[mtasc] New to MTASC

[Matthew Houliston]

On 31/08/2005 08:10, stuff at trackingsolutions.ca wrote:

> No Frames or Timeline ?!?!?!?!

Well, there are there are still "frames", and there's still a 
"timeline"...what Ron means is that many folks keep their ActionScript 
code on a single frame, usually the first frame of the first timeline, 
and their code is no longer found at various points in the animation. 
Hence the code is no longer frame based and everything after frame 1 
becomes virtual. This is a good thing (as anyone who once had to debug 
someone else's Flash 4 movie can testify).


> Can you still control frames using the FAMES way?
> 
> If not how do you create a timeline based animation?

In its crudest form:

class SomeClass extends MovieClip
{
	private function onEnterFrame():Void
	{	
		_x++;
	}
}

There are code libraries out there to help you do the above (and much, 
much more) in elegant and powerful ways. Personally I still prefer 
Macromedia's mx.transitions.Tween and related classes (Google can tell 
you more), even if they do require access to the Flash IDE.


> Sorry for the basic questions.

No problem, but you should be aware that questions non-specific to 
compiling in mtasc tend to get quicker answers at the flashcoders 
mailing list (http://chattyfig.figleaf.com).

Good luck :)