I'm loading a bunch of images into my AS2 flash movie, and I've encountered some strangeness.
Roughly, my code looks like this:
function doTheLoading()
{
m_imageClips = [];
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why does my array content seem to change when in the onLoadComplete call? If the array is out of scope, then why can I still see the length of the array and determine the type of the contents?
My code in theory works find but for some reason things aren't doing what they're supposed to. Basically I have all my draggable puzzle pieces as movieclips; they start at specific x's and y's on the axis. You drag them to the corresponding hitbox movieclip and it pops into the other specific x and y spot on the axis (otherwise they go back to the first xy spot).
The problem is sometimes the pieces drag and drop fine, but other times when you click the mouse down, they drag, but when you let go, they don't drop! Randomly! They just follow the cursor around, til you click a few times, and then randomly it will drop and not move (when it's supposed to go back to the original xy position).
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I have a files that has movie clips and nested movie clips on the stage. I am now writing a class and want to give the MCs event handlers and other properties.
When I do something like the following: myMC_mc.MyOtherMC_mc.mouseEnabled = false;
I get the error: 1120: Access of undefined property myMC_mc.
I added this to the top of my class and it seems to take away the error, but I thought this was not needed in AS3 anymore.
private var myMC_mc:MovieClip;
private var myMC_mc.MyOtherMC_mc:MovieClip;
What do I have to do to not get the error? How is this done right?
I have a movie clip in which I have a number of sub movieclips. The number of sub movieclips can vary, so I would like to keep track of them in an array. I am doing that like so:[code]The trace seems fine, showing the names of the correct sub movieclips, but when I try to change the alpha I get this error: TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
View 3 RepliesI am just starting to learn Flash. I am trying to make a "simple" Flash menubar to add to a basic html/css site I am building, as a learning project. I figured out how to make the navigation "buttons" using frame labels and event listeners. All the nav buttons will be identical, except for an image and the link destination. I know enough about ECMA based code to be dangerous to myself, so rather than make 7 individual buttons, each with there own AS and objects, I am wanting to make it more efficient by reusing the redundant information.
This is the logic than I am trying to use:
Create a generic button named "button_mc" that has a child which is a variable instead of actually pointing to a specific object. Then, create 7 different instances of that object (button1, button2, etc), and in each instance assign the proper image (contained in a mc) to the variable that is in the parent object.The problem I am having, is that I can't figure out how to make a variable that will reference a movieclip or graphic.[code]...
I built a custom designed checkBox. The movieclip is in the libary and dragged onto the timeline of my .swf. I'm using CS4 & AS3. I'm using procedural AS3 instead of OO AS3.The checkbox movieclip has a child movieclip inside of it so I can apply a drop shadow filter to some of the graphics .When I put an eventlistener on the custom checkbox it works fine but when I try to reference the checkbox movieclip inside the eventlistener function, the event.target.name is referring to the child movieclip (just a graphic with a drop shadow filter).From my reading it looks like the function propogates down to the child movieclip but I don't want it to do that.How do I reference the parent movieclip? or
B. stop the eventlistener from propogating down to the child movieclip?
I tried using stopPropagation(); but it didn't stop the function event.target.name from trickling down to the child movieclip.Here's what AS3 looks like.The trace statement displays "step3_mc.cbEmail_mc.instance25"instead of what I need "step3_mc.cbEmail_mc"
step3_mc.cbEmail_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, fnc_cbClick);step3_mc.cbAgree_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, fnc_cbClick);
function fnc_cbClick(event:MouseEvent):void {[code]....
it seems to me that when you use laco tweens and callback a function, you can't pass data in that function, because the function won't wait until the tween is finished but is being carried out right away. For instance, I want to tween movieclip MC:
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the event onLoadComplete is not triggered.. why ?If I move
ActionScript Code:
this.addChild(image);
outside the method, it is working instead...[code]......
I am trying to write a preloader for multiple images of unknown size from an external source. Therefore I am counting the clips as they complete and using this as the progress in a dynamic text field.
