Position Actionscript Over Images

[Lev]

Flash MX.

I'm sure this is a fairly basic question, but I still haven't groked how to tell Flash to write my actionscript generated lines above the graphics. I would have thought just putting the actionscript in a layer above the graphics would have sufficed, but it continues to draw underneath my graphics in the lower level.

Here is my (partially-stolen) actionscript with resides in the first frame of a layer over the layer with the graphics:



x1=56;
y1=86;

this.onEnterFrame=function(){

if (_xmouse >= 88 && _xmouse <= 135) {
f=(_xmouse - 88);
if (_ymouse >= ((f * 0.666666666666667) + 16) && _ymouse <= ((f * 0.666666666666667) + ( 16 + 31))){
this.clear();
this.lineStyle(1,0,100);
this.moveTo(x1,y1);
this.lineTo(_xmouse,_ymouse);
}
}

}

[kode]

Create a movie clip in a higher depth that the graphics, and use that movie clip to draw the lines. ;)

var x1 = 56;
var y1 = 86;
this.createEmptyMovieClip("line_mc", 9876);
// change the depth (9876) to whatever you wish
line_mc.onEnterFrame = function() {
if (_xmouse>=88 && _xmouse<=135) {
var f = (_xmouse-88)*0.666666666666667;
if (_ymouse>=f+16 && _ymouse<=f+16+31) {
this.clear();
this.lineStyle(1, 0, 100);
this.moveTo(x1, y1);
this.lineTo(_xmouse, _ymouse);
}
}
};
And welcome to kirupa forum! :P

[Lev]

Ah, thanks! That worked just fine.

Thanks, also, for the welcome. I guarantee there will be many more questions in there future.

Now I just have to figure out what the proper formula to use is to calculate my isometric bounding box. The one in there now isn't quite right.

[kode]

Hehe - No problem. :)