Very useful link Helen, exactly what I needed to solve my problem (which was I hadn't actually added the recursive call to the tween function...I blame it on code blindness ;-).
Thanks, Nick -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Helen Triolo Sent: 30 October 2005 16:02 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Recursive Tween only firing once Nick, The subject sounds right, but I don't see a recursive call in your code. Here's an example of a recursive call to startTween to produce sequential alpha tweens on a series of objects: http://flash-creations.com/notes/sample_tweensequence.php#series Helen Nick Weekes wrote: >Hi all, > >I would like to create a series of textfield objects (using >CreateEmptyMovieClip/CreateTextField), and have each textfield tween, >and then remove itself. > >This all works fine, I have 50 or so textfields on the stage, but >instead of each tween executing individually, the tweens for all >textifields occur at the end of the process. > >My code looks like this: > > >**** CODE START > > // ArrayHolder is an array object which holds the text strings I want >to convert into TextField objects > for (var i:Number = 0; i<ArrayHolder.length; i++) { > var TempString:String = ArrayHolder[i]; > createText(i, TempString); > } > >static function createText(QuoteIndex:Number, QuoteText:String) { > > // my_obj[QuoteIndexStr] = dynamically created variable, acts as the >holding movieclip > // Create Holder movieclip and recursive textfield objects > QuoteIndexStr = String(QuoteIndex); > my_obj[QuoteIndexStr] = >_root.createEmptyMovieClip("click_mc",_root.getNextHighestDepth()); > my_obj[QuoteIndexStr]._visible = true; > var NewText:TextField = my_obj[QuoteIndex].createTextField("NewText", >_root.getNextHighestDepth(), 100, 100, 10, 10); > > // Create and configure TextFormat object var my_fmt:TextFormat = > new TextFormat(); my_fmt.color = 0xFE912C; my_fmt.font = > "HelveticaNeue MediumCond"; my_fmt.size = 18; > > // Finish configuring TextField object ands apply TextFormat > NewText.multiline = false; NewText.embedFonts = true; NewText.text = > QuoteText; NewText.setTextFormat(my_fmt); NewText.autoSize = true; > > // Position the TextField object randomly on the stage > var MaxX:Number = Stage.width - (my_obj[QuoteIndexStr]._width+50); >//make sure max poss random x is less than stage width > var MaxY:Number = Stage.height - (my_obj[QuoteIndexStr]._height+50); > var randomNumX:Number = Math.round(Math.floor(Math.random() * (MaxX - >0 + >1)) + 0); > var randomNumY:Number = Math.round(Math.floor(Math.random() * (MaxY - >0 + >1)) + 0); > my_obj[QuoteIndexStr]._x = randomNumX; > my_obj[QuoteIndexStr]._y = randomNumY; > > // Tween the Holder MovieClip object > var tween_handler:Object = new Tween(my_obj[QuoteIndexStr], "_alpha", >Strong.easeIn, 100, 0, 3, true); > tween_handler.onMotionFinished = function() > { > trace("onMotionFinished triggered"); > } > } > >**** CODE END > >I am clearly not understanding the mechanics of this, could someone >explain why the tweens do not occur before the function returns back to >the calling loop, but when the loop has completed? > >Cheers, > >Nick > > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
