Hi
I can get the movieclips into the container movieclip, but they’re supposed to float around within the boundaries of container movieclip
Unfortunatly they just float off stage
I THINK THE IMPORTANT PART IS AT THE END OF THE SCRIPT IN THE ON ENTER FRAME HANDLER
Any pointers?
Thanks
[AS]import fl.transitions.Tween;
import fl.transitions.TweenEvent;
import fl.transitions.easing.*;
var boxStartY:Number;
var boxStartX:Number;
var boxAlpha:Number = .7;
var boxScale:Number = .3;
var boxes:Array = new Array();
var xmlFile:String = “images.xml”;
//create boxes array to put mc’s into
function randomize(min:Number, max:Number):Number {
var range = max-min;
var resultRandom = Math.random()*range;
resultRandom += min;
return resultRandom;
}
//initialise photo boxes
function init():void {
var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loadXML);
loader.load(new URLRequest(xmlFile));
function loadXML(e:Event):void {
XML.ignoreWhitespace = true;
var xml:XML = new XML(e.target.data);
var list:XMLList = xml.product;
for (var i:int = 0; i < list.length(); i++){
var element:XML = list*;
trace(element.url+" "+element.desc);
var newBox:myMC1 = new myMC1();
newBox.name = “box” + i;
newBox.x = randomize(5, container.x);
newBox.y = randomize(5, container.y);
newBox.scaleX = .3;
newBox.scaleY = .3;
newBox.speedX = randomize(1,2);
newBox.speedY = newBox.speedX;
newBox.speedR = randomize(-2,4);
newBox.alpha = boxAlpha;
newBox.select = false;//var to toggle when selected
var l:Loader = new Loader();
l.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.INIT, loaded);
l.load(new URLRequest(element.url))
function loaded(evt:Event){
var targetLoader= evt.target.loader;
targetLoader.x = -(targetLoader.width / 2);
targetLoader.y = -(targetLoader.height / 2);
}
newBox.addChild(l)
newBox.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, enlarge);
newBox.mouseChildren = false//mouse events won’t work
//if not used
boxes.push(newBox);//put in to array
container.addChild(newBox);//adds to a movieclip on the stage
}
}
}
function enlarge(evt:MouseEvent):void {
var theMC:MovieClip = MovieClip(evt.target);
if (!theMC.select) {
theMC.speedX = 0;//stop rotation, and scale up to centre
theMC.speedY = 0;
theMC.speedR = 0;
var rotationTween:Tween = new Tween(theMC, “rotation”, None.easeOut, theMC.rotation, 0, .6, true);
var scaleXTween:Tween = new Tween(theMC, “scaleX”, None.easeNone, theMC.scaleX, 1, .5, true);
var scaleYTween:Tween = new Tween(theMC, “scaleY”, None.easeNone, theMC.scaleY, 1, .5, true);
var alphaTween:Tween = new Tween(theMC, “alpha”, None.easeInOut, theMC.alpha, 1, 1, true);
var locXTween:Tween = new Tween(theMC, “x”, None.easeOut, theMC.x, container.height/2, .5, true);
var locYTween:Tween = new Tween(theMC, “y”, None.easeOut, theMC.y, container.width/2, .5, true);
theMC.parent.setChildIndex(theMC,theMC.parent.numChildren-1);//bring to the top of the pile
theMC.select = true;
} else {
theMC.speedX = randomize(1,2);
//reset
theMC.speedY = theMC.speedX;
theMC.speedR = randomize(-2,4);
scaleXTween = new Tween(theMC, “scaleX”, None.easeNone, theMC.scaleX, boxScale, 1, true);
scaleYTween = new Tween(theMC, “scaleY”, None.easeNone, theMC.scaleY, boxScale, 1, true);
alphaTween = new Tween(theMC, “alpha”, None.easeInOut, theMC.alpha, boxAlpha, 1, true);
theMC.select = false;
}
}
//BOXES IS THE ARRARY THAT HOLDS THE IMAGE NAMES AND SHOULD TELL
//THEM TO FLOAT IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION WHEN CONDITIONS ARE MET
container.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, moveIt);
function moveIt(evt:Event):void {
//if the
//Loop through the boxes array
for (var i = 0; i < boxes.length; i++) {
//Update the y position
boxes*.x += boxes*.speedX;
boxes*.y += boxes*.speedY;
boxes*.rotation += boxes*.speedR;
if (boxes*.y <=0||boxes*.y >= container.height) {
boxes*.speedY = -1;
boxes.speedR = -1;
}
if (boxes.x <=0||boxes*.x >= container.width) {
boxes*.speedX = -1;
boxes.speedR *= -1;
}
}
}
trace(container.width)
init();
[/AS]
