For my Flash class, my professor is making us create a four room "adventure game" created entirely in an external class with ActionScript. I know how to get things set up,
View 1 RepliesFirst off, here are the files I'm dealing with:
1. guestbook.php
2. guestbook.txt
3. guestbook.swf
4. main.swf
I have a form on guestbook.swf that sends the data to guestbook.php which then reads and writes to guestbook.txt. Guestbook.swf works fine as a standalone movie - it'll read the text file and then display the data in the dynamic text box named 'guestbook'.
However, when I try to load guestbook.swf into a movie clip named 'content' from main.swf the data is not being shown in my dynamic text box ('guestbook'). I'm pretting sure it has something to due with a targeting issue, but I'm not sure how to do this.
Here is the code that I think is causing the problem (action for submit form in guestbook.swf):
on(release){
if(name eq ""){
warning = "You forgot your name!";
}else if(message eq ""){
[code]....
I've tried changing '0' to "_root.content.guestbook" in loadVariablesNum but when I tested it out, as soon as I click on submit it opens up another window with the address guestbook.php. I want the data to load in text box 'guestbook' not in another window.
I'm building an entirely flash based website using Flash CS3 and ActionScript 2. I'm using external movies for the various pages, and putting buttons that control these movies in the main movie file. Normally, I'd simply put the script to control the buttons on the main movie file, not the external ones, but because there's more than two different pages and I'm fading each external clip in and out, I'm wondering if possible to put the script, for the buttons on the main movie, on the external movies.
View 15 RepliesI have a Main.fla which loads Main.as as its document class. In Main.as I have a public function named "Main" which runs a trace. I also have another .as file called Preloader.as, which also has a public function in it, this one named "Preloader" with simple trace in it. I just cannot figure out how to use Preloader() from the Preloader class in Main() from the Main class. Main.as loads up fine when the SWF loads and traces.
View 10 RepliesI'm trying to create a new instance of a MovieClip when the original one has been used. Would sound easy enough. Just use: var
instanceName:ClassName = new ClassName();
the class name/mc in the library im trying to duplicate is MCg1 so
var instanceName:MCg1 = new MCg1(); right?
However, the particular object in the library i'm trying to duplicate has a base class that is an external class file (just to control it's drag drop functionality)... i.e baseclass is not set to the standard flash.display.MovieClip, or whatever the case maybe. So i end out with a: TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
I am trying to access a function in a loaded swf that has external class.. I would like to avoid having to put the function on my "Main" Doc class in the external swf and instead access the function directly from the class
This is what ive tried so far and it's a no dice:
private function startLoad(){
var loader:Loader = new Loader();
var req:URLRequest = new URLRequest("one.swf");
[Code]....
Lets say I have Main.swf and sub.swf, and I wanna load sub when I press a button from Main, but sub.swf has its own external class file attached, so here is the problem, when I load sub using loader class and I would get this message from the output panel:
TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
at subScript()
seems loader class can not access sub.swf's external class when sub is being loaded.
This is sooo anoying! I can't type anything properly! The longer a line gets, the further the blinking line thing intersects with what you typed, and punctuation obstructs the text
View 3 RepliesHow to make an object or pic in a webpage slowly blur when mouse overed ?
View 21 RepliesI'm trying to create a simple top game. Except, the movement of toy tops isn't so simple.I've been able to get the top to trace out squashed loocking spirals. However, the motion isn't random and there's no object detection. I was thinking that some variation of a bouncing ball script might work. However, the movement would have to be confined to the appearance of a perspective plane (so that it looks like it is spinning on something flat)
View 11 RepliesI was wondering if there is a good editor I could use for scripting in actionscript 3. I dont want to use flash 9 alpha or flex builder 2. Are there any other ones just for actionscript that yall can recommend?
