RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function
Thanks Kevin - it is working now and does exactly what I need. Many thanks for your patience! Cheers Paul -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Bath Sent: 21 May 2009 16:03 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Now Glen's suggestion will work - just stick a dynamic textfield offscreen, set font to Times New Roman, and embed fonts in that. That seems to make the font available to FP8 9. -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Paul Steven Sent: 21 May 2009 14:32 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Bah - added the txtClue.embedFonts = true; but still no text. Is there a particular font I need to have? I can't see any reference to any particular font -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Bath Sent: 21 May 2009 13:50 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Yay! Will work with FP9 and 8 if you add... txtClue.embedFonts = true; (doh - sorry) -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Paul Steven Sent: 21 May 2009 12:41 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function There are no fonts mentioned in the code. And no fonts appear in font mapping. I have even tried adding txtClue.font = Times New Roman; But the text just doesn't seem to want to display:( -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Glen Pike Sent: 21 May 2009 12:38 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function You are probly missing a font... Paul Steven wrote: Kev, when I publish this for Flash Player 8 or 9 the text does not appear. It is definitely there as the highlights are the correct position and size. Any idea why the text is not actually visible? Also out of curiousity what is the XMP metadata? Thanks Paul -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Bath Sent: 21 May 2009 11:33 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Paul - I've knocked up a quick example of moving a masked movieclip which contains textfields populated by xml data. It should work with any length clue and demonstrates how to get a list of clues/textfields to autoscroll to a position - and resizes the highlight to match height of clue textfield. Just click on the numbers to get it to move. It's not pretty and the code is a bit rough (and in AS2) - but it demonstrates the principle. You may be well ahead of this by now - but I fancied a fiddle! You can grab it here. www.flowdigital.co.uk/download/crosswordclues.zip Kev. -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Paul Steven Sent: 21 May 2009 08:44 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Thanks Kerry Yes I do have the Advanced Lingo for Games book that has a crossword puzzle example which has proven very helpful for the main engine behind the crossword. I also have ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University but that only has a word search. My main problem is being able to highlight individual clues and ensure they are visible within the scrollable area. I need to be able to put a highlight over the entire clue (which can be one or more lines long). If I put all the clues in one text field, the scrolling works fine - I am just not sure how to determine how high the highlight should be - especially as this will change if the text size is toggled. If someone clicks on a word on the crossword, if the corresponding clue is not currently visible (due to the need to scroll to get to it) I need to adjust the scroll to ensure this clue is visible and then also highlight the clue. So I effectively need to know what the scroll position is to display each clue and also how to determine the top and bottom of this clue. The highlight will extend the entire width of the clue text field so there is no need to work out widths. Any suggestions most welcome. Thanks Paul -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun
RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function
Thanks Kevin Would a scrollpane work if I have custom graphics for the scroll buttons. This is for young kids so the scroll buttons are non standard big illustrator arrow buttons. I don't want to have OS style scroll bar or scroll arrows. Paul -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Bath Sent: 20 May 2009 22:32 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Paul - why don't you use a scrollpane, add all the clues as separate mc's into this component. That way you can target them separately to change the text colour if you click on a square. You could space the clue mc's by using the textheight property of the textfield within the clue mc. If you toggle the text size - you'll just have to iterate through all the clips in the scrollpane and re-space them out. You'll have to display both across and down clues if you click on certain squares. There may be better ways though! rgds - Kevin. -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Paul Steven Sent: 20 May 2009 19:45 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function I am creating a crossword where the words and clues are read in from an xml file. I need to be able to display the clues in a small area hence these will need to scroll. I also need to highlight a particular clue if the word on the crossword is clicked. Problem is that some clues will be on more than one line so I am not sure how best to approach this and would appreciate some advice. Also I need to include a function to toggle the text between small and large. Btw I am programming this in Flash 8 with AS2. My alternative solutions are as follows: 1.Attach a separate movie clip for each clue - not sure how I would position these vertically and the effect of toggling the text size 2.Put all the clues in one dynamic text field - not sure how I would select a particular clue. With this solution would I be best to use a mask and therefore have all the clues effectively displayed in the dynamic text field at once. Any advice on how best to deal with this would be really appreciated. Thanks Paul ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function
Thanks Kerry Yes I do have the Advanced Lingo for Games book that has a crossword puzzle example which has proven very helpful for the main engine behind the crossword. I also have ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University but that only has a word search. My main problem is being able to highlight individual clues and ensure they are visible within the scrollable area. I need to be able to put a highlight over the entire clue (which can be one or more lines long). If I put all the clues in one text field, the scrolling works fine - I am just not sure how to determine how high the highlight should be - especially as this will change if the text size is toggled. If someone clicks on a word on the crossword, if the corresponding clue is not currently visible (due to the need to scroll to get to it) I need to adjust the scroll to ensure this clue is visible and then also highlight the clue. So I effectively need to know what the scroll position is to display each clue and also how to determine the top and bottom of this clue. The highlight will extend the entire width of the clue text field so there is no need to work out widths. Any suggestions most welcome. Thanks Paul -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kerry Thompson Sent: 20 May 2009 20:11 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Paul Steven wrote: I am creating a crossword where the words and clues are read in from an xml file. I need to be able to display the clues in a small area hence these will need to scroll. I also need to highlight a particular clue if the word on the crossword is clicked. Problem is that some clues will be on more than one line so I am not sure how best to approach this and would appreciate some advice. Also I need to include a function to toggle the text between small and large. Btw I am programming this in Flash 8 with AS2.snip Any advice on how best to deal with this would be really appreciated. Gary Rosenzweig has a really good book, Macromedia Flash MX ActionScript for Fun and Games. I'm pretty sure it has the source for a crossword game in it, and it's AS2. It's pretty cheap--around a dollar on Amazon. He also has an updated book with AS3 code, ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University. I haven't used this book, but I did use a similar book he had for Director, and I adapted his crossword code for the now defunct Learning Network. It's pretty good code, and easy to adapt. My version might even still be up on Family Education Network (www.fen.com). I haven't checked, but they inherited everything from Learning Network. Cordially, Kerry Thompson ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function
