Totally from code?!

[JoelTHE]

Ok, I have been given a task that could win me a very sweet job. I have a week to complete it, and I need to learn some stuff, fast.

I have a library full of images and that's it. I am supposed to make a flash file with a blank stage that creates a dynamic button system completely via code.

How do I do this? Specifically, how do I create a button, an mc, a text field, etc. from scratch, and then how to do I get them to load in dynamic external .swf's without hardcoding? There's no need to duplicate, it's just a previous and next button, and then a button that links to something based on the content I load in.

I'm an ok actionscripter, but this is more advanced than anything I've done before.

Thank you VERY much to whoever helps me on this one.

[Wizzz]

code:

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function drawButton( mc, txt ){

	mc.clear();

	mc.createTextField('t',1,0,-6,100,16 );

	var t = mc.t;

	t.autoSize = true;

	t.text = txt;

	t.selectable = false;

	mc.beginFill(0xcccccc,100);

	mc.moveTo( -2,-8);

	mc.lineTo( t._width+2,-8);

	mc.lineTo( t._width+2,12);

	mc.lineTo( -2,12);

	mc.lineTo( -2,-12);

	mc.endFill();

}



pr = _root.createEmptyMovieClip('_prev',1);

drawButton( pr, "<< PREV" );



nx = _root.createEmptyMovieClip('_next',2);

drawButton( nx, "NEXT >>" );



pr._y = nx._y = 300;

pr._x = 175;

nx._x = 375;



i = 1;



function loadPic(){

	this.pic.removeMovieClip();

	var mc = this.createEmptyMovieClip("mc",3);

	mc._y = 20;

	mc._x = 130;

	mc.loadMovie( "http://barada.pl/test/pic/domivic-hon"+this.i+".jpg" );

}



nx.onPress = function(){

	this._parent.i == 5 ? this._parent.i = 1 : this._parent.i++;

	loadPic();

}



pr.onPress = function(){

	this._parent.i == 1 ? this._parent.i = 5 : this._parent.i--;

	loadPic();	

}



loadPic();

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okay, now... did I get your job dude?

[JoelTHE]

No, but you might deserve to.

That all looks pretty understandable, but I never would have figured that out in a week. Thanks a lot.

One question though, this looks like it actually "draws" a button, like with lines and fills...yes? I have images in the library that I need instances of...how do I do that?

[Wizzz]

No, but you might deserve to.

go to hell

One question though, this looks like it actually "draws" a button, like with lines and fills...yes?

yes

I have images in the library that I need instances of...how do I do that?

go to manual looking for attachMovie dude

[JoelTHE]

Fine...I should probably find something out on my own, I guess.

Thanks for all your help.

[MyFriendIsATaco]

My opinion: you probably shouldn't get that job... It's ok to ask for help when working on a project for a client, but its not ok to get someone else to pretty much do the bulk of the work for you to impress a client... They will find out down the road that you're not as good as they thought you were... That's not a good thing... It's better to find clients that you can work with and eventually work up to harder and more complex projects the more you learn...

[Wizzz]

yeah thats very true - u'll get fired soon