Webmaster Forum / Flash / General Flash Topics / July 2008

Hi all....I need to convert 25 bitmaps to individual movie clips preferably in
an automated way rather than dragging them onto the stage and right clicking on
each one.

I googled a solution and found someone who said 'run the script below'.....as
something of a novice, what I don't know is the process for running this
script...can anyone assist ??

if (fl.getDocumentDOM() == null) {
fl.trace("Error: No document open.");
} else {
if (fl.getDocumentDOM().selection.length == 0) {
fl.trace("Error: Nothing selected.");
} else {

var convertedBitmaps = new Array();

var selArr = fl.getDocumentDOM().selection;
for (var i = 0; i < selArr.length; i++) {

var instanceRef = selArr[i]
if (instanceRef.instanceType == "bitmap") {

var libraryItemRef = instanceRef.libraryItem;
var newName = stripExtension(libraryItemRef.name);

fl.getDocumentDOM().selectNone();
fl.getDocumentDOM().selection = new Array(instanceRef);
var mc = fl.getDocumentDOM().convertToSymbol("movie clip", newName, "top
left");

if (mc == null) {
// Throws an error on screen anyway...
fl.trace("Error: Couldn't convert "+newName+" to symbol.");
}
}

}

fl.getDocumentDOM().selectNone();
}
}

function stripExtension(str) {
var pos = str.lastIndexOf(".");
if (pos == -1) {
return str;
} else {
return str.slice(0,pos);
}
}