Moving many movieclips

I'm new. I'd like to create a file that has 3 groups of
movieclips. Group 1 never moves in the users viewport. Whenever
group 2 moves, group 3 moves as well, but group 3 can also move
independently. I expect to draw all of the mc's by hand instead of
with AS, otherwise I would create them all as children of one mc
and move that. Do I just make 3 groups and move them? Is there a
way to add movieclips to one big clip after they are already drawn?
Just looking for advice on the best terms to google to figure out
how to proceed. Thanks in advance.

Or should I build three different files and import the output
swfs into one and set the rules there?

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I am using the flash to build my personal book online. I need zoom many movieclip, my images.
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mc_01.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MIDDLE_MOUSE_DOWN, Drag);
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Hi Mr Kglad.
And when I call a property like a X position I use this["mc_"+padF(i)].x = 0; for substitute the mc_01.x = 0 ?
My problem realy is inside the function. Your loop add an event to my clips and direction to function Drag and UnDrag.
But inside in this functions, I need get some informations for the clip.
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I'm new. I'd like to create a file that has 3 groups of
movieclips. Group 1 never moves in the users viewport. Whenever
group 2 moves, group 3 moves as well, but group 3 can also move
independently. I expect to draw all of the mc's by hand instead of
with AS, otherwise I would create them all as children of one mc
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Just looking for advice on the best terms to google to figure out
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717/3163
Hello Adam,
(In addition to Doug's excellent answer)
When using those move vs copy tips, a small green "+" appears to visually help you drag the way you meant:
- If the green "+" shows, it's a copy.
- If the green "+" doesn't show, it's a move.
"any other tips about how to increase efficiency of the computer?"
Well, hundreds, thousands, many undocumented...
- Exploring your usual keyboard shortcuts and combinations, with the Option key in addition, or with the Command key, or both, or combined with mouse clicks, holds or drags, the Control key too sometimes, quite often unveils a hidden feature that you easily remember in the future because it very often really adds a plus to your efficiency.
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- (KB article #75459) Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts
- (KB article #153415) Shortcuts for starting up
- (KB article #153412) Shortcuts for freezes
- (KB article #106567) Mac OS: Apple Pro Keyboard Shortcuts for Shut Down and Restart
- (KB article #152140) Setting custom keyboard shortcuts for applications
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- (Dave’s Picks) Magical Macintosh Key Sequences
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Exposé + Tab,
Command-Tab then ~/H/Q (with the ⌘ key hold down),
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I did think about it.
Part of the way object oriented languages work is that you
can move objects to different parents when needed. However, the
movieclip object can't be moved at run time because of it's run
time usage.
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717/3163
Hello Adam,
(In addition to Doug's excellent answer)
When using those move vs copy tips, a small green "+" appears to visually help you drag the way you meant:
- If the green "+" shows, it's a copy.
- If the green "+" doesn't show, it's a move.
"any other tips about how to increase efficiency of the computer?"
Well, hundreds, thousands, many undocumented...
- Exploring your usual keyboard shortcuts and combinations, with the Option key in addition, or with the Command key, or both, or combined with mouse clicks, holds or drags, the Control key too sometimes, quite often unveils a hidden feature that you easily remember in the future because it very often really adds a plus to your efficiency.
About shortcuts, many Apple KB articles:
- (KB article #75459) Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts
- (KB article #153415) Shortcuts for starting up
- (KB article #153412) Shortcuts for freezes
- (KB article #106567) Mac OS: Apple Pro Keyboard Shortcuts for Shut Down and Restart
- (KB article #152140) Setting custom keyboard shortcuts for applications
and one very nicely summed:
- (Dave’s Picks) Magical Macintosh Key Sequences
Try also certain combinations of
Exposé + Tab,
Command-Tab then ~/H/Q (with the ⌘ key hold down),
the right-clicking in the Dock (folders icons...),
the hold-clicking too (Finder's Dock icon),
the Control + F keys keyboard navigation (enable with control-F1),
keyboard navigation by hitting letters (or two or three letters) in menus or in Finder's column view,
etc etc etc...
Enjoy the exporation!
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