Re: FLASH: Help: dynamically using xscale

[Sergio Santos]

I don't know if anyone will post some tested code, but i'll shoot this ideia

anyway. :-)

You can use a while statement, like:

---

xpos=256;

ypos=256;

act_y=GetProperty("/mc",_y) + 1;

act_x=GetProperty("/mc",_x) + 1;

while (act_x != xpos) { // Just an example

SetProperty("/mc",_x)=act_x;

SetProperty("/mc",_y)=act_y;

act_x++;

act_y++;

}


---

For this to work flawlessly you'd need first another routine to check if

final x and y are greater than the inicial, so that you increase the value

or decrease it.

An if statement could be used to check if either act_y and act_x have

reached their final value, so that they stop being incremented.

You can increment them one at a time, but then you wouldn't have diagonal

movement.


Another thing... This could be so fast that it wouldn't be noticed... Maybe

a time delay function is needed.


The theory is the same for x_scale, y_scale, etc...

If you use this a lot, the best is to create a function (Flash5).


I wrote this from memory in a few seconds, I have not previously done code

to do this. Anyway I think that I managed to pass the "idea". :-)


If you need, contact me that i'll do a more "foul proof" code.


Sergio

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Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2000 3:11 AM

Subject: FLASH: Help: dynamically using xscale



> I have several boxes saved as movie clips.

>

> Each has a seperate instance name.

>

> When the user clicks certain buttons, all of the MCs are supposed to

> reorganize themselves (dynamically setting the x and y position) and

change

> scale (using xscale and yscale).

>

> What I can't figure out is how to have it grow from, say, 100 x 100 to 256

x

> 34 in a smooth manner.

>

> The MC could start out from any of five different sizes. I want it to grow

> from whatever it's current size is until it is, for example,  256 x 34

> pixels.

>

> I want smooth movement - similar to Praystation/Kioken's Barney's site

> (which moves the MC "section" to a new x position; it starts out moving

fast

> and then slows down until it reaches the x position of "marker" and

stops).

> Here's their code (it's public domain):

>

> Set Variable: "marker" = GetProperty ( "/marker", _x )

> Set Variable: "sections" = GetProperty("/sections",_x)

> Set Variable: "difference" = marker - sections

> Set Variable: "move" = difference / 5

> Set Property ("/sections", X Position) = sections + move

>

> Argh... I wish I paid attention in my math classes.

>

>

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> www.funkyafro.com




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