what code do you need to allow people to drop and drag with mouse in Flash

culabula88

what code do you need to allow people to drop and drag with mouse in Flash? ie to pick objects up with their mouse and to drag them over the screen.

aidan_walsh

http://www.google.com/search?q=flash+drag+and+drop+tutorial

Winters

Wow! That google thing is amazing! Is that new? I am going to use it loads now

culabula88

Thanks Lads - never heard of that google thing.... fairly handy aint it!!

Seriously though i have a flash project and my flash skills aint that good, could anybody give me a little bit of help or would like to designe a bit of flash for me??

Just want to know, is it possible to put in comments in the keyframes bar as you go along or to have a hidden layer for comments in order to keep track of what you are doing.

Also , how do you write comments in the actions script.

culabula88

heres the code i copied off the web for dragging a set of blocks into their compartments.

Is "this.startDrag(true)" a generic function used to enable the mouse to pick up objects and does this function need a header file??
could ye explain a few other lines of the code and new functions.


var counter:Number = 0;
var woodSound:Sound = new Sound();
woodSound.attachSound("woodblock");

onEnterFrame = function():Void{
if(counter == 4){
reply_txt.text = "Congrats, you're finished!";
}
};


square_mc.onPress = function():Void {
this.startDrag(true);
reply_txt.text = "";
this.swapDepths(this.getNextHighestDepth());
xstart = this._x;
ystart = this._y;
};
square_mc.onRelease = function():Void {
this.stopDrag();
if (eval(this._droptarget) == squareTarget_mc) {
reply_txt.text="You got it!";
this.enabled = false;
counter++;
woodSound.start(0,1);
}
else{
reply_txt.text="No, keep trying!";
this._x = xstart;
this._y = ystart;
}
};


flower_mc.onPress = function():Void {
this.startDrag(true);
reply_txt.text = "";
this.swapDepths(this.getNextHighestDepth());
xstart = this._x;
ystart = this._y;
};
flower_mc.onRelease = function():Void {
this.stopDrag();
if (eval(this._droptarget) == flowerTarget_mc) {
reply_txt.text="Yes, that’s right!";
this.enabled = false;
counter++;
woodSound.start(0,1);
}
else{
reply_txt.text="Try again!";
this._x = xstart;
this._y = ystart;
}
};


triangle_mc.onPress = function():Void {
this.startDrag(true);
reply_txt.text = "";
this.swapDepths(this.getNextHighestDepth());
xstart = this._x;
ystart = this._y;
};
triangle_mc.onRelease = function():Void {
this.stopDrag();
if (eval(this._droptarget) == triangleTarget_mc) {
reply_txt.text="Way to go!";
this.enabled = false;
counter++;
woodSound.start(0,1);
}
else{
reply_txt.text="Sorry, try again!";
this._x = xstart;
this._y = ystart;
}
};


pentagon_mc.onPress = function():Void {
this.startDrag(true);
reply_txt.text = "";
this.swapDepths(this.getNextHighestDepth());
xstart = this._x;
ystart = this._y;
};
pentagon_mc.onRelease = function():Void {
this.stopDrag();
if (eval(this._droptarget) == pentagonTarget_mc) {
reply_txt.text="Wow, great job!";
this.enabled = false;
counter++;
woodSound.start(0,1);
}
else{
reply_txt.text="Don't give up yet!";
this._x = xstart;
this._y = ystart;
}
};

squibs

Seriously though i have a flash project and my flash skills aint that good, could anybody give me a little bit of help or would like to designe a bit of flash for me??

You will have to learn some coding. You'll have to adapt sample code to your own needs, and you'll need to understand the code to adapt it. I recommend you buy a book on actionscript.

culabula88

i got a book on actionscript and i am reading it now. I tried all of the above from the website tutorial and i can pick up the object but it wont put it down when i release the object. see my other threads.

It must be something fairly straightforward which i am missing..

Gordon

http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/dragdrop.htm