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gray · 14-01-2004, 11:45

ie

anyone got any ideas / links on how to do this?

I kinda have it working, but not well enough (www.grahammorley.com/nicola ) sometimes the mc resizes before the image loads.. Im using getBytesLoaded and getBytesTotal atm..

its just so much better on that french site

cheers

gray

Mr Fred · 14-01-2004, 11:55

nice idea though - actionscript isnt my forte.

btw image 3 looks like my doctor.

oli · 14-01-2004, 11:58

peter snow is your doctor ?

andycogbill · 15-01-2004, 07:21

You're in luck - i just made a photo album last night that dynamically loaded images into a holder movieclip. I'll give an explanation my best shot:

Okay, here is the basic process you need (other than preloaders, which your site could use IMHO):

1) Click a button which has the handler function show(picString)
2) In the show function, you create an empty movie clip called holder (_root.createEmptyMovieClip("holder_mc",yourDepth) ) and set the alpha to 0, set the _x and _y, etc. Then you load the pic into the movieclip (_root.holder_mc.loadMovie(picString)). From there, get the pic's size (_root.holder_mc._width, _height), and if the width and height are greater than zero adjust a mask or whatever you want behind the pic - whatever you are using as the frame.

This way you know the pic is loaded, since its _width and _height are a non-zero number. When your frame is done moving you should do a fadeIn() function or just another kind of function where you set the alpha to a number greater than zero.

That should work. Let me know how it goes. A preloader has to set holder_mc as its object and do internal size getting before it calls fadeIn().

godspee.d

p.s. if I obviously made a mistake, just do what you think is logical. I didn't proofread it.

gray · 15-01-2004, 10:37

that would make the mc fade in wouldnt it?.. i want it to stretch as it does in the example.. hmmm

andycogbill · 17-01-2004, 16:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by gray

that would make the mc fade in wouldnt it?.. i want it to stretch as it does in the example.. hmmm

no no no - you call a function before making the holder_mc visible (the clip holding the .jpg you are loading) that streches the frame, and THEN you make the holder_mc visible.

dan · 19-01-2004, 13:52

How'd it go? you get it sorted?

andycogbill · 20-01-2004, 07:35

This is what I have so far: I would post the .fla but I'm not on that computer.

http://community.middlebury.edu/~aco...oothFrame.html

Maybe you can sorta see how it works?

Mr Fred · 20-01-2004, 07:42

pm that file friend (if you wouldnt mind) - great stuff

gray · 20-01-2004, 10:22

nice one andy, looks good!

oli · 20-01-2004, 10:31

yeah

would you mind posting the .fla when you have it ?

sleepingfish · 20-01-2004, 11:15

pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaase

andycogbill · 20-01-2004, 12:30

I'd bet you'd all like that, wouldn't you?? (/power trip) Yeah I'll post it as soon as I get back to the states - in about 24 hours. Stay tuned...

andycogbill · 20-01-2004, 12:32

Oh and by the way - it's all actionScript. All graphics are drawn and animated with AS. Hopefully you full-fledged designers can handle my AS heat

I'm going to be a Flash Pro someday.

And actually - scratch the 24 hour thing. I'm going to work on a PHP script which will browse a directory taken as an argument (array of arguments dynamically generated) to build the photo name array, making for - yes, you heard me right, an automatically maintained photo slideshow, for which the user can pick the directory.

I guess I'll post the basic .fla tomorrow. I feel special.

dan · 20-01-2004, 12:44

Special.

Mr Fred · 20-01-2004, 14:53

good move andy.

sleepingfish · 21-01-2004, 04:15

Top man

andycogbill · 22-01-2004, 10:12

And the moment you've all (apparently...) been waiting for: here is the .fla of the little photo album I created. Keep in mind it's in the very preliminary alpha stages. It's going to be a lot more robust in the future but I've been asked to post it. And in the name of open source, I will.

But please don't just use it as your own work. That would be really lame and weak. As I've always said, cheating is for the weak.

Enjoy, and let me know how to improve it!

P.S. It's entirely AS, with most code on _root and some on "target", a movie clip with linkage through the library. Make sure to hit the lovely CTRL + L combo.

http://community.middlebury.edu/~acogbill/new/slideshow

Mr Fred · 22-01-2004, 11:00

right then a million questions coming your way over next xx months

thanks andy

Mr Fred · 22-01-2004, 11:01

""then becca and ab showed up and made my friday a day to remember"" bet they did

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14-01-2004, 11:55	#2 (permalink)
Mr Fred Magazines™ Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Glasgow.. Posts: 11,354	nice idea though - actionscript isnt my forte. btw image 3 looks like my doctor.

