Re: FLASH: duplicate and resize troubles

[Randy Kato]

Kristoff,


This is how duplicate works. It duplicates the original clip. So if you make

changes to the properties of an instance of that clip, then duplicate it, the

changes you've made won't carry through.


What you can do is use the variables for _xscale and _yscale to resize the

new/duped instance immediately after duping it.


If you want all your duped instances to match each other, name them sequentially

and use a loop to run through the instance names to set them all according to

those common variable values.


Or if you want all of them to be adjustable individually, make that pop-up menu

a MC within the duped MC with local variables. Then have it target _parent.


HTH,

Randy


kristoff wrote:


> Hi all

>

> I'm building something similar to roomplanner on furniture.com.

> So far I've got most of the basic stuff done already. Unfortunately I've hit

> a wall and my actionscript, or rather troubleshoot capabilities are limited

>

> My problem is:

>

> I have a movieclip, inside another movieclip.

> Default it is 100px wide and 100px high.

>

> Through SetProperty I set xscale to 180 and yscale 90 turning the mc 180px

> wide and 90high.

> GetProperty for both xscale and yscale give me two variables.

>

> Two variable boxes containing these values a button kicking off SetProperty

> and those variables "resizes" the mc.

>

> This works perfect but the moment I duplicate the main Movieclip the

> resizing does not work anymore.

>

> An example can be seen on http://www.kleurbeeld.be/temp/bb3.html

> A fla is available on http://www.kleurbeeld.be/temp/bb3.fla

>

> To activate the submenu (to rotate/resize etc) you have to move your

> mousepointer to the bottom right corner of the object.

>

> The "mother clip" can be seen in the topleft corner of the movie. Try it, it

> works. Press "ligbad" to duplicate a clip.

>

> I'd appreciate any pointers or tips to get me going again.

> And of course, if you can advise me on anything else that I managed to so

> far with it, I'd be most grateful.


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