[dpc036]

I have been working with a very good page turn effect which i got from here
it is possible to automatically turn the pages using the following actionscript
pageflip.flipForward();
but i only know how to turn every page placing this on the timeline at set intervals of 120 frames. the book i have has 40 pages so to turn every page the timeline would have to be 4800 frames. not really very ideal.

i am sure it would be possible to write some actionscript which would do this dynamically, only my knowledge of actionscript is limited to say the least.

wot i would like to achieve, if anyone can help, is to turn the page every, say, 4 seconds until it gets to the last page, page 40. and then use the following script to return to the start of the book pageflip.gotoPage(1); and do it all over again.

i would be very grateful for any help.
thank you

[Alexanda]

www.lovecreative.com

[dpc036]

yes ive seen that. very nice.
doesnt really help though

[gray]

frame 1 as:

count = 0;

new blank movieclip with onclipevent:

onClipEvent(enterFrame){
_root.count ++;
// assuming a framerate of 31fps
if(_root.count == 124){
pageflip.flipForward();
_root.count = 0
}
}

then youd need to test for the last page but i dont know what functions are provide for outputting a pagenumber

if(pageNumber == 40){
pageflip.gotoPage(1);
count=0;
}

something like that

[dpc036]

Gray thanks for your help.
the page flip is a componet, which sits on the stage and drags in each page, which are movieclips in the library which are exported at the start.

[dpc036]

I have tried your suggestion Gray, but it doesnt seem to work.
would a copy of the file help?

[gray]

aye that'd help

[dpc036]

whats the best way to get it to you?

[gray]

just attach it here

you could actually use something like

setInterval(flipForward, 4000);

[dpc036]

thanks for this i really appreciate it.

ok. ive taken out alot of the pages, to reduce the size of the file. so there are only 4 of the 40 pages but you should get the idea.
the file will be used as a stand alone projector.

[gray]

put this in the first frame

function turnPage() {
	pageflip.flipForward();
}
pageflip.onLastPage = function() {
	pageflip.directGotoPage(0);
};
setInterval(turnPage, 4000);

[dpc036]

thats brilliant. thanks very much for that.
just so i can fully understand, what is the 4000?
im guessing the higher the number the longer the page will be viewed for before the turn.

[gray]

its an amount of milliseconds, so 4000 = 4secs

[dpc036]

Thank you very much

[dpc036]

Following the help i received on here i have been using the following code to automatically turn the page at a set interval:

pageInterval = 6500;

_root.pageFlipInterval = setInterval(turnPage, pageInterval);

function turnPage() {
pageflip.flipForward();
}

function closeLastPage() {
clearInterval(lastPageInterval);
pageFlipInterval = setInterval(turnPage, pageInterval);
}
pageflip.onLastPage = function() {
clearInterval(_root.pageFlipInterval);
_root.lastPageInterval = setInterval(_root.closeLastPage, _root.pageInterval );
_root.gotoAndPlay(81);
}

I have however now been asked to add some quicktime movies to each page, (typical clients always moving the goal posts!) which isnt a problem.
The problem is as the page turn effect is essentially one frame in a movie and loads dynamically using actionscript, the quicktime movie starts as soon as the whole effect loads.
so by the time the book turns to say page 10 the quicktime movie may already have played.

does anyone know of a way to keep the movie from playing until the page has finished turning?
There will be a number of different movies on different pages.

Gray you where a great help last time, maybe you have a suggestion!

[dpc036]

thinking about it last night.
would it be possible somehow to give each movie an instance name, ie movie1 and add some sort of script which starts each movie at a certain time interval, as the automatic page turn is done on a time bases.

not sure how id do this though.