"ease on mouse click" help

programming flash
1

this regards the tutorial on “easing on mousae click” i can make it but i was wondering how i were to give it boundaries if i made it in a lrager set, but did not want it able to move around the entire frame, only in a designated area

2

you need something like this :):

// declaring object to store data
boundaries = {};
// right boundary
boundaries.r = 100;
// top boundary
boundaries.t = 0;
// left boundary
boundaries.l = 0;
// bottom boundary
boundaries.b = 100;
MovieClip.prototype.easeMC = function(x, y, easingFactor) {
	this.onEnterFrame = function() {
		tempX=this._x, tempY=this._y;
		if (x>boundaries.l && y>boundaries.t && x<boundaries.r && y<boundaries.b) {
			if (differenceX>0 || differenceY>0) {
				this._x += differenceX/easingFactor;
				this._y += differenceY/easingFactor;
			} else {
				delete this.onEnterFrame;
			}
		} else {
			delete this.onEnterFrame;
		}
	};
};
/* usage */
onMouseDown = function () {
	mymovieclip.easeMC(_xmouse, _ymouse, 25);
};

I was trying to make so that the mc moves as far as i can within the boundaries when the mouse is clicked outside of it, but there was a little bug i couldnt overcome ;(

3

thanx heaps

4

wait wait wait
>_<
was that for a box? or do i have to make the box a movie clip???i.e i want to draw a box, just a square oneand make it so the dot cannot move out of the box and so that it doesn’t respond to a click outside the box

5 
// right boundary
boundaries.r = 100;
// top boundary
boundaries.t = 0;
// left boundary
boundaries.l = 0;
// bottom boundary
boundaries.b = 100;

this is where the dimensions/position of the ‘box’ go… :slight_smile:

6

:slight_smile: shibby.
thanx heaps

7

wait, stop again.
i put the original movement code on the mc and ur code on the frame…
the boundaries dont werk

8

you don’t use the original code anymore.

just replace mymovieclip in this line of the code with the actual instance name of your movieclip. :wink:

onMouseDown = function () {
        **mymovieclip**.easeMC(_xmouse, _ymouse, 25);
};