Load movies at certain times of the day

[gotandDrink]

Please help, im trying to do this in AS3? Is there any way to do this in AS3?. Thanks a lot.




myDate = new Date();
time = myDate.getHours();
if (time < 1) {
loadMovie("night.jpg","contentMC");
} else if (time < 2){
loadMovie("night.jpg","contentMC");
} else if (time < 3){
loadMovie("night.jpg","contentMC");
} else if (time < 4){
loadMovie("night.jpg","contentMC");
} else if (time < 5){
loadMovie("night.jpg","contentMC");
} else if (time < 6){
loadMovie("morning.jpg","contentMC");
} else if (time < 7){
loadMovie("morning.jpg","contentMC");
} else if (time < 8){
loadMovie("morning.jpg","contentMC");
} else if (time < 9){
loadMovie("morning.jpg","contentMC");
} else if (time < 10){
loadMovie("day.jpg","contentMC");
} else if (time < 11){
loadMovie("day.jpg","contentMC");
} else if (time < 12){
loadMovie("day.jpg","contentMC");
} else if (time < 13){
loadMovie("day.jpg","contentMC");
} else if (time < 14){
loadMovie("day.jpg","contentMC");
} else if (time < 15){
loadMovie("day.jpg","contentMC");
} else if (time < 16){
loadMovie("day.jpg","contentMC");
} else if (time < 17){
loadMovie("day.jpg","contentMC");
} else if (time < 18){
loadMovie("evening.jpg","contentMC");
} else if (time < 19){
loadMovie("evening.jpg","contentMC");
} else if (time < 20){
loadMovie("evening.jpg","contentMC");
} else if (time < 21){
loadMovie("evening.jpg","contentMC");
} else if (time < 22){
loadMovie("night.jpg","contentMC");
} else if (time < 23){
loadMovie("night.jpg","contentMC");
} else if (time < 24){
loadMovie("night.jpg","contentMC");
}

[sparX]

I'm not sure if AS3 will be able to handle it or not, it may be a bit much, but you can try,

var hour:int = new Date().hours;

if (hour > 20 && hour < 5) loadMovie("night.jpg","contentMC");
else if (hour < 9) loadMovie("morning.jpg","contentMC");
else if (hour < 17) loadMovie("day.jpg","contentMC");
else loadMovie("evening.jpg","contentMC");

[sparX]

Ahhh ok, so 'loadMovie' was the AS2 thing...
Didn't notice it turned all brown & stuff when I posted,
thought it was a custom function...
So yeah, just use a Loader instead,

var ldr:Loader = new Loader();
var time:String;
var hour:int = new Date().hours;

if (hour > 20 && hour < 5) time = "night";
else if (hour < 9) time = "morning";
else if (hour < 17) time = "day";
else time = "evening";

ldr.load(new URLRequest(time + ".jpg"));
contentMC.addChild(ldr);

[gotandDrink]

Thanks SparX, but i dont understand how to know which hour is represented by numbers, what does the 20 && stand for? and what if i want it to load a different JPG each hour or half hour?

Thanks a lot

[henke37]

Go and learn 24 hour time, everyone else is using it. And it is not hard at all.

[kattehus]

if(hour > 20 && hour < 5) means exactly that.
If the hour is greater than 20 (that's 8 pm) and less than 5 (am), then time = night.

if (hour > 20 && hour < 5) loadMovie("night.jpg","contentMC");
else if (hour < 9) loadMovie("morning.jpg","contentMC");
else if (hour < 17) loadMovie("day.jpg","contentMC");
else loadMovie("evening.jpg","contentMC");

If you want to load a different JPG for each hour, try using a switch instead:

var hour:int = new Date().hours

switch (hour) {
    case 1:
    case 2:
    case 3:
    case 4:
        trace("1-4");
        break;
    case 5:
    case 6:
    case 7:
    case 8:
    case 9:
        trace("5-9");
        break;
    case 10:
        trace("10");
        break;
    default:
        trace("not 1-10");
        break;
}

This will also remove a lot of your if/else sentences. Now, if you want to do something for each half hour, you will need to keep track of the minutes as well.

[gotandDrink]

Thanks kattehus,

Im really bad on my transition from AS2. Do you think you can post me the whole code to load different JPG or SWF to a container every 30 mins? basically i need to do this action from 8am to 9pm daily. I really appreciate your help and time. Thanks a lot.

[henke37]

Of course as 3 can do it, it is just loading a picture. Go and read up on the Loader class.

[gotandDrink]

Anyone please help. Thanks!