Paul - I've knocked up a quick example of moving a masked movieclip which contains textfields populated by xml data. It should work with any length clue and demonstrates how to get a list of clues/textfields to autoscroll to a position - and resizes the highlight to match height of clue textfield. Just click on the numbers to get it to move. It's not pretty and the code is a bit rough (and in AS2) - but it demonstrates the principle. You may be well ahead of this by now - but I fancied a fiddle! You can grab it here. www.flowdigital.co.uk/download/crosswordclues.zip Kev. -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Paul Steven Sent: 21 May 2009 08:44 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Thanks Kerry Yes I do have the Advanced Lingo for Games book that has a crossword puzzle example which has proven very helpful for the main engine behind the crossword. I also have ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University but that only has a word search. My main problem is being able to highlight individual clues and ensure they are visible within the scrollable area. I need to be able to put a highlight over the entire clue (which can be one or more lines long). If I put all the clues in one text field, the scrolling works fine - I am just not sure how to determine how high the highlight should be - especially as this will change if the text size is toggled. If someone clicks on a word on the crossword, if the corresponding clue is not currently visible (due to the need to scroll to get to it) I need to adjust the scroll to ensure this clue is visible and then also highlight the clue. So I effectively need to know what the scroll position is to display each clue and also how to determine the top and bottom of this clue. The highlight will extend the entire width of the clue text field so there is no need to work out widths. Any suggestions most welcome. Thanks Paul -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kerry Thompson Sent: 20 May 2009 20:11 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Paul Steven wrote: I am creating a crossword where the words and clues are read in from an xml file. I need to be able to display the clues in a small area hence these will need to scroll. I also need to highlight a particular clue if the word on the crossword is clicked. Problem is that some clues will be on more than one line so I am not sure how best to approach this and would appreciate some advice. Also I need to include a function to toggle the text between small and large. Btw I am programming this in Flash 8 with AS2.snip Any advice on how best to deal with this would be really appreciated. Gary Rosenzweig has a really good book, Macromedia Flash MX ActionScript for Fun and Games. I'm pretty sure it has the source for a crossword game in it, and it's AS2. It's pretty cheap--around a dollar on Amazon. He also has an updated book with AS3 code, ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University. I haven't used this book, but I did use a similar book he had for Director, and I adapted his crossword code for the now defunct Learning Network. It's pretty good code, and easy to adapt. My version might even still be up on Family Education Network (www.fen.com). I haven't checked, but they inherited everything from Learning Network. Cordially, Kerry Thompson ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function
You could try something like http://www.tutorialized.com/view/tutorial/Search-and-Replace-String-1.0/2913to add html tags to the text string if it was in as3, you could probably do this much better with regular expressions a On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Kevin Bath ke...@flowdigital.co.ukwrote: Paul - I've knocked up a quick example of moving a masked movieclip which contains textfields populated by xml data. It should work with any length clue and demonstrates how to get a list of clues/textfields to autoscroll to a position - and resizes the highlight to match height of clue textfield. Just click on the numbers to get it to move. It's not pretty and the code is a bit rough (and in AS2) - but it demonstrates the principle. You may be well ahead of this by now - but I fancied a fiddle! You can grab it here. www.flowdigital.co.uk/download/crosswordclues.zip Kev. -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Paul Steven Sent: 21 May 2009 08:44 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Thanks Kerry Yes I do have the Advanced Lingo for Games book that has a crossword puzzle example which has proven very helpful for the main engine behind the crossword. I also have ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University but that only has a word search. My main problem is being able to highlight individual clues and ensure they are visible within the scrollable area. I need to be able to put a highlight over the entire clue (which can be one or more lines long). If I put all the clues in one text field, the scrolling works fine - I am just not sure how to determine how high the highlight should be - especially as this will change if the text size is toggled. If someone clicks on a word on the crossword, if the corresponding clue is not currently visible (due to the need to scroll to get to it) I need to adjust the scroll to ensure this clue is visible and then also highlight the clue. So I effectively need to know what the scroll position is to display each clue and also how to determine the top and bottom of this clue. The highlight will extend the entire width of the clue text field so there is no need to work out widths. Any suggestions most welcome. Thanks Paul -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kerry Thompson Sent: 20 May 2009 20:11 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Paul Steven wrote: I am creating a crossword where the words and clues are read in from an xml file. I need to be able to display the clues in a small area hence these will need to scroll. I also need to highlight a particular clue if the word on the crossword is clicked. Problem is that some clues will be on more than one line so I am not sure how best to approach this and would appreciate some advice. Also I need to include a function to toggle the text between small and large. Btw I am programming this in Flash 8 with AS2.snip Any advice on how best to deal with this would be really appreciated. Gary Rosenzweig has a really good book, Macromedia Flash MX ActionScript for Fun and Games. I'm pretty sure it has the source for a crossword game in it, and it's AS2. It's pretty cheap--around a dollar on Amazon. He also has an updated book with AS3 code, ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University. I haven't used this book, but I did use a similar book he had for Director, and I adapted his crossword code for the now defunct Learning Network. It's pretty good code, and easy to adapt. My version might even still be up on Family Education Network (www.fen.com). I haven't checked, but they inherited everything from Learning Network. Cordially, Kerry Thompson ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function
