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all groups > flash actionscript > january 2006 > threads for sunday january 29

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how do you make a character walk using the arrow keys
Posted by rbr1234 at 1/29/2006 9:25:15 PM
how do you make a guy actually move _x+5 every time you press the right arrow key...more >>


.jpg dimensions
Posted by gringojuan NO[at]SPAM gmail.com at 1/29/2006 7:55:49 PM
I am loading external .jpg files dynamically into a flash movie. Is there any way how you can get the picture?s dimensions (width,height) before you start loading them? I would like to set x,y position of a .jpg (according to its landscape or portrait orienatation) before I start download the ...more >>

Spacing dynamically loaded thumbnails.
Posted by DadrianKaelan at 1/29/2006 7:45:36 PM
I'm creating a thumbnail display that is loaded via an XML doc. Everything works perfectly fine if I put the number of movie clips before hand (another words create them on the Stage manually), however this defeats the purpose of them being dynamic I suppose since I can only load a set amount ...more >>

Help with adapting gallery code
Posted by alanwallace4 at 1/29/2006 7:16:33 PM
Hi there, Im trying to adapt this code but im finding it very hard to understand. http://www.photo.alanwallace.co.uk is the gallery that i have at present. What i would like to do is have the first image to be displayed when the page loads up, rather than just have the space until a thumb is...more >>

Scrolling Around a Large Map
Posted by MonkeyPiePdx at 1/29/2006 5:39:39 PM
I have a large map in a smaller window and I want to have an up/down/left/right button on the map for the user to be able to click to move around. I know how to use the "on(release){mymap._x= . . . .}, but I need a couple things to happen: 1) there needs to be a limit when the map hits th...more >>

Deleting Classes
Posted by bderber at 1/29/2006 5:08:27 PM
I have a number of functions in a class i call Init. It is about 1000 lines of code. Can I delete the class after it is run to restore memory for data? all help apprecaited. bob...more >>

Cross Fade Images
Posted by alfonce at 1/29/2006 3:36:44 PM
Hi this code I am trying to develop to cross fade 13 movie clip images in a continuous loop. The image movie clips all sit on the time line in their own layers in frame one. In frame one I have an action layer with the following code. Note I have only gone as far as image 2 as my method ...more >>

Flash 8 File Download Problem
Posted by shandar at 1/29/2006 2:20:32 PM
I'm using Flash 8's FileReference class to download a file. Everything works when testing the file inside the Flash authoring environment, but it doesn't work when I upload the swf and html file to a server (the file to be downloaded is sitting in the same directory on the server as the swf). ...more >>



Using actionscript to animate a vertex point
Posted by Rumack at 1/29/2006 1:31:03 PM
Hi. Let's say I have a square shape and I want to move the top right vertex point 20 pixels to the right. The problem is that I want to do it using solely action script. I know it's possible, http://www.neave.com/ is a site where they use this knowledge. Check the borders. ...more >>

return currentSlide name
Posted by joyofous at 1/29/2006 1:11:33 PM
Hello, I have created a dinamic textfield and i whould like the current slide name to appear in it, but i have found no way to do it. this.ruta.text = currentSlide._name; ruta is the instance name of the textfield, it gives me undefined. What can I do? Please, Please Please help.... ...more >>

Changing and hiding Cursor
Posted by LSniper at 1/29/2006 4:27:23 AM
This is the first flash I've worked on which involves changing and dragging the mouse cursor, but the problem i am having is that when you leave the flash area then enter the flash area again, my custom cursor is there, however, the default mouse cursor also appears again. I am using this in m...more >>

dynamic text box
Posted by Dier02 at 1/29/2006 2:16:49 AM
I am creating a spelling game for the children in my class and what to add dynamic text boxes but want to put the 10 spelling words into one text file rather than ten different text files - how do I do this? ...more >>

What the-
Posted by Blitz_NCF at 1/29/2006 2:15:08 AM
Im new here, so dont totally kill me if this is the wrong section. I dont know where else to post this. I'm trying to make a random quote genorator with the help of http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/random_quotes.htm and did exactly what it said. When I tested the movie, this error mess...more >>

xml val outside of onload
Posted by Bimo Remus at 1/29/2006 1:22:02 AM
If I am successfully geting the contents of an xml file like this,: var xmlLoc:String = "xml/video.xml"; // create the XML object var videoLocXML:XML = new XML(); videoLocXML.ignoreWhite = true; // create the event for when it laods content videoLocXML.onLoad = function(success) { ...more >>

how do I...
Posted by nosupport at 1/29/2006 12:06:14 AM
This is what I am trying to do. If I press button 1 it goes to frame2. If I press button 1 again it goes to frame 2, and checks to see if I have already been there. If I have been there it goes to frame 3. If not it stays and plays frame 2. How do I do this.? ...more >>

Preloading a swf when using loadMovie.
Posted by DadrianKaelan at 1/29/2006 12:00:00 AM
I never thought I'd actually have to deal with this problem because ordinarily I use the MovieClipLoader class to load external swf files, however I've been requested to make this particular project compadible with older versions of Flash that don't support the MovieClipLoader Class. Other tha...more >>

help for newbie, emphasis on the 'new'
Posted by chrisjongkind at 1/29/2006 12:00:00 AM
guys, thanks for helping... I have a movieclip in scene 1 that leads to scene 2 when clicked. both scenes have several other matching movieclips; if one of those movieclips is off (I have them all turning on/off with checkboxes in scene 1) in scene 1, how can I have it already off when I cl...more >>


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