ActionScript 3.0 :: Way To Check Instance Name
Jun 29, 2009Is there a way to return the instance name of objects, [code]...
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ActionScript 3.0 :: Check If Mouse Is Over Instance?
Sep 20, 2011if there is a way to check if the mouse is over an instance of an mc?
something like:
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if (myMC.MOUSE_OVER == true) {
//do somthing;
} else {
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}
Unfortunately standard MOUSE_OVER and MOUSE_OUT event listeners won't do in this case. I have 2 mc's next to each other. I have a MOUSE_OUT function for mc 1, but I only want it to execute if the mouse does not roll over mc2 which is situated directly next to it.
ActionScript 3.0 :: Check If Mc Has The Right Instance Or Class Name?
Nov 10, 2009Is there a way to verify if this movieClip has a the right instance name defined while click on each of them??
ex: I have created several mcs on stage of Flash. mc1, mc2, mc3... instance name and I want to verify if this mc has the correct instance or class name defined.
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Mar 20, 2009Does creating a new instance of an Object that uses an identical name to an older instance, delete the previous instance? Or should the original instance be deleted first? The code uses a ridiculous amount of XML vars. Isn't it less memory intensive to parse the XML and save the properties to an Object, and then delete the XML Object, rather than keep the XML Object around and reference it's child nodes directly? Is it better form to break up a huge XML file (>600lines/3200vars) into smaller chunks?
View 1 RepliesActionScript 3.0 :: 1180: Call To A Possibly Undefined Method Check -> Var RightCheck = New Check();
Oct 2, 2009See [URL] Now there is a button called Answera, which when clicked should have a symbol (movie clip) called Check appear at the cordinated specified. Check exists in the libary (but does not have an instance name) and no where else on the stage. when I run this code I get: 1180: Call to a possibly undefined method Check. -> var rightCheck = new Check(); How is it undefinded if it exists in the libary?
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Jan 27, 2011The following is my codes. This is still work in progress; so, you will see some functions with empty contents. Plus, this is my first Flex application; please bear with me. This is a quiz application that gets the questions and answers to each questions from a ColdFusion web service. There are three types of questions, True or False, Multiple Choice with single selection, and Multiple Choice with multiple selections. So, based upon the question type, the application would dynamically generate the appropriate amount of radio buttons or check boxes for the users to select. I got these working. The problem that I am having is, I am not sure how to check what the users have actually selected. In some other forums and posts on other web site, it said that I can use event.currentTarget.selectedValue to get the user selection. But when I actually do it, I got a run-time error saying, "Property selectedValue not found on mx.controls.FormItem and there is no default value." My question is, what do I need to do to capture the user selections?
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Actionscript 3 :: Constructor To Assign Instance Name From Super Constant When Adding Instance In Flash IDE?
Jun 17, 2010I have a library object (SomethingMC) which extends a custom class (Something). Something, in turn, extends MovieClip.If adding SomethingMC to the stage within Flash CS3 IDE, is it possible for it's super class (Something) to assign an instance name from a class constant (Something.THE_CONSTANT)?
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{
import flash.display.MovieClip;[code].....
The above does not work. It throws Error #2078: The name property of a Timeline-placed object cannot be modified. if the instance is assigned a name in the IDE, and it just doesn't work if no name is assigned in the IDE.
ActionScript 3.0 :: Name Every BounceUp Instance The Same Thing And Then Just Add That One Instance Name To The List The Collision Detector Checks?
Dec 2, 2010I have a BUNCH of bumpers of four types bounceUp, bounceDown, bounceLeft, bounceRight. during a collision which you hit determines the bounce so they always do the same thing so here's my question.....can i just name every bounceUp instance the same thing and then just add that one instance name to the list the collision detector checks?
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Flash :: Play Movie Clip Instance Inside Of Button Instance?
Apr 16, 2011I placed a movie clip instance inside a button, and I want this movie clip to play when the button is released. I'm using this code on the frame containing the button:
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ActionScript 2.0 :: Possible To Scroll Graphic / Movie Instance As Well As Text Instance In Flash
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View 3 RepliesActionScript 2.0 :: Use Local Instance Variables Vs Attach New Properties To The Instance Object?
Mar 14, 2006I am wrapping my brain around OOP in AS2. I am making two posts on two different subjects. My question here is: when should I use local instance variables, and when should I attach new properties to the instance object? (Feel free to correct my terminology.) Let's say I have a class for a scrolling background, which scrolls when I mouse over its edge. I want to put these values somewhere:
1) How wide is the border in which a mouseOver makes it scroll? This is basically a semi-constant I set it up once and keep it the same, unless the user changes it in an options menu to make the border wider or narrower. Call this scrollBorderWidth.
