Dotted Lines as outline for dynamically created shapes?

Question

Hey all, I'm building a site whose flat, vector shapes need
an outline of a dotted line.
The majority of these shapes are simply rectangles with
rounded corners. All are created dynamically.
I could do each shape's lines by hand and attach them, but
I'd much rather use a script. Anyone have any suggestions? :) I
could use a good jump-start on tackling this.
Thanks in advance -
andy

Answer 1

Yeah I agree, this is not an easy task. However senocular has
a package that you can download that will get you pretty close to
your goal. So if you download the zip here;
http://www.senocular.com/flash/source.php?id=0.159
…and comment out and modify the code in the fla as the
following;
import com.senocular.drawing.*;
// create ProgressiveDrawing instance to draw in _root
//var myDrawing:ProgressiveDrawing = new
ProgressiveDrawing(_root);
// create DashedLine instance to draw in myDrawing
(ProgressiveDrawing)
// use random dash sizes
var myDash:DashedLine = new DashedLine(this, 35, 35);
// reset linestyle to random size and color
myDash.clear();
myDash.lineStyle(5, 0xFF0000, 100);
// draw a circle in the myDash instance
circle(myDash, 150,150, 200,200, true);
// because all myDash drawings were added to myDrawing,
// myDrawing will draw a dashed circle when draw is called
//myDrawing.draw(100);
…this will create a constant circle with a dashed line
versus creating a random circle. You can obviously change the
values on that frame which will change the color and spacing
between the dashes (and a few other parameters will change others).
If you notice the circle(), this is created also on the first frame
but on a different layer. This is where you would want to change
your shapes. Just create another layer that will contain a
different shape. I hope this helps, regardless have a high regard
for senocular and other developers that contributed to this
package.