I am using loadVars to get strings from a text file and then I loop it to put them all in an array. But as indicated in the code, I want to check the variable name so a certain named variable will be put into a different variable, not the array. I have not been able to find how to check this...everything I try gives me undefined.
ActionScript Code:
myVars.onLoad = function(success) {
if (success) {
[code].....
I started a thread about a reference to a symbol House, in the output window, which was: House_1. A lot of people said some useful things about that. All day I've been thinking about it, and I came to the conclusion that I don't understand things, at a very basic level.
Consider:I make a movieclip which I give the Symbol name Drawer. (I don't export it for AcitonScript.)On the stage I manually place two instances of this Symbol. The first one I give the Instance Name drawer (in the properties panel). The second one I leave nameless.Now if I trace the names of both these clips, by
trace(this.getChildAt(0).name);
trace(this.getChildAt(1).name);
the output window gives me
drawer
instance2
Now I know that the so-called "instance name" which I gave in the Properties Panel (drawer) is, in reality, a variable name which Flash gives my first instance behind the scenes. And instance2 is a name that Flash gives my second instance. What exactly the nature of that name is, I do not know.My point is: both names (drawer and instance2) are the .name property of these movieclips. Otherwise I could not have traced them through asking for the .name property, in the above. Yet only the first of these two can be manipulated:
drawer.x can be set;
instance2.x can (as we know) not be set.
But...why? What is the real difference between these two kinds of names? How can they both be the .name property of their underlying movieclip, yet be of such a different nature? What IS the nature of the instance2 name? If it's a String, how come the .name property of one movieclip can be a variable name, while the .name property of another (but identical) movieclip is a String?
I've searched every bit of web page on the net I could find. But it looks as if nobody addresses this issue. We all just work with it - but it makes no bloody sense. A name property = a name property, you'd think. Whether Flash set it or I set it should not make a difference. The x property of a clip, for example, does not change in nature according to who set it - me or Flash.So, again, just to emphasize the problem: how can a property (the name property) of a movieclip change in NATURE depending on who set it? After it's been set, shouldn't the name property of a clip be of exactly the same nature as the name property of another clip?
I'm still learning flash and actionscript 3 and i am having trouble with variable and object names. I need to be able to combine variable names together (in the same way as php can combine by doing var1.var2).
My swf contains 4 loaders (image1_loader, image2_loader etc..) which are a child of (image1_content, image2_content etc.....)
I then have 4 buttons which load an image into the loader and while doing so they define the currently active loader.
Finally i have 4 control buttons - scale up/down and rotate clockwise/anticlockwise which should only control the currently active loader (as set by the buttons above)[code]...
I'm still learning flash and actionscript 3 and i am having trouble with variable and object names. I need to be able to combine variable names together (in the same way as php can combine by doing var1.var2).
My swf contains 4 loaders (image1_loader, image2_loader etc..) which are a child of (image1_content, image2_content etc.....)
I then have 4 buttons which load an image into the loader and while doing so they define the currently active loader.
Finally i have 4 control buttons - scale up/down and rotate clockwise/anticlockwise which should only control the currently active loader (as set by the buttons above)
So my buttons as well as loading the image have the event listener:
image1_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, setCurrentSelection);
image2_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, setCurrentSelection);
(and so on..)
function setCurrentSelection(e:MouseEvent):void {
[Code]...
So within the rotateClockwise and rotateAntiClockwise functions i need to be able to recognise which is the currently active loader and have that number instead of the X - so if it is image1_loader - it needs to be image1_content, if 4 - image4_content... I had tried to do it as this but it doesn't like it being a string:
rotateAroundCenter((activeLoader+'_content'), 10, ptR);
I'm still learning flash and actionscript 3 and i am having trouble with variable and object names. I need to be able to combine variable names together (in the same way as php can combine by doing var1.var2).My swf contains 4 loaders (image1_loader, image2_loader etc..) which are a child of (image1_content, image2_content etc.)I then have 4 buttons which load an image into the loader and while doing so they define the currently active loader.Finally i have 4 control buttons - scale up/down and rotate clockwise/anticlockwise which should only control the currently active loader (as set by the buttons above)So my buttons as well as loading the image have the event listener:[code]So within the rotateClockwise and rotate Anti Clockwise functions i need to be able to recognise which is the currently active loader and have that number instead of the X - so if it is image1_ loader - it needs to be image1_content, if 4 - image4_content.I had tried to do it as this but it doesn't like it being a string:[code]
View 3 RepliesI'm currently working on an advanced preloader and i'm creating loads of different variables etc. based on the percentage loaded. I need the variables to be named Number + percentage, so in the end I will have Number1, Number2, Number3, Number4 etc. How can I create variable names using my percentage variable? Can't seem to find anything that answers my question.
