[Flash] Moving an object [Resolved]

[mendhak]

I've created a MovieClip object with the instance name MC1. In the frame I place it in, I've also got two buttons, one pointing up and one pointing down.

What ActionScript do I need to make MC1 move up and down?

You can imagine this to be just like the scrolling textareas you may have seen in several flash applications.

[Jop]

Changing the value of MC1._y will do the trick!

[mendhak]

Hmm... I will try this tomorrow, first thing.

Their documentation isn't very intuitive, btw. Am I missing some sort of a reference or resource? Any websites you flashers (ha!) use?

[mendhak]

Oh, what about setting limits? I wouldn't want _y to increase or decrease beyond a certain value. I don't suppose there are If statements in ActionScript.

[Jop]

There are
if{
etc.
}

Also, in Flash MX (2004) the actionscripting is much more powerfull (autocomplete etc).

[Kasracer]

ActionScript 2.0 has many features that Java has. You have if statements, objects, functions, ect.. All sorts of good stuff.

If you don't want it to increase beyond a certain amount, just use an if statement to check the current y and see if that is your limit. It might move quite fast, though; if you just have it go up through scripting alone and not frame by frame unless you add in a delay but I'm not sure of your exact situation.

[mendhak]

Jop, kas, thanks.