Macromedia Flash - Create Current Date and Time Notifications

Understanding Macromedia Flash requires more than a headline. The overview below breaks down the key facts, changes, and user impact.

Macromedia Flash Overview

Step 1 Open a new Flash file, format the width and height of the file (Ctrl + J). Step 2 Select the Text Tool (T) and go to the Properties Panel (Ctrl + F3). In the left part, you will see a Text Type box drop down. Select Dynamic Text in this menu box:

Draw a rectangle to display the date in this rectangle

Step 3 Go back to the Properties Panel (Ctrl + F3), in Var section enter date

Step 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 to draw another text box to display the time right below the date range you just drawn, and the var value of this cell you enter time Step 5 Select the two text boxes you just drew, press F8 (Convet to Symbol) to convert this text box into a Movie Clip Symbol Step 6 Pick the Selection Tool (V) and click on the newly created Movie Clip. Go to the Action Script Panel (F9) and include the following code:

OnClipEvent (load) { weekdays = ["Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday"]; months = ["January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "Month" 10 "," November "," December "]; } onClipEvent (enterFrame) { myDate = new Date (); day = weekdays [myDate. GetDay ()]; Month = months [myDate. GetMonth ()]; Date = myDate. GetDate (); Year = myDate. GetFullYear (); Hour = myDate. GetHours (); Min = myDate. GetMinutes (); Ssec = myDate. GetSeconds (); date = "Today," + TAY + "date" + Date + "" + Month + ", year" + Year; time = "Now:" + Hour + "hour" + Min + "minutes" + Ssec + "seconds"; }

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