Re: FLASH: _droptarget question

[Frank Joerdens]

Well, cheers, got it to work finally like you suggested after lotsa

struggling with weird caching behaviour when testing this on the web

server (took me a while to realize that I actually had it working but

the browser still held the old version despite reload; in particular

netscape proves rather obstinate in this regard); also what's funny is

that you can't specify a _droptarget in _level0 as in


If (_droptarget eq "_level0/clip")

 . . .


it won't respond to that but it *will* work if you specify the

droptarget in _level0 as in


If (_droptarget eq "/clip")


even when you're in _level1 or _level2 which strikes me as kind of

awkward.


Thanks again,

Frank


On Wed, Feb 23, 2000 at 11:35:51AM +1030, Tim Walters wrote:

> First off, make sure that the red circle has an Instance name of "red.clip",

> not just it's name in the library (Instance name can be different here if

> you want). The instance name is what will be checked.

> 

> Second, for 'triggered sounds', I like to use a seperate clip, in this case

> create a clip with these frames:

> Frame 1: Label=NoSound, Action=Stop, Sound=none

> Frame 2: Label=PlacedGood, Action=none, Sound=GoodSound.wav

> Frame 3: Lable=PlacedBad, Action=none, Sound=BadSound.wav

> 

> Place it on the main timeline on it's own layer, Instance name "DropSound",

> with extra frames so it exists everywhere it is needed. I'll detail it's use

> below...

> 

> Now, the blue circle is a MC with a button inside it, the button has actions

> for the Press and Release to handle the drag.. right?

> 

> On (Press)

>   Start Drag ("", lockcenter)

>   Begin Tell Target ("/DropSound")

>     Go to and Stop ("NoSound")

>   End Tell Target

> End On

> 

> On (Release, Release Outside)

>   Stop Drag

>   If (_droptarget eq "/red.clip")

>     Begin Tell Target ("/DropSound")

>       Go to and Stop ("PlacedGood")

>     End Tell Target

>   Else

>     Trace ("Droptarget=" & _droptarget)

>     Begin Tell Target ("/DropSound")

>       Go to and Stop ("PlacedBad")

>     End Tell Target

>   End If

> End On

> 

> Also, the method it uses to get the Drop target is the cursor, if the cursor

> (when released) is on any part of a movieclip, the topmost MC is the

> Droptarget (I think).

> 

> Hope this helps!

> ---

> Tim Walters MVP

> Glasshouse101

>

timglasshouse101 [dot] com [dot] au

> 


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