FLASH: Dynamic scaling with actionscript

[Michael Dunn]

I'm trying to do what seems like a fairly simple effect. I have a list of links.

What I want to happen is when the mouse is on top of a link, it scales to 250%.

The further the mouse moves from the link it scales closer to 100%. For

instance, if you have a list of a-g, and the mouse is over D the scale

percentages would be as follows


a: 100%

b: 150%

c: 200%

d: 250%

e: 200%

f: 150%

g: 100%


I tried to deconstruct Branden Hall�s scrolling menu movie clip and build from

that, but I can't seem to get it to work. I figure that you would need to set a

variable that gets the y position of the item, another that gets the y position

of the dragging movie clip, compare the two and figure the difference which

would be used to set the scale of the item. I'm at a complete loss here (I've

only really been actionscripting for a couple of weeks now) and would appreciate

any help. Email me if you need more info.


Thanks in advance.


--

Michael Dunn

The Merica Agency


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