Flash Actionscripting Tutorial!

Code:

on (press) {

    //Start Dragging Movieclip Behavior
    startDrag(this);
    //End Behavior

}
on (release) {

    //Stop Dragging Movieclip Behavior
    stopDrag();
    //End Behavior

}

Code:

on (press) {

    //Hide video Behavior
    this.example._visible = false;
    //"example" represents the name of the movieclip that you are hiding.
}

Code:

on (press) {

    //Hide video Behavior
    this.example._visible = true;
    //"example" represents the name of the movieclip that you are hiding.
}

A lot of people asked me how i do the digital clock and I'm gonna post it here for the other who doesn't know how to create it. ;D


i Open the flash program and in the welcome screen select Flash Document or New Flash Document.

ii Set up your page.

iii Now its time to insert a symbol:

iv from there you have to give a name which is gonna be "clock_mc" and what type you want to be , you want a Movie clip so you select the movieclip option then press ok.




v You have to insert layers.
This is a layer:

To insert a layer right click on the actual one or beside it an select Insert Layer. YOU DON'T HAVE TO RENAME THEM!!! but anyway to rename them just doubleclick on them then type whatever you want.
You must have 3 layers:
1.background
2.clock
3.actions
Now the box with layers should look like this:

vi Now you have all the layers, find where is the layer named clock and there you press on it.
then in the design space using the text tool you create a Dynamic text.How?
Fist you draw a box using the text tool and then in the properties panel where it says static text from the drop menu you have to select dynamic text ,then in the box where it says you type in clock_txt.
It should look something like this:


vii Your almost done,before everything you have to add some script.
Now in the layers panel ,you press on actions layer and then in the actions panel wich you open with F9 or from window>actions
you type the following code:

Code:

time=new Date(); // time object
var seconds = time.getSeconds()
var minutes = time.getMinutes()
var hours = time.getHours()
if (hours<12) {
ampm = "AM";
}
else{
ampm = "PM";
}
while(hours >12){
hours = hours - 12;
}
if(hours<10)
{
hours = "0" + hours;
}
if(minutes<10)
{
minutes = "0" + minutes;
}
if(seconds<10)
{
seconds = "0" + seconds;
}
clock_txt.text = hours + ":" + minutes + ":" + seconds +" "+ ampm;

ok now your ready to insert some frames.To do so there beside the layer its a box with a dot right click on it and select insert keyframe not frame.YOU HAVE TO INSERT KEYFRAMES FOR EVERY LAYER IN THIS CASE.
viii After that, you close the action panel and you have to insert another keyframe for every layer.
In the second keyframe from actions layer you open again action panel and type the following code:

Code:

gotoAndPlay(1);

Now before testing your movie go to Scene 1 and in the library which you open it by pressing F11 or window>library
There in the new panel which just opened you should see the clock_mc press on it and drag it in Scene 1.
Then your ready to test your movie by pressing Ctrl+Enter.

Hope it helped!!!!



If your unsure about this use the source code wich you can download here:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/yqux7p

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