Re: [flasher] working with lists

[Helen Triolo]

Scott,


I can't think of an easy way to do this, but since I haven't seen any

other responses, I'll take a stab (no fla or tutorial though, sorry). 

The best way to do your display list is probably with an array of

checkbox movieclips.  A built-in checkbox smartclip comes with Flash 5

-- just find it in common libraries and drag a copy to the stage. 

Right-click it and choose panels|clip parameters to see the properties

and methods available for the smartclip.  You could use duplicateMovie

to make as many copies of that clip as you need at runtime, and use a

blank controller movieclip with code that checks to see which clips are

checked.  For the output list, I'd use a blank textfield in a movieclip

as the base and use duplicateMovie to make copies of the checked items

in your input list.  I'll stop there in case someone has thought of a

much easier way to do this ;-) but if not, maybe that's enough to get

you started?

 

Regards,

Helen 

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Scott wrote:

> 

> I would like to manipulate items on two lists. I would like to be able to select one or more items in a source list, and then click a button to copy those items to the destination list. I would also like to select one or more items on one of the lists, and then click another button to delete those items.

> 

> I am able to accomplish this with a Javascript function that controls the behavior of an HTML form's select boxes. Does anyone know of an fla or a tutorial where I could learn how to do this in Flash?

> 

> Thanks

> Scott