Flash :: Access MainTimeline Symbol Using Class-level Embed?
Jan 18, 2012
Here's the scenario: We have a creative team that operates in Flash CS5.5 and produces SWF assets which have both graphics elements and actionscript code in them, and an engineering team which authors .as files and builds "code SWFs". The code SWF files must load or embed the creative assets and interact with the code therein for our apps to function.
For iOS mobile development, there is another consideration - it is not possible to load runtime code in an AIR app packages for iOS because of Apple TOS (see related question). Hence, it is not possible to use a Loader to load SWFs in an iOS environment and retain their code.
Embedding a SWF into an ActionScript file the standard way results in a Loader that loads the embedded SWF directly as bytes. This results in access to the top-level, main timeline as follows:
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Jan 9, 2010
i have a MainTimeLine.as Document Class using as3 in flash cs4.it beginning looks like:[code]where the as file is declared in the Document Class of the primary fla file. under this primary fla file, i have a MovieClip symbol which points to another fla file. well this file declares a Class Linkage and i can access the properties and objects of the embedded symbol fine from the MainTimeLine.as script file.however, i have the above public player variable defined, as shown above, in the MainTimeLine.as code.i am having trouble accessing the player properties/methods from the embedded symbol fla file. how do i do that?
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Feb 15, 2008
I have a .as class which calls an event function. When the event fires, I'd like the MainTimeline to play..
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Oct 14, 2011
I created a movieclip symbol and exported to actionscript, I created the .as file:
class BRIQUE extends MovieClip
{
function BRIQUE()
{
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"graphics" is an image imported on the stage inside my symbol, but it seems not to be accessible this way (I get an error), nevertheless it works this way in as3 then what is the right way in as2 ?
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Feb 9, 2010
When I have a class linked to a MovieClip in my library and that class takes an argument in its constructor method. That class will compile properly ONLY when it's located in my top-level directory (same dir as the .fla and Document.as files). If I move that class to a deeper directory, say com.place, and update the package statement and symbol link appropriately, the compiler will generate error "1136: Incorrect number of arguments. Expected 0."Create flash project and put a rectangle on the stage. Covert it to symbol and assign it to class TestPanel - or whatever you choose. Also configure the fla so that is uses a Document (Main) class.Create Main.as and TestPanel.as in the same folder. In the Main class, instantiate a instance of TestPanel and add it to the stage. Flash will, predictably, add the rectangle symbol and everything is fine.Now modify TestPanel so that its constructor method takes a Number and have Main.as pass some number to TestPanel.[code]You now get the error: 1136: Incorrect number of arguments.Expected 0.When I move the TestPanel.as into a deeper directory, Flash somehow is looking elsewhere for the base class for Symbol, even though I'm mapping that Symbol to com.place.TestPanel.
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Dec 16, 2011
I have a class Debug with a function called trace inside it which puts a TextField on the stage and outputs the text. Now I am trying to get the Debug.trace() function to do a "normal" debug trace as well from within side itself. of course this causes a recursive loop. I am trying to figure out how I can access the top level separately. I tried using namespaces such as AS3::trace but to no luck.
I know a solution is to rename my function to stop the conflict, but I would like that to be a last resort. It is being used in quite alot of places throughout my entire code so replacing it everywhere is going to be a ballache.
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Apr 29, 2011
I'm trying to write a custom class for a library object. for example i have a movieClip in my library and there is a textField in it instance name is textField .
i exported my clip for actionScript and i write class definition like "com.xxx.MyClipClass". it's ok, there is no problem. but when i want to access to textField in MyClipClass like this.textField.text ="abc" i got an error undefined property.
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Nov 9, 2009
I have a movieclip library symbol exported for ActionScript with name McFloor and identifier McFloor and I'd like to access it from OneChart class.
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Feb 2, 2012
I keep getting the #1009 error coming up, i checked that everything was on my stage and was named correctly.This is the error message that comes up:TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.at Videogame_fla::MainTimeline/loop()Here is my code:
var carrot:Number = Math.floor(Math.random() * 460) +0;
var carrot1:Number = Math.floor(Math.random() * 460) +0;
var carrot2:Number = Math.floor(Math.random() * 460)+0;
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Jun 2, 2009
I need to access an array that's on the maintimeline from with in a movie clip im having issues with it.
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Aug 20, 2009
is there a way to access the maintimeline from within a movieclip?
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Oct 31, 2010
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Jan 28, 2009
I want to define a function on the maintimline and then from inside a movieclip I want to call a function.
In AS2 simply doing this could achieve the resuly _root.callFunction() but this is not possible in AS3
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Jul 31, 2009
Short version : Im confused on the difference between the two when accessing something on the stage from a package. Longer version: I passed in a ref to the stage to the constructor on a class, and was unable to use it to access a dynamic text on stage. I pass in this instead and am able to access it.
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Oct 2, 2010
This is making me a little kooky today. I thought I could defined a library path in PREFERENCES > ACTIONSCRIPT > ACTIONSCRIPT 3.0 SETTINGS then that library would be available to all AS3 FLA files, but that doesn't seem to work for me. If I use the PUBLISH SETTINGS and define the library path everything is fine.
