Too much ActionScript -- what happens? 2004-03-01 - By Jesse Warden
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If movie clip timeslines were translated into threads, I think a lot of
programmers would collapse with a heart-attack, that'd be so cool.
Unfortunately (or foruntately), Flash is single threaded. Each action
occurs, one after the other. When Flash has time, it'll do a screen refresh
based on when certain actions are done. Most happen so fast you don't
notice. But, if an action takes a longer period of a few milliseconds, no
screen refreshes (onEnterFrame) will occur, therefore, Flash will not redraw
until the script is done.
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From: Daniel [mailto:daniel@(protected)]
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 01:23 PM
To: flashnewbie@(protected)
Subject: Re: [Flashnewbie] Too much ActionScript -- what happens?
sorry I was thinking that the mc that all the code on would basicly freeze
leaving other timelines advailible to run, not the player freezing. I
misunderstood this.
Daniel
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From: "Merrill, Jason" <JMerrill@(protected)>
To: <flashnewbie@(protected)>
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 10:33 AM
Subject: RE: [Flashnewbie] Too much ActionScript -- what happens?
Its the player that freezes, not the movie clips. Movie clips are just
data- they cannot think for themselves. So the player will freeze, which
meants everything and anything being displayed within it.
Jason Merrill
ICF Consulting Government e-Learning Solutions
icfconsulting.com
:::>-- --Original Message-- --
:::>From: Daniel [mailto:daniel@(protected)]
:::>Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 12:31 PM
:::>To: flashnewbie@(protected)
:::>Subject: Re: [Flashnewbie] Too much ActionScript -- what happens? :::>
:::> :::>what about other MC's that are on the screen when this :::>happens.
Will it :::>freeze thouse, even if they are independant of the timeline
:::>that the script :::>is on? :::> :::>daniel :::>
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:::>From: "Merrill, Jason" <JMerrill@(protected)>
:::>To: <flashnewbie@(protected)>
:::>Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 10:24 AM
:::>Subject: RE: [Flashnewbie] Too much ActionScript -- what happens? :::>
:::> :::>Large script: Flash freezes everything until it is :::>finished
processing and :::>then moves on. Since everything is frozen while it
:::>processes, you cannot :::>make any animation to keep the user
entertained. Xtra :::>large script: If it :::>is too much, you can get an
error saying the script is too :::>slow and the :::>movie won't work. I've
had this happen a lot with XML :::>files. Best thing to :::>do is try and
break the script up over several frames. :::>
:::> Jason Merrill
:::> ICF Consulting Government e-Learning Solutions
:::> icfconsulting.com
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:::>:::>Hey Folks,
:::>:::>A somewhat theoretical question, if you try to perform too
:::>:::>many operations on a single frame of a movie, what happens?
:::>:::>eg. Does the movie stay at that frame until the entire
:::>:::>script is finished? Does it proceed without finishing the
:::>:::>script? Does your movie come to a crashing end? :::>:::>--dan
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