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• How to reference a dynamically created MovieClip from an another MovieClip?

  Hello

  I would be grateful for the pointers to the following problem:

  I can't reference dynamically created MovieClips (links in a panel side on a Flash site, created from a XML file) from the current MovieClip (the selected link).

  I want to freeze the MovieClip/link to the mouseOver State, once it has been clicked - this part works. When a new MovieClip/link is clicked on, I would like to release the previously clicked on the link to the mouseOver State, which is what I have so far been unable to do.

  My problem seems to refer to the previous link/MoveClip. I used the statement (MovieClip (this) .name) route trace to determine that the clips are named item0, item1, item2 and so on. However, I was unable so far to reference the previous item so far. I tried to follow the route to the MovieClip on the stage and also essaye.item0.gotoandstop MovieClip (parent) and a lot of other different permutations, but nothing helped. It's the fact that they seem to be in a container called "panel", which is defeat me.

  Here's a live version that I downloaded, what could explain the problem better. Click on "UBER EACH" in the menu bar to access the page in question. It is the links on the left side (history, team Unser, etc.) who are the problem. You will see that once they were clicked, they stay in their mouseOver State.

  This is the code in question on the fla file, which is a file that I did not create myself. The parts in black work very well; It's the Red pieces there the rub:

  ***********************************

  import flash.display.MovieClip;

  panel.buttonMode = true;

  var: lang: uint = 1;

  var url_Link:String = MovieClip (root).program.websiteXML .language [lang] [MovieClip (root).program.linkPage].pages.titlePage.texts.pageList.txt [XT].@link numT;

  var urlPage:Number = number (MovieClip (root).program.webs iteXML.language [lang].pages.titlePage [MovieClip (root).program.linkPage].texts.pageList.tx t[numTXT].@linkPage);

  var request: URLRequest;

  var linkIndex:uint;

  var lastClickedLink:MovieClip; //This is supposed to store the last link that has been clicked - it does not work  

  panel.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, clicLink);

  panel.addEventListener (MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, mouseOverLink);

  panel.addEventListener (MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, mouseOutLink);

  function mouseOverLink(event:MouseEvent):void {}

  MovieClip (this) .gotoAndPlay ('s1');

  }

  function mouseOutLink(event:MouseEvent):void {}

  if(numTXT!== (linkIndex-1)/5) { State mouseOver of //freezes so this is the link for the current page

  MovieClip (this) .gotoAndPlay ('s2');

  }

  }

  function clicLink(event:MouseEvent):void {}

  var linkpage:uint =. MovieClip program.linkPage (root);

  If {(url_Link)

  request = new URLRequest (url_Link);

  navigateToURL (request);

  } else {}

  linkIndex = numTXT * 5 + 1;

  if(linkpage == 1) {}

  MovieClip (root).chPages.cont.page_about_mc.page3Tu rner_mc.gotoAndStop ([linkIndex]);

  } ElseIf (linkpage == 2) {}

  MovieClip (root).chPages.cont.page3_mc.page3Turner_ mc.gotoAndStop ([linkIndex]);

  }

  lastClickedLink.gotoAndPlay('s2'); / / This is supposed to release the clicked the link previous it is State mouseOver - does not work 

  lastClickedLink = MovieClip (this) .name; //this is supposed to set the new link as the last link clicked after that was released of her is State mouseOver - does not work   

  }

  }

  ***********************************

  If anyone can help, that would be great.

  What you might be after for this line is to use:

  lastClickedLink = MovieClip (event.currentTarget);

  For what you show, the name property of an object is a string, so I expect get you an error regarding trying to get a string to act as a MovieClip when you try to say to gotoAndPlay ('s2').

• Access dynamically created movieclips

  I have an application that I add movieclips to a movieclip container through a loop and repeatedly by calling myClip.addChild (theNewClip). Now I have a dozen of clips in my container and it seems that the only way to access the item is to use the getChildByName() method and run it in a temporary clip, so I can get to the properties.
  
  What is the best or only way to do this? The old AS2 myContainer ["theName"] .property does not work with dynamically created movieclips? It doesn't seem to work for me.
  
  In any case, I now get the clips, but I was hoping that someone could show me a better way to access a clip created dynamically.

  OK Yes im a dumass.

  You can just say container.getChildByName("theName").x;

  Do not consider this post lol.

