How can I get instance name of the objects nested in container? I use mouse over event to reveal instance name, but it trace only instance number like "instance 122".
ActionScript Code:
// object in container
var nestedObject:Class = new Class();
container.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, showNames);
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Does 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 RepliesI am completely new to ActionScript. I am nesting an SWF in another SWF container to be able to send the clicks from the flash object to the javascript outside. I am able to receive the clicks outside and that part works fine. But the inner content is not scaled to the size of the outer container. I use mxmlc from the 3.5 SDK, without any additional parameters except the actionscript filename, to compile the actionscript to SWF. How can I make the inner content fill up the container?
Here's the ActionScript:
package
{
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I have an AS2 .swf being loaded as a child of a parent AS3 .swf. The AS2.swf calls loadmovie() and unloadmovie() to display 3 jpeg files. The images load the first time, but after that, a call to loadmovie() to replace the image, or a call to unloadmovie() fail. I found the following Adobe Bug report ([URL]) that has said this has been resolved, and also said that child movieclips could be replaced without a problem. Here is the code I'm calling.
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I am doing a website with external swf using AS2 . The parent frame (container) is resizeable, the external swf is an animation. Some items draw outside external container. The external (swf with animation) will resize when parent frame (container) resized in scale.
The problem occurs when the parent frame resized, the flash programme define the width of external swf, such as the movieclips/jpeg outside the scene. (for example: both my Container and External swf are 1024x640. However, some of the graphics in the External Animation swf move outside this area. BUT the parent CONTAINER still RECOGNIZE and LOAD the content outside the defined stage.)
i found this izzue in FLEX, [URL]
Therefore, I would like to know if I could fix this in Flash CS3 (AS2) ?
I am doing a website with external swf using AS2. The parent frame (container) is resizeable, the external swf is an animation. Some items draw outside external container. The external (swf with animation) will resize when parent frame (container) resized in scale.
The problem occurs when the parent frame resized, the flash programme define the width of external swf, such as the movieclips/jpeg outside the scene. (for example: both my Container and External swf are 1024x640. However, some of the graphics in the External Animation swf move outside this area. BUT the parent CONTAINER still RECOGNIZE and LOAD the content outside the defined stage.) i found this izzue in FLEX, [URL]
I came up with this code to see if it was possible to put an Array of Objects in a Sprite Object which would act as a container for the array. I found out that it is possible, but now I'm wondering if this is the best way to go about doing something like this.
ActionScript Code:
/*
Creating a container object that will
hold 3 Gear Objects.
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Im unable to map nested java classes and objects with my front end flex application using actionscript....I have searched everywhere almost to my knowledge on the net but failed to find a fix ,im having serious trouble reffereing to attributes of an object using another object( which by the way happens to be the parent object).
Im using hibernate and springs to do the DB transactions.
if you have object inside of object inside of object ... etcwhen you want to completely remove it is it enough to just say:removeChild(topObject);or you need to go inside and start cleaning from there?
View 3 RepliesSo I am trying to populate a user state from XML in such a way that a new user will start with a set of default variables.
An example default state might be:
Code:
state={obj2:{foo:"bar"}};
This would then be changeable by the user so his foo could later be "bar2" and that would be saved to a database.
Now, let's say I want to add a new node to the xml, so the default would be:
Code:
default ={obj2:{foo:"bar", foo2:{foo:"bar"}}};
An earlier user would have no foo2, so an attempt to use state.obj2.foo2.foo on a text field would generate an error.