15-01-2004, 07:21	#4 (permalink)
andycogbill Notorious? Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Middlebury, VT Posts: 417	You're in luck - i just made a photo album last night that dynamically loaded images into a holder movieclip. I'll give an explanation my best shot: Okay, here is the basic process you need (other than preloaders, which your site could use IMHO): 1) Click a button which has the handler function show(picString) 2) In the show function, you create an empty movie clip called holder (_root.createEmptyMovieClip("holder_mc",yourDepth) ) and set the alpha to 0, set the _x and _y, etc. Then you load the pic into the movieclip (_root.holder_mc.loadMovie(picString)). From there, get the pic's size (_root.holder_mc._width, _height), and if the width and height are greater than zero adjust a mask or whatever you want behind the pic - whatever you are using as the frame. This way you know the pic is loaded, since its _width and _height are a non-zero number. When your frame is done moving you should do a fadeIn() function or just another kind of function where you set the alpha to a number greater than zero. That should work. Let me know how it goes. A preloader has to set holder_mc as its object and do internal size getting before it calls fadeIn(). godspee.d p.s. if I obviously made a mistake, just do what you think is logical. I didn't proofread it.

15-01-2004, 10:37	#5 (permalink)
gray i still want paying Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: newcastle, uk Posts: 4,713	that would make the mc fade in wouldnt it?.. i want it to stretch as it does in the example.. hmmm

19-01-2004, 13:52	#7 (permalink)
dan Iris Folder Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: smokey Posts: 2,643	How'd it go? you get it sorted?

20-01-2004, 07:35	#8 (permalink)
andycogbill Notorious? Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Middlebury, VT Posts: 417	This is what I have so far: I would post the .fla but I'm not on that computer. http://community.middlebury.edu/~aco...oothFrame.html Maybe you can sorta see how it works?

20-01-2004, 07:42	#9 (permalink)
Mr Fred Magazines™ Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Glasgow.. Posts: 11,354	pm that file friend (if you wouldnt mind) - great stuff

20-01-2004, 10:22	#10 (permalink)
gray i still want paying Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: newcastle, uk Posts: 4,713	nice one andy, looks good!

20-01-2004, 11:15	#12 (permalink)
sleepingfish css is for divs Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Norwich Posts: 4,469	pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaase

20-01-2004, 12:30	#13 (permalink)
andycogbill Notorious? Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Middlebury, VT Posts: 417	I'd bet you'd all like that, wouldn't you?? (/power trip) Yeah I'll post it as soon as I get back to the states - in about 24 hours. Stay tuned...

20-01-2004, 12:32	#14 (permalink)
andycogbill Notorious? Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Middlebury, VT Posts: 417	Oh and by the way - it's all actionScript. All graphics are drawn and animated with AS. Hopefully you full-fledged designers can handle my AS heat I'm going to be a Flash Pro someday. And actually - scratch the 24 hour thing. I'm going to work on a PHP script which will browse a directory taken as an argument (array of arguments dynamically generated) to build the photo name array, making for - yes, you heard me right, an automatically maintained photo slideshow, for which the user can pick the directory. I guess I'll post the basic .fla tomorrow. I feel special.

20-01-2004, 12:44	#15 (permalink)
dan Iris Folder Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: smokey Posts: 2,643	Special.

20-01-2004, 14:53	#16 (permalink)
Mr Fred Magazines™ Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Glasgow.. Posts: 11,354	good move andy.

21-01-2004, 04:15	#17 (permalink)
sleepingfish css is for divs Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Norwich Posts: 4,469	Top man

22-01-2004, 10:12	#18 (permalink)
andycogbill Notorious? Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Middlebury, VT Posts: 417	And the moment you've all (apparently...) been waiting for: here is the .fla of the little photo album I created. Keep in mind it's in the very preliminary alpha stages. It's going to be a lot more robust in the future but I've been asked to post it. And in the name of open source, I will. But please don't just use it as your own work. That would be really lame and weak. As I've always said, cheating is for the weak. Enjoy, and let me know how to improve it! P.S. It's entirely AS, with most code on _root and some on "target", a movie clip with linkage through the library. Make sure to hit the lovely CTRL + L combo. http://community.middlebury.edu/~acogbill/new/slideshow

22-01-2004, 11:00	#19 (permalink)
Mr Fred Magazines™ Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Glasgow.. Posts: 11,354	right then a million questions coming your way over next xx months thanks andy

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Mr Fred Magazines™ Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Glasgow.. Posts: 11,354	""then becca and ab showed up and made my friday a day to remember"" bet they did

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