View 14 RepliesI'm going to have a bunch of questions as I progress through the tutorial.http:[url]....At the bottom of the page, sen writes this:Finally the function to make it all happen.This will base camera movement off of the arrow keys and use
clip._x += Math.cos(angle)*radius;
clip._y += Math.sin(angle)*radius;However in his code he writes this:cameraView.x += Math.sin(cameraView.rotation)*movement;
cameraView.z += Math.cos(cameraView.rotation)*movement;what happens is he switches the sin and cos methods from what he said. However, for displaying all the "figures" those far and including this example, cos was used for "x" and sin was used for "y" like so:
var x = Math.cos(angle)*this.radius;
var z = Math.sin(angle)*this.radius;
I'm using Flash CS3 with Actionscript 3, and I need to have a scripting language that the user can use. If they could type in their own actionscript and have it evaluated, that would be perfect. Another scripting language such as Lua would be fine too. I looked into lua alchemy, but it seems poorly supported so I'd rather not use that. The Eval command from actionscript 2 isn't available in as3, and some of the things I've heard indicate that it's functionality is pretty limited, although I've never used it before.
View 1 RepliesI have a sample fla file, but I can't find where to edit the scripting in it. Basically there are 2 buttons, each one going to a different URL. I can't figure out where to change the URLs they go to. I've looked literally everywhere in flash.
View 1 RepliesAm I correct in nesting packages as attached?I thought this scripting would allow me to actually draw after runtime?
[code]...
I have the animation performing ok in the file, but I am having trouble getting the movie clip to play on mouseover. could really use some advice on this. I've been through a number of tutorials, but cannot get this file to play nice.On mouseover, the menu should animate down (play the clip). This brings up another question, however How do I get the menu to receed (animate up) when the cursor leaves the button region?
View 2 RepliesI have a sample fla file, but I can't find where to edit the scripting in it. Basically there are 2 buttons, each one going to a different URL. I can't figure out where to change the URLs they go to. I've looked literally everywhere in flash.
View 1 RepliesIs there a way to not to use flash as a platform for mic recording based script?
View 1 RepliesI have a movie with a document class (Main.as) wich load 2 SWF:
private var mainContainer:Sprite = new Sprite();
addChild(mainContainer);
var loaderx:Loader = new Loader();[code]....
Now I need to access some var/objects in PhotoLoader from PhotoViewer but anytime I compile PhotoViewer the compiler complains:
trace(root.loaderx.dbFields);
1119: Access of possibly undefined property loaderx through a reference with
static type flash.display:DisplayObject.
Notice I need communication between the 2 loaded SWFs, not from the movie that loaded them
can anyone point me in the direction of a script that loads as such on this website: url...
-go to "collection"
-click on the image and see how the images are broken into long rectangles that then builds itself up to form the complete image.
how is this done?where can i find the script if it is at all?
I'm developing an intro for a site, its 10 seconds long and has streaming sound in the background...I streamed it, because it has an image flash onto the screen in unison with a drumbeat.
I want to get the file size as low as possible, because they are not looking for a loader in the beginning. [URL].. I'm using Alpha's to fade the images in and out, and I know alpha %'s can kill file size.
I understand there is a _visibility function that can be applied, can you help me out on the syntax for calling it?
I have a Flash sitethat I am buiding, and I have all the buttons set up as movieClips so that they can have a more extensive rollover state. I have each page of the site separated into separate scenes. I am just trying to script the movieClips to gotoAndPlay (scene, frame); here is the code I am using:
on (release) {
trace("FAQ");
gotoAndPlay("FAQ","start");
}
"FAQ" being the scene name, and "start" being the frame label. I am just tracing the onRelease to make sure it is getting the right info. It is.
i am using the external preloader that downloads the external swfs into levels. I manaaged to make the external preloader work.Now, I am working on displaying the progress of the preloader bar. However the preloader bar do not show its progress. The preloader bar just stay there as visible. However the progress is not seen. The preloader bar is supposed to show the increasing length of the bar as it downloads the bytes.I am wondering where it goes wrong with my codes.
