Drag and Drop Objects with Line Between

[Adanufgail]

Hey all, I'm new here.

I was wondering if there was anyway to put a line between two or more dragable objects...
The only example I can think of is metroidprime.com.

Thanks,
Adanufgail

[jbum]

Maybe you need to draw a picture then, cause I'm really not sure what you're asking for...

[Adanufgail]

Basicly I'm looking for a way to have objects be draggable but keep a line (which I guess could be an object too) stretched in between them.

[jbum]

This is a frame script. It assumes the blue square and the green square are movieclips that have been assigned the names mc1 and mc2.

If you want the lines to issue from a particular corner, orient the movieclips so that the crosshairs correspond to that corner.

I prefer to have the lines issue from the center (so I keep the crosshair centered).

code:

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_root.createEmptyMovieClip("line_mc", 1);



MovieClip.prototype.drawLine = function()

{

	this.clear();

	this.lineStyle(2,0xFF0000,100);

	this.moveTo(mc1._x, mc1._y);

	this.lineTo(mc2._x, mc2._y);

}



// insure movieclips are in front of line

mc1.swapDepths(2);

mc2.swapDepths(3);



// draw initial line

line_mc.drawLine();



mc1.onPress = mc2.onPress = function()

{

	this.startDrag();

	line_mc.onEnterFrame = drawLine;

}



mc1.onRelease = mc2.onRelease = function()

{

	delete line_mc.onEnterFrame;

	this.stopDrag();

}

---

[Adanufgail]

Yay! Thanks!
I tried to put a button inside the movie clip, but it doesn't seem to work...Any ideas?

[jbum]

You tried to put a button inside which movieclip? The line?

Did you get the basic line drawing and dragging to work?

[Adanufgail]

I got the basic line/drag to work.
I tried to put a button in the mc movieclip. I'm basicly building this little web of related items and when you click on an item, it pops open a window.

[Adanufgail]

Also, while I'm asking,
Is there anyway to get a movie clip (one that looks like a book, which I've designed already) to pop up after a button press and based on which button it is, put a specific text file in the book?

[dtone314]

How would I go about modifying this code to handle four MCs? I'm imagining something that looks like dragging walls in a room where each MC is a corner of the room. Does that make sense? mc1 connects to mc2 which connects to mc3 which connects to mc4 which connects to mc1 again. Thanks for your help!