View 2 RepliesI try to get a variable from php : I have a button with :
on (release) {
$myLoadVars = new LoadVars();
$myLoadVars_received = new LoadVars();
$myLoadVars.var_to_php = myComboBox.getSelectedItem().label;
$myLoadVars.sendAndLoad ( "script.php",$myLoadVars_received);
$affich_var = $envelope_received.var_from_php; }
PHP //
script.php :
<? $result = mysql_query( "select counter from data_base where data1='".$_POST['var_to_php']."'");
$counter = mysql_fetch_row($result);
echo ("&var_from_php=$counter[0]");
?>
My result of all this : nothing happens. no variable is received from php. (The is no request ( from the firewall ) from flash to access the internet). So I think the error is around the sendandload. By the way, the php script works perfectly with loadVariablesNum.
Can I bring in a variable (saved in a text file) using LoadVars and then make that variable accessible from anywhere in the script (i.e. make the variable a global)?
View 1 Repliesjust wondering if there is a way to reset the LoadVars() success variable to false or undefined. i need to do this b/c i'm repeatedly fetching data from a asp file using the same LoadVars() Obj to store the data sent from the asp page.
View 6 RepliesLet's say I'd like to post some data to a server side script. If my data is
var data:String = "<data><tag1>hi</tag1></data>";
and I'd like to send it with LoadVars, I can do:
var lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars()
lv.data = data;
lv.sendAndLoad("http://thescript/", lv, "POST");
However, this results in the POST looking like this:
data=<data><tag1>hi</tag1></data>
if I want to send it without the variable name (no "data=", just the actual data), how is this possible? In AS3 I can just use the .data property of a URLRequest and it will work, however I can't find a way to do this in AS2.
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I have an input field with the var name "chosenloc" in the same scope as the timeline I'm working in. I've set the input field var in code, on the fly, and by entering a number right into the field.
ive upgraded my publish settings from AS2.0 to AS3.0 and all of a sudden my scripts doesnt work. im getting the following error.
Error #1065: Variable LoadVars is not defined.
the only piece of code where i discovered LoadVers(); is this, but what needs to be changed?
var description_lv = new LoadVars();
description_lv.onData = function(raw_text){
description_txt.text = raw_text;
}
You will find enclosed a ".zip" file in wich there's a ".fla" file, a ".txt" file and 6 ".jpg" images. Frame 1 of the FLA only has a "Preload" class/constructor found on another site and works well. Frame 2 launches the graphic interface construction. The file "externalVar.txt" has one variable "maxVin" with a value of 6.
I would like to know WHY i can't acces this variable from outside of the loadVars object's scope (i would better say from outside of its ".onLoad" methode scope). In fact, when i trace my variable "maxVinNum" from outside of this function, flash player return "undefined". Even if i declare "maxVinNum" on the _root (_root.maxVinNum). For information, at the start of frame 2, i have let an instruction in comment: //var maxVinNum = 6; When we activate this instruction, then the variable is directely declared and everything works well. This test allow us to verify that scripts are not bugged. Here is the script of frame 2, some of you may understand quickly what's wrong :
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Im trying to load a variable from a text file with loadVars.The txt file has this -
Code:
num = 10
The flash looks like this
Code:
var load_lv = new LoadVars();
load_lv.load("tmbnum.txt");
load_lv.onLoad = loadTextVariables;[code]....
For the life of me, I've tried everything: I've researched LoadVars on Adobe forum, used David Powers' books, googled 'flash to php', LoadVars, etc. and tried sendAndLoad, send, and using $_POST, $_GET, $_REQUEST. $HTTP_POSTVARS but I keep getting this same error.
I have a Unix server running Apache/PHP 4 - LoadVars worked to load name-value pairs into an array -see thread)
My goal with this simple app is to prototype being able to pass a variable from flash to a variable in php.
