I suppose it should be: footer.y = stage.stageHeight - footer.height; footer["footer_bar"].width = stage.stageWidth;
since footer_bar is nested into footer. Kind Regards, Pinatti On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Jonathan Wing <[email protected]> wrote: > This is probably a silly question, but I've searched google and can't > seem to find the right answer, which is strange as this is seems to be a > common thing on pages. > > > > Basically, I have a footer that is fixed to the bottom of a page and for > the width of a page, so that no matter what size a user sets a window > for, it will always fix to the bottom. This is what I have so far (using > AS3): > > > > In my .fla, I have a long gray bar with the instance name "footer". > > Then, over in my .as file, I have the following: > > > > import flash.display.*; > > > > footer.y = stage.stageHeight - footer.height; > > stage.addEventListener(Event.RESIZE, resizeHandler); > > > > public function resizeHandler(e:Event):void { > > footer.y = stage.stageHeight - footer.height; > > footer.width = stage.stageWidth; > > } > > > > All of this works without a hitch. However, my problem arises when I > want to add text. If I add text in its own mc, then it won't adjust with > the page. If I add text inside the footer mc, it will stretch with the > width of the page when I resize. So then I thought maybe I could make > them two mc's embedded in one main mc, and only define the width for the > bar. That is, something like: > > > > footer.y = stage.stageHeight - footer.height; > > footer_bar.width = stage.stageWidth; > > > > With "footer" as the main mc, and "footer_bar" as the long gray bar > embedded inside. > > > > However, this results in a mess of errors. > > > > Any ideas? This seems so common, I'm surprised I can't find anything via > Google. > > > > Thanks, > > Jonathan Wing > Graphic Designer > Cram Crew, Inc. > mobile: (713) 298-2738 > office: (713) 464-CRAM (2726) > email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > www.cramcrew.com <http://www.cramcrew.com/> > > > "One Student At A Time" > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to > which it is addressed and may contain proprietary, business-confidential > and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this > message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, > dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance > upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please > contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Any views > expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not > necessarily reflect the views of the company. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > -- Fabio Pinatti :: web.developer :::: www.pinatti.com.br :::::: 19. 9184.3745 / 3342.1130 _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
