ActionScript 3.0 :: Pass A String As A MovieClip Name?
Jan 27, 2010
I created 4 buttons with 4 animations each, one for each state (using tweens), so I have that imense list of 16 "addEventListeners" (don't know if there's another way to do it). But everything is working as I would like.
The problem is that I'm trying to create only 4 functions to take care of all the 4 buttons and those 16 eventListeners.
This is part of my AS3 file (still with the "traces", 5 secs of animation to check the animations and all).
I've got an XML file that I get the URL for my server from and also get the names of videos to populate a list.I can get the URL into a string in my program (it traces fine). when i try to pass that string in my nc.connect(string) it doesn't work. Everything loads fine, but when you click a video, it can't connect to it. If I manually enter the URL into the connect field like this:nc.connect("rtmp://url") it works fine.Why can it take the URL manually entered and not from a string?
I am using Flash CS5, never touched Flex. Also the SWF that is doing the loading will be a client SWF, so hoping for a solution that could work with a simple couple of lines.
Basically inside the SWF I am working on contains just a simple string:
var theString = "theString"; trace("theString = "+theString);
Now I've been working on a test loader SWF that will load my String SWF and get the variable in the simplest way. Any thoughts? Below is my current broken code:
function loaderComplete(event:Event) { trace("... in loaderComplete"); getString = loader.content.toString();
[Code].....
I've searched on Stack and found similar questions, but none are exactly what I need:
tracking video files - embedding flv to swf
^ Basically what I'm trying to do as well, no answers yet
to pass variable from one swf to another swf in as3
^ sounded just like my problem, but answer was a Flex application example
pass var values from one swf to another swf who is loaded inside the firts one in AS3
^ This was close, but am not sure how to implement the chosen answer, also seems a bit more intricate then I need
So, I want to pass a string variable to a SWF so that I can specify a XML file to load without republishing the SWF. When I assign the string variable to a textfield it is correct. But when I use that variable in the loader it does not display the XML from that file. You can see below that I commented out the string "lesson_11/images/0301_objectives.xml". If I put this string in the loader it works, if I use the string variable in its place it does not work. Can anyone see what I am doing wrong
Code: var xmlFileToLoad:String; var myQueryString:Object;
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Then the transition sets all my content MC's to the hide position. Then it checks what the page variable is and sets the corresponding content MC to show before the 'doors' open again. At least that's how it's supposed to work in theory. But I haven't figured out how to do all this. First off I don't know how to get my menu to pass that string to the 'page' variable. Here's my menu with the problem area marked:
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so I have my php API (html Get api for Flash builder and C# apps). So if you want to submit data to it you use string like
[URL]
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Parent loads Child, and wants to pass text string to Child. How can Parent pass a string to Child swf?
PARENT.SWF //LOAD CHILD 'has a symbol on stage called LDR that CHILD loads into' var loadCHILD:Loader = new Loader(); LDR.addChild(loadCHILD); var bgURLTxt:URLRequest = new URLRequest("CHILD.swf"); [Code] ..... CHILD.SWF 'has DynamicTextfield called txtBuddy'
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I want to pass a string variable to a SWF so that I can specify a XML file to load without republishing the SWF. When I assign the string variable to a textfield it is correct.But when I use that variable in the loader it does not display the XML from that file.You can see below that I commented out the string "lesson_11/images/0301_objectives.xml".If I put this string in the loader it works, if I use the string variable in its place it does not work.
Code: var xmlFileToLoad:String; var myQueryString:Object;
I am asking this question as a complete Flash novice, so please do point out if I'm doing anything wrong here (I suspect I am). I have a Flash MPU size animation with a link in it which has been created by using a full sized transparent layer as a button (is that the correct way) with the following ActionScript:
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PHP Code: var Flashvars:String = LoaderInfo(stage.loaderInfo).parameters.xmlfile; Then, I was able to use it for new UrlRequest; PHP Code: var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(Flashvars);
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