Re: FLASH: Action Script

[John Croteau]

Hi Aisling,


>  Hi - I've just started messing around with Flash 4 and the new

>  scripting and am I right in thinking there is no direct way of

>  getting the location of the mouse?

Yes


>  I've been dragging an invisible

>  mc and using its positions to access the "mouseH" and "mouseV" to

>  use a lingoism. Not that it's difficult or

>  anything, but is this the way I should be doing it?

Yes, but make sure 'Use center Point' is checked in Object inspector or

your numbers will be off.


> Also, is it just me or is it all a bit odd and tempermental? I've been

> finding that things which work before lunch - simple enough things, along

> the lines of "getProperty" and "setProperty" - don't work afterwards! Or

> vice vearsa. I can't really describe it - just things that should work,

> don't. And then all of a sudden they do, for no reason.

I don't believe I have had any of these problems and I use Actionscript

almost every day. Hopefully, you have read my tutorials so you have a

better undestanding of some of the differences between ActionScript and

other languages

http://www.FlashCentral.com/Tech/ActionScript/Index.htm



> I'm pretty proficient in various prog. langs including lingo

> I seem to be taking forever to produce anything in this action scripting.

> but I'ld like to know it anyone else is having problems.

Certainly, no more than expected for a brand new language with limited

documentation. In the near future we will have most of ActionScript

syntax and elements analyzed and documented.


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