i got an error in AS.1042: The this keyword can not be used in static methods. It can only be used in instance methods, function closures, and global code.this is the error line.public static var defaultEase:Function = this.easeOut;
View 6 RepliesIf I created a static method. say I decide to call on other methods within that static method. Do those methods I call on need to be static as well? what If I used some of the properties. Not to store data permanently, but just within that process. Do those properties need to be static ??
View 3 RepliesYesterday I found myself wondering, what is the difference between either having a class with methods that are all static, or simply giving your class the static attribute?
View 9 RepliesI'm kind off oblivious as to what I'm doing wrong here... I have two classes: - Alley - AlleyCat
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I have tried declaring an interface with static methods, but I'm getting an error:
PHP Code: 1157: Interface members cannot be declared public, private, protected, or internal.
I have about 3 different classes I'd like to implement this interface and there are only two static methods that I want to define. If I remove the public and static keywords in my interface, they must also be removed from the classes or it complains about that:
PHP Code:1044: Interface method serialize in namespace net.foo:MyInterface not implemented by class net.foo:MyClass.
So I guess I should just dispense with the interface?
I'm working on a video player and I initially developed the player with everything in the .FLA file with no classes. Then I started modularizing my player into classes and realised that my classes are static methods rather than instance methods which doesn't seem to be needed in my player. My question is - is this a bad design to have all of your classes methods to be static rather than instance methods ? As I dont see the need (yet) so that's why i geared more towards static methods, is this a bad design?
View 1 RepliesI am writing class that extends adobe air PNGEncoder,
I want to use the writeChunk method, but it seems to be private static and i cant seems to use it with my code But it gives the error as below
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changed one of my methods to static and it worked for what I was trying to do but I would like to know what is the difference between static and instance method.
What is the difference between static and instance methods?
I have a question about classes. I just learn that static means that functions and/or properties are specifics to a class, but is it a synonym of private? And why statics (not available to any instances?) properties and/or methods can have a public (available anywhere else (timeline)) access modifier? PS: I just start with classes.
View 6 RepliesThis has been a long-standing curiosity of mine, and I haven't gotten around to profiling to find out, and haven't seen it asked yet (for AS3):Let's say that I have a class:
class MyClass {
public function myMethod():String {
return "some return value";
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1.Is there any way to access the private data members of a class in action script using asmock framework? I tried using syntax likeContentPlayermockContentPlayer;Where in getContentPlayer is a private member and mockContentPlayer is alias am creating, but its not working well, I doubt whether I can do like this?
View 2 Replieshow bad is this practice? I am having trouble getting to some stuff so i am taking the easy way out
Code:
private static var _interrupted:Boolean;
public static function setInterrupted(value:Boolean):void{
_interrupted = value;
}
I'm sitting here doing some C# programing and in one of my switch statements I ended up using the goto keyword. Well just out of curiosity I booted up FDT and created another switch statement in ActionScript 3. Well to my surprise there is apparently no goto keyword in AS3 or at least I couldn't find a substitution.
View 6 RepliesI have a class named 'extend', and I want to be able to do something like this:
Code:
var mc = extend(someMovieClip);
instead of:
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Let's say you have the following situation:
1. Static var(an Array) stored in a class.
2. You create a variable reference to the static class in a separate class.
3. Splice some items from the reference variable in the separate class.
4. Trace the static class and the items have been removed from that too.
5. Verify several times.
6. Get confused.
7. Post on Kirupa.
Ok, so I have a bit of a mess here (Which I'm probably not doing right anyway, which could be my problem...). I have a document class, I'll call it as Body.as, that creates an object from another class known as Headgear.as. There are also other objects created from other classes, or will be in the future. Now, amoung all this, Headgear.as and all of the other classes Body.as will use to make objects require the use of dragging functions (starting and stopping dragging). On stopping drags, position checks are then made to compare a particular hidden movieclip with the dragged MC.
To try and save myself some hassle (from making the same functions over and over to ensuring that when the objects are created I don't need to send a complete crapload of variables just to ensure the position checking function would work), I had the functions for the event listeners (Which are set-up on the draggable MCs in Headgear.as) just direct to functions in Body.as
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I'm trying to create a movie, that when a correct word is entered, it goes to a specified frame. The code below words fine but I need to make an addition to it,
on (release, keyPress "<Enter>") {
if (inputtext eq "word1") { gotoAndStop("frame1");
} else if (inputtext eq "word2") {gotoAndStop("frame2");[code]....
I was hoping to add extra words that would go to the same frame. I know I ca do this by�
if (inputtext eq "word1") { gotoAndStop("frame1");
} else if (inputtext eq "word3") {gotoAndStop("frame1");
but was wondering if there is an easier way, something along the lines of�
if (inputtext eq "word1", "word2", "word3") { gotoAndStop("frame1");
I was wondering if there is an easy way to search a string for a keyword. I am working on a twitter piece which searches strings for keywords and have found a way of loading all the data properly.
