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    Hi guys,

    I've got a project here - it's more tricky then it first appears (or it was to me!)

    Price:

    I don't want to insult anyone by naming a price - so look at the job, and give me a quote - I'll pay you paypal when it's done - I've been on this board for years - so hopefully you can trust me to pay up.


    The job:

    I've got a movieclip - called "container" - in "container", there is a movieclip called "inner". (container.inner)

    I want to resize "container" to any shape or size I want -- and then -- I want the "inner" movieclip to always stay in proportion of its original scale.

    So, I will drag and resize the "container" movieclip -- then run the code to see the result.

    I want 1 function - that will work with any shape "container" or any shape "inner" (for example - square or rectangle).

    "inner" should never get bigger then "container"

    I've done a few examples:

    example-of-scale.png

    In the first set of pictures - "inner" is a square. No matter what shape the "container" becomes - "inner" is always a square - just bigger/smaller to suite its container.

    In the second set - "inner" is a rectangle with a larger X - once again, no matter how big "container" is - "inner always stays correct.


    Thanks:

    I hope this has explained the project - I don't want any hard-coded sizes - "inner/container" can be any size or shape. But "inner" always has to be as big, or small as it can be to suite its "container"


    Thanks for looking! I Hope someone can do this project.

    Kind regards,

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    AS2 or AS3 ?
    Do clips have center registration or upper left?

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    Quote Originally Posted by dawsonk View Post
    AS2 or AS3 ?
    Do clips have center registration or upper left?
    Hi - as3 is great. If you don't know as3 but can work out the above in as2 - I can convert it.

    Registration can be top, middle, bottom. I don't mind. You make it work - and I'll work with the reg points you tell me too

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    Sent you a PM

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    Fantastic Dawsonk - you're a genius!

    I've PM'd you a little big more to add onto this project.

    Many thanks.

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    Just to follow up - since Dawsonk did me the original code - I've got some more to do based on the original project. If anyone can do this - please just let me know the price.

    (Also Dawsonk - please let me know how much I owe you! Thanks again!)


    I have attached two fla files -

    working.fla -- this is how the code should work - Resize the stage - and the inner movieclip resizes to be as big as it can!

    There is a little problem in this code though -

    var originalWidth:Number = Math.round((obj.width/obj.scaleX));
    var originalHeight:Number = Math.round((obj.height/obj.scaleY));

    I wrote these lines - and they are probably not the correct way to work out the original size of the inner movieclip - if anyone knows how to fix this?)

    The new problem is:

    not-working.fla -- this is the same as the other fla --- BUT now container.inner - is inside ANOTHER movieclip - meaning there are 2 parents. The function does not work with 2 parents. As the scale of "container" is not taken into account.

    If anyone can fix this -- just let me know how much I owe you!


    Attachements: Working: working.fla Not Working: not-working.fla

    Thanks again.

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    Hi,

    I took a look too, with the not working one and keeping your code mostly
    PHP Code:
    stage.scaleMode StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE;
    stage.align StageAlign.TOP_LEFT;
    stage.addEventListener(Event.RESIZEresizeScreen);
    stage.dispatchEvent(new Event(Event.RESIZE));

    function 
    resizeScreen(e:Event):void
    {
        
    //outer_container.width = stage.stageWidth;
        //outer_container.height = stage.stageHeight;
        
    outer_container.container.width stage.stageWidth;
        
    outer_container.container.height stage.stageHeight;
        
    doSize(outer_container.container.inside);
    }
    function 
    doSize(obj:MovieClip):void
    {
        var 
    referer obj.parent;
        var 
    originalWidth:Number Math.round((obj.width obj.scaleX));
        var 
    originalHeight:Number Math.round((obj.height obj.scaleY));
        var 
    amt:Number Math.min(referer.width originalWidthreferer.height originalHeight);

        
    obj.scaleX = (amt * (referer.scaleX));
        
    obj.scaleY = (amt * (referer.scaleY));

        
    obj.=  ((referer.width 2) * (referer.scaleX))  - (obj.width 2);
        
    obj.=  ((referer.height 2) * (referer.scaleY))  - (obj.height 2);


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    Thanks fruitbeard - but the outer_container has to be the one that resizes to the stage size

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    Hi,

    I.m not entirely sure which bit you want to scale,
    PHP Code:
    stage.scaleMode StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE;
    stage.align StageAlign.TOP_LEFT;
    stage.addEventListener(Event.RESIZEresizeScreen);
    stage.dispatchEvent(new Event(Event.RESIZE));

    function 
    resizeScreen(e:Event):void
    {
        
    outer_container.width stage.stageWidth;
        
    outer_container.height stage.stageHeight;
       
    // outer_container.container.width = stage.stageWidth;
        //outer_container.container.height = stage.stageHeight;
        
    doSize(outer_container.container.inside);
    }
    function 
    doSize(obj:MovieClip):void
    {
        var 
    referer obj;
        var 
    originalWidth:Number Math.round((obj.width obj.scaleX));
        var 
    originalHeight:Number Math.round((obj.height obj.scaleY));
        var 
    amt:Number Math.min(referer.width originalWidthreferer.height originalHeight);

        
    obj.scaleX = (amt * (referer.scaleX));
        
    obj.scaleY = (amt * (referer.scaleY));

        
    obj.=  ((referer.width 2) * (referer.scaleX))  - (obj.width 2);
        
    obj.=  ((referer.height 2) * (referer.scaleY))  - (obj.height 2);


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    If you download the "working.fla"

    I'd like the "not-working.fla" to produce the same result - the same scaling and positioning as the "working.fla"


    The only code that can be changed is in the "doSize" function.


    There may also be a problem with the two variables originalWidth and originalHeight --- as I wrote them lines and am not as good coder as Dawsonk

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    Hi,

    What is the original code that dawsonk wrote

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    In the original code, the sizes were set like - originalWidth = 300, originalHeight = 150

    But as I need the function to be able to work with any movieclips, I can't have them hardcoded like that. The function needs to work out the "inner" original size without any hardcoded numbers.

    Thanks again for the help

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    Hi,

    I can't seem to get my head around it, perhaps this, although this also scales the container
    PHP Code:
    stage.scaleMode StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE;
    stage.align StageAlign.TOP_LEFT;
    stage.addEventListener(Event.RESIZEresizeScreen);
    stage.dispatchEvent(new Event(Event.RESIZE));

    function 
    resizeScreen(e:Event):void
    {
        
    outer_container.width stage.stageWidth;
        
    outer_container.height stage.stageHeight;
        
    outer_container.container.width stage.stageWidth;
        
    outer_container.container.height stage.stageHeight;
        
        
    doSize(outer_container.container.inside);
    }
    function 
    doSize(obj:MovieClip):void
    {
        var 
    referer obj.parent;
        var 
    originalWidth:Number Math.round(obj.width obj.scaleX);
        var 
    originalHeight:Number Math.round(obj.height obj.scaleY);

        var 
    amt:Number Math.min(referer.width originalWidthreferer.height originalHeight);

        
    obj.scaleX = (amt * (referer.scaleX));
        
    obj.scaleY = (amt * (referer.scaleY));

        
    obj.=  ((referer.width 2) * (referer.scaleX))  - (obj.width 2);
        
    obj.=  ((referer.height 2) * (referer.scaleY))  - (obj.height 2);


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