ActionScript 3.0 :: Accessing Global Variables In Functions/Methods?
Jun 2, 2011Which of the following is better in terms of performance/effectiveness?
public var a:int = 0;
public function Addition():void {
a += 5;
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ActionScript 3 :: Conflicting Scope - Global Functions And Class Methods Of Same Name
Jul 6, 2011My question deals directly with ActionScript 3, although it could possibly appear in other languages. Consider the global trace function found in AS3. Calling the method requires no imports and is globally available from all classes.
class A {
public function A() {
trace("Hello, A!"); // Hello, A!
}}
Now, what if I create my own class method of the same name? In AS3, if I have a class method trace and then make a call to trace elsewhere in my class, the call is made to the class method over the global function. Essentially, I've blocked my ability to call the global trace method.
class B {
public function B() {
trace("Hello, B!"); // no output
} public function trace(s:String):void {
// do something else.
}}
Now, I know the obvious answer is to say, "don't create a class method called trace." But what if I'm unaware of the existence of the global trace function? Or what if I have a desire to "override" or "block" the global function? Is doing so bad programming? Or is this just another example of how AS3 is a poor object oriented language?
ActionScript 2.0 :: Make Global Functions Like Global Variables?
Apr 28, 2004Is it possible to make global functions, much in the same way you make a global variable, reachable from anywhere in the project?
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Apr 16, 2010I have a .as file with a load of functions that i include using : include "myFunctions.as".They can be accessed alright.I have a custom class that extends movieclip, and i want to use a function inside that class that is located in my "myFunctions.as" file.How do i do that? Seems like the class loads before the myFunctions.as file so the functions are unavailable at this time. I get that error message :
View 7 RepliesActionscript 3.0 :: Global Scope For Functions And Variables?
Jan 28, 2009I was just wondering what the new method for creating global functions and variables are - the _global method has been taken out of as3
View 1 RepliesActionscript 3 :: Functions And Accessing Variables?
Jul 14, 2010I'm trying to create a JW player plugin, a part of the source code is shown below:
public function initPlugin(player:IPlayer, config:PluginConfig):void {
api = player;
var streamUrl:String = 'xxx';
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ActionScript 2.0 :: Accessing Outside Variables From Functions?
Aug 1, 2004how to access variables that are declared in a movie clip from a function declared in that same movie clip.
i.e.
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var int1 = 1
var int2 = 2
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I'm trying to do this in the main movie clip of a movie that I plan on importing dynamically in another movie. I've tried to use this.int1++, but I think that flash was looking for a variable that belongs to "myfunction" when I did that. I could just use _root.int1++ but like I said, I plan on dynamically loading this into another movie, in which case it would be pointing to the wrong movie.
ActionScript 2.0 :: Accessing Variables Inside Functions?
Mar 26, 2010I'm trying to make a button that gets it's getURL address from an external text file. So, I load the text file and assign it to a variable:
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ActionScript 2.0 :: Accessing Class Functions/variables In OnLoadInit?
Jan 27, 2008class fial
{
public var num = 5;
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ActionScript :: Annonymous Functions Accessing Local Variables [Flex 3.5]
Jun 8, 2010I am having a situation with my actionscript/flex front end.
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I am expecting to have 3 Alert windows containing A, B and C. But the actual result is 3 alert windows all showing C
ActionScript 3.0 :: Accessing Variables And Functions From Externally Loaded Nested Clip?
May 23, 2009How would you go about accessing a function or variable from a parent clip if the clip accessing has been loaded using the Loader() constructor in AS3?
View 1 RepliesActionScript 3.0 :: Mimicing The Until Functions - Load Of Global Functions In One File?
Nov 4, 2009I'm trying to find a way to have global functions in my as project, similar to how flash does with stuff like the util functions (describeType()...), where you can just call the function wherever you need it. For example:
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So when I call Test(), it prints out "hello world" fine. My problem comes in that I can't change the name of the Test function, and I can't add any other functions without compiler errors. Is it possible to have a load of global functions in one file, or do I have to split them up into separate files like in the example? Also, I know that I can make a Global class and call static functions like Code: Global.doSomething() but I'd like to know if there's a way to do it as flash does it (describeType(), getDefinitionByName(), etc), or rather, how does flash do it?
