.cacheAsBitmap might be your best friend here :) edolecki
On 12/22/05, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>In absence of that, any hints of tips anyone can offer would be of > great > >>help. The way I have done some somewhat similar projects involved > creating a > >>large movie clip from the loaded data, and then calculating the width > of > >>that movie clip to use in its looping animation (using 2 instances to > make > >>it seamless). The problem I foresee with that is that this has the > >>potential of being very long, and thus might not animate smoothly. > Does > >>anyone have any general suggestions I should consider as I plan this > >>project? > > Instead of making a big 'ol movie clip in a library and > animating/tweening that, I would instead make a single movie clip which > has a text field, and attach that to the stage, populate the stock data, > and tween/animate with actionscript, - you would create and destroy > instances when they leave and exit the view area, and the data is > dynamic for each clip. That to me would be a better/more elegant > approach, and if you do it right, will perform much better too. > > Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com > > > > > > > > > > NOTICE: > This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain > privileged or confidential information. If you have received it in error, > please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use > of this e-mail by you is prohibited. > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
