I have 4 defined private arrays defined in the constructor of my class.Later down in one of the methods, im trying to push() variables into these arrays, but nothing seems to happen. I tried using this.arrayname.push(), but that doesn't seem to work either.do i need to manually push them by this.arrayname[arrayname.length+1] = "";
View 3 Replieshow to breakdown a given functionality into resuable classes.The style of scripting is very messy and lots of repetitive codes, as most of the time I just jump straight into scripting without prior planning (bad habit).Now with this component as a base, I want to learn how to manage my codes in a cleaner, more efficient way, OOP style. (I only get to know about how good and time-efficient OOP style programming is after I 'discovered' the Tween class a month ago lolx)For a start I will need some planning.. that's the place where I'm now stuck in..I've come out with the core items which I think should be as classes
1) Controller
2) Drag clips
3) Hit boxes
How much further should I break them down? Read from tutorials that generally classes should only perform one task is that true? The controller deals with 2 tasks (handling events and 'calculation part'), should I break them into 2 separate classes?From tutorials I also get to know that we can assign a class to a symbol in the library. Is it possible for to attach classes at runtime to script generated or existing timeline instances? something like instanceName = new classFunction(parameters) ?
I want to add some common functionality to a number of display object classes: Sprite, MovieClip, TextField, TLFTextField, Bitmap, Loader, SimpleButton, and possibly more.I can easily extend any one of those and add my code, but I would need to duplicate the same code across a bunch of classes, ie SuperSprite, SuperMovieClip, SuperTextField, etc.
So the options I've thought of: 1. Use includes, so each class extends whatever and simply includes the class code. I haven't tried this so I'm not sure you can even use includes like that, and I'm not sure how it might affect (break) code hinting.
2. Create a new class that takes a target reference and essentially wraps functionality on to any eligible target instance. I'm not crazy about this because it means the instance I'm dealing with isn't the actual display object (ie its some wrapper that references the display object.)
3. Create a core class that takes a target display object and encapsulates all the functionality, then create separate classes each that extend the various display objects and contain an instance of that core class with itself as the target. I think I like this idea but am sure I would come back later and be confused with the structure.
I am creating a library in AS3. Inside the library I make use of a bunch of classes/packages that need not be exposed to the end user of my lib. I want to only expose one of these classes.
I guess my questions are:
1) How are libraries commonly distributed in AS3?
2) Is there a .jar equivalent in AS3 that developers can include, but will only have access/knowledge of the classes I've declared as public?
I had to create a menu using array and I had to animate it. With some great expertise from people, I've accomplished that. But now I have a question about OOP, because I'm trying to add functionality to the buttons to load swfs into my main movie. Even though I strictly follow tutorials and exercises, I can't figure out how to reference a variable made in one class to another. For instance, I have index.as, navbar.as, and menubutton.as. I assume I need to add a loader to my index.as. But I can't trace the loader in my other classes. I've been told to effectively accomplish this, it is best to use custom event dispatchers. But I'm lost on how to use them.
View 12 RepliesI have a movie clip that contains a button the buttons are created dynamically using xml. The button has a rollover change colour effect. When the movie is run the buttons change colour as expected when the mouse rolls over them. However as soon as I add code to a button to perform an action the button loses the rollover effect. Is it something to do with event capturing and propagation? How is it possible to overcome this??
View 5 RepliesHow exactly do I emulate a shopping cart? I don't want to actually send any info, I just want to have the person click on something they want, then later be able to review the items "collected".My prof "showed" us how and this is what I have (but it doesn't work).
PHP Code:
addToCart.onPress = function() {
descSound.stop();
_global.collect_array.push("pieceThumb");
trace(_global.collect_array);
[code]....
(I added the _global. thinking if it was a global variable, it might work. It didn't work before either, when the variable was just declared in the same AS window as the above function.)
addToCart is the instance name of the movie clip you click on to add the item to the cart. mainCont.cartContent.cartItems is the path to the movie clip where I want the items to show up.
pieceThumb is the name of the movie clip I want added to the cart (the name of the clip, not the instance name). Pushing this to the array works, as when it is traced, the word "pieceThumb" shows up.
