asfunction pulling image dynamically

[wrighterb]

I have a movie

Inside this movie I have another movie and text fields pulling in text from the database dynamically.

I created a button, that when pushed will pull the url (via variable from txt doc) of the image and diplay it. Works fine. Everything is dynamic from a database

Now
I want the image to show up as soon as the movie loads just like the text fields do. I was told about asfunction but looked at it and have no where to begin.

Brain Block

 

[kennethkawamoto]

Turn your button script into a function and just call that in the beginning.

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[wrighterb]

Tried that a few places, in the main movie and the movie inside the movie

in the first frame etc


onClipEvent (load) {
function getImage() {
mcImage.loadMovie(txtImageURL.text);
}
}

Only seems to work when I do an on (press) to a button.

Its driving me nuts

 

[kennethkawamoto]

That won't work. If you putting your script in the main timeline, do this:

function getImage() {
   mcImage.loadMovie(txtImageURL.text);
}

getImage();

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[wrighterb]

I put that in the main time line
nothing

I put it in the time line of the first movie
nothing

I put it in the movie
nothing.

I know it possible cause I am getting it on press

http://www.wrighter.com/thisone

check it out.

click view beauty and you get the dynamic image.

 

[wrighterb]

Hey hey

I experimented a little, this is on my main movie clip, this drives the wheel to spin. Look at if (dr>=30) part, the image loads after the wheel stops. Any Ideas?

onClipEvent (load) {
num = Math.round(Math.random()*360);
targetRotation = num;
spinCount = 4;
targetRotation += spinCount*360;
spinSpeed = spinCount*20;
currentRotation = this._rotation;

function spin() {
dr = targetRotation-currentRotation;
currentRotation += dr/spinSpeed;
this._rotation = currentRotation;
if (dr<=165) {
this._rotation = num-164;
}
if (dr>=30) {
mcImage.loadMovie(txtImageURL.text);
}

}
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
spin();
}

 

[kennethkawamoto]

You are firing loadMovie again and again on every enterFrame

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[wrighterb]

dr = 1440 to start

so i set it to

if (dr>=1500) {
mcImage.loadMovie(txtImageURL.text);
}

The image comes right away, so to stop it from firing the movie on each frame, what to do?

 

[kennethkawamoto]

Set a variable (flag) at the beginning and if the flag is true fire loadMovie and set the flag to false

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[wrighterb]

I put this in at the end out of the enterframe

onClipEvent (data) {
mcImage.loadMovie(txtImageURL.text);
}

Never used (data) before

 

[wrighterb]

Trying to flag it, not getting it to work.

Does onClipEvent (data) ok to use or is it loading the image everytime.

onClipEvent (load) {
num = Math.round(Math.random()*360);
targetRotation = num;
spinCount = 4;
targetRotation += spinCount*360;
spinSpeed = spinCount*20;
currentRotation = this._rotation;
gotit = true;

function spin() {
dr = targetRotation-currentRotation;
currentRotation += dr/spinSpeed;
this._rotation = currentRotation;
if (dr<=165) {
this._rotation = num-164;
}
if (gotit == true) {
mcImage.loadMovie(txtImageURL.text);
gotit = false;
}
}
}

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
spin();
}

 

[kennethkawamoto]

Do you want to fire loadMovie on load? If so just place it in onClipEvent(load), outside of the function (or place it on the root timeline)

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[wrighterb]

The onload doesn't work on the movie clip and it won't work in the root timeline either, don't know why.

I works on the movie with onClipEvent(data) is that ok?


Also I want to find out what part of the wheel it ends
The anchor would be at 45 degrees, I want to see where the wheel actually ends. Does that make sense.

 

[wrighterb]

How Can i display the Value of dr as the wheel spins.

 

[kennethkawamoto]

trace(dr);

...will trace the value to the Output window.

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[wrighterb]

Ok num represents the degree (0-360) that the wheel will stop at, I have the wheel broken down in 12 slices 30 degrees a piece.

I keep putting in

if (num>=360) {
loadMovieNum("

http://www.wrighter.com/awants.jpg",

2);
}

But I am getting nothing.

 

[kennethkawamoto]

where is the code placed?

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[wrighterb]

This is placed on the main movie.

Look for if (dr<=90) cause that is at what speed it should stop. then I check for the num variable.

onClipEvent (load) {
num = Math.round(Math.random()*360);
targetRotation = num;
spinCount = 4;
targetRotation += spinCount*360;
spinSpeed = spinCount*20;
currentRotation = this._rotation;
//gotit = true;
//mcImage.loadMovie(txtImageURL.text);

function spin() {
dr = targetRotation-currentRotation;
// (targetRotation + " : " + currentRotation + " : " + dr);
currentRotation += dr/spinSpeed;
this._rotation = currentRotation;
if (dr<=165) {
this._rotation = num-164;
}
if (dr<=90) {
if(num<=360 and num>=0) {
loadMovieNum("

http://www.wrighter.com/hotsluts/images/1.jpg",2);

}
}
}
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
spin();
}

 

[kennethkawamoto]

Again, you are firing "loadMovieNum" again and again forever. If you do that you'll never see the loaded picture.

onClipEvent (load) {
	num = Math.round(Math.random()*360);
	targetRotation = num;
	spinCount = 4;
	targetRotation += spinCount*360;
	spinSpeed = spinCount*20;
	currentRotation = this._rotation;
	gotit = true;

	function spin() {
		dr = targetRotation-currentRotation;
		currentRotation += dr/spinSpeed;
		this._rotation = currentRotation;
		if (dr<=165) {
			this._rotation = num-164;
		}
		if (dr<=90) {
			if (num<=360 and num>=0) {
				gotit = false;
				loadMovieNum("[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.wrighter.com/hotsluts/images/1.jpg",[/URL] 2);
			}
		}
	}
}

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
	if (gotit) {
		spin();
	}
}

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk