Music Doesn't Go Out Of Scope?
Hi all,
I have a movieclip A which loads music via actionscript:
ActionScript Code:
var Music:Sound = new Sound();Music.attachSound("Tune");Music.start(0);
Movieclip B then has an instance of Movieclip A on one frame.
Why does the music continue to play after the instance of Moveclip A has been destroyed? And more importantly, how do I stop it?
Thanks,
Lister
Ultrashock Forums > Flash > ActionScript
Posted on: 2005-06-03
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Howdy
I'm doing a dyn. .txt based "news-reader"...
5 dyn txt files, 5 buttons, one dyn text field (box)
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My site is based on a main page at level_0, and I load swf's throughout to
various levels. My news reader works great in a stand alone config (when
testing in ie or flash player). When in the main movie, it fails to load txt files when i call it up to
a level, although it does load the buttons and it's
graphical elements. Code is as written
Heres the code on the _root of the news reader:
frame 1 of root,
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this._x=170
this._y=20
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Can you have that code on level one, defining an event for a button on level 20? What's wrong?
??
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ActionScript Code:
function loadNavItems(navItems:String) {
var navItems_array:Array = navItems.split(",");
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trace(navItems_array[i]); // traces correctly
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Code:
class instance {
public function getScope(){
trace("from class: " + _root);
trace("from class: this._parent);
trace("from class: " + this);
}
}
Code:
trace(_root);
trace(this);
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scope.getScope();
The output I get it:
Code:
_level0
_level0
from class: _level0
undefined
from class: [object Object]
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Im running into a scope issue with the below (only constructor shown)
Code:
function Excel() {
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trace("Excel Importer built");
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}
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_parent.bttnClose.enabled = true;
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_parent.bttnClose.enabled = true;
}
};
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}
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Hi
I am just trying to understand the scope of this in AS3 for example in AS2
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I am developing a mobile application for the new Nokia N95 but i am having some problems. This is Flash Lite 2.0 by the way.
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PHP Code:
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PHP Code:
class softKeyClass extends MovieClip { private var _target_mc:MovieClip; private var test_btn:Button; private var info_mc:MovieClip; public function softKeyClass(target_mc:MovieClip) { _target_mc = target_mc; trace(target_mc +" target_mc"); trace(_target_mc + " _target_mc"); fscommand2 ("SetSoftKeys", "quit", "send"); fscommand2 ("FullScreen", true); var myListener:Object = new Object (); myListener.onKeyDown = function () { if (Key.getCode () == ExtendedKey.SOFT1) { // Handle left soft keypress event. //_root.target_mc.unloadMovie(); trace("left soft key"); } else if (Key.getCode () == ExtendedKey.SOFT2) { // Handle right soft keypress event. _target_mc.unloadMovie(); trace("right soft key"); } } Key.addListener (myListener); }}
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This is what i tried with the delegate class.
PHP Code:
import mx.utils.Delegate;class softKeyClass extends MovieClip { private var _target_mc:MovieClip; private var test_btn:Button; private var info_mc:MovieClip; public function softKeyClass(target_mc:MovieClip) { _target_mc = target_mc; trace(target_mc +" target_mc"); trace(_target_mc + " _target_mc"); fscommand2 ("SetSoftKeys", "quit", "send"); fscommand2 ("FullScreen", true); //Key.addListener(Delegate.create("onKeydown", this, getKey)); var myListener:Object = new Object (); myListener.onKeyDown = Delegate.create(this, getKey); } private function getKey() { if (Key.getCode () == ExtendedKey.SOFT1) { // Handle left soft keypress event. //_root.target_mc.unloadMovie(); trace("left soft key"); } else if (Key.getCode () == ExtendedKey.SOFT2) { // Handle right soft keypress event. _target_mc.unloadMovie(); trace(_class._target_mc + " med parent"); trace("right soft key"); } Key.addListener (myListener); }}
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/Morten
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If I write my own function, what is it's scope?
Say if it's in the main timeline...
Or if it's in a movie in a movie that is onw the main time line...?
What is it's scope?
Any help would be appreciated.