• Dynamically size movieclip to adjust the width and height of the text string

  Hello

  I'm trying to size a movieclip dynamically to adapt to the size of the height of the strings a text and width (this text is inside the movieclip)

  Here is my code so far...

  var Font1_ = new Font1();

  var Format2:TextFormat = new TextFormat();

  Format2.size = 36;

  Format2.align = TextFormatAlign.CENTER;

  Format2.font = Font1_.fontName;

  var MessageBox:MovieClip = new MessageBoxMC();

  MessageBox.Text1.defaultTextFormat = Format2;

  MessageBox.Text1.embedFonts = true;

  MessageBox.Text1.antiAliasType = AntiAliasType.ADVANCED;

  MessageBox.Text1.wordWrap = true;

  MessageBox.Text1.width = 800;

  MessageBox.Text1.height = 400;

  MessageBox.Text1.textColor = 0xFFFFFF;

  MessageBox.Text1.cacheAsBitmap = true;

  MessageBox.Text1.mouseEnabled = false;

  MessageBox.Text1.text is a String ("use the arrow keys to move");.

  MessageBox.width = MessageBox.Text1.width;

  MessageBox.height = MessageBox.Text1.height;

  MessageBox.x = 400;

  MessageBox.y = 200;

  addChild (MessageBox);

  This does not work for me... someone knows the best way to do it?

  I want also the text is centered in the movieclip, with a border of 2-4 pixels

  Also I'm not sure if I should use text.length? advice and comments was very well received.

  Thanks in advance!

  Essentially, you must check for a change in .textWidth or .textHeight, which are different from the .width and .height.

  This code works for me (guess a box called bottom bg and an instance of inside a moveclip and an X fg foreground text and there delimits variable shift to say what distance you want from the text box and a textFrameNudge to provide a value to tweak).

       // Resize background box
       thisBox.bg.x = thisBox.fg.x - boundsOffsetX + textFrameNudge; // I'm using .4 as the tweak value for textFrameNudge
       thisBox.bg.y = thisBox.fg.y - boundsOffsetY;
       thisBox.bg.width = thisBox.fg.textWidth + boundsOffsetX*2 +textFrameNudge*thisBox.fg.getTextFormat().size;
       thisBox.bg.height = thisBox.fg.textHeight + boundsOffsetY*2;
  

• call dynamically packaged libraries

  Hey Gang,

  We want to be able to code attached to our running application.  We can do what we want with LLBs, but want to use new technologies.  I can tie LVLIBPs statically, but, so far, have not been able to get dynamic calls to work.

  All the world is this success?

  Thanks in advance,

  Roger

  Hi Aaron,

  Please check it!

  Please make sure that it is added to the list of issues for a future fix.

  We will implement our need with LLBs for now.  In the future, we can modify libraries packaged, we prefer that they are not editable.

  Thank you, once again!

  Roger

• How ot call dynamic test for a button object

  I have a button on the stage as a button instance name of hava.

  Inside the button objectd, IN the second layer of my button, I added a dynamic test with instance name dynamictest.

  When I add the code to my first image in the time line of main stage, the program cannot identfiy dynamic text with instance name dynamictext.

  I say button.dynamictext. How can I solve it.

  If you use a simplebutton control, there is no practical way to reference child objects.  to remedy this, use a movieclip button.

• Possible to call a nested movieClip another function?

  Hello

  If I function_2 nested in fonction_1, what you would call function_2 since an another movieclip on the same timeline?

  MovieClip (parent) .function_1 () .function_2 () - I know it's wrong, but just to illustrate.

  Thanks for your help.

  Shaun

  Nesting of functions is a bad habit.  If you don't nest you won't have to wonder how you could do it (which I doubt you could).

• Get the dynamically loaded movieclip content

  Hey,.

  After trying without success to get the totalframes to a .swf dynamically loaded in AS3, I regressed to AS2.

  Now, I can add the clip and get the totalframes of content, no problem.

  The problem is that I can't resize the content at all.
  I have no idea how to target the loaded content.

  Here is the code I use:

  var myXML:XML = new XML();
  var path:String;
  var mcl:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
  var mclm:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
  var mclL:Object = new Object();
  var frames:Number;
  var i:Number = 0;
  var mc:MovieClip = new MovieClip
  myXML.ignoreWhite=true;
  myXML.load("content.xml");
  
  holder_mc._alpha = 0;
  
  myXML.onLoad = function(xmlLoaded){
  menu();
  load();
  }
  
  
  
  mclL.onLoadComplete = function() {
            frames = (MovieClip(holder_mc)._totalframes);
            if (frames == 1) {
                 image();
            }
            else if (frames > 1) {
                 clip();
            }
       }
  
  load = function(){
       clearInterval(timer);
       path = myXML.firstChild.childNodes[i].childNodes[1].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
       mcl.loadClip(path, holder_mc);
       var tFiles:Number = myXML.firstChild.childNodes.length;
       if (i < tFiles){
            i++;
       }
       else if (i == (tFiles)){
            i=0;
            load();
       }
       mcl.addListener(mclL);     
  }
  
