ActionScript 3.0 :: Referencing The Child Of A Referenced Object?
May 23, 2011
Right now, I create the world class first, from my main timeline. This is placed as a display object, and it contains many other display objects, most notably the level Holder, which holds all foreground pieces.After creating the world class, I create the camera class from my main timeline, and pass it the instance of the world class as an argument. What I'm trying to do in the camera's code, is create DisplayObject variables for the levelholder (and several other children of world) and set it equal to world.lvlHolder, like so
Code:
public function Camera(input:DisplayObject)
{
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I make a movie clip in the library ( a button with a text field on it ) and export it for actionscript. Then I create an instance of the object using code ( myButton = new Button1(); ).And then I want to access and change the text field ( whose instance name is "myField" in Flash ) afterwards.Is that possible, or I have to create a custom class for the object, or just create an entire button dynamically?
Because what I have tried until now doesn't work.
Code:
var button1:button_test1 = new button_test1();
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This questions is for all movie clips: is there a way to access a movie clip's objects with actionscript after you have created (with code) an instance of that object (which was designed in flash, and exported for AS) ?
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Oct 4, 2011
I read some articles about ActionScript's weak references. There are two types.
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In the first frame I have:
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Nov 6, 2008
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Apr 13, 2010
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Dec 16, 2010
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Code:
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function eventGenerator():void
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Like so:
ActionScript Code:
function endGame():void {
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ActionScript Code:
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