On 13 July 2010 16:58, Russell Lyons <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> There seems to be a bug that is exhibited in the very first example of
> swfc code: (http://www.swftools.org/swfc/swfc.html)
>
> Code listing 1.1
>
> .flash filename="box.swf"
> .box b1 100 100 color=yellow fill=red
> .put b1 pin=center scale=0%
> .frame 100
> .change b1 pin=center scale=100%
> .frame 200
> .change b1 pin=center scale=0%
> .end
>
> Namely, the very first frame shows the box in the wrong position and
> size. It flashes very briefly (on every loop), so could be missed by a
> casual viewer. I thought it would have shown only if a .put statement
> were there, but the first .put gives it a different size. What's wrong?
There's nothing *wrong* Russ. it's not a bug. The script is
simply doing as it's told, e.g.
.box b1 100 100 color=yellow fill=red
puts a bounding box on the screen, *then*,
.put b1 pin=center scale=0%
changes it. So, you see the full size box, *before* it gets
changed.
It's up to you to neaten up the performance. Do as you
would on a proper stage production, put out the lights,
put the cast in their places then bring up the lights.
.flash filename="box.swf"
.box b1 100 100 color=yellow fill=red
.frame 1
.put b1 pin=center scale=0% alpha=0%
.frame 2
.change b1 alpha=200%
.frame 100
.change b1 pin=center scale=100%
.frame 200
.change b1 pin=center scale=0%
.end
HTH.
Regards,
Chris.