  image = function() {     
       seconds=1000;
       holder_mc._alpha = 100;
       timer = setInterval(load, seconds);
  }
  
  clip = function() {     
       holder_mc._alpha = 100;
       ftimer = setInterval(checkFrames, 100);
  }
  
  checkFrames = function() {
            frame = (MovieClip(holder_mc)._currentframe);
            if (frame==(frames-1)){
                 clearInterval(ftimer);
                 load();
            }
       }
       
  menu = function(){
       
       var tFiles:Number = myXML.firstChild.childNodes.length;
       for (me=0; me < tFiles; me++){
       path = myXML.firstChild.childNodes[i].childNodes[1].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
       i++;
       _root.attachMovie("circle", "circle"+me, me, {_x:(me*30), _y:330});
       mclm.loadClip(path, ("circle"+me));     
       }
       
  }
  

  I need to resize the content as well for the main holder_mc, as well as for menu items.

  Use onLoadInit():

  mclL.onLoadInit = function(target:MovieClip) {          frames = target._totalframes;          if (frames == 1) {               image();          }          else if (frames > 1) {               clip();          }// size target here     }
  
  
  

• Dynamically generated movieclip properties

  Hello
  
  I'm reading in the data to an XML file. Each attribute of a child is assigned as a property of a movieclip as shown in the related code. However, I want to do is don't have not not the property will have already decided names that I don't necessarily know how to attribute a child in the xml file. Is it possible to dynamically name properties according to what number attribute, they are...?
  
  Thanks in advance
  
  Greg

  Yes it's possible... :)

  the docs have an example related directly to it, using the method "attributes()" (with the ') you can return a list of all the attributes of a node object to give in the form of an XMLList object. then iterate through this object, you can use the 'name()' method to return the name of each attribute. as you do this, you can use operators to access to dynamically generate the properties of the object of MC, and then assign the values in the other table, as in:

• Call dynamic sub question vi

  Using the vi in the attached photo, I try to call the sub vi several times, each time should open another instance.

  But I can only open an instance during the first use. The 2nd time will give the error as below.

  LabVIEW: The VI isn't in a State compatible with this operation.

  And when I run once again, even the 1st time giving same error.

  Furthermore, I also want to control the position of the new instance, they appear right next to the Center and a workstation a little.

  Also, when they were closed, is there any method to send a message to the parent vi.

  Thank you.

  The Invoke node, I'm running is not intended to replace the node run VI invoke.

  In addition, the vi you attached is especially useless because you have not attached the 3 Subvi

  My whole VI looks like this

  

• Adding Animation to a dynamically created MovieClip

  Imagine I want to use the calendar and I don't want to create an instance of movieClip in the library to be exported to the Action Script

  Instead, I want to use the first image on the stage to create some movieclips and add an animation to them through functions. Like this:

  var DynamicClip:MovieClip = new MovieClip

  buildMovieClip (for variables)

  function buildMovieClip (some variables)

  {DynamicClip.graphics (blah blah)

  addChild (DynamicClip)

  DynamicClip.addEventListener (Event.ENTER_FRAME, animatePixels)

  }

  function animatePixels()

  {a few codes to move the these pixels}

  Now that everything works well except the fact that the animation is not part of the MovieClip. so if I decide to ratote the whole thing or scale or other, the animation is not affected. How can I actually 'indent', 'attached', 'understand' the animations I coded in the MovieClip instance and then if all goes well, give it a name so I can duplicate it. everything with no dependency on the library and manually created symbols.

  Thanks in advance...
  

  You need to stick with your other display and not new starts for the same topic.  Other display I see you use addChild when you say you want to add the object to the MovieClip.  If you want to add the object to the MovieClip so that the child turns with the MovieClip, then you must use MovieClip.addChild

• Import of Images dynamically on movieclip

  Hello, I did this project in flash CS3 using Actionscript 2.0

  I want to import images into a folder on stage. The images are named 1.jpg, 2.jpg, 3.jpg, etc... All of these images are 600px width.

  I used a movieclip as a container for these images.

  Here's the code.
  for (i = 0; i < 3; i ++) {
  img_scroll. attachMovie ('imgbar', 'img'+ i, _root.getNextHighestDepth());
  img_scroll ['img'+ i]. _x = i * 600;
  img_scroll ['img'+ i]. _y = 0;
  loadMovie (i + 1 +'.jpg', img_scroll ['img'+ i]);
  }

  img_scroll is the movieclip that will contain images. and imgbar is an empty movieclip.

  
  When I run this code, only the last image is loaded. given that I used I < 3 in the loop for, only the 3rd image is loaded. its in the right place. (_x = 1800). The first and the second picture is not loaded...

  Any1 can help please?

