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Advanced Actionscript Advanced Actionscript for Flash 5for Flash 5

by Dr SC Liby Dr SC Li

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Exercise 1Exercise 1(Creating sound objects)(Creating sound objects) Download and unzip the file sound1-ex.zip Open the library window by clicking

Windows > LibraryWindows > Library To establish a linkage for the sound symbol,

highlight “technoloop” and right click it and choose the “LinkageLinkage” option.

To create an action for Frame 1: Highlight Frame 1 Frame 1 and right click it, then choose “Actions”“Actions”

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Exercise 1Exercise 1(Creating sound objects)(Creating sound objects) Select the “Expert ModeExpert Mode” for the script editor and

type in: function mysound(music){ soundobject=new Sound(this);

soundobject.attachSound(music); soundobject.start(0,50); soundobject.setVolume(100); } mysound("soundtrack")

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Exercise 1Exercise 1(Creating sound objects)(Creating sound objects) To select buttons from the Common

Libraries, click Windows > Common Windows > Common Libraries > Buttons > (Oval) Button SetLibraries > Buttons > (Oval) Button Set

Drag the “Oval-stopOval-stop” and the “Oval-playOval-play” symbols on to the main stage

To create an action for the stop button: highlight and right-click it, then select “Actions”“Actions”.

On the script editor, type in: on (press){ _root.soundobject.stop("soundtrack"); }

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Exercise 1Exercise 1(Creating sound objects)(Creating sound objects)

Save and preview the file.

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Exercise 2 Exercise 2 (Creating simple controls for (Creating simple controls for sound object)sound object)

Download and unzip the file sound2-ex.zip To select buttons from the Common Libraries,

click Windows > Common Libraries > Windows > Common Libraries > Buttons > (Rectangle) Button SetButtons > (Rectangle) Button Set

Drag two “Grey-button PlayGrey-button Play” symbols (volume-up; volume-down) on to the main stage

To create actions for the buttons: highlight and right-click it, then select “Actions”“Actions”.

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Exercise 2 Exercise 2 (Creating simple controls for (Creating simple controls for sound object)sound object)

For the volume-up button, type in: on (press){ dummy=_root.soundobject.getVolume; _root.soundobject.getTransform(); mySoundTransformObject.ll= mySoundTransformObject.ll+10; mySoundTransformObject.rr= mySoundTransformObject.rr+ 10;

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Exercise 2 Exercise 2 (Creating simple controls for (Creating simple controls for sound object)sound object)

if(mySoundTransformObject.ll <= 100 && mySoundTransformObject.rr <= 100){

_root.soundobject.setTransform( mySoundTransformObject); } }

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Exercise 2 Exercise 2 (Creating simple controls for (Creating simple controls for sound object)sound object)

For the volume-down button, type in: on (press){ dummy=_root.soundobject.getVolume; _root.soundobject.getTransform(); mySoundTransformObject.ll= mySoundTransformObject.ll-10; mySoundTransformObject.rr= mySoundTransformObject.rr- 10;

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Exercise 2 Exercise 2 (Creating simple controls for (Creating simple controls for sound object)sound object)

if(mySoundTransformObject.ll >= 0 && mySoundTransformObject.rr >= 0){

_root.soundobject.setTransform( mySoundTransformObject); } }

Then save and preview the file

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Exercise 3Exercise 3(Creating sound preloader)(Creating sound preloader)

Download and unzip the file sound3-ex.zip Create a pre-loading animation while the

sound movie clip is being downloaded. Open the “attachsound.fla”“attachsound.fla” file and insert a

key fame for Frame 1. Drag the preloading symbol onto the stage

and name the instance as “preloaderpreloader”. Insert an action for the preloaderpreloader instance:

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Exercise 3Exercise 3(Creating sound preloader)(Creating sound preloader)

onClipEvent(load){ loadMovieNum("soundsource3.swf",1) } onClipEvent(enterFrame){ percentloaded=Math.floor( (_level1.getBytesLoaded()/ _level1.getBytesTotal())*100); percentdisplay=percentloaded + "%”;

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Exercise 3Exercise 3(Creating sound preloader)(Creating sound preloader)

if(percentloaded == 100 && !initialize){

_level1.mysound("soundtrack") initialize=true; _visible=false; } }

Save and preview the file

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Exercise 4Exercise 4(Creating smart MC movie clip)(Creating smart MC movie clip)

Download and unzip the file smart-mc-ex.zip Open the file “smart-mc.fla” “smart-mc.fla” and create a

smart MC flash movie clip as shown in http://ited.hkubu.edu.hk/hkbu-ited/session5/actions/smart-mc/smart-mc.swf

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Exercise 5Exercise 5(Creating simple scrolling text)(Creating simple scrolling text)

Download and unzip the file scrolltext1-ex.zip Open the file “scrolltext1.fla” “scrolltext1.fla” and create a

movie clip with scrolling text as shown in http://ited.hkubu.edu.hk/hkbu-ited/session5/actions/scrolltext1/scrolltext1.swf

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Exercise 6Exercise 6(Creating auto scrolling text 1)(Creating auto scrolling text 1)

Download and unzip the file scrolltext2-ex.zip Open the file “scrolltext2.fla” “scrolltext2.fla” and create a

movie clip with auto-scrolling text as shown in http://ited.hkubu.edu.hk/hkbu-ited/session5/actions/scrolltext2/scrolltext2.swf

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Exercise 7Exercise 7(Creating auto scrolling text 2)(Creating auto scrolling text 2)

Download and unzip the file scrolltext2-ex.zip Open the file “scrolltext3.fla” “scrolltext3.fla” and create a

movie clip with auto-scrolling text as shown in http://ited.hkubu.edu.hk/hkbu-ited/session5/actions/scrolltext2/scrolltext3.swf