I am running a for loop that loads swfs onto the stage. _componentData is an XMLList.
private function loadDevices():void
{
for each (var d:XML in _componentData.device)
{
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Inside onDeviceLoadComplete i want to be able to set the instance name of the loaded swf. Can i send extra parameters to the event handler function?
I am having trouble setting the instance name of my Sprites that get created through a for loop. What I am doing is loading an external gif into a 16 Sprites that gets created in a foor loop...but it seems like it ignores my box.name parameter setter.
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I am setting new style on a combobox instance. Following is the code.
myCombobox.textField.setStyle("textFormat", myStyle);myCombobox.dropdown.setRendererStyle("textFormat", myStyle); where myCombobox is the combobox instance and myStyle is textFormat object. but when i disable the component. i.e, myCombobox.enabled = false; The combobox textField loses its style and resets to its defualt style, though the dropdown style remains( myStyle ). What is the reasons for this behaviour. How can i change the style for the disabled state of the component.
I am new to as3, and trying to create empty movie clip
var mystage = stage.getChildAt(0);
var mc:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
mystage.addChild(mc);
But, where I have to set depth and the instance name, when I trace the mc.name. It shows as "instance1". I need to set depth and to name the mc.
i recieved a template and all of the buttons are linking to the main timeline, i need to add a few pages that needed to be linked within some instances, i cant seem to find a way to set the release code to link to the frame within an another instance.
View 0 RepliesI'm using this after my file has preloaded the swf: mcLoader.loadClip("sceneAll_1.swf", holder_mc);
what I want to do is set sceneAll_1.swf inside holder_mc to _x = -500 _y -250 to get it in the center of holder_mc than the default 0,0. I tried the usual technique with attachMovie but it didn't work for this.
I'm using Loader to load an external swf into my swf and adding that loaded swf to the stage using event.target.content.If i set the width and height of the loaded swf I actually resize the movieclip inside my loaded swf. What I wanna do is change the stage size of the loaded swf.
View 1 RepliesI am trying to load an external swf (which, come to find out, does not include the background color of the loaded swf) into a movieclip. It seems to be pretty easy. But the movieclip I am loading it into is smaller than the swf I am loading. Is there a way to specify size parameters? In other words, is there a way to scale the swf down so that it fits into the movieclip?
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i'll be straight to point,well i'm now working on a project using action script 3 now what i'm trying to make is a Main SWF that load whatever other swf into it the tricky thing is that i used 1 xml document read the external swf source and it's setting(such as it's x,y position and it's width and height) and i'm having problem setting the loaded swf width and height btw it's an desktop application and not a website application.,
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I have read this article about abstracting assets from actionscript:But it requires to set the Linkage Class name. How can I get the same result without setting the linkage class name?What I want to do is to cache a loaded asset, and use the cached version every time I request the same URL. A solution is to clone the loaded DisplayObject, but I think it's unnecessary since I only want a new copy.
View 1 RepliesCan anyone tell me how to set variables in a child movie from a parent movie?[code]but it doesn't work!txtChild is a variable in the child.swf movie. (A dynamic text field with instance name "ChildText")
View 1 Repliesi'll be straight to point,well i'm now working on a project using action script 3 now what i'm trying to make is a Main SWF that load whatever other swf into it the tricky thing is that i used 1 xml document read the external swf source nad it's setting(such as it's x,y position and it's width and height) and i'm having problem setting it's width and height (i mean the loaded swf width and height)
Code:
//variable list
var swfList:XMLList; //hold all the zone list from the xml
var totalZone:uint; //total of zone there is in the xml
var myURLLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
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Is there a way to set the tab index on a button loaded (addChild method) from the library? Granted, you can easily add the tab index to the same button if it's on the stage, but I see no way to add it to the button if it's just chilling in the library..
View 5 RepliesI have a text file that set's some color values I would like to use in my flash movie.bascially its a config file for movieclips rollovers(set's the colors)my textfile reads as follow
Code:
textOut=0x3F6075&baseOut=0xFFFFFF&outLineOut=0xE19C14
My Flash is as follows:
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Anyone know how to change a single instance of an item renderer for a Flex tree item at runtime? To reiterate, I'm not trying to change the entire tree's item renderer like this:tree.itemRenderer = new ClassFactory(ItemRenderer2);I'm trying to change the item renderer of a single tree item like this (the following code does not work):tree.selectedItem.itemRenderer = new ClassFactory(ItemRenderer2);To put it more simply, does anyone know how to reference an instance of an item renderer and set it to a new item renderer class? I've tried using the Tree's itemToItemRenderer() method with no success.
View 1 RepliesI have a simple Flash document with a single rectangle on a stage. I've made the rectangle a symbol, a MovieClip, and set its instance name to "test_symbol_name". I've published this document to a .swf. (Here's the .fla and .swf)In an AS3 Flash Builder project I load the swf with a Loader, then trace everything on it's display list with this function:
public static function traceDisplayList(container:DisplayObjectContainer, indentString:String = "->"):void {
var child:DisplayObject;
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I have a gfx which I have created 6 shapes and converted them into simple buttons. I have urls sat inside an xml file. How can I get the buttons to use the urls set from within the xml file?Also how can I change the current external photo that is being loaded to load the url from a setting in the same xml file.
View 9 RepliesI have successfully loaded an external swf. When load is complete, I add the loader target content to a movieclip but I've got problem accessign it after.