The dynamic text field loader_mc.loadText.text = Percent;
Loads only once when the 1st clip has loaded even though the trace within the same if bracket traces out the different percentages as each clip loads
Here's the onLoadComplete function...
mclListener_c.onLoadComplete = function(target:MovieClip) {
onEnterFrame = target._visible=false;
//trace("var container = "+container);
//trace("movie clip "+target+" has loaded");
loader_mc._visible = true;
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I am trying this code to implement a loader to load my external swf, but it seems the code is never executing the onLoadComplete event.
Code:
var loader:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
var listener:Object = new Object();[code].....
i have and xml that passes these image details to be loaded into flash. image path, x,y,heigt,width, rotation i use moviecliploader and attachemovies with a for loop to load the images. but find difficult set images there respected property after onLoadComplete even if the movieclip loader as i can pass the approriate values in to movies.how to pass the properties into onLoadComplete even of the image
View 3 Repliesmy page contains a Loader to load the different parts of the site as swf but i also have a little intro, witch ist a .flv file. i knwo i can�t load a .flv file in the loader class so i can put it into a swf an load it this way. the thing ist, after the intro is completed my page should get the info to change
1. a var which will change the proberties of the loader
2. the color of the Header/Footer
3. initialize a little x tweening with the body
is there a way to get the onLoadComplete info out of the swf witch contains the flv file or do i have to change the loader to a flvplayback component and afterwards back to a loader
and if i have to do so - how do i implement the flvplayback component into my .as file -i tried it and i always get the message, that he cant find the class.
I working on some dynamic loading and I want execute a function after the image is loaded....
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Am i correct in assuming that i would have to add a listener to make this work?
I am dynamically creating a 2 movie clips in a class. in one movie clip i am loading the image using MovieClipLoader. everything is working fine. but the onLoadComplete method is not working properly. i am using onLoadComplete method to find the width of the image but in onLoadComplete event the exact width is not calculating
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I'm loading an MC and then attempting to activate a function onLoadComplete in order to hide the MC. The function is actually reused several times through out the "app" I'm building. I know the onLoadComplete works because I tested it, but the function isn't being activated
Code:
var msgMC:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
var msgMCL:Object = new Object();
msgMC.loadClip("message.swf"+"?uniqueID="+getTimer(), msg);
msgMC.addListener(msgMCL);
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Having a strong C++ background, I wonder how this works in Actionscript :
class A {
public function callme():void {[code].....
i.e have separate function and object pointers.
I need to update the dynamic text in this flash file I have and export it to SWF. I've looked at the actionscript in all the frames and symbols but the only thing I've found so far are "stop();" 's
I tried exporting this to SWF to see if the file size was the same as the current working version on the site, and it was about 15kb smaller, and does not work at all.
How can I see all external file references in flash? I need to be able to tell my boss which files are needed or at least what is missing.
Today I'm going to use this method:
vardataObject:Object = {...}
Facebook.ui("stream.publish", dataObject, cb, "iframe");
function cb(res:Object):void
{
...do something...
}
I always use this method and it always work. But today the callback doesn't work!I'm using the API 1_6, but I've tryed with API 1_7 too.
I have a bit of a memory leak issue in my Flex application, and the short version of my question is: is there any way (in AcitonScript 3) to find all live references to a given object? What I have is a number of views with presentation models behind each of them (using Swiz). The views of interest are children of a TabNavigator, so when I close the tab, the view is removed from the stage. When the view is removed from the stage, Swiz sets the model reference in the view to null, as it should. I also removeAllChildren() from the view.
However when profiling the application, when I do this and run a GC, neither the view nor the presentation model are freed (though both set their references to each other to null). One model object used by the view (not a presenter, though) IS freed, so it's not completely broken. I've only just started profiling today (firmly believing in not optimising too early), so I imagine there's some kind of reference floating around somewhere, but I can't see where, and what would be super helpful would be the ability to debug and see a list of objects that reference the target object. Is this at all possible, and if not natively, is there some light-weight way to code this into future apps for debugging purposes?
