Why can't I seem to get a variable that is declared in an AS file to then be read from the FLA file?
AS File:
Code:
package {
public class theTest {
public var theString:String;
[Code]...
ok so lines 2 and 3 are not real code. Im an old AS2 designer guy trying to learn to code all in the first frame. So how can I see if my var is set and leave it alone if it is?
View 2 RepliesCan I call a variable declared in a SWF, and call the same variable into another SWF, when i am loading it using XML.I am declaring a variable in the "Child movie", and am loading this "Child movie" into a "Parent movie" using XML. Can I retrieve the variable declared in the "Child movie" in the "Parent movie".
View 1 RepliesI work with FlashDevelop, Flex SDK and FP10 debug. I am able to access a local variable (xcorner) which is never declared before, at the condition that it must be declared after... in an "if" for instance. If I remove the declaration of xcorner, within the if, errors occur at compilation, but otherwise it works.
PHP Code:
public function pushShape2Pool(name:String, sh:Shape, rotAngle:Number = 0):int{
[...]
// xcorner is NEVER declared before !!!
coordSprites[0] = new Rectangle(xcorner, 0, globalBmp.width, globalBmp.height);
trace("xcorner=" + xcorner); // display 0
xcorner += globalBmp.width;
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I saw following statement somewhere -var someVariable:*;Why is someVariable declared as * (star) type? What is the use of declaring it this way?
View 1 RepliesOn the stage I have a movieclip by the name of rect_mc. Inside it have have a MovieClip sqaure_mc.
In the time line that I get when I double click on rect_mc (timeline of rect_mc) I have written the following code
var width1:Number;
width1 = sqaure_mc.width;
How can I access width1 from the document class?
I'm trying to access Flashvars that I declare in my HTML from a SWF that gets loaded after an intro animation.
I am able to access one of my Flashvars in the opening SWF just fine, but when the next SWF loads, I'm unable to access my Flashvars.
HTML Code Snippet: Code: Select all<script type="text/javascript" src="js/swfobject2.1.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/swffit.js"> </script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/swfaddress.js"> </script>[code].......
Am I not targeting it properly?Alternatively, I've tried storing the flashvars URL in a variable in my root SWF and accessing it from the loaded SWF, but I can't seem to grab it. How would I grab a variable that is declared in my root SWF?
I have a problem accessing a variable which is to store a frame label. Code has been shortened to relevant parts. The following is on the main timeline.
PHP Code:
stop();var nextSection:String = "";buttonContainer.aboutUs.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, moveButtonsForContent);function moveButtonsForContent (evt:MouseEvent):void {if
[code]....
I have a movieclip called "sections" which loads different sections of the website.When the first section is clicked thencontainerCenter is true and the evt.target.name is loaded in to the nextSection variable.Now if a 2nd section is clicked then containerCenter is false. It plays the sections movieclip. Within that movieclip it will eventually play and come to the following script:
PHP Code:
gotoAndPlay(nextSection);
For some reason it won't pick up the variable "nextSection" within the movieclip. I'm getting the error message "Access of undefined property nextSection". It has no problem when it is in the main timeline.I know you can't access a variable declared inside a function, but I have it declared outside the function as you can see above. I've just amended the variable from within the function.
how come i can't access a movieclip when i declare it as a variable? (note : this code is not the real code, so please ignore the syntax errors)
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i have a variable declared in alchemy asm:
asm("var buffer:Vector.<Number> = new Vector.<Number>(100, true);");
i can populate it with data like so:
asm("buffer[%0] = %1;" : : "r"(index) : "r"(value));
what i can't figure out is how to get a reference of that asm "buffer" variable into actionscript.
(i did think of one way... what i did was to throw the "buffer" from alchemy asm, and then catch it in actionscript, but unfortunately it seems to leak a lot of memory).
is there a better alternative to doing this?
note that performance is critical, and using default alchemy marshaling is way too slow.
On the stage I have a movieclip by the name of rect_mc. Inside it have have a MovieClip square_mc.In the time line that I get when I double click on rect_mc (timeline of rect_mc) I have written the following code
var width1:Number;
width1 = sqaure_mc.width;
How can I access width1 from the document class?The thing that I want to is access the variable declared (width1) in the timeline of rect_mc. Just for the sake of a example only I choose the width of MovieClip.My doubt is how can access a variable declared inside the timeline of rect_mc from the document class. It could be any variable.My document class is:
package
{
import flash.display.MovieClip[code]....
I want to know how to access a variable that was declared in a completely different frame. How do i make it global or whatever in as3?
View 9 RepliesCan I call a variable declared in a SWF, and call the same variable into another SWF, when i am loading it using XML.I am declaring a variable in the "Child movie", and am loading this "Child movie" into a "Parent movie" using XML. Can I retrieve the variable declared in the "Child movie" in the "Parent movie".
View 1 RepliesHow come this PHP Code:
function drop (thumbClip, xCoord, yCoord) {
thumbClip._x = xCoord;
thumbClip._y = yCoord;
trace (thumbClip);
trace (xCoord);
trace(yCoord);
}
receives the variables (specified in a later function) and traces them all right, but refuses to deposit the variable thumbClip in the x and y coordinates being specified?
I replaced thumbClip with a specific movie clip, and the fucntion worked perfectly. Does this mean Flash cannot use variables to set the x and y coords to?
