Thanks Pinatti! That was the problem exactly--nesting not properly defined. Works great now.
Thanks, Jonathan Wing Graphic Designer Cram Crew, Inc. mobile: (713) 298-2738 office: (713) 464-CRAM (2726) email: jw...@cramcrew.com www.cramcrew.com "One Student At A Time" -----Original Message----- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Fabio Pinatti Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 2:53 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Problem with footer fixed to bottom of page 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 <jw...@cramcrew.com> 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: jw...@cramcrew.com <mailto:jw...@cramcrew.com> > 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 > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > -- Fabio Pinatti :: web.developer :::: www.pinatti.com.br :::::: 19. 9184.3745 / 3342.1130 _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ------------------------------------------------------------ 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 Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
