Hello everyone! First of all, sorry for my english... I'm Brazilian and english is not my first language. 
This is my first post meant to be my first post and I'm learning AS3. Didn't know about this forum but now I hope to have the time to visit it a lot to help and be helped! 😃
Well, I'm trying to import some external files to my main flash file with buttons. Yes, this is a newbie question, but I'm learning... I click button 1 and content 1 is loaded, click button 2 and content 2 is loaded, and so on. So, I got two ways for doing it:
edit: The code below is working fine now...
montreal.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, loadCity);
dublin.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, loadCity);
sydney.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, loadCity);
...
var box:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
addChild(box);
box.x=20;
box.y=20;
function loadCity (event:MouseEvent):void {
var currentCity = event.target.name;
// remove all the children of the box
while (box.numChildren > 0) {box.removeChildAt(0);}
var swfRequest:URLRequest=new URLRequest(currentCity+".swf");
var swfLoader:Loader = new Loader();
swfLoader.load(swfRequest);
box.addChild(swfLoader);}
import fl.transitions.Tween;
import fl.transitions.easing.*;
montreal.buttonMode=true;
dublin.buttonMode=true;
sydney.buttonMode=true;
rio.buttonMode=true;
paris.buttonMode=true;
london.buttonMode=true;
home.buttonMode=true;
var box:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
addChild(box);
box.x=20;
box.y=20;
var cityLoader:Loader = new Loader();
var cityURL:URLRequest=new URLRequest("montreal.swf"); //I use this to show a city when the site is opened
cityLoader.load(cityURL);
box.addChild(cityLoader);
**Here I add the listeners to button, each one calling its own function like:
montreal.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, loadMontreal);
function cityTweens():void {
var cityIn:Tween = new Tween(box, "y", Strong.easeOut, -350, 20, 1, true);}
function loadMontreal(event:MouseEvent):void {
var cityURL:URLRequest=new URLRequest("montreal.swf");
cityLoader.load(cityURL);
cityTweens();}
function loadDublin(event:MouseEvent):void {
var cityURL:URLRequest=new URLRequest("dublin.swf");
cityLoader.load(cityURL);
cityTweens();}
function loadSydney(event:MouseEvent):void {
var cityURL:URLRequest=new URLRequest("sydney.swf");
cityLoader.load(cityURL);
cityTweens();}
function loadRio(event:MouseEvent):void {
var cityURL:URLRequest=new URLRequest("rio.swf");
cityLoader.load(cityURL);
cityTweens();}
function loadParis(event:MouseEvent):void {
var cityURL:URLRequest=new URLRequest("paris.swf");
cityLoader.load(cityURL);
cityTweens();}
function loadLondon(event:MouseEvent):void {
var cityURL:URLRequest=new URLRequest("london.swf");
cityLoader.load(cityURL);
cityTweens();}
function loadHome(event:MouseEvent):void {
var cityURL:URLRequest=new URLRequest("home.swf");
cityLoader.load(cityURL);
cityTweens();}
Message was edited by: newToAS3
1 Correct answer
Below are adjustments to the code that deal with it. This is not a full code - make full changes yourself.
...import flash.events.EventDispatcher;
// hold all the buttons in an array
var buttons:Array = [montreal, dublin, sydney, rio, paris, london, home];
// add listeners
addListeners();
// function that adds listeners
function addListeners() {
for (var k:String in buttons) {
EventDispatcher(buttons).addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, loadSWF);
}
}
// removes event listeners
function remove
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Replies
Hello Andrei!
First of all, thanks yet once again for your reply 😃
Well, I love video tutorials but I'm willing to try a book since it's easier to get back to topics, mark topics, take notes and all that. Maybe it's just what's missing for me to get really started.
I do believe I'll be able to find this book in here. We have some great bookstores here with manybooks in other languages. And e-books are not for me. So I'll try to buy one.Maybe this is not the right one for me yet... the two first comments we read at amazon about this book says:
A lot of content...but so @#&% frustrating "and" Fantastic, if you know your way already. I'm not sure if I already know my way =/
One thing I already noticed in me is that I just can't sit and write all the code I already understand and know, I mean, I already know some codes, understand them, but when it comes to sit down and write my codes I discover I don't know all of it by heart. I always have to get back to some notations to accomplish some tasks. Thanks for letting me know that this is normal hehe. And I think I'll improve with time. =P
Perhaps you have a good way to keep track of what you're learning... a way to take notes or something. Anyway, what works for you maybe not work for me, so...
Working with the timeline seems to be easier (even more logical) for me but I know it's not the best way to do things. If I want to learn something, I try to do it the best way I can... I already work with applications like Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator (I'm a prepress professional) and I feel more confortable looking to the Flash IDE than to a lot of codes =P
I've learned a little of xhtml, css and now Flash and already getting into AS3, the thing I'm loving the most about web. Maybe I should have studied this in the first place haha =P
Anyway, tomorrow I'll have the time to take a deeper look into your code ok? I'll give you a feed back and close this topic. I'll try to buy a book, maybe even this one from Colin Moock. Read it and probably start loads of topics to ask you new questions huhauahuah... for now, I have to get back to my notes and doubts before starting a new topic.
Gosh! I write to much =/
Thanks again and I guess I they won't let me give you more points (you deserve it), but know that your last post was equally helpful to me ok? 😃
See ya
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