having trouble accessing variables from the main timeline from within my class...this is a function within my class...(not the constructor function)
Code:
public function createPanorama():void {
var url:String = "../../../panorama/panoramaImg/fenway.jpg";
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First off I don't understand classes, how to "call" or "initiate" them. I'm class ignorant.
I have two .fla files. One of my .fla files consist of 15+ .as files; we'll call this one XML editor. The other .fla file consists of 10+ .as files; we'll call it the interface.
The xmleditor.swf loads the interface.swf. Within the xmleditor.swf, a login screen appears and the enduser logs in as either a "user" or an "admin". The "user" or "admin" is stored in a public variable called "userType". The userType variable is created in one of the many xmleditor.fla .as files called Login.as.
Once logged in, xmleditor loads the interface.swf. interface.fla uses 10+ .as files. one is called nodeNames.as I need an if statement in nodeNames.as that is something like this:
if (Login.userType == "user"){
trace("do something");
}
I have the following FlashVars.as file but I have no idea what the steps are to make it work.
package extras.utils {
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.display.LoaderInfo;
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Should I use this FlashVars? and if so, how?
Or is there an easier way to access the variable?
Say I define a variable in a class file:
public var container:sprite;
I add the sprite to the stage and define it's x and y in the class file. How would I go about changing the x and y of the container within my fla file?
I'm writing a little application to run a course, and the engine creates the navigation menu putting labels in the button etc...
So, as far as I change things like a dynamic text that's on the stage with something like
mybutton.itemText.text = my_xml.childNodes[0].childNodes[index-1].attributes["Label"];
this works, but what If I want to change a variable declared in the button?
I would like to retrieve from an XML the movie I want to load pressing this particular button, but seems like the scope of the "designed" objects and the programmed object is a little different, since with
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I've included a simplified version of the interface, the classes and the code is not 100% functional...
Say I have a class called Ball (movieclip) and I create a number of instances of it. There is a static variable, say, ballArray and need to access that from a different class, say, Bat. How do I go through with it? Can I access that using the class name itself (Ball.ballArray like in Java)?
View 1 RepliesI have an embedded image and the class name to be userd in source tag is a combination of 2 variables, how to do this, below is an iadea of what i am trying to do:
[Embed (source="assets/image11_a.jpg")] public static const 11_a:Class;
var first_part:String="11";
var second_part:String="a";
and in mxml
<s:Image width="100" height="100" source="{first_part+second_part}"/>
above is just a small simplified example of what i am trying to do, actually the variables are getting populated from list.Basically i want to combine variable names to form the embedded image class name to be used in source of spark image.
i'm trying to assign a parent's variable from the parent's child
//Parent
public class Main extends Sprite
{
public var selectedSquare:Sprite;
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i'm receiving this error, but i'm casting parent from displayObjectContainer to a Sprite so i have no idea why it's not working.
1119: Access of possibly undefined property selectedSquare through a reference with static type flash.display:Sprite.
I am hoping someone can explain about subclasses accessing variables from the super class. I found that the subclass can only access variables which are set in the constructor of the super class. Is there any way around this?
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Currently I have two classes which are "bullet" and "enemy".There are two instances of the enemy class.Code from an ENTER_FRAME event in the Bullet Class:
ActionScript Code:
try
{
for(var k:int=0; k<getEnemys.length; k++)
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The Enemy Class has a private variable called "hits".What do I have to do in order to reduce the hits of the instance of the enemy that was hit by the bullet?
class fial
{
public var num = 5;
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I was wondering if there is a simple way to access variables from a class object, where the variables are not actually a part of that class. So if you had an array defined on the first frame of the stage, and added some elements to it, you could use the methods of the custom class to manipulate the array's data.
Stage Frame 1
Code:
var myArray:Array = new Array( "apple", "banana", "pear" );
var myClass:someFunctions = new someFunctions();
myClass.addValue( "orange" );
myClass.sortValues();
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It might not seem logical as to why you would ever want to do that, but it's a very simple example, and it's the means I'm after, not the result. I'm creating a list of functions available to execute by a user via an input field. To keep things simple I made them the methods of a class. The issue, however, is that these methods need to manipulate objects which are on the stage, added and removed by a separate controller class. Passing the objects by reference to the class as a parameter would not be viable with what I'm trying to do either.
Here's my actionscript (compiled with mxmlc, embedded into html, and the functions are called with js):
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I'm trying access a static variable located of a super class through an instance of one of it's subclasses and I'm receiving an access of undefined property error (example of which below). Creating another static variable in the subclass and assigning the value from the super class will allow me to dot operate to it.
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I realize this is kind of an odd issue, but I am wondering if there's any way to get Flash to allow me to access a class's static functions using a class variable that points to the class. Example:I create a class called FooClass that has a static function named fooI then create a variable of type Class that points to it
Code:
var class:Class = Class(getDefinitionByName("FooClass"));
However, when I try to call foo() using the variable, it errors saying the function
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I have a class that looks like this:
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now when i try to get the id form the Piece class like this it doesn't work, i've been looking at this for the better part of the past hour! what am i doing wrong?
ActionScript Code:
var player1:Player = new Player("eddie");
player1.setPieces();
trace(player1.pieces[0].id);///why is this not working! getting undefined!
// i tried datacasting i get null
trace(Piece(player1.pieces[0].id));
I'm trying to have a class reference a variable within the document class and have scoured the web but can't seem to find a solution. It seems relatively simple, but is a major stumbling block for me.
I want the variable in the doc class to increment each time a draggable object is within bounds and snapped to a box in the subclass. By tracking successful snaps, the objects will be placed one under the other each time.
