After wishing for years that Flash would automagically insert the name of a newly made MC as its instance, I finally grew antsy and make this little JSFL command:
if (fl.getDocumentDOM().selection.length > 0){
for(i in fl.getDocumentDOM().selection){
path = fl.getDocumentDOM().selection[i].libraryItem.name;
mc_name = path.substr(path.lastIndexOf(“/”)+1);
fl.trace(‘clip = ‘+mc_name);
fl.getDocumentDOM().selection[i].name = mc_name;}
}
Y’know, I’m still amazed by how much Flash Professional has to offer, even after using it for almost a decade. Sure, I’d worked with rulers & guides in photoshop, etc, and I had forgotten they’re also in Flash too because I never really needed them.
This morning, I was looking for a good way to properly align elements inside of a MC without having to edit it within the stage’s context each time. Guess what? Those silly guides remain specific to each MC, not to the stage in general as I previously thought. Oh, Macromedia Adobe, what would I do without your geniuses? (I guess try an annoying workaround like I always do.)
if (System.capabilities.isDebugger) {
this.loadMovie("external.jpg");
} else {
this.loadMovie("images/external.jpg");
}Will be useful for an upcoming Flash gallery that dynaically loads images. I didn’t want to reinvent the wheel, but apparently I was too impatient to find the wheel. 😛
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