Animate User Input

[curio]

Hello there,

I would like to develop a web application where a user could draw anything they like (a plane, a boat...) and then use the mouse to drag their drawings anywhere they want on the page, or scale them, or make them rotate etc. What would be the best way to implement this?

Thanks!

[flexy]

A Flash application would be the best way to go.

[curio]

Hey I thought so too, which is kinda why I'm here!

Perhaps my question wasn't clear enough: So far, I've learned that using the startDrag method, users could drag a pre-defined object on a webpage, and using the graphics.lineTo method, users could draw anything they want with a mouse. My question is, what if users want to draw a boat, and drag it across the page, or have it enlarged? Is there a method/function in ActionsScript 3.0 for animating non-pre-defined object? Or how can I make whatever drawings (ball, rocket, dog...) users make into an entity (instead of individual lines) for manipulation?

Thanks for your help!

[flexy]

Draw it all inside a Sprite instead of directly on the stage, then manipulate the Sprite.

[curio]

What built-in methods can I use for the manipulation? Say if I want users to draw anything they want with a mouse (graphics.lineTo) and then drag their drawings anywhere they want to (mysterious method). What would that mysterious method be? I know there's a startDrag method, but how do I implement an ad hoc eventListener on whatever users draw on stage so they can drag their own drawings?

[flexy]

Draw inside the Sprite, then apply a mouse down listener to the Sprite, which will allow the user to drag it.