Actionscript 2.0 :: Add A Couple Of Options To Lee Brimelows Xml Slidesh
May 17, 2009
On page [URL] .Lee Brimelow does an article on Flash and Xml describing how to a build a Flash slideshow using xml. I already have slideshows on my Granddaughters website but what I did not like was I had no option to have a text description or not. It was all or nothing with "defined" appearing if no text was added. What is does have however are a dynamic text box that gives the number of photos available and tells you also the number you are on. Also after clicking on the first button you can then use you keyboard to work the buttons. [URL] I have tried everything I can think of to get these two options working on Lee's but I am stumped. I just want my grandaughters pages to be the best they can be.I am using Flash 8 Pro
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var x:XML = new XML();
x.ignoreWhite = true;
var urls:Array = new Array();
Im building a program that queries a database for options and displays the options in a number of comboBoxes. The comboBoxes are dynamically built and loaded via code and added to the stage. I would like to build the comboBoxes into a single movie clip (maybe not the correct wording) so I can use options like tweening and such to make it look better. The code is below.
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_root.bullets_mc.flip_mc.points_display.text = "You have a total of "+formatNumber(totalEntries) + "Hits";
Im working on something it coming right a long, but i think i did something wrong. I have a script see buttom, but is stops working after 3 or 4 clicks, the thing is that the bar is supposed to slide if you click on it end if ther is a bar in the way its going to take that with him.
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I try to convert a game made in another language in AS 3. So far things went good but...I am having a problem on how to implement some things. For example I want to make an animation of a planet spinning ( from some couple og images )actionscript ( I would prefer to set speed of frames from code at one point )? An example would be nice or some ideas. But if it cant
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it hides the MC but doesnt return visible on release of PGDN. Ive had a go at trying to fix this but i cant find the right command in the actionscript dictionary. Also is it possible for the MC to hide only on the holding down of multiple keys.
I want to do a small delay for just a couple of frame between each duplicating in the script below. how to do this? Is there any easier way than using setinterval? I have tried using setinterval but I don't understand how to do it.show me another way to create timing with actionscript...
function makeItems() { button._visible = 0; for (var i = 0; i<item.length; i++) {[code]....
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Code: btnPlay.onRelease = function () { ns.pause(); }
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Code:
var speed:Number = 100; var myNumber:Number; var myMax:Number = 50;[code]...
Sometimes while typing in a textarea in Flex many characters will be rendered at one height then at some point on that same text line the rest of the characters are rendered a couple pixels lower than the rest. Here is an example, look at the last 'I' character, its low:
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