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Subject: Re: FLASH:dragging on a restricted curve?
From: Jonathan Kemp
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 21:02:09 GMT

I just finished this today! Thanks Branden!!!

http://www.usasites.com/jkemp/slider.swf

----- Original Message -----
From: "Branden Hall" <bhallatfigleaf [dot] com>
To: <flasheratchinwag [dot] com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 12:51 PM
Subject: RE: FLASH:dragging on a restricted curve?


> To address the person who wanted to know why I used actionscript rather
than
> fiddling with a tween... the answer is size and granuality. Its always
> better size-wise to forgoe tweens if you can do it with actionscript. Also
> the tween is limited to the number of steps I could have, my actionscript
is
> as granular as the mouse.
>
> As for how its done... It is simply 3 movie clips, draggy, which is
> draggable but invisible, another named ball that is the ball and finally a
> two frame controller movie clip.
>
> At first draggy is over ball, and when you click on draggy it sets a
> variable /:drag = true
>
> The controller movie clip is always looking at the /:drag variable, and if
> it is true it uses the equation for a line x^2 + y^2 = r^2 to figure out
> that for the current Y of draggy, what the cooresponding X should be. It
> then places ball on that X and on the Y of draggy. WHen you let go of
draggy
> it snaps it to the current position of ball so that you can start again.
>
> -= Branden J. Hall
> -= Multimedia Developer/Instructor
> -= Fig Leaf Software - "We've got you covered!"
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owneratchinwag [dot] com [owneratchinwag [dot] com]On">mailto:owneratchinwag [dot] com]On Behalf Of Paul
> Ahern
> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 1:55 PM
> To: flasheratchinwag [dot] com
> Subject: Re: FLASH:dragging on a restricted curve?
>
>
> yes, elaborate!
>
> At 08:59 AM 3/8/00 -0800, you wrote:
> >Branden Hall wrote:
> >
> >> You can also do this matematically using equations for the curve... I
> have
> >> done such with half a circle... though I am also working with a version
> >> which will actually measure angles...
> >>
> >> http://www.figleaf.com/development/flash4/curve.swf
> >>
> >> -= Branden J. Hall
> >> -= Multimedia Developer/Instructor
> >> -= Fig Leaf Software - "We've got you covered!"
> >
> >Ok, care to elaborate on how exactly you did this? Your SWF gives
> absolutely no
> >hint whatsoever of how you did this.
> >
> >Darren.
>
> . . . . . . .
> paul ahern | 512.651.1389
> web designer person | human code
> austin | tx
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