How can I create an xml object (or any object in fact) named after a variable, i.e variable called section with value "names" create object [section value + "XML"] = new xml(); result: empty xml object called namesXML
View 3 RepliesI'm writing a drag and drop game, and when an object is dropped I need information about
that object to pop up in a text box. I've got the draggable objects set up via a class. Within the class I have variables set up with the text for each object such as
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I just started in as3 after a long break from flash and I have run into a slight problem and couldn't find any readily available solutions online so I thought I'd ask, I'm trying to do something like this:
Code:
switch(characters[ps[1]])
{
case 0:
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I want to create a different object of the same variable name with the switch statment but it gives me "1151: A conflict exists with definition player in namespace internal" which is of course because I'm redeclaring the variable. I'm not 100% sure it technically exists in the current scope though (but it must because I am getting this error.) I also tried a few ways of initializing as just MovieClip up topside and then just try and typecast it down here but as can be assumed that didn't work either.
Is there a way to get my intended effect or am I gonna have to make some like an above class containing all these other classes on it's various frames and just instantiate those?
how to create an object if the name is stored in a variable.
var className:String = 'Config';
var MySprite:Sprite = new ???
class Config extends Sprite {
...
}
Is there a way to get something that would do this?
ActionScript Code:var newPlayerObject:Object = mapContainer.map_mc.("p" + 1);newPlayerObject.x = 5;
Inside my loop, where i get my XML objects I added a code to draw and add the mask:
var myMask:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
// settings for width height x y color fill etc etc.
myMask.name = "NAME-"+i; // set the NAME
myContainer.addChild(myMask);
myContainer.mask = myMask;
the mask looks fine on the stage.now since i name it, i want to use it for other purpose like moving it now i want to actual call myMask
i get my number "num" from other function, that works fine
function applyMask(num:int):void {
// need to call myMask("NAME-"+num)
}
i have tried myContainer.getChildByNamehave tried:
var masking:myContainer=getChildByName("NAME-"+String(num)) as myContainer;
i have traced for options i can think of myself, but all result no property found.
Is it possibile to call a field of a object using a variable? Something like:
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I'm trying to create a dynamicly named object.
something like
private var myVar:String = "dynamicName";
private var [myVar+"staticName"]:Object = new Object;
but what i wrote above dosn't work for some reason.
...so, I have the following code
for (i=1; i<=n; i++) {
duplicateMovieClip(_root.object, "object"+i, i);
how can I choose the position of the new MovieClip?
"object"+i_x = random(100) - this should work if I had a different name of variable, but in this case it doesn't.
set("object"+i_x, random(300)); - this doesn't work neither
}
I have a string variable, and based on the value of that variable, I want to create an instance of a class, I can do that with this code:
Code:
var boxType:String = "BigBox";
switch(boxType)
{
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Alright, I've looked online at a bunch of different collision tutorials but they don't explain what I'm looking for. I want object A to hit object B and then execute a function via to a Event listener.
View 1 RepliesI have 2 classes, Display holds the currently selected Component:
public class Display
{
public static var selectedComponent:Component;
}
Component has an ID string and the selectedComponent variable is set on click:
public class Component extends MovieClip
{
public var id:String;
addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, function() {
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Removing the selectedComponent variable type so it reads public static var selectedComponent; removes the conversion error and seems to change the ID variable but it appears to only be a copy of the object.
I am not sure if I worded the question correctly, however, I have code to detail it. Firstly, I have a class Class1:
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I'm trying to create a boundary for a player object, controlled with arrow keys, in my game using the main stage's height and width. For example, one test point is at the top edge of the player object's bounding box so that when the player object's head touches the stage's top edge, the player can't move anymore to the north. The player object is manually instantiated to the center of the stage by using the Flash stage editor so it will start at the center before the program starts.The problem is that right at the start of the program, I can no longer move the player object up or down with the arrow keys but I can still move it left or right. The intention is to allow the player to move north until the player object's head touches the top edge of the main stage.[code]
View 1 RepliesIv been having some real trouble lately attempting to create an object panorama, emphasis on the object version, iv found plenty of tutorials on how to do regular panoramas (ie, from one spot looking outwards, i want to make one of something looking inwards orbiting it) iv used flash quite loosely before in the past and have come to the conclusion from various articles on the internet it is capable and probably the best way to make a small file size.
basically what i wanted was to have it so that when u click and drag side to side it would show around the object, im not too worried about how fast around it goes or if it accelerates the further away from the centre its dragged, just the main control im looking for. at the moment i have 180 odd pictures of my model im looking to orbit, or less or more depending on what people think is better (its a 3d render i made so i can choose how many pictures it has) or iv already got it stitched together into a video.
the ideas id already had were that it would load each picture into an empty movie clip based on the frame number, ie it would load model001.jpg on frame 1, model020.jpg on frame 20 etc etc, but that didnt work as i suspected and it seems to flicker which i probably should expect as it has to load each picture each time. my other idea was that if its possible to make a movie scrubber, and load the video of the orbiting object in, then just use a scrubber to control moving it around but i couldnt find anything (that wasnt to buy) on how to do that.
