as3 is so great. you should heed other's warning about never being able to look
back.
i love the language so much, i rewrote it in javascript pretty much. i even
ported my classical inheritance engine to Node.js
then i recreated most of the the Flash API, but im less sold now that mimicking
the displaylist in the DOM has a clear advantage over using the document box
model and stylesheets.
On Oct 24, 2012, at 4:39 PM, Karl DeSaulniers <k...@designdrumm.com> wrote:
> Already have Javascript and jQuery under belt. (well mostly)
> This job is primarily AS3 so I thought I'd give it a try.
>
> Karl
>
>
> On Oct 24, 2012, at 3:35 PM, Ross P. Sclafani wrote:
>
>> if you were writing as2 without extending classes etc, why arent you just
>> working in JS, its the new hot chick on the block, afterall...
>>
>> On Oct 24, 2012, at 3:45 PM, Karl DeSaulniers <k...@designdrumm.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Your not the only one who has said that about AS2.. lol
>>> I know nothing about any AS3 classes. Frankly they confuse me with the
>>> whole extend and static and public and aahhhhhhhh!
>>> Makes my brain hurt just thinking about how I MUST learn them or fade into
>>> AS2 history.
>>>
>>> Karl
>>>
>>> On Oct 24, 2012, at 8:02 AM, Hans Wichman wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Karl,
>>>>
>>>> jus keep breathin;), this will pass and you'll never go back to as2
>>>> again;).
>>>>
>>>> Anyway on subject, have you tried out the standard SimpleButton class?
>>>> If it doesnt fit your need, why not, maybe we can help with that, but that
>>>> class should work for most simple cases.
>>>>
>>>> In addition, do you still use the Flash IDE? Since as3 offers so many
>>>> options, here is just one of the possible ones that might fit your
>>>> workflow:
>>>>
>>>> - create a basic button class, put all the buttonMode, handCursor etc
>>>> stuff in there
>>>> - add the eventlistener mumbojumbo in there as well, in short everything
>>>> to create a button
>>>> - if you want to implement the functionality for different states such as
>>>> _up, _down etc go ahead and do so
>>>>
>>>> Now create a movieclip with timeline states _up, _down etc, and specify
>>>> your button class as base class for this clip:
>>>> -voila a button, you can do this with as many buttons as you like
>>>>
>>>> Of course if you'd rather keep the assets external that is possible as
>>>> well, but it might require a slightly different setup.
>>>>
>>>> HTH,
>>>> JC
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 24-10-2012 14:33, Paul A. wrote:
>>>>> Try removing:
>>>>>
>>>>> button1_btn.mouseChildren = false;
>>>>> button2_btn.mouseChildren = false;
>>>>>
>>>>> Your code is a bit convoluted!
>>>>>
>>>>> divers_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, function() {
>>>>> gotoAndStop("divinedivers"); });
>>>>> scuba_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, function() {
>>>>> gotoAndStop("scubadudes"); });
>>>>>
>>>>> divers_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, function() {
>>>>> divers_btn.gotoAndStop("OVER");});
>>>>> ..
>>>>>
>>>>> Paul
>>>>>
>>>>> On 24/10/2012 12:39, Karl DeSaulniers wrote:
>>>>>> Hello All,
>>>>>> Long time. If your available at the moment, I could use your help with
>>>>>> some AS3.
>>>>>> I finally got an AS3 job! Yay! But I am stuck on the most simple of
>>>>>> things.
>>>>>> All I am trying to do is make some buttons work... lol
>>>>>> Here is my code.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> button1_btn.buttonMode = true;
>>>>>> button2_btn.buttonMode = true;
>>>>>> button1_btn.useHandCursor = true;
>>>>>> button2_btn.useHandCursor = true;
>>>>>> button1_btn.mouseChildren = false;
>>>>>> button2_btn.mouseChildren = false;
>>>>>>
>>>>>> button1_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, function() {
>>>>>> changeSelect(1); });
>>>>>> button2_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, function() {
>>>>>> changeSelect(2); });
>>>>>> button1_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, function() {
>>>>>> toggleB1(2); });
>>>>>> button2_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, function() {
>>>>>> toggleB2(2); });
>>>>>> button1_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, function() {
>>>>>> toggleB1(1); });
>>>>>> button2_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, function() {
>>>>>> toggleB2(1); });
>>>>>>
>>>>>> function changeSelect(p):void {
>>>>>> switch (p) {
>>>>>> case 1:
>>>>>> this.gotoAndStop("divinedivers"); //goto frame divinedivers in
>>>>>> this MC
>>>>>> break;
>>>>>> case 2:
>>>>>> this.gotoAndStop("scubadudes"); //got frame scubadudes in this MC
>>>>>> break;
>>>>>> }
>>>>>> }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> function toggleB1(f):void {
>>>>>> button1_btn.gotoAndStop(f); //toggle this button MC frame
>>>>>> }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> function toggleB2(f):void {
>>>>>> button2_btn.gotoAndStop(f); //toggle this button MC frame
>>>>>> }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Why does AS3 have to make things so difficult for something so simple??
>>>>>> What the heck am I doing wrong???
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also, how do you use just a button instead of a mc?
>>>>>> I tried using just a button and it wouldn't even switch to the over
>>>>>> state that is inside the button!!?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> AS2 is just so much more simple... sigh*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> TIA,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Karl DeSaulniers
>>>>>> Design Drumm
>>>>>> http://designdrumm.com
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