ActionScript 3.0 :: Giving A Button An Instance Name Via Xml?
Sep 27, 2009I am creating my first AS3 flash site and i am using a menu which gets links from a .xml file
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Clip=new Loader();
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Clip.load(urlRequest);
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within the instance/flash actions window
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Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
ActionScript Code:
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Jan 27, 2011I'm using a loop to generate and position a bunch of movieclips on my stage and another to add mouse eventlisteners to them, turning them into buttons.
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how do i get the correct instance name? I'm attempting to get at the value of the textfield held within the movieclip i.e. trace(evt.target.value_txt.text); however this is resulting in errors.
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Code's below, if anyone wants to see the whole code, or FLA, give me a shout.
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Code:
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i tried:
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ActionScript 3.0 :: Accessing Instance Name In Play Button?
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public class login_page extends MovieClip {
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Error: 1120: undefined property The error indicates it's the mouse event, not my instance name mc. LINK TO THE FILE
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