Hey thanks a million Kev! I will have a look at this now. I really appreciate your time knocking up this file. Cheers Paul -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Bath Sent: 21 May 2009 11:33 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Paul - I've knocked up a quick example of moving a masked movieclip which contains textfields populated by xml data. It should work with any length clue and demonstrates how to get a list of clues/textfields to autoscroll to a position - and resizes the highlight to match height of clue textfield. Just click on the numbers to get it to move. It's not pretty and the code is a bit rough (and in AS2) - but it demonstrates the principle. You may be well ahead of this by now - but I fancied a fiddle! You can grab it here. www.flowdigital.co.uk/download/crosswordclues.zip Kev. -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Paul Steven Sent: 21 May 2009 08:44 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Thanks Kerry Yes I do have the Advanced Lingo for Games book that has a crossword puzzle example which has proven very helpful for the main engine behind the crossword. I also have ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University but that only has a word search. My main problem is being able to highlight individual clues and ensure they are visible within the scrollable area. I need to be able to put a highlight over the entire clue (which can be one or more lines long). If I put all the clues in one text field, the scrolling works fine - I am just not sure how to determine how high the highlight should be - especially as this will change if the text size is toggled. If someone clicks on a word on the crossword, if the corresponding clue is not currently visible (due to the need to scroll to get to it) I need to adjust the scroll to ensure this clue is visible and then also highlight the clue. So I effectively need to know what the scroll position is to display each clue and also how to determine the top and bottom of this clue. The highlight will extend the entire width of the clue text field so there is no need to work out widths. Any suggestions most welcome. Thanks Paul -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kerry Thompson Sent: 20 May 2009 20:11 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Paul Steven wrote: I am creating a crossword where the words and clues are read in from an xml file. I need to be able to display the clues in a small area hence these will need to scroll. I also need to highlight a particular clue if the word on the crossword is clicked. Problem is that some clues will be on more than one line so I am not sure how best to approach this and would appreciate some advice. Also I need to include a function to toggle the text between small and large. Btw I am programming this in Flash 8 with AS2.snip Any advice on how best to deal with this would be really appreciated. Gary Rosenzweig has a really good book, Macromedia Flash MX ActionScript for Fun and Games. I'm pretty sure it has the source for a crossword game in it, and it's AS2. It's pretty cheap--around a dollar on Amazon. He also has an updated book with AS3 code, ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University. I haven't used this book, but I did use a similar book he had for Director, and I adapted his crossword code for the now defunct Learning Network. It's pretty good code, and easy to adapt. My version might even still be up on Family Education Network (www.fen.com). I haven't checked, but they inherited everything from Learning Network. Cordially, Kerry Thompson ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function
There are no fonts mentioned in the code. And no fonts appear in font mapping. I have even tried adding txtClue.font = Times New Roman; But the text just doesn't seem to want to display:( -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Glen Pike Sent: 21 May 2009 12:38 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function You are probly missing a font... Paul Steven wrote: Kev, when I publish this for Flash Player 8 or 9 the text does not appear. It is definitely there as the highlights are the correct position and size. Any idea why the text is not actually visible? Also out of curiousity what is the XMP metadata? Thanks Paul -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Bath Sent: 21 May 2009 11:33 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Paul - I've knocked up a quick example of moving a masked movieclip which contains textfields populated by xml data. It should work with any length clue and demonstrates how to get a list of clues/textfields to autoscroll to a position - and resizes the highlight to match height of clue textfield. Just click on the numbers to get it to move. It's not pretty and the code is a bit rough (and in AS2) - but it demonstrates the principle. You may be well ahead of this by now - but I fancied a fiddle! You can grab it here. www.flowdigital.co.uk/download/crosswordclues.zip Kev. -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Paul Steven Sent: 21 May 2009 08:44 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Thanks Kerry Yes I do have the Advanced Lingo for Games book that has a crossword puzzle example which has proven very helpful for the main engine behind the crossword. I also have ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University but that only has a word search. My main problem is being able to highlight individual clues and ensure they are visible within the scrollable area. I need to be able to put a highlight over the entire clue (which can be one or more lines long). If I put all the clues in one text field, the scrolling works fine - I am just not sure how to determine how high the highlight should be - especially as this will change if the text size is toggled. If someone clicks on a word on the crossword, if the corresponding clue is not currently visible (due to the need to scroll to get to it) I need to adjust the scroll to ensure this clue is visible and then also highlight the clue. So I effectively need to know what the scroll position is to display each clue and also how to determine the top and bottom of this clue. The highlight will extend the entire width of the clue text field so there is no need to work out widths. Any suggestions most welcome. Thanks Paul -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kerry Thompson Sent: 20 May 2009 20:11 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Paul Steven wrote: I am creating a crossword where the words and clues are read in from an xml file. I need to be able to display the clues in a small area hence these will need to scroll. I also need to highlight a particular clue if the word on the crossword is clicked. Problem is that some clues will be on more than one line so I am not sure how best to approach this and would appreciate some advice. Also I need to include a function to toggle the text between small and large. Btw I am programming this in Flash 8 with AS2.snip Any advice on how best to deal with this would be really appreciated. Gary Rosenzweig has a really good book, Macromedia Flash MX ActionScript for Fun and Games. I'm pretty sure it has the source for a crossword game in it, and it's AS2. It's pretty cheap--around a dollar on Amazon. He also has an updated book with AS3 code, ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University. I haven't used this book, but I did use a similar book he had for Director, and I adapted his crossword code for the now defunct Learning Network. It's pretty good code, and easy to adapt. My version might even still be up on Family Education Network (www.fen.com). I haven't checked, but they inherited everything from Learning Network. Cordially, Kerry Thompson ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo
Re: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function
