Frame action between MovieClips
Hello Everyone,
I have a little problem with actionscript/behaviors. What I
want to do is create a frame action or behavior that takes you from
one frame in a MovieClip to a label in the scene 1 timeline.
Any Ideas?
Thanks,
Todd
I tried that but I can only get it to work if the action is
in the same timeline. I'm trying to go from a frame in a
movieclip's timeline to a frame in the scene 1 timeline, separate
timelines.
Can I do this using frame action of gotoandplay?
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i have some script to scroll my content in movieclip
i use this tutorial :
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copy all actions , scrollbar movieclip and mask_mc in the same
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i get no error in compiler when test it but the content not scrollable any more !!
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but not success at all
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Any help would be greatly appreciated.kglad wrote:
what's parts_mc.parts_mc???
Not sure where you see that. I see pages_mc.parts_mc which is just because the parts_mc movieclip is nested on the 6th frame of the pages_mc movieclip.
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Seems to be working so far.
Here's the code:
Frame 1
/* Declaring variables. */
var pagenumber:Number;
var moving:Number = 0;
var firstTime:Number = 0;
var xmoved:Number;
var xbegin:Number;
Frame 2
pages_mc.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, pageNum);
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I am on Windows XP, but I need the Windows projector file to work on XP, Vista, and 7, and the Mac projector file to work on 10.0 forward.
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Sorry - meant "GetURL." =)
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FSCommand or anything? Or just the single line?
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Flash contintues to get worse with every improvement to the
point where it's almost as useless as the online manual whiich
takes half an hour to open and finds trillions of results for every
keyword and none for what I want to know. I spent ages learning
Flash a couple of versions ago and its so different its like a new
program. I really hate it.
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action. And what do I do now, except throw out this bleeping
program.dkd;alkje;oihp[oihjl,
> Flash contintues to get worse with every
> improvement to the point where it's almost
> as useless as ...
So use an older version, right? Or go outside and play
badminton or
something. ;) Take a jog, maybe; clear your head.
> I spent ages learning Flash a couple of versions
> ago and its so different its like a new program.
> I really hate it.
Honestly, I'm sorry to hear you're so upset by it. In truth,
the
program has become a lot more powerful. It does so much
*more* than it ever
used to, which means it allows *me* to do so much more than I
ever used to.
I can't think of another program that does cartoons, web
stuff, CD-ROM
stuff, titling and overlays for video, rich Internet
applications, games,
and the list goes on. Thanks to Flash, I was able to quit my
day job,
believe it or not, and make even more money working from
home.
> So what the bleep happened to the bleeping "call
> frame" action. And what do I do now, except
> throw out this bleeping program.
Well, you mentioned the documentation that "takes half an
hour to open,"
but all I had to do was hit the F1 key. The Help files opened
in less than
a second. I searched the word "call" and found the "call
function" entry
right away. According to the documentation, this action was
deprecated in
favor of the function statement since Flash 5. You can still
use it, of
course, and the details are right there at your finger tips.
David
stiller (at) quip (dot) net
Dev essays:
http://www.quip.net/blog/
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KatieWhy dont you try interfacing?
make each panel ot tabbed pannel implemet this interface
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public void cut();
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the wood for the trees?
many thanks in advanceCyman666,
> i got my idea of having an action on a frame at the end
of the
> reversed animation to work!
Great! Yes, it's important to realize that your code and be
associated
with any keyframe on any timeline, and depending on your
needs, multiple
keyframes is often a useful way to gol.
> but would still like to know if theres a better way to
do it?
>
> i guess it would be some type of variable?
Yes, you could certainly declare a variable to hold whatever
information
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> " if printwork button is pressed then goto and play
frame 20
> then goto scene 2"
> " if illustration button pressed then goto and play
frame 20
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FLA file and
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this code simply declares a variable named myVar, types it as
a String
(because that's what it's going to be), and then set it to
the String value
"Scene 1 timeline," which is where you are. After that, the
MovieClip.gotoAndPlay() method is invoked on the main
timeline (which is, in
fact, a movie clip), instructing this timeline to go to Scene
3 and play
frame 1 of that scene.
Pretty straightforward, right? Now open your Scene panel
(Window >
Other Panels > Scene) and create two new scenes, which
will by default be
named Scene 2 and Scene 3. Select Scene 3 and enter the
following code in
frame 1:
trace("Just came from: " + myVar);
myVar = "Scene 3 timeline";
this.gotoAndPlay(1, "Scene 2");
When you eventually test this SWF, it's going to create the
myVar
variable, then jump to Scene 3. When the playhead hits frame
1 of Scene 3,
the trace() function will output the message "Just came from:
Scene 1
timeline," because the value of myVar at this point is "Scene
1 timeline".
Does that make sense? You'll see this message in the Output
panel, which
will open for you automatically if it isn't already open.
After the trace()
function, the value of myVar is set to "Scene 3 timeline,"
and the playhead
is sent to Scene 2.
Select Scene 2 from the Scene panel and enter the following
final code
in frame 1:
trace("Just came from: " + myVar);
myVar = "Scene 2 timeline";
trace("Stopped at: " + myVar);
this.stop();
Study that code a bit, but it should probably make sense by
now. Test
your SWF, and you should see the following messages in your
Output panel:
Just came from: Scene 1 timeline
Just came from: Scene 3 timeline
Stopped at: Scene 2 timeline
So, in AS3, variables carry over from scene to scene. In
your case, you
may want to declare a variable in frame 1 of Scene 1 that
describes the
timeline most recently visited. In your button code, you can
use an if()
statement to check if the value of that variable is one
thing, another, or
something else, and perform various actions based on the
variable's value.
Use the first frame of each new scene to update that
variable's value as
appropriate.
Note: If all of this setup code occurs in frame 1 of Scene
1, make sure
not to have your other scenes send the playhead back to Scene
1's frame 1
... otherwise you might accidentally "reset" whatever you
code into that
first "entry" frame. (You can always have the other scenes
return you to
frame 2 (or frame 100, or whatever) of Scene 1.
> ps your site is very helpful David!
Thanks! I'm always glad to hear that. :) Just make sure,
whatever
blog entry you're reading pertains to the version of
ActionScript you have
in mind.
David Stiller
Co-author, ActionScript 3.0 Quick Reference Guide
http://tinyurl.com/2s28a5
"Luck is the residue of good design."
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