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Remove Child = remove my brain

flash chap — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:41:39 GMT

Hi,

I cannot get the removeChild method to work.
Any help would great as I have look on here and seen a lot posts but I still cant seem to get it to work. my code:

var timerLoad:Timer = new Timer(2011,1);
timerLoad.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, onTimerLoad);
timerLoad.start();

function onTimerLoad(evt:TimerEvent):void {

var loaded_clip1:Loader = new Loader();
stage.addChild(loaded_clip1);

loaded_clip1.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener( Event.INIT, handleInit);
loaded_clip1.load( new URLRequest( "My_file.swf" ) );

function handleInit(evt:Event):void {
var extMovie:* = loaded_clip1.content;

}

//Nav mouse Downs///
purpleNav_Mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOW N, purpleMouseDown);

function purpleMouseDown(e:MouseEvent):void {
stage.removeChild(loaded_clip1);

}

I just get a 1120 error??

Thanks

Scrolling images

RynMan — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:12:05 GMT

Hi guys

So I basically want to have images scrolling through a certain area left to right.

Say a rectangular "window", and the images would scroll left to right so it was just a new image every time and a continuous scrolling effect.

The major catch here, is that I'd like it to pull these images from a MySQL database. Can anyone point me in the direction of any resources that may help me?

Many thanks....

button inside a movieclip

ruintc — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:58:12 GMT

I'm adding a MovieClip with with the following code in the main timeline:

var mcCiclo_01:mc_ciclo=new mc_ciclo;

function ciclo(event:MouseEvent):void{
addChild(mcCiclo_01);
}

I want to use a button inside that movieclip to link to an external web page. I was able to do that with dot notation if the movieclip was "fisically" in the main timeline but this way doesn't work.

I reckon this is the best practice. Any ideas would be appreciated.

Need quick&easy help ABOUT TweenExtended

symbolica — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:20:59 GMT

Hello,

I had been away for a while for my military service. So yesterday i started to use Flash CS 4 in my new job.

Of course i encountered some errors as i wanted to modify my old files.

WHAT HAPPENED to THAT TweenExtended thing?

when i use this,

Actionscript Code:

import mx.transitions.TweenExtended;
import mx.transitions.easing.*;

it gives me this error,

PHP Code:


		
			
The class or interface 'mx.transitions.TweenExtended' could not be loaded.

How am i going to be able to use old TweenExtended class in CS 4.

BTW my publish settings are -> Player 8 & AS 2.0 what else must i do?? :confused:

THANK YOU ALL,

netstream strange problem

regbolD — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:20:02 GMT

its driving me mad!

I have a class which loads the video, and in that class if I say this:

_netStream.play("videos/01.flv");

then it works fine, but if i say this:

_netStream.play(_urlArr[0]);

then it doesnt work... video is loaded, its there, i can trace it, but there is no picture, and no metadata received (i can see from the trace as well).

urlArr (which is array) is defined globally ofcourse, then i populate it with url before trying to play.

and one more thing: if i define _urlArr globally like so:
private var _urlArr:Array = ["videos/01.flv"];

then it works again.

wtf???

Flash calendar planner

junaids_mj — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:11:39 GMT

Hi guys
I want to make a calendar planner in one of my project in flash. So i need a jump start on how to make one. The user should be able to update his/her planner through xmll. So that visitors can view his/her plan for a month and only one months. Thank you all. (i need in actionscript 2.0)

Resources Management

ThunderSoul97 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:29:48 GMT

Hi guys!

Say I loaded a complex external.swf file that uses away3D (to load 3D models such as a table and apple) into a container .swf. I wish to unload the external.swf file. How can I do so? Removing all event listeners and setting instances to null doesn't do trick; each time I load external.swf after the first time, the browser crashes because it can't handle too much 3D on my machine...

What do I do?

Thanks,
-TS

Search form in flash 8 actionscript 2

crobinson42 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:33:52 GMT

I'm new to action script, i've only used the script wizard so far.

what i want to do if it's even possible is create a 3 drop boxes with dates to search for and either pull up or open in a dynamic text field the result .txt file, kind of like this;

(drop boxes)
Year:2010 Month:January Day:27

(Results)
2010_january_27.txt

I am creating daily reports for a donation program for donations given daily to go to us soldiers over sea's and i want the public to be able to pull up the date they want to look at and see what was donated on that date threw a .txt file that will be created daily and stored on the website/host _local folder.

If anyone can help me out in this direction or maybe has a better idea for what i'm trying to do that would be great! Thanks everyone!

Cory Robinson
coryrobinson148@hotmail.com

XML Trouble

shabasky — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:07:13 GMT

Im trying to figure out why this isn't working. It comes up saying I have 0 of what I have 2 of...Its so confusing...

PHP Code:


		
			
var apiXML:XML = new XML(e.target.data);

    numberOfProjects = apiXML.ITD.length();

    thisProjectNumber = numberOfProjects;

    

    number_txt.text = thisProjectNumber.toString();

And here is the xml

Code:

See? I have 2 ITDs and yet it comes up with 0 inside number_txt.text!

gotoAndPlay help scene to scene control

kjprag01 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:37:40 GMT

So I am new to flash and i am using CS3, actionscript 3.0 and of course i am pleading for HELP!!

