Cocos2d - Changing animations after one is over - cocos2d-iphone

I've got a CCSprite with three animations: idle, walk and attack. I want to switch between idle and walk depending on whether or not the sprite is moving (if the joystick is beeing used). All of this works great.
For the attacking animation, I want it to run once, and then return to the previous animation when done (ex.: idle) how do I detect when the animation is done?
thanks,
Dave

Alright, so here's what i've done, and it works, although I have no clue if its the right or the best way:
1) store the current animation.
2) If the currentAnimation is attacking, do nothing.
3) when switching between animations, if the new animation is attacking, run a sequence on the sprite, the second action being a callback to a "onDoneAttacking"
4) in the callback, change the current animation
But this isn't veery smooth and it doesn't allow to attack very fast.
Here's what it looks like:
-(void) changeAnimation:(NSString*)name forTime:(int) times {
if(currentAnimation != #"attack" )
{
CCFiniteTimeAction *action = [CCAnimate actionWithAnimation:[self animationByName:name]];
CCRepeat *repeatAction = [CCRepeat actionWithAction:action times:1];
if(name == #"attack") {
id doneAttacking = [CCCallFunc actionWithTarget:self selector:#selector(onDoneAttacking)];
[self runAction:[CCSequence actionOne:repeatAction two:doneAttacking]];
}
else {
[self runAction:repeatAction];
}
currentAnimation = name;
}
}
-(void) onDoneAttacking {
currentAnimation = #"idle";
}

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Cocos2d - Actions and Animations are not paused

When I do this:
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Most of the game pauses, but the sprites that are undergoing this action do not pause spinning:
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cocos2d: change CCMenuItemImage when mouse passes over?

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which seems to cover Cocoa Touch but does not work for me with OS X.
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the CCMenuItem reference has this method:
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but has no sample code ...
Can anyone help implement this?
Thanks
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Then add this function to CCMenu.m (perhaps just after ccMouseDragged definition):
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if( ! _visible || ! _enabled)
return NO;
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if(_highlightedItem != _selectedItem) {
[_highlightedItem unselected];
}
[_highlightedItem release];
_highlightedItem = nil;
return NO;
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[_highlightedItem unselected];
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Is object remain fixed when scrolling background in cocos2d

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Layer 2: Sprite layer
SomeScene.m
CCLayer *backgroundLayer = [[CCLayer alloc] init];
CCLayer *spriteLayer= [[CCLayer alloc] init];
[self addChild:backgroundLayer z:0];
[self addChild:spriteLayer z:1];
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[backgroundLayer addChild:bouncePlatform];
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*NOTE I am using cocos2d-x, the c++ port. The methods are similar in cocos2d, and you should be able to modify these to fit the cocos2d syntax. Or search around -- I found these for cocos2d and then ported to c++.
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How to animate label's value in cocos2d?

I am making a slot machine game in iphone. I am using cocos2d as its language. I am greatly disturb coding for the method that will animate score in the game. The animation looks like with the fps. Can you help me do it. Animating the score in cocos2d. Can you share sample code that looks like what i need now. Thanks in advance.
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in your init method:
// create and initialize the _scoreLabel
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dimensions:CGSizeMake(labelSizes.width,labelSizes.height)
alignment:UITextAlignmentLeft
fontName:#"Helvetica"
fontSize:20.0];
_scoreLabel.color = ccc3(255,255,255);
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[_scoreLabel setString:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"Score: %d / %d", _score, _scoreToWin]];
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Then to update the score when the score changes call it like this:
// Then later to set the Score
[self updateScore];
I've done it in this way:
_odd = _odd + _stage*value;
[self schedule:#selector(pointAdder) interval:1.0/(3.0*_odd)];
and
- (void)pointAdder {
if (_odd==0) {
[self unschedule:#selector(pointAdder)];
return;
}
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int tmp = [_lblScore.string intValue];
[_lblScore setString:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%i",tmp+1]];
_odd--;
}
}