I understand how weak references work, but I am bit confused regarding it's use in actionscript event listeners. Consider the example below:
public class Rectangle extends MovieClip {
public function Rectangle() {
var screen:Shape=new Shape();
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If the Rectangle object has no other references, then it is a candidate for garbage collection, but since there is an event listener within the object, the event dispatcher holds a reference to the object, even though there are no other references to the object(other than the one held by the event listener). Hence it is prevented from being garbage collected. Is this the reason why weak event listeners are prescribed? Is the flash player so naive that, it cannot figure out that the event listener is defined within the same object?
I'm working on writing a tweening class in as2 that has a callback variable and I can't seem to find a good way to get the scope without specifically passing in a scope variable as well. This tweening class needs to work in classes as well as on the timeline. Here's what my codes looks like right now.params.scope[ params.onComplete ]( params.onCompleteParams );params is an object passed into the class. This works but I don't want to have params.scope in there.
View 1 RepliesI have a page that uses the jQuery.swfobject plugin to embed 5 flash items into a page and each flash item has a callback using externalInterface. The callbacks work when I have the js function outside of $(document).ready(function() but the jQuery animations do not fire - the ajax load however does. Does anyone know how to get the animations working too, code below:
function pageLoader(galID) {
$('#menu').hide();
$('#holder_gallery').load("feeds.php", {gallery: galID}, function(){
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I have a flash application using callbacks to javascript functions (eg. when it receives some data over a socket, it'll call a js script which would change the content of a div according to that given data).
Afaik, there is no actual mutual exclusion in javascript so I'm not sure if I can/need to simulate something like :
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So, the question is, when are those callbacks called ? Are they simply queued to be executed right after the browser finishes its task or are they triggered randomly ?
When you call a method of a class inside a callback function, you can not use this object.To call the method, in javascript, I declare that variable, assign this to that, and use that inside the callback to call the method of this.In actionscript, do I have to do the same way as I do in javascript?The following code is the example to use that to call a method inside callback.Are there more simple way in actionscript?
class C {
private var that:C;
function C() {[code]......
I tried to call a flash callback method from JavaScript. But it seems not working. The flash action script example code is like below [Simplified]:
import flash.events.ActivityEvent;
import flash.events.StatusEvent;
import flash.external.ExternalInterface;
var test_var = ExternalInterface.addCallback("js_method_to_call", flash_method
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It is always display the error in fire bug console "flashFile.js_method_to_call is not a function".
I have a series of 10 external interface callbacks that are called through javascript and load mp3 files. The problem is, someone is able to click these while my pre-load function is running and it causes multiple files to load. Is there a way to disable the callbacks while the pre-load function is running?
ExternalInterface.addCallback("receiveText1", receiveText1);
function receiveText1(value:String):void {
channel.stop();
channel2.stop();
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I'm looking to create a flashBuilder document which uses seperate MXML files as "views" which are controlled by states - I believe it's a design pattern of sorts but I'm relatively new to FlashBuilder. I was wondering if anyone knew what design pattern it was and if I can be pointed in the direction of some good references! FYI I'm looking into using FlashBuilder to design Android apps
View 1 RepliesLong time ago I've been creating some as 2.0 projects, all of them based on the code within the timeline. I wanted to start learning as 3.0 based on classes rather on timeline but I find it confusing and difficult to understand introduction into the classes. I can't get to understand why the following example is not working :
I've got 3 files:
main.fla with main class "Main"
Code:
no code
Main.as
Code:
package {
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import projectconfig.Configurator;
public class Main extends MovieClip {
var projectConfigurator:Configurator;
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I am using PayPal Mobile Payments Library to implement PayPal for Android using Adobe AIR.When I am creating some PayPalPayment object for user to add an item to buy, how can I get that item in the callback function?
View 1 RepliesMy Flash app calls:
Facebook.ui("pay.prompt", data, onPayCallback, "iframe");
which works correctly on all browsers, until a recent change in the embedding of the swf file. I now use wmode="window" which gives much better performance in IE (previously I used "opaque").When the facebook credits popup appears, the game is now hidden as expected. It returns correctly when the popup is closed. However, on IE (version 9, other versions are untested) the callback is never called.
