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► SWF File Elements Shift Upon Resizing Window

May 17, 2012 9:02 PM

Hi,

 

I've created a Flash website. However, when I resize the published SWF (or the preview window within Flash) some of the elements get displaced. How can I create a "wrapper" like in Dreamweaver so that the window can be dragged out to any size and all of the components stay together as they were intended?

 

Here is what I mean:

 

http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l567/niksavtchenko/2.jpg

 

http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l567/niksavtchenko/1.jpg

 

Thanks,

 

Nik

1923 Views   13 Replies   Latest reply: kglad, May 21, 2012 10:34 PM
 
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  • kglad
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    1. kglad,
    May 19, 2012 7:43 AM   in reply to nik.savtchenko
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    you can specify your layout in an onResize listener:

     

    var stageListener:Object={};

    stageListener.onResize=function(){

    // position header

    // position content

    // etc

    }

    Stage.addListener(stageListener);

     
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    2. nik.savtchenko,
    May 20, 2012 7:37 AM   in reply to kglad
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    thank you so much! can you give me an example of what I would enter for position header, content, etc? My document size is 1024 x 768. sorry, I'm new to flash.

     
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    May 20, 2012 9:59 AM   in reply to nik.savtchenko
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    your exact code depends on what you want.  but, for example, if you wanted your header to be centered horizontally and your content to be centered horizontally and vertically, you could use:

     

    var stageListener:Object={};

    stageListener.onResize=function(){

    // position header

    header._x = (Stage.width-header._width)/2;

    // position content

    content._x = (Stage.width-content._width)/2;

    content._y = (Stage.height-content._height)/2;

    }

    Stage.addListener(stageListener);

     

    // and you will probably want to check the stage scaleMode properties.

     
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    4. nik.savtchenko,
    May 20, 2012 8:39 PM   in reply to kglad
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    for some reason when I copy and paste this code my swf gets stuck loading and blinks uncontrollably. what should I do? also, how do I check the stage scaleMode properties? I'm so sorry I don't know Flash well at all!

     
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    May 20, 2012 10:49 PM   in reply to nik.savtchenko
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    what error message do you see?

     

    check the flash help files, the Stage class.

     
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    6. nik.savtchenko,
    May 21, 2012 4:34 AM   in reply to kglad
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    How would I do that? I tried using this code:

     

     

    stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE;
    stage.align = StageAlign.TOP_LEFT;
    stage.addEventListener(Event.RESIZE, onResize);

     

    function onResize(e:Event=null):void
    {
        trace( stage.stageWidth );
    }

     
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    7. kglad,
    May 21, 2012 7:52 AM   in reply to nik.savtchenko
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    are you publishing for as3 or as2?

     
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    8. nik.savtchenko,
    May 21, 2012 7:55 AM   in reply to kglad
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    as3, flash player 9

     
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    9. kglad,
    May 21, 2012 11:27 AM   in reply to nik.savtchenko
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    you're posting in the wrong forum.  the previously suggested code was for as2.

     

    for as3, your code will work.

     
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    10. nik.savtchenko,
    May 21, 2012 12:04 PM   in reply to kglad
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    nothing happens when I use my code. I pasted it at the end of the main AS. what am I doing wrong?

     
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    May 21, 2012 5:38 PM   in reply to nik.savtchenko
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    what do you expect to happen?  you only have a trace() statement in your listener function and it's not clear you know how to find trace output when you open that html file in your browser

     
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    12. nik.savtchenko,
    May 21, 2012 7:23 PM   in reply to kglad
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    nope. my website is 1024px x 768px

     
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    May 21, 2012 10:34 PM   in reply to nik.savtchenko
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    ?

     
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