Re: FLASH: Flash Help System; what a crock of sh..!

[flashy junior]

>

>flashy junior wrote:

> >

> > know how to tween a shape, then you realise that there are virtually no

> > decent syntax examples that are correct for demonstration purposes of

> > actionscript, then you go online to the technotes(slow again) and find 

>out

> > that there is a black hole here too if you're looking for real-life 

>syntax

> > examples.

>

>I agree about the lack of real-life syntax examples.  I put up a few at

>http://i-technica.com/whitestuff/actionscriptref.html (and there's more

>in the piechart fla also at whitestuff), but would recommend building up

>your own reference list from code that you find works, from examples at

>flashkit.com, etc.


Thanks helen, I've been going around saving snippets of code for reference. 

I'll take a look at those sites. My big problem is that they have done such 

a great job over the years with the Director Online Help System.(so far 

anyway). Lingo is so extensive and Falsh actionscript is so simple but I've 

found it much harder to work out exact syntax with Actionscript because they 

refuse to put it in their help correctly. My main problems have also stemmed 

from trying to target movieclips and loaded movies at various points in the 

hiearchy of the flash system which is further compounded by the absolutely 

atrocious bug in Flash that wont allow any targets to show up in the target 

editor unless they are on the same level.  Grmph.

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