The scene is a number of movie clips, all already added to the stage (i.e. not dynamically) and when one is clicked, I need to call a property of that clip. [code]...
View 3 RepliesHow do you use a variable value as a reference to aMovieClip?I'd like to do this:
A2.visible = false;
myVar = A2;
myVar.visible = true;
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How would I remove this attachMovie? [code] I have tried these codes with no success [code]I am using flash 10.2, in flash professional 5.5.
View 1 Repliesi'm referencing variable names and object names dynamically such as:[code]i have 5 balls (insert joke here) which get all the same functions etc so i wanted a way to avoid making 5x functions to handle each one of the balls. Now one function can handle all 5, etc.what i can't figure out is how to use this same set up to reference a variable or object name inside another movieclip. if i have another movieclip named "myParent" for example, i thought i could refer to it with:[code]but this doesn't work.
View 5 RepliesHow do I reference the variable pointed to by the variable text but pointed to by more than one function?Say I have:
engine_level = 5;
tank_level = 3;
v_name = 'engine';
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How do I reference the variable pointed to by the variable text?
Say I have:
engine_level = 5;
v_name = 'engine';
pb_name = v_name + '_p_button'; // so pb_name = 'engine_p_button';
level = v_name + '_level'; // so level = 'engine_level';
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I want to be able to reference the text of a text box within an MCThe MC is called "box1", the text field is called "field1"...I have many MCs (all with field1 in them)... box1, box2, box3 etc etcObviously I can set the text to being something by saying...box1.field1.text = "set_this_text"However, I'm using a variable to come up with the "box1" bit. (Using an array and a loop to figure out which box I want to update based on where the user clicked). So, let's say I have a variable... and I want to say..boxClickedon = box1 //will be defined by userSo I don't know in advance about box1... I can only access it through "boxClickedin" variable, but
boxClickedin.field1.text = "set_this_text"
or
[boxClickedin].field1.text = "set_this_text"
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Is there a way to reference a function via a variable? In other words, instead of saying something like:
var theVar = someString + 'function';
if (theVar == 'functionName') functionName ();
to access it directly:
(someString + 'function') ();
using some kind of bracket notation?
I am trying to make a reference to a movieclip instance that is in another movieclip.
Here's the deal: I have a main timeline for different pages of a website...then within that I make all of the art on each page into a movieclip so I can do animations every time that main timeline frame is called to, yet still keep my main timeline clean.
Within one page's movieclip I have a few buttons that I want to use to go to other pages by referencing them on the main timeline.I have been using this: (home_about is the about us button on my home page, and frame 31 is on the main timeline).
home_about.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, fl_ClickToGoToAndPlayFromFrame_6);
function fl_ClickToGoToAndPlayFromFrame_6(event:MouseEvent) :void
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Since this home_about is within another movieclip,I get the access of undefined property error. Do I need to change the code I've pasted above or add in variable definitions to fix this?
Using AS2. I have a variable defined:
activenav = "services";
I then want to reference the variable in a MC string. I've tried many variations of this:
_root.my[activenav]Clip.gotoAndPlay("Out");
Essentially, I want Flash to see this as:
_root.myservicesClip.gotoAndPlay("Out");
Getting syntax error.
i have a function that read a variable from a text file, yet i can only read the variable from within the function. How could i create a global variable or such that i can then read from outside of the function.
Code:
var Make:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
Make.onLoad = function() {
VARIABLE = Make.textVariable;
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I am trying to write an attachMovie statement with a variable feeding the ID parameter.[code]...
View 1 RepliesI want to loop through an array and use the array value to reference a variable. The Setup:(For illustration only. Not actual script)
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Can you have "ByRef" arguments in AS3 functions?
Primitive types in AS3 pass by value instead of reference. Is there a way to override that behavior and pass by reference for certain variables? [code]...
Is it possible to reference an object using a variable value?
For example, I have a function that is supposed to hide an image and add that image to an inventory list when the item is clicked.
All the image info is stored in an object (name, imgSource, visible, x, y);
I was thinking I could do something like this:
<fx:Script>
<![CDATA[
public var item:Object = new Object();
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I want "item" to stand for knife so that I could change knife.visible, knife.xPos, ect.
Code:
public function Text1Down(e: MouseEvent): void{
var textArea:Label=Label(e.currentTarget.id);
.......
}
I get this error:
Code:
TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert "text1Area" to mx.controls.Label.
I know that e.currentTarget.id is of type Label. All I want is to make a reference variable so I don't have to keep typing long names.
I'm writing a function which can take the names of different variables and use them to do some calculations. Long story short, I want to be able to call the function like this:
It probably seems like a really roundabout way to pass the variable through its name rather than just passing the variable itself. This is related to me using XML to get the variable names, so they come in as strings. Just bear with me here.
