Re[2]: FLASH: ** NEW p/tsunami effect **

[Malte Koehrer]

Hello Helen,


Thursday, July 20, 2000, 3:57:29 PM, you wrote:


HT> flashy junior wrote:

>> 

>> Cool, I like the effect and am impressed with the coding. One thing, if you

>> use get or set property and don't specify a target what does it target?  eg.

>> "Set Property ("", Y Scale) = 40"

>> 


HT> It targets itself.  So you could use it, eg, to get a movieclip to move

HT> itself, with this code in 2 subsequent frames: 

HT>   Set Property ("", X Position) = GetProperty("",_x)+1


HT> which can be even more reduced to:

HT>  Set Property ("", X Position) = _x+1


HT> (No, it's not in the manual  ;-)


HT> Jason, Sorry -- didn't mean to single you out about the name of this

HT> effect; I did see it mispelled by others and realized you were just

HT> copying that, but couldn't resist commenting...


HT> And Frederico, see a doctor today -- I fear you may have contracted the

HT> dreaded tsutsugamushi.


HT> Regards,

HT> Helen

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Very usefull to create instances that run on their own and die someday

(unload ""). Anyone out for a game of life?


maltek


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