How do I add a variable to a string and then read it?I have:_root.compassItem = 'Item';I have a movieclip that has an instance name of Item and it is inside the movieclip _root.mWorld.so I assume its instance would be _root.mWorld.Item.I want to get its ._y dynamically. How would I do this?I am trying: trace(_root.mWorld._root.compassItem._y); But, it is returning undefined.
View 3 RepliesI have a number of checkbox's on the stage. The client would like the half dozen or so checkbox selections to be in a random order each time the frame is viewed. Simple enough, I created a random array...
Code:
var Q3Labels:Array=["17p deletion","p53 mutation/deletion","11q deletion","Trisomy 12","13q deletion"];
function getQ3Labels():String {
[Code].....
But when I test this code I get a "1084 Syntax error: expecting rightparen before .", so it seems it's reading Q3A as literally "q3a_chkbox.label" not "11q deletion" (or whatever). If I change the Q3A variable to simple text then it works fine,
I am sending a string to asp from flash that looks like this;
[CODE].....
The problem is when asp (probably php too) reads this string, it reads it like this
[CODE]....
Now this sucks, is there a way to encrypt my flash string so asp will read the string corectly? I know asp is url encoding the flash string, but this bit of info does not seem to help.
f you know PHP...then you know that you can create a string variable...and then use the value of that variable to declare another variable. like this:
PHP Code:
<?php$foo = "haha";$i{$foo} = "success";print $i{haha};?>
and it would display "success"...or like this:
PHP Code:
<?php$foo = "haha";$$foo = "success";print $haha;?>
and it would also display "success".
I have a String variable in my flex (flash builder 4) application containing CSV data. I need to allow the user to download this data to a local file. For example, giving them a "csv" button to click and it might present them with a save file dialog (and I would be sending the contents of my string variable).Is this possible / how ?I am using the ResuableFX component for the datagrid to csv. This the code I ended up with that works to save the string to a text file for the user (in a web browser):
var dg2CSV:DataGrid2CSV = new DataGrid2CSV();
dg2CSV.includeHeader=true;
dg2CSV.target=adgEncounters;
[code]......
If i have an ASP page that is returning variables (and I can see them in the debugger) how do i consentrate a string to call that variable?
ie:
variables being returned are named:
"res1", "res2", "res3"...etc
for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
[Code]...
I am looking for a way that can be used in my flash app to read a string from my local application, currently I am using activex to communication with the app and then pass that to flash. But I am wondering is there any alternatives that use pure flash techniques.
View 1 RepliesI am playing with the Photo Gallery and trying to find the _x location of the tmumbnails
Code:
I could run a for loop i.e. X = 1 to 10
xlocation = "_level0.thumbnail_mc.t"+X+"._x";
trace (xlocation)
[Code]....
Any way of finding the x location of a range of thumbnails
i want to read data from my html page!what i read [flashvar]?this is my html code:
HTML Code:
<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://flash-mp3-player.net/medias/player_mp3.swf" width="200" height="20">
<param name="movie" value="http://flash-mp3-player.net/medias/player_mp3.swf" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />
<param name="FlashVars" value="mp3=http%3A//flash-mp3-player.net/medias/another_world.mp3" />
</object>
what is AS3 code?
Trying to replace a portion of a string with a "-" if it matches a string variable in AS3.
var re:RegExp = new RegExp(imageArray[j][1],"gi"); trace(imageArray[jTemp][2].replace(re,"-"));
imageArray[jTemp][2] is a string imageArray[j][1] is a string as well I'm not getting the result I expect. I would like trace above to return 'permanentContainer-' Here are the traces for the above variables
permanentContainer-temporaryContainer- temporaryContainer
I need to read the variables from a URL:[url]....I tried all sorts of info from google and i coudn't make it work.I'm interested in the option when i don't need to do any modifications to the html file, but just do all the coding in flash.I found several examples that are using ExternalInterface and could not make any single one of them work.
View 3 RepliesI have a flash applet that I want to grab a remote XML file and read it in as a string, how can I do this?
View 1 RepliesI need to read an xml string. This xml is a http response. I mean, it is generated based on a few parameters sent in the url. I am using ActionScript 2.0. I am using the var LoadVars and the method sendAndLoad() like this:
[Code]....
However, since I start only to work with flash, I do not have any idea how to change this script that he is reading for example the content of file album.txt and put the content into the variable HardCodeXml.[code]...
View 0 RepliesI want the user to input a regular expression, which is then used.
I'm using following at the moment.
PHP Code:
var filterEx = new RegExp(filterTxt.text.split("/")[1], filterTxt.text.split("/")[2]);
filterTxt is a textbox, when traceing the pattern is seemingly correct, but i.e.:
[Code]...
Im trying to make my TextArea read multiple lines to a string
Hello
my name
is Bryan
in the textArea
outputs to HellomynameisBryan
how can I get it to output with line breaks?
I have an image file, in *.tif format, that looks like this: As you can see it contains an image along with a lot of text. Is there any way to read my .tif image and extract the text content into a String ?