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in flash_to_SQL.php on line 5
Actionscript 2.0 code:
var c :LoadVars = new LoadVars();
c.testing = "123FOUR";
c.send ("
[Code]....
I am fetching some variables from a URL and get the result. While I can iterate through it via e.g.:
[Code]...
I would like to send data from PHP to Flash however, it sends just fine but when displaying on Flash, it does not display the contents in the variable. Instead, it displays the name of the variable. This may be a simple answer but I'm quite new to this. Here is the code in Flash.
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I'm attempting to build a menu using a XML. I have read the tutorial on the site and I am attempt to do it in a slightly different manner. Anyways, I am trying to make dynamic variable names for my text fields. And because of the way I am doing this I found it easier to try to use XML to hold the field name. But when I try to use the name from the XML file it won't work. I can trace it and get the proper word but when used in the script it breaks.Below I want to replace 'popMenu' with the fieldName variable.
Code:
mainMenu.menu1.onRollOver = function(){
listLength = menu_xml.childNodes[0].childNodes;
[code].....
How do I concatenate variable names in AS3?Something like this:
for(var i:int=0 ; i<5 ; i++) {
var "myVar"+i:Array = new Array();
}
One of the moderators, could you've a look at this tutorial: [URL] it doesn't works with me, maybe because I've 2004 so if you change loadVars() into LoadVars() it should work
View 2 RepliesI'm working on a project using google maps. For part of it the user must enter coordinates and click a button in order to add a marker to a map. The code I have written so far allows this to be done once:
play_btn2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, submitdata);
function submitdata(e:Event){
var marker9:Marker = new Marker(
[code]....
As it is the only one marker can be added as it keeps getting replaced. I want to make it so that the variable name changes each time a marker is to be added.
I'm looping over an array named shopData and need to use values within that array to create new variables. Inside the loop, I'm trying something like this: shop_(shopData[i].shopName).keyword = shopData[i].keyword; but I'm having trouble with the portion in () and can't seem to find the right syntax for this. Assuming shopData[i].shopName = "foo" I need to create a variable named:
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I'm trying to loop through a set of textFields that I created in the Flash IDE, and named them through the property panel with name called "dot_text1, dot_text2, etc...). These textfield elements are nested in another movieclip called "bouquet".
My issue is that I'm trying to loop through all of them and store them into an Array for later use, but I keep getting undefined when I trace it out. I'm writing the script in the root of the file.
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I'm working on a simple form in AS2 that will send some variables via POST. These are being sent to a CMS in the background. Unfortunately, the CMS mandates that the variables must be named a certain way. They must be named fields[thefieldname] which really messes up the Actionscript involved. Does anyone have any thoughts about how I could escape these [ ] characters so they don't get interpreted wrongly as an Array by actionscript?
Code:
on (release) {
var msg:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
[code]......
Can I use the # sign in AS2 variable names?
like ->> var item_#_productName = "test"
I must use a list of preset varilable names but I am getting a syntax error when I use the # sign.
How/can you pass a array into a variables name?
var urlRequestArray:Array = ["home.txt", "contact.txt", "about.txt"]
var reqNameArray:Array = new Array("homeReq","contactReq", "aboutReq")
for (var i:uint; i < buttons.length; i++){
[code].....
I'm having a few issues with incrementing numbers in variable names, was wondering if I could getThe below code is what I'm trying to implement, but I keep getting errors.
Code:
for( var i = 0; i < __values.length-1; i++)
{
[code]......
Whenever i try to display anything returned by LoadVars.getBytesLoaded or Load....Total, it gives me NaN.
View 14 RepliesI send flashvars to flash. Those variables are one user id variable and unknown number of corresponding friend and relation vars (friend1, friend2, relation1, relation and so on, all the items from DB).I get the of course from an object:Code:var flashVars=this.root.loaderInfo.parameters;and check how many friends did the php send to me . There is one user id variable and an even number of friends and relations so the way i check how many mates do i have is:
How do you make a new instance of a class with a dynamic name.
var dynamicname = new dynamicname()
i try something
var this["test"]:Class = new ["Test"]()
but offcourse its not this...
I need this couse i have a librairy with SWC fonts they are only reference.. I get the font name from a CSS file and after i need to make a instance of the SWC file so the font is embedded.