Is there a good way to dynamically reference a class that is created inside of another class?
Say, for instance, I have a main class called "Country", and from that class, I am creating individual "State" classes. So the Country class is creating State classes named "Texas", "Ohio", and "Iowa". And each State class has a value called Capital. [code]...
Here is a simple example of what I need to be able to do:I have a movieclip, "main_movie", in the main frame, which has multiple instances inside of it...for example "mc_1", "mc_2", and "mc_3".I am unable to figure out how to dynamically reference them. Please look at the code below and let me know what I'm doing wrong.
for (var i = 1; i <= 3; i++) {
main_movie.mc_[i]._visible = false;
}
I am creating a library in AS3. Inside the library I make use of a bunch of classes/packages that need not be exposed to the end user of my lib. I want to only expose one of these classes.
I guess my questions are:
1) How are libraries commonly distributed in AS3?
2) Is there a .jar equivalent in AS3 that developers can include, but will only have access/knowledge of the classes I've declared as public?
Been trying to make the transition from AS 2 to 3 but not without it's speed bumps. My first major hurdle has been trying to dynamically reference a class by only knowing it's name. I came across the code of import flash.utils.getDefinitionByName; but that's not working for some reason. It keeps giving me the error:
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ReferenceError: Error #1065: Variable characterType5 is not defined.
My code in getting this is:
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import flash.utils.getDefinitionByName;
var className:String = "characterType" + 5;
var tempClass:Class = getDefinitionByName(className) as Class;
var char = new tempClass();
classes. GiftMain and GiftItem. i attached GiftItem objects into GiftMain. Actually there are 2 more movieclips between them. i declare a variable in GiftItem as giftMain to reference it to the GiftMain. i have a function in GiftItem which is as below;
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trace outputs the right object in this function in GiftItem class but at another place in the same class, it outputs undefined when it is traced even though it is global variable. I just want to reach GiftMain from GiftItem without using _parent or _root. How can i do that?
I am trying to load the movie clips in my library one by one, using a for look and tween them but it seems as i am getting an error Stuff in my Library
6 movie clips
car_mc1
car_mc2
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am trying to get a movieclip in one class to stay at the same x and y value of a movieclip in another class. the arm is meant to stay on the player's mc in armClass.as .here is the code.
Code:
package {
import flash.display.MovieClip;
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I'm adding many custom classes on stage using the object.registerclass trick. Those classes all implement the same interface so I can call common functions for all of them. My problem is that I have many of those custom classes for which I keep a reference in the class where I'm attaching them to the stage with attachmovie. So, in this parent class, if I do a for in loop like this:
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I'm loading a bunch of SWFs at the same time. I'm using a custom class to do the loading. Most of the time they all load OK, however occasionally one or two will be unloaded (I can see that in the console) before we get to the Event.COMPLETE. The ProgressEvents are all fine - I can see them loading, but then boom - they're unloaded.
I've done a bit of digging around and discovered that this may be a bug in the Loader class where if you are using multiple instances of the class then sometimes one or more will be Garbage Collected before they finish loading and are therefore unloaded. I've tried keeping a reference to the loader and the classes holding the loaders and I'm still having the problem. The solution is to queue the loads and load each swf in order which isn't a problem, just a bit irritating.
im making a program with a main fla file and with several classes. I have made a menu that slides up, and slides down again by using "Tweener". However, i can only get the menu to slide up by things like timer or have it trigger by number of frames. The way it should work is by clicking on a part of the menu, which i have divided into 5 classes and one of them need to trigger the sliding of the menu. Ive used get and set functions to get a variable from the class, but can only get it to work somehow static.
My idea was to put the get and set functions into a click function ".addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClick);". but when i try to do it, it just returns the error "1114: The public attribute can only be used inside a package." it works fine when i have the get and set functions outside the click function, but returns an error when i don't.
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I want to do something like this:
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eval("var "+ class_iname +" = new"+class_name+"();");
But since this is not possible, how would I dynamically load different classes?
Should I use the loader class? This example does, but it requires pre compiling of the class in question + I am using AIR.: [URL]
This .as file was working fine yesterday and now Im getting this error.
View 3 RepliesI have this error when I run the files.
TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
at com.common::stageConfig()
at cloudsMain()
CloudsMain.as which is attached to the .fla
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Basically I'm trying to create a class that I can call and centralise any mc on stage by eg.stageConfig.centralisedDO(my_mc), However I encounter the above error.
Ive been trying to get this piece of code to work in a class I wrote:
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I have 4 defined private arrays defined in the constructor of my class.Later down in one of the methods, im trying to push() variables into these arrays, but nothing seems to happen. I tried using this.arrayname.push(), but that doesn't seem to work either.do i need to manually push them by this.arrayname[arrayname.length+1] = "";
View 3 RepliesI'm more of a C# developer, I knew AS2 and quite enjoyed it, AS3 makes me rage.
