How do I relate a variable to an object on the stage? I want to have a mouse over and a mouse out effect on a button yet when I use the code below I get the error:
ReferenceError: Error #1065: Variable button is not defined.
obviously the object on the stage is called 'button' but I didnt think I had to define objects as variables? I thought the below code was correct?[code]....
I have been using Flex Builder for a while now, infact since i started coding in AS3 Projects.One of the fundamental issues i have from experience of trying flex, is i dont see how MXML tags and AS3 is related.Can someone try to explain to me from an Actionscript perspective?If i create a PixelBackgroud.as class which extends sprite and draws a random pattern, then how can flex use that class? Does it automatically become <PixelBackground /> ?
View 6 RepliesI have the following code:
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for(var r in map.Region){
var region : MovieClip = getChildByName ('R' + map.Region[r].Id) as MovieClip;
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Is it possibile to call a field of a object using a variable? Something like:
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Like I understand that if you're assigning something within a class it would have to involve what's extended to this class.So if a class extends MovieClip, would you only Set properties that involve the MovieClip object?Adversely, with Getter functions you could be retrieving anything from XML to volume. So that can't have anything to do with what that class is extending towards right?Is that how the extends relationship works with Get (return) and Set (value) functions?
View 9 RepliesI want to perform keyboard equivalents instead of using my moouse to navigate through my project. I want to use left to go back a frame, right to next frame and up for home and down for exit. I've put here my code for the button instance (NEXT15). How can i capture key presses and relate them to these buttons.
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Im trying to get the X, Y of a Movie clip (well call it "target_mc").its inside of a parent MC (well call it...."parent_mc")but im trying to get the X,Y as they relate to the main stage(_root).so far the two methods ive used are
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this._x = _root["parent_mc"]._x + _root["parent_mc"]["target_mc"]._x
this._y = _root["parent_mc"]._y + _root["parent_mc"]["target_mc"]._y[code]....
neither worked
it seemed like the first method(the one in the code block) places it at the starting position of the MC i need the location of, but to further complicate it the parent_mc is a rotating clip(Ive got code to make it follow the mouse).how i can place this in a location that is changing whenever the mouse moves
I'm a bit rusty of my trig, so I'm not sure the best way to do this ... I need to position 2 movie clips on the stage that relate to each other they can't be nested ,the registation points are in the center, assume "clip B" is 50 px to the left of "Clip A" as pictured in the diagram to the left , when "clip A" is rotated, I need clip B to follow ( still 50px ) away but with new _x and _y relative to the rotation of "clip A" as in the diagram right.
View 2 RepliesI wondered if anyone can provide any information on how flash events relate to the DOM event model.My issue is this:body > div > object.The div has a mousedown event which calls 'preventDefault' on the event object.This shouldn't bear any relation to a click event within the objects swf however in IE9 it prevents the swfs mousedown event from firing..I'm struggling to understand how swf events fit in with DOM (presumably they continue to bubble up from the object element?) and why a click event on a div would affect a childs swf click.
View 1 RepliesAlright, so I've been struggling with this one since last night. When I create a new object (a new unit), and draw it to the screen (Flash does all the work there), the point at which it's first placed is considered its origin. That is, getX and getY will return the distance from that point... Why is that? Or how can I stop this?
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How can I create an xml object (or any object in fact) named after a variable, i.e variable called section with value "names" create object [section value + "XML"] = new xml(); result: empty xml object called namesXML
View 3 RepliesI have 2 classes, Display holds the currently selected Component:
public class Display
{
public static var selectedComponent:Component;
}
Component has an ID string and the selectedComponent variable is set on click:
public class Component extends MovieClip
{
public var id:String;
addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, function() {
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Removing the selectedComponent variable type so it reads public static var selectedComponent; removes the conversion error and seems to change the ID variable but it appears to only be a copy of the object.
I am not sure if I worded the question correctly, however, I have code to detail it. Firstly, I have a class Class1:
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i'm building a band website in joomla. Each band has it's own page. I want one mp3 player to cover al bandpages by just editing the url of the playlist.xml (the variable)
I want to connect the pageid (itemid as it is called in joomla) to the xml.
So artist nr 22 has page 22 and playlist 22.xml
with the following code i got the page id:
PHP Code:
<?php
$band = JRequest::GetVar('Itemid','');
echo $band;
?>
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Behind autostart=false i can set "playlist=(itemid).xml
how can i get the value from itemid into the flash object?
I've tried going the other way around by saying the actionscript i wanted it to load a variable, but i didn't succeed..
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theMap = new XML(mapXML.returnXML());
tSheet = new this[theMap.sheet](0, 0);
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[AS]
stuff = setInterval("fun",20);
myVar = "stuff";
clearInterval(myVar);
[/AS]
Obviously, the above clearInterval won't work, because the clearInterval looks for "myVar" instead of "stuff". I want it to be the other way around.
