id like to get the coordinates x and y of each node (a point or vertex of a path) in a path (not dynamically created) in flash cs4 (and put them in an array).
it doesnt need to do it dynamically.
I am trying to find a way to add symbols from the library on text, but only when the symbol touches a pixel of a huge text. Example (see picture): On stage is a textfield. it shows "house" in huge letters. I want to put littles houses from the library on thoses letters. getPixel ? or how can i get the valid x, y, coordinates. hitTest?
View 1 RepliesLet's say I've this XML
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I think it must be done using a recursive function.
Wrong section, moved to actionscript 3 I'm having trouble with my code. I keep getting this error
TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
at Test_fla::MainTimeline/frame1()
I believe it has something to do with the array, considering it works when I remove the array stuff. What i'm trying to do is to be able to move objects through an array with my gravitate() function in the Grav Class.
stage.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,onLoop, false, 0, true);
for(var i:uint=0; i < numParticles; i++){
var p:Grav = new Grav(5, 0xff0000, Math.random()*250, Math.random()*250);
addChild(p);
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I came up with this code to see if it was possible to put an Array of Objects in a Sprite Object which would act as a container for the array. I found out that it is possible, but now I'm wondering if this is the best way to go about doing something like this.
ActionScript Code:
/*
Creating a container object that will
hold 3 Gear Objects.
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I have an Array with several Items (between 10-15)Now i wanted to give out these Items in Textfields dynamically.
View 2 RepliesI worked again on a new Project and stumbled while trying Arrays. I have two cubes(cube_mc, cube2_mc) in my scene.
My code:
var gy:Number = 0;
var gravity:Number = .2
var moving:Array = new Array(cube_mc, cube2_mc);
this.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, gravityFUNC);
function gravityFUNC(event:Event):void{
gy+=gravity;
moving.y+=gy;
};
I was trying to put both cubes into the array, and then affecting the whole Array with gravity. When I test it nothing happens, and it shows no errors.
I worked again on a new Project and stumbled while trying Arrays.
I have two cubes(cube_mc, cube2_mc) in my scene.
My code:
Code:var gy:Number = 0;
var gravity:Number = .2
var moving:Array = new Array(cube_mc, cube2_mc);
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I was trying to put both cubes into the array,
and then affecting the whole Array with gravity.
When I test it nothing happens, and it shows no errors.
I need to create a function with takes a text field and does two things with it.The first is to split text up into individual letters with each being a separate symbol. Basically the equivalent to breaking apart the text field, then converting each letter to symbols, then giving each letter its own unique name This is the way I'm doing it now and its very time consuming and not at all easy to update to text.The second part is to create an array containing all the instant names.For example if the text was "hello world", the function would create symbols with called n1 (containing h) , n2 (containing e) , n3 (containing l), n4 (containing l), n5 (containing o), and then the array would be [n1,n2,n3,n4,n5]
View 2 RepliesIs this correct? I am gettign this errorTypeError: Error #1007: Instantiation attempted on a non-constructor.I am trying to created a new instance of a movieclip on stage based on the number from elderCount.
//elderCount is a var:Number
var elderMan:Array = new Array(new starMovie());
var Star:starMovie = new elderMan[elderCount](stage);
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I am attempting to parse the following xml example into an array for accessing later in my flash file:
Code:
<root>
<books>
<book>
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I've got an XML Doc loaded in. I've created an Horizontal List and referenced the arraycollection as the Data Provider. But what I need to do now is then pull the data out from that. I have 3 nodes / variables. They are id, title, thumbnail. But when I go to pull through the data as : {videos.title} Flex Builder gives me the Error - "Access of undefined property videos". Now I know full well it exists, as when I set the dataProvider to {videos} it pulls through the data without issue.
My code is as follows :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Application xmlns:fx="[URL]"
xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"
minWidth="800" minHeight="600"
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How do I go about getting the XML Node : title and of course the thumbnail too?
im trying to get the grandchildren from all the children nodes and assign them to each parent in an array.
how many there are or the maybe none should be assigned to an array for that main parent. So basically i can list all the grandchildren data when i load the parent Nodes.
i want to load all the attributes by the name "pagename" within this xml file into an array : my_array
xml file:
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
- <earnvaluemanagement>
- <module id="01" title="Overview" foldername="content/module_01">
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I develop a piece of code that brings me to an xml, all Nodes i use this code:
for(var i=0; i< menu_xml.childNodes.length; i++){
corrent_node = menu_xml.childNodes[i].length;corrent_item.action = corrent_node.attributes.action;corrent_item.variables = corrent_node.attributes.variables;corrent_item.name.text = corrent_node.attributes.name;
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What I need is for each of the nodes highlighted in green to return the child Nodes. Example: when I move the mouse over the menu Indoor lighting, the results should be: Indoorlighting | LED 10W> 3W LED> LED 6W
For those unfamiliar with tree structures, tree structures are usually dynamic lists where every node has a pointer to two other nodes. They are arranged so it makes for faster searching and stuff and are very useful in programming languages that offer direct access to heap memory. Although I don't know if there would be benefits of making tree structures in AS would be of any help but I decided to have a go at it anyway. Since there are no pointers in flash I tried to just replace pointers to nodes with nodes themselves. Such things usually work in java I think because the language just automatically makes pointers for variables.