PHP Code:
cartLink.onPress = function() {
_root.mainCont.gotoAndStop("shopCart");
//haltActions.apply(exitLink);
descSound.stop();
_root.mainCont.cartContent.cartItems.attachMovie(_global.collect_array[0], _global.currentshown, 1000, {_x:-200, _y:10});
}
cartLink is the link to the shopping cart, so that when you click on it, this function is called. I'm assuming it makes the items show up, but nothing appears. So I'm assuming this is what's broken.
Ever needed to create an object hash, yet wanted to retain some array functionality such as .length, and getItemAt()? Well I wrote a handy little utility class, using Proxy, that does so. Simply use it in place of a generic Object, and it will maintain a count of it's properties, as well as allow you to reference any index you need [URL].
View 0 Repliesim making a program with a main fla file and with several classes. I have made a menu that slides up, and slides down again by using "Tweener". However, i can only get the menu to slide up by things like timer or have it trigger by number of frames. The way it should work is by clicking on a part of the menu, which i have divided into 5 classes and one of them need to trigger the sliding of the menu. Ive used get and set functions to get a variable from the class, but can only get it to work somehow static.
My idea was to put the get and set functions into a click function ".addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClick);". but when i try to do it, it just returns the error "1114: The public attribute can only be used inside a package." it works fine when i have the get and set functions outside the click function, but returns an error when i don't.
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Ive been trying to get this piece of code to work in a class I wrote:
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Is there a good way to dynamically reference a class that is created inside of another class?
Say, for instance, I have a main class called "Country", and from that class, I am creating individual "State" classes. So the Country class is creating State classes named "Texas", "Ohio", and "Iowa". And each State class has a value called Capital. [code]...
I am going to sell the swf and I was wondering if my code was protectd from the decompilers -- and is their away to protect your classes
View 2 RepliesActionscript Code:
<root><node><child><grandChild></grandChild></child></node></root>
Actionscript Code:
Arr[0]=rootArr[0][0]=nodeArr[0][0][0]=childArr[0][0][0][0]=grandChild
Help needed to create Multidimensional Array from Recursive XML.
All I need create Array inside an Array dynamically from an unknown XML tree.
I want to use RTMP based HTTP DVR functionality and HLS based IOS functionality, So I need to know how to MPP from my existing DVR app to the livepkgr app so that the stream being recorded at the DVR app can be used by the Flash and Stream MPP over to livepkgr app and can be used by the IOS HLS.
View 1 RepliesI'm working on a lot of different flash applications Most of those applications are visual and involves the main stage.I started oop a while ago and i got to a point that %99.9 percent of my code is extracted to different classes.There is one thing that repeat on a regular basis on all of my apps, passing the Stage variable to the different classes....It's working great but it doesnt feel right that i need to pass the main stage as a variable between the different classes,is there a better way to access the stage from external classes ? can i make the main stage a static property and access itwithin all the objects in the application ?
View 1 RepliesI have a Card class. From this class, I have three possible children: Photo, Video and Info. In my main class, I want to create a few instances of these different classes without knowing what kind it is. But, no matter that, I want them all to listen to the mouse, so I may have something like this:
ActionScript Code:
var item:Card = new Photo();
item.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, mouseHandler);
The thing is: the Card class is kinda like a canvas... it has certain properties common to every type of item, but there's a space where it leaves it as a canvas... a Photo instance will load a photo there, a Video instance will load a video and a Info instance will load text to a TextField. The problem is that the event listener doesn't work the way I want it to... on an Info instance, the target of the click is the TextField; on a Photo instance is the picture... I want them all to be the class itself... in other words, I want to be able to parse the target as a child of the Card class. My code for the mouseHandler method is
ActionScript Code:
private function mouseHandler(e:MouseEvent):void
{
if(e.target is Photo)
[Code].....
That's the main idea... to be able to know what kind of object I'm clicking and access its properties... but on an Info instance, e.target is of type TextField... to be able to access the Info object, I have to do e.target.parent, and that is NOT the idea.
