Yeah I've read a bunch of hacks that just go against my sense of cleanliness. I was just venting. The real question here is what causes a playhead to play automatically.
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 11:23 PM, jonathan howe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Hi, Joel, > > I'm taking a longshot guess that you had the same problem I had last week > when the list helped me...? > > I had an instance on a keyframe of the stage and it (sometimes) wasn't > available i.e. null when I gotoAndPlay() to the frame it first appears? Did > you find a solution? I have had good success with the CustomWait class from > > http://www.lecrabe.net/blog/index.php?post/2008/08/05/41-as3-gotoandstop-gotoandplay-issue > . > It is a sucky bug. Yeah: I call it a bug, not a feature. > -jonathan > > > On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 4:37 PM, Joel Stransky <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >wrote: > > > Don't worry, I doubt it even fk'ing matters anyway. I can't access a > stage > > instance on frame 2 or higher without some psychotic hack I've yet to > find > > on google. How the f*ck did macromedia expect any common flash designers > to > > keep up? I don't want to write a custom class for each stage instance > just > > to utilize ADDED_TO_STAGE. What good is that to code on the timeline > > looking > > for that object? I just want to write a basic flash site with dynamic > > content and avoid showing two preloaders just to load the home page by > > default. Jesus fk'ing christ! Very frustrated atm. > > > > On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 2:57 PM, Joel Stransky <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >wrote: > > > > > So I'm writing the most basic of timeline preloaders and flash seems to > > > have a mind of its own. > > > My test.fla has two frames. Frame 1 has a text field and a progress bar > > > movieclip. Frame 2 has a very large image. There is no code what so > over. > > > The document class is set to Test.as and is essentially: > > > > > > package > > > { > > > import flash.display.MovieClip; > > > import flash.text.TextField; > > > import flash.events.*; > > > public class Test extends MovieClip > > > { > > > //stage instances > > > public var info_txt:TextField; > > > public var loadBar:MovieClip; > > > public function Test() > > > { > > > this.loaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, > > > onProgress); > > > this.loaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, > onComplete); > > > } > > > > > > private function onProgress(e:ProgressEvent):void > > > { > > > trace(e.bytesLoaded); > > > //on progress updates > > > } > > > > > > private function onComplete(e:Event):void > > > { > > > //clean up > > > } > > > } > > > } > > > > > > This all works fine except for the playhead activity. In my sample > you'll > > > notice there are no stop(); commands so when do Control -> Test Movie, > it > > > just loops over the timeline flickering between frames 1 and 2 as you > > would > > > expect. Oddly enough however, when I hit ctrl+enter again (Simulate > > > Download), it stops, outputs the traces and then proceeds to flicker. > > Wha!? > > > > > > It gets weirder. Just add a stop(); as the first line in the document > > class > > > constructor right? Now Test Movie just sits on frame one and never > > > broadcasts any ProgressEvent's. Seems fine but now when I Simulate > > Download, > > > it stops, outputs the traces... AND THEN PROCEEDS TO FLICKER! My > > onComplete > > > does NOT tell the playhead to play() or gotoAndPlay() or anything. Who > > the > > > heck it telling the playhead to play? > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > --Joel Stransky > > > stranskydesign.com > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > --Joel Stransky > > stranskydesign.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > > -- > -jonathan howe > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > -- --Joel Stransky stranskydesign.com _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
