How 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 Replieshere's what I have (simplified to only show necessary code):
Main Timeline:
var currentItem:String = 'applesauce';
(then some code to load an external swf)
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How can one class access a nested function in another class.Examplish.
Code:
main class{
public function main(){
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Here is the problem:I have 2 external as3 files in a "com" folder next to the FLA within which i am working. The first of these ( "Main.as") is the document class. The second ("events.as") contains variable definition "myVar:Number = 0" which i want to be able to access and change inside Main.as. I am sure that this is possible, but i can't get it working (flash very keeps pointing out that I have made an error. Specifically that old classic: "1046: Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant: myVar." which has puzzled me since the dawn of time.
View 3 RepliesI have a swf file which contains in its library couple pictures. After it is loaded using preloader I would like to be able to create couple instances of them and add them to the stage
If I use swc approach and import it in library path I can not preload it but instancing is very simple i.e
Code:
public var pic:Pic1 = new Pic1();
and that's it, I can add it then to stage then.
How to access them when doing it with swf and loader class?
I am building a touch screen kiosk Air App using Flash CS3 and Air 1.0.
I have my application downloading external SWFs for different advertisements, one of which will need access to the webcam built into the kiosk.
By itself, the advertisement accesses the camera just fine, however Camera.getCamera() returns null when it the SWF loaded into the kiosk app. Both the main kiosk app and the advertisement app are compiled using Air 1.0.
It appears that I'm getting a security sandbox violation, however I'd like to avoid completely rewriting my app using the sandbox bridge architecture just so one of my ad pieces can access a webcam.
Does anyone have any suggestions or know of any work-arounds for allowing webcam accesss from within an embedded SWF in Air?
Using Flex 4, I have created an SWF that has the following code:
<fx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.events.FlexEvent;
import com.Index ;
protected function start(event:FlexEvent):void
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I am a newbie to AS 2.0..I only have basic actionscript 2.0 knowledge."I have one main .swf file and several external .swfs which I am loading through this code.[code]Now my problem is that I would like to access one "close_mc movieclip" in ourGroup.swf ...so that clicking that clip, I can exit the externally loaded .swf from the main .swf file."
View 3 RepliesI have loaded an external swf into loaderTopBanner. It works to manipulate that, but not the individual buttons within it. (e.g. btn_Home, btn_Info)
loaderTopBanner.btn_Home.alpha = 0;
I am loading an SWF created in Flash CS4, using the 3d translation tool.The SWF is being loaded into an application being build in as3 in flex builder 3.I can manage to load the movie however the stage has disappeared. All of the objects that exceed the boundaries of the (banner) remain visible instead of being cropped by the stageI attempted to mask the swf before publishing which did not work, and I attempted to programmatically assign a mask once it was imported which also did not work.None of these options threw errors, in most cases they either had no effect whatsoever or the movie simply disappeareI've read numerous posts on this and the answers always seem to be vague.Based on my research I need to access the stage properties of the SWF being loaded, but am unsure how to go about it.Do I need to compile the movie, export a swc and add it to the build path for the project?Do I HAVE to use a document class for the SWF I want to load in order to access it?Do I need to add anything else to the source or build path for the project in Flex Builder?
View 5 RepliesI am trying to set a couple of properties (specifically width and height) for an mc within an externally loaded swf but am having bigtime troubles. Keep getting the 'Error #1010: A term is undefined and has no properties'. The code is attached below. I have tried to figure this out and searched for solutions but could not resolve this myself.
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.display.StageAlign;
import flash.display.StageScaleMode;
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I'm starting to get a handle on some AS3 basics in terms of building nested classes or packages or whatever the proper syntax terminology is.
Now I have two instance functions:
1 - parseXML
2 - loadImage
I have these 2 functions working together using an eventHandler. Once the XML is parsed the aim is to load an image. Sounds pretty common right?
When the image loading commands are in the parseXML function they work fine. But then when I put the image loading commands in separate function titled loadImage and trigger it using an eventHandler onComplete, it loses my variable and instance definitions.
basically, each time i hit a letter key on my keyboard, i want a new .swf to load. All of the external .swfs are looped, which is working fine, but for me to get this one to do what it should, i need to press another key to get it to advance to the next frame and play. Since i'm operating it from a loader, i can't get the function to call.
so here's my loader function:
Code:
on (keyPress "e") {
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("container", 1);
// Container's positions on stage
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I have loaded one swf externally in my main class. and there is one button in loaded swf suppose its name submit_btn. i have to do that when i click on submit_btn, this loaded swf should be removed. what is the code for that
View 1 RepliesI'm slowly working my way through AS3, and have a question about how to do this. In as2, you could just load a swf file, then use attachMovie("itemLibraryLinkageName");. I know in AS3 you have to use addChild() to add items to the display list, but how would you go about adding the library items to the stage from an externally loaded swf in AS3? I've tried:
Code: Select allvar library:MovieClip;
var loader:Loader = new Loader();
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onComplete);[code].......
I'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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I have a document class which links to several classes, one of which adds a container onto the stage and loads external .swf's into it.Q: How do I access the various classes loaded in the document class from the external swf timeline?For instance, when you click a button in the loaded swf it changes the soundtrack from the soundtrack class. I have tried dispatchevent from the external swf timeline, but I still can't seem to get it to work. Is this supposed to work, or should I be doing something different?
View 1 RepliesI'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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how 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.
I'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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I'm trying to activate a nested movie clip with a button in the main timeline. I want the button to move the nested clip to the 2nd frame, thereby passing over the stop(); in the first frame. I'm not sure how to point the button at the correct timeline, though.
View 1 RepliesI am having a newbie problem here. I am loading an external SWF with embedded movieclips (all clips are set to export in the original file). However, I can't figure out how to access those embedded clips in my new, parent, flash file. Here is my code:
Code:
var container:MovieClip=new MovieClip()
var house_Loader:Loader = new Loader();
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Which 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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class fial
{
public var num = 5;
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I have a file which loads a series of SWFs. It loads one, allows it to play to completion, then stops. Right now, it will just wait for the user to press a button and select the next one. However, I need it to play them sequentially. Is there any way for the SWFs which get loaded to access the functions which control the SWF loading?
View 4 RepliesI'm sorry if this has been answered 1,000 times, but I am so confused with everything!! In the main timeline of my movie, I have a container movieclip called "content". I want to load an external swf into content, and then access the functions in that swf. I can load it no problem, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to access the functions, I can't seem to find it anywhere!
View 3 RepliesI 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
how can I pass variables to externally loaded SWF written in AS2 ?
View 0 RepliesI'm loading external swf's in a main swf, which are contained into a container "thisMC" which is a movieClip.
Now I've got various variables in these external swf's and I want to access these variables into my main swf.
eg - var myString:Variable = thisMC.myNumber;
trace("Whats the value "+myString);
o/p Whats the value undefined.so if myString is a variable that i've defined in the main swf and myNumber is a variable defined in the external swf, if I try accessing it like this , this is what I'm getting.
I'm tryin to do catalog on CD using flash. There will be 15 pages of items w/ the selections. The coding I'm using for their options is from this: [URL] Now my question is, since I can't use a DB because it's on a CD, I have to pass the variables through flash. But when they are done making all their selections how do I make an externally loaded SWF using this command:
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read the final values that were selected on the specified pages? I've read lots of the threads concering passing variables and none of them. Also if anyone knows of any way to hold a DB on a CD and be able to write to it as well as read from it lemme know