One thing that annoys me constantly is flashes inability to have proper variable scope - especially in for loops. For instance:
[Code]....
How come this:
PHP Code:
function drop (thumbClip, xCoord, yCoord) {
thumbClip._x = xCoord;
thumbClip._y = yCoord;
[Code].....
receives the variables (specified in a later function) and traces them all right, but refuses to deposit the variable thumbClip in the x and y coordinates being specified?
I replaced thumbClip with a specific movie clip, and the fucntion worked perfectly. Does this mean Flash cannot use variables to set the x and y coords to?
I was thinking about how to streamline my code the other day and looked through my classes checking for possible memory leaks. I wonder when are variables declared inside of methods clear for garbage collection? or are they not and just hang around? For instance if I have a class like this:
[Code]...
Since the variable was declared without reference into the class how long does it stay in Flash's memory, or does it stay indefinitely because it cannot be nullified?
I have to load one movie clip symbol (with linkage identifier specified) in another swf. Is this possible? Say, in 1.swf, I have a movieclip with identifier "a_id". in 2.swf, I loaded the 1.swf using loadMovie (to one blank movieclip). After that I need to attach the "a_id" to another blank movieclip (in the 2.swf itself)
View 7 RepliesI sometimes see events declared near the top of the class (i.e. below the imports but above the constructor):
/**
* Description here
*
**/
[Event(name="complete", type="flash.events.Event")]
What exactly is this? Is this an "import" of a certain type of event?
I've got two (possibly three) logic errors going on... Well, I say logic errors as the compiler and output windows are clear from any error reports.Error 1: Dynamic Text Field*~EDIT~* PlayerText is declared at the beginning of the as and if statement now tests its text not the object*~END EDIT~*
Code: Select allif (PlayerText == null && !this.contains(PlayerText)) {
PlayerFormat.font = PlayerFont.fontName;
PlayerFormat.size = 21;
[code].....
If we have declared some variables on a particular frame, say frame 20 in the actionscript coding window, can we use these variables defined on a frame in a class? Is there something like a global variable which must be declared to do this?The class extends to movieClip and it has been encapsulated by a movieClip which is then put on the stage to run it when the corresponding frame plays.
View 2 RepliesI have been at it for days now and don't know how to get this going. I have DocumentClass and I have a simple function which returns stage width. I now would like to call this function from othr class which exist within the same package as my DocumentClass. I am able to trace the stage width when I invoke stageWidth() function from the DocumentClassAs I to understand, if the function is public, and it is being accessed by a class that exist within the same package, I should be able to access the function withou any issues.nd If I declare the function as STATIC then it is global and can be accessed by classes from other packages what am I doing wrong,
Function that I have written:
public function stageWidth()
{
[code].....
I have a NumericStepper declared as a UIComponent:
<![CDATA[
private var component:UIComponent;
component = new NumericStepper();
]]>
I need to change the .maximum value of the NumericStepper but due to the UIComponent not having a .maximum property the following code fails with the error: 1119: Access of possibly undefined property maximum through a reference with static type mx.core:UIComponent.
component.maximum = 11;
how would I define a property in this scenario?
I am declaring a variable outside the itemRenderer fx:Script body. However when I am setting it as such in my itemRenderer:est_Var = data.@field_value;It is giving an error "Access of undefined property test_Var"Can I have 2 bodies, one inside the itemrenderer and the usual outside one?
public var test_Var:Number = new Number();
public function useVariableValue():void{
// I will use the variable value in this function..
[code]....
Scene 1, Layer 'auto button', Frame 1.The instance name 'semisideview' is declared on an object of type flash.display.SimpleButton but there is a conflicting use of the instance name 'semisideview' on an object of type flash.display.MovieClip.
View 1 RepliesI want to add about 10 textBoxes and I want them all to be contained in different variable names. I need to declare them outside the document constructor function because of scope, but how then can I use them in a function? I want something like
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In my application I declare a class variable as Function and set it during runtime as I instantiate the class. But how do I call this function? Looked in the manual but my brains are not working properly at the moment.
View 2 Replies"you cannot delete variables that are declared within a function with the var statement".Which, as it happens, is precisely what I was trying to doI want to delete the object because it holds a bunch variables that are no longer needed, to prevent potential speed/memory issues later on.it's impossible (probably with reason) and I know vars are local to a function, so now I'm wondering if it is actually necessary to remove local variables
View 3 Repliesit's just some little white 'snowflakes' that fall from the upper end of the screen)
ActionScript Code:
var timer:Timer = new Timer(30);
timer.start();
timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, onTimer);
[Code]....
Now, this of course gives a run time error (access of undefined property snowSpeedX) due to the fact that snowSpeedX is declared in the function onTimer. The reason it is declared their is because i want it to change everytime and so each snowflake that falls, moves in the x axis with a different speed. If i declared the snowSpeedX variable outside of the onTimer function, i wouldnt get a different value for every snowflake, i would just get one.
So, how do i get the snow flakes to have a varying range of speeds?
I am learning actionscript, and right now I am trying to trace the first character of a string I've declared.
Code:
var myString:String = "Informationsvidenskab";
trace(myString.charAt(i:myString=1):String;
My flashbuilder debug says:
Multiple markers at this line:
-String
-1084: Syntax error: expecting rightparen before colon.
-1084: Syntax error: expecting rightparen before colon.
-1 changed line
