I have this following class attached to some of my buttons to simply control the roll over and out states, as well as the click event. But i want to use the same class on my buttons but would like to control a movieclip outside of the button somewhere else on the stage etc.
put simply: Clicking my button 'moveLeft' will move a movieclip left let say:
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I have a media player that I am codging together, one that will play either videos or MP3s depending on the variables it is passed. The video player part works fine. The MP3 player controls are all actual physical MCs on the stage; each one has its own AS class file as part of the package, but there is also a lot of AS that is happening in the main FLA as well. Messy, I know, but it mostly works great.The MC on the stage in the main FLA is properly linked to the class file via Actionscript linkage, and the control itself worksHowever, I am trying to make some aspects of the control respond to variables that are set within the AS on the timeline of the main FLA, and I cannot seem to pass values to the control no matter what I do.The following variable is set in the main AS:Code:var notPlayedYet:Boolean = true;I also have some flashVars being passed in from the html, and these I can reference with no trouble from the main AS - the relevant one is:
I'm having problems referencing the stage from an external class. I've tried :
Code:
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, onUp, false,0,true);
And also
Code:
MovieClip(parent).addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, onDown, false,0,true);
But no luck. Can I not do this? I'm making a pencil class that I want to be able to reuse. I also tried "this" and while it didn't throw and error, it didn't work either.
I have a media player that I am codging together, one that will play either videos or MP3s depending on the variables it is passed. The video player part works fine. The MP3 player controls are all actual physical MCs on the stage; each one has its own AS class file as part of the package, but there is also a lot of AS that is happening in the main FLA as well. Messy, I know, but it mostly works great.
The MC on the stage in the main FLA is properly linked to the class file via Actionscript linkage, and the control itself works. However, I am trying to make some aspects of the control respond to variables that are set within the AS on the timeline of the main FLA, and I cannot seem to pass values to the control no matter what I do.
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how to control the visibility of certain buttons from an external file (like scroll bars). I have been able to do this with button function using a loaded variable and if statements on button release, but I have been unable to replicate this with visibility. I really need the button to be visible or not from the initial load of the .swf file. Any suggestions? I currently have to open flash and change the action script within the flash file and export a new .swf, and I want to be able to do it by changing a .txt file.
View 1 RepliesI am dynamically generating buttons and textfields using an array and a for loop. It all works well and creates buttons and textfields ... but once they are created is there a way I can cast them to a movieclip so that I can then control the visibility etc.
Here's the code:
//define variables
var _buttons:Buttons;
var _buttonsX:Number;
var _buttonsY:Number;
var textArray:Array = new Array()
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I've got a linked class, with an external .as file, tied to a movie clip called "Menu" in an encompassing fla. In this actionscript file, I am trying to pull some information from a few things I made with the flash authoring tool. There are a few symbols on stage in the fla that I drew with instance names "greensboro" and "birmingham", and I want to get their x-position inside some functions of the linked class. I've tried returning a value from "greensboro.x" but of course it says the variable greensboro doesn't exist, because I haven't defined it in the class. Surely there is some way of getting that info in a variable of my linked class!
Edit: here is some code to show what I've tried(cutting everything else). This is in the .as file of the linked class:
package {
import flash.display.*;
import flash.net.URLRequest;[code].....
I'm working with a flash image slideshow and I'm having trouble getting it to read from my xml file for the captions, the same thing with the images. I've changed the paths on the as well as is there anything I'm missing, any other path I am supposed to change to read off of the correct XML file and image directory? Here's the link - [URL]
View 1 RepliesOk, this is one of those walls that I know once I can jump over it, I will be a much happier developer again.
I've done tons of reading, and think I have a firm understanding that the general consensus is that if you want to reference something, it needs to be added to the display list, using addChild().
I hate to be defiant, but what if I don't want to?
Or at the very least, what if I want to add a movieclip class to the stage using addChild, and then reference objects inside it?
It is much easier this way than what most people recommend - adding 15 objects via addChild, then setting the x and y for the, etc.
That said, I'm all about using classes and using as3 the way it was meant to be used. So what this is, is a best practices question I guess.
