RE: FLASH: drag property

[Paul Willoughby]

Hi again Antony


I've just been trying out this theory I had, and it does work in essence,

but it's a bit more complicated than I thought. You'll need 2 subroutines,

one that plays when the main picture is being dragged and one that plays

when the focus square is dragged. I think setting the property of whichever

clip is best done by multiplying (small to big) or dividing (big to small)

the x and y properties of the non-dragged clip by the scale ratio. So, if

the small image is 25% of the size of the big clip that amount would be 4

(as in my example below).

Anyway, I made a sample .fla. Email me off list if you'd like a copy.


hth


Paul


>>I wrote on 12 October 2000 11:56

Hi Antony


I don't think they are using a tell target for this, they're just moving the

image according to where you drag the square or the bitmap image.


>how can you detect where a dragged object is while the user is still 

>dragging it


You need a looping movie clip subroutine like this (this presumes all clips

on _level0):


Frame 1

SetVariable: "squareCurrentX" = /square:_x 

SetVariable: "bitmapCurrentX" = /bitmap:_x

SetVariable: "squareCurrentY" = /square:_y 

SetVariable: "bitmapCurrentY" = /bitmap:_y


Frame 2

Go to and play (1)


Once you've got all these variables you would have to write another

expression into frame 2 that sets the property of the square and the bitmap

depending on their values, something like:


Set Property ("/square", X Position) = bitmapCurrentX/4


This relationship (bitmapCurrentX/4) is arbitary, it might be something like

bitmapCurrentX - 200, I can't see immediately what the mathematical

relationship is between the 2 objects, but I think there is one, rather than

it being a TellTarget.


hth


Paul



>>Anthony Faust wrote on 11 October 2000 19:37


go to www.nueweb.com , click on "samples"...and click the 4th from the left,


top row, the ritz camera.......


i'm trying to figure out how they did the detail view part.....you see where


you drag the rectangle at the top left and the camera in the big box moves 

correspondingly?


how can you detect where a dragged object is while the user is still 

dragging it and be able to use a tell target to go to a particular frame in 

a MC depending on where the dragged object is?


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