You are probly missing a font... Paul Steven wrote: Kev, when I publish this for Flash Player 8 or 9 the text does not appear. It is definitely there as the highlights are the correct position and size. Any idea why the text is not actually visible? Also out of curiousity what is the XMP metadata? Thanks Paul -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Bath Sent: 21 May 2009 11:33 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Paul - I've knocked up a quick example of moving a masked movieclip which contains textfields populated by xml data. It should work with any length clue and demonstrates how to get a list of clues/textfields to autoscroll to a position - and resizes the highlight to match height of clue textfield. Just click on the numbers to get it to move. It's not pretty and the code is a bit rough (and in AS2) - but it demonstrates the principle. You may be well ahead of this by now - but I fancied a fiddle! You can grab it here. www.flowdigital.co.uk/download/crosswordclues.zip Kev. -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Paul Steven Sent: 21 May 2009 08:44 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Thanks Kerry Yes I do have the Advanced Lingo for Games book that has a crossword puzzle example which has proven very helpful for the main engine behind the crossword. I also have ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University but that only has a word search. My main problem is being able to highlight individual clues and ensure they are visible within the scrollable area. I need to be able to put a highlight over the entire clue (which can be one or more lines long). If I put all the clues in one text field, the scrolling works fine - I am just not sure how to determine how high the highlight should be - especially as this will change if the text size is toggled. If someone clicks on a word on the crossword, if the corresponding clue is not currently visible (due to the need to scroll to get to it) I need to adjust the scroll to ensure this clue is visible and then also highlight the clue. So I effectively need to know what the scroll position is to display each clue and also how to determine the top and bottom of this clue. The highlight will extend the entire width of the clue text field so there is no need to work out widths. Any suggestions most welcome. Thanks Paul -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kerry Thompson Sent: 20 May 2009 20:11 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Paul Steven wrote: I am creating a crossword where the words and clues are read in from an xml file. I need to be able to display the clues in a small area hence these will need to scroll. I also need to highlight a particular clue if the word on the crossword is clicked. Problem is that some clues will be on more than one line so I am not sure how best to approach this and would appreciate some advice. Also I need to include a function to toggle the text between small and large. Btw I am programming this in Flash 8 with AS2.snip Any advice on how best to deal with this would be really appreciated. Gary Rosenzweig has a really good book, Macromedia Flash MX ActionScript for Fun and Games. I'm pretty sure it has the source for a crossword game in it, and it's AS2. It's pretty cheap--around a dollar on Amazon. He also has an updated book with AS3 code, ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University. I haven't used this book, but I did use a similar book he had for Director, and I adapted his crossword code for the now defunct Learning Network. It's pretty good code, and easy to adapt. My version might even still be up on Family Education Network (www.fen.com). I haven't checked, but they inherited everything from Learning Network. Cordially, Kerry Thompson ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function
Kev, when I publish this for Flash Player 8 or 9 the text does not appear. It is definitely there as the highlights are the correct position and size. Any idea why the text is not actually visible? Also out of curiousity what is the XMP metadata? Thanks Paul -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Bath Sent: 21 May 2009 11:33 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Paul - I've knocked up a quick example of moving a masked movieclip which contains textfields populated by xml data. It should work with any length clue and demonstrates how to get a list of clues/textfields to autoscroll to a position - and resizes the highlight to match height of clue textfield. Just click on the numbers to get it to move. It's not pretty and the code is a bit rough (and in AS2) - but it demonstrates the principle. You may be well ahead of this by now - but I fancied a fiddle! You can grab it here. www.flowdigital.co.uk/download/crosswordclues.zip Kev. -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Paul Steven Sent: 21 May 2009 08:44 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Thanks Kerry Yes I do have the Advanced Lingo for Games book that has a crossword puzzle example which has proven very helpful for the main engine behind the crossword. I also have ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University but that only has a word search. My main problem is being able to highlight individual clues and ensure they are visible within the scrollable area. I need to be able to put a highlight over the entire clue (which can be one or more lines long). If I put all the clues in one text field, the scrolling works fine - I am just not sure how to determine how high the highlight should be - especially as this will change if the text size is toggled. If someone clicks on a word on the crossword, if the corresponding clue is not currently visible (due to the need to scroll to get to it) I need to adjust the scroll to ensure this clue is visible and then also highlight the clue. So I effectively need to know what the scroll position is to display each clue and also how to determine the top and bottom of this clue. The highlight will extend the entire width of the clue text field so there is no need to work out widths. Any suggestions most welcome. Thanks Paul -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kerry Thompson Sent: 20 May 2009 20:11 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Paul Steven wrote: I am creating a crossword where the words and clues are read in from an xml file. I need to be able to display the clues in a small area hence these will need to scroll. I also need to highlight a particular clue if the word on the crossword is clicked. Problem is that some clues will be on more than one line so I am not sure how best to approach this and would appreciate some advice. Also I need to include a function to toggle the text between small and large. Btw I am programming this in Flash 8 with AS2.snip Any advice on how best to deal with this would be really appreciated. Gary Rosenzweig has a really good book, Macromedia Flash MX ActionScript for Fun and Games. I'm pretty sure it has the source for a crossword game in it, and it's AS2. It's pretty cheap--around a dollar on Amazon. He also has an updated book with AS3 code, ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University. I haven't used this book, but I did use a similar book he had for Director, and I adapted his crossword code for the now defunct Learning Network. It's pretty good code, and easy to adapt. My version might even still be up on Family Education Network (www.fen.com). I haven't checked, but they inherited everything from Learning Network. Cordially, Kerry Thompson ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function
