i'm getting a value from a class that gives me e.g "icon1" as data. i want to use this within a function to control the visibility of an item nested in a movieclip on the stage. the nested movie has the same name as the data being sent.
// here's what i want it to do:
mymenu.icon1.visible = true;
// but i cant append the 2 together as flash will see it as a string not read it as path.
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I need to append 4 letters to my variable name when referencing it to get either spanish or english XML data. I am trying to reuse my functions without writing an if statement.
like so:
//two options for
var spa_my_videos:XMLList;
var eng_my_videos:XMLList;
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f you know PHP...then you know that you can create a string variable...and then use the value of that variable to declare another variable. like this:
PHP Code:
<?php$foo = "haha";$i{$foo} = "success";print $i{haha};?>
and it would display "success"...or like this:
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<?php$foo = "haha";$$foo = "success";print $haha;?>
and it would also display "success".
I'm using a for loop to creat a bunch of identical movie clips I want to attach a different sound to each one of these clips. Is there a way to append a variable onto the end of another variable name. (ie. where i = [0,1,2,3,4,etc] variable[i] = variable0, variable1,variable2,variable3,variable4,etc.) below is the part of the code that I am trying to get working:
for (var i:Number = 0; i < xmlData.object_count; i++){
//create movie clips
var boxContainer_mc:boxContainer = new boxContainer();
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how you would target a function's local variable through a concatenated variable string.For example:
var txt = "Hello World";
function testing(msg) {
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I'd expect the trace to be "Hello World" but rather is given "undefined". So if variables created outside functions are created on the main timeline, where are local function variables created and how would you access them?
I have been banging my head against a brick wall regarding the following problem which must be very simple to fix, just can't see the answer.I have a class assigned to a movieclip called canvas. The class is called drawClass. I have called the instance of canvas on the stage 'drawingCanvas'.When I trace "drawingCanvas" I get object drawClass] which is fine. Tracing drawingCanvas.name gets me the instance name 'drawingCanvas'.This is a String variable.Basically what I am trying to do is pass the MovieClip name to another class. In my example the class 'toolBar', which can then interact with the MovieClip.
The problem is passing 'drawingCanvas.name' results in a String, so I get an error saying :TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert "canvasArea" to flash.display.MovieClip.I can't for love or money find a way to convert a String variable to a MovieClip variable! I have the name of the MovieClip, I just need to tell the toolbar class. But I can't find a way of doing this as the instance on stage is an object of drawingClass, not a MovieClip (unless MovieClips with attached classes are not treated as standard MovieClips?).
This is sort of difficult to explain but I'll do my best. I've got 6 score variables that go up over time.
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Each corresponds to a different color of "Monster" class I reated. "GreenMonster", "BlueMonster", etc. are all custom classes. Each class has a string property called "MonsterColor". So "Blue1.MonsterColor = "Blue".
To save lines of code, and learn, I'm trying to use a local string variable to take the place of whichever of these 6 int variables I need. So inside a for loop, I've created a variable called "colorscore".
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I would like to dinamically create array variables, depending on a XML file. The problem I have is that I don't know how to create them dinamically using a name I have constructed into a string variable. What I would like is something like this:
var strVarName;
...
strVarName = "Var" + i;
var strVarName = new Array();
...
So I would have n arrays called Var1, Var2, ... Varn.
I need to be able to pass some variables FROM flash and append it to the end of my address. I assumed that if I used LoadVars, I can append the vars to the end of the string like this:
ActionScript Code:
send_btn.onRelease = function ()
{
var my_lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
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I am making a simple debugger window in ActionScript for myself where I can add and remove variables I want to track. I was to be able to add variables to the list by just doing something like
DebuggerMonitor.trackVar(variable).
My question is, is there any way I can turn "variable" itself (the name, not the value) into a String to be added into a text field?
I have a String variable in my flex (flash builder 4) application containing CSV data. I need to allow the user to download this data to a local file. For example, giving them a "csv" button to click and it might present them with a save file dialog (and I would be sending the contents of my string variable).Is this possible / how ?I am using the ResuableFX component for the datagrid to csv. This the code I ended up with that works to save the string to a text file for the user (in a web browser):
var dg2CSV:DataGrid2CSV = new DataGrid2CSV();
dg2CSV.includeHeader=true;
dg2CSV.target=adgEncounters;
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The AS3 reads a string from a XML, that string contains a "" for a line break, but it dosen't work. The "" is displayed as part of the text.How can I include the break line in the XML?
