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sstark

Hello,

I am looking for a user-friendly way to append as3 code into a timeline. I have it working ( see below ), but it's not elegant.

In english:

select first layer on stage root timeline.
test if the name is "ACTIONS", if not make it.
clear all as code in the clip
write new code into the clip

timeline.setSelectedLayers(0);
if( timeline.getLayerProperty("name") != "ACTIONS" ){
	timeline.addNewLayer('ACTIONS');
	timeline.setSelectedLayers(0);
}
var trgt = timeline.layers[0].frames[0];
trgt.actionScript = "";
trgt.actionScript +='\n // ADD as3 Code line by line';

Dave

Well, it's JSFl. Sometimes it needs to be written longhand!

My plan was to create Selectors for timelines and frames as well, and I may do that at some point, but elements and items were the most important.

In the interim, this is probably simpler:

if($timeline.layers[0].name !== 'ACTIONS')
{
	$timeline.setSelectedLayers(0);
	$timeline.addNewLayer('ACTIONS');
}
$timeline.layers[0].frames[0].actionScript = '//some\n//actionscript\n//ok?';

You could also load a script from a folder if you want to make the multiline thing easier:

$timeline.layers[0].frames[0].actionScript = new File('test.jsfl').contents;

Or, you could embed your script as inline XML:

$timeline.layers[0].frames[0].actionScript = <xml><![CDATA[// variables
	var test:Boolean = true;
	
// test code
	if(test)
	{
		trace('It worked!');
	}
]]></xml>

Re: the formatting, you just need to paste the code to and from notepad first, so the rich formatting is removed :)

sstark

that's a good idea about bringing in an external file. Will do that. cheers.

Dave

If you want full control over the inserted text, check out the Template class. It makes it super-easy to combine text and values without the usual clumsy string concatenation!

http://www.xjsfl.com/support/api/text/template

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