Flash stroke styles dynamically ?

The following will draw a line from (0, 0) to (100, 100). The line will be black, have a width of 1 pixel and 100% alpha

Code:

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_root.createEmptyMovieClip("line_mc", 10);
_root.line_mc.lineStyle(1, 0x000000, 100);
_root.line_mc.lineTo(100, 100);

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Does anyone know how to alter the above code so that the line has a stroke style of any of the following: Dotted, Dashed, Ragged, Stipple, Hashed ? Like when you draw a line in flash and change the stroke style with the drop down box called 'Stroke Style'. Can you access these stroke styles with code ?

Thanks,
Stephen.

Hi,

Not sure about the other line styles, but this works well for dotted or dashed lines..........

code:

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MovieClip.prototype.dashTo = function(startx, starty, endx, endy, len, gap) {

	// ==============

	// mc.dashTo() - by Ric Ewing ([email protected]) - version 1.2 - 5.3.2002

	// 

	// startx, starty = beginning of dashed line

	// endx, endy = end of dashed line

	// len = length of dash

	// gap = length of gap between dashes

	// ==============

	//

	// if too few arguments, bail

	if (arguments.length<6) {

		return false;

	}

	// init vars

	var seglength, deltax, deltay, segs, cx, cy;

	// calculate the legnth of a segment

	seglength = len+gap;

	// calculate the length of the dashed line

	deltax = endx-startx;

	deltay = endy-starty;

	delta = Math.sqrt((deltax*deltax)+(deltay*deltay));

	// calculate the number of segments needed

	segs = Math.floor(Math.abs(delta/seglength));

	// get the angle of the line in radians

	radians = Math.atan2(deltay, deltax);

	// start the line here

	cx = startx;

	cy = starty;

	// add these to cx, cy to get next seg start

	deltax = Math.cos(radians)*seglength;

	deltay = Math.sin(radians)*seglength;

	// loop through each seg

	for (var n = 0; n<segs; n++) {

		this.moveTo(cx, cy);

		this.lineTo(cx+Math.cos(radians)*len, cy+Math.sin(radians)*len);

		cx += deltax;

		cy += deltay;

	}

	// handle last segment as it is likely to be partial

	this.moveTo(cx, cy);

	delta = Math.sqrt((endx-cx)*(endx-cx)+(endy-cy)*(endy-cy));

	if (delta>len) {

		// segment ends in the gap, so draw a full dash

		this.lineTo(cx+Math.cos(radians)*len, cy+Math.sin(radians)*len);

	} else if (delta>0) {

		// segment is shorter than dash so only draw what is needed

		this.lineTo(cx+Math.cos(radians)*delta, cy+Math.sin(radians)*delta);

	}

	// move the pen to the end position

	this.moveTo(endx, endy);

};

function drawDash(startx, starty, endx, endy, len, gap) {

	_root.clear();

	_root.lineStyle(2, 0x6688AA);

	_root.dashTo(startx, starty, endx, endy, len, gap);

	updateAfterEvent();

}

drawDash(100, 100, 200, 100, 4, 8);

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