What I'd like to be able to do is see if state has a value and if not, fill the user's data with the matching node in the default (in pseudocode):
Code:
if (some function (state.obj2.foo2.foo ) is not there) {
// fill with default
state.obj2.foo2=default.obj2.foo2
}
I am an AS3 code developer but this time I need to deal with a FLA that has an instance on timeline with complex nesting of movieclips and textfields (that are named via the instance field in Flash). The problem is that events (I put in the Documentclass) on nested movieclips inside that timeline placed instance are never dispatched.
example code:
// my instance on Stage in all Frames of the timeline
public var thewall:MovieClip;
// event directly on thewall works
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I am an AS3 code developer but this time I need to deal with a FLA that has an instance on timeline with complex nesting of movieclips and textfields (that are named via the instance field in Flash). The problem is that events (I put in the Documentclass) on nested movieclips inside that timeline placed instance are never dispatched. example code:
Code:
// my instance on Stage in all Frames of the timeline
public var thewall:MovieClip;
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Has anyone successfully used hitTestObject on objects that weren't on the stage?
I have game code that works fine when the objects on are the stage, but replace "stage" with "this" (the game object that covers the whole stage) and it doesn't work.
What I have is a draggable container with nested movieClips. So the container uses a MOUSE_DOWN, MOUSE_UP system and the nested movieClips use CLICK. BUT when I start dragging with my mouse on one of the nested movieClips and release after dragging the CLICK also gets fired. This is very annoying. Is there a workaround, or should I set this up different?
View 4 Repliesis it possible to send native nested objects to flash via swfobject? i am trying this right now without luck:
PHP Code:
var flashvars = {event1:{eventid:"145",title:"event 1",toggle:["thistha","timestart"]},
event2:{eventid:"145",title:"event 1",toggle:["thistha","timestart"]},
event3:{eventid:"145",title:"event 1",toggle:["thistha","timestart"]}}
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I am creating series of rectangles dynamically and placing them into a grid pattern under a function called createGrid(). I am than creating another single larger rectangle in a function called drawTimelinecontainer. I than want to place all the objects that were created in the createGrid() function into the object that was created in the drawTimelineContainer function. It seems I get an undefined property error when I add it to the display list like this timeLineContainer.addChild(timeLineCell). Is there a way to do this and have the creation of both objects done in separate functions?
View 2 RepliesI'm having trouble using hitTestObject with Sprites which happen to be nested in other Sprites. The collision test is off by exactly the difference between the local coordinates and global coordinates of the nested Sprite. To try and make my question clear, here's a simple code example of what I'm trying to do: I have a Vector containing Sprites called myVector
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I have tried to create nested Sprite objects. But I see only the bigger square.
var square:Sprite = new Sprite();
square.graphics.beginFill(0xFFCC00);
square.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 100, 100);
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Any accurate description of the relationship between the Display Object hierarchy and nested movie clips? I have a movie clip, that has a few movie clips and text fields inside of it. I need access to those MCs and text fields. So, I start off with stage.addChild(container_mc). (These are just examples, by the way). Then I do
container_mc.addChild(movieOne_mc),
container_mc.addChild(movieTwo_mc), and
container_mc.addChild(textOne_txt).
I've made sure to import the necessary classes and declare my variables accordingly. Now I need to access the stuff inside the container. Let's say I need to change what the text box says. So I try
container_mc.textOne_txt.text = "Hello, world!";
That throws an error, so I try
parent.container_mc.textOne_txt.text = "Hello, world!";
That throws an error, too. So I try
MovieClip(parent).container_mc.textOne_txt.text = "Hello, world!";
That throws an error... Finally, I try
MovieClip(parent.container_mc).textOne_txt.text = "Hello, world!";
And then I give up and come here.
I've had this work before, but only by referencing the name of the movie clips in question.
Ex: MovieClip(parent.getChildByName(currentVideo.toStr ing())).gotoAndStop(2);
Is that the only way to access nested movie clips? I don't mind giving every single object a name if I have to, I'm just failing to understand if this is the right way to do things or not. And I foresee issues in the future with objects that aren't movie clips, or with dynamically generated objects.
