[Flashcoders] Actionscript 3.0 Coding Niggles

2009-03-08 Thread Ali Hitch 
Hey guys,

Having problems on the coding side of what I thought would be a very simple
task.

The task is:

I am creating a navigation bar for a website. On the navigation bar, when
the user does a mouse over on a certain area of the bar (invisible button),
a specified movie will play once and will not play again unless the user
does a mouse over again. When the user clicks on the invisible button, it
will perform the action of a link and direct the user to another page.

In a bit more detail:

In flash I have created a document (actionscript 3.0). On the document for
this example, there is a piece of text called labelled 'home'. This text has
been converted into a movieclip labelled home_mc. Inside the movie clip
there are 7 frames. Frame1 = home font size20 | Frame2 = home font size21 |
Frame3 = home font size22 | Frame 4 = home font size23 | Frame 5 = home font
size 22 | Frame6 = home font size21 | Frame7 = home font size20. As you can
probably tell, I am trying to make a growing text effect in flash.

Coming out of the movieclip to Scene 1 I have created another layer called
invivisible button1. This has then been converted to a button called
home_btn and made 'invisible'.

What I have been trying to do with actionscript is make the movieclip
home_mc play once when there is a mouse over event with home_btn (invisible
button), but with all the code I have tried so far nothing has really worked
and when I test the movie, the movieclip home_mc is just constantly playing
and looping back on itself.

The latest code I have tried is:

**Start code**

var home_mc:MovieClip = new MovieClip ();
//home_mc = someClip you embedded;
text_mc.name = myButton;

home_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, mouseOver);
home_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, mouseOut);
//adds event listeners



funtion mouseOver (event:MouseEvent):void
{
trace (event.currentTarget.name + mouse over);
// the trace event is asking for the name property (which is like a
method) we set that property above.
//otherwise tracing event.currentTarget just tells us the type of object
we are dealing with = MovieClip
event.currentTarget.play();
//this function can be used on ANY subject that has an event handler -
addEventListener
}

funtion mouseOut (event:MouseEvent):void
{
trace (event.currentTarget.name + mouse out);
event.currentTarget.gotoandstop(1);
}

**end code**

I have had some vague help previously and have read and looked at
tutorials/books but still don't quite get this. I am after all trying to
learn a new programming language without any previous experience with
programming languages.

Any help with this hopefully simple problem would be gratefully appreciated.

Thanks,
Ali Hitch
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Re: [Flashcoders] Actionscript 3.0 Coding Niggles

2009-03-08 Thread Joel Stransky 
is there a stop() on frame 1 of text_mc?

On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Ali Hitch hitchy@gmail.com wrote:

 Hey guys,

 Having problems on the coding side of what I thought would be a very simple
 task.

 The task is:

 I am creating a navigation bar for a website. On the navigation bar, when
 the user does a mouse over on a certain area of the bar (invisible button),
 a specified movie will play once and will not play again unless the user
 does a mouse over again. When the user clicks on the invisible button, it
 will perform the action of a link and direct the user to another page.

 In a bit more detail:

 In flash I have created a document (actionscript 3.0). On the document for
 this example, there is a piece of text called labelled 'home'. This text
 has
 been converted into a movieclip labelled home_mc. Inside the movie clip
 there are 7 frames. Frame1 = home font size20 | Frame2 = home font size21 |
 Frame3 = home font size22 | Frame 4 = home font size23 | Frame 5 = home
 font
 size 22 | Frame6 = home font size21 | Frame7 = home font size20. As you can
 probably tell, I am trying to make a growing text effect in flash.

 Coming out of the movieclip to Scene 1 I have created another layer called
 invivisible button1. This has then been converted to a button called
 home_btn and made 'invisible'.

 What I have been trying to do with actionscript is make the movieclip
 home_mc play once when there is a mouse over event with home_btn (invisible
 button), but with all the code I have tried so far nothing has really
 worked
 and when I test the movie, the movieclip home_mc is just constantly playing
 and looping back on itself.

