I've been having a problem with multiple event listeners calling the same function (this is just a snippet of the code):
ActionScript Code:
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP,Stop_Scale,false,0,true);
stage.addEventListener(Event.MOUSE_LEAVE,Stop_Scale,false,0,true);
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I have made an event listener:text0_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, showMe);showMe is a function, but I need it to call more than 1 function at once i.e. -ext0_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, showMe1, showMe2, showMe3, showMe4, showMe5, showMe6, showMe7);Each function contains an if statment as below.
function showMe1(event:MouseEvent):void
{
if (shuffledArray[1]==orderArray[1]){
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Is it common knowledge that distributing an event to 1000000 listeners is twice as slow as manually calling these listener functions for each such listener in 1000000 loop? This is what my conclusion is, I just cooked up some code benchmarking this. How is the native API useful then (aside from in retrospect when it probably will get more effective), if anyone can replicate it using non-native code, that will be a couple of kilobytes worth of extra code, and one can potentially achieve much greater speeds.
View 4 RepliesDrawing Class:
Code:
private function quitTool():void {
switch (currentTool) {
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In AS2 you could add an onRelease to multiple buttons like this:
Code:
onebutton.onRelease = anotherbutton.onRelease = lastbutton.onRelease = function() {
//do something when either button is pressed;
}
Is there something similar possible in AS3 using addeventlistener? Besided copying the same addeventlistner line for all individual buttons?
I have a movielcip (A) class in which I have used a Tween class effect on a child movieclip (B) scrollRect. The (B) Movieclip in turn has several movieclips whose have tween class effect being executed on thier child movieclips.the tweens are all unique to each movieclip and the event listeners are taken off once completed.This works all well and good in FLASH IDE..My problem arises when I try to view this in a browser on a Windows XP.[code]
What is happening in most cases it that the animation appears to "stick" but i think what may be happening is the listening or removal of the event listeners. The animations are left incompleted.Is there any rule of thumb when using multiple event listeners?[code]the effect disables and re-enables the buttons when its done.... then the listeners are removed.each one with the exception cretes its own unique tween (obviously this is a custom class built as each clip)
I have assigned two event listeners to the same property:
full_loader1.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener (Event.COMPLETE, fullLoaded1);
full_loader1.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener (Event.COMPLETE, tweenOut2);
So far it works fine. I am just wondering if there is a hidden penalty that I am eventually to learn about.
In some cases it is important to remove multiple event listeners in order to reduce CPU time.[code]...
View 3 Repliesi have a rookie question to ask and it's how to assign the same event listeners to multiple buttons in as3 instead of having to write out the same code over and over again like so...
ActionScript Code:
listing.home.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER , butOver)
listing.home.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT , butOut)
listing.home.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK , released)
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I want one PopUp to show up at (a lot) of different instances. And something unique has to happen linked to that instance so my thought is:
popUp.addEventListener(TouchEvent.TOUCH_TAP, instance1Handler);
popUP.addEventListener(TouchEvent.TOUCH_TAP, instance2Handler);
etc...
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I've created a grid of 3D cubes using modulus, and the 3d cubes are were created from the Math and Flash tutorial. I have set up listeners so when the mouse hovers over a cube it starts to rotate:
private function setUpListeners():void {
spBoard.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT,boardOut);
}
That works fine.
To begin the rotation of the cube when the mouse passes over it I have used:
private function boardOut(e:MouseEvent):void {
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,rotateSquare);
var i:int = 1;
function rotateSquare(e:Event) {
renderView(curTheta+i,curPhi+i);
i++;
}}
I can see why this would be inefficient, as it is running the loop every every frame, and for so many multiple cubes it just lags (very badly). I should clarify, I'm hoping for the rotation to continue indefinitely once the mouse moves off the cube. Here is how I am creating the cubes onto the "grid":
public function FlowerMenu(){
var rowY:Number = 0;
for (var i:int = 0; i < 190; i++) {
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I'm currently working on a nav bar but I've run into a questionable situation. There are several links in the menu, and for each i'd like a mouse event on over and on out. Do I have to specify both of these events for each link, or is there an easier way to do it that I don't know about? Can you apply event listeners to multiple objects/functions?