Say I have a video tutorial. This tutorial is one MovieClip we'll call oneMC (with text, movieclips, and sprites within it).I have a color picker that allows the viewer to change the background color.Any ideas on how to shift the color(s) of all the nested objects once this happens? I need everything to contrast with the background color. (hence black text wouldn't disappear on a black background).Changing the blend mode of oneMC to Invert. This works except ALL nested clips then have the same color. No good.I changed the .color attribute of oneMC to a tint of the background color's opposite (for anyone curious as to how you get it, subtract the user's selected hexadecimal color from 0xFFFFFF). This is ok, but not ideal. Colors appear washed out.Changing the hue. This works on everything but black objects/text.I don't want to resort to colorTransforming each individual child because the EnterFrame requisite is too cumbersome. I really need an elegant solution to keep processes down.
View 4 RepliesHow do I get the size of the content area of Container objects? One non generic solution is checking for styles I suppose but I am looking for some code that works generic for all standard flex Container objects. The controls are Flex 3
View 1 RepliesI've created a jQuery plug-in that allows a selected panel of a web page to be pinned to the top of the browser view-port when the user scrolls a long page after passing a particular horizontal point on the page.When the panel is pinned or unpinned, a strange thing occurs: if a Flash SWF object is present as a descendant element of the container, the Flash object either restarts its animation or disappears completely.The pin or unpin change occurs when the CSS property "position" switches between fixed, absolute and static. This forces Firefox to redraw its elements and it causes the <object> to reload and reanimate the Flash movie. I read this post with interest:URL...
Does anyone know of a workaround that prevents the <object> tag from reloading? I admit the Flash is an ad, but this problem only occurs in Firefox. Although there are suggestions that this may be a bug, I have searched without success and I'm scratching my pate with a deadline fast approaching.
I have a datagrid and the dataprovider for this grid is the result of a RPC call. The result set has the following structure[code]...
View 2 RepliesIs it possible to define nested objects and then retrieve them just by entering dots so that at each level the options are displayed e.g in FlashDevelop?
mainobject.levelA.levelB.levelC
I'm developing a game and the objective is to drag some objects to a container. Some objects add points, and some other subtract points. So, all the objects are in the library and have a linkage name to be called by attachMovie. I want to create an Array with all the objects that belong to container, like for example filename1 = ["obj1", "obj2", "obj3"]; etc... I have a var called count1 that defines the number of objects to appear on the Scene
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I have a Flex tree with an ArrayCollection as data provider. The collection holds an array of CategoryVO objects. Each object can have another array of CategoryVO objects inside it's "child" attribute. This way the tree displays the data correctly. Now I want to get the parent of a specific item, e.g. tree.selectedItem. Using XML as data provider the item parent is avaiable thorugh the parent() method. But I can't convert my data to XML. How can I get an item's parent? Perphaps using the tree's dataDescriptor?
View 2 Repliesi am creating an object like this:
var myObj:Object = new Object();
myObj["someProperty"] = {
anotherProperty: "someValue",
whateverProperty: "anotherValue"
}
now i want to send it to a web server (rails):
var service:HTTPService = new HTTPService();
service.url = "http://server.com/some/path/entry.json";
service.method = URLRequestMethod.POST;
service.send( myObj );
the problem is that the server receives the json like this:
{"someProperty"=>"[object Object]"}
is this a problem with HTTPService? should i use the good old loader/urlrequest and serialize myself? by the way, serializing and then passing the string doesn't work, webserver receives empty request as GET.but i kinda want to use the httpservice class though...
I intend to apply a linear gradient via actionscript to an image (.png) with transparent areas. Of course, I previously converted this image to a movieclip. So I actually want to apply the gradient fill to the container movieclip, which has the instance name of "flower". Here's the code:
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There must be something wrong with my code because nothing happens when I call the myFunc() function. the more time I'm spending on trying different variations of these variables, the more frustated
Is there anyway to have unique instance name for different objects at different frames..?
View 3 RepliesIm building a shooter game where a bullet is call from a class and the enemy is also called from a class.
I cant make them collide. In order for stuff to start exploding.
I keep getting this error
Code:
1120:Access of undefined property nBullet
Code:
//This one creates a meteor by calling class Meteor every 2 seconds
var meteorTimer:Timer=new Timer(2000);
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