My background image (945 px wide) is larger than my Flash window (620 px wide).
When a user moves the cursor left or right, I want the background image to move
in that direction but only as far as the edge of the image and when the cursor
stops moving so should the image. I will also have hot spots in various places
that will be clickable. I tried this code (see below), but it doesn't quite do
what I need. For one thing it continues to scroll beyond the left and right
edge of the background image. Another problem is that the image keeps moving
even though the cursor stopped, which make it near impossible to click on my
hotspots.


function accelScroller(myTarget) {
myMiddle = Stage.width/2;
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
moveDist = myMiddle-_root._xmouse;
myTarget._x += moveDist/10;
//border check
if (myTarget._x>Stage.width) {
myTarget._x = 0;
} else if (myTarget._x<0) {
myTarget._x = Stage.width;
}
}
}
accelScroller(mcInstanceName);

Hey,

I have thought of using this for the exact reason. I haven't got around to
using the hotspots but check out this tutorial. I think this what you mean.

http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flas..._image_pan.htm

AWESOME! This looks like exactly what I was needing. Thanks! (can't wait to try it out.)

Maxwell Hammer wrote:
> My background image (945 px wide) is larger than my Flash window (620 px wide).
> When a user moves the cursor left or right, I want the background image to move
> in that direction but only as far as the edge of the image and when the cursor
> stops moving so should the image. I will also have hot spots in various places
> that will be clickable. I tried this code (see below), but it doesn't quite do
> what I need. For one thing it continues to scroll beyond the left and right
> edge of the background image. Another problem is that the image keeps moving
> even though the cursor stopped, which make it near impossible to click on my
> hotspots.
>
>
> function accelScroller(myTarget) {
> myMiddle = Stage.width/2;
> this.onEnterFrame = function() {
> moveDist = myMiddle-_root._xmouse;
> myTarget._x += moveDist/10;
> //border check
> if (myTarget._x>Stage.width) {
> myTarget._x = 0;
> } else if (myTarget._x<0) {
> myTarget._x = Stage.width;
> }
> }
> }
> accelScroller(mcInstanceName);
>

Hi Maxwell,

I'm really a beginner with actionscript (so I could be totally wrong)
but doesn't the image keep moving because it is inside an 'onEnterFrame'
function which by its very nature keeps repeating whilst in that frame
so all the statements inside the function will keep repeating too?

Cheers

Kol