View 1 Replieshow you would target a function's local variable through a concatenated variable string.For example:
var txt = "Hello World";
function testing(msg) {
var test1 = msg;[code].........
I'd expect the trace to be "Hello World" but rather is given "undefined". So if variables created outside functions are created on the main timeline, where are local function variables created and how would you access them?
i'm getting a value from a class that gives me e.g "icon1" as data. i want to use this within a function to control the visibility of an item nested in a movieclip on the stage. the nested movie has the same name as the data being sent.
// here's what i want it to do:
mymenu.icon1.visible = true;
// but i cant append the 2 together as flash will see it as a string not read it as path.
[Code]....
I have been banging my head against a brick wall regarding the following problem which must be very simple to fix, just can't see the answer.I have a class assigned to a movieclip called canvas. The class is called drawClass. I have called the instance of canvas on the stage 'drawingCanvas'.When I trace "drawingCanvas" I get object drawClass] which is fine. Tracing drawingCanvas.name gets me the instance name 'drawingCanvas'.This is a String variable.Basically what I am trying to do is pass the MovieClip name to another class. In my example the class 'toolBar', which can then interact with the MovieClip.
The problem is passing 'drawingCanvas.name' results in a String, so I get an error saying :TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert "canvasArea" to flash.display.MovieClip.I can't for love or money find a way to convert a String variable to a MovieClip variable! I have the name of the MovieClip, I just need to tell the toolbar class. But I can't find a way of doing this as the instance on stage is an object of drawingClass, not a MovieClip (unless MovieClips with attached classes are not treated as standard MovieClips?).
How can I read a variable from URL so that it can be used in my swf? I have 'main.swf' loaded in 'mainpage.html'. I am using getURL to pass variable from this swf to the URL of another html page(secondpage.html)......
[Code]...
Try to read xml data into a variable to put it out in an
xml scheme
<akws>
<akw>
<name>test</name>
[code]....
now I want the number in <_5> into an s:Label
private function countpop():void{
popsum = parseInt(xmldata.akw[1]._5);
}
but
<s:Label text={popsum} />
gives me NaN?
This is sort of difficult to explain but I'll do my best. I've got 6 score variables that go up over time.
[Code]...
Each corresponds to a different color of "Monster" class I reated. "GreenMonster", "BlueMonster", etc. are all custom classes. Each class has a string property called "MonsterColor". So "Blue1.MonsterColor = "Blue".
To save lines of code, and learn, I'm trying to use a local string variable to take the place of whichever of these 6 int variables I need. So inside a for loop, I've created a variable called "colorscore".
[Code]...
I would like to dinamically create array variables, depending on a XML file. The problem I have is that I don't know how to create them dinamically using a name I have constructed into a string variable. What I would like is something like this:
var strVarName;
...
strVarName = "Var" + i;
var strVarName = new Array();
...
So I would have n arrays called Var1, Var2, ... Varn.
I need to set a variable to the contents of an input box. How do I do this?
View 6 RepliesActionScript Code:
var city:String = "Bath";
var xml:XML = new XML();
var urlloader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
urlloader.load( new URLRequest("[URL]") );
urlloader.addEventListener("complete", xmlComplete);
function xmlComplete(e:Event):void{
[Code] .....
The main part is where I have created the variable: IconGif... it reads a portion of the xml file and turns it into a rference that will eventually relate to an instance name of a movieClip. I was going to use:
ActionScript Code:
this.attachMovie(IconGif,IconGif,100);
to place the item on the stage to whatever the xml says that day,
My problem occurs because the function I have used to create the variable, clashes with the attachMovie function and I receive the message:
TypeError: Error #1006: attachMovie is not a function.
at weather_fla::MainTimeline/xmlComplete()
at flash.events::EventDispatcher/flash.events:EventDispatcher::dispatchEventFunctio n()
at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent()
at flash.net::URLLoader/flash.net:URLLoader:nComplete()
Whatever that means but when I try to call the variable outside of the function, it doesn't know what I'm no about, because as far as it's concerned it doesn't exist, but only when the function is being called. I'm not the wisest with XML and calling up data...
I have a function that makes an array and I am trying to read the contents of the variable outside the function but it keeps giving me the result as undefined.
I know there must be a simple solution to what i am attempting to do.[code]...
Basically, imagine two classes, for simplicities sake I'll call them classA and classB they are in the same folder, same project, and all variables have been called as public.
In classA there's a variable, for this example I'll call it speed (its called something else obviously as speed alone turns blue so its a reserved word). It is made and updated in classA for it's current value
classB handles the array to move things, and needs to reference what speed is so it knows how much to move each object each tick.
How do I allow classB to look in classA and see what the current value of speed is?
I have a public variable and I am trying to set it, then read it from a different function:
public var str:String;
public function DailyVerse()
{
function create() {
[Code]....
My trace results says null. Why does it not give me "hello"?
I currently have a flash video player and I want to add some code that will update a variable in an external .as or .txt file. I then want to be able to pull this variable into a different .swf when required.
My variable I want to create will be CurrentVideo and it needs to be a number e.g. _global.CurrentVideo = 2