# Dynamic lines
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-lines/5755
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [September 20, 2002, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-lines/5755 "2002-09-20T21:54:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 19
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### Author:  [@eilsoe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/eilsoe)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2002, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-lines/5755/1 "2002-09-20T21:54:42Z")
is it possible to dynammically create a line between two moving objects? so the start and end points of the line is attached to two objects?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2002, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-lines/5755/2 "2002-09-20T22:00:55Z")
Yep. You can check the drawing API tute in the AS tricks, and the drawing board tute.
pom :asian:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2002, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-lines/5755/3 "2002-09-20T22:02:53Z")
ah gerat, i’ll look into it…
I’m making sort of a random draw thingy… points a er moving as they were intended, I just thought It’d be fun to makes some lines too! 🙂
I’ll post it when it’s done… just a fun evening project… 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2002, 10:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-lines/5755/4 "2002-09-20T22:26:03Z")
Oki, I can draw the lines now…
but I want it to only draw ONE line per frame… it keeps copying it… I can’t get the clear thing to work properly! It erases the whole thing and nothing shows up…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2002, 10:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-lines/5755/5 "2002-09-20T22:28:00Z")
Oki now I got it to erase… but NOW the line blinks 'cuz of fps…
What do I do?
I want it to present ONE single line, no blinking…
And that line has to be able to move between objects…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2002, 10:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-lines/5755/6 "2002-09-20T22:45:33Z")
It’s impossible (at least for me) to answer your questions if you don’t post the code, Eilsoe. Or the fla. 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2002, 10:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-lines/5755/7 "2002-09-20T22:50:31Z")
here’s my fla:
```
[testlines.fla](http://www.avalon-rev.dk/test/testlines.fla)
```
U can see it keeps making lines… that’s not what i’m after… but since I learned about these lines 20 minutes ago, I think it’s only fair I ask questions about it! 😛
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2002, 11:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-lines/5755/8 "2002-09-20T23:32:04Z")
Well you can have it as 2 frames.
First frame containing the actions…
i++;
\_root.createEmptyMovieClip(“test”, 1);
test.lineStyle(1, 0x000000, 100);
test.moveTo(i, i);
test.lineTo(\_root.\_xmouse, \_root.\_ymouse);
and the second frame containing the actions…
gotoAndPlay(1);
This worked for me, but I don’t know if it is exactly what you wanted it to do.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2002, 11:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-lines/5755/9 "2002-09-20T23:36:07Z")
well… with this method, the line also blinks… I set the fps to 30 just to speed things up.
This CAN be used, i mean, i can just set the lineto and moveto, to the xy of my moving objects, but the line still blinks every time the movie changes frame#!
can you follow me…?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2002, 11:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-lines/5755/10 "2002-09-20T23:37:38Z")
well whaddya know…
all of a sudden it stopped blinking… I didn’t even change anything…
scary… :-\
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2002, 11:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-lines/5755/11 "2002-09-20T23:59:07Z")
here it is guys!
It worked…! My first experiment with lines! 😛
I’m so proud of myself… 🙂
here: [lines exp](http://www.avalon-rev.dk/lines/lines.html)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2002, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-lines/5755/12 "2002-09-21T16:48:04Z")
Nice 🙂 But change that background color, please… 😛
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2002, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-lines/5755/13 "2002-09-21T21:34:56Z")
okeeey, try it again now! 😛
Better??
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2002, 9:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-lines/5755/14 "2002-09-21T21:44:30Z")
Hey, that’s actually very good! Give it a little bit of colour, make it less than 25 lines and I think you can post this at Bit-101 without having to blush, Eilsoe 🙂
pom :asian:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2002, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-lines/5755/15 "2002-09-21T22:55:57Z")
coool! 😛
Whaddya mean “less than 25 lines” …? Code? or “lines” directly…?
what colors…? The fills??
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2002, 10:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-lines/5755/16 "2002-09-21T22:57:13Z")
Lines of code, yes. And yeah, you could put a fill there, don’t you think?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2002, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-lines/5755/17 "2002-09-21T23:00:25Z")
well there IS a fill! 🙂
tha 50% alpha blue… but yeah, this could get cramped down to less than 25 lines… easily…
then I suspect having to loose the pic in back too… since he states “nothing in the library”…
everything else is pure AS… so… no biggie… 😛
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2002, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-lines/5755/18 "2002-09-21T23:03:27Z")
??? The one I saw before had no fill, no background… I have to get some sleep.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2002, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-lines/5755/19 "2002-09-21T23:06:14Z")
well ok, but the one above DOES have a fill, and a pic of some greenish little troll thingy… try deleting your temp internet files and check again… otherwise, I’ll post the fla for u, then u can see it! :evil:
I’ll redo the code tomorrow.
I gotta get to bed now… girlfriends calling me! 😛
C’ya!