Inside the function, I want to be able to do something like this:
which should then trace the variable's value. Unfortunately, I just get an 'undefined'. How do I use 'this[]' to get the value of the variable from a string corresponding to the variable's name?
I'm not entirely sure that I've even asked the question correctly in the title but hopefully) this description will make it a little more clear.
Code:
private var mySpriteA:Sprite;
private var mySpriteB:Sprite;
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function foo(bar:Number){
bar = 5;
}
simple example. How do I pass bar by reference to change it's value in the function.
well at least in C++ it's called passing a variable by reference.
Is there, uh, a way to use the value of a string to reference a variable name?
I'm trying to dynamically assign XML node names and attributes using a string value, I tried something like this:
Code:
var sItem:String = "book"; // to be dynamically assigned
for (var i:uint; i < _xml.book.length(); i++) {
aList.push(_xml.(this[sItem])[i].@title);
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If I wanted to change the 'x' of a object, and a variable contained a the object's name, how would I change the 'x' by using the variable.Without variable:
Code:
myObject.x = 123;
With variable maybe?:[code]....
I'm writing a function which can take the names of different variables and use them to do some calculations. Long story short, I want to be able to call the function like this:
function caseConditionEvaluator( nameOfVariable:String )
It probably seems like a really roundabout way to pass the variable through its name rather than just passing the variable itself. This is related to me using XML to get the variable names, so they come in as strings. Just bear with me here.
Inside the function, I want to be able to do something like this:
trace( this[nameOfVariable] )
which should then trace the variable's value. Unfortunately, I just get an 'undefined'. How do I use 'this[]' to get the value of the variable from a string corresponding to the variable's name?
I desperately hoping someone can shed light on my problem. I am trying to reference a movieclip with a variable. I've done it before but in loops reading from xmlobjects but cannot get it to work in the most simplist way....??ar i = 0;_root.movie[i]._visible=0;
View 2 RepliesI am trying to create an interactive graphic. Basically, it's three squares layered on top of each other, with a large square in back, a medium square centered in the middle of the large square, and a small square in front centered in the middle of the medium square.
When you roll over the medium square, say, it expands to almost the size of the large square and some text fades in, and the small square on top of it fades away. When you roll off of the medium square, it goes back to it's smaller size, and the small square fades back in.
Currently, I have the actionscript in the movieclip to make the medium square get larger and smaller (and the text fade in), but I need to somehow reference the instance of the small square movieclip to hide it when I roll over the medium movieclip.
My actionscript for the medium square activity, currently:
Code:
stop();
this.onEnterFrame = function(){
if(rewind == true){
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how to have this rolling over action get rid of the small square and then bring it back on roll out.
I have built a movieclip (parentMC) that houses two movieclips within it (mcA, mcB).
in mcA, i'm dynamically attaching movieclips from the library through a loop.
in mcB i'm trying to reference a particular movieclip from mcA via "_parent.mcA". Doesn't seem to be working. However, when i reference said movieclips from the loop within mcA - or even parentMC, it works fine.
i have created a movieclip (parentMC) that houses two movieclips within it (childA and childB)
in childA, i am dynamically creating movieclips via a loop:
Code:
var newX = 0;
var pagTotal = 8;
for(i=1; i<pagTotal+1; i++){
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...and in childB i'm trying to reference one of these created movieclips via "_parent.childA.pagClip01" so on and so forth.
but they dont seem to be working. when i trace the dynamic clip from within childB i keep getting "undefined" in the output. however, I can reference the movieclip from within childA, and even from parentMC no problem.
i've used _root and _level0 absolute paths and still the same failed result.
Lets say I have 3 Movie Clip Symbols in my Library : Movie0, Movie1 and Movie2
Each movie has a dynamic text box: "TextBox1"
I want to be able to write a function that can manipulate the alpha(or any attribute) of the TextBox1 in all three MovieClips.
In my limited experience I thought I could do something like the following:
for (var row:int = 0; row < dataArray.length; row++)
{
Movie(row).TextBox1.alpha = 1;
}
I hoped that this would loop through 3 times and set the alpha of the TextBox1 in all three movies to 1.
Is this possible? Can you reference an instance with use of a variable?
set to null a reference in this case?
private function initGame():void{
var game:Game = new Game()
}
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I have 10 text fields named "text1", "text2" etc;
I'd like to use a for loop to pulate each one, so that each text filed is populated with whatever i is:
for (var i:Number=1; i<=10;i++) {
"team"+i.text = i;
}
I keep getting errors with regards to how the text filed name is referenced.
What is the correct way to increment the text filed name and reference it?
I've tried:
["team"+i].text = i;
"team"[i].text = i;
but they don't work.
I'm creating a dynamic movieclip and the name/instance name is stored in a variable. How can I reference the instance if its stored in a variable?This is what I'm using and it doesnt seem to work (for obvious reasons). I know in php that you do this "blah blah" . $variable.
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