LoadMovie - (Level 0)
First frame of actions layer
loadMovNum("external1.swf",1)
stop();
Frame frame of loaderMC layer No actions at all. But the loader as MC will be placed on loaderMC layer.This is the script of the loader.
First frame
stop ();
Second Frame
Empty
[code]....
As you can see that I have been working so hard on this preloader issue and my attempts to create the preloader that works with downloading external swfs are not successful.
How could I modify this code to keep the flakes from falling within 12px on all four sides plus a 22 radius on the corners. I could just load the swf into a master file to accomplish this but it's gonna be such a simple piece I was hoping there could be a way to just use code to do it. Also, this AS only works as 1.0 and Flash Player 6. Any clue how to upgrade it?
Code:
// snowflakes
amount = 100;
[code].....
have code to set up a situation where you can say when symbol "A" is clicked symbol "C" will show up at these coordinates. And that when symbol "B" is clicked that symbol "C" goes away and symbol "D" appears. I have multiple labels set up in the file and would like for the symbols that appear to stay when moving from label to label,
View 6 RepliesI have just received a xml and flash CS3 file from another client They would like me to add some animation in here How do I add a Swf or movie into xml scripting without touching my fla file Also I can't seem to edit the fla file to add a holder as when I test my movie (make it a swf file) it's all jumbled. I'm not sure who created this so I can't ask the designer.
View 5 RepliesI'm currently reading the book Learning ActionScript 3.0 and have dificulties understanding some programing basics due to my total lack of prior programing knowledge.For example now I'm looking at this script from the book that traces a list of all display objects on the stage and their children:[code]I understand everything except one thing. When there is an object with children (DisplayObjectContainer), the function traces the object but doesn't proceed and calls itself starting all over again this time analyzing the first child of the object. And if the child also have children itself the list will branch out until there is an object without children.What I don't understand is how the function at this point knows how to return to the last parent object and continue to analyzes its other children if any.For example when the function analyzes the stage of a scene with the following content how does the function know to continue analyzing child0. To me, looking at the code, I would expect the function to exit after listing [object StaticText]. I have hard time understanding what makes the function go back to largeContainer and continues with its child0 and so on.[code]This all what the book says regarding this which is not enough for me to understand this process:the function calls itself again. passing in the object currentlybeing inspected. This concept is called recursion. A function calling itself mayseem redundant, but it can be very useful. In this case, each time the functionis called, it receives a new display object to analyze, so the function reportsthe contents of that specific display object. The result is a complete walkthroughof all display objects, no matter how many children each may have.
View 5 RepliesMy client's webside does not have any server side scripting support. Is it possible to send email without server side scripting and email programs? Can HTML's emailto send emails from flash?
View 4 RepliesI wrote a post a week ago but it seems no one is able to help or I didn't explain my problem well enough, so here I go again.I want to load an external SWF, get an object reference from it and add it to the PV3D scene of my main class. The problem is even though the types have the same names, they are not recognized as the same type.
---------------------------------pv3Dviewer--------------------------- -----------
package {
import org.papervision3d.objects.primitives.Sphere;
public class pv3Dviewer extends Sprite {
[code]....
When pv3Dviewer is run, it traces "no". If I try to assign shereRemote without type casting i get this error:TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert org.papervision3d.objects.primitives::Sphere@59930b1 to org.papervision3d.objects.primitives.Sphere.
Let me start off by stating that I am a novice developer, so please excuse the elementary nature of my question(s). I am currently working on a Flex Application, and am getting more and more confused about when to use server side scripting, and when to develop web services. For most of the functionality I am working on, I am taking various files from the user (client), uploading to the server for processing/conversion, then sending back to client in new format.
I am accomplishing most of this using asp.net generic handlers (ashx) files, but not very confident this is best practice. But at the same time, does making web services make any more sense? What would be considered best practice for this?