ActionScript 3.0 :: Use Public Variables Or Public Static Variables?
Feb 4, 2010is it better to use public variables or public static variables?
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Actionscript 3 :: Use MouseEvent For Getting Object`s Public Variables?
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package src {
import flash.display.Shape;
import flash.display.MovieClip;[code]............
.. now I use a for loop to add instance of that class to a movie clip on stage:
for (var i:int = 0; i<Bunker[0]["trans0size"]; i++) {
menuData[i] = new menuitem00(i, menu_mc, Bunker[0]["transfile0" + i]);// pass i , a movieclip named menu_mc and an xml file name
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ActionScript 3.0 :: Public Variables From Init Space?
Nov 10, 2010I have a bunch of variables I need to pass to some class from frame where I instance classes. Is there any other way do make Class read that variable values beside this?
Sample:
ActionScript Code:
var _imgPaddingVert:Number = 2;
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Actionscript 3 :: Calling Private Functions By Changing Public Variables?
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ActionScript 3.0 :: Undefined Public Static Constant?
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Code:
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Actionscript 3 :: Reference To Public Static Var In Array Not Working?
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This is what it looks like
package com.myPackage{
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Feb 19, 2010I'm tryng to make a public static method call another method, but Flash throws error 1180, sayng that the method called by the static method is undefined.
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Actionscript 3 :: Prototypes - Are They Just Static Variables?
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process continues with the prototype object's delegate checking in consecutively higher levels in the hierarchy until Flash Player or the Adobe Integrated Runtime finds the property.
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from this I get the impression that prototypes are just static variables.. am I right?
ActionScript 2.0 :: Proper Use Of Static Variables
Dec 19, 2004I have created a class to define my main navigation buttons. I would like to handle which button is clicked/pressed as simply and elegantly as possible, and I figured the best way would be to add a static variable to the class that keeps track of the current button pressed. Here's some quick pseudo-code. Code: class MainButton ext MC static var currentButton:MainButton public var sectionToLoad:String public static function getCurrentButton() public function getSection() button.onPress = currentButton = this // other button actions. // then i can check for what the currently clicked button // is and now access its variables. MainButton.getCurrentButton().getSection() etc. etc. etc. I am curious if this is a "proper" way to go about tracking the buttons. I find it is pretty elegant, but i'd rather make sure that this is a good practice of using static class variables. Also, it looks to me that all custom class definitions become a _global object?
View 1 RepliesActionScript 3.0 :: Static Variables Strange Behavior?
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Jun 18, 2009Say I have a class called Ball (movieclip) and I create a number of instances of it. There is a static variable, say, ballArray and need to access that from a different class, say, Bat. How do I go through with it? Can I access that using the class name itself (Ball.ballArray like in Java)?
View 1 RepliesActionScript 3.0 :: Is It Good Practice To Use Static Variables?
Feb 5, 2010I've always used this way to refer to variables on my document class
Code:
MovieClip(root).variablename
But that complicates things because I would need to extend my class as a displayObject and then add it to the displaylist to be able to use "MovieClip(root)" to access the variables in my document class.. as long as variables in my document class are set out as public variables..
I didn't realise you could refer to variables on the document class by just using something like:
Code:
documentclassname.variablename
With the the variable on the document class as "public static var". This solves a lot of problems.. as now I do not need to keep adding objects to the displaylist to get access to the document class variables..
Now.. My question is..Since I want to access most of my variables on my document class.. I would need to set them all to "public static var".. Would setting 100 or so variables to "public static var".. have any disadvantages? Like performance issues... Or anything else which may make it not be as efficent if I were to keep them simply as "public var" and use "MovieClip(root).variable" to access them?
ActionScript 3.0 :: How To Run A Public Function
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View 4 RepliesActionScript 3.0 :: Is It Really THAT Bad To Use Public Properties
Jul 26, 2011So the reason I'm asking is..I have like 2000+ lines of code in 5 different separate classes. And they ALL have public properties and methods (as in, ALL the properties and methods are public). This is a fairly complex tile game 2d platformer. And yet everything is working fine. From what I've read, it seems that it 'MAY' cause problems later, where you might make a mistake and call a property twice, or call it 'wrongly', which then 'MAY' cause a bug that would be hard to backtrack.
There are surely many other reasons why not to do this..but if everything is working smoothly so far, should I really go back and try to make every variable private and recode this engine before I get to far?
Flash :: Referencing Static Variables From Frame Scripts?
Oct 27, 2009Got some external classes, say MyClass.as MyClass.as has a static variable called foo
So, ordinarily in other AS files I can call this with MyClass.foo = bar;
However, this seems to be different in timeline scripts. Every time I try this I get the reference with a static type error 1119: Access of possibly undefined property foo through a reference with static type flash.display:DisplayObjectContainer.
I've tried doing an import MyClass, etc... nothing seems to be firing.
ActionScript 3.0 :: Imported Class Reference And Static Variables
Jun 8, 2010I'm trying to make methods available like so:
ActionScript Code:
MyClass.myFunc();
Instead of
ActionScript Code:
var myVar:MyClass = new MyClass();
myVar.myFunc();
I know that to do so I need to declare the functions/variables/constants as static:
ActionScript Code:
package MyPackage {
public class MyClass extends Object {
public static function myFunc():void {
} public function MyClass() {
[Code] .....
When I try to access the static function through the full reference (i.e trace(MyPackage.MyClass.myFunc);), it works, while trace(MyClass.myFunc); returns undefined. This contradicts what I've read in tutorials and posts on the Internet. They all use the short syntax, not the full path.
Accessing A Public Variable Between Classes?
May 25, 2009I've got two classes running...one is a document class (EgoGame.as) and another is a class linked to several similar movie clips (Ball.as).I'm trying to access a public variable from Ball.as which has been declared in the doucment class EgoGame.as.When I run the test the outputs states the following...1120: Access of undefined property _ballPlaced.Here's my code. What I'm trying to do is remove the event listeners from the Ball.as when the _ballPlaced variable is true, so that the user can't drag and drop the balls after they've been placed in a zone.
Document ClassEgoGame.as
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