AS3 :: Accessing Methods In Loaded Swf
May 20, 2011I'm loading an external AS3 SWF using the Loader class but i need to access a method inside the loaded SWF. how can i do this?
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Aug 3, 2011Im going to develop an FLASH App to use an external SWF file as a reference to call its methods & functions.
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Apr 20, 2010What are some methods of accessing/loading external SWF's aswell as there variables inside them. I've been using URLrequest and loader methods no luck yet.
View 1 RepliesActionScript 3.0 :: Import External Functions / Methods
Dec 29, 2010I have a main actionscript file import other actionscript files into it to use their function. From the tutorials and training videos I have, other external classes apart from the document class always link to an object in the library or an object in the main.as is an instance of the other class, for example:[code]
The problem is I'm not creating any variables from the external class but only want to use the functions from it. When I test the movie, I get error 1180: Call to a possibly undefined method isPossibleNo, which is inside class ProjectileNo that is imported already.So my question is how I can use external functions without creating a new instance of the external class because they only hold calculation functions.
ActionScript 3.0 :: Constructor Functions Must Be Instance Methods
Jan 15, 2009Im new to AS3.[code]I have above code in a movieclip which i have Exported as a Class.But when i run it says "Constructor functions must be instance methods".
View 4 RepliesActionScript 3.0 :: Accessing Methods And Properties Via GetChildByName
Dec 2, 2007I seem to be having a bit of a problem here. I'm generating a load of class instances using the following code:
maxpersons=25;
for (var i:Number=1;i<=maxpersons;i++)
{
var person:Person = new Person;
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OK. I then need to run through each of them and check for a collision with an object from the main stage (called redDot), which I pass to a method (called doDamage) within the class. I'm using the following code:
for (i=1;i<=maxpersons;i++)
{
if (game.getChildByName("person"+i).hitTestObject(red Dot))
{
game.getChildByName("person"+i).doDamage(redDot);
}
}
I keep getting an error saying "1061: Call to a possibly undefined method doDamage through a reference with static type flash.displayisplayObject."!
It just won't work. I've tried altering the code to:
game["person"+i].doDamage(redDot);
but I get an unexpected trace output saying "TypeError: Error #1010: A term is undefined and has no properties."
ActionScript 3.0 :: Accessing MovieClip Methods From A Class?
Oct 17, 2009Here is the situation:I have created a movieClip named "tp_crack" on the timeline and created its class using linkage called "tp_crack".The tp_crack mc is like a small rectangle which breaks in 3 seconds when it is played.I have a seperate class in which I have used tp_crack to create many instances of tp_crack going by the names: cracked1","cracked2" etc.These instances are present in another movieClip (this time created within the class) called "crackContainer".Now I have added the following code to check for hitTest of those cracked1,2,3...... with a spaceship.The hitTest works but flash does not recognize the pieces as movieClips and does not play them as required, instead it gives me an error saying:1061: Call to a possibly undefined method play through a reference with static type flash.displayisplayObject.
for (var i:uint=0; i<crackedPieces; i++) {
if (crackContainer.getChildAt(i).hitTestPoint(Spacesh ip.x,Spaceship.y+(Spaceship.height/2),true)) {
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AS3 :: Flash - Accessing Object Methods Given As Value In Dictionary?
Nov 17, 2011So I am writing a program which uses Dictionary to store objects. For example
var dictionary:Dictionary=new Dictionary();
var myObject = new myObject(var1, var2, var3);
dicionary["key"]=myObject;
where var1, var2, and var3 are simply means of assigning values to variables in myObject.can I access values or functions that are found in myObject? In myObject class I have some getters and setters. Can I use a getter to get the value of var1 for example.
dictionary["keys"].getVar1()?
ActionScript 3.0 :: Accessing Properties And Methods Of External SWF
Oct 2, 2011I can't access the props and methods of an external AS3 swf after it's loaded by Main.as. Here's a very simplified version of the code for Main.as (the calling swf):
Code:
package{
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.display.Loader;
public class Main extends Sprite{
private var imgLoaded:Boolean = false;
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ActionScript 3.0 :: Error: Constructor Functions Must Be Instance Methods
Jun 14, 2009I'm using flash and the error message "Constructor functions must be instance methods." appears for the following code:
invsibleBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,onClick);
function onClick(event:MouseEvent):void { navigateToURL(new URLRequest [URL]New to action script coding.
