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Hi, All
I'm developing a FLASH demo that uses the getURL to launch a PDF document.
When the PDF document is launched, the FLASH demo continues to play. I put
in a stop(), which stopped the play, but now I need to put a popup window
with a "Resume Play" button, when the user returns back to the FLASH demo.
I followed the FLASH help for attaching objects (movie clips) to a window.
The movie contains a "Resume Play" button.
I created a window component in the first frame using action script. I use
the contentPath parameter of createPopUp to attach the movie. The movie
clip is in the library not on the stage.
The movie linkage settings: ResumePlay_mc
Export in first frame
Export for Action Script
AS 2.0 = mx.core.View
On the "Resume Play" button I added:
on(release){
_level0.myWindow.deletePopUp();
_level0.gotoAndPlay(2);
}
When testing the movie, it displays the window with the "Resume Play" button
in it. When I click the button, it closes the window, but does not continue
play.
If someone could just explain to me what is going on.
1. When a movie clip is attached to a Window, how do you access the movie
clip and its children?
2. Can I not continue play for the Main timeline from within a movie?
3. Why does the Listener for the Resume Button not work when I initialize
it in the first Frame of the Main timeline (see below). Do I NOT have access
to the movie object ResumePlay_mc and its children?
-- ---- ----- CODE IN MAIN TIMELINE FRAME 1 -- ---- -----
myWindow = mx.managers.PopUpManager.createPopUp(_root,
mx.containers.Window, true, { closeButton:true, title:"Resume Play",
contentPath:"ResumePlay_mc"});
myWindow.modalWindow("true");
myWindow.setSize(260,260);
//Listener for Resume Play button does not work
var buttonListener = new Object();
buttonListener.click = function(){
myWindow.deletePopUp();
NextFrame();
}
// Attach button listener to ResumePlay_btn on Movie Clip ResumePlay_mc
_level0.depthChild0.content.ResumePlay_btn.addEventListener("click",buttonLi
stener);
// This code does not work either
_level0.depthChild0.content.ResumePlay_mc.ResumePlay_btn.addEventListener("c
lick", buttonListener);
//What are myWindow children, proprieties, objects
for(name in myWindow){
trace ("myWindow children are: " + name);
}
stop(); // halt play
-- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- CUT HERE -- ---- ----
Any Help or direction is greatly welcomed.
Kim K. Carter
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004>Hi, All</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004>I'm developing a FLASH demo that uses the getURL to
launch a PDF document. When the PDF document is launched, the FLASH demo
continues to play. I put in a stop(), which stopped the play, but now I
need to put a popup window with a "Resume Play" button, when the user returns
back to the FLASH demo.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><SPAN class=048284513-11022004
>I
followed the FLASH help for attaching objects (movie clips) to a window. The
movie contains a "Resume Play" button.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><SPAN class=048284513-11022004
>I
created a window component in the first frame using action script. I use
the contentPath parameter of createPopUp to attach the movie. The
movie clip is in the library not on the stage.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004>The movie linkage settings:
ResumePlay_mc</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004> Export in first
frame</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004> Export for Action
Script</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004> AS 2.0 =
mx.core.View</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><SPAN class=048284513-11022004>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004>On the "Resume Play" button I
added:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004>on(release){</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004>
_level0.myWindow.deletePopUp();</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004>
_level0.gotoAndPlay(2);</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004>}</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004>When testing the movie, it displays the window with
the
"Resume Play" button in it. When I click the button, it closes the window, but
does not continue play.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004> </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004>If someone could just explain to me what is going on.
</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004> 1. When a movie clip is attached to a
Window, how do you access the movie clip and its children?</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004> </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004> 2. Can I not continue play for the Main
timeline
from within a movie?</SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=#000000><SPAN class=048284513-11022004> </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004> 3. Why does the Listener for the Resume
Button not work when I initialize it in the first Frame of the Main timeline
(see below). Do I NOT have access to the movie object </SPAN></FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004>ResumePlay_mc and its children?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004> </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000></FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=048284513-11022004><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=#000000>-- ---- ----- CODE IN MAIN TIMELINE FRAME 1
-- ---- -----</FONT></SPAN></DIV><FONT><SPAN class=048284513-11022004>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"><BR><FONT
color=#000000></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000> myWindow =
mx.managers.PopUpManager.createPopUp(_root, <SPAN
class=048284513-11022004>mx.containers.</SPAN>Window, true, { closeButton:true,
title:"<SPAN class=048284513-11022004>Resume Play</SPAN>", contentPath:"<SPAN
class=048284513-11022004>ResumePlay_mc</SPAN>"});<BR>
myWindow.modalWindow("true");<BR> <SPAN
class=048284513-11022004> </SPAN>myWindow.setSize(260,260);<BR>
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=#000000> <BR> <SPAN
class=048284513-11022004>//Listener for Resume Play button does not work
</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><SPAN class=048284513-11022004></SPAN><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004></SPAN><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=#000000> <SPAN class=048284513-11022004> var buttonListener =
new Object();</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><FONT><SPAN class=048284513-11022004></SPAN><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004></SPAN><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT
color=#000000><SPAN class=048284513-11022004> </SPAN>b<SPAN
class=048284513-11022004>uttonListener.click =
function(){</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><FONT><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT><FONT><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004>
myWindow.deletePopUp();<BR>
NextFrame(); </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><FONT><SPAN class=048284513-11022004>
}</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><FONT><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT><FONT><SPAN class=048284513-11022004> // Attach button
listener to ResumePlay_btn on Movie Clip
ResumePlay_mc</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><FONT><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT><FONT><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004></SPAN><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=#000000>
_level0.depthChild0.content.ResumePlay_btn.addEventListener("click",<SPAN
class=048284513-11022004>buttonListener</SPAN>);</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=048284513-11022004><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=#000000></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=048284513-11022004><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=#000000> // This code does not work either</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=048284513-11022004><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=#000000>
_level0.depthChild0.content.ResumePlay_mc.ResumePlay_btn.addEventListener(
"click",
buttonListener);</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004>//What are myWindow children, proprieties,
objects</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004>fo</SPAN>r(name in myWindow){<BR> trace (
"myWindow
child<SPAN class=048284513-11022004>ren are:</SPAN> " +
name);<BR>}</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000>stop();<SPAN
class=048284513-11022004> // halt play</SPAN><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV></SPAN></FONT><SPAN class=048284513-11022004><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=#000000>-- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- CUT HERE
-- ---- ----</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004>Any Help or direction is greatly
welcomed.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><SPAN
class=048284513-11022004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Monotype Corsiva" size=4>Kim K. Carter</FONT></DIV>
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