Every time I remove the marker and put it back in view .. this script is called and is causing the action to duplicate itself over and over each time the marker is present. How can I do some sort of check to see if this is already added so that it wont duplicate ?
I am trying to addChild to Movie Clip by its instance name but can't do it.
Here is what I get when I trace my loader.name
MC_0
MC_1
MC_2
MC_3
Now I want to add a child to MC_2 but can't do it.
I tried
this[MC_2].addChild(player)
MC_2.addChild(player)
InfoMcHolder_mc[MC_2].addChild(player)
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