I am creating an actionscript video player in Haxe and to avoid the asyncError I am trying to create a custom Object. How do I do this is Haxe? The client property specifies the object on which callback methods are invoked. The default object is the NetStream object being created. If you set the client property to another object, callback methods will be invoked on that other object. Here is my code.
public function new()
{
super();
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I'm tring to create instance of class, when I got name of this class.I think better to explain my problem will be this code:[code]I invoke some Function, and I get error: [Fault] exception, information=ReferenceError: Error #1065: Variable Level0Img was not defined.
View 2 RepliesI've been starting to create my own classes for a project and I've encountered an error that I don't know how to solve. This is for a Game class collection.
How do I create an object with ActionScript if I only know the name of it? I have a class that should add an object as a "grid" and place it accordingly, so if I have a Square box that I want to place by 4x4 on the screen it calculates it automatically. Well, that's the goal anyway.
I have a function in my Grid class, Add_Background that accepts an Object to be added as the grid background. I use a movieclip (don't know if I can use a graphic element).
I call the function myGrid.add_background("name_of_my_movieclip") or myGrid.add_background(new name_of_my_movieclip());
The first one I don't know how to use, I don't know how the syntax for creating an object this way (etc: grid[a][b] = new name_of_my_movieclip() doesn't work...) so there has to be some other kind of way on how to pass this to the function and that it knows what to do with it.
The other thing I've tried is passing the object to the function (new Grid_Background() etc) but I can't clone the object anyway I try it and the ActionScript reference site says there's an mx.utils.ObjectUtil that I can use for this, but I have no access to it that I know of (tried it).
Is it better to create a new Object or to reset the same object over and over again?
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i'm building a band website in joomla. Each band has it's own page. I want one mp3 player to cover al bandpages by just editing the url of the playlist.xml (the variable)
I want to connect the pageid (itemid as it is called in joomla) to the xml.
So artist nr 22 has page 22 and playlist 22.xml
with the following code i got the page id:
PHP Code:
<?php
$band = JRequest::GetVar('Itemid','');
echo $band;
?>
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Behind autostart=false i can set "playlist=(itemid).xml
how can i get the value from itemid into the flash object?
I've tried going the other way around by saying the actionscript i wanted it to load a variable, but i didn't succeed..
is there a way in action to group to object so when one object is drag across the screen the other object sticks with it, im using flash btw
View 6 RepliesSo I have this Photo class than handles loading a pic, and dispatches an event when the loading is done with:[code]which is simple and works, but now I'd like to make something more advanced. I'd like to dispatch the load ratio.So far I have extended the Event class, with my own EventRatio class, and I can put properties on that class. Which is cool, but I need something more dynamic than just sending a fixed value.So, what is the best way to connect the Loader object of the Photo object, with the EventRatio object?
View 5 RepliesI have this situation where i'm trying to save "chat logs" while people switch around views in my flex mobile application..so, my plan is i'm starting out with a main object that I plan to re-use as the main chat log object..I call it textObjso, when someone new wants to chat my plan is to make a new object with the persons username.so how if i were to get the username from something like data.username how could I translate that into the var name of the object I want to make? So in the end i end up with.[code]
View 2 Replieshow i can stop the movement of one object when one other object is over one third object
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theMap = new XML(mapXML.returnXML());
tSheet = new this[theMap.sheet](0, 0);
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[AS]
stuff = setInterval("fun",20);
myVar = "stuff";
clearInterval(myVar);
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Obviously, the above clearInterval won't work, because the clearInterval looks for "myVar" instead of "stuff". I want it to be the other way around.
I tried using the following, but with no luck.
[AS]clearInterval(this[myVar]);
clearInterval(_root[myVar]);[/AS]
How can I create an xml object (or any object in fact) named after a variable,
i.e
variable called section with value "names"
create object [section value + "XML"] = new xml();
result: empty xml object called namesXML
i try to acess a variable named <str> resides in php file from my as3 filebt i got this error
Error: Error #2101: The String passed to URLVariables.decode() must be a URL-encoded query string containing name/value pairs.
at Error$/throwError()
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I followed the tutorial at URL... and now have a basic platform game. I understand actionscript some what, but not very well. I just have a couple of questions about improving my game:
1. How can I create an object e.g. door/ portal that will take me to another level or location?
2. How can I make that new level/ location?
3. how can i make it that when i kill an enemy it puts my score up by 1?
4. how can I create a pause screen: for say mid game I press 'P' which takes me to a screen with options such as resume restart and main menu, that when I resume lets me carry on from the point I paused at?
5. How can I change it so that the enemies on the game wont kill me straight away, but just take away a life?
6. How can I change it so that instead of going back to the start every time I lose a life, I simply lose a life and continue?
I am trying to figure out how I would get the value of a variable into an XML Object.
I have the variable
var dragonName:String = "Samuel";
var listing:XML = new XML();
listing = <thedragon>
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However, the dragon name does not show up when I go trace(listing); How do I do it and should I have imported something as well or what?