Re: FLASH: Flash 5 basic questions - programming

[Helen Triolo]

Jeff,


Not sure if this will help, but here's the difference as I see it with

movieclips in Flash 5.  They are now real bonafide objects, like all the

other objects that other object-oriented languages include (like arrays,

date objects, string objects, etc).  One thing this means is that you

address them with object paths (rather than Tell Targets), as in the

statement


  _root.mcOuter.mcInner._x = 30


to set the x position of movieclip mcInner inside movieclip mcOuter that

lies on the main timeline (_root) to 30.  This is how you set a property

for *any* object, so no special commands (tell targets, eg) are needed

for movieclips. 


And as far as where the code goes, since movieclips are now objects, the

code for them goes into the Object Actions for the object (like you'd do

for a button), not into the frames (as with F4).  To accomplish this,

you just drag an instance of the mc to the stage, then click ctrl-alt-a

to open the Object Actions tab and type in your code there.  If you want

the stuff to be done only once, put the code inside an onClipEvent(load)

routine -- executed when the mc is first loaded.  If you want it to be

done in a loop (every time the mc is executed), put it inside an

OnClipEvent(enterFrame) routine.  Best way to see all of this in action

is to look at some F5 routines --  Branden's or Flashkit's F5 section or

I have some in my F5 journal (url below).


As far as "calling an mc from the library", the only thing I can think

of like this is the new attachMovie command (method), which allows you

to use a movieclip that's in the library (and that's been set up for

this by right-clicking on it and giving it an export name) without

having it exist on the stage anywhere.


OK, enough blabbing (not sure if I'm clarifying or muddying things

further...),

Helen

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Jefferis Peterson wrote:

> 

> >Subject: Re: FLASH: Flash 5 basic questions - programming

> 

> >Sorry... those events are sent to movie clips, and so they're available

> >when you select a movie clip.

> 

> >

> >Frame scripts are triggered when played, so an "onClipEvent" wouldn't be

> >handled there. (You can define a function in a frame script if you like,

> >but "onClipEvent" messages are sent to movie clips, rather than frames.)

> >

> >jd

> 

> Thanks again,  jd

> 

> Okay, perhaps I am expecting the new scripting to be able to do more than

> I thought it could do. When I tried to load an MC into a frame with code,

> I got the error message

> "Generator item [or something like that ] not available.  "

> 

> So, unless you are using Generator, you have to physically load and place

> an MC or Symbol on the main timeline stage, rather than just call it from

> the library... ?

> 

> Am I also correct in saying that Tell Target is being deprecated?

> 

> Jeff


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