I have a named movieclip instance coming up undefined in AS2/CS3. the movieclip is on the stage, and I am having trouble accessing it from actionscript. does anyone have any ideas what might be causing the problem?
View 1 RepliesI have a movieclip instance named 'placeholder' on the canvas, and I want to change the alpha of the named movieclip from it's class without effecting the alpha of all the movieclips of the same type. How would I specifically target the named movieclip instance that is on the canvas?
View 3 RepliesI'm trying to work on my first flash game but I'm already having problems making my character move.I'm currently following this tutorial:However, when I try to test my game, I get an error saying:"Access of undefined property player_mc"In the scene, I have a square MovieClip called "player" and when you select it, in its properties I have given it the instance name "player_mc".However I still get the error. So I decided to change the object's name to "player_mc" as well but that still gives me the error. I don't understand why this isn't working.According to this, it's just to do with spell-checking... but yeah, I looked through my code and the objects and it's all "player_mc".
View 2 RepliesFirst I'm trying to get this XML file to load, but it's coming up undefined. Here's the actionscript:
var MyX:XML=new XML();
MyX.ignoreWhite=true;
var urls:Array=new Array();
var captions:Array=new Array();
MyX.onLoad=function(){
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I have a movieclip and text field on the stage with the instance names "holder" and "caption" respectively. I'm using Flash 8, ActionScript 2.0
I'm working on a simple MP3 player and am having trouble getting ID3 tags to come back as anything other that "undefined" -- on test MP3 files that *do* have ID3 data. What am I doing wrong?
(I'm not a Flash programmer and the following code is hacked together from a variety of sources... reworked for my purposes... and with some bits created by myself.)
Note that the MP3 file to be played comes out of the URL, but in this test case it's manually set to a local file of shedrivesmecrazy.mp3 (Fine Young Cannibals).
When running this file, the following output is generated:
undefined
undefined
NOT AVAILABLE
NOT AVAILABLE
Code: Select all// Setup sound object
var s:Sound = new Sound();
s.setVolume(75);
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For some reason, no matter what I try, a stage instance named 'track' remains null to the frame it's on. I've made sure that Auto-declare stage instances is checked. Is anyone familiar with this problem?
View 1 RepliesI'm trying to attach a movie clip to the main stage using:
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However, it ain't showing up. Trace said the movieclip of that name is undefined, despite having the correct linkage and instance name. Anyone know why a movieclip might be MIA?
I have created a new instance of a movieclip and named it in as3.
I want to put this in another movieclip. How does this effect the reference because everything seems fine while the dynamic movieclip is just dealing with the stage. As soon as I put it in a movieclip, I get:
Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference. at com::Gallery/instancesOut()
Heres part of my code:
for(var i:int = 0; i < 20; i++){ var transition:mcTransition = new mcTransition();
addChild(transition); transition.name = "transition_mc" + i; transition.x = i * 100;
I can reference using the string name but if I put the addchild in a movieclip it errors
Transition_mc.addChild(varTransition);
I am using the ._height of a movieclip in my AS and for some reason one of these is coming back incorrect.It is off by 3.4 pixels.I can't see anything in the movie clip that would cause this.
View 1 Repliesi have the following code in which im trying to add an item in a List Component which instance has been named "box". That "trace" function used there returns me "_level0.Game.replayMenu.box", so im not pointing to something undefined...
this = _root.Game.ui;
this._parent.attachMovie ("replayMenu","replayMenu",this._parent.getNextHig hestDepth ());
this._parent.replayMenu._x = 450;
this._parent.replayMenu._y = 250;
trace(this._parent.replayMenu.box);
this._parent.replayMenu.box.addItem("blablabla","b lablabla");
The problem is that my list simply doesn�t add any items at all, i've already tried using addItem({label:"blablabla", data:"blablabla"}), but it just don�t work.
im having problems getting some as3 generated (not drawn on stage) movie clips moving across the screen.
Code:
package {
import flash.geom.ColorTransform;
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import fl.motion.Color;
import flash.display.*;
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I have created 3 movieClips and I added into another movieClip container named as mc.
for(i = 0;i<3;i++)
{
imgBox = new box();
mc.addChild(imgBox);
imgBox.name = "box" + i;
}
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here is my new code that works for PART of my movie. i have two dynamic text boxes, one named "item" and one named "ssnumber" ssnumberNode works fine but itemNode does not. i bolded the parts that i think are relevant to the problems
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In my main timeline I have a variable "tipos = 5" for example.I want to call a movieclip named movie2 using the "addChild". The movie loads without a problem.My problem is that in my "movie2" I have to access my variable "tipos ", but I can't access it...The code "trace(tipos)" on my "movie2" returns an error.
View 4 RepliesI am trying to make the movieClip named "fish" go to a randomly generated spot. I tried using the tutorial, but I didn't understand the math, so I tried it with my own code. I'm not as much interested in getting this to work as I am knowing why it doesn't work.
PHP Code:
fish.onLoad = function() {
generatePoint();
}
fish.onEnterFrame = function() {
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For some reason, the same code works now, without any problem at all. I don't know what happened, or why, but I no longer have this problem Here's the original post: To put simply, I created a MovieClip, put it with addChild() to stage, and when I tried to call this piece of code:
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the following code won't display the new instance's position and instead report "undefined"?
