RE: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height
Francis, thx. This was what I was looking for. And to all you guys who had problems with my profanity, excuse me and get a live. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Francis Turmel Sent: donderdag 28 september 2006 20:09 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height I wrote my solution to this a couple weeks ago (never got any answers if it worked for the person who asked though). take a look here: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/pipermail/flashcoders/2006-August/170985.ht ml It seems that the first use of a text height in actionscript can be unreliable but from the second time you reference it it looks fine. So if my theory holds its ground, your first use (the trace()) would print out the wrong value, but your assignment afterwards will be ok. Remove the trace and it shouldn't work. I'd love to have some feedback on this, its an intriguing one. hope this helps, - Francis On 9/28/06, vic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Haha, I would seriously take that bet. You have to listen to what he is saying, xray will trip you out; not only can you control anything in your swf at runtime but you can also view all of its properties. I am new to it so i don't know all it can do but I KNOW it can help you with _height. V - Original Message - From: John Grden [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 9:17 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height sure it does (xray) - it has a logger too and it includes a timestamp (which trace does not) - so, I would say it's actually a bit stronger of a tool for timing issues ;) I got $20 that says he figures out the problem in under 10 minutes with xray. :) On 9/28/06, Brian Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A trap I often fall into when debugging flash is missing the obvious. Take for example, If I put movieclip._y = 60 , it works fine If I put movieclip._y = textField._height , it doesn't work fine and then trace(textField._height) prints 60, yes. then my question would be - did you trace at the same point in time that set _y? i.e. does your code look like trace(textField._height); movieclip._y = textField._height; if that prints 60, and the movieclip ends up at 0, then what that means, most likely, is that you set it 60, but then set it to 0 somewhere else. I've often lost an hour trying to debug similar issues. It traces out to something and I set it to that, but it doesn't work. Well, maybe it did, and then some other point of the code changes the _y value. Or you had a typo, etc. Maybe the textField's height is 60 once it has text in it, but you're setting the y position before you put in the text. And so on. Xray is a great tool for inspecting the program's run-time state, but it doesn't help as much with debugging timing dependencies. --Brian ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- [ JPG ] ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- Francis Turmel Personal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Business: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height
Life! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lieven Cardoen Sent: vrijdag 29 september 2006 9:59 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height Francis, thx. This was what I was looking for. And to all you guys who had problems with my profanity, excuse me and get a live. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Francis Turmel Sent: donderdag 28 september 2006 20:09 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height I wrote my solution to this a couple weeks ago (never got any answers if it worked for the person who asked though). take a look here: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/pipermail/flashcoders/2006-August/170985.ht ml It seems that the first use of a text height in actionscript can be unreliable but from the second time you reference it it looks fine. So if my theory holds its ground, your first use (the trace()) would print out the wrong value, but your assignment afterwards will be ok. Remove the trace and it shouldn't work. I'd love to have some feedback on this, its an intriguing one. hope this helps, - Francis On 9/28/06, vic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Haha, I would seriously take that bet. You have to listen to what he is saying, xray will trip you out; not only can you control anything in your swf at runtime but you can also view all of its properties. I am new to it so i don't know all it can do but I KNOW it can help you with _height. V - Original Message - From: John Grden [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 9:17 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height sure it does (xray) - it has a logger too and it includes a timestamp (which trace does not) - so, I would say it's actually a bit stronger of a tool for timing issues ;) I got $20 that says he figures out the problem in under 10 minutes with xray. :) On 9/28/06, Brian Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A trap I often fall into when debugging flash is missing the obvious. Take for example, If I put movieclip._y = 60 , it works fine If I put movieclip._y = textField._height , it doesn't work fine and then trace(textField._height) prints 60, yes. then my question would be - did you trace at the same point in time that set _y? i.e. does your code look like trace(textField._height); movieclip._y = textField._height; if that prints 60, and the movieclip ends up at 0, then what that means, most likely, is that you set it 60, but then set it to 0 somewhere else. I've often lost an hour trying to debug similar issues. It traces out to something and I set it to that, but it doesn't work. Well, maybe it did, and then some other point of the code changes the _y value. Or you had a typo, etc. Maybe the textField's height is 60 once it has text in it, but you're setting the y position before you put in the text. And so on. Xray is a great tool for inspecting the program's run-time state, but it doesn't help as much with debugging timing dependencies. --Brian ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- [ JPG ] ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- Francis Turmel Personal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Business: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you