I have created a class, call it Class1, that has various objects drawn on the stage (drawn in the IDE). It also has a function, called setColour, for changing the colour of those objects. The function works fine if I call it from within Class1.
Now I have another class, call it testClass1, that imports Class1 and calls the setColour function. First of all, none of the stage objects from Class1 are visible. Secondly, when setColour tries to modify the colour of an object, I get the error:
TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
This is the code for testClass1:
ActionScript Code:
package
{
import flash.display.*;
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So, what is the problem? Is it possible to change objects that are drawn on the stage of an imported class?
I've only been programming in as3 for a couple months, and so far I've written several compositional classes that take MovieClips as inputs to handle behaviors and interactions in a simple game I'm creating. One problem I keep coming upon is that I'd love to access the custom variables I define within one class from another class. In the game I'm creating, Main.as is my document class, from which I invoke a class called 'Level1.as' which invokes all the other classes I've written.Below I've pasted my class 'DieLikeThePhishes'. For example, I would love to know the syntax for accessing the boolean variable 'phish1BeenHit' (line 31) from another class. I've tried the dot syntax you would use to access a MovieClip inside another MovieClip and it doesn't seem to be working for me.[code]
View 1 RepliesI've only been programming in as3 for a couple months, and so far I've written several compositional classes that take MovieClips as inputs to handle behaviors and interactions in a simple game I'm creating. One problem I keep coming upon is that I'd love to access the custom variables I define within one class from another class. In the game I'm creating, Main.as is my document class, from which I invoke a class called 'Level1.as' which invokes all the other classes I've written.Below I've pasted my class 'DieLikeThePhishes'. For example, I would love to know the syntax for accessing the boolean variable 'phish1BeenHit' (line 31) from another class. I've tried the dot syntax you would use to access a MovieClip inside another MovieClip and it doesn't seem to be working for me
package jab.enemy
{
import flash.display.MovieClip;
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I have a class, call it MyClass, and there are several variables that I need to be able to access each instance of from within the class.So for instance, I need the object myObject1, a member of MyClass, to store the variable myNumber.From the main timeline, if I trace myObject1.myNumber, I get whatever number I've stored.
However, I need to check the numbers against another parameter, so I need to be able to test if myObject.myNumber == myOtherNumber. But from within the class, if I trace this.myNumber or myNumber I get null.What is the proper syntax for accessing a variable within a class?
I can't find a way to directly access a MC (or textfield, etc) on the timeline from a Class loaded into my Document Class. No problem from the Doc Class, but can't do it directly from the loaded Class. Is there a trick to essentiall extend the Doc Class AS from another external class?
View 7 RepliesI'm being really dumb today and I know this should be simple.....How do i access the stage from a class which isn't the Document Class? For instance, I want to create a tween which takes in the parameters of the stage's width? So I've written.....
ActionScript Code:
var myTweenX:Tween = new Tween(this, "x", Regular.easeOut, this.x, stage.stageWidth, 60, true);
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I have an array in my doc class that I'd like to access from an external class. Can you do this and if so what's the syntax?
View 6 RepliesI have a document class that looks like this:
Code:
package
{
import Map;
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Is it possible to access a property of the Map class (though map defined in the Document class) from within the hero class?
The Main.as file will have all of the game logic, such as the mysteryNumber.
The other actionScript files represent rooms that the user may click and depending on the 'mysteryNumber', it will execute the 1 of 6 scenarios.
So for example, if a user clicks the Library page, the LibPage.as will call the 'mysteryNumber' and execute some code to display on the library page.
It will be the same for the other 4 rooms.
The problem I have is that the LibPage.as won't call the 'theNumber' property from Main.as
Here's the Main.as
Code:
package
{
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
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I'm trying to do this,
Code:
Main.instance.subClassFunction();
instance is a public static variable on the default class, Main. I can do Main.instance.defaultClassFunction() with no problems at all, I use it to access functions and variables from within other classes. Is it possible to use this method to call a function on the subclass, currently I have to do this,
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I'm pretty new to fully using class's for my programming (in-frame scripting satisfied me for a while). I am having a problem accessing the properties of a class from another class. The first class (I'll call it controller) receives a reference to an object of another class (I'll call it display). Display have several specialized subclass (I'll call one SequencedDisplay). SequencedDisplay has a timer in it that I need to access:
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I have one .swf file inside a second .swf file. How do I have one .swf access variables from the second?
View 3 RepliesI have the following PHP file with a variable I am trying to access to place in a dynamic text box on my flash stage.
PHP code:
$returnVars = array();
$returnVars['username'] = "test";
$returnString = http_build_query($returnVars);
//send variables back to Flash
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The code was adapted from a tutorial using a class. However I do not get on with classes so wont be using any.
I have finally started with AS3 and flip-'eck its a different animal that AS2
I have a swf called login.swf and in it have declared the variables var total:uint=0; and loginState:Boolean=false
All my scripts for logging in sending/receiving variable from/to server scripts are all working!
So... when a user supplies a correct password another swf (userLogged.swf) is loaded (note: in AS3 this process is seriously different than in AS2) swf dont seem to be loaded 'into' another movieclip anymore... and this leads me to the puzzle!
How do I access variables declared in the project.swf, from within the userLogged.swf!
the old AS2 way = trace (_root.loginState);
or trace (_root.project.loginState)!
I am stumped by this new approach of AS3 of loading in other swf files. The _root. options is no longer available in AS3 (that much I've descovered, some tuts say use root. but I cannot get that to work)
trace (root.loginState)
or
var userLoggedIn=root.loginState
gives me the error
1119: Access of possibly undefined property loginStatus through a reference with static type flash.displayisplayObject.
when I try to publish the userLogged.swf