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Scope Issues - Please Help
I am following along with O'reilly's Actionscript, the definitive guide, and having trouble with very basic scope problems I'm sure someone can help me with. On frame 1 of my main timeline I have the code :
trace (square.x);
trace (circle.y);
and I also have instances [named square and circle] of 2 symbols on this frame. On each symbols main timeline [frame 1] I have this code:
var y;
y = 4;
and
var x;
x = 3;
And for some reason that the book doesn't explain this wont work. It prints out blank, like my dot syntax is wrong or something. However when I move the code on frame one of the main timeline to frame 2 it works. Why is this and how can I fix it?
Thanks a lot!
Jeremy
Programming Art
http://www.programmingart.com
Scope And Rotation
Ok I have tried two other threads and no one can answer this for me maybe it is so hard I don't know but its bugging me out I can do it in flash 5 code but I wanted to get used to flashMX code so I tried this but it just isn't working. I have got the dots to attach and space out right but I wanted each of them to have a rotational value according to the mouse. But I think I have the scope all wrong can anyone please help
Code:
clipDistance = 40;
xRow = 6;
yRow = 3;
total = xRow*yRow;
for (i=0; i<xRow; i++) {
for (j=0; j<yRow; j++) {
movieNum++;
tempClip = _root.attachMovie("dot", "dot"+i+j, movieNum);
tempClip._x = 200+(clipDistance*j);
tempClip._y = 100+(clipDistance*i);
}
}
with (tempclip) {
tempclip.onEnterFrame = function() {
this.rot = (Math.atan2(_root._ymouse-tempclip._y, _root._xmouse-tempclip._x)/Math.PI)*180;
_root.dot._rotation = this.rot;
};
}
Function Scope
I have defined a function the first frame of my timeline but components inside MC's are not picking it up. Any idea's? Do I have to have my function in the first scene?
Variable Scope
If I declare a variable in a movie clip, can I access it in another movie clip? If so, how?
Ya-Tin
Variable Scope
Hello --
I hope someone can help me -- I seem to be losing the value in an some variables I have:
I am new to Flash and am trying to make a simple (or so I thought!) movie with a text box displaying a list of current events, one by one. I want to store the events in an array, and have the first one display in a dynamic text box for a few seconds (maybe scroll across the screen), then display the next array item (next current event), then the next, and so on.
I have a movie with 2 layers: Actions and Display. My code so far is in the first frame of the actions layer.
The Display layer contains a dynamic text box set to the variable "newsitem" - this is where I want to display my events.
I have a text file (news.txt) containing the events, each event separated by a carat ("^").
Contents of text file:
txtmsg=October 20-21, 2002 FIN User Conference, Van Nuys, CA^November 2-3, 2002 Vancouver Tech Conference, Vancouver, BC
I load the text file into a Flash variable (txtmsg) (this part works fine). I then use the split function to separate out each event into its own array item. Here's my code from frame 1 of the actions layer:
loadVariablesNum ("news.txt", 0, "POST");
mycounter = 0;
newsarray = txtmsg.split('^');
newsitem=newsarray[mycounter];
This works fine (meaning when I test the movie, and choose Debug - List Variables, each event is listed as an array item.)
BUT when I go on to the next step, and add 20 frames to each layer(where the first newsarray item would display in the text box newsitem), and add this piece of code in frame 20 of the actions layer to bring in the next array item and display it in the text box newsitem:
mycounter++;
newsitem=newsarray[mycounter];
gotoAndPlay (2);
When I add this code, and test the movie, the variable newsarray is "undefined", as is newsitem. The variable "txtmsg" which contains the unsplit text straight from the text file, still contains its original value.
I don't know if somehow the variable containing the array is going out of scope, or what!
Can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong?
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Scope Issue
if i create an onLoad function for an MC in it's parent MC and call a function in the onLoad that exists in the child, how do I reference that funciton...here's the set up
two MC's: A, B
in A I write:
//
function init() {
foo()
}
B.onLoad = init;
in B I write:
//
function foo() {
trace("init");
}
since foos is defined in B, should I call it like so B.foo or as is