ActionScript 3.0 :: Dynamic Naming Of Mc's?
Jul 25, 2011
i have an array of coins that are layed out on a map for a character to come pick up.i have the coins displaying on screen but i cant get a simple hit test to work. it only seems to work on the last coin created, i presume because the 'i' value hasnt been appended to the name. i knew how to do this in as2 but dont know the syntax for as3. ive attached the file for you to have a look at.
code:
rectangle_mc.startDrag();
rectangle_mc.x = mouseX;
rectangle_mc.y = mouseY;
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Nov 7, 2009
I'm curious if there is dynamic naming for variables, arrays, functions and whatnot in AS3. Below are Perl examples of what I'm asking about. It should be pretty explanatory.
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Aug 4, 2010
I'm producing an array of thumbnails onto the stage from xml, all works fine, but I need to give them a unique number, starting from 0 etc. I believe I'm doing this right but I'm trying to trace back the ID/number from a mouse event...and keep getting the highest number for all of my instances.[code]
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Dec 22, 2008
I am just getting started with AS3 and have run into a problem. I had a way of attaching movieClips from the library to the stage in AS2 that used the old attachMovie() function where I would run a for loop and it would duplicate the moviclip to the stage and dynamically create new names for the new instances.I now am using this:
var myCube = new cube();
addChild(myCube);
Then, I can access the myCube instance's properties like this:
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Jun 5, 2009
I have 4 Mc's on the stage, and they have instance names 'mc1' - 'mc2' etc.The MC's have links in them (they are kind'a navigation items) and i need to change the functions of the 'rollOver, and mouseDown events', but keep the MC's the same.The MC's are referenced by instance name and given functions in the first few frames of he movie. for example
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mc_1_0.onRollOver = function() {
if (_root.mc_1_0._currentFrame == 1) {
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Now, what i want achieve is to change the instance names of the MC's (mc_1_0 for example) so that when the user interacts with this MC on the stage, they are taken to locations of my choice (and the actions of another MC), by switching the instance names. IE, i want to change the instance name of 'mc_1_0' to 'mc_2_0' at runtime, BUT i want to do it with a variable from a .txt file.i would need to start with a script that looks for the MC with a certain instance name
-- look for instance mc_1_0, and then change the instance name to 'mc_2_0'
The effect would be that the user would instigate the same actions, regardless of which of the two MC's they rolled over.Maybe i could call the instances initially 'MC_1_Temp' and 'MC_2_Temp' etc: and then i would need a script to change them to 'mc_1_0' and 'mc_2_0' at runtime.SO in the text file i would need something like this
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&MC_1_Temp_name=mc_1_0&
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this way the behaviour of the MC on the stage wil take on the functions of another MC.should i be looking at something like this placed on the MC.....
onClipEvent(load){
//make this instance called - var = MC_1_Temp_name
}
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Sep 26, 2009
I'm trying to dynamicly create movieclips that I can drag and drop. Here's what I'm trying to reproduce dynamically: (I placed 2 movieclips on my stage and named them mandible_mc and vertibral_mc)
mandible_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickUp);mandible_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropIt);vertibral_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickUp);vertibral_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropIt);
function pickUp(event:MouseEvent):void {
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Here's what's happening:
Unless I have actually placed two movieclips on the stage and named them mandible_mc and vertibral_mc, I get an error. If I DO have those to movieclips on the stage, I get no error and I get my instances of "name_box". But, I can't drag them. I CAN drag and drop instances of mandible_mc and vertibral_mc so I know the addEventListener and buttonMode "thingys" are being created.
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Mar 8, 2004
I am generation a textField by_root.createTextField("some"+randomNumber,1);Now I want to assign some text to the textField, how do I refer to it???
I tried using a variable first like
var myText="some"+randomNumber;
_root.createTextField(myText,1);
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Jun 6, 2008
Code:
for(var i=0;i<10;i++){
var skeet:MovieClip = attachMovie("skeet", "skeet" + i, i);
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Jan 20, 2009
This is the object array target structure I am looking to create
myObject.myArray[0].data=value;
myObject.myArray[0].data2=value2;
myObject.myArray[1].data=value;
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Mar 8, 2004
I am generation a textField by
_root.createTextField("some"+randomNumber,1);
Now I want to assign some text to the textField, how do I refer to it? I tried using a variable first like
var myText="some"+randomNumber;
_root.createTextField(myText,1);
myText.text="something";
it doesnt work it gives me an error
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Jul 26, 2009
I am doing the following
Code:
Select allvar a:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
addChild(a);
Now what I want to do is I want to create six more mc i.e., a2,a3,a4,a5,a6. I want to accomplish this using loop like this:
Code: Select allvar i:Number = 0;
while(i < 6){
var a:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
addChild(a);
}
So with above method how can I give different names link above to var a? Then I am using all of these var as following:
Code:
Select allvar cube:Cube = new Cube(new MaterialsList({
front:a , left:a2, right:a3, top:a4, bottom:a5, back:a6}),200, 200, 200,10, 10, 10);
scene.addChild(cube);
How can I use those dynamic name here?
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Sep 22, 2008
Probably a lack of knowledge on my part (no, definitely...), but how do I go about loading dynamic text fields from an array, using dynamic variable naming?
for(j=0; j<count; j++){
this["contacts_mc.nameText"+j+".text"] = inputArray[j][0];
}
"nameText0", "nameText1", etc are the instance names of dynamic text fields in the contacts_mc movie clip, which is on the root level of my timeline.I get no return at all when tracing the target dynamic text field as trace(contacts_mc.nameText1.text), for example. Dynamic naming examples I've come across don't seem to work here - perhaps a difference in how dynamic text fields are assigned?
