Hi JesterXL: You're a good man. Worked like a charm. Thanks for all your help, this is a really great forum... Cheers, Dave
--- In [email protected], "JesterXL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Try using the mx.effects.Sequence. If you don't want to use any of the Flex > classes, then build a queue, and when the effect has completed, run the next > effect in the array. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "quasimotoca" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 10:08 PM > Subject: [flexcoders] Animation Sequence Problem. > > > I am writing a simple animation program which uses the flash > effects.Move component. My problem is as follows: > > 1. I repeatedly call a function that adds bitmaps in UIComponent > objects to a canvas and then applies a move effect to it. > > public function setUICard(x:Number, y:Number):UIComponent > { > var c:UIComponent = new UIComponent() > var s:Bitmap > > s = Bitmap(new cardPicture()) > > c.addChild(s) > c.move(390, 105) > canvas.addChild(c) > > var mvArray:Array = new Array() > mvArray.push(c) > > var mvEffects:Move = new Move() > mvEffects.xFrom = 390 > mvEffects.yFrom = 105 > mvEffects.xTo = x > mvEffects.yTo = y > mvEffects.duration = 2000 > mvEffects.play(mvArray) > > return c > } > > 2. The problem with the above code is that the effects (animations) > run in parallel. But what I would like to happen is for the > animations to run sequentially. With a view to this I tried: > > public function setUICard(x:Number, y:Number):UIComponent > { > var c:UIComponent = new UIComponent() > var s:Bitmap > > s = Bitmap(new cardPicture()) > > c.addChild(s) > c.move(390, 105) > canvas.addChild(c) > > var mvArray:Array = new Array() > mvArray.push(c) > > var mvEffects:Move = new Move() > mvEffects.xFrom = 390 > mvEffects.yFrom = 105 > mvEffects.xTo = x > mvEffects.yTo = y > mvEffects.duration = 2000 > mvEffects.play(mvArray) > > // New Code > > while (mvEffects.isPlaying) > { > > // Yield Execution > > } > > return c > } > > 3. The problem with the above is that it locks the whole program up. > What I would like to do is to have the program yield control inside > the loop, so that the current animation would continue (something > like the DoEvents function in Visual Basic) while the function itself > would pause. > > Cheers, > > Dave > > > > > > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders% 40yahoogroups.com > Yahoo! Groups Links > -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
