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you will need to use the actionscript drawing api if you want to do this with code.
The drawing code running for every frame the mc is moving! (onenterframe kinda thing)...

the new edition is called "Foundation Actionscript 3 Animation: Making Things Move!"
the older version - which you want to get is called " Foundation ActionScript Animation: Making Things Move!"...

you could use Math.random to work as a switch (0/1)
then with that result you could do something like this:
newpos = switcher ? this._x+1 : this._x-1;
this._x = newpos

does this make any sense?...

inverse kinematics - check out the friends of ed book on actionscript animation
http://www.friendsofed.com/book.html?isbn=1590595181

I totally agree with the quote on this page - ace book.

ok - so I copy them over from the mac to the pc and then add the extension back on. Will the Mac ignore extensions when the files come from the PC with them?

Fonts I can cope with :) I have finally decided on getting the powerbook - the CS3 bundle wants at least 2GB to run which sucks, so I can't get anything smaller. It wants 2GB just to run flash -...

Really that's it? Fonts? Fantastic! That's taken a worry off me - then there is nothing standing in the way of my MAC future - cheers Gerbick
OK - Actionscript 3 here I come - gulp!

thanks guys.
nine carrots just came out when I was typing. I'm actually thinking something to do with clouds now (of course, naturally!) but the tag line thing helps RushVision - The nice part about...

Hi, I'm just planning to start up as a freelancer and your tips thread was good.
My question is how important are names?
I've always used the same username on websites since I first used the...

Probably a completely dumbQ. I am looking at getting a Macbook or Pro if I can so that I can freelance - will buy a CS3 bundle.
Question is - if I am working with a company that has PC files can I...

you're attaching the whiteThumbCorners clips before the MCL has finished loading in the WallpaperURL, so it 'could' be that the WallpaperURL is overwriting the WhiteThumbCorners
Could be worth...

I'm using Firefox 2.0.0.4 on a Win XP PC, and when I first clicked your bio button etc, the text appeared above the red box - rather than inside it. After I had clicked all the buttons in sequence, I...

trace outputs to the Output window.
if you want to display something on the Stage, you will need to set up a textField and then set the .text property to equal your string.
eg.
mytxtField.text =...

yeah - you need to stick the check in the on(EnterFrame){} for the movieclip
You could pass the frame to check for as a variable


on (rollOver) {
mc.checkLabel = "b";
mc.startCheck = true;
}...

I have two button components on stage, their instance names are but1 and but2.
but1 is vertically above but2.
This code is on frame 1

but2.startX = but2._x;
but2.startY = but2._y

var...

_currentframe is a Number - you can check this by tracing it

trace(mc._currentframe);
so, to target the label (which is a string) you need to add some code to each frame of your movieclip that...

work look nice btw

If this is the only requirement for each button you could shorten your code up even more by replacing all the mc_but??.onPress = function(){ etc, etc with:


for (var i=1; i<=5; i++){
var...

sorry dude, I did miss out some important bits in that code, but it works now, please copy and paste this back into your file:
(I'm not saying it's a perfect code solution, but it should make your...

the code I posted was illustrative - I'm afraid I didn't test it out - will do in a bit for you, and will check your file. Sorry. :(

you need to employ some loops to make your life easier, and add a function to make your code shorter and easier to follow.
Each of your buttons can call the changeAlpha function, but pass a...

I know there's been other ones posted here before, but this is worth a look just for the artwork (imho)
http://zoomquilt2.madmindworx.com/zoomquilt2.swf

yup - just checked your file and this is the problem.
loadVariablesNum ("data.txt", 0);
your about.swf is inside a folder called "about" along with the text files.
This means when "about.swf" is...

I didn't look at your file, but you might need to check the filepath for the text file - as once the swf is loaded into your main movie the filepath must make sense from there.

you can have lots of buttons inside a movieclip.
OR you could have lots of movieclips inside a movieclips - but treat them like buttons, with onPress etc functions
this would be an easy way to...