2) How fast is the background scrolling now? I want to track this so I can smoothly change the scroll speed over several frames. This is often changed. Call this scrollSpeed.
It seems I have two ways I can store and access these values and darned if I know which is better practice. METHOD A: Make them local variables in the class, so the scrolling background instance has them as local vars. I set them up thusly:
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ActionScript 3.0 :: Instance Or No Instance - Call A Function From Another Class?
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Does one way free up more memory or enhance performance?
ActionScript 3.0 :: Create New Instance() When Instance Is A Variable?
Feb 12, 2012I have a base class I've used on 6 different MC's. Then when I use these MC's my function runs an if statement to check which one to add.
if(id=design) var obj = new design();
if(id=team) var obj = new team();
I want to make it a bit more dynamic and use the id:String to evaluate which new instance to create.
ActionScript Code:
public function loadChapter(id:String):void {
var obj = new instance_of( id )();
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ActionScript 3.0 :: Finding An Instance Name From Another Instance Name?
Jan 28, 2010I have a bunch of text boxes which are acting as labels on a diagram.The idea is all the labels are jumbled up to start with, and the user has to drag the labels to the correct place.So far, I have the labels, and they are dragable, but I want to be able to lock the label onto a specific area (I've called them crashzones) so that when the user drags the label onto the correct area, the label snaps into place.The 'crashzones' instance names, are indentical to the label instance names, with the exception that the 'crashzones' instance names have the letter 'z' at the begining.
On the dragStart event, something (maybe a string) would hold the instance name of the current label and add the letter 'z' to the beggining, so something like ... crashzone = "z" + label1;As there is an instance with the name "zlabel1", when the dragstop event starts, it'll do a 'hittestobject' on the instance "zlabel1".
I'm not entirely sure how to go about this.I've tried creating a string to hold the 'crashzone' name, but the hittestobject event doesnt work with strings i.e: hitTestObject(stringname);I've also tried with Sprite, but as the sprite technically already exists and has a name, I can't give the sprite any properties.
ActionScript 3.0 :: Flex - Construct A Derived Class Instance From An Existing Base Class Instance?
Jan 22, 2010I have a base class which is being created via remote_object [RemoteClass alias] from the server.I have other specialized classes that are derived from this baseclass, but serialization with the server always happens with the base class.The base class has meta data that defines what the derived class is, for example
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Actionscript 3 :: Communicate Between An Instance Of Flash Embedded In A Browser And A Flash Instance Running In A C# WinForms App?
Dec 23, 2011I am trying to communicate between an instance of flash embedded in a browser and a flash instance running in a C# WinForms app... I am getting a compile error that say:
1119 Access of possibly undefined property printOut through a reference with static type flash.net:LocalConnection
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Flash :: Unable To Convert An Instance Of A Class To An Instance Of The Class's Subclass?
Sep 15, 2011I'm using a library that has a function that returns an instance of some class Engine.
I'd like to tack on some interfaces to Engine, so I subclass it class InterfacedEngine extends Engine implements AwesomeInterface. but when I change the code that uses the classes from this:
var engine:Engine = generateEngine();
to this: var interfacedEngine:InterfacedEngine = generateEngine();
It gives me a runtime error (elision mine):
TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert ...::Engine@1bc2bf11 to ....InterfacedEngine.
What about AS3 classes am I misunderstanding?
ActionScript 3.0 :: Access Values Held By A Class Instance From Another Class Instance?
Oct 14, 2009I have to admit I pretty much ran away from Flash when AS2 came along and only used it for animation purposes over the last 5 years.So I'm having a major crash course in AS3 in Flash CS3 and I'm not enjoying it one bit. I'm getting maybe 10mins of finished work per hour as I try to figure out the limits and rules of AS3. Quite often it seems that AS3 simply can't do what I want it to. Anyway: Characterchecks.as is the main class and it loads a bunch of XML into four arrays. The file starts like this:[code]If I trace the value of, say, cc._Categories from the main FLA, it's empty. I'm guessing that the next line of AS in the main FLA doesn't wait for the previously called function to complete? (This may tie in to my next problem)My next step is that I want to display various things based on the data in the array. I have another class, Display.as which will hold all the functions to create the items on display. I thought it would be best for these to be a separate object. I wonder if I'm right?
So I declare an instance of Characterchecks in the main FLA and call it cc, and then run the functions to populate the arrays... Now I create an instance of Display and call it cd. How can I get functions in cd to see the values of the variables in cc? And if the main timeline can't tell that the functions aren't finished filling the arrays, how is cd supposed to know?I might be asking dumb questions, or maybe I'm doing things ***-backwards, I don't know. I'd appreciate any help, I really would. This whole thing has me at the end of my tether... being the most technically advanced person in my circle of co-workers and web design friends means I have no-one to explain why things need to be done a certain way or what the best way is.
