Actionscript 3.0 :: Use External Class Without Import?
Nov 10, 2009
Am new to classes and as3, just starting to ge the hang of it, but i not fully, so here is some Q's.Fist of i have a Document class, from it i want to call a function in a separate as file. the only way i know of is to, do an import and then instantiate or go static on it's tookus?
But now i got my hands of some pice of code, that uses separate class files without any trace of import, how do they do this?Also if i want to be able to use all the functions from a separate as file in my document class, just like i do if i extends it, but without extending int, how do we do this? do i always need to go ClassName.function() ? or can we do it like in C++
I'm using Textmate to complile AS3.0 code. I need to import an external class library that isn't relative to the project or document root. It's a directory called "agd" which is in this this location of the Flex SDK installation directory: frameworks/libs/agd I've udated the flex-config xml file so that it looks in that location for the classes
I need to call the class into to my control as file. The problem I'm getting now is this error. "environmentTab.lightsButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, selectLights);" environmentTab is a instance name of a movie clip that is on the stage of my .
I have a problem with classes. What I am trying to do is this: I create a main class and then i import another class into it.then I create an instance of the new class and add it to the stage.the problem occurs when im trying to use the new classes methods.
import classes.NewClass; var test:NewClass = new NewClass(); addChild(test);[code].....
I`m using flash cs3 for my works , but i have one problem!when i use File=> Import=> Import to Library... or Import to Stage...the flash environment becomes terminated.I changed my flash version to CS4 and I have this problem again.
I have a Main.fla which loads Main.as as its document class. In Main.as I have a public function named "Main" which runs a trace. I also have another .as file called Preloader.as, which also has a public function in it, this one named "Preloader" with simple trace in it. I just cannot figure out how to use Preloader() from the Preloader class in Main() from the Main class. Main.as loads up fine when the SWF loads and traces.
I'm just getting into AS3 after being an AS1 and AS2 coder for a long time (but not OOP) and one thing is boggling my mind about AS3: How do you KNOW what you need to "import" ?Here's an example... I have a working AS3 demo of something, and I found a script that's supposed to add in a mouse event, but the author forgot the "import" part.
So I copy and paste this script in. I click the "check syntax" button and everything checks out, but upon compiling, it reports "1120: Access of undefined property onMouseDown.", along with a bunch of other warnings.So I figure it's because I haven't imported the classes for that, so I highlight the word "onMouseDown", right-click and choose Help. Nothing. No page for that found. I search for it in Help by typing it in and searching the AS3 book. I get the page for "SpriteArranger" as the only result.onMouseDown is mentioned mid way down this long page, but no mention of that class it needs.
PHP Code:
onMouseDown = function(){ var param = Object(); param.IRThreshold = Object();
I'm trying to import a class that resides in a package into another controller package. I'm using "import className;" and when I test the movie I don't get any errors but the function and listeners defined in the imported class doesn't do anything. The swf plays and works fine expect for the portion controlled by the class I'm importing. If I mis-name the import name Flash throws an error, so I know that it recognizes the import class name. It just does't do anything with it.
got a really confusing problem with importing one swf in to another. Both swf's are AS3 but each one is coded differently.I have a main swf which has very basic code in. Essentially its just a moving flv with a couple of buttons what just move the user to a different frame to show a different flv file. As it was so simple I didn't set it up using base classes and didn't do any OOP style code (i.e. using methods etc) as it didn't need it. This works fine.
I have now created a new small SWF which does some functional stuff (won't go in to details as it'll take a while). This was a more complex peice of kit so I used classes, external .as files etc (i.e. the approved OOP style way). This on its own also works great.
and now i want to use this quiz ( the swf file ) in a frame of an application i am working on. I want as soon the user clicks on a button to launch the quiz.
I tried any way found on net for importing external swf but it never works. the buttons of quiz appear in the wrong place of the stage ( at the fla where the swf is loaded in )and nothing else is seen, textfields etc.
i am using FlashDevelop and have created a project called NavBar.I have created a few folders,1 of which is called app which contains another called gui but within this has a document class called NavigationBar.as.Now,i've created a Main.as file which resides undeaneath the src folder and what i am trying to do is import the NavigationBar.as in my Main.as file. However, every time i type app and do the'.'and press enter i get,flash. system.ApplicationDomain.,how can i make AS aware of my class file, Navigati onBar.as in app > gui > NavigationBar.as and any document class file for that matter?