I have a two scene project and the first scene is a 3 story home, while the second scene is the home in an exploded view. I have it looping, but thats elementry because its default. HAHA. What i want is the first scene to remain static until the button is clicked then play the second scene, then stop in its tracks when the 30fps scene is complete. I am getting nothing but errors and need help with the actionscript.

the first scene is "Scene 10" labeled in the timeline as sacGZERO
the second scene is "Scene 1" labeled in the timeline as SACEXP
the button is where i want it on "Scene 10" as "btn1"

CS3 Stop a movie with a number from php

AkteX1 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:59:09 GMT

Hy there!

First i want to say thank you for this great site. The tutorials help mea lot to learn much more, and this very quick.

But i have one problem:

I want to try a Roulette game. My only problem is, that (also because of the Design) the bowl must stop at a special point. The php file gives the variable zahl (german for number) and so the wheel must stop at this number. I tried to make the rotation in 37 positions, and then with the sytax

Actionscript Code:

if (_root.zahl == 12) //in this case the wheel should stop on position 12 otherwise go to frame 43 (the next frame)
{
stop(); 
}
else
{
gotoAndPlay(43); 
}

What did i made wrong?

Regards

Tobias

Loading a swf into a swf getURL doesnt work... PLEASE HELP!!!

mikenificent — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:37:19 GMT

Hey guys,

Ok so my swf on my homepage is calling in the main.swf which then has movieclips and coded like this on the Actions layer which I made

button1.onRelease = function (){
_root.button1.getURL("http://scholarscanada.com/wordpress/education/programs/reading-readiness/" "_parent");
}

Here is the site so you guys can see, I believe it has to be something with calling the main.swf into the movieclip because I've never encountered this issue before...

http://scholarscanada.com/wordpress/...cation-centre/

If you click on the LEARN MORE for the first image it doesnt go to the page which I ask it for.

Please help!!!

Post your attachements!

Markp.com — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:32:46 GMT

Contact form PHP/Flash Code help.... PLEASE

Threats5 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:20:07 GMT

Hi:

I am creating a contact form and its going through all the stops correctly but for some reason I am not getting a email.

here is my php code.

PHP Code:


		
			


    $your_name = $_GET['nameField'];

    $your_facility = $_GET['facilityField'];

    $your_number = $_GET['numberField'];

    $your_email = $_GET['emailField'];

    $your_subject = $_GET['subjectField'];

    $your_ddBox = $_GET['ddBox'];

    $your_message = $_GET['messageField'];

    

    $recipient_email = "email@email.com";

    

    $subject = "from " . $your_email;

    

    $headers = "From: " . $your_name . "<" . $your_email . ">\n";

    $headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso8859-1';

    

    $content = "Contact Letter
";

    $content .= "Name: " . $your_name . "
";

    $content .= "Facility: " . $your_facility . "
";

    $content .= "Phone: " . $your_number . "
";

    $content .= "Email: " . $your_email . "
";

    $content .= "Directed To: " . $your_dropdown . "
";

    $content .= "Subject: " . $your_subject . "
";

    $contact .= $your_message;

    $content .= "
";

    

    mail($recipient_email,$subject,$content,$headers);

?>





Your Message has been sent, Thank you!

my text fields have the names:
name - var: nameField
facility - var: facilityField
phone - var: numberField
email - var: emailField
subject - var: subjectField
ddBox(dropdown)
message - var:messageField

I think that it is something in my php code that I am not doing correctly. It's not hitting the mail server. any thoughts?

Flash8 Target Path and Parsing XML

williams.e.matt — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:45:06 GMT

Hi All...

Thanks in advance for taking the time to read this. (I'm using Flash CS3 with AS 2.0)

I'm having a problem referencing some variables once I create MovieClips out of some of my elements. Here is what I'm doing:

The user inputs a ZIP code (among other things) which then passes the zip code parameter in the URL to generate some XML. Flash then displays some of the XML in some dynamic text boxes.

It works just fine on a very basic stage (no symbols, movieclips, etc created), but when I start to create movieclips out of some elements it's stops working... Which tells me that I'm not targeting some of the elements correctly, but I can't seem to get it right :(

I attached a zip with two flash files: 1 flash file "XML_loading_passvars.fla" which was working for me. The other file "XML_loading_passvars_combinedtoMC.fla" I started creating movieclips and it no longer worked!

movie clip A:
user enters a zip code

movie clip B:
user enters another parameter

In movie clip C, I display some of the returned XML.

In movie clip B, I have the following actionscript:

Code:



stop();

this.btn_send.onRelease = function() {



        _root.nextFrame();

        //create the XML object

        var myXML:XML = new XML();



        //ignore the white space

        myXML.ignoreWhite = true;



        //define content type

        myXML.contentType = "text/xml";



        //create the event for when it loads content

        myXML.onLoad = function(success) {







                if (success) {

                        //displays the number of results returned

                        results_txt.text = this.firstChild.firstChild.firstChild.nodeValue;



                        //displays the number of results returned

                        name_txt.text = this.firstChild.firstChild.nextSibling.firstChild.firstChild.firstChild.nodeValue;



                        //traces whether or not the XML loaded successfully

                        trace("yay, this loaded indeed");



                        //this will trace the first node

                        trace(this.childNodes);



                } else {

                        trace("there was a major error");

                }

        };







        //now load the content

        myXML.load("http://xmlurl.com/?"+"search_permitted_zipcode="+this.Symbol3.input_zipcode.zipcode+"&photo="+photo,"_blank","GET");



        // when the load() method is called, the property is set to fales; when the content has loaded, it is changed to true

        myXML.loaded;



        // this will state whether or not the loaded CML content has child nodes

        myXML.hasChildNodes();



        //displays a number representing the error that occured, if any

        myXML.status;



};

Attached Files

parsingXML.zip (272.7 KB)