I have a dynamically created textfield, and I would like to convert this textfield into a movieclip containing a childmovieclip for each letter of the text, so that i can animate the letters individually (for example treat them as particles and make them explode). Of course the converted movieclip should still look the same way as the original textfield.
View 3 RepliesI have created 25 MovieClips on the stage in 5 X 5 matrix.How can I treat 5 movieclips in each row as a group of movieclips so that I can apply same set action to them?(Similar to RadioButton functionality. )
View 6 RepliesI'm trying to build an AIR app to convert a group of png images in my desktop to SWFs.So far I can do that using PNGEncoder to convert the loaded images into a byteArray and then using another ByteArray to generate the swf.The problem is I want to compress the images as well and PNGEncoder class doesn't support compression. I triyed with JPGEncoder, which supports compression, but it wont support transparency.
What I'm trying to do is something like the properties menu in the Flash IDE where you can select a png and apply a jpg compression to it. And when you export the png's transparency is preserved.The point of this is so is easy to convert, lets say, 100 pngs into swfs (without having to load each one of them into flash, adjust document size, export, ...)
I need to be able to click and drag multiple objects at the same time I can make it drag 2 objects but when I add another one it doesn't work?
View 2 RepliesI have a project which has loads of FLA's with embedded textfields on the timelines. We now need to localize this project into Arabic, with right-to-left text (pulled in from XML) - my understanding is that this is only possible with TLF textfields.
It's going to be a huge task to manually convert all these texfields to TLF. Is there a way to programmatically set a normal textfield to be a TLF textfield?
I need basically a way to convert a group of selected text in movieclips separately with Flash commands. For example, I know to select just text items in the stage is:
var theSelectionArray = fl.getDocumentDOM().selection;
for(var i = 0; i < theSelectionArray.length; i++){
if(theSelectionArray[i].elementType == "text"){
...
}
}
And I know to convert a selection in a movieclip is:
fl.getDocumentDOM().convertToSymbol("movie clip", theName, "top left");
So I need to know the way to loop over the stage and convert each text field in a movieclip.
I want to use compiled clips to speed up compilation. But I've found following problem: I've got Foo class, which extends MovieClip and is set as 'Class' to one of library's symbol (this symbol is also called Foo). This symbol (Foo) has a MovieClip child, whose instance name is FOO_CHILD. I'm referencing this child inside Foo class constructor like this:
public function Foo(){
childReferennce = this.getChildByName("FOO_CHILD");
}
Now, when I use 'Convert into compiled clip' option on Foo library symbol it complies fine. But when I try to use it on stage, then I've got runtime error (ReferenceError: Error #1056 which says that it is not able to create "FOO_CHILD" property on my Foo class).
TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert flash.display::SimpleButton@f8beaf1 to flash.text.TextField.
I put in a dynamic textbox and attempt to print something into it. but once i put in that textbox, i get the above error when i debug.
I'm making a drag and drop wordgame, and I've encountered a rather irritating problem. Based on the words contained in an array, I create different movieclips with drag and drop functionality, so that they can be dragged on top of the corresponding correct translation of the word. Problem is that when I add a textfield to my buttons (using addchild), dragging and dropping becomes rather buggy, and dropping doesn't work properly, quite often. "Bug-free" version, no text on the MCs: [URL] This was done based on a tutorial that used pre-made movieclips containing shapes, maybe it was at kirupa, I don't remember where I read it I'm afraid. There are many tutorials out there on this subject, but I haven't found any that show you how to dynamically create movieclips which contain text and drag/drop functions. Here's the code:
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I keep getting this error and I'm not sure why.
TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert flash.text::TextField@3a062121 to fl.controls.TextArea.
at SrHome_fla::MainTimeline/frame3()
at flash.display::MovieClip/gotoAndPlay()
at SrHome_fla::intro_mc_3/frame139()
Here is the code that I am using that produces that error.
import fl.controls.*;
var info_txt:TextArea = photoArea_mc.photoSquare_mc.info_txt;
var image:XML = new XML(<image/>);
image.@fileName = "pic1.jpg";
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I'm just a beginner and I wanted to know if it is possible to change a textfield into a movieclip, and how could I do this.
View 3 RepliesI've got some MC's in my library that have radiobuttons in them -- all of this created at design time -- and pull them onto the stage dynamically. My question is how do I get the selectedData from the group? The setup is like this: In a MC called pageOne, I have a group of buttons with a group name of Q1, Q2, etc. I pull the MC onto the stage like this:
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Do I need instance names on each of the buttons and add listeners to all of them?
My text field is instantiated with this:
Code:
m_premText = this['customerPremiumText'];
To convert this string to a number, I tried this:
[code]......
My designer provides me lots of MovieClips containing buttons and its states and most of them contain a TLF TextField. Now I do not want to check each MovieClip where a TLF TextField is used. Can I know exactly in which MovieClips and buttons a TLF TextFields has been used so that I can convert them to a classic TextField, or any method to convert all TLF TextFields to classic automatically by the compiler itself? I tried deleting the TLF library from publish settings: it starts giving me an error, but still not pointing me to where TLF TextFields are being used.
View 1 RepliesIs it possible to convert a sprite or movieclip with 3d properties such as rotationY = 20 to a Bitmap. I have tried the following method (which works fine if no 3D parameters have been applied):
Code:
mySprite.rotationY = 20;
var myBitmapData:BitmapData = new BitmapData(mySprite.width, mySprite.height, true, 0x00FFFFFF);
myBitmapData.draw(mySprite);
var myBitmap:Bitmap = new Bitmap(myBitmapData, "auto", true);
However this returns the following error: Error #2015: Invalid BitmapData I have read that when you use any of the 3D parameters on a sprite or MovieClip, that Flash caches these as Bitmaps - is it therefore possible to get this data and put into a Bitmap variable?