1 other thing is that in my Navigationbar.as file i did the following.. package app.gui { // rest of code skipt }
but when i build it i get the following error: C:UsersvistaDocumentsFlashDevelopProjectsNavB arappguiNavigationBar.as: Error: A file found in a source-path must have the same package structure '', as the definition's package, 'app.gui'.how can i also sort this out?
if I created a customized class and I saved it as a "*.as" file, and now, I want to create a new "*.FLA" project and to use inside the "FLA" project at my customized class. how do I import my class into this project?
I am using FlashDevelop and have created a project called NavBar. I have created a few folders, 1 of which is called app which contains another called gui but within this has a document class called NavigationBar.as. Now, I've created a Main.as file which resides undeaneath the src folder and what I am trying to do is import the NavigationBar.as in my Main.as file.
However, every time I type app and do the '.' and press enter I get: flash.system.ApplicationDomain., How can I make AS aware of my class file, NavigationBar.as in app > gui > NavigationBar.as and any document class file for that matter?
1 other thing is that in my Navigationbar.as file I did the following.. package app.gui{ // rest of code skipt }
But when I build it I get the following error: C:UsersvistaDocumentsFlashDevelopProjectsNavB arappguiNavigationBar.as: Error: A file found in a source-path must have the same package structure '', as the definition's package, 'app.gui'. How can I also sort this out?hanks
I am wondering if anyone has experience using the flash Serializer class I really want to be able to receive an array from PHP into flash 8 though I am having problems.[code]...
I'm just wondering about the difference between using an external .as file as a Document Class vs importing it via some timeline code like:
Code: import Pixoid; var pixMC:Sprite = new Pixoid(); pixMC.x = 0[code]...
one thing I have noticed is that altho the above timeline code works certain objects return the "null object" error.for example if in my Pixoid.as file I have any references to the 'stage' object ex:
Code: pxRow = stage.stageWidth / 10;
it returns
Code:"Error #1009 Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference."so, is there any advantage to using the import strategy vs the Document Class one? should I not worry about it and continue on my happy way with the Document Class?I first ran into this problem with Flex and had to do some kludges to get around it - defining UIContainer object etc - but now that I have found it to also exist in Flash.
If I import class X with method Y, what happens? Is every method and field included in the class? Or is it that when I type y() I'm actually referring to x.y()?
I'm in the middle of coding a Flash CS5 file with AS 3.0, and a part of that code has me importing an external .as file I wrote. When published, the SWF works fine - but only when it's in the same directory as the external .as file I imported to begin with. Ideally, I'd like the published SWF to work independently without needing to be packaged with the .as file
When I point my code to import an external classes such as:
import flash.display.*;
my understanding is that its referencing something within the flash directory to load up the display classes.
In other instances I create a "com.whatever" directory to store other classes that my code can point to.
Well I was running through the Kirupa tutorial (displaying google maps in flash) and I noticed in the code it says "import [url]..." the swf works just fine but where is it grabbing the google classes from if I didnt create the directory?
I am trying to import a custom class. It is a class I found on the Internet for rotating objectson the stage.The class file is called ApplicationMain.as.I'm simply trying to import the class so it will function with the movie.I have the ApplicationMain.as file saved in the same directory as my .FLA file.
When I do that there are no errors but the class does not call the needed functions and the objects on the stage cannot be rotated.I attached a trace and the trace comes through but the functions don't run.
import ApplicationMain trace ('it was imported')
Am I missing something? Isn't the path simply the file name as long as it is saved in the same directory as the .FLA?
I created two custom class called fooClass.as and HelloClass.as Then I want to import both of these Custom Classes in my WorkSpace.fla file
so I do the following I open up my WorkSpace.fla file Press F9 to open up the actionScript panel in FrameOne LayerOne and I type in
import fooClass import HelloClass
then I want to start using these two classes so I do the following
var work:fooClass = new fooClass(); var space:HelloClass = new HelloClass();
Technically speaking when I type in var work: I should see list of classes inside the library including my custom Class fooClass and HelloClass However after the colon I see other build in classes but not fooClass.
It works in CS5 but not CS4. How do I get to work it in CS4 so that I can use the custom class I created to show up in the library.
