converting from actionscript 1.0 to 2.0 1

[artguy]

I have a script that I would like to use that worked with Actionscript 1.0 but if I export using settings for Flash Player 8 (using either AS1.0 or AS2.0), it no longer works. It's a very simple script that has 5 lines in the main timeline and another 4 or 5 on one of the movie clips.

I export it as Flash player 5 it works and I change it over to Flash player 8, it doesn't do anything.

Is there a way to easily find out where my problem lies in Flash?

Thank your for your time.

Bob

 

[oldnewbie]

Post your code or a link to your .fla...

Flash MX2004 & Flash 8 are case sensitive, or it could be variables that remain undefined, because they need to be casted.

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[artguy]

I got some old code off of Fl*shk*t(now that I read your sig, guess I won't go there again. seems dead anyways) for an idea and was making some changes to it so it would do what I wanted it to do and my code didn't work. So I went back to the bare basics and it didn't work either after I had pasted it in my file. That's when I realized the version difference.

here's the code on the main timeline:

MovieClip.prototype.elasticScale = function(target, accel, convert) {
	xScale = xScale * accel + (target - this._xscale) * convert;
	yScale = yScale * accel + (target - this._yscale) * convert;
	this._xscale += xScale;
	this._yscale += yScale;
}

Here's the code on each movieclip:

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
	if (this.hitTest(_root._xmouse, _root._ymouse, true)) {
		elasticScale(150, 0.9, 0.1);
	} else {
		elasticScale(100, 0.9, 0.1);
	}
}

All I wanted to do was do the elastic scaling of a movie clip and be able to display some text and a link in the item after it expands. So I was attempting to use this for the elastic logic.

Any help you can provide in just making the code above work in Flash 8 would be fantastic.

Thank you for your time.

Bob

 

[artguy]

Is it "MovieClip.prototype" that no longer works on AS 2.0? That's the only thing I can question since everything else looks pretty normal.

 

[oldnewbie]

I would assume that your xScale & yScale variables need to be casted...

Add a trace line in the prototype...

trace(xScale+" - "+yScale);

If you get undefined, then those 2 variables need to be casted (outside of the prototype) before this will work...

var xScale:Number = 0;
var yScale:Number = 0;

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[artguy]

That was it! I'm ordering a book from Friends of Ed to understand Flash more. Probably Foundation ActionScript for Flash 8 -- to cover the basics and get into some deeper stuff...well, deeper for me.

Thanks for your help and your time!

 

[oldnewbie]

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