RE: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height
Get a Life you mean. And dude, if you swear in your emails they will likely be blocked by corporate email servers, so nobody will be able to help. So right back atcha... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lieven Cardoen Sent: 29 September 2006 08:59 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height Francis, thx. This was what I was looking for. And to all you guys who had problems with my profanity, excuse me and get a live. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Francis Turmel Sent: donderdag 28 september 2006 20:09 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height I wrote my solution to this a couple weeks ago (never got any answers if it worked for the person who asked though). take a look here: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/pipermail/flashcoders/2006-August/170985.ht ml It seems that the first use of a text height in actionscript can be unreliable but from the second time you reference it it looks fine. So if my theory holds its ground, your first use (the trace()) would print out the wrong value, but your assignment afterwards will be ok. Remove the trace and it shouldn't work. I'd love to have some feedback on this, its an intriguing one. hope this helps, - Francis On 9/28/06, vic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Haha, I would seriously take that bet. You have to listen to what he is saying, xray will trip you out; not only can you control anything in your swf at runtime but you can also view all of its properties. I am new to it so i don't know all it can do but I KNOW it can help you with _height. V - Original Message - From: John Grden [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 9:17 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height sure it does (xray) - it has a logger too and it includes a timestamp (which trace does not) - so, I would say it's actually a bit stronger of a tool for timing issues ;) I got $20 that says he figures out the problem in under 10 minutes with xray. :) On 9/28/06, Brian Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A trap I often fall into when debugging flash is missing the obvious. Take for example, If I put movieclip._y = 60 , it works fine If I put movieclip._y = textField._height , it doesn't work fine and then trace(textField._height) prints 60, yes. then my question would be - did you trace at the same point in time that set _y? i.e. does your code look like trace(textField._height); movieclip._y = textField._height; if that prints 60, and the movieclip ends up at 0, then what that means, most likely, is that you set it 60, but then set it to 0 somewhere else. I've often lost an hour trying to debug similar issues. It traces out to something and I set it to that, but it doesn't work. Well, maybe it did, and then some other point of the code changes the _y value. Or you had a typo, etc. Maybe the textField's height is 60 once it has text in it, but you're setting the y position before you put in the text. And so on. Xray is a great tool for inspecting the program's run-time state, but it doesn't help as much with debugging timing dependencies. --Brian ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- [ JPG ] ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- Francis Turmel Personal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Business: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height
And to all you guys who had problems with my profanity, excuse me and get a live. I personally don't care one way or the other, but this is a professional list and swearing is inappropriate. Respect others' wishes and please keep it for more informal forums, thanks. Danny ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height
It looks more like you have to wait a frame to get the correct height. Strange thing is that most of the times, getting the height works fine, but once in a while it fails. Lieven -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Francis Turmel Sent: donderdag 28 september 2006 20:09 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height I wrote my solution to this a couple weeks ago (never got any answers if it worked for the person who asked though). take a look here: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/pipermail/flashcoders/2006-August/170985.ht ml It seems that the first use of a text height in actionscript can be unreliable but from the second time you reference it it looks fine. So if my theory holds its ground, your first use (the trace()) would print out the wrong value, but your assignment afterwards will be ok. Remove the trace and it shouldn't work. I'd love to have some feedback on this, its an intriguing one. hope this helps, - Francis On 9/28/06, vic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Haha, I would seriously take that bet. You have to listen to what he is saying, xray will trip you out; not only can you control anything in your swf at runtime but you can also view all of its properties. I am new to it so i don't know all it can do but I KNOW it can help you with _height. V - Original Message - From: John Grden [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 9:17 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height sure it does (xray) - it has a logger too and it includes a timestamp (which trace does not) - so, I would say it's actually a bit stronger of a tool for timing issues ;) I got $20 that says he figures out the problem in under 10 minutes with xray. :) On 9/28/06, Brian Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A trap I often fall into when debugging flash is missing the obvious. Take for example, If I put movieclip._y = 60 , it works fine If I put movieclip._y = textField._height , it doesn't work fine and then trace(textField._height) prints 60, yes. then my question would be - did you trace at the same point in time that set _y? i.e. does your code look like trace(textField._height); movieclip._y = textField._height; if that prints 60, and the movieclip ends up at 0, then what that means, most likely, is that you set it 60, but then set it to 0 somewhere else. I've often lost an hour trying to debug similar issues. It traces out to something and I set it to that, but it doesn't work. Well, maybe it did, and then some other point of the code changes the _y value. Or you had a typo, etc. Maybe the textField's height is 60 once it has text in it, but you're setting the y position before you put in the text. And so on. Xray is a great tool for inspecting the program's run-time state, but it doesn't help as much with debugging timing dependencies. --Brian ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- [ JPG ] ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- Francis Turmel Personal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Business: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height
And to all you guys who had problems with my profanity, excuse me and get a live. Yesterday, you apologize for the profanity, Ps : sorry for the profanity., and today you post that. I'm thoroughly confused. Can you explain, but off-list? Feel free to send it (profanities and all) to my personal account, [EMAIL PROTECTED] It's already filled with spam, so profanity is OK with me there. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height
Keith Peters just told me about an old issue that _width is the actual last property set on a movieclip. So, when width was ready, then it was fully initialized. I assume that's why waiting until frame2 works. if you were using MovieClipLoader, you could do your calcs when onLoadInit() fires and safely set your coordinates. I know I'm late to the discussion on a solution ;) PS cussing doesn't bother me - it's the reason WHY I cuss that bothers me ;) Developers cuss. That's a fact. They just do it off list ;) On 9/29/06, Lieven Cardoen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It looks more like you have to wait a frame to get the correct height. Strange thing is that most of the times, getting the height works fine, but once in a while it fails. Lieven -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Francis Turmel Sent: donderdag 28 september 2006 20:09 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height I wrote my solution to this a couple weeks ago (never got any answers if it worked for the person who asked though). take a look here: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/pipermail/flashcoders/2006-August/170985.ht ml It seems that the first use of a text height in actionscript can be unreliable but from the second time you reference it it looks fine. So if my theory holds its ground, your first use (the trace()) would print out the wrong value, but your assignment afterwards will be ok. Remove the trace and it shouldn't work. I'd love to have some feedback on this, its an intriguing one. hope this helps, - Francis On 9/28/06, vic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Haha, I would seriously take that bet. You have to listen to what he is saying, xray will trip you out; not only can you control anything in your swf at runtime but you can also view all of its properties. I am new to it so i don't know all it can do but I KNOW it can help you with _height. V - Original Message - From: John Grden [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 9:17 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height sure it does (xray) - it has a logger too and it includes a timestamp (which trace does not) - so, I would say it's actually a bit stronger of a tool for timing issues ;) I got $20 that says he figures out the problem in under 10 minutes with xray. :) On 9/28/06, Brian Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A trap I often fall into when debugging flash is missing the obvious. Take for example, If I put movieclip._y = 60 , it works fine If I put movieclip._y = textField._height , it doesn't work fine and then trace(textField._height) prints 60, yes. then my question would be - did you trace at the same point in time that set _y? i.e. does your code look like trace(textField._height); movieclip._y = textField._height; if that prints 60, and the movieclip ends up at 0, then what that means, most likely, is that you set it 60, but then set it to 0 somewhere else. I've often lost an hour trying to debug similar issues. It traces out to something and I set it to that, but it doesn't work. Well, maybe it did, and then some other point of the code changes the _y value. Or you had a typo, etc. Maybe the textField's height is 60 once it has text in it, but you're setting the y position before you put in the text. And so on. Xray is a great tool for inspecting the program's run-time state, but it doesn't help as much with debugging timing dependencies. --Brian ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- [ JPG ] ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- Francis Turmel Personal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Business: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http
Re: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height
Interesting. In my experience though I didn't have to wait a frame for the fix to work. Two consecutive references to the textHeight would make the second one give the proper value, but I'd love to get to the bottom of this and understand why this is happening. If I can find a minute I'll dig up some old files and do some testing. - Francis On 9/29/06, John Grden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Keith Peters just told me about an old issue that _width is the actual last property set on a movieclip. So, when width was ready, then it was fully initialized. I assume that's why waiting until frame2 works. if you were using MovieClipLoader, you could do your calcs when onLoadInit() fires and safely set your coordinates. I know I'm late to the discussion on a solution ;) PS cussing doesn't bother me - it's the reason WHY I cuss that bothers me ;) Developers cuss. That's a fact. They just do it off list ;) On 9/29/06, Lieven Cardoen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It looks more like you have to wait a frame to get the correct height. Strange thing is that most of the times, getting the height works fine, but once in a while it fails. Lieven -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Francis Turmel Sent: donderdag 28 september 2006 20:09 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height I wrote my solution to this a couple weeks ago (never got any answers if it worked for the person who asked though). take a look here: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/pipermail/flashcoders/2006-August/170985.ht ml It seems that the first use of a text height in actionscript can be unreliable but from the second time you reference it it looks fine. So if my theory holds its ground, your first use (the trace()) would print out the wrong value, but your assignment afterwards will be ok. Remove the trace and it shouldn't work. I'd love to have some feedback on this, its an intriguing one. hope this helps, - Francis On 9/28/06, vic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Haha, I would seriously take that bet. You have to listen to what he is saying, xray will trip you out; not only can you control anything in your swf at runtime but you can also view all of its properties. I am new to it so i don't know all it can do but I KNOW it can help you with _height. V - Original Message - From: John Grden [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 9:17 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height sure it does (xray) - it has a logger too and it includes a timestamp (which trace does not) - so, I would say it's actually a bit stronger of a tool for timing issues ;) I got $20 that says he figures out the problem in under 10 minutes with xray. :) On 9/28/06, Brian Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A trap I often fall into when debugging flash is missing the obvious. Take for example, If I put movieclip._y = 60 , it works fine If I put movieclip._y = textField._height , it doesn't work fine and then trace(textField._height) prints 60, yes. then my question would be - did you trace at the same point in time that set _y? i.e. does your code look like trace(textField._height); movieclip._y = textField._height; if that prints 60, and the movieclip ends up at 0, then what that means, most likely, is that you set it 60, but then set it to 0 somewhere else. I've often lost an hour trying to debug similar issues. It traces out to something and I set it to that, but it doesn't work. Well, maybe it did, and then some other point of the code changes the _y value. Or you had a typo, etc. Maybe the textField's height is 60 once it has text in it, but you're setting the y position before you put in the text. And so on. Xray is a great tool for inspecting the program's run-time state, but it doesn't help as much with debugging timing dependencies. --Brian ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- [ JPG ] ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height
Instead of using textField._height, you should use textField.textHeight. This is more reliable than the _height property A -Original Message- From: André Goliath [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 septembre 2006 09:33 To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height How about this? var test:Number = Math.round(parseFloat(textField._height)); movieClip._y = test; ;) strange, works for me obviously,... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lieven Cardoen Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 3:24 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height Instead of going to y-coordinate 60, it goes to ZERO. Even if I like do this : Var test:Number = textField._height; movieClip._y = test; Still the same shit. Incredible. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Grden Sent: donderdag 28 september 2006 15:13 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height well, what DOES it do? On 9/28/06, Lieven Cardoen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Really strange bug : If I put movieclip._y = 60 , it works fine If I put movieclip._y = textField._height , it doesn't work fine Lieven ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- [ JPG ] ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height
Your fla works for me as long as you publish it to FP8/AS2 or remove the strict typing and publish it for AS1. tested the Flash 8 (without dot) version -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 3:38 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height I put up this test fla...see if this helps. http://www.thespikeranch.com/test/testYpos.zip I'll leave that up today. Gerry How about this? var test:Number = Math.round(parseFloat(textField._height)); movieClip._y = test; ;) strange, works for me obviously,... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lieven Cardoen Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 3:24 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height Instead of going to y-coordinate 60, it goes to ZERO. Even if I like do this : Var test:Number = textField._height; movieClip._y = test; Still the same shit. Incredible. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Grden Sent: donderdag 28 september 2006 15:13 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height well, what DOES it do? On 9/28/06, Lieven Cardoen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Really strange bug : If I put movieclip._y = 60 , it works fine If I put movieclip._y = textField._height , it doesn't work fine Lieven ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- [ JPG ] ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height
Yep. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Mountain Sent: donderdag 28 september 2006 15:12 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height I assume that trace(textField._height) yields 60? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lieven Cardoen Sent: 28 September 2006 14:06 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height Really strange bug : If I put movieclip._y = 60 , it works fine If I put movieclip._y = textField._height , it doesn't work fine Lieven ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height
