Global function in Adobe Edge animated

7 thoughts on “Global function in Adobe Edge animated”

1. Roger Eaton says:

   January 9, 2015 at 7:32 am

   Nested Objects:

   This is great when the object is on the stage. But what if it is in a symbol? Or nested inside a nested symbol. When I took the rectangle and ellipse I had created and placed them inside a symbol, the code immediately broke. Do you know why?

   Thanks,

   Roger

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2. Roger Eaton says:

   January 9, 2015 at 7:40 am

   I tried

   sym.rectMouseIn = function(){
   // statements
   sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol(“Symbol_1”).getSymbol(“Ellipse”).fadeTo(0,0);
   sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol(“Symbol_1”).getSymbol(“Rectangle”).fadeTo(0,1);

   }

   But it does not work.

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   1. admin says:

      March 26, 2015 at 4:53 pm

      Dear Roger,
      Sorry for the late delay,
      if you want to manipulate DOM nested elements, you have to get the symbol element : sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol(“Symbol_1″).getSymbol(“Ellipse”).getSymbolElement().fadeTo(0,0);

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3. Grace says:

   May 9, 2015 at 1:12 am

   Hi, I’d like to reference a class, so 4 symbols will play in tandem. But it will not work. Is it impossible to play a class? I see/think of no reason…

   Menu button – nested in a symbol
   4 different symbols – given class “indef”

   In compositionReady:

   sym.playIndef = function() {
   sym.getSymbol(“.indef”).play(“article”);
   }

   Or another problematic application of class. Only one of the four plays.
   Also in compostionReady:

   sym.flipPersonals = function() {
   sym.getSymbol(“.personals”).play();
   }

   Code on the menu button1:
   sym.playIndef();

   On the menu button2:
   sym.flipPersonals();

   Any help for me? Thanks Creative Coder!

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   1. admin says:

      May 9, 2015 at 2:52 am

      Dear Grace,

      You can select Edge Animate symbols with a class using :
      jquery sym.$(“.indef”) and not sym.getSymbol(“.indef”)

      but you won’t be able to target their timeline, it won’t work :
      sym.$(“.indef”).play(‘article’); // not working
      sym.$(“.indef”).css(‘opacity’, .5); // works because it’s a jquery method

      You have to think symbol’s instance name as id more than class

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4. Felipe says:

   February 22, 2016 at 9:56 pm

   Hi, thanks for the help this site gives.
   I have a question, how I can call a funtion from a button in the stage?

   The function is in the composition ready panel

   function ej() {
   sym.getSymbol(“cr1”).play();
   }

   What code I must put in the button at stage to call this function?

   Thanks for your valuable support.

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   1. Trân says:

      March 24, 2016 at 9:48 pm

      Hi odinx07,

      I would link your function to the global window object, so I would write :
      window.ej = ej;

      Then in your button you could call window.ej();

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