View 1 RepliesI'm a complete novice to ActionScript, OOP and Flash. I have no idea when you are supposed to use the keyword "this". I have searched the forums but obviously searching for the word "this" is not very successful! I've read quite a few tutorials now and it seems that different people have different opinions on when and where it should be used. For example what should I be doing in the following class? Both seem to work but is one the "correct" way? Are there situations where things will not work if you omit the "this"?
ActionScript Code:
public class Sector {
private var _radius:Number;
public function Sector(radius:Number){
[B]this.[/B]_radius = radius;
} public function get radius():Number{
return this._radius;
} public function set radius(value:Number):void{
this._radius = value;
}}
I have another possibly related question with regards to naming conventions. I like the use of underscores for properties with getters and setters but what about the names of the constructor parameters that are used to initialise these properties? In the above example I have used "radius" for the constructor parameter although it is also used for the getter and setter functions. It seems a bit of a palaver to come up with different names for the same quantity but is what I have done really bad coding practice?
How can I search for a keyword in an array?
View 3 RepliesI am trying to create a number of movie clips in my main movie but I don't seem to be able to access these movies using array notation and the 'this' keyword. Here's some example code in a main timeline.
var i=0;
createEmptyMovieClip("clip"+1,0);
trace(this["clip"+i]);
////undefined - why?????
var clip=createEmptyMovieClip("clip_holder",1);
clip.createEmptyMovieClip("clip"+i,0);
trace(clip_holder["clip"+i]);
/////_level0.clip_holder.clip0.
This is ok. What's wrong with this["clip"+i] ?
I am trying to do the search api for my flash site. I need to know how to enter the keyword and search on youtube. Then youtube will return the videos list which the user can click and watch it.
View 1 Replieswhat is the keyword that allow me to implement an abstract class? It was asked in my interview..Can you say it from both java and ActionScript(flex)
View 2 RepliesI am again in trouble with my new project where i have to make a keyword search popup.There is a online study material from which i have to search keywords.Study materials are coming from XML file.So I placed a button for search option.when I'll press it there should be a popup window with keyword search fields ( as shown in image in attachment ).What I could do is, I can popup the window with given fields bt i dont know how to search for given keywords.
View 3 Repliesi have a big problem with Search function to build the Glossary.. First, what is the best way to build up the Search function that contains 400 more keyword?? what way should i use, with XML, or combo box or etc????
I have used the text field with String.indexOf() .. but it seem like not the best way.. because it's really long..
I was ust wondering how I would go about linking a button to a keyword within a .jpg file, within a folder and making that .jpg appear within a window. The word that the button will search for will not be the full name of the .jpg, it will only be part of the .jpg file name.
View 1 RepliesI'm tyring to do some OOP coding but have trouble figuring out how to keep it all nice and clean. Observe the following class I've made:
Code:
class Link {
public var identifier:Number;
var xpos:Number;
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The problem is that I can't access my class properties inside the onLoadInit event function. What is the good OOP way to access these properties?
Alright, so I have a class that is linked (via the linkage panel) to a scrollbox class. I'll paste the class here:[code]Ignoring the formatting, the commented out functions are the ones causing the issue. Adobe says that it's a static class and I can't use non-static functions. The way I wanted to use it was:
1. Call the page button generating function above.
2. In the main code in my program is this line:scrollbox.setClickFunction(historyContent.generate Page);So when the buttons that are supposed to be generated are clicked, the scrollbox class can call the History pages generatePage function and pass it which page to show. (I did this because there was a lot of text and a limit on how much would display, so small chunks sounded logical).
3. In the onClick function (which I haven't finished yet because the rest wont work), when you click one of the buttons it calls the set function. Its that simple.
I have been building my website using a simple mouse event click system that makes movie clips play at specifically names keyframes. it took me a bit, but I got it right and the code was simple. here is an example of the code that works:
films.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, btnOver1);
function btnOver1(event:MouseEvent):void{
sketch_5.gotoAndPlay("f_over");
}
Pretty simple stuff. but now I am working on a paid project for someone, and it is a bit more complicated in scope, but essentially I would be using the same code over and over again. it's a glorified slide show. but I ran into a problem. I used this code, which is the same (with different names and mouse event) as the one above.
mcLifeLED.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, Light_Type);
Function Light_Type(event.MouseEvent):void{
mlights.gotoAndPlay("p_life");
}
Its telling me that "Function Light_Type(event.MouseEvent):void" is wrong with this message "1071: Syntax error: expected a definition keyword (such as function) after attribute Function, not Light_Type." I may be wrong, but from what I can read in it, it's telling me that the function I named about "Light_Type" can't be found...
I was interested in searching through text in a textfield, and applying text formatting to keywords. For example, every time the word 'the' appears, apply a text format that changes it to green and 14pt. Here is an example of a format and text applied to a textfield. How would I go about searching through the textfield and applying this format only to specific words? my_txt.text = 'The cat jumped over the house.'
/// my format I want to apply
with (_lt_fmt) {
align = 'left';
blockIndent = 0;
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