FLASH: RE: Help with a short ActionScript

[Shelley Story]

Thanks so much for your help... unfortunately, I still can't get

it to work.  I set the actions up in three different frames but

there's still no shaking.  :(


I do appreciate your taking the time to try to help, though.  :)


shelley


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From: ownerchinwag [dot] com [ownerchinwag [dot] com]On">mailto:ownerchinwag [dot] com]On Behalf Of Jordan L.

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> Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 11:04 AM

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> Subject: Re: FLASH: Help with a short ActionScript

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> 

> You cannot put your 'shaker' in a tight loop of this sort. You 

> are changing the properties of the movie clip before the frame 

> head has a chance to move. Therefore, nothing will get updated 

> (JD refers to this as a tight loop - he enlightened me with this 

> while taking over a Director project). You are best to separate 

> your code into three frames (updating your mc properties in each 

> frame) and looping through those frames.

> 

> Hope this helps...

> 

> jord

> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------

> >> I am trying to make a movie clip that will "shake" its

> >> parent MC, i.e. change the X position to X + 15 and x -15

> >> in rapid succession.

> >> 

> >> I have created the MC ("shaker") and placed it in the time-

> >> line of the parent MC.  However, I know I've done something(s?)

> >> wrong because when I export, the parent MC does no shaking

> >> whatsoever.

> >> 

> >> Can anyone look at the code for "shaker" and tell me what I'm

> >> doing wrong?

> >> 

> >> Thanks,

> >> 

> >> shelley

>

>> shelleykismia [dot] com

> >> ----------------

> >> Here's the code:

> >> 

> >> Set Variable: "count" = "0"

> >> Set Variable: "horiz" = GetProperty ( "../", _x )

> >> Set Variable: "horizadd" = horiz + 15

> >> Set Variable: "horizsub" = horiz - 15

> >> Loop While (count < 10)

> >> Set Property ("../", X Position) = "horizadd"

> >> Set Property ("../", X Position) = "horizsub"

> >> Set Property ("../", X Position) = "horiz"

> >> Set Variable: "count" = count + 1

> >> End Loop

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