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dynamicMovieClip into a SP

May 23, 2012 4:42 AM

I've got a movieClip on stage. (StudentsAttendance_mc) This clip keeps on updating untill frame 10, then in frame 11 I need this movieclip to be seen inside a scrollPane. How do I do this?

 

I tried creating a empty movieclip (temp_mc) with a linkageID and then used duplicateMovieClip inside temp_mc to see if I can create a duplicate of it and send it to the ScrollPane using contentPath - but no success

1778 Views   19 Replies   Latest reply: kglad, May 24, 2012 4:54 PM
 
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  • kglad
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    1. kglad,
    May 23, 2012 7:40 AM   in reply to Ron Colmen
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    you can't reparent objects in as2 so you'll either need to use as3 or fake it (eg, add a copy of your movieclip to your scrollpane)

     
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    2. Ron Colmen,
    May 23, 2012 8:11 AM   in reply to kglad
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    Thanks for your reply.

     

    Do you mean to use duplcateMovieClip() to create a copy? But still you'd need a linkage ID to attach it to a scrollPane?

     
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    3. kglad,
    May 23, 2012 8:30 AM   in reply to Ron Colmen
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    assign your on-stage movieclip a linkage id.

     
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    May 23, 2012 8:40 AM   in reply to kglad
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    Thank you again.

     

    I gave an linkageID by right click > properties. Then I dragged it on to the stage and gave an instance name. All updates take effect inside this mc.

    then I used ScrollPane.contentPath ="linkageIDname"

     

    it doesn't show the updates though?

     
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    May 23, 2012 9:55 AM   in reply to Ron Colmen
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    correct.

     

    they are not the same instance.  ie, your on-stage movieclip is not the same as the one added to your sp. 

     

    you'll need to update the sp's instance (using the sp.content property) and you'll need to remove your on-stage instance when you want to make it appear as if you're reparenting the on-stage movieclip.

     
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    6. Ron Colmen,
    May 23, 2012 10:13 AM   in reply to kglad
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    Thanks.

     

    I did this; but did not show the updated version. What went wrong?

     

    StudentsAttendance_mc._name="StudentsAttendance_mcX";

     

    sp.contentPath = "sp_tapeCon";

    var sp_tapeCon:MovieClip = sp.content;

    sp.invalidate();

     
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    May 23, 2012 10:25 AM   in reply to Ron Colmen
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    on frame 11 of StudentsAttendance_mc, you should have:

     

    _parent.addToSP();

    this.swapDepths(this._parent.getNextHighestDepth());

    this.removeMovieClip();

     

    then on the parent timeline you should have

     

    function addToSP():Void{

    sp.contentPath="studentattendancelinkageid";

    sp.content.gotoAndStop(11);

    }

     
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    8. Ron Colmen,
    May 23, 2012 10:46 AM   in reply to kglad
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    Thank you.

     

    inside StudentsAttendance_mc on frame 11

    _parent.addToSP();

    this.swapDepths(this._parent.getNextHighestDepth());

    this.removeMovieClip();

     

    On the main timeline

    function addToSP():Void{

    sp.contentPath="sp_tapeCon";

    sp.content.gotoAndStop(11);

    sp.setStyle("backgroundColor" , "transparent");

    sp.setStyle("borderStyle" , "none");

    }

     

    The scrollPane is empty.?

     
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  • kglad
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    May 23, 2012 11:16 AM   in reply to Ron Colmen
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    use the trace() function to make sure the frame 11 is playing and addToSP() is being called.

     
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    10. Ron Colmen,
    May 23, 2012 11:27 AM   in reply to kglad
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    Yep, it's not calling addToSP()

     

    _parent.addToSP();

    this.swapDepths(this._parent.getNextHighestDepth());

    this.removeMovieClip();

    trace ("noProblem!!"); // not showing this

     

    ?

     
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  • kglad
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    May 23, 2012 11:53 AM   in reply to Ron Colmen
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    use:

     

    trace ("noProblem!!"); // not showing this

    _parent.addToSP();

    this.swapDepths(this._parent.getNextHighestDepth());

    this.removeMovieClip();

     
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    May 23, 2012 1:40 PM   in reply to kglad
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    it's the same... the SP is blank and the trace is not showing.

     
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    May 23, 2012 3:06 PM   in reply to Ron Colmen
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    then that frame is not being played.

     
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    14. Ron Colmen,
    May 23, 2012 7:52 PM   in reply to kglad
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    Thank you.

     

    I don't understand why isn't it going to frame 11 in StudentsAttendance_mc

     
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    May 23, 2012 8:17 PM   in reply to Ron Colmen
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    ok evebn if I send it to frame 11 still this isn't working.

     

    is something wrong in _parent.addToSP(); or function addToSP():Void{

     
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    May 23, 2012 10:37 PM   in reply to Ron Colmen
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    use the trace() function to confirm frame 11 is executing and, if it is, to also confirm addToSP() is executing.

     
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    May 23, 2012 10:40 PM   in reply to kglad
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    Thanks.

     

    The problem now is that the removeMovieClip is not removing StudentsAttendance_mc from the stage.

     
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    May 23, 2012 10:41 PM   in reply to Ron Colmen
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    I even tried using a button to remove StudentsAttendance_mc from the stage. But can't remove it???

     
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  • kglad
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    May 24, 2012 4:54 PM   in reply to Ron Colmen
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    use the trace function to debug:

     

     

    trace(this._parent.getNextHighestDepth());  // if that's undefined, you're not publishing for fp less than 8.  either change or manually control depths.

    _parent.addToSP();

    this.swapDepths(this._parent.getNextHighestDepth());

    this.removeMovieClip();

     
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