I am trying got get the parent of a class so I can set a variable. first I problem I have is I cant even trace parent. I have a simple class nothing in it except a trace(parent) I instantiate it on the main timeline of a fla and it returns null. I have tried to trace root and it returns null as well. the class extends movie clip or sprite
View 7 RepliesI just recently been using a lot of prototype javascript stuff, and was wondering there was anything like the "bind" method, for use in AS3. It's proved quite useful to be able to look both at the event.target as well as the class object the handler function might be associated with.
View 5 RepliesI have a child class that is loaded into the parent class when the swf begins, like so: var myvar = 'hello'; public function Parent() { this.child = new Child(); }; How can I retrieve the variable 'myvar' from within child?
View 1 RepliesHow would you get the name of the parent of a movieclip? below is only some of the options I tried to trace.
function getParentName(e:MouseEvent):void{
trace(e.target.parent.name);
trace(parent(e.target));
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I have a swf which contains a main menu bar along the top which has been added dynamically at run time. ALl the controls for this bar live inside btnHold One of these buttons loads in a new swf. There is a button within this second swf that I want to use to control the main menu bar in the top layer (I want to make it invisible for a time, or get its layer and then ensure that its not too high etc etc)However, I just can't work out how to target this btnHold from within the newly loaded swf.
View 2 RepliesI changed the question as its seems to be a problem with target not registering children mc/ or nested MovieClips.
var box:Box = new Box();
ground.push(box);
levelPlane.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, onOver);
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How Do i target the movieclips(BOX) inside of the main MovieClip(levelPlane)?
imagine i have nested 10 boxes inside a MovieClip Called "levelPlane" i want to click on any of the boxes to add another Mc on the box i clicked x,y location.
how do i go about and target a movieclip from within itself, without knowing it's name?
View 8 RepliesI'm trying to get the id of the target in showMe(). For example, when I click button or image panel's showMe() function executes first. Here I want to capture the button/image's id.
private function init():void
{
pnl.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,showMe);
}
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I am writing code in a MovieClip and want to refer to another MovieClip that shares the same parent.it'll be MovieClip(parent).theOtherMovieClip.But I want to refer to the MovieClip using the current MovieClip's instance name + "txt." This was my guess at the code, but it doesn't work.
MovieClip(parent).MovieClip(this.target.name+"txt" )
This didn't work either
MovieClip(parent).this.target.name+"txt"
how I can target the parent container of whichever object receives an event?
Code:
Parent1.btnA.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, doSomething);
Parent2.btnA.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, doSomething);
Parent3.btnA.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, doSomething);
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I think this is a pretty simply problem but I do not seem to be able to pull it off. Basically I have a parent class A, and a child class B.Class A instantiates class B with addChild.There is a shared object which is being updated from a java server (red5) that has an event listener attached to it in class A.I have a function in class A which will pass certain, specific updates from this shared object to class B.The problem occurs is that when class B is instantiated, the event listener from class A doesn't work anymore. I have not removed the event listener from A.?
View 1 RepliesI have the following parent class that I'm working with:
Code:
package {
import com.poptent.SubClassOne;
import com.poptent.SubClassTwo;
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I am trying to set it up so that a parent method called by subClassOneInstance can affect subClassTwoInstance.
Lets say I have a Main Document Class called Main. I also have a child class called childClass that call a function from the Main class and is also imported in the Main class. How should I call the function? I tried this , but when calling the function, it's getting me error.
Main class :
Code:
package {
import flash.display.Sprite;
import com.childClass;
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I have these buttons in a movie clip and I would like to have only one event listener for the parent, using event.target to point to the children. I have also tried event.currentTarget, and it didn't work.here is the code that works:
test01.abtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, mouseHandler);
test01.bbtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, mouseHandler);
test01.cbtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, mouseHandler);[code]....
It is only targeting the movie clip, not the buttons inside the movie clip.
[code]All clips are squared.Ok, on the PlayerPlane, there are little soldiers, which have hotkeys. The effect I'm trying to create is I want to position the GameStage so that the currently selected soldier appears in the center of the GameClicker clip.The GameStage is movable by the player (to scan other areas of the map)by holding the CTRL key, so it's easy to kinda lose track of where your players are.I have tried using localTo Global and globalToLocal techniques, but I think I'm lost on the actual math of getting the GameStage to move the correct distance so that the selected soldier is centered to the GameClicker.[code]
View 2 RepliesI am trying to target a TLF Textfield within a movieclip from that movieclips custom class, but the class can't find the instance name. When I trace out the child name it comes up with a random instance name, not the instance name I set on the stage. When I try and target it from the movieclip's timeline it works fine. Is there a class I need to include in my custom class, or is this a bug? I would love to move from dynamic text fields to TLF, but this is a big hurdle.