Well we tried to help but I think we need more info. Give us more details...like the vers of player you are targeting, etc. I set the fla (the one I made available) to publish to FP6 FP6 AS1 and adjusted the code so it wasn't stronly typed and it still works. Maybe you are over looking something simple. Is the textField you are trying to get the height prop from created dynamically? G Look, I'm aware that normally it works, but in this case it doesn't work. I do things like this all the time, but apparently in this case Flash won't do it, it just won't do it. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of André Goliath Sent: donderdag 28 september 2006 15:44 To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height Your fla works for me as long as you publish it to FP8/AS2 or remove the strict typing and publish it for AS1. tested the Flash 8 (without dot) version -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 3:38 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height I put up this test fla...see if this helps. http://www.thespikeranch.com/test/testYpos.zip I'll leave that up today. Gerry How about this? var test:Number = Math.round(parseFloat(textField._height)); movieClip._y = test; ;) strange, works for me obviously,... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lieven Cardoen Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 3:24 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height Instead of going to y-coordinate 60, it goes to ZERO. Even if I like do this : Var test:Number = textField._height; movieClip._y = test; Still the same shit. Incredible. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Grden Sent: donderdag 28 september 2006 15:13 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height well, what DOES it do? On 9/28/06, Lieven Cardoen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Really strange bug : If I put movieclip._y = 60 , it works fine If I put movieclip._y = textField._height , it doesn't work fine Lieven ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- [ JPG ] ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http
Re: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height
if textField.autoSize property is set, it wont work :) On 9/28/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well we tried to help but I think we need more info. Give us more details...like the vers of player you are targeting, etc. I set the fla (the one I made available) to publish to FP6 FP6 AS1 and adjusted the code so it wasn't stronly typed and it still works. Maybe you are over looking something simple. Is the textField you are trying to get the height prop from created dynamically? G Look, I'm aware that normally it works, but in this case it doesn't work. I do things like this all the time, but apparently in this case Flash won't do it, it just won't do it. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of André Goliath Sent: donderdag 28 september 2006 15:44 To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height Your fla works for me as long as you publish it to FP8/AS2 or remove the strict typing and publish it for AS1. tested the Flash 8 (without dot) version -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 3:38 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height I put up this test fla...see if this helps. http://www.thespikeranch.com/test/testYpos.zip I'll leave that up today. Gerry How about this? var test:Number = Math.round(parseFloat(textField._height)); movieClip._y = test; ;) strange, works for me obviously,... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lieven Cardoen Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 3:24 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height Instead of going to y-coordinate 60, it goes to ZERO. Even if I like do this : Var test:Number = textField._height; movieClip._y = test; Still the same shit. Incredible. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Grden Sent: donderdag 28 september 2006 15:13 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height well, what DOES it do? On 9/28/06, Lieven Cardoen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Really strange bug : If I put movieclip._y = 60 , it works fine If I put movieclip._y = textField._height , it doesn't work fine Lieven ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- [ JPG ] ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height
sorry for saying nonsense, it works var txt:TextField = createTextField(txt, getNetxHighestDepth(), 0, 0, 0, 0); txt.autoSize = true; txt.text = FLASH is cool...; trace(txt._height);// displays 19 txt._y = txt._height; // does work On 9/28/06, Lieven Cardoen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why? Ps : sorry for the profanity. (hope the word 'why?' is permitted) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of julien castelain Sent: donderdag 28 september 2006 16:25 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height if textField.autoSize property is set, it wont work :) On 9/28/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well we tried to help but I think we need more info. Give us more details...like the vers of player you are targeting, etc. I set the fla (the one I made available) to publish to FP6 FP6 AS1 and adjusted the code so it wasn't stronly typed and it still works. Maybe you are over looking something simple. Is the textField you are trying to get the height prop from created dynamically? G Look, I'm aware that normally it works, but in this case it doesn't work. I do things like this all the time, but apparently in this case Flash won't do it, it just won't do it. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of André Goliath Sent: donderdag 28 september 2006 15:44 To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height Your fla works for me as long as you publish it to FP8/AS2 or remove the strict typing and publish it for AS1. tested the Flash 8 (without dot) version -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 3:38 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height I put up this test fla...see if this helps. http://www.thespikeranch.com/test/testYpos.zip I'll leave that up today. Gerry How about this? var test:Number = Math.round(parseFloat(textField._height)); movieClip._y = test; ;) strange, works for me obviously,... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lieven Cardoen Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 3:24 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height Instead of going to y-coordinate 60, it goes to ZERO. Even if I like do this : Var test:Number = textField._height; movieClip._y = test; Still the same shit. Incredible. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Grden Sent: donderdag 28 september 2006 15:13 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height well, what DOES it do? On 9/28/06, Lieven Cardoen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Really strange bug : If I put movieclip._y = 60 , it works fine If I put movieclip._y = textField._height , it doesn't work fine Lieven ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- [ JPG ] ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http