HERE ARE THE STEPS I'M TRYING:
- Create new flash document
- Draw graphic symbol bg, with text field over it, select them, convert to movieclip symbol, and export class name "box", then delete it from stage
- Add document class .as file, which simply adds that class "box" from the library, to the display list using a simple addChild()
- Set a name for that box using box.name = "test" let's say
- Do a simple trace like the following - "getChildByName('test').textFieldName" - it shows up great
- So then, I'll now try to set the text by doing this - getChildByName('test').textFieldName.text = "yo";
That last line above, is what doesn't work. I know I'm referencing wrong, but how would a pro as3 developer, reference something on the stage within a movieclip class, from the document class?
I need to increment an integer variable in a function within the document class upon transpiring event in another class. I can't seem to figure out how to call the function and reference the variable.
View 2 RepliesI have a flash movie emmbedded in my web page. I what to be able to go to certain frames using html. Can this be done. If so how?
View 1 RepliesI am creating a Flash program that consists of a "master" movie file that will call in individual chapters (*.swfs) as needed. I want to create a single (page) navigation structure that will reside in the master - yet allow the user to go to the next/previous screens in the movie currently being used. I have created the master movie and have placed an empty movie clip on one of the frames. From the main navigation, I have been successfully able to load the individual *.swfs into the empty movie clip when called from the menu using the following command: _root.emptymovieclipname.loadMovie("external.swf");
I have been unable to figure out the action script that will allow me to control the navigation within the external swf from the main timeline. Also - is it possible to determine the number of frames within each clip as they are called so I can turn on/off the fwd/back buttons when appropriate?
I've having huge problems trying to control a internal SWF from my main movie.Here is how it works,main movie (loads swf1 and swf2)I need to make the button on SWF control de swf2 timeline.
View 2 RepliesI have an enemy on the stage that reads whether it's being hit by a bullet by a hittest. There's a for loop inside the enemy's class that looks for all the bullets and names the bullet that's hitting it "hitBullet". What I'd like to do have an easy way of seeing what type of bullet is hitting the enemy. I'm basically looking for something like
if (hitBullet == RegBullet) {
//do regular bullet dying
}else if (hitBullet == ClusterBullet) {
//do clusterbullet dying
}
, where RegBullet and ClusterBullet are classes. But I have no idea what hitBullet is equal to when a ClusterBullet or RegBullet hits it. I traced hitBullet to see what it would return and got "[object ClusterBullet]", but I'm not sure what that would be in the actual code.
I have a compiled swf File (lets call it "cat.swf") that is loaded via the Loader Class of my Main movie. The cat appears without problems. But inside cat.swf there are two movieclips defined (lets call em "head" and "body"), and I have ye to find a way to get control of these from my Main movie.
When I check for numChildren of the loader Object it only gives me back one (an unnamed instance), if I cast that as a Movieclip to check for deeper children it continues all the way down like a tower of turtles.
I have a class called Circle and a class called ShapeFade, both with their own .as files. How do I add an instance of ShapeFade to Circle inside the Circle constructor? Like in the Circle file:
PHP Code:
public function Circle () {
this.addChild (ShapeFade);
}
Also, can I override a class function from the code window in the stage?
I'm trying out a game from a tutorial for a project, and I'm trying to load the next game from within the first .swf by means of a button, in this case loadButton, when this MC displays on the main swf (this is the GameOver menu screen). The syntax seems fine and there are no errors displaying, but the .swf itself isn't loading.The startLoad function I'm having problems with is at the bottom. I've tried loading external .swfs before but that was without classes... this is my first try with classes so I'm not sure if I named the public functions wrongly or put the wrong codes in the wrong places, screwed up my public vars, etc.
ActionScript Code:
package
{
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In As 2 you were able to reference a linkage ID using a string.Example
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var strName = 'home';
attachMovie(strName+'_mc', strName, 1);
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I usually would call the parent of my class by something like:
MyCustomClass1(parent).thisFunction();
My problem is this works if I know the class of my parent. How do you handle the case where you class could have a parent of 2 or more possibilities?
parent.thisFunction(); // throws error of course
A have two classes: Main and Navigation. I try to referenceobject in Main class from Navigation class based on the buttonnumber I clicked. Doesn't work as I want it to work. What can I do
View 1 RepliesI have externalized the actionscript code of a movieclip into a separate class files.This movieclip requires references to some other clips on the stage. What I am currently doing to reference those clips is by using Movieclip(this.parent).otherclip but somehow that feels wrong.Is there a better way to pass in the required references into a class extending from Movieclip inside of the constructor? Or what is the recommended pattern here?