ActionScript Code:
// siteLoaderComplete
function siteLoaderComplete(e:Event)
{
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The only problem is that it that right now, it add a child with a instance name of 'instance5' in site. But how can I change 'instance5' for another term like 'myContent'??
I need to be able to access content from the loaded swf.
I have a navigation button that loads an external SWF. In this loaded SWF are more buttons (two, to be specific). Right now the goal of these buttons are just to take you to external URLs, but eventually I may want to control the timeline of the loaded SWF with them.
I have successfully loaded the SWF, but I am having trouble getting the buttons in the SWF to work. I have given each button an instance name, but I cannot add an EventListener to either of them. I can add an EventListener to the loaded SWF, but that doesn't really help me.
Here is the code I'm working with:
portfolioNav.pWebNav.addEventListener(MouseEvent.C LICK, pressWebNav);
function pressWebNav(event:MouseEvent):void {
var webStuff:Loader = new Loader();
webStuff.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event. COMPLETE, finished_loading);
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As you can see, my button pWebNav loads the SWF called webPortfolio.swf. When the SWF is done loading I am making the content of the SWF a MovieClip instead of a DisplayObject. I remove the EventListener that detects when it's done loading, assign it an x and y possition, and then add it to the stage.My troubles start when I go to add an EventListener to an instance in the loaded SWF. My thinking is because I've cast the SWF as a MovieClip, I can then access the instances within it. Obviously, that's not the case.
I am loading an SWF file into another parent SWF. I remove the loaded SWF using the unloadAndStop() method and set the loader to null. But the instance of the loaded SWF still remains there in the memory.
View 2 RepliesOnce an external image is loaded via a loader, how can one name an instance of it? Can I simply do the following[code]...
I need it to associate a tween with it's display object using AS3 addTarget(), method of the AnimatorFactory class.
can anybody tall me how to access mc instance of externally loaded swf? in my as3 file i am trying to stop the animation of externally loaded swf. for that i have loaded the swf into mc sau current mc and i am trying to stop the swf by
currentmc.ballmc.stop();
where ballmc is the mc animation of the externally loaded swf.
I have an FLA with a 'close button' on the stage, which is given the instance name of btnClose and runs from this class file[code]...Stage Instance Name lost when loaded
View 3 RepliesHow to access mc instance of externally loaded swf? In my as3 file I am trying to stop the animation of externally loaded swf. For that I have loaded the swf into mc sau current mc and I am trying to stop the swf by
currentmc.ballmc.stop();
Where ballmc is the mc animation of the externally loaded swf.
I want to control some movieclips in the externally loaded .swf from the main stage. How can I do this?
View 1 RepliesI have a "MainSWF", that loads and places other SWFs "LoadedSWF". The LoadedSWF has buttons that are supposed to make some layers in the MainSWF visible/invisble. These layers are in a placed navigation bar that is defined as a symbol, was placed on the Main Stage and given the instance name "FlashStageMainNavigation". I have a hard time figuring out how to address the layers in the MainSWF, because it seems I am missing something.
When I use a loop to trace all the child instances on the stage of the MainSWF with:
this.getChildAt(i).name
I get the following info:
instance1 this.name=0
FlashStageMainNavigation this.name=4
When I trace stage.getChildByName(this.name) in MainSWF I get "FSMain", which is the name of my main Class
My assumption was, that I could (from the LoadedSWF) address the Navigationbar in the MainSWF by using something like:
stage.FSMain.FlashStageMainNavigation.visible = false; //or
stage.getChildByName("FSMain").FlashStageMainNavig ation.visible = false; //or
stage.getChildByName("FlashStageMainNavigation").v isible = false;
neither of that worked.
To sum up/rephrase my question: How can I find out, which object instances are placed on the stage and how do I address them from the LoadedSWF?
Does creating a new instance of an Object that uses an identical name to an older instance, delete the previous instance? Or should the original instance be deleted first? The code uses a ridiculous amount of XML vars. Isn't it less memory intensive to parse the XML and save the properties to an Object, and then delete the XML Object, rather than keep the XML Object around and reference it's child nodes directly? Is it better form to break up a huge XML file (>600lines/3200vars) into smaller chunks?
View 1 RepliesI have loaded an externally SWF (sonswf) file inside my movie (parentswf).
son.swf has 2 objects inside its library: Character (Base Class = "flash.display.Sprite", Class = "Character") CharacterHead (Base Class = "flash.display.Sprite", Class = "CharacterHead")
The "Character" object has inside 1 instance of "CharacterHead" and "CharacterHead" does not have a instance name asociated with it.
This is something like what i have got so far inside parent.swf :
ActionScript Code:
var ipAddress:String = "NNN.NNN.N.NNN" // not important
var loadedSwf:Array = ["THIS IS WHERE I CAN GET SONSWF", null]
var loader:Loader = new Loader();
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So i need it to trace the class (not the Base Class that it extends) when instanciated from the parent.swf
I am using attachMovie in a for(var i=1; i<50; i++) loop.Everything loads fine, but I am having difficulty referencing the dynamically created instance names.I don't want to reference individually ie movieclip1, movieclip2 etc.but more by movieclip[i].Basically - if movieclip instance 1 is rolled over I want to display image 1, and so on?
View 2 RepliesIn a flash project, I am loading an external SWF that has some symbols in its library exported for ActionScript. I need to create instances of those symbols but, since it's a loaded SWF I don't have direct access to that classes.
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