Code:
row = column = 0;
for (i=0; i<30; i++) {
for (j=0; j<20; j++) {newNoc = "noc_" + row + "_" + column;
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how can i access a movieclip via its instance name in another Movieclip class?
and a nother question how can i access a movieclip via its class name in another movieclip class?
BTW i want to access the movieclip child
I am trying to make a reference to a movieclip instance that is in another movieclip.
Here's the deal: I have a main timeline for different pages of a website...then within that I make all of the art on each page into a movieclip so I can do animations every time that main timeline frame is called to, yet still keep my main timeline clean.
Within one page's movieclip I have a few buttons that I want to use to go to other pages by referencing them on the main timeline.I have been using this: (home_about is the about us button on my home page, and frame 31 is on the main timeline).
home_about.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, fl_ClickToGoToAndPlayFromFrame_6);
function fl_ClickToGoToAndPlayFromFrame_6(event:MouseEvent) :void
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Since this home_about is within another movieclip,I get the access of undefined property error. Do I need to change the code I've pasted above or add in variable definitions to fix this?
I am trying to create an interactive graphic. Basically, it's three squares layered on top of each other, with a large square in back, a medium square centered in the middle of the large square, and a small square in front centered in the middle of the medium square.
When you roll over the medium square, say, it expands to almost the size of the large square and some text fades in, and the small square on top of it fades away. When you roll off of the medium square, it goes back to it's smaller size, and the small square fades back in.
Currently, I have the actionscript in the movieclip to make the medium square get larger and smaller (and the text fade in), but I need to somehow reference the instance of the small square movieclip to hide it when I roll over the medium movieclip.
My actionscript for the medium square activity, currently:
Code:
stop();
this.onEnterFrame = function(){
if(rewind == true){
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how to have this rolling over action get rid of the small square and then bring it back on roll out.
I am making a platformer and i got two problems with the hero.The hero is controlled with the following script.
code:
onClipEvent (load) {
var ground:MovieClip = _root.ground;
var grav:Number = 0;
var gravity:Number = 2;[code].....
1. I can't seem to figure out how to set the "hero" movieclip to the frame named "nothing" when none of the keys that control the hero are pressed. (so the hero is doing nothing). When the hero stands still, it will still appear like he is walking or jumping (whatever has been done last)How do i tell Flash that something must happen when none of a certain group of keys are pressed?
2.When you jump, the "jump" frame of the hero is shown. But as soon as you move right or left while jumping, the "right" or "left" walk frames are shown. How do i tell flash to not show the "right" or "left" frames after pressing the jump key until the hero lands back on the ground? The instance of the ground is "ground".
Does creating a new instance of an Object that uses an identical name to an older instance, delete the previous instance? Or should the original instance be deleted first? The code uses a ridiculous amount of XML vars. Isn't it less memory intensive to parse the XML and save the properties to an Object, and then delete the XML Object, rather than keep the XML Object around and reference it's child nodes directly? Is it better form to break up a huge XML file (>600lines/3200vars) into smaller chunks?
View 1 RepliesMy XML code is this
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Now I try to load text from one movieclip, which I call the array test[i] from this movieclip, I call the array but my output says undefined Here is the simply code that I have create inside the movieclip, the instance name of dynamic text is txt txt.text = test[i];
I'm kind off oblivious as to what I'm doing wrong here... I have two classes: - Alley - AlleyCat
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i'm having a problem with a for loop.i have this code:
ActionScript Code:
var pontos = new Array("boca_mc","esofago_mc","estomago_mc","delgado_mc","grosso_mc");
toAlpha();[code]....
when i call the function toAlpha, everything goes fine, but when it calls toSolid, the movieclip names (this[pontos[i]]) are undefined... i traced i, and i is ok.
Is it possible to have more than one instance name on a movieclip?
View 6 RepliesEDIT: I'm using CS4 I'm receiving this error: TypeError: Error #1010: A term is undefined and has no properties. at Main_fla::function_holder_mc_16/cleanList()
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You can find my file at: [URL] Below is my function to clean my list. That part works - however for some reason I'm getting errors...
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I have want to tell a movie instance to play from a class:
`package com
{
import flash.display.MovieClip;
public class Global extends MovieClip
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pic1m is the class, but I get 1120 undefined property error.If I just put pic1m.play(); in my main timeline action layer it works fine, but I need the function playMask to be global in AS3...
I want to add a new instance of a MovieClip named chair_mc in my .as file but am not sure where to place it. I also want to bring in two other MovieClip symbols but am not sure where to place this. This is the code:
package
{
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
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I am trying to get the instance name that i gave to a dynamically created movieclip the movieclip was created using var zebra_mc:Zebra = new Zebra(); //creating a new instance of the zebra class The movieclip was then added to the stage using a for loop, as it was contained in an array. Each time a movieclip is added to the stage it is then added to another array (existingObjects) I then need to iterate through this array and pull out each objects names. I have tried using existingObjects[i].name, which returns "instance140" and existingObjects[i].toString, which returns functionFunction(){}, very useful. and existingObjects[i] which just returns the object.
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