ActionScript 3.0 :: Insert A Variable In A Path To A MovieClip?
Apr 20, 2010
I'd like some help on using a variable in a path to a MovieClip. I have a menu with 4 tabs. When I click on one I want it to open and the previous one to close.
I'm storing the previous tab as a variable (_previousTab) but am having trouble adding the variable to the path to the MovieClip of the previous tab. The error Flash gives me is:
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If I replace the variable _previousTab with the name of the MovieClip it works fine. I'm thinking it's something to do with the variable being a String perhaps?? Also, the trace statements return the desired MovieClip names.
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Nov 4, 2009
The bold below is what I would like to work, however it does not. It might not be able to happen like this at all.
basically on mouse down I take the event.target.name and perform a string manipulation to get the number out of the target and add some string to front and end to get the name of the movieclip I would like to effect. Is it possible to insert the value of dotName into the path?
eventName = event.target.name;
stringManip1 = eventName.substring(13, eventName.indexOf("_")); //get the Number before the _
dotName = "dot" + stringManip1 +"_mc"
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Oct 6, 2011
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Apr 20, 2010
using a variable in a path to a MovieClip.
I have a menu with 4 tabs. When I click on one I want it to open and the previous one to close.
I'm storing the previous tab as a variable (_previousTab) but am having trouble adding the variable to the path to the MovieClip of the previous tab. The error Flash gives me is:
TypeError: Error #1010: A term is undefined and has no properties.
at MenuRun/menuOpen()
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If I replace mainframe[_previousTab] with the name of the MovieClip it works fine. I'm thinking it's something to do with the variable being a String perhaps?
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May 6, 2004
i have a problem adressing or targetting a attached mc when i target de mc directly it works fine but when i try it trough a variable it doesnt recognise its path anymore??? hopefully a part of the code is gonna explain the situation a litle better... this piece works fine:
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May 6, 2004
i have a problem adressing or targetting a attached mc when i target de mc directly it works fine but when i try it trough a variable it doesnt recognise its path anymore???
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Nov 24, 2004
Here's what i'm trying to do: Hide a MC depending on the path variable as:
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Mar 30, 2009
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Aug 26, 2003
I've got a button in a movieclip that, when pressed, I want to control the timeline of another movieclip (instance name: video).
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Now I suppose the path is wrong but, when I click on the "Insert Target Path" icon in the actions panel, the only thing that shows up in the window is "_root". It doesn't matter which movie clip I am in, when I click the "Insert Target Path" icon, all that shows up is "_root".
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why I cannot use a variable in a path?
Code:
function buttonControl(buttonNumber){
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}
I can work my way around it, but why doesn't it work?
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Mar 25, 2005
I'm curious why this doesn't work.
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Mar 25, 2005
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I want to create a variable that I can call in a path. For instance:
Code:
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Jan 5, 2005
why I cannot use a variable in a path?
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I can work my way around it, but why doesn't it work?
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Jun 8, 2009
through out a very old complicated fla there are buttons which set variables using _global paths
such as:
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How can I make the variable "hide_hotbox" and others like it accessible and changeable from any movie clip -- whether they be nested in other movie clips or on the main timeline, etc?
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Oct 18, 2009
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eg.?
Code:
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lets say I have a variable like this:
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var pathName = "section2";
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it works fine
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var fullpath:String = "http://www.miniclip.com/games/cube-buster/en/cubebuster.swf"
loadMovie( fullpath , 1);
it fails ???
Can't find anyone else's comments on such an issue.
Using flash 8, as2 on Mac osx
The example above remote domain example works fine within flash IDE
My actual application using a relative path to a sub directory, for a little obfuscation.
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Code:
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;[code].....
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