running a function using greensock?

[Guest newdevide]

How do i make a function run after 5 seconds the flash window open?

[Carl]

TweenLite.delayedCall(5, someFunction);

function someFunction(){
trace("hello");
}

 

 

http://www.greensock.com/as/docs/tween/ ... layedCall()

[Guest newdevide]

You are a saviour, d**n, i'dd kiss u if u were here dude (maybe)

[Guest newdevide]

Hey, Carl, a question please

 

I have a script like this:

var f:TimelineMax = new TimelineMax

f.appendMultiple([

new TweenLite(hOpenBan, 0.5, {_xscale:0.01, _yscale:0.01, ease:Back.easeIn}),

new TweenLite(pilTek, 0.5, {_xscale:0.01, _yscale:0.01, ease:Back.easeIn, delay:0.25}),

TweenMax.allTo([lang[0], lang[1]], 0.5, {_xscale:0.01, _yscale:0.01, ease:Back.easeIn, delay:0.5})

])

f.append(TweenLite.delayedCall(5, _root.mhook.loadMovie("comp/swf/start.swf")))

 

I was hoping the last script, would run after the append multiple, but the prob is it run at the same time as the appendMultiple. How do i make the append one run after the appendMultiple is finish??

[Carl]

2 things:

 

1: When using appendMultiple you can either

--inset your own array of tweens (as you are doing with each new TweenLite(...))

 

OR

 

--use allTo() or allFrom() to create the array of tweens for you.

 

In your code you are using 2 single tweens + an allTo() in your appendMultiple so your results may not be as intended. Basically your appendMultiple is accepting an array that contains multiple tweens plus another array of tweens.

 

2: You are not using delayedCall properly.

You need to specify the name of the function that will run with no parenthesis () or parameters. If you want to pass in parameters, use the onCompleteParams property as noted in the documentation:

http://www.greensock.com/as/docs/tween/ ... layedCall()

 

so you need to do:

 

f.append(TweenLite.delayedCall(5, _root.mhook.loadMovie, ["comp/swf/start.swf"]))

[Guest newdevide]

Sorry for the trouble, but the last code doesn't work

 

f.append(TweenLite.delayedCall(5, _root.mhook.loadMovie, ["comp/swf/start.swf"]))

 

Some how it is still not loading the start.swf. I even tried changing the digit 5 to 1.

[Carl]

does the following code work?

 

_root.mhook.loadMovie("comp/swf/start.swf")

 

does this work outside of your timeline?

 

TweenLite.delayedCall(.5, _root.mhook.loadMovie, ["comp/swf/start.swf"])

[Guest newdevide]

The first one work

 

The second doesn't

 

It works if it were like this:

f.append(TweenLite.delayedCall(5, loadMovie, [_root.mhook.loadMovie("comp/swf/start.swf")]))

 

but then again, it start at the same time with the prev appenMultiple. So the movie loaded instantly, and no animation can bee seen

[Carl]

f.append(TweenLite.delayedCall(5, loadMovie, [_root.mhook.loadMovie("comp/swf/start.swf")]))

 

the flash player sees loadMovie("comp/swf/start/swf") and runs that code as soon as it is encountered.

 

I suspect this is a typical as2 scope issue

 

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4337&p=17227&hilit=delayedcall+scope+as2&sid=f56b6a6b8c4b18bae7265048c786689f#p17227

 

try setting the scope with the this keyword

 

TweenLite.delayedCall(.5, _root.mhook.loadMovie, ["comp/swf/start.swf"], this)

[Guest newdevide]

Sorry for the late reply

 

Nope it doesn't work either. I really don't know why. But i guess i'll try using the onComplete method to do this.

Thx for the help Carl. But still, i hope someone will find the solution for this hehehe

[GreenSock]

I think the scope would be _root.mhook.

TweenLite.delayedCall(.5, _root.mhook.loadMovie, ["comp/swf/start.swf"], _root.mhook)

Remember, the scope is basically what "this" would refer to inside that function when it gets called.

[Guest newdevide]

It didn't work either greensock. I forgot to mention...i got this as an output:

 

Target not found: Target="/mhook" Base="?"

 

How will this help solve the prob?

[Carl]

ok, 1 more problem is that loadMovie needs 2 parameters:

 

1-the url of the swf you are loading

2-the target movie clip that the loaded swf will get loaded into

 

so the code would have had this in your params array:

 

["comp/swf/start.swf", _root.mhook]

 

 

 

but I tried that and all manner of scope finagling and I got the same weird target / base error as you. very strange.

