ActionScript 3.0 :: Access The Timeline From Document Class?
Nov 14, 2010How do I access the timeline from the document class? I tried: trace(this.parent as MovieClip)
but I got a null object.
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Access An Instance Reference To Document Class From Stage's Timeline?
Dec 30, 2009Is there a way to get an instance reference to the document class to call a method of it from the stage's timeline?I see that here's a possible solution: using a singletonOther solution I though of is using stage.getChildAt( 0 ) but it's not very nice.Is there an 'official' instance reference? because the document class is obviously instantiated at startup, but is that instance accessible in any way without having to use a custom solution like the ones mentioned?
View 1 RepliesActionScript 3.0 :: Access The Smoothing Property Of The PNG Images Within WindowHider's Timeline, From The Document Class?
Mar 20, 2010I have a MovieClip in my library called WindowHider. The timeline for WindowHider contains a frame-by-frame animation that is made up of individual PNG images that I imported. Each of the 10 or so PNG images sits on it's own frame within WindowHider.I can successfully create an instance of WindowHider within my Document class and add it to the display list.
Question: Is it possible to access the smoothing property of the PNG images within WindowHider's timeline, from the Document class? The WindowHider class is animated and rotates, thus the pixels show and the image is jagged. I know if I could access the smoothing property it would solve the issue.
ActionScript 3.0 :: Link To A Class File From The Timeline Rather Than Using The Document Class?
Aug 21, 2009Is there a way to link to a class file from the timeline rather than using the Document Class? (I tried using the document class but it messed up because of the nested movie clips and stuff like that... so I need another way)
View 3 RepliesActionscript 3 :: Access A Displayobject On Stage In A Class That Is Not A Document Class?
Mar 7, 2012How to access a display object on the stage in a class which is not a document class?
I am looking for a solution that doesn't involve passing the stage as a parameter to the class.
One solution i always come across is using "TopLevel.as". Is it a good method because as far as I have heard using global variables is not recommended because it might cause some problems while working on big projects.
ActionScript 3.0 :: Access A Movieclip On Document Class From Another Class?
Mar 3, 2011Going further on my app, I felt in another problem. Despite having lots of posts on the web regarding this, none of the solutions worked for me In my document class (Main.as) ve two containers. One empty and another with a star that is being imported from the library. Here´s the main class:
package
{
import flash.display.*;
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ActionScript 3.0 :: Document Class From Timeline?
Feb 4, 2012This is probably something basic, but I was wondering how you can access the document class and its children through a frame on movie clip's timeline.
I tried root.<object I am looking for> and stage.<object I am looking for> but neither seem to work.
ActionScript 3.0 :: Using Document Class Vs Instantiating From Timeline
Dec 30, 2008When I set the following class as my document class it works (draws a rectangle) but when I don't set it as my document class and instead instantiate it using var myRec:simple_shape = new simple_shape(); in first frame of my timeline nothing happens no rectangle and no error either). why and how I can get it to work without setting it as my document class?
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ActionScript 3.0 :: Is Document Class Same As Main Timeline
Dec 26, 2009I've been working on flash CS3 for some time now and have learnt a lot in actionscript 3. However, I still have some very simple doubts which I want to clear:
1) Is the Document Class same as the Main Timeline?
2) If we type "trace(this)" in the actions panel on the main Timeline, it gives "object MainTimeline", is this what is the document class because there is nothing else as the mainTimeline Class.
3) If we type "stop()" in the main timeline, it stops the movie. Where does stop() belong, I mean, it is the method of which class?
4) Sometimes, when within a class or a movie clip, something like "root.gotoAndPlay" doesn't work while "MovieClip(root).gotoAndPlay()" works. Another example is when we try accessing a child of a movieClip by using getChildAt(i), "MC1.getchildAt(i).play()" does not work and we have to write "MovieClip(MC1.getchildAt(i)).play();
ActionScript 3.0 :: Control FLA With Timeline From Document Class?
Jul 14, 2010Is it possible to control items lying on different frames of an FLA file from its document class?
View 8 RepliesActionScript 3.0 :: Document Class AND Some Frame In Timeline?
Apr 10, 2009Hi! Is it good to have a document class and still some other frames in the mainTimeline with some code inside?
View 1 RepliesCS4 Non-document Class Can't Access Library
Jan 27, 2010Got two classes "Engine.as" and "Player.as". Engine.as is the document class that is calling Player.as.