I am guessing you might want to publish for older players to see it working - can't open the file as I only have CS3 here, sorry. Try chucking a text field with the Times font embedded off the stage somewhere - not sure if that helps, but it might... XMP metadata is Adobe's proprietry XML structure for adding info to files - I guess this helps exchanging data between Adobe products... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Metadata_Platform HTH Glen Paul Steven wrote: There are no fonts mentioned in the code. And no fonts appear in font mapping. I have even tried adding txtClue.font = Times New Roman; But the text just doesn't seem to want to display:( -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Glen Pike Sent: 21 May 2009 12:38 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function You are probly missing a font... Paul Steven wrote: Kev, when I publish this for Flash Player 8 or 9 the text does not appear. It is definitely there as the highlights are the correct position and size. Any idea why the text is not actually visible? Also out of curiousity what is the XMP metadata? Thanks Paul -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Bath Sent: 21 May 2009 11:33 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Paul - I've knocked up a quick example of moving a masked movieclip which contains textfields populated by xml data. It should work with any length clue and demonstrates how to get a list of clues/textfields to autoscroll to a position - and resizes the highlight to match height of clue textfield. Just click on the numbers to get it to move. It's not pretty and the code is a bit rough (and in AS2) - but it demonstrates the principle. You may be well ahead of this by now - but I fancied a fiddle! You can grab it here. www.flowdigital.co.uk/download/crosswordclues.zip Kev. -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Paul Steven Sent: 21 May 2009 08:44 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Thanks Kerry Yes I do have the Advanced Lingo for Games book that has a crossword puzzle example which has proven very helpful for the main engine behind the crossword. I also have ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University but that only has a word search. My main problem is being able to highlight individual clues and ensure they are visible within the scrollable area. I need to be able to put a highlight over the entire clue (which can be one or more lines long). If I put all the clues in one text field, the scrolling works fine - I am just not sure how to determine how high the highlight should be - especially as this will change if the text size is toggled. If someone clicks on a word on the crossword, if the corresponding clue is not currently visible (due to the need to scroll to get to it) I need to adjust the scroll to ensure this clue is visible and then also highlight the clue. So I effectively need to know what the scroll position is to display each clue and also how to determine the top and bottom of this clue. The highlight will extend the entire width of the clue text field so there is no need to work out widths. Any suggestions most welcome. Thanks Paul -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kerry Thompson Sent: 20 May 2009 20:11 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Paul Steven wrote: I am creating a crossword where the words and clues are read in from an xml file. I need to be able to display the clues in a small area hence these will need to scroll. I also need to highlight a particular clue if the word on the crossword is clicked. Problem is that some clues will be on more than one line so I am not sure how best to approach this and would appreciate some advice. Also I need to include a function to toggle the text between small and large. Btw I am programming this in Flash 8 with AS2.snip Any advice on how best to deal with this would be really appreciated. Gary Rosenzweig has a really good book, Macromedia Flash MX ActionScript for Fun and Games. I'm pretty sure it has the source for a crossword game in it, and it's AS2. It's pretty cheap--around a dollar on Amazon. He also has an updated book with AS3 code, ActionScript 3.0 Game
RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function
Hmm... See what you mean. FP 10 - font is visible - FP 9, 8 - not showing. Strange. Pretty sure it is an embedded font issue as Glen says - as when mask is removed font shows. Will have a play... -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Glen Pike Sent: 21 May 2009 12:38 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function You are probly missing a font... Paul Steven wrote: Kev, when I publish this for Flash Player 8 or 9 the text does not appear. It is definitely there as the highlights are the correct position and size. Any idea why the text is not actually visible? Also out of curiousity what is the XMP metadata? Thanks Paul -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Bath Sent: 21 May 2009 11:33 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Paul - I've knocked up a quick example of moving a masked movieclip which contains textfields populated by xml data. It should work with any length clue and demonstrates how to get a list of clues/textfields to autoscroll to a position - and resizes the highlight to match height of clue textfield. Just click on the numbers to get it to move. It's not pretty and the code is a bit rough (and in AS2) - but it demonstrates the principle. You may be well ahead of this by now - but I fancied a fiddle! You can grab it here. www.flowdigital.co.uk/download/crosswordclues.zip Kev. -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Paul Steven Sent: 21 May 2009 08:44 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Thanks Kerry Yes I do have the Advanced Lingo for Games book that has a crossword puzzle example which has proven very helpful for the main engine behind the crossword. I also have ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University but that only has a word search. My main problem is being able to highlight individual clues and ensure they are visible within the scrollable area. I need to be able to put a highlight over the entire clue (which can be one or more lines long). If I put all the clues in one text field, the scrolling works fine - I am just not sure how to determine how high the highlight should be - especially as this will change if the text size is toggled. If someone clicks on a word on the crossword, if the corresponding clue is not currently visible (due to the need to scroll to get to it) I need to adjust the scroll to ensure this clue is visible and then also highlight the clue. So I effectively need to know what the scroll position is to display each clue and also how to determine the top and bottom of this clue. The highlight will extend the entire width of the clue text field so there is no need to work out widths. Any suggestions most welcome. Thanks Paul -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kerry Thompson Sent: 20 May 2009 20:11 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Paul Steven wrote: I am creating a crossword where the words and clues are read in from an xml file. I need to be able to display the clues in a small area hence these will need to scroll. I also need to highlight a particular clue if the word on the crossword is clicked. Problem is that some clues will be on more than one line so I am not sure how best to approach this and would appreciate some advice. Also I need to include a function to toggle the text between small and large. Btw I am programming this in Flash 8 with AS2.snip Any advice on how best to deal with this would be really appreciated. Gary Rosenzweig has a really good book, Macromedia Flash MX ActionScript for Fun and Games. I'm pretty sure it has the source for a crossword game in it, and it's AS2. It's pretty cheap--around a dollar on Amazon. He also has an updated book with AS3 code, ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University. I haven't used this book, but I did use a similar book he had for Director, and I adapted his crossword code for the now defunct Learning Network. It's pretty good code, and easy to adapt. My version might even still be up on Family Education Network (www.fen.com). I haven't checked, but they inherited everything from Learning Network. Cordially, Kerry Thompson ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman
RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function
Yay! Will work with FP9 and 8 if you add... txtClue.embedFonts = true; (doh - sorry) -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Paul Steven Sent: 21 May 2009 12:41 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function There are no fonts mentioned in the code. And no fonts appear in font mapping. I have even tried adding txtClue.font = Times New Roman; But the text just doesn't seem to want to display:( -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Glen Pike Sent: 21 May 2009 12:38 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function You are probly missing a font... Paul Steven wrote: Kev, when I publish this for Flash Player 8 or 9 the text does not appear. It is definitely there as the highlights are the correct position and size. Any idea why the text is not actually visible? Also out of curiousity what is the XMP metadata? Thanks Paul -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Bath Sent: 21 May 2009 11:33 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Paul - I've knocked up a quick example of moving a masked movieclip which contains textfields populated by xml data. It should work with any length clue and demonstrates how to get a list of clues/textfields to autoscroll to a position - and resizes the highlight to match height of clue textfield. Just click on the numbers to get it to move. It's not pretty and the code is a bit rough (and in AS2) - but it demonstrates the principle. You may be well ahead of this by now - but I fancied a fiddle! You can grab it here. www.flowdigital.co.uk/download/crosswordclues.zip Kev. -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Paul Steven Sent: 21 May 2009 08:44 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Thanks Kerry Yes I do have the Advanced Lingo for Games book that has a crossword puzzle example which has proven very helpful for the main engine behind the crossword. I also have ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University but that only has a word search. My main problem is being able to highlight individual clues and ensure they are visible within the scrollable area. I need to be able to put a highlight over the entire clue (which can be one or more lines long). If I put all the clues in one text field, the scrolling works fine - I am just not sure how to determine how high the highlight should be - especially as this will change if the text size is toggled. If someone clicks on a word on the crossword, if the corresponding clue is not currently visible (due to the need to scroll to get to it) I need to adjust the scroll to ensure this clue is visible and then also highlight the clue. So I effectively need to know what the scroll position is to display each clue and also how to determine the top and bottom of this clue. The highlight will extend the entire width of the clue text field so there is no need to work out widths. Any suggestions most welcome. Thanks Paul -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kerry Thompson Sent: 20 May 2009 20:11 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Paul Steven wrote: I am creating a crossword where the words and clues are read in from an xml file. I need to be able to display the clues in a small area hence these will need to scroll. I also need to highlight a particular clue if the word on the crossword is clicked. Problem is that some clues will be on more than one line so I am not sure how best to approach this and would appreciate some advice. Also I need to include a function to toggle the text between small and large. Btw I am programming this in Flash 8 with AS2.snip Any advice on how best to deal with this would be really appreciated. Gary Rosenzweig has a really good book, Macromedia Flash MX ActionScript for Fun and Games. I'm pretty sure it has the source for a crossword game in it, and it's AS2. It's pretty cheap--around a dollar on Amazon. He also has an updated book with AS3 code, ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University. I haven't used this book, but I did use a similar book he had for Director, and I adapted his crossword code for the now defunct Learning Network. It's
RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function
Bah - added the txtClue.embedFonts = true; but still no text. Is there a particular font I need to have? I can't see any reference to any particular font -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Bath Sent: 21 May 2009 13:50 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Yay! Will work with FP9 and 8 if you add... txtClue.embedFonts = true; (doh - sorry) -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Paul Steven Sent: 21 May 2009 12:41 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function There are no fonts mentioned in the code. And no fonts appear in font mapping. I have even tried adding txtClue.font = Times New Roman; But the text just doesn't seem to want to display:( -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Glen Pike Sent: 21 May 2009 12:38 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function You are probly missing a font... Paul Steven wrote: Kev, when I publish this for Flash Player 8 or 9 the text does not appear. It is definitely there as the highlights are the correct position and size. Any idea why the text is not actually visible? Also out of curiousity what is the XMP metadata? Thanks Paul -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Bath Sent: 21 May 2009 11:33 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Paul - I've knocked up a quick example of moving a masked movieclip which contains textfields populated by xml data. It should work with any length clue and demonstrates how to get a list of clues/textfields to autoscroll to a position - and resizes the highlight to match height of clue textfield. Just click on the numbers to get it to move. It's not pretty and the code is a bit rough (and in AS2) - but it demonstrates the principle. You may be well ahead of this by now - but I fancied a fiddle! You can grab it here. www.flowdigital.co.uk/download/crosswordclues.zip Kev. -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Paul Steven Sent: 21 May 2009 08:44 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Thanks Kerry Yes I do have the Advanced Lingo for Games book that has a crossword puzzle example which has proven very helpful for the main engine behind the crossword. I also have ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University but that only has a word search. My main problem is being able to highlight individual clues and ensure they are visible within the scrollable area. I need to be able to put a highlight over the entire clue (which can be one or more lines long). If I put all the clues in one text field, the scrolling works fine - I am just not sure how to determine how high the highlight should be - especially as this will change if the text size is toggled. If someone clicks on a word on the crossword, if the corresponding clue is not currently visible (due to the need to scroll to get to it) I need to adjust the scroll to ensure this clue is visible and then also highlight the clue. So I effectively need to know what the scroll position is to display each clue and also how to determine the top and bottom of this clue. The highlight will extend the entire width of the clue text field so there is no need to work out widths. Any suggestions most welcome. Thanks Paul -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kerry Thompson Sent: 20 May 2009 20:11 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Paul Steven wrote: I am creating a crossword where the words and clues are read in from an xml file. I need to be able to display the clues in a small area hence these will need to scroll. I also need to highlight a particular clue if the word on the crossword is clicked. Problem is that some clues will be on more than one line so I am not sure how best to approach this and would appreciate some advice. Also I need to include a function to toggle the text between small and large. Btw I am programming this in Flash 8 with AS2.snip Any advice on how best to deal with this would be really appreciated. Gary Rosenzweig has
RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function
Hey no apologies requires - I think a big thank you is more appropriate! Cheers - this is a really nice implementation! -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Bath Sent: 21 May 2009 13:50 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Yay! Will work with FP9 and 8 if you add... txtClue.embedFonts = true; (doh - sorry) -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Paul Steven Sent: 21 May 2009 12:41 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function There are no fonts mentioned in the code. And no fonts appear in font mapping. I have even tried adding txtClue.font = Times New Roman; But the text just doesn't seem to want to display:( -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Glen Pike Sent: 21 May 2009 12:38 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function You are probly missing a font... Paul Steven wrote: Kev, when I publish this for Flash Player 8 or 9 the text does not appear. It is definitely there as the highlights are the correct position and size. Any idea why the text is not actually visible? Also out of curiousity what is the XMP metadata? Thanks Paul -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Bath Sent: 21 May 2009 11:33 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Paul - I've knocked up a quick example of moving a masked movieclip which contains textfields populated by xml data. It should work with any length clue and demonstrates how to get a list of clues/textfields to autoscroll to a position - and resizes the highlight to match height of clue textfield. Just click on the numbers to get it to move. It's not pretty and the code is a bit rough (and in AS2) - but it demonstrates the principle. You may be well ahead of this by now - but I fancied a fiddle! You can grab it here. www.flowdigital.co.uk/download/crosswordclues.zip Kev. -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Paul Steven Sent: 21 May 2009 08:44 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Thanks Kerry Yes I do have the Advanced Lingo for Games book that has a crossword puzzle example which has proven very helpful for the main engine behind the crossword. I also have ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University but that only has a word search. My main problem is being able to highlight individual clues and ensure they are visible within the scrollable area. I need to be able to put a highlight over the entire clue (which can be one or more lines long). If I put all the clues in one text field, the scrolling works fine - I am just not sure how to determine how high the highlight should be - especially as this will change if the text size is toggled. If someone clicks on a word on the crossword, if the corresponding clue is not currently visible (due to the need to scroll to get to it) I need to adjust the scroll to ensure this clue is visible and then also highlight the clue. So I effectively need to know what the scroll position is to display each clue and also how to determine the top and bottom of this clue. The highlight will extend the entire width of the clue text field so there is no need to work out widths. Any suggestions most welcome. Thanks Paul -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kerry Thompson Sent: 20 May 2009 20:11 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Paul Steven wrote: I am creating a crossword where the words and clues are read in from an xml file. I need to be able to display the clues in a small area hence these will need to scroll. I also need to highlight a particular clue if the word on the crossword is clicked. Problem is that some clues will be on more than one line so I am not sure how best to approach this and would appreciate some advice. Also I need to include a function to toggle the text between small and large. Btw I am programming this in Flash 8 with AS2.snip Any advice on how best to deal with this would be really appreciated. Gary Rosenzweig has a really good book, Macromedia
RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function
Now Glen's suggestion will work - just stick a dynamic textfield offscreen, set font to Times New Roman, and embed fonts in that. That seems to make the font available to FP8 9. -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Paul Steven Sent: 21 May 2009 14:32 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Bah - added the txtClue.embedFonts = true; but still no text. Is there a particular font I need to have? I can't see any reference to any particular font -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Bath Sent: 21 May 2009 13:50 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Yay! Will work with FP9 and 8 if you add... txtClue.embedFonts = true; (doh - sorry) -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Paul Steven Sent: 21 May 2009 12:41 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function There are no fonts mentioned in the code. And no fonts appear in font mapping. I have even tried adding txtClue.font = Times New Roman; But the text just doesn't seem to want to display:( -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Glen Pike Sent: 21 May 2009 12:38 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function You are probly missing a font... Paul Steven wrote: Kev, when I publish this for Flash Player 8 or 9 the text does not appear. It is definitely there as the highlights are the correct position and size. Any idea why the text is not actually visible? Also out of curiousity what is the XMP metadata? Thanks Paul -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Bath Sent: 21 May 2009 11:33 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Paul - I've knocked up a quick example of moving a masked movieclip which contains textfields populated by xml data. It should work with any length clue and demonstrates how to get a list of clues/textfields to autoscroll to a position - and resizes the highlight to match height of clue textfield. Just click on the numbers to get it to move. It's not pretty and the code is a bit rough (and in AS2) - but it demonstrates the principle. You may be well ahead of this by now - but I fancied a fiddle! You can grab it here. www.flowdigital.co.uk/download/crosswordclues.zip Kev. -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Paul Steven Sent: 21 May 2009 08:44 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Thanks Kerry Yes I do have the Advanced Lingo for Games book that has a crossword puzzle example which has proven very helpful for the main engine behind the crossword. I also have ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University but that only has a word search. My main problem is being able to highlight individual clues and ensure they are visible within the scrollable area. I need to be able to put a highlight over the entire clue (which can be one or more lines long). If I put all the clues in one text field, the scrolling works fine - I am just not sure how to determine how high the highlight should be - especially as this will change if the text size is toggled. If someone clicks on a word on the crossword, if the corresponding clue is not currently visible (due to the need to scroll to get to it) I need to adjust the scroll to ensure this clue is visible and then also highlight the clue. So I effectively need to know what the scroll position is to display each clue and also how to determine the top and bottom of this clue. The highlight will extend the entire width of the clue text field so there is no need to work out widths. Any suggestions most welcome. Thanks Paul -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kerry Thompson Sent: 20 May 2009 20:11 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Paul Steven wrote: I am creating a crossword where the words and clues are read in from an xml file. I need to be able to display the clues in a small area hence these will need to scroll. I
RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function
Thanks Glen Unfortunately that didn't work. Perhaps my PC is just playing up?! Cheers Paul -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Glen Pike Sent: 21 May 2009 12:55 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function I am guessing you might want to publish for older players to see it working - can't open the file as I only have CS3 here, sorry. Try chucking a text field with the Times font embedded off the stage somewhere - not sure if that helps, but it might... XMP metadata is Adobe's proprietry XML structure for adding info to files - I guess this helps exchanging data between Adobe products... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Metadata_Platform HTH Glen Paul Steven wrote: There are no fonts mentioned in the code. And no fonts appear in font mapping. I have even tried adding txtClue.font = Times New Roman; But the text just doesn't seem to want to display:( -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Glen Pike Sent: 21 May 2009 12:38 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function You are probly missing a font... Paul Steven wrote: Kev, when I publish this for Flash Player 8 or 9 the text does not appear. It is definitely there as the highlights are the correct position and size. Any idea why the text is not actually visible? Also out of curiousity what is the XMP metadata? Thanks Paul -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Bath Sent: 21 May 2009 11:33 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Paul - I've knocked up a quick example of moving a masked movieclip which contains textfields populated by xml data. It should work with any length clue and demonstrates how to get a list of clues/textfields to autoscroll to a position - and resizes the highlight to match height of clue textfield. Just click on the numbers to get it to move. It's not pretty and the code is a bit rough (and in AS2) - but it demonstrates the principle. You may be well ahead of this by now - but I fancied a fiddle! You can grab it here. www.flowdigital.co.uk/download/crosswordclues.zip Kev. -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Paul Steven Sent: 21 May 2009 08:44 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Thanks Kerry Yes I do have the Advanced Lingo for Games book that has a crossword puzzle example which has proven very helpful for the main engine behind the crossword. I also have ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University but that only has a word search. My main problem is being able to highlight individual clues and ensure they are visible within the scrollable area. I need to be able to put a highlight over the entire clue (which can be one or more lines long). If I put all the clues in one text field, the scrolling works fine - I am just not sure how to determine how high the highlight should be - especially as this will change if the text size is toggled. If someone clicks on a word on the crossword, if the corresponding clue is not currently visible (due to the need to scroll to get to it) I need to adjust the scroll to ensure this clue is visible and then also highlight the clue. So I effectively need to know what the scroll position is to display each clue and also how to determine the top and bottom of this clue. The highlight will extend the entire width of the clue text field so there is no need to work out widths. Any suggestions most welcome. Thanks Paul -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kerry Thompson Sent: 20 May 2009 20:11 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function Paul Steven wrote: I am creating a crossword where the words and clues are read in from an xml file. I need to be able to display the clues in a small area hence these will need to scroll. I also need to highlight a particular clue if the word on the crossword is clicked. Problem is that some clues will be on more than one line so I am not sure how best to approach this and would appreciate some advice. Also I need
Re: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function
But will Kevin make an honest file? :) Couldn't resist. Charles P. On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 7:19 AM, Paul Steven paul_ste...@btinternet.comwrote: snip I really appreciate your time knocking up this file. Cheers Paul -Original Message- I've knocked up a quick example of moving a masked movieclip which contains textfields populated by xml data.snip ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function
Paul Steven wrote: I am creating a crossword where the words and clues are read in from an xml file. I need to be able to display the clues in a small area hence these will need to scroll. I also need to highlight a particular clue if the word on the crossword is clicked. Problem is that some clues will be on more than one line so I am not sure how best to approach this and would appreciate some advice. Also I need to include a function to toggle the text between small and large. Btw I am programming this in Flash 8 with AS2.snip Any advice on how best to deal with this would be really appreciated. Gary Rosenzweig has a really good book, Macromedia Flash MX ActionScript for Fun and Games. I'm pretty sure it has the source for a crossword game in it, and it's AS2. It's pretty cheap--around a dollar on Amazon. He also has an updated book with AS3 code, ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University. I haven't used this book, but I did use a similar book he had for Director, and I adapted his crossword code for the now defunct Learning Network. It's pretty good code, and easy to adapt. My version might even still be up on Family Education Network (www.fen.com). I haven't checked, but they inherited everything from Learning Network. Cordially, Kerry Thompson ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function
Paul - why don't you use a scrollpane, add all the clues as separate mc's into this component. That way you can target them separately to change the text colour if you click on a square. You could space the clue mc's by using the textheight property of the textfield within the clue mc. If you toggle the text size - you'll just have to iterate through all the clips in the scrollpane and re-space them out. You'll have to display both across and down clues if you click on certain squares. There may be better ways though! rgds - Kevin. -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Paul Steven Sent: 20 May 2009 19:45 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating dynamic crossword cluesth resize function I am creating a crossword where the words and clues are read in from an xml file. I need to be able to display the clues in a small area hence these will need to scroll. I also need to highlight a particular clue if the word on the crossword is clicked. Problem is that some clues will be on more than one line so I am not sure how best to approach this and would appreciate some advice. Also I need to include a function to toggle the text between small and large. Btw I am programming this in Flash 8 with AS2. My alternative solutions are as follows: 1.Attach a separate movie clip for each clue - not sure how I would position these vertically and the effect of toggling the text size 2.Put all the clues in one dynamic text field - not sure how I would select a particular clue. With this solution would I be best to use a mask and therefore have all the clues effectively displayed in the dynamic text field at once. Any advice on how best to deal with this would be really appreciated. Thanks Paul ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
