locking positions of symbols relative to...

[cosmicbdog]

say you're inside a symbol that is a movie. can all the aspects of that symbol be created on the first frame actionscript of it? e.g can one go, 'create new symbol' => 'movie' => first frame type something like "

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createClassObject(mx.controls.TextInput, "subscribeInput", 1, {text:""});
subscribeInput.setSize(198, 27);
subscribeInput.move(9,9);

" and it will position that input in that spot? this code works for me when i put it in the first frame of the scenes actionscript but not the symbol. am I missing something about how this works?

[Sgaspar11]

How are you accessing this movieclip?

Does a user push a button and then it plays the movieclip and created the object?

It should work, but you have to actually tell flash to go to that frame/movieclip for it to start the action script.

Make sense?

[cosmicbdog]

That makes sense. I've got the symbol placed on the scene drag and drop style. Wouldn't its placement on the scene naturally make it run the code thats inside the symbol because it is present?

[Sgaspar11]

Not if the actionscript is within that symbol on frame 1. Something needs to tell flash to "Play" that symbol to get to frame 1 within that specific symbol.

P.S. I caught a bad cold and I am all medded up, so if I am not making sense please tell me.

[cosmicbdog]

For your help i send you good thoughts and hope you pull through. nice way to help even though you're sick!!

i have just assumed that the movie IS actually playing because the visually changing things I have in the movie are in motion. is there something additionally that needs to be done to make the actionscript in the symbol start up?

[Sgaspar11]

Hmmm...I'll do some checking. If the movie is playing then any actionscript in that movie should be called as well.

[cosmicbdog]

resolved: switched from publish setting for flash 9 to flash 8 actionscript 2. seems AS3 is different.

[Sgaspar11]

Ah der, should have asked you that. Yeah AS3 is different.

[cosmicbdog]

i'm sure if you weren't sick it wouldn't have slipped your mind

thanks for your help

[JacobHaug]

Yeah even GetURL is different in CS3. I have not even start learning AS3...hehe.

[Sgaspar11]

I just ordered a couple of books.