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How to adjust the x and y settings?

Asked by brucegust in Macromedia Flash

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Go out to http://www.brucegust.com/ShowdownTest/ and check out the Carousel menu in the lower right hand corner. You'll notice that it whips around like a champ because the code associated with that menu is tracking the x and y coordinate of the mouse.

My question is how can I limit the response of that menu to only when the mouse is over the menu itself. You'll notice too that when you click on any of the icons, rather than the icon moving gracefully to the left a little bit, instead it charges up to the upper left hand corner of the screen.

I have the menu being "held" in a blank movie clip that the main timeline loads on entry. I don't know if that's a problem or not, but the bottom line is I need to the x and y variable(s) to be limited to the area over the movie itself.

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import mx.utils.Delegate;
import mx.transitions.Tween;
import mx.transitions.easing.*;
 
var numOfItems:Number;
var radiusX:Number = 250;
var radiusY:Number = 25;
var centerX:Number = Stage.width/2;
var centerY:Number = Stage.height/1.5;
var speed:Number = 0.05;
var perspective:Number = 140;
var home:MovieClip = this;
theText._alpha = 0;
 
var tooltip:MovieClip = this.attachMovie("tooltip","tooltip", 10000);
tooltip._alpha = 0;
 
var xml:XML = new XML();
xml.ignoreWhite=true;
 
xml.onLoad=function()
{
	var nodes = this.firstChild.childNodes
	numOfItems = nodes.length;
	for(var i=0;i<numOfItems;i++)
	{
		var t = home.attachMovie("item","item"+i,i+1);
		t.angle = i * ((Math.PI*2)/numOfItems);
		t.onEnterFrame = mover;
		t.toolText = nodes[i].attributes.tooltip;
		t.content = nodes[i].attributes.content;
		t.icon.inner.loadMovie(nodes[i].attributes.image);
		t.ref.inner.loadMovie(nodes[i].attributes.image);
		t.icon.onRollOver = over;
		t.icon.onRollOut = out;
		t.icon.onRelease = released;
	}
}
 
function over()
{
//BONUS Section
	var sou:Sound = new Sound();
	sou.attachSound("sover");
	sou.start();
 
	home.tooltip.tipText.text = this._parent.toolText;
	home.tooltip._x = this._parent._x;
	home.tooltip._y = this._parent._y - this._parent._height/2;
	home.tooltip.onEnterFrame = Delegate.create(this, moveTip);
	home.tooltip._alpha = 100;
}
 
function out()
{
	delete home.tooltip.onEnterFrame;
	home.tooltip._alpha = 0;
}
 
function released()
{
	//BONUS Section
	var sou:Sound = new Sound();
	sou.attachSound("sdown");
	sou.start();
	
	home.tooltip._alpha = 0;
	for(var i=0;i<numOfItems;i++)
	{
		var t:MovieClip = home["item"+i];
		t.xPos = t._x;
		t.yPos = t._y;
		t.theScale = t._xscale;
		delete t.icon.onRollOver;
		delete t.icon.onRollOut;
		delete t.icon.onRelease;
		delete t.onEnterFrame;
		if(t !=this._parent)
		{
			var tw:Tween = new Tween(t,"_xscale",Strong.easeOut, t._xscale,0,1,true);
			var tw2:Tween = new Tween(t,"_yscale",Strong.easeOut, t._yscale,0,1,true);
			var tw3:Tween = new Tween(t,"_alpha",Strong.easeOut,100,0,1,true);
		}
		else
		{
			var tw:Tween = new Tween(t,"_xscale",Strong.easeOut, t._xscale,100,1,true);
			var tw2:Tween = new Tween(t,"_yscale",Strong.easeOut, t._yscale,100,1,true);
			var tw3:Tween = new Tween(t,"_x",Strong.easeOut, t._x,96,1,true);
			var tw4:Tween = new Tween(t,"_y",Strong.easeOut, t._y,190,1,true);
			var tw5:Tween = new Tween(theText,"_alpha",Strong.easeOut,0,100,1,true);
			theText.text = t.content;
			var s:Object = this;
			tw.onMotionStopped = function()
			{
				s.onRelease = unReleased;
			}	
		}
	}
}
 
function unReleased()
{
	delete this.onRelease;
	var tw:Tween = new Tween(theText,"_alpha",Strong.easeOut, 100,0,.5,true);
	for(var i=0;i<numOfItems;i++)
	{
		var t:MovieClip = home["item"+i];
		if(t !=this._parent)
		{
			var tw:Tween = new Tween(t,"_xscale",Strong.easeOut,0,t.theScale,1,true);
			var tw2:Tween = new Tween(t,"_yscale",Strong.easeOut,0,t.theScale,1,true);
			var tw3:Tween = new Tween(t,"_alpha",Strong.easeOut,0,100,1,true);
		}
		else
		{
			var tw:Tween = new Tween(t,"_xscale",Strong.easeOut, 100,t.theScale,1,true);
			var tw2:Tween = new Tween(t,"_yscale",Strong.easeOut,100,t.theScale,1,true);
			var tw3:Tween = new Tween(t,"_x",Strong.easeOut, t._x,t.xPos,1,true);
			var tw4:Tween = new Tween(t,"_y",Strong.easeOut, t._y,t.yPos,1,true);
			tw.onMotionStopped = function()
			{
				for(var i=0;i<numOfItems;i++)
				{
					var t:MovieClip = home["item"+i];
					t.icon.onRollOver = Delegate.create(t.icon,over);
				 	t.icon.onRollOut = Delegate.create(t.icon,out);
					t.icon.onRelease = Delegate.create(t.icon,released);
					t.onEnterFrame = mover;
				}
			
			}
		}
	}
}
 
 
function moveTip()
{
	home.tooltip._x = this._parent._x;
	home.tooltip._y = this._parent._y - this._parent._height/2;
}
 
xml.load("icons.xml");
 
function mover()
{
	this._x = Math.cos(this.angle) * radiusX + centerX;
	this._y = Math.sin(this.angle) * radiusY + centerY;
	var s:Number = (this._y - perspective) / (centerY+radiusY - perspective);
	this._xscale = this._yscale = s * 100;
	this.angle += this._parent.speed;
	this.swapDepths(Math.round(this._xscale) + 100);
}
 
this.onMouseMove = function()
{
	speed = (this._xmouse-centerX) / 2500;
}
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