I'm trying to load a custom class into my flash project in cs5.
error: 1172: Definition daycare.Forms could not be found.[code]...
I have not been able to find anything in this matter, but I hardly think I would be the first to try it so maybe I am looking in the wrong places.What I want to do is set up a dynamical access to 20 or so classes. (They are bitmaps in the library that I want to connect with MCs that are implemented in the code.)
View 3 RepliesI have two custom classes in the same package - sGallery and vChange - within sGallery how can I call a function thats inside vChange?
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but gave me error: 1119: Access of possibly undefined property doWork through a reference with static type Class.
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I have a site with ScrollPanes, that are calling a Class on what to display. (so the movieclip that I want displayed in the ScrollPane has a Class name.) Within that movieclip (webScroll) that is being displayed in the scrollpane, I have 2 other movieclips (web1 & web2), with unique instance names and eventlisteners targeting those instances. when I preview my site, i get this error: 1119: Access of possibly undefined property web2 through a reference with static type Class.
View 1 RepliesI've looked all over the web, including this forum and can't seem to find a solution to my problem. I have the following:A main movie (root) that loads external swf files as needed. These external swf files have movieclips within them I want to reference. So I have the following code in the main movie (root).[code]Everything up to the point of tracing through the loaded movieclip works fine. When the movie is tested, it does not seem to want to trace through all child information of the loaded movieclip.Essentially I'm doing this to see what is inside the loaded movieclips (though I know 'cause I can look at the fla file); however I need actionscript to be able to see into the loaded movieclips so that I can adjust another movieclip within the loaded movieclip as necessary.
View 2 RepliesI am going to sell the swf and I was wondering if my code was protectd from the decompilers -- and is their away to protect your classes
View 2 RepliesHow do I pass values by reference inside a for each construct in AS3? Basically, I want something equivalent to the following code in PHP:
foreach ($array as &$v) {
$v = $v + 1;
}
This would allow me to change all elements of the collection $array through a single loop.
I'm using Flex 4.5, and I have imported a custom class I wrote into the main MXML file.
Inside the class file, I want to be able to create a TitleWindow using the PopUpManager like this:
package classes {
import components.*; // My custom components
import mx.managers.PopUpManager;
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This is because this isn't pointing at WindowedApplication. How do I make the first parameter in .createPopUp() point to the WindowedApplication?
I am loading an swf file into an EmptyMovieClip container called "container" using loadClip. I cant figure out how to reference the different instances inside the loaded swf.[code]...
View 5 RepliesIn simple example, I have a class called RedSquare that extends a Sprite. I need to have it in a central position of the stage. I do not know if importing definition of Stage class to RedSquare changes anything, but in the constructor of the class i could write [code]...
View 2 RepliesI'm making a sidescroller for school and im trying to get my hit test working.
I'm having trouble because I'm not sure how to properly reference an movie clip that i added in my game engine (zombie_mc), to a seperate class for my bullets the code for adding my zombie to the stage
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if (zombieTime < zombieLimit)
{
//if time hasn't reached the limit, then just increment
zombieTime++;
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I have a movie clip that has a few layers and a button on one of the layers. on the button I have this code:
on(rollOver){
gotoAndPlay("over");
}
on(rollOut){
gotoAndPlay("out");
}
Now, this mc is on the Main timeline and has an istance name "home_btn". I have a sliding menu type navagation going on and have some code for the "home_btn" on the main timeline:
home_btn.onRelease = function(){
menuSlide(contentHold.content1);
}
WHen I try to use the code on the maintime line and the code on the button inside the mc--it ofcourse doesn't work. How can I reference the rollover/out actions on the inside of the mc from the main timeline?
How can i reference variables inside of movieclips
i've tried.. mcname.variablename but it doesnt work...
also how do access a variable in the main timeline from within a movieclip.. i used to do it through _root.variable but that doesnt work anymore..
and lasty... how do i access a variable inside a class from within a movieclip?
First off, I'm rather n00b at AS3 so I'm sorry if this is a terrible question. I've searched and can't find direct reference/solution to this exact issue. My Problem: I'm trying to embed all my pertinent graphics within a class("Assets.as") which will have a static method to retrieve these embedded graphics by name.
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I'm trying to dynamically set the addChild linkage identifier, but am having little luck.
Code:
for(i=0;i<6;i++){
if(i==this.myId){
var section:MovieClip = "section"+i
this.addChild(new section);
}}
In AS 2.0 I could simply do this:
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attachMovie("section"+i, "section",0)