Is there something that I could have done to disable the application level class path functionality? I guess I'm trying avoid having to set the library path for every new FLA I'm making.
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Aug 18, 2009
I'm loading a few external swf's into my file at runtime using load().Once each one is loaded I run a function on it to search through it's children.I use code similar to below to iterate through all the children and check if the name contains a particular string and then perform a function on it.
Code:
for(var k:String in theMC){
if(k.indexOf("character")==0){
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Mar 30, 2009
Found several suggestions, none of which have worked. I am sure I am probably overlooking something really stupid, so I need another set of eyes to look at my code. I have a main.swf that preloads and loads an intro.swf. On the intro.swf there is IntroMC that contains skip_btn. When the user clicks skip_btn, I need to call a function named traceMe() from the document class of main.swf. If you look at the comments for the intro.swf code, you can see the error I am getting.
Here is the code for main.swf
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Apr 17, 2009
How do i go about calling a function in frame 1 of my timeline from a class file?
my function TEST on frame one of main timeline is just using a trace.
This is my error:
1061: Call to a possibly undefined method TEST through a reference with static type flash.displayisplayObject.
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Jan 6, 2010
i am creating a package, MainTimeLine.as, to extend my main timeline. i use the FLVPlayback component under the package. however, i get the compile error:
1172: Definition fl.video:FLVPlayback could not be found. so i added the "import fl.video.FLVPlayback;" line to my MainTimeLine.as file, but flash gives the above error. now i had this problem when i added this code directly under a frame of the main timeline until i added a FLVPlayback instance to my library. now, i am trying to simply embed all of the code under the MainTimeLine.as file and have the as file encapsulate all of it. but, i still get that error.
so, how do i get flash cs4 to recognize and use the import properly
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Jan 15, 2008
how do i load a movie clip SYMBOL at the highest level and then unload it.
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Sep 11, 2011
I added a SWC with movieclip assets to my flash builder project. I can access all movieclips with dot syntax but when I try to access my textfields it throws an error saying it is cannot access a property or method of a null object reference
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// gameMenuLevels is a main asset.
this.object = new gameMenuLevels();
This all works fine, I can go two levels deep:
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Is it okay to embed a sound in a symbol? I ask because I have an animated symbol, and have included a sound effect in the symbol's timeline, however when using that symbol from the main scene,the sound effect doesn't play. However if I put that sound effect on the main timeline, then it plays.Personally, for timing purposes I'd much rather use the sound effect within the symbol's timeline, but doesn't play for me.
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I've got various flash files stored on my server. For this example - here is the directory structure:
Files > Example >
-> example.swf
-> example.xml
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<param name="movie" value="[URL]">
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Jun 25, 2010
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Feb 10, 2011
Is there any way to block an embed flash from accessing the internet? The idea is to block ads that appear "internally". I have it embed in the traditional way, as follows[code]...
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Sep 11, 2011
So I am using this code to embed my .swf file. I am creating classes for each asset in my library.
[Embed('assets/assets.swf', symbol='game.menu.levels')]
public static const LEVELS_MENU:Class;
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Sep 23, 2009
package{
public class Character{
protected var _hp:uint = 50; //Character Health Points
protected var _power:uint = 5; //Damage dealt
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I`m instancing a Character and a Player in the Main Timeline, all in frame 1.
When I use: ""player.attack(character)"" it works fine by itself.
So I added the if (defender._hp <= 0) this.win() which gives me the following error:
1061: Call to a possibly undefined method win through a reference with static type Character.
"defender" is a Character instance, "this" is a Player instance and "win()" is a Player method. I try to call the Player method inside a Character method using the Player instance adding the "." and his method name
Do I really need to define the win() function in the Character class? Is there a bypass to use a subclass method in a parent class method if it`s called from an instance of the subclass?
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Sep 21, 2010
I am trying to embed the goto next frame and stop code snippet into a symbol. Its basically a box that a user can click that will allow them to go to the next frame. The instanced symbol will be resized from frame to frame etc. I ve been told that if I embed the code within a movieclip within the symbol it should work, however I am severely frustrated as nothing is happening.
Create a symbol (I ve tried Graphic and MovieClip), name it A. Within that symbol I put in an instance of a Movie clip named B, which is just a square.Back to the top symbol A, in the timeline I add the code snippet go to next frame and stop.I have 5 frames in the main timeline which all have stop actions if that makes any difference?
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Mar 10, 2011
If I've already specified in the symbol's package which class the symbol's class extends, do I still need to specify the base class in the symbol properties dialog?
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Dec 12, 2011
I have a folder full of SWF files. Each SWF is its own animation. I have several people submitting their animations for this project. I would like to embed all these SWF's into my project and use .play() .stop() and other movieclip related commands on them as a whole. By this I mean, the artist sends me the SWF, my AS3 script embeds it, then I can access it with say animation_1.stop(); without the artist ever having to enter a instance name, or export for ActionScript name.
I plan to create a shell script which will take all the swf's in a folder and create a AS3 file with all the embed statements. The instance name that will be given to each one by the shell script will be the file name. Is this possible to embed a SWF and access it without giving any movie clips instance names or exporting for Actionscript? UPDATE: @annonymously answer below helped a lot. Here are some other resources that helped me: Great Resource - [URL]
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