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Oct 19, 2006
i've got 48 small movieclips named "1clip", "2clip", etc. all the way up to "48clip." I want to do something with them all and use a loop to affect them all the same way.
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but that doesn't seem to work. are variables and instance names interchangeable? my lClip var traces out of course, but the lClip.imagHolder.loadMovie never happens (clip inside the clip).
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Aug 26, 2009
Code:var StringMine:String = "hello";And i want to use the value of that string, 'hello' to name a new variable, i thought like this,Code:var [StringMine]:String = "One";but not supprisingly, it doesnt work...
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Mar 11, 2010
I thought that there was a way to be able to name array indexes. Like instead of myArray[0], it could be myArray["tileFour"]. I thought that instead of using index numbers one could use index words.
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Dec 13, 2009
loader is display object but I could not set name to loader. In the documentation loader does not have property of "name". How to set name for loader instance. Example
var imgColl:Array=new Array("1.jpg","2.jpg");
var i:Number=0;
while(i<tot){
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Aug 8, 2011
is it possible to add variables and name them according to position in a loop? for example how can I do something like this:
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Apr 18, 2005
I need to change porperites on MC that is in a MC I just attached something and for some reason I can't seem to find out how to get an instance name into them or to just use the one thye have in the library.
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Feb 5, 2009
I have created a function to load up my movies what I would like to do is two things
(i) change the ldr to a movieclip
(ii) add an extra parameter to add an instance name movieclip when I call the movieclip
loadMyImage('images/headers/logo.png', 80, 20 );
function loadMyImage(imageURL, xPos, yPos) {
var ldr:Loader = new Loader();[code]....
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Sep 23, 2009
Ok, I've been climbing the walls trying to figure this out, looked everywhere for an answer, learned a few bits and pieces along the way, but still can't do it.I've made my Class which is a little movieclip called 'block', it's fine and does what I tell it to do ie. I can reposition itstretch itotate it and stuff.The problem is.. I want to make more of them and reference them individualy so I can change the properties of them individualy ie, the x and y values etc.
for (var i=0; i<2; i++){
var newBlock:blocks = new blocks();
this.addChild(newBlock);
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Aug 1, 2009
I am wanting to create an array. 10 values in it (couting from 0 index to 9). Each 'place holder' will have a corresponding value to it;s index i.e.
myArray[0]=0
myArray[1]=1 etc...
I can do that in a for loop. But then I want to attach each value to a single variable name. I then want to change that each variable to a string. I then want access to all the variables outside of the for loop.
var i:Number;
var aArray:Array = new Array();
for (i=0; i<10; i++) {
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The output error is 1084: expecting identifier before aArray.
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Oct 29, 2009
When I instantiate a new object I want the object to automatically be named the same as the name used in the instantiation.var fred:Person=new Person();trace(fred.name); // traces "fred"Is there a reference I can use in the Person constructor to do this?
public class Person extends MovieClip {
public function Person() { name = ??? // what goes here? }}
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Jun 5, 2011
I'm working on a framework for game development in flash and I'm wondering if there's an accepted naming scheme for the main tick / update method name and a name for the functions to call before and after?I can think of:
onPreTick(), onTick() and onPostTick()
onPreFrame(), onFrame(), and onPostFrame()
onPreUpdate(), onUpdate(), and onPostUpdate()
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Jun 6, 2011
or some reasons i need to create var dynamicaly.
Exemple
I have first an Array wich i want to use to "compose" my vars names
myArray:Array = new Array("aa","bb","cc");
In my final project this Array is created from a xml.
I want to do something like this, but doesn't work...
var ["myvar" + myArray[0]]:Sound = new Sound();
var ["myvar" + myArray[1]]:Sound = new Sound();
var ["myvar" + myArray[2]]:Sound = new Sound();
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Dec 6, 2011
i create an application using Adobe flex 4.5 for recording videos and i was wondering how to give appropriate names to my files produced. What i was thinking is to give the current timestamp which is unique what's your opinion, is there a better solution and how can it be implemented using actionscript?
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Apr 2, 2012
How to name through AS3 buttons components?I have 3 buttons components: a BackButton, a ForwardButton and a PlayButton.I have named them through the properties panel, (where it says 'Instance Name').But once I click on them and check for event.target.name I receive, always 'button_mc'.How could I name the buttons?
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Feb 6, 2009
what is the quickest way to name more than one instance at the same time as i have 84 in total and they have to be named:
MC1 - instance name: 1
MC2 - instance name: 2
MC3 - instance name: 3
MC4 - instance name: 4
MC5 - instance name: 5
etc etc...
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Jan 4, 2011
I made a thread a couple days ago, but dont think i explained the problem well enough. What im trying to do is name each of the children.
Child 0 = A
Child 1 = B
Child 2 = C
all the way to Z. Then start at A again.
ActionScript Code:
function moveBubble(Event) { // This function handles the movement of the bubbles
if (!inPlay) return;
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Mar 13, 2011
I am working on a little project where I have this:
Code:
for (var py:int = 0; py < 6; py++)
{
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Feb 22, 2003
i have a problem whenever i name a movie and set its properties. whenever i use eval on the name it works,
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i've heard you shouldn't use eval anymore because it's deprecated, and that you should use this[object]._property instead, but it's not working for me--am i doing it wrong?
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