CLASSES - Flash Advertising - page 226

public function SimpleGallerySample(){
_simpleGallery = new SimpleGallery(this,
_galleryPath, _imageArray, _columns, _thumbScale,
_padding);

_simpleGallery.setPosition(84,105);
addChild(_simpleGallery);

}

}

}

The ReverseClip Class
ReversingaMovieClipinFlashcancomeinhandyinmany
situations like animated menu buttons or really anything else that
may be moving on the stage. I ve included the following small

ReverseClip class that I put together simply because I find myself
using it to get to previous states of animations in numerous projects.
It

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s pretty small and straightforward, so the explanation on this one
is shorter, but let

' s take a look at the entire piece of code first.

ReverseClip Code
package com.flashadbook.utils{
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.events.DataEvent;
import flash.utils.setTimeout;
import flash.events.TimerEvent;
import flash.utils.Timer;

public class ReverseClip{

public static const REVERSE_COMPLETE:String =
" reverseComplete " ;
private static var _revTimer:Timer = new Timer(0);
// the timer used to run the clip in reverse
private static var _targetClip:MovieClip; // the
MovieClip which will be reversed
private static var _targetFrame:int; // the frame
at which the reversal will be considered complete
private static var _loopCount:int; // the number of
times to repeat the reversal (0 is default,

‒ 1 loops

infinately)
private static var _currentLoop:int = 0; // the
loop that is currently playing

public static function play(targetClip:MovieClip,
loopCount:int=0, targetFrame:int=1, speed:Number=30):void {
if(!_revTimer.hasEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER)){
_targetClip = targetClip;