View 10 Repliesi'm trying to target a function in one class from another. i'm able to call the function using(public static function imagecount()) but i can't a variable out side of that function. when i do i get this error:
1120: Access of undefined property _imagecount.
so below from call 'person' i want to call fucntion 'imagecount' in class 'model'. the call works but when i try and define a variable in class 'model' that is incremented in the 'imagecount' function i get the above error. it seem that my function has to be of type public static to be accessed from the other class.
///////////////// model class
package com.model
{
import flash.events.*;
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i am making a drag drop game. i created a doc class for the dragged items . i want to make the hit test with some movie clips on the stage but inside the class they are not seen by there names. how to perform my hit test
this is my code,and target1_mc &target2_mc are movie clips on the stage
package {
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.text.TextField;
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I have a custom class which uses some buttons on the stage. Or at least is trying to.say have this code in the customClass.as file
package{
import flash.events.*;
import flash.display.MovieClip
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is there any way to target a MovieClip from an external class that's NOT the Document Class?
Is it correct to have the Document Class as Main AND View?
Is there any way to get the name of the MovieClip that a class extends?Lets say I have an MC on stage called boxMC exported for AS using a class box which extends MovieClip.If I trace (this) within my class I will get the name of the class, if I trace (parent) I will get the name of the main MovieClip that boxMC sits within. So how can I target boxMC?Basically I want to be able to return the name of the MovieClip that the class is extending
View 2 RepliesDoes anyone know whether it is possible to create a Tween object where the finish property is based on a changing variable?_tween = new Tween(object, "x", Regular.easeInOut, object.x, movingTarget.x, 60, false);The idea is that finish position could be updated with each frame so that the object changes direction in the middle of the tween.I don't know if this is possible (or even desirable)
View 4 Repliesi have 3 check box's and input text fields on stage that i would like to null out using the reset button however i seem to be targeting the objects incorrectly as i am getting this error:
Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
Code:
package
{
import flash.display.*;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
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Ok I have a class. I instantiate it like so:
ActionScript Code:
import com.ronnieswietek.news.NewsV1;
var news:NewsV1 = new NewsV1("news.xml");
addChild(news);
Their is a movie clip on the stage called scrollbox that I need access to in the NewsV1 class. How can I access that movieclip in my class? The only way I've been able to do it is if I replace:
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this is the code and the movieclips are target1_mc & target2_mc
package { import flash.display.MovieClip; import flash.events.MouseEvent; import flash.text.TextField;
public class recipeMC extends MovieClip {
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I am making dynamic drag and drop game.I have a class for the dragged items containing the drag drop code.My problem is I can't call/access the movie clips I've already put on the stage in my hit test statement.Here is my code and target1_mc & target2_mc are the existing movie clips on the stage:
package {
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
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I have a Bullet class - which defines and controls the firing of bullets (and works perfectly in all ways) - and now I'd like to add to it the ability to detect if it has hit a spaceship-movieclip sitting in my main .fla's timeline - what's the proper syntax to do this?
here's my code:
Code:
public function moveBullet(e:Event): void {
this.y = this.y - 20; // moves bullet up-screen, shooting vertically
if (this.y <= 0) {
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I have mutliple instances on the stage of a custom ThumbNail class. As you click on a particular instance an associated enlarged external image will load. As this is happening I want to make sure that the ThumbNail class animations are inactive for all instances.
I was thinking of using a Boolean variable that would get set right before the image is loading. Using event.currentTarget should help with the instance that was clicked but how do I gain access to the instances that were not clicked?
How can I check what a parent MovieClip's class is?I have a Terrain class that I only want to use a function when the parent movieclip is a specific class, so that the terrain object can be used by multiple classes, but only launch that specific function when the parent's class is "WorldBase". How can i detect this through the Terrain class?
View 1 RepliesI usually would call the parent of my class by something like:
MyCustomClass1(parent).thisFunction();
My problem is this works if I know the class of my parent. How do you handle the case where you class could have a parent of 2 or more possibilities?
parent.thisFunction(); // throws error of course