what i have is a portfolio site for my design company and i use a loadvars object to get a list of jobs we've done and some info about them.
next we made this movieclip in flash that represents a small tree, what i want to do is create a tree for each entry in the database and have each one display unique data on it. so far what i have is:
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include('FolioItem.as');
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// here is where the code will go to load
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// the portfolio objects and then randomly
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// position trees with their info on it
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var c:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
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var itemArray:Array;
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//initialize values
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c.id = "";
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c.name = "";
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c.description = "";
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c.date = "";
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c.type = "";
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c.image = "";
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c.url = "";
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c.onLoad = function()
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{
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//first get the count
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var count = c['n'];
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//initialize the array to hold all the info
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itemArray = new Array(count);
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//now loop to create the classs objects for each index in the array
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for(var x =0; x < count; x++)
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{
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var f:FolioItem = new FolioItem(c['id'+x],
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c['name'+x],
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c['description'+x],
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c['date_complete'+x],
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c['type'+x],
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c['image'+x],
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c['url'+x]);
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itemArray[x] = f;
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}
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}
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//send
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c.sendAndLoad("/conn/loadfolio.php", c, "POST");
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and the FolioItem class:
//define a class to manage each portfolio entry
- class FolioItem
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{
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public var id;
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public var name;
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public var desc;
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public var date;
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public var type;
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public var imageurl;
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public var url;
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public function Song(i:String, n:String, de:String, da:String, t:String, iurl:String, u:String)
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{
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id = i;
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name = n;
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desc = de;
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date = da;
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type = t;
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imageurl = iurl;
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url = u;
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}
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}
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now what my problem is is how do i create instances of the tree movieclip and dynamically add them to the stage and then know which one is clicked on so i can load the appropriate information to a larger display.
im new to flash but i am a programmer so i know techniques and concepts im just fuzzy on how i might do something like this in flash...
thanks alot,
ken