View 6 RepliesI COMPLETELY MESSED UP MY CODE AND DID NOT CHANGE THE MOVIECLIP NAMES WHEN COPING IT INTO STACKOVERFLOW. SO IT MADE NO SENSE.
I am wondering if there is a better way to accomplish the following as3:
//THREE EVENT LISTENERS
shoe_icon.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, shoeApp);
top_icon.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, topApp);
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I want to make a static function that I can use in all the custom classes.It should be some kill(); function that would remove the object from the stage as well as removing its event listeners. I made it in Document class, and it didn't work. Here's the code:
ActionScript Code:
public static function kill(e:DisplayObject)
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I know that I've done this before, but I can't seem to remember tonight. I want to fire a function after a tween is finished.
buttonArea_mc.buttonMode = true;
buttonArea_mc.useHandCursor = true;
buttonArea_mc.alpha = 1;
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Does anyone know how to call a function setup to accept an event argument without triggering it through the event?
Example... I have a button with a CLICK event. When you click on the button, the associated function is executed. Now say I want to call that function from within another function. Is there a way to "send" the event information manually?
Right now I have the CLICK function simply call another function that would then be available to be called from any other location. Below is a code example of what I am trying to accomplish.
Code: Select allbutton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, doButtonClick);
function doButtonClick(e:MouseEvent):void
{
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I just started a course that does a little flash. To teach us they have us build a brick breaker game. I have come to a part were I have to remove all the Listener that were created for the game. Each level is a movie clip and when the level is over the level instance is removed from the child. From what I understand when the level is removed the Event.REMOVED_FROM_STAGE becomes true and the function attached should be called however it is not. Here is the code of the function that sets the listener and the function to be called:
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in actionscript 2.0, one could call a mouseEvent function without actually having that event. For instance:
btn1.onRollOut = function(){
this. gotoAndPlay("out");
}
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I've got an issue with resizing multiple similarly named objects.I've got the following code that works: mc0.nb0.autoSize = "left"
nb0 is a text box placed inside mc0, which is a movie clip. My script simply resizes the box, according to the ammount of text inside it. what I'm trying to achieve is a more dynamic code that would work for no matter how many boxes...I tried something like "mc"+i."nb"+i. autoSize = "left", but I get a syntax error. So, how do I call the MC inside the function?
I have a situation where I'm calling a function with an event listener attached to a button, which in turn calls a function, which does a number things including calling a second function which resides in a child swf.
Just as an example:
Code:
myBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, firstFunction);
function firstFunction(e:MouseEvent):void{
//I call another function in here (among other things)
externalSwf.stopTimer();
}
"StopTimer" resides in an external swf which for our purposes is called externalSwf and it resets a running timer.
Code:
function stopTimer():void{
myTimer.reset();
}
I'm getting argument mismatch errors, which often have to do with the Event Objects not matching. The event object for firstFunction is a mouse event triggered by a click so I put in e:MouseEvent...what I don't clearly understand is, what type of object event is dispatched when I call the function stopTimer from inside the function firstFunction?
in actionscript 2.0, one could call a mouseEvent function without actually having that event. For instance:
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In this example, of course, rollOutHandler only does one thing, but this function could contain lots and lots of code, and I would not want to repeat all of it again inside the clickHandler function.