This is probably not the most clever way of doing what I'm doing but I'm getting stuck either way.I've got a whole bunch of MCs on the stage which I want to interact with, I'm trying to use an array which carries their instance names as strings then converting that string to MovieClip. If there's a better way to do this then I'm all ears.simplified code:
ActionScript Code:
var areaNames:Array = ["buttons.australia", "buttons.international"];
for (var i:int = 0; i<areaNames.length; i++) {
[code].....
Is it possible convert 500 bitmap to movieclips at once or did i have convert all one by one.
View 8 RepliesWhat I have so far is a carouselmenu. I got a actionscript page (page1.as) where I load another one (page2.as) into. page2.as is a Sprite (or MC whatever). I can load and display the sprite in page1 successfully (several instances). I also have an eventhandler when i click on an instance of page2. The problem now is that I have defined a textField inside page2 that is also being displayed. What's not working here is that when I mouse over the text, I cannot click on it (the cursor turns into the cursor that appears when I mouse over a text as in MS Word or similar for being able to mark the text). So I thought of making a bitmap out of the text field. how to transform a text(field or string) into a bitmap?
View 2 RepliesI have an array of ingredients for soup as strings. These ingredients are also movieclips in my library, all linked with an identifier. I want to add the movieclips to the stage dynamically.
I tried getDefinitionByName but I keep getting an error that the variable "appel" (veg[0] in this case) is undefined. And basically, I only have a general idea what I'm doing here, so I would be grateful if someone could explain it to me or link me to a helpful tutorial.
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if got a question, when designing in the fla, you can create objects convert them to movieclips and then double click on that movieclip so your inside your movieclip. Now i wanted to code everything so no more designing any more just code. Now i searched google for a as3 movieclip in movieclip but cant seem to find anything.
So what i basically want is a code for; the design trick movieclip in movieclip.
I have some code here for some falling leaves. I was wondering how it can be altered so there is a delay between a group of leaves falling and the next group falling? also to slow down at the end of the fall? [code]
View 9 RepliesI want to split a string into its individual characters and then put them in movieclips so that they can be individually tweened.
i was thinking i could split() the string into an array and then create an array of movieclips, each movieclip containing the corresponding letter in the split() array. would this be a good way to resemble a textfield? im looking to do something like the effect here: [URL] i just don't feel like spending $99 to get the package.
I'm new to oop and I'm trying to convert a auto scrolling TextField into a class. I guess it has something to do with there not being a stage when the class is instantiated but I'm not sure how to get around it. my code:
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I have a basic input textfield that's inside a couple of movieclips. I have it set to input, and the cursor obediently appears when it's focused. However, any typing on the keyboard yields absolutely nothing. I'm curious as to what needs to happen to an input textfield to actually allow it to grow to become the input textfield it was meant to be. Now, the whole deal runs just fine when tested from the Flash IDE, but once it is published and embedded online it's hopelessly useless. I have two fields, the first being for an email and the second for a password. I've tried just about every combination of setting I could find, but here is the latest:
PHP Code:
emailField.type = TextFieldType.INPUT;
emailField.defaultTextFormat = formatField;
emailField.textColor = fieldColor;emailField.text = "";
emailField.background = true;
emailField.border = true;
I'm aware that how something is embedded somehow effects how it works (though I'm fairly certain the display engine is made by the same people? ), so here is the embed [Code] ..... Everything else works just fine though... how the buttons interact, ExternalInterface, etc.. How what should be the simplest task fails to function just amazes me though. Do I have to literally make listeners to process all of the keyboard input? That would suck... but why would it work fine when I do "Test Project" and not when it's published and embedded?
im trying to disable a radio button group in flash, so users cant change the selected item.
im using the following code to create the radio button
var rbuttongroup:RadioButtonGroup=new RadioButtonGroup("radioGroup");
then adding radio buttons to it on the fly, my question is how do i go about disabling the radio buttons ?
EDIT - im using action script 3.0 !! and when i try doing
rbg.enabled = false;
i get an error 1119: Access of possibly undefined property enabled through a reference with static type fl.controls:RadioButtonGroup.
So I create a point cloud, in 3d with code like (flash 10.1 CS5):
import flash.display.Bitmap;
import flash.display.BitmapData;
var bmd:BitmapData = new BitmapData(400, 400, true, 0xFFCCCCCC);
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<s:Group id="g1">
<s:Group id="g2" width="100" x="-40"/>
</s:Group>
I have a group that contains elements placed at negative coordinate values. I would like to get the total width of the group including parts of elements placed at negative values. In the example above g1.width returns 60 (100-40) but i like to get the value 100. In the example bellow g3.width returns 0 and still i like to get the value 100. How can I do this.I have debugged the application and no property of g1 or g3 is 100.I get the values I want if I use the Box class instead but how do I get the values i want with the Group class?
<s:Group id="g3">
<s:Group id="g4" width="100" x="-150"/>
</s:Group>
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I need to reset or deselect a group of radio buttons. How do I do that ?
View 2 RepliesI have a large amount of POIs at the same spot (e.g. the same district). If I zoom out the map I want to group these nearby POIs to one big Spot so that the map doesn't get filled up with pois. For example: [URL]. But instead of decluttering them I want to group them into 1 bigger spot. Is there a way to do this?
View 1 Repliesi would just like to ask why is the case that when i use embedfonts = true on a textfield, the textfield's text only resizes according to the textfield's height but not the textfield's width. meaning if i make the textfield's height bigger, the text also gets bigger in terms of height, but not width, can't the embedded font maintain aspect ratio according to the textfield height?
I'm only wondering about this because this is not the case when embedfonts= false