The point is to have Player.as create a movieclip on the stage, but it seems it cannot access the library or something. Because when the player class is at the createHero() method it gives me the "error 1009 cannot access a property or method of a null object reference"
Engine class:
Code:
package test{
import flash.display.*;
import flash.events.*;
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ActionScript 3.0 :: Combining Document Class With Timeline Code?
Jan 6, 2010I've written a game in Flash using timeline code like this:On the main timeline:
Code:
stop();
include "includes/mySourceCode.as";
init();
Then,in mySourceCode.as I have a set of functions (including init(), of course).I know this technique of coding is frowned upon by many,but it was what I learned when I started out with Flash and it has always worked well for me. It also means I don't usually have to bother with importing classes to make most methods work as I guess they are all 'built in' to the main timeline already.
The problem I have now is that I have got the game sponsored, and the sponsor needs me to include his preloader, which is a document classfile.So I have his preloader working, and once loaded it tells the main timeline to proceed to the next frame, where I have my usual code as above - which now doesn't work.Firstly, it can't find my include files because it is now looking in the document class folder instead of the main .fla folder it usually looks in.Secondly, once I have moved my include files to the same folder as the document class, it gives me around 70 errors about undefined properties and methods, and things not being'compile time constants' whatever that means.
I am guessing that for some reason, since there is now a document class, Flash is no longer importing all the classes it usually does automatically for me - so could it be that I need to go through my whole game and figure out the class import paths for all the methods I have used? Or is there an easier way to get my code working how it was before without having to change it? If I do impoort all the right classes, should it work then or will I still face problems?
ActionScript 3.0 :: Accessing Document Class Function Within Timeline
Oct 10, 2010have a very simple question, (Bear with me I'm still quite new to as3 and some of my terminology may not be solid) I want to access a function that is within my document class when a movie clip on the timeline has played to a specific point (being the end). I have already been able to call another function from the document class at the top/root level (it is called to initialize all clips and buttons when you click on the "enter" button on the splash screen. Problem is that I cannot call another function (in the document class) from a movie clip within a movie clip on the timeline. Is there an easy way to do this? I have considered writing a separate class for the movie clip and then adding it onto the movie clip (using the property panel). I don't really want to do it this way because I am already using a base class on that movie clip and 3 others that use a set of generic functions.
View 1 RepliesActionScript 3.0 :: Document Class Vs Timeline Code Differences
Nov 21, 2010I'm trying to hunt down some kind of class conflict I seem to be having when using TweeLite easing and found out the same code that errors in a document class works fine if I place it in the timeline. Example - this works in frame one of the timeline:
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Flash :: Differences Between Code In The Timeline And Using A Document Class?
Mar 9, 2011I had some code directly in the timeline that accessed/modified properties of some movie clips.
I then did the proper thing and moved the code to a Document class. I put the code that was formerly in the timeline into the document class constructor.
The issue I'm having is that if I access the movie clip properties "too soon" it reports that they are null. If I put the code in a timer event callback for half a second or so, or put an addFrameScript call with a frame of around 8 or higher, the movie clip references are valid and it all works.
So for some reason by the time the code in the timeline gets called all of the movie clip instances are valid. However, when inside of a document class constructor, they are not. I've tried using the ENTER_FRAME event callback but the movieclips still aren't ready.
The code is supposed to change some movie clip properties based on some loaderinfo parameters, so I do kind of need to set those properties before anything starts animating.
ActionScript 3.0 :: CurrentFrame Of Main Timeline From Document Class
Jul 8, 2009Is it possible to access the currentFrame of the main timeline from a document class (which extends movie clip)?
View 3 RepliesActionScript 3.0 :: Accessing A Method In A Class Document From The Timeline?
Apr 11, 2010I have built a button in the fla timeline and need to have it fire a method in a document called gigyaSocial. the Timeline code works fine but I cant get it to recognise the method that I commented out at the bottom if this code snipit.
ActionScript Code:
import fl.controls.Button;
import com.player;
import com.gigyaSocial;
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Actionscript 3.0 :: Pass Timeline Variables To Document Class?
Mar 22, 2010I have a document class called PlayVoiceOvers; I set voiceToPlay and frameToPlay in the public function and when the voice "v001.mp3" is done playing it jumps to frame label v2.[code]...
However the new voiceToPlay and frameToPlay don't do anything even though when the soundCompleteHandler is done it traces the correct values.can I pass variable information from the main timeline to the document class, apparently I can but I don't know why the new voice over doesn't play.
ActionScript 3.0 :: Get Variable On Main Timeline Into Document Class?