 

what you can do is simply use delayedCall to call your own function that will load the swf for you like:

 

TweenLite.delayedCall(.5, myCustomLoader, this)

function myCustomLoader(){
loadMovie("comp/swf/start.swf", mhook);
}

[Guest newdevide]

Now i'm in trouble i change the code to this:

 

f.appendMultiple([

new TweenLite(ripped2, 1, {_x:1600, delay:2}),

new TweenLite(mripped, 1, {_width:0.01, delay:2}),

new TweenLite(mLogo, 1, {_width:0.01, delay:2, onComplete:loadOpen})

])

function loadOpen(){

_root.mhook.loadMovie("comp/swf/open.swf")

}

 

and it wont load the open.swf file

 

I tried this also

 

f.appendMultiple([

new TweenLite(ripped2, 1, {_x:1600, delay:2}),

new TweenLite(mripped, 1, {_width:0.01, delay:2}),

new TweenLite(mLogo, 1, {_width:0.01, delay:2})

])

f.append(TweenLite.delayedCall(1, loadOpen))

function loadOpen(){

_root.mhook.loadMovie("comp/swf/open.swf")

}

 

And it didn't work either

 

Any ideas? Where is the fault?

[Guest newdevide]

Ignore the last question, i just found out how, though still no answer to this.

 

If i put it in an 'if' statement somehow it wont work, like this:

 

if(_root.type==0){

var f:TimelineMas = new TimelineMax

f.appendMultiple([

new TweenLite(ripped2, 1, {_x:1600, delay:2}),

new TweenLite(mripped, 1, {_width:0.01, delay:2}),

new TweenLite(mLogo, 1, {_width:0.01, delay:2, onComplete:loadOpen})

])

function loadOpen(){

_root.mhook.loadMovie("comp/swf/open.swf")

}

}else if(_root.type==1){

f.appendMultiple([

new TweenLite(ripped2, 1, {_x:1600, delay:2}),

new TweenLite(mripped, 1, {_width:0.01, delay:2}),

new TweenLite(mLogo, 1, {_width:0.01, delay:2, onComplete:closing})

])

function closing(){

fscommand("quit")

}

}

 

And it works if i don't put my Timeline in an if statement, any ideas?

[Carl]

i notice you only declare f if type == 0

 

if(_root.type==0){
var f:TimelineMas = new TimelineMax

 

yet if type==1 you try to append tweens to f.

 

 

else if(_root.type==1){
//this code doesn't know what f is.
f.appendMultiple([
new TweenLite(ripped2, 1, {_x:1600, delay:2}),
new TweenLite(mripped, 1, {_width:0.01, delay:2}),
new TweenLite(mLogo, 1, {_width:0.01, delay:2, onComplete:closing})
])

 

I don't know if that is related to your problem or not.

what errors are you getting?

[Guest newdevide]

Well, except for the misstype from TimelineMas (i just misstyped it here, sorry)

 

All the tweens are going smoothly except for the end part where i'm trying to load another swf somehow the tweens just stop there, and the loading part wont work

[Carl]

maybe its because you are defining function loadOpen() inside your if statement.

 

have you put a trace in loadOpen()?

[Guest newdevide]

i just tried that and it didn't work either. It wont trace a thing.

 

Id ont' know why, but somehow since i put it in an if statement, all script concerning 'function' wont work. Was there ever a problem like this in AS3?

[Carl]

i made a very simple example and it works fine:

 

import com.greensock.*;


var f:TimelineLite = new TimelineMax();

var type:Number = 1;


if(type == 1){
f.append(TweenLite.to(mhook, 1, {_x:200, onComplete:myCustomLoader}))

}else{
	trace("type does not = 1");
	f.append(TweenLite.to(mhook, 1, {_alpha:0}));
	}


function myCustomLoader(){
trace("myCustomeLoader()");
mhook.loadMovie("child.swf");
}

 

cs4 files attached

[Guest newdevide]

Okey, i'll try that.

So basically i put the IF inside the timline instead of outside the timline right? I'll get back at you after a while

[Guest newdevide]

It works,

 

I noted a few stuff:

 

1. Put the if inside the timeline

2. Never define a function inside a timline

 

Thanx Carl

[Carl]

just to be clear, there is no "inside" or "outside" of a TimelineLite/Max.

 

each command that is used to create a timeline or add tweens to it is its own singular entity without an opening or closing.

 

 

var tl:TimelineMax = new TimelineMax();

tl.append(...sometween...);

trace("i am between two append commands, not inside them");

tl.append(...someOthertween..._)

trace("i am not outside or the timeline, just after it");

 

 

 

on the other hand your if statement does have an inside and an outside:

 

//this code is outside the if statement

if(something == true){
     //this code is inside the if statement
    //you don't want to define functions here
}

//this code is outside the if statement.

 

hopefully this helps. I'm glad you got it working.