I tried using the following, but with no luck.
[AS]clearInterval(this[myVar]);
clearInterval(_root[myVar]);[/AS]
How can I create an xml object (or any object in fact) named after a variable,
i.e
variable called section with value "names"
create object [section value + "XML"] = new xml();
result: empty xml object called namesXML
I am trying to figure out how I would get the value of a variable into an XML Object.
I have the variable
var dragonName:String = "Samuel";
var listing:XML = new XML();
listing = <thedragon>
[Code],,,,
However, the dragon name does not show up when I go trace(listing); How do I do it and should I have imported something as well or what?
I have some variables in the format: var like6Y:Number = 50; Later I am dynamically setting some: num=6; Then I am trying to use that num to get the variable like6Y: like+6+Y I know that is totally wrong but I seem to remember you could use some kind of object notation to accomplish this: ["like"+num+"Y"] Or something along those lines. But I can't remember how to do it.
View 3 RepliesIs 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.
So, if I need to give a custom variable name to an object how would I do that?
For instance, if I have a gameID that is 12345 and its rating is 3 I want to save a variable called gameRatings_12345 thats value is 3 in my shared local object.
//share object
protected var mySavedData:SharedObject = SharedObject.getLocal("mySavedData");
I have the game id in a string
var gameID:String = "12345";
Then when I try to assign the value like this...
mySavedData.data.gameRatings_gameID = 3
I think it's literally reading it as "mySavedData.data.gameRatings_gameID" instead of "mySavedData.data.gameRatings_12345"
How can I give the variable a custom name?
I cannot get the name from a object that was click to a variable.
The code is the following:
var newQuadrado: Quadrado;
var Name:String;
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClick);
function onClick(event:MouseEvent):void
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So ive made a custom message system for my game and the scrollpane component requires me to have the info inside one movieclip. I have a couple of textfields there that i want to change to some variables on demand. The vars are in an external as file and im able to reference them well on the main timeline. The problem is when im inside the scrollable object, all the vars return blank instead. This is the code which is placed inside the object:
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import Variables;
var variables:Variables = new Variables();
function setMsgSlot (e:Event) {
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I'm wanting to set an Object property using a variable value. I just can't get it to work as it assumes the variable name is the name of the property: I've simplified the issue rather than posting my whole code.[code]It always applies 'attrName' as the property name rather than the value of 'attrName'.Tried loads of things but just can't get it to work.
View 1 RepliesI am in no way very knowledgable with ActionScript, so this might be very simple and I am looking in all of the wrong places... but basically here is my issue: Instead of accessing an objects attributes like this, _level0.thumbnails.thumbnail0._width = 500; I want to be able to access it with _level0.thumbnails. (this.id) ._width = 500; where as (this.id) is a variable that could be equal to "thumbnail0" or "thumbnail99" depending on which object gets clicked. I have everything working to if I hardcode thumbnail0 it works fine, and this.id does get set to whatever thumbnail I click's "thumbnail" + ID
View 2 RepliesI'm trying to format a variable into the middle of an object so that I can pass the entire thing as a parameter to a javascript function via ExternalInterface, but I cannot figure out how to format the data correctly.
I need it to end up looking like this:
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{gallery:'myvar'}
braces and apostrophes included. myvar would be my variable data, which is a string. I tried connecting it all together as a big string, but the javascript function didnt like that. It did accept it if I typed the entire thing staticly as an object variable and passed that. Is there any way I can format it all into a string and then convert the string data to an object? or is there another way to try and accomplish something like this?
Out of some curiosity and the use of possible standard key variables so I don't have to create several instances to the same class, I was trying the following:
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My question is: Is there a better approach to this on AS3? Something tells me I'm just heading the wrong way there...
i only know AS2, and was not doing actionscript for a while. i can't pass the variable to the object, please check what's wrong with my script. i want to put a variable after the obj. so when it randomize, it pass the random number after the obj.
obj1._visible = false;
obj2._visible = false;
function reveal() {
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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:
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myObject.x = 123;
With variable maybe?:[code]....
I've got an external class and make like 20 objects with it. If I e.g. hover my mouse above them, the objects themselves know that, the parent clip however does not. Now I want a global boolean to be set to true, if one of those objects is focused. So in other words I want to set a parent variable from inside of an object that I created with a class.
I could make myself an enter-frame-loop and check all of the objects all of the time, but that doesn't sound like a good solution.
I could also add 20 change-listeners to the parent clip, but I'm not sure about the performance of that. And I have listeners inside the objects anyway, so those should be somehow able to take care of that, or isn't that possible?