  PS: If I use _root.attachMovie and _root instead of img_scroll in the world, all the images are loaded perfectly and in place. But I want them to be inside the img_scroll movieclip. Because who is going to be animate.

  the code in bold are the critical error corrections only.  the rest is all good coding style.

  for (i = 0; i<3;>
  var mc:MovieClip = img_scroll.attachMovie ("imgbar", "img" + i, img_scroll.getNextHighestDepth ());
  MC._x = i * 600;
  MC._y = 0;

  mc.loadMovie ((i + 1)+ ".jpg");

  }

• use a dynamically created movieclip

  Seems that after I get more than one problem it is just around the corner. That's what makes it exciting I suppose

  I have a function that adds 7 movieclips to the timeline in a loop. The name of the clips is automatically generated:

  menu = function(){
       
       var tFiles:Number = myXML.firstChild.childNodes.length;
       for (me=0; me < tFiles; me++){
       path = myXML.firstChild.childNodes[i].childNodes[1].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
       i++;
       _root.attachMovie("circle", "circle"+me, me, {_x:(me*43), _y:330});
       mclm.loadClip(path, ("circle"+me));     
       mclm.addListener(mclmL);     
       }
       
  }
  
  

  Now I want to use circle1, circle2, etc. in a function that has an 'i' variable.

  In the function, I put

  MovieClip("circle"+i)._alpha = 0;
  

  It does not work. If I just use circle1 to the line, it works perfectly.

  I hope that there is a way to do without getting involved berries.

  Thank you.

  Use the notation from table to force flash to convert a string to an object:

  _root ["circle" + i] ._alpha = 0;

• Dynamically call a demon or an actor VI in TestStand

  Hi all

  The context:

  • I have a non-reentrant VI that must run in parallel to a sequence
  • This VI is opened and closed several times during the tests.
  • I close the VI sending him a pending request as it closes.

  It seems to me that there are two ways to start the VI:

  • Have TestStand call a LabVIEW VI that launches the dynamic VI. This could be the static node in the CGRA or an invoke node using a ref VI.
  • Use the asynchronous step "Run VI" in TestStand type.

  Right now I use the step "Run VI" asynchronous. I do not use the option "Reserve loaded live for execution", and once from time to time I get the crash 'TestStand sequence editor has stopped working ".

  My questions:

  1. With regard to memory management, which is the best way to put in place my use case? Is it better to have LabVIEW make the dynamic call or TestStand call dynamic?
  2. What is the difference in between both of these memory management works?

  Thanks a lot - suggestions are appreciated.

  Mr. Jim

  Let us know how it goes with the movement of the sous-suite.

  Basically the call run VI Asynch just dynamically create a sous-suite and qualifying in a new thread.  You can view it in the definition of step Type in one of the PreSteps.  But using the subsequence you eliminate the part of the dynamic generation of it (I've seen topics with, similar to what you describe).

  Good luck

• dynamically called vi, PDM invalid file reference

  Hello

  I can't explain a strange behavior, I hope someone can give me a hint.

  First of all, do not ask why I need this way to go, I would like to understand why this is happening.

  We have a FGV which has 3 actions: Init, write data and close. It works on the TDMS files. The action of the init creates a TDMS file reference that is stored in a shift register to be prepared, used by writing and finally narrow cases.

  Everything is OK, if I use this FGV simply in a main VI directly from the block diagram. So that I can init, write data and finally close the PDM file.

  However, for some reason, appeared a new requirement: to be able to 'Init' and 'Close' the TDMS file using the FGV, but within a dynamically called VI (a pop-up window that may not stop the execution of the appellant).

  So in primary VI, I call dynamically VI one another by using the asynchronous call (flag x 80, "call and forget" method), and it dynamically called VI fires the FGV TDMS.

  When I probe the reference of TDMS files, I can see that it gets its value correctly after the case 'Init' of fire. After this 'init' which happened (from Dynamics called VI), a location in the MAIN VI starts calling this FGV with enum action 'Write '. I can see via sensors, the case of writing Gets the same number of REF TDMS file which has been stored in the shift register after the case 'Init '.

  But even so, the VERY first function TDMS write throws an error msg "TDMS file invalid reference '! How is it possible, if the file reference is OK and the same as that created by the function 'File open TDMS' in case 'init '?

  Again, if I execute 'init' action also directly the main VI, not a third dynamically called VI, everything is OK, it works.

  I hope that my explanation is not too bad

  Thanks for the tips and if no idea, I'll try to recreate/replicate this behavior in a test project that is small, and I'll post it...

  The problem is that when the dynamic called vi stops all references that he open invalid.

  To see what I want to say, change the dynamics vi delay like 30 seconds before she stops, the savings loop works fine until the dynamics vi stops, then the error returns.

  Mike...