ActionScript 3.0 :: Sending A Class Instance Reference To A Different Class Instance?
Apr 14, 2011I'm creating a little game - The player controls a character that follows the mouse. Pigs run away from the player, and the player has to get them all into a pen. To make the game a little more difficult I'm trying to add an enemy - wolves, that attempt to perform a 'hunt' method every x seconds. This method sends a reference of the wolf instance to Main (my document class) and Main then loops through the pigs on stage to see if there's any nearby. Now as far as I know this works - my problem is I'm unsure how to send the pig instance reference back to the wolf that called the hunt method, so it can then 'target' the pig, and then attempt to pounce on it.
This is my Wolf class:
Code:
package
{
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.events.Event;
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ActionScript 2.0 :: If (rollover Instance 'imgsmall' ) Then Display Visible Instance - 'imglarge' Then Rollout Then Do Not Display 'imglarge'
Feb 21, 2008how do you do this...if (you rollover instance 'imgsmall' ) then
display visible instance 'imglarge' then
rollout (instance 'imgsmall') then do not display 'imglarge'
ActionScript 2.0 :: Specify An Instance Within An Instance?
Aug 17, 2005I have a whole bunch of movie clips within a single movie clip. I want to trace exactly which instance-within-instance was selected when the user clicks on the outer movie clip. In other words I need Flash to return the instance name of the Movie Clip I just clicked on.
View 4 RepliesFlash :: "Instance Name At Design Time" Vs "Instance Name Added Dynamically" Vs "Variable Name In Related Class"
Nov 4, 2011Say i have a movieclip named a_Mc ( ClassA ) I have a sub-movieclip named b_Mc ( ClassB )
CASE 1: Accessing the sub-movieclip b_Mc which is already present inside the a_Mc movieclip
( Since Flash IDE has "Automatic instance naming" OFF )
ClassA mentions the name of b_Mc as => var b_Mc:MovieClip;
NOTE HERE: That the variable name MUST BE same as the name of the instance on stage.
So i can access it as : trace( a_Mc.b_Mc);
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Flash :: Difference Between MyClass(instance) And (instance As MyClass)
Jul 6, 2010You can upcast or downcast an instance (to a superclass or subclass) using this syntax:
var i:MyClass = MyClass(instance);
But what does the as keyword do?
var i:MyClass = (instance as MyClass);
Actionscript 3 :: Reference A Class Instance From Another Class Instance?
Dec 10, 2010Quick question. I have been Googling this all morning, but it's either not there, or else written in a way that doesn't register. I am inclined to believe the latter, as this seems like it should be something completely trivial to me. I made a small Flash file using AS 3.0, and this is the first time I've really been able to stick to the OOP way of doing things and not hack together a mix of stuff from the timeline to get around not having everything work in the classes.
So I'd like to keep it that way, but one thing is eluding me: I can't call a method of an instance of another class (than the one I'm calling from) without resorting to "DocumentClass(root).instanceName.method." Intuition tells me there has to be a better way of doing this (like, without having to reference the document class every time I call another class instance's function; and CERTAINLY without having to use the word "root" - that just seems so Flash 5 to me. Does anybody have a better way of doing this that they can share?
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ActionScript 2.0 :: Instance Name "vidPlayer" The Other With Instance Name "myPlayer"?
Jun 30, 2009I've got 2 FLVplayback components;
one with the instance name "vidPlayer" the other with instance name "myPlayer"
I want to link them together so that when myPlayer is paused - then vidPlayer pauses too.
Then when myPlayer plays again, vid Player also plays. Also vidPlayer needs to be told to loop the video; but myPlayer doesn't loop I had a crack at it but keep getting errors as I've only been using flash for just over a week. The script i've already done is pretty much irrelevant as its proper crap
ActionScript 3.0 :: Check When Php Is Done?
Nov 14, 2009This may go under the php section, but I put it here because it may have more to do with AS.
I currently have a flash file and a php file. The flash file sends a byte array to the php file and the php file creates a .jpeg from it.
I'm now looking for a way for the php file to tell the flash file that it's done creating the .jpeg so the flash file can do something else.[code]...
ActionScript 3.0 :: Check For End Of .FLV?
Apr 1, 2009OK so I have an .FLV playing in a div container. After and only after the viewer watches the complete .FLV I want a feedback form to come up. Now, should I use flash for this or html? What actionscript would I use for this ? Event.complete if thats even a valid command.
View 10 RepliesCheck Code In Swf?
Sep 30, 2009Is there a way to see for example what code is behind a button if I just have the swf file?
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