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paul_james123
paul_james123
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September 28, 2013
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Can I reverse a tween created with the GUI ...with actionscript?

  • September 28, 2013
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Hi All,

I'm newer to Flash so don't take much for granted. I have big gaps in my understanding.

I've created a motion tween (by right clickingon a movieClip on the timeline and choosing 'create motion tween'). Now I want to reverse it (using the 'yoyo' term) when the sound file is done playing. I know how to do this with a tween (using tween class) that was created with actionscript in the first place. How can I cause it to reverse if the tween isn't already (named and included) my actionscript?

Thanks

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Correct answer Aaron Beall

If you tween is in a MovieClip you can effectively play the MovieClip backwards like this:

addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, enterFrame);
function enterFrame(e:Event):void {
      prevFrame();
}

I do this all the time.

-Aaron

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Aaron BeallCorrect answer
Inspiring
September 28, 2013

If you tween is in a MovieClip you can effectively play the MovieClip backwards like this:

addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, enterFrame);
function enterFrame(e:Event):void {
      prevFrame();
}

I do this all the time.

-Aaron

paul_james123
paul_james123Author
Inspiring
September 28, 2013

Thanks for your reply, Aaron.

How do I use that? (IOW: Where do I put that script?, How do I indicate the name of the movie clip it's controlling?)

So, for example: I'm starting the tween in my movie clip by making it visible (its an image that fades up because it's alpha state is tweened) : "myMovieClip.visible = true"

When that  image completely fades up, the image stays visible (100% of alpha state) for an indetermined amount of time then, I want a soundtrack cue to cause it to fade back down (tween back to 0% alpha).

This just happens once (not repeatedly).

Any help is appreciated.

paul_james123
paul_james123Author
Inspiring
September 29, 2013

Ok I realized that I put that in the frame script.

Thanks Aaron.

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