I have a CustomSimpleButton class and a CustomSprite class which creates a bunch of CustomSimpleButtons and displays them at runtime. How can I access other objects on the stage in Flash inside of my two custom classes? If I want an object tween to occur when one of my custom buttons is clicked how do i reference the object that I want to tween if I'm inside of my custom class.
View 0 Repliesheres my code for making one class
cwall = function () {
this.x = 0;
[code].....
I'm using external actionscript files located in the root of my webfolder, but I also want to communicate with another website.
How should I set my Local playback in publish settings? Access Local Only? or Access Network Only?
A lot of people have .com websites & put all their classes & packages inside a com folder & then their website name to avoid any possible naming conflicts when using other peoples classes - all very sensible. I have a .co.uk website however - is there an equivelant naming standard?
View 3 Replieshow I can access array data inside of an mc from the main timeline.. I am hoping to get into an array called children, which is inside of an mc, which itself is inside of an array called mcs.
Here is what I am trying to get to: mcs[m].children[0];
I am doing an AS3 application. In the beginning of my AS file, I need to embed different textures as the following:
Code:
[Embed (source = "./myImage1")]
public var Image1:Class;
I have to embeed n bitmaps. Then I have to create an instance of each oh thease classes.
I want to store the names of thease classes in an array so I will be able to create an instance of a class by accessing the array.
Something like this:
Code:
var arrayOfClasses : Array = new Array();
arrayOfClasses.push(Image1);
arrayOfClasses.push(Image2);
...
Then I want to go through the array and do :
Code:
var variable : Object = new arrayOfClasses[0];
But this dosen't work! How Can I build an array of classes? Is it doable?
heres my code for making one class
cwall = function () {
this.x = 0;
this.y = 0;
this.vwidth = 0;
this.vheight = 0;
};
_global.wall_A = new cwall();
what would i do to make _global.wall_A an array of classes? also how would i call them?(i.e is it like _global.wall_A[2].x=5
I want to share an Array which all classes can "get" and "change" data inside that array. Something like a Global array or Multi Access array. How this is possible with ActionScript 3.0 ?
View 2 RepliesIncorrect number of arguments. Expected no more than 0.hen I try to:ar countries:Country = new Country(10);ormally this would work in Java or C++, so I'm not sure what's up!?Here is my custom class.
package {
public class Country {
var cName:String = "noName";
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if I can create an array of created Classes. can only create an array of values, not objects.
View 1 RepliesI have a class that acts as a container for relevant data. Let's say it's a Person class.Person has a private myAge:int attribute that gets set when the program runs. In addition, the Person is added to an array and saved. Then all of the people from the array are called and ages are traced. Here is the main code of interest:
// In the Document class.
registerClassAlias("Person", Person);
registerClassAlias("AddressBook", AddressBook);
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I was wondering if I can create an array of created Classes. I have a feeling that I cannot, and that you can only create an array of values, not objects.
View 2 RepliesMy array has a few objects that are revolving like on a carrousell...I want them to react on my mouseclick.I cant seem to get this to work...how would one make objects in an array do things?I cant even define the path to them properly, it appears that I SUCK. Allow me to present to you my little code-turdthat wont work in a million years level0.holder_mc.dot0.onRelease = function() {var xScaleT:Tween = new Tween(dot0, "_rotation", back.easeOut, 0, 1222, 2, true);
View 4 RepliesI have an array with 10 buttons with random names, so not btn1, btn2, etc but for the sake of examples, I'll use btn1, btn2 etc
each of these buttons have dynamic text like so btn1.textField.text = "something random" etc also in each of this text there is a delimitator "%#%" I can easily use
Code:
var btn1ContentArray:Array = btn1.textField.text.split("%#%");
btn1.property1 = btn1ContentArray[0];
btn1.property2 = btn1ContentArray[1];
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I was wondering if there is a more ellegant way, using arrays or something similar to make the coding cleaner and easily scalable I can also create
Code:
var arrayBtn:Array = [btn1, btn2,..., btn10];
and do a for loop, but I don't know how to use array inside array