View 2 RepliesIf i have an ASP page that is returning variables (and I can see them in the debugger) how do i consentrate a string to call that variable?
ie:
variables being returned are named:
"res1", "res2", "res3"...etc
for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
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Trying to replace a portion of a string with a "-" if it matches a string variable in AS3.
var re:RegExp = new RegExp(imageArray[j][1],"gi"); trace(imageArray[jTemp][2].replace(re,"-"));
imageArray[jTemp][2] is a string imageArray[j][1] is a string as well I'm not getting the result I expect. I would like trace above to return 'permanentContainer-' Here are the traces for the above variables
permanentContainer-temporaryContainer- temporaryContainer
I have an array, which are the literal names of class references. Eg. in my main class I have
var page1:PageOne = new PageOne();
var page2:PageTwo = new PageTwo();
var page3:PageThree = new PageThree();
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I am building a project where I got XML text displayed on a textfield. How can I change a specific word's color through actionscript 3 instead of doing it on XML? I though of creating a String variable for my word and then using that variable in my textfield.text, it works but is it possible to set a color for that variable?
View 3 RepliesFor my calculator i am having trouble storing a number inside a string variable.
Calculator, Layer 'actionscript', Frame 1, Line 1441061: Call to a possibly undefined method append through a reference with static type String.
Code:
var currentNumber:String ="";
function pressNumber(e:MouseEvent):void{
display_txt.appendText(e.target.num);
currentNumber.append(e.target.num);//error here
}
I have a variable called AICC_Student_ID, which is talking to an LMS to pull in a student's unique ID (usually the same as their NTID). I need to take that JS variable value, and slap it into a String for treatment.I looked at the work it would take to use SWFObject, and since this little swf is going onto literally thousands of pages, manually hacking each and every one is just not worth it.
View 1 Repliesvar loader:Loader = new Loader();
loader.load(new URLRequest("panghat spa.swf"));
addChild(loader);
want to load panghat spa.swf as a variable by pasing variable from html page in to flash
As we know whent here is no such variable of null value assignment to a variable or instance flash throws this kind of Error.In one of my Application i need to get more flashVariables, They may or maynot come as FLASHVARS. But when i miss any variable flash thows this error as an alert box. is there any simple solution to avoid this kind of issue
when i use try,Catch statement the issue will not come, But i don't like to write Bunch of try,catch statement for all this kind of variables.
I am trying to do is declare a variable in PHP and pass that variable to my flash file. Right now i am simply trying to do 1 easy variable, more will happen in the future but i need to figure this out first.I have used other forums and they say try this and that, but nothing i do seems to work. here is my code.
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i have a variable take away another variable which makes answer1 variable i then want answer1 to be to the power of another variable how can i do this in flash
View 5 RepliesI am trying to convert a bytearray into a string. The problem is whenever I try to append a NULL character using String.fromCharCode(0) it cuts off the end of the string and than I cant run it throw base64. I tried using String.fromCharCode(32) (space) instead but no luck.
View 1 RepliesIs it possible to convert a given variable name to a string?
Code:
function vartostring(mystring:String) {
//something like var newstring:String = parsevarname(mystring)
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I am trying to go about a "smarter" way of setting up multi paged full flash sites. This has got to be something very simple that i can't seem to put my finger on.
I'm trying to create a variable called 'currentScen' that i can declare off the start and change depending on what page the viewer goes to in the site.
I could put a bunch of 'if' statements saying that 'if the current page is this page then do this, if it's this page do this' etc. for each individual page but i thought there must be an easier way.
I am trying to get the following to work:
Code:
// declaring what the starting page is
var currentScen:String = "welcomeMovie";
//function fading in called page with animation used on the 'over' frame label
function animateOn(page:String) {
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Example:
public var myVar:Object;
// now I want to get the myVar string
// myVar is not instanced*
public var whatINeedIsThisVar:String = 'myVar';
What is the best way to listen for and trigger a function when a string stored in a variable changes? I have a variable named source which is a string. When its value changes I need to run a function newVideo. What's the most efficient way to detect the string has changed?
View 3 RepliesCompare a string to a variable name. Is there anyway you can do that?[code]...
View 1 Replieshaving an issue with a variable set. It is set as a string to default "no" on the very first frame of my movie, as follows:
var myaccess:String;
myaccess="no";
Within my movie, there is an object. When this object is pressed, it is to change the _root.myaccess="yes"; I am tracing the variable within the movie clip and it shows me: I do not understand why it is changing my string definitition from "no" to false. Because of this, my variable does not seem to change to "yes' on object (button) pressed.
I have a movie clip on the main timeline that includes a button.When pressed, I want this button to conduct an if statement to check the contents of a textbox on the main timeline and if equal execute the statement.So far I have this but the text does not seem to 'read'. Do I need to pass the textbox contents into a string variable rather than read directly from what is in teh text?[code]
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