Please Help

[mactinker123]

Hi,

I have been making alot of drawings with actionscript and I got tried of writing codes to make simple shapes. So I made some scripts that allows me to draw shapes based on where to place the reference point and the overall dimensions of the shape.

What I like to do is put several shapes in one frame but for some reason only one drawing appears.

To show you what I mean, I want the arrow and triangle to appear in the same screen, the code I use is below. When I test the movie only the triangle appears. Im not sure what Im doing wrong?

stop();
//reference is at arrow point
//for arrow point up h must be +ve
//for arrow point down h must be -ve
MovieClip.prototype.drawArrow = function(w, h, x, y) {
this.moveTo(x, y);
this.lineTo(x - (w/2), y + (h/3));
this.lineTo(x - (w/3), y + (h/3));
this.lineTo(x - (w/3), y + h);
this.lineTo(x + (w/3), y + h);
this.lineTo(x + (w/3), y + (h/3));
this.lineTo(x + (w/2), y + (h/3));
}
var ar = this.createEmptyMovieClip("Arrow", 1);
ar.lineStyle(1, 0x000000, 100);
ar.beginFill(0x000000, 100);
ar.drawArrow(10, 10, 400, 200);
ar.endFill();


//reference is at top of triangle
//upward facing triagle h is +ve
//downward facing triangle h is -ve
MovieClip.prototype.drawTriangle = function(w, h, x, y) {
this.moveTo(x, y);
this.lineTo(x + (w/2), y + h);
this.lineTo(x - (w/2), y + h);

}
var tri = this.createEmptyMovieClip("TRIANGLE", 1);
tri.lineStyle(1, 0x00aa00, 100);
tri.beginFill(0xffff00, 100);
tri.drawTriangle(20, 20, 400, 400);
tri.endFill();

Can someone please help?

[CyanBlue]

Howdy and Welcome... :)

You are overwriting the new drawing over the old one...

Here you are drawing one into the depth 1...
var ar = this.createEmptyMovieClip("Arrow", 1);
and here you are deleting that Arrow and replacing it with Triangle on the same depth 1...
var tri = this.createEmptyMovieClip("TRIANGLE", 1);
So, change that 1 to some other number like 2 and you will see two drawings...

I think that's what you are asking, if I am understanding your question correctly, right??? ;)

[mactinker123]

Hi CyanBlue,

Thank you so much it all works great now. :D