[RESOLVED] Scrolling Movie Clips

[CowBoix316]

I have spent several hours trying to figure out how to scroll a movie clip in As3/ Cs3. I haven't had any luck in finding any tutorial or a full explanation on how to do it. I can only find out how to do it on Flash 8 or in As2. I am a pretty big noob with the idea. I know that you can either use a component like the Scrollpane, but I can't even get that to work. As well I know there is a way to write action script and masking to achieve the same affect. All I trying to do is scroll a movieclip which has text and several graphics and buttons on it.
If you have any links to tutorials help me out here. - Thanks.

[illustratedlife]

1) Make a Sprite to hold everything you want in the ScrollPane.
2) Put a ScrollPane on the Stage, and give it an instance name.
3) Add this ActionScript:

myScrollPaneNameGoesHere.source = theSpriteIMadeToHoldMyStuff;

If you want to make the holding graphic in CS3 as a Symbol, go into the Symbol properties and click Export for ActionScript. There should be a name in the Linkage box. Make note of it, and use this ActionScript instead:

var stuffIWantScrolled = new putTheLinkageNameHere();
myScrollPaneNameGoesHere.source = stuffIWantScrolled;

I'm sure someone asked the exact same question the other day. . .

[CowBoix316]

Hey thanks for the reply. Ill take a look at it when I get home and see if I can get it to work. Sorry if it has already been posted I did several searches. I probably didn't have the right keywords.

[CowBoix316]

Still need help.

I don't know how to make a sprite, so I decided I would make the holding graphic in Cs3 as a symbol. I used the other action script as well. What is is doing is there is a scrollbar now, but it is not scrolling the graphic. As well you can still see the text that should be revealed by scrolling down. I am really lost now. I think I need to mask the bottom of the text... I think? I am not sure at all.

[illustratedlife]

Let's say your Class name (from the Linkage box) is Fred. To add a copy (we call them instances) of Fred to the Stage, you would use this code:

var fred = new Fred(); //Make a new copy of Fred and call it fred
addChild(fred); // Tell the computer to take fred and add it to the Stage

When you hit Test Movie, fred should appear in the top left corner of the Stage. Since you want fred to be inside a ScrollPane, you do this instead: (I'm assuming scrollPane is the name you gave the ScrollPane that you dragged onto the Stage. You can assign names in the Properties panel)

var fred = new Fred(); //Make a new copy of Fred and call it fred
scrollPane.source = fred; //Put fred inside the ScrollPane instance scrollPane that you dragged onto the Stage

[CowBoix316]

Thanks! I figured it out after I realized that the Scrollpane was a whole window and not just the scrolly thingy. What I was doing was having a textbox plus a Scrollpane on the side thinking that would scroll it up and down. I feel like a huge noob now, but oh well! Thanks for your help illustratedlife!