Mar 24, 2009I have a new FLA with a variable in frame 1:
Code:
var testVar:String = "hello";
//--- my document class:
package
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I just get null. How can I see a variable like that?
ActionScript 3.0 :: Access File Class From Document?
Oct 3, 2011It seems simple, but it doesn't seem to be working I have 2 as3 files as classes "mainclass.as3 (this is the document class)" and GamePlay.as3
the GamePlay class works flawlessly on it's own, but when i try to create the var to access it ... var gp:GamePlay=new GamePlay(); ... i get the following error.
I have looked at tutorial etc, but i cant get it to work i am currently getting the following error.[code]...
ActionScript 3.0 :: Access A Mc Or Textfeild From A Non Document Class?
Sep 21, 2010It used to be simple to access an object you put on the stage like a mc or dynamic text field by simply using _root.instanceName ect. Now I see references to making references to the Stage and such like:
private var stage:Stage;
stage = stageRef;
and I am still confused.
What I have going on is, I have placed a movieclip on the stage in Flash and gave it an instance name of Cell_mc.I have a cusom class that extends MovieClip with the following imports
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.EventDispatcher;
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This Class is tied to a set of MovieClips in my Library.
I have a listener: this.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,pickUp);
And a function:
private function pickUp(event:MouseEvent):void
{
this.startDrag();
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I get the following error whenever I try to access an object I placed on the stage from anywhere other than the document class:
1120: Access of undefined property Cell_mc.
How do I access the cell_mc that is already on the stage from this non-document class?
ActionScript 3.0 :: Access Some Vars From A Document Class?
Sep 30, 2009if i want from a document class to access some variables in other classes (which are imported into that document class) does these variables need to be public to access them or they can be something else?
View 9 RepliesActionScript 3.0 :: Access Document Class From Within Movieclip?
Jan 30, 2009I was wondering if it was possible to access the document class from within a movieclip.
I am creating a slideshow type project, and I'm using a document class to switch between the frames using the arrow keys. However, in one of the "slideshow screen" movieclips, I want to have it stop, and then play another part when the arrow key is pressed again.
I tried to access my nextScreenToPlay method within the document class, but whenever I try to do it within a movie clip, I get this error: Call to a possibly undefined method nextScreenToPlay through a reference with static type class.
If I do a trace(Main), within a movieclip, it shows the class.
ActionScript 3.0 :: Access Document Class Var From Movieclip?
Sep 18, 2009trace(MovieClip(root).TRACE);
so at pesent I am using this to try and access
Code:
public var TRACE:String
in the the document class.
however I am getting this
"1180: Call to a possibly undefined method addFrameScript.�"
my document class extends to Sprite as I have some stage resizing that occurs on Initialise
Code:
StaticInheritance extends Sprite
Im sure it has something to do with the way the document class extends.
ActionScript 3.0 :: Access Modifiers In Document Class
Jun 15, 2010I tend to give my Document class all public access modifiers. Would there be any reasons not to do this?
View 3 RepliesActionScript 3.0 :: Can't Have Access To Stage In Document Class
Aug 30, 2010Just tried using cs5 on my new macbook and I have a tlf text object on the stage with an instance name of mText. I tried to access (mText.text = "test") it like this and got a null object reference. I tried to trace the stage from my document class and it was null when the tlftextbox was on the stage but i could trace stage correctly when I deleted the textbox. [code]...
View 2 RepliesActionScript 3.0 :: Call Document Class Function From A Movieclip On Timeline
Jun 25, 2009I have a function defined in my document class that I want to call on a framescript of a movieclip placed on a timeline. Of course, left to itself it's "undefined", and I can't figure out how to reference parent/root/document class.
View 4 RepliesActionScript 3.0 :: Reference A MovieClip On Root Timeline From Document Class?
Sep 28, 2009So I have a MovieClip symbol created in the Flash IDE with a baseClass of flash.display.MovieClip and Class name of "Square". I have placed it on the timeline of my fla at frame 30 and given it an instance name of "square". How can I control that MovieClip from my DocumentClass? I have an ENTER_FRAME listener listening for the arrival of frame 30. At that time I want to simply do something to the "square" MovieClip. But I keep getting a compile-time error of "1119: Access of possibly undefined property square through a reference with static type flash.displayisplayObject.".
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ActionScript 3.0 :: Children Swf Timeline Code Versus Document Class?
Nov 23, 2010I am trying to find out why when I place trace(parent); in the timeline of my child swf I get [object Loader]but if i place trace(parent); in the constructor of the child swf's document lcass I get null.Why is this and how would I access the parent swf from the child document class if it shows as null?
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