Questions tagged [movieclip]

A display object with a timeline in Actionscript on the Adobe Flash platform

A MovieClip extends the DisplayObject class in Adobe Flash. It is a display container that, unlike a Sprite or other DisplayObjects, contains a timeline for animation. MovieClip objects can be created in the Flash graphical authoring and animation tool, or created via .

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Using MovieClip(root) in ActionScript 3

im at frame 3.. i have text field on the stage name scoreTxt.. at frame 3 i added TryClass.. var Try:TryClass = new TryClass(); TryClass has function of updateScore.. this is working fine if im on frame 3. so my code is public function…
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Clearing Stage of as2 Photo Gallery

I'm building a website with several pages on different layers/frames in the timeline. On the "photos" layer, I wrote some code to a load a photo gallery. The problem is that the gallery doesn't disappear when I click on another page and keeps…
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How to apply a Glow Filter onto all the display objects in a movieclip in AS3?

I have a movieclip in which i have applied a FlashEff2 component for creating an effect on a text field. But that FlashEff2 component discards all the Flash IDE Filters (GlowFilter). So what i am thinking now is to add a GlowFilter when FlashEff2…
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AS3 addChild() drawing on top of my movieClip on CLICK

So basically my issue is when I click on my movieClip I want it to spawn this animation I did over the protonCore. Essentially to show that when you click the protonCore you generate 1 proton. However the problem with this when spamming your CLICK,…
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ActionScript 3.0 Document Class not extending to MovieClip or Sprite

Can I have a document class which is not extending to either sprite or movieclip, but this is extending to an another class which is inherited by Sprite? I have to access stage in document class, but I am getting stage as null object…
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Change parent of MovieClip

I want to detach a movieclip and attach it elsewhere, but it doesn't seem possible in AS2. I'm looking for an AS2 equivalent of Cocoa's addSubview/removeFromSuperview. Is there alternatives routes to go, such as duplicating a movie with a new…
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remove this child and add new child AS3

i've been stuck on this for quite a while, i'm working with a Main.as and LivrmScreen.as and basically LivrmScreen.as is a game screen with other movieclip actions going on... then i have a button on LivrmScreen that i wish to remove LivrmScreen…
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AS3 - Access MovieClip from stage within a class

I have been stuck on this for a long time and have looked at past questions on here about this similar issue such as this post: How do I access a movieClip on the stage using as3 class?. I use the constructor to listen for the ADDED_TO_STAGE event,…
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stop fade in out on a movieclip actionscript 2

I'm trying to stop fading in/out my movieclip. I'll explain: I've integrated my swf in an HTML page with a dropdown list. When i choose an item from this list a javascript function it's called.This function execute a callback to a function in my swf…
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Play movie clip on click at mouse coordinates

I'm trying to play a movie clip of a circle expanding and fading away every time a user clicks. I make the movie clip, then I convert it to a movie clip again and create a motion tween making the circle get larger and fade away. But, when I call on…
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Actionscript 3 will not work with movie clips

So I'm having a very frustrating problem in CS5, where I am simply unable to get as3 to recognize movie clips! If the symbol I'm trying to reference is a button everything works fine, but the second I turn it into a movie clip it spits the following…
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How to tween (with ease out) a movie clip using only Action Script 2.0

I would like to tween a movieclip (with ease out) using purely action script 2.0. Does anyone know where to find any resources on this or could point me in the right direction? Thanks!
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AS3: Creating and accessing movieclips from an array

I know there are quite similar questions here, but I haven't found the proper details. What would be helpful is definitely an explanation of the problems, and perhaps a base example, that anyone who searches later may be able to apply. (Not asking…
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AS3 Load swf As Movieclip

I need to load in an external swf and be able to use it as a Movieclip in FlashDevelop i.e I need to be able to go to specific keyframes, start and stop it playing etc. Some simple working sample code would be hugely appreciated as I cannot find any…
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ActionScript 3 - save movieclip "state" between different frames

We're developing a prototype for an university exam, using FLash CS6 and AS3. We are building a device to manage the hospital's food service, but we encountered a problem with the handling of the food's selection button and their relative states. We…
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