following a path in as3

[sasyisgreat]

I've looked and looked but i cannot find any way of using as3 scipt to make a movieclip follow a path. ANY help on this topic would be incredibly useful.
thanks

[cancerinform]

Create a guideline and make it a MovieClip. Give it the identifier mc. Then create a Movieclip for the object you want to move. Give it the identifier cr. Get the rgb value from the line, in particular red, which I used here. In my case it is 248. Then add this script and test movie.

var moveArray:Array = new Array();
var cr:Circle;
var counter:int = 0;
var bmp:BitmapData = new BitmapData(mc.width,mc.height);
bmp.draw (mc);
for (var i:int = 0; i < mc.width; i++)
{
    for (var j:int = 1; j < mc.height - 1; j++)
    {
        //var pixelValueString:String = bmp.getPixel32(i,j).toString(16);
        var pixelValue:uint = bmp.getPixel32(i,j);
        var red:uint = pixelValue >> 16 & 0xFF;
        if (red == 248)
        {
            moveArray.push ({xpos:i,ypos:j});
        }
    }
}
var intervalId:uint = setTimeout(myDelayedFunction,100);
function myDelayedFunction ():void
{
    cr = new Circle();
    cr.x = moveArray[0].xpos;
    cr.y = moveArray[0].ypos;
    addChild (cr);
    moveObject (moveArray);
}
function moveObject (mArray):void
{
    var moveArray:Array = mArray;
    var myTimer:Timer = new Timer(10,moveArray.length);
    myTimer.addEventListener (TimerEvent.TIMER, timerFunction);
    myTimer.start ();
    function timerFunction (e:TimerEvent):void
    {
        cr.x = moveArray[counter].xpos + mc.x;
        cr.y = moveArray[counter].ypos + mc.y;
        counter++;
    }
} 

[sasyisgreat]

thanks alot i like your way of doing it im gonna have a try and build this in

[manson73]

I think this is exactl what I need, and I can get it to work if I remove the fact that it's a circle,and just a path with only distinct X values.. and many Y values..

I get an error when I compile this..

1046: Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant: Circle
1180: Call to a possibly undefined method Circle..

I tried in AS2, and other errors popped up...

and,I tried to do a :
import flash.display.Shape;

but, that didn't do it eithere..

any help? or thoughts?/

Manson