View 2 RepliesI have a bunch of variables in a class. There are situations when I want to set then to null/ "temp" etc as per a well defined logic. The challenge is to list out the variables at multiple places- tedious and error-prone.
classname.speed=NaN
classname.speedtype="not_set"
classname.distance=NaN
classname.distancetype="not_set"
would prefer a way to refer to these variables programatically and set something like "for all class variables- if variable ends in type, set as "not_set"; for other variables set as NaN How can I achieve this?
I can import other classes to the timeline and use them just fine, but this class is giving me major problems? I am parsing XML data from my server on it and it is giving me errors that look like this.
The timeline reference and usage:
import networkScores;
var network:networkScores = new networkScores();
addChild(network);
score1Textfield.text = network.score1.toString();
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The errors I am getting:
Scene 1, Layer 'Actions', Frame 4, Line 149 1119: Access of possibly undefined property score1 through a reference with static type networkScores.
1067: Implicit coercion of a value of type networkScores to an unrelated type flash.display:DisplayObject.
I'm working on a game that pulls most of its information from an SQL table. The game itself has several different items that derive from a BaseItem class, and all have widely varying behaviors. While deriving these classes from the BaseItem class and scripting the correct behavior is easy enough, I'm having a bit of trouble trying to come up with an efficient way of storing the information for these items so that not only will the items be in the state that the user left them when they were last saved to the database, but they will be the correct item when loaded from the database in the first place. I'd like to do this with as little pollution of the iteminfo table as possible (for instance, I want a Truck item to have a "wheels" value of 4, but I don't want an item_wheels field on the row if the item is Pogo-stick).
So far, my best idea has been giving iteminfo an "itemtype" field that accepts an enumeration, like ITEM_TRUCK or ITEM_POGOSTICK, and using a switch statement in AS3 to instantiate the correct item based on the pulled value, but this seems rather sloppy.
The thread title says that I want to reference a class directly from a table, but if I knew how to fix this I'd have done so already, so I'd love to hear any solutions. And just for the info: I'm working with a combination of AS3, PHP, and MySQL.
Is it possible to use a class name stored in a string and pass it as a parameter??I'm using the push method in a flex mobile project. I have the name of the view I would like to pass into the push method stored in a string. But the push method only accepts it as a class not a string.How do I use a String to load or pass the class name to the method?
var NameClass:Class = "views.Contact";
navigator.pushView(NameClass);
just thinking out the setup of a sidescroll/platformer..i want the player not to fall through the floor or go through walls i know how to hittest with a single object, but what i have is various objects that extend the class wall. if I hittest with wall will that also apply to the serrated_floor and portcullis classes that extend wall?
View 1 RepliesI have tried to add a button a .fla and code it with a packaged class (Main.as).is it possible to use a button from the GUI and code it with a external imported packaged class?
View 3 Repliesi have an annoying problem. I have a mc that i use as a button. I have an external class that controls the button and adds interactivity to it, here's part of the code:
Code:
package
{
import flash.display.*;
import flash.text.*;
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The problem is, i want the btn that, when clicked, remain inactive.That's why I remove all the listeners in the class. HOWEVER, it still functions as a button, I mean the functions haven't been removed at all after I click it. What's wrong here?? Why are the functions still there, if I have removed them when clicked at the btn?
I have a swf that is loaded into my main swf with the loader class. When I click a button in the main swf I want to call a function in the loaded swf Main class.
When I do a trace it is showing the loaded clip as [object Home] which is the name of the Main document class associated to the loaded swf. I have a public function in my Home.as called startAnimation() but when I try to call it I get
[quote]1061: 1061: Call to a possibly undefined method startAnimation through a reference with static type flash.display:Sprite.
How to access stage elements from within a class.
buttonControls.as
Code:
package {
import flash.display.Sprite;
public class buttonControls extends Sprite {
// Navigation Hover Color
var hover = "0xF1E960";
var normal = "0xFFFFFF";
public function changeColor(object, color){
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