ActionScript 3.0 :: 1026: Constructor Functions Must Be Instance Methods?
Jul 20, 2010I am trying to link buttons in Flash to placeholders on the time line, but keep getting this error message, any ideas what it means
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Jan 29, 2009i'm attaching clips from library using attachMovie. inside those clips are functions. I'd like to call those functions a few lines after instantiating them using 'attachMovie.' It seems that the clip isn't fully loaded because my functions aren't being called. I tried using movieClip.onLoad, but no dice.
View 1 RepliesActionScript 3.0 :: 1026: Constructor Functions Must Be Instance Methods
Jun 24, 2010I keep getting that error when i try to compile and the only script I have in it is this:
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ActionScript 3.0 :: Accessing Methods In Loaded Document Class
Feb 9, 2009I'm trying to access an init method I've set in one of my document level classes.
Container Movie loads Main Movie, which has Main.as as its document class, but I want to do a few things before I show the actual content. Here are some functions in Container.as:
Code:
public function moveLogo(e:TimerEvent):void{
loadTxt.visible = false;
var logoMoveUp:Tween = new Tween(logoCont, "y", Back.easeIn, 221, -250, 1, true);
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If I trace e.currentTarget.content.init on my EVENT.COMPLETE callback function, I get "function Function()" like I should.
ActionScript 3.0 :: Accessing Superclass Methods On An Externally-loaded SWF?
Jul 27, 2009I'm trying to set up a large project that has a "shell" application that preloads and eventually displays a bunch of SWFs as a "slideshow". Each SWF could be authored by different people but will reference a base document class so they exhibit consistent behaviour. One of these behaviours is to be able to localise the slideshow into different languages. Since each SWF could have a different number of textfields that need to be localised embedded into their main timeline, the SWFs each must declare their stage instances in their document class. In order to implement the common functionality (such as a "localiseText()" method), I have decided to package all common functionality into a superclass (what I'm calling "Base Class" in this example) and using a subclass as each slide's document class.
This Example:This is a simple example I set up because in my actual project my compiler was throwing a coercion error when I tried to cast the Loader.content as my external class. The structure of this example is the following:
+ loader.fla : this is the main "shell" application.
+ SWFLoader.as : the Document Class for loader.fla
+ external_1.fla : this is the external SWF file that will get loaded and displayed
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I've set it up this way because a hypothetical external_2.fla might have different public variables to declare its stage instances so would need a separate implementation of ExternalBase (presumably External2.as).
The code (in reverse):
base/ExternalBase
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This just sets up the localiseText() method which is used in this example to change the contents of the text field. Since we don't know the name of the text field in the particular slide's timeline, we have to ask for it from the subclass' implementation of getLocalisableTextField(). We declare an abstract function here that needs to be overridden in the implementation.
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ActionScript 3.0 :: Error: 1026: Constructor Functions Must Be Instance Methods
Jul 18, 2010I am follwoing a tutorial on linda.com about creating a website in Flash everything was going well until i started trying to copy the action script in the online examples now I keep getting this error message and can't figure out how to get rid of it:
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ActionScript 2.0 :: [Flash8] Setting Callback Functions On An Object Methods?
Jan 12, 2006Been doing some actionscript magic lately, done a nice interpolator class. The class, whenever an update occurs, calls a previously specified callback function. Normally, setting a variable of funCallback:Function and calling it works fine. However when I wanted to specify an *object's method* as the callback for the interpolator, it apparently called it as if it would be a static method.
And it isn't.What I need to do, simply speaking, is to be able to call an object's public method, having just th object's reference and function name, just like the second variant of setInterval does ( the one having "object, string" as the first two params, not "function").
ActionScript 2.0 :: Possible To Make Global Functions
Apr 28, 2004Is it possible to make global functions, much in the same way you make a global variable, reachable from anywhere in the project?
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