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Im trying to optimise my code a bit so i dont have ten lines of identical code on each button. Actionscript is not my strong point. Currently on each of the menu buttons there is this code:
// sets the vertical position of all scrollbars (name0) inside their content movieclips //(name) to _y = 0
on (release) {
setProperty("work1.carni.carni0", _y, "0");
setProperty("work1.dead.dead0", _y, "0");
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what i'd like to do is some kind of function like this, which does all the work in a frame on the main timeline. For example:
on each button:
// tells every "name0" mc to set _y to 0 within their respective content movieclips
on (release) {
vertical = (_y = 0);
verticalHold(vertical);
}
on the main timeline something like this:
// Get the command from the buttons and run the function and set all "name0" _y to 0
function verticalHold(vertical) {
setProperty(allName0Clips(vertical));
}
i've played around with this function for loading external swfs, but i have no idea how to make it set multiple _y positions. what about putting all the mc names into an array (called "allName0Clips") and doing it that way?
I've been putting data into an array via XML, and then selecting at random an image string to load in a pic at random. But whilst doing this, I wanted to remove the String from the Array that I have just used, so I don't get repetition of the same image in the output. I initially thought that pop would remove the string I had just used - But of course it Removes the last value in the Array instead, which doesn't really help.
Ok - so how about randomizing the data once inside the Array, after it has been pulled in from XML!? That way I can load in the 'last' image, and then pop it out! Keeping a randomized selection of images each time 'it' is loaded
So I've created a script where a mc is clicked on and the player can draw a path using the mouse. I'm trying to figure out how I can get the mc to follow the path drawn out by the player's mouse and when the player clicks again, it erases all of the path.my code is below
Code:
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;[code].....
I have used the script from this link:
[URL]
The swf file works correctly, but when it is published, the images to not load. Do I need to have the full path listed for the array?
this.pathToPics = "flashimages/";
is it possible to do this? And if so how? the xml is converted to an Object using XLEFF; there are five nodes en the specified path: var path:String = "mCb.mXMLloaderObj.dm.lang[0].menu[0].node.length"; trace(path) this will offcourse output just the path as a string. But I want to trace something like: trace(Object(path)); and hopefully get the number 5, which represents how many nodes there are in the specified path in the Object. Is this possibly? Because I can't find anyway to do this
View 6 RepliesHaving a hard time trying to resolve this issue, done a bit a of digging but can't find what i'm after. I'm pretty new to AS3 but know that Eval() has gone and been replaced with [] syntax. However, i'm trying to access a dynamic path to a clip and it seems that the array syntax will not allow more than one variable in a path.
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the same class is passed to the mxmlc compiler in SWF library as a symbol linkage class and again in a source-path. But the compiler uses the definition from the source-path so creating new instance of that class won't create new instance of the library symbol. How do I tell the compiler to prefer the definition linked to the symbol (the one dfrom SWC)?
I have my design assets in an FLA file and they are linked to classes (e.g. [URL]. Then I export those assets to a SWC library and pass it to the compiler. Now when I create an instance of the class (new MyAsset();) it will be a new instance of the library object.
But there are other classes too in the source folder (e.g. "com.myproject.model.*" so I need to pass the source folder to the compiler too. And that is the problem, now the compiler will use the MyAsset.as definition from the source path, not from the SWC where it is assigned to the library object so if I create new instance of MyAsset now it won't duplicate the library object.
Here's what i'm trying to do: Hide a MC depending on the path variable as:
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Well that doesn't work, for some reason, i can't use a string as a multiple level path..
I was wondering if it possible to write up some AS that will take line paths that you have drawn and convert them into a Path object? For example say you drew a jagged line from left to write, would there be a way to have AS convert that into a Path object.
View 11 RepliesIs it possible to draw out a path in the flash editor, set its visibility to hidden, and use this path data to animate objects in AS3?
View 1 Repliesi have a quick question what is the syntax if u want to use parametrs to define a path inside a path? i mean:
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does anyone know.... it's very important!
This is a head scratcher. Why would a root relative path cause a Security Sandbox error.. but an absolute path to the exact same path work fine..
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I have the following xml:
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This code filters out "steps" and "array" successfully. However, if I uncomment the "preDialogues" code to try and filter out preDialogues, the question node gets skipped entirely. I can see why this happens, but what can I do about it? Its been awhile since I've done recursion. I thought I could return some sort of combined list, or something, but I can't get anything to work.
I am displaying some flash content on a fairly standard page. This works really well when the flash, xml file and html page are sitting together in the same directory.url...However, I want to display that same content in another page which is deeper inside the site but outside of the directory that houses the .swf and .xml files as well as the assets.[code]The js files are loading properly but the flash content is not, so I could use a little help getting that sorted out.
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