 The latest code I have tried is:

 **Start code**

 var home_mc:MovieClip = new MovieClip ();
 //home_mc = someClip you embedded;
 text_mc.name = myButton;

 home_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, mouseOver);
 home_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, mouseOut);
 //adds event listeners



 funtion mouseOver (event:MouseEvent):void
 {
trace (event.currentTarget.name + mouse over);
// the trace event is asking for the name property (which is like a
 method) we set that property above.
//otherwise tracing event.currentTarget just tells us the type of object
 we are dealing with = MovieClip
event.currentTarget.play();
//this function can be used on ANY subject that has an event handler -
 addEventListener
 }

 funtion mouseOut (event:MouseEvent):void
 {
trace (event.currentTarget.name + mouse out);
event.currentTarget.gotoandstop(1);
 }

 **end code**

 I have had some vague help previously and have read and looked at
 tutorials/books but still don't quite get this. I am after all trying to
 learn a new programming language without any previous experience with
 programming languages.

 Any help with this hopefully simple problem would be gratefully
 appreciated.

 Thanks,
 Ali Hitch
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Re: [Flashcoders] Actionscript 3.0 Coding Niggles

2009-03-08 Thread Ashim D'Silva 
just put a stop() on the last frame (when the text is big)

2009/3/9 Joel Stransky stranskydes...@gmail.com

 is there a stop() on frame 1 of text_mc?

 On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Ali Hitch hitchy@gmail.com wrote:

  Hey guys,
 
  Having problems on the coding side of what I thought would be a very
 simple
  task.
 
  The task is:
 
  I am creating a navigation bar for a website. On the navigation bar, when
  the user does a mouse over on a certain area of the bar (invisible
 button),
  a specified movie will play once and will not play again unless the user
  does a mouse over again. When the user clicks on the invisible button, it
  will perform the action of a link and direct the user to another page.
 
  In a bit more detail:
 
  In flash I have created a document (actionscript 3.0). On the document
 for
  this example, there is a piece of text called labelled 'home'. This text
  has
  been converted into a movieclip labelled home_mc. Inside the movie clip
  there are 7 frames. Frame1 = home font size20 | Frame2 = home font size21
 |
  Frame3 = home font size22 | Frame 4 = home font size23 | Frame 5 = home
  font
  size 22 | Frame6 = home font size21 | Frame7 = home font size20. As you
 can
  probably tell, I am trying to make a growing text effect in flash.
 
  Coming out of the movieclip to Scene 1 I have created another layer
 called
  invivisible button1. This has then been converted to a button called
  home_btn and made 'invisible'.
 
  What I have been trying to do with actionscript is make the movieclip
  home_mc play once when there is a mouse over event with home_btn
 (invisible
  button), but with all the code I have tried so far nothing has really
  worked
  and when I test the movie, the movieclip home_mc is just constantly
 playing
  and looping back on itself.
 
  The latest code I have tried is:
 
  **Start code**
 
  var home_mc:MovieClip = new MovieClip ();
  //home_mc = someClip you embedded;
  text_mc.name = myButton;
 
  home_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, mouseOver);
  home_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, mouseOut);
  //adds event listeners
 
 
 
  funtion mouseOver (event:MouseEvent):void
  {
 trace (event.currentTarget.name + mouse over);
 // the trace event is asking for the name property (which is like a
  method) we set that property above.
 //otherwise tracing event.currentTarget just tells us the type of
 object
  we are dealing with = MovieClip
 event.currentTarget.play();
 //this function can be used on ANY subject that has an event handler -
  addEventListener
  }
 
  funtion mouseOut (event:MouseEvent):void
  {
 trace (event.currentTarget.name + mouse out);
 event.currentTarget.gotoandstop(1);
  }
 
  **end code**
 
  I have had some vague help previously and have read and looked at
  tutorials/books but still don't quite get this. I am after all trying to
  learn a new programming language without any previous experience with
  programming languages.
 
  Any help with this hopefully simple problem would be gratefully
  appreciated.
 
  Thanks,
  Ali Hitch
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