I was trying to load an external SWF (that contains the below code in its document class) with the Loader class but i keep on receiving Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference. So i tried to use the event listener Event.ADDED in MyDocumentClass constructor of the external SWF to let the document class be part of the display list before i invoke createRandomGraph. But when i place createRandomGraph( ) inside onStageReady, The compilation process hangs. When i leave the createRandomGraph( ) inside the constructor, it works perfectly as stand alone but will produce Error 1009 if loaded within the loader SWF
public function MyDocumentClass( )
{
this.addEventListener(Event.ADDED, onStageReady);
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I have this in my constructor:
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The problem is I get Error: Error #2094: Event dispatch recursion overflow. Why does removechild keep getting called if this.parent does not exist? Why doesn't removing event listeners work?
Can event listeners only be added to the class which dispatched the event? I ask because I want to have the logic for the listener on the main class, and the action is dispatched on click from a thumb which is instantiated in a scroller class. Kinda like this:
ActionScript Code:
pseudo code:
class main {
main() {
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This doesn't work. Why can't the main class listen for an event on the thumb class?
Is there a way to achieve what i'm trying to do here? Obviously it doesn't work this way because only the last event handler is activated and the first one is ignored.
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Is there a way to achieve what i'm trying to do here? Obviously it doesn't work this way because only the last event handler is activated and the first one is ignored.
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I'm simply trying to apply the function to the two handlers in the beginning of the first line: this.txtbtn_edegem.onRelease and this.btn_edegem.onRelease
An odd thing is happening for me, my eventlisteners only fire off once then they seem to stop working.
This thing is a movieclip that slides up the parent movieclip and another movieclip within mc slides it down. They only work once.
ActionScript Code:
slider.up.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, activateSlider);
slider.down.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, activateSlider2);
var frameBoolean:Boolean = false;
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im having this errors:
1021: Duplicate function definition function onComplete1(event:Event):void {
1021: Duplicate function definition function stopSound1(event:MouseEvent):void {
1021: Duplicate function definition function backSound1(event:MouseEvent):void {
codes i used:
Code:
var thereReq:URLRequest = new URLRequest("SOUNDS/how.mp3");
var there:Sound = new Sound();
var thereControl:SoundChannel = new SoundChannel();
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I am writing a program that needs to go to a random frame after clicking a button. However, the program also needs to start on a random frame. When I call the function at the start of the program it gives me an 1120: Access of undefined property event error. The function is originally written as followed:
function randomMatchedTrial(event:MouseEvent) {
... lots of code that probably doesnt matter, but let me know if it does...
}
the program starts by calling the function as followed:
randomMatchedTrial(event)
Can event handler functions be called outside of the event listeners they are handling?
So I've gotten into using my own as Classes, and have an interesting question.
My main swf calls a php script that gets data from a mysql database which is returned as XML. Part of that data that is retrieved is a filepath to a jpg image. It then takes that filepath and other information, and passes it to my external class, the "news story" class.
All fine and good. Then, the "news story" class uses a loader to load that image along with some text, organize it, and voila, you've got your own very pretty "news story". (I'm extending the MovieClip class here, though I suppose it doesnt matter)
Now, my main swf uses this component to load multiple of these "news stories". The problem is, theres that load time for the image. The main swf is loading them all one at a time, because they are putting each one together on their own.
The key here is that it be dynamic. So, since we don't know how much text is in each "news story", we also therefore don't know it's height. What I'm doing is creating each story in the main swf, pushing it into a "news story" array, adding an event listener to each ones' loader, and when the event listener is triggered, I want it to go to the 'add content' function where it sets the news story's Y value based off the position and height of the previous story that was added (stacking them, obviously). This makes sense, because otherwise it'd add them all on top of each other and it'd be a jumbled mess.
The problem is, the event listener is on the loader object INSIDE the component actionscript. So, how do I figure out which news story to set the Y value for? Because the eventlistener is listening to the loader, not the class. I hope this makes sense AT ALL. Here is the code:
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while (fancy shmantzy conditions)
{
/*creates the news story and passes xml data to it (filepath, etc)*/
storyBlock = new StoryBlock(a bunch of parameters);
subCBArray.push(storyBlock); //array that stores each news story info
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