ActionScript 3.0 :: Listening For Multiple Events Or Switch Statement?
Aug 29, 2009
I have a menu movieclip and an externally loaded swf on my main stage. The menu mc needs to control the externally loaded swf. For example the swf plays and pauses, then when any of the menu buttons are clicked the swf needs to play thru and be removed. currently I am dispatching an event for each button clicked with a switch statement. In the main timeline I need to listen for each of theses events and based on what button is clicked proceed to the correct content frame. How can I listen for different events and run one function that based on which event is registered perform a task with a switch or if statement?
I currently have an over, out and click event for 8 different objects. The over and out events are identical for each (tween expands object and then shrinks it back for the out state).I have previously asked for an easy way to declare those events, and now I was looking for an easier way to handle them.
Here's my code:
//-----------GARAGE function growGarage(e:MouseEvent):void{ scaleTweenX = new Tween(map_garage, "scaleX", Elastic.easeOut, 0.648, 1, 0.5, true);
[code]....
I've tried using a single function and then using "this" as the object of the tween but that expanded the entire stage.
I want to have a main logic class that listens for dispatched events from an assortment of other classes.
for instance: i have a parent Map class that contains X instances of a State class. When the user clicks on a State class, i want to dispatch an event CLICKED along with the name of the state.
now this Logic class will see this new event and process the name of the state and perform some other logic stuff. no matter what i try i can only get it to work where the State class listens for its own Dispatched event. Which to me seems a waste, i could have just manually called the function.
I have read so many tutorials online about custom events/ dispatching and they are being used in a basic one class example.
I have the Main class that imports my urlValidator class.My urlValidator class imports com.usual.swfaddress and thanks to the SWFAdressEvent fires the function dealing with the validation of the url.In some other class myMenu (child of the Main but on the other branch) I need to listen for the event of validation being completed.I'm importing myEvent (custom event) class to urlValidator and when the validation is complete I'm triggering the dispatchEvent.At the same time I'm importing the myEvent to myMenu class and trying to listen when the myEvent was dispatched (from urlValidator).
Basically I've build a small class that can be imported anywhere in the program and one of it's public methods dispatch a listener, which as I understand can be received anywhere. Is that correct? In my project I've got a menu which slides in and out. It's movement can be triggered mainly bu the buttons on the menu, but I also want to be able to controll it's movement from various places in the program. So i.e. it can slide in or out when something completely unrelated has been clicked. So I've got a class "SlidingPanel" and one of its children is class "SlidingPanelNavigation". SlidingPanelNavigation uses the class that only dispatches the Event, which should be listened in class "SlidingPanel" and the problem is - it doesn't.
My main class that holds the whole menu together: Code: package com.zeeto.menu { import flash.display.MovieClip; import flash.events.Event; public class SlidingPanel extends MovieClip { private var navigation :SlidingPanelNavigation; [Code] ..... Why the SlidingPanel.slideMenu() isn't fired?
I am working on a simple project involving flex 4 and Mate framework. When I am including Mate event map in fx:declarations tag in mxml file, and when I fire up an event, Mate event handlers listen to events and act upon it.
The issue is this, in action script based project, when I instantiate the eventmap class(this is in mxml file only) and keep it in top and fireup an event, instantiated eventmap is not listening to event fired up from action script class.
I am making a game that uses MVC pattern. The game.swf is loaded into main.swf. I want to dispatch a gameOver event from the Model Class of the game.swf and have the main.swf(parent) listen for it but I can't get it to work.
I have game.swf dispatching events fine amongst itself just fine but I can't get the parent to hear anything.
I tried this in the main.swf
Code: Select allvar loader:Loader = new Loader(); loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeHandler); function gameOver(e:Event):void {
I'm creating an AIR application that loads a child SWF. The child needs to read keyboard input (for a game), which I usually do by adding a keyboard event listener to the stage property, like this: stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP, onKeyUp)
However, the child SWF is apparently not allowed to access the stage property because the parent SWF owns the stage, so I get a security sandbox violation. So I need to do one of two things:
Bypass the security restriction allowing AIR to load SWFs that have an absolute path (local path), and allow that child to access the stage, orGet keyboard events to be heard by some display object other than the stage, without ever calling "stage" (this includes stage.focus).A few things I have tried already: Security.allowDomain() does not work. AIR thows an error saying that allowDomain doesn't work in the AIR sandbox. Also, adding the keyboard listener to the child's document class (then clicking inside the SWF) doesn't work.
What's the best way to listen for events from someDispatcher?I know I could bind to someDispatcher, then wire up the event handlers when it's updated... Or I could use getters/setters...
`i'have a problem with listening events dispatching from their child classes. for example i have contentManager object which is controlling content at the top level of stage. it has a imageGallery object and in the imageGallery objectthere ise a collectionLoader object which is loading images.
now i want to add one preloader to contentManager which always listen for ProgressEvent. when the progressEvent dispatched i want to preloader going to active. becouse there is another objects that are loading images or other kind of files. i think it is a good apporach to solve preloader issue. so my problem is, when collectionLoader object loading images with using queLoader. my QueueProgress event dispatches ProgressEvent evey time, but my preloader object stand at the 2 classes up level, doesn't percive this event.
I currently have a code of a switch statement for as1- as2.[code]This code is for a dynamic tet with the var 'hint' (No ' ' )But in as3 there is no var and I am having trouble converting it to AS3 coding, can someone show me the correct conversion of the code to make it work with AS3. I will make the instance name 'hint'.
I have the following in my script:[code]where eProp is an Array.Tracing the eProp[3], shows the correct number (1 or 2) but the statement always jumps to the default part!In other words: If eProp[3] is 1 or 2, the switch do nothing, jumps to default.[code]What is wrong? AS can't evaluate Arrays? Or I did something wrong?
Working on a game where I load the level details from a XML file. In the XML file I list of the names of characters that I want to show on the screen; i.e. Snoop, Kilerz, Matts, etc.In my FLA file I have MovieClips that are named Snoop, Kilerz, Matts, etc.Currently I do this in my Character function:[code]so I can eliminate the switch statement as I have about 15 characters. When I use the new this[charId] I get the following error (for charId = "Snoop":error: Error #1069: Property Snoop not found on Character and there is no default value.
Id like to use a switch statement to check if a given value falls between certain values and then based on different values and then perform differently in each situation. I'm hoping i just have a syntax understanding deficit. Here's what i'm trying ...that doesn't work.
I'm creating a swf, that has a parent class and a child class. The parent class has a button, that dispatches a custom event and I want the child class to list for this event, but when I dispatch the event the child class does not hear the event has been dispatched.[code]The register EventListeners() function is in the child class.I know events can bubble up the display list but how can then go down the list?
does anyone know if declaring new variables within a switch statement (inside of case: break actually creates new variables inside those switch statements, or are the variable declarations moved to the top of the function when compiled?
i know that when declaring new variables inside a for or while loop, the compiler declares those variables at the beginning of the function. is it the same for if or switch statements?
This is really hard to explain. Probably because its late and I am now totally confused and lost. Check out this page [URL] I want A, B, C, D, E all drag-able. when D is dragged B should mirror D's position X and Y plus E should follow D's X position, This works, try it. The opposite, When B is dragged, D should mirror B, and E should follow B's X, NOT working
I am trying to create a Flash styled shopping cart to integrate into my website. When the "Add to Cart" button is clicked, i am displaying the corresponding text down the side of the stage. However I need a "Total Price" Dynamic text field to display the Total price of all items clicked!I am new to flash and it's proving very difficult to me, as the only way i could think of doing this is creating Boolean variables with all the items and if "add to cart" had been clicked Boolean = True... But how do I code the addition of prices? and cater for all the variations that are possible?