Re: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height
A trap I often fall into when debugging flash is missing the obvious. Take for example, If I put movieclip._y = 60 , it works fine If I put movieclip._y = textField._height , it doesn't work fine and then trace(textField._height) prints 60, yes. then my question would be - did you trace at the same point in time that set _y? i.e. does your code look like trace(textField._height); movieclip._y = textField._height; if that prints 60, and the movieclip ends up at 0, then what that means, most likely, is that you set it 60, but then set it to 0 somewhere else. I've often lost an hour trying to debug similar issues. It traces out to something and I set it to that, but it doesn't work. Well, maybe it did, and then some other point of the code changes the _y value. Or you had a typo, etc. Maybe the textField's height is 60 once it has text in it, but you're setting the y position before you put in the text. And so on. Xray is a great tool for inspecting the program's run-time state, but it doesn't help as much with debugging timing dependencies. --Brian ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height
sure it does (xray) - it has a logger too and it includes a timestamp (which trace does not) - so, I would say it's actually a bit stronger of a tool for timing issues ;) I got $20 that says he figures out the problem in under 10 minutes with xray. :) On 9/28/06, Brian Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A trap I often fall into when debugging flash is missing the obvious. Take for example, If I put movieclip._y = 60 , it works fine If I put movieclip._y = textField._height , it doesn't work fine and then trace(textField._height) prints 60, yes. then my question would be - did you trace at the same point in time that set _y? i.e. does your code look like trace(textField._height); movieclip._y = textField._height; if that prints 60, and the movieclip ends up at 0, then what that means, most likely, is that you set it 60, but then set it to 0 somewhere else. I've often lost an hour trying to debug similar issues. It traces out to something and I set it to that, but it doesn't work. Well, maybe it did, and then some other point of the code changes the _y value. Or you had a typo, etc. Maybe the textField's height is 60 once it has text in it, but you're setting the y position before you put in the text. And so on. Xray is a great tool for inspecting the program's run-time state, but it doesn't help as much with debugging timing dependencies. --Brian ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- [ JPG ] ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height
I wrote my solution to this a couple weeks ago (never got any answers if it worked for the person who asked though). take a look here: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/pipermail/flashcoders/2006-August/170985.html It seems that the first use of a text height in actionscript can be unreliable but from the second time you reference it it looks fine. So if my theory holds its ground, your first use (the trace()) would print out the wrong value, but your assignment afterwards will be ok. Remove the trace and it shouldn't work. I'd love to have some feedback on this, its an intriguing one. hope this helps, - Francis On 9/28/06, vic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Haha, I would seriously take that bet. You have to listen to what he is saying, xray will trip you out; not only can you control anything in your swf at runtime but you can also view all of its properties. I am new to it so i don't know all it can do but I KNOW it can help you with _height. V - Original Message - From: John Grden [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 9:17 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height sure it does (xray) - it has a logger too and it includes a timestamp (which trace does not) - so, I would say it's actually a bit stronger of a tool for timing issues ;) I got $20 that says he figures out the problem in under 10 minutes with xray. :) On 9/28/06, Brian Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A trap I often fall into when debugging flash is missing the obvious. Take for example, If I put movieclip._y = 60 , it works fine If I put movieclip._y = textField._height , it doesn't work fine and then trace(textField._height) prints 60, yes. then my question would be - did you trace at the same point in time that set _y? i.e. does your code look like trace(textField._height); movieclip._y = textField._height; if that prints 60, and the movieclip ends up at 0, then what that means, most likely, is that you set it 60, but then set it to 0 somewhere else. I've often lost an hour trying to debug similar issues. It traces out to something and I set it to that, but it doesn't work. Well, maybe it did, and then some other point of the code changes the _y value. Or you had a typo, etc. Maybe the textField's height is 60 once it has text in it, but you're setting the y position before you put in the text. And so on. Xray is a great tool for inspecting the program's run-time state, but it doesn't help as much with debugging timing dependencies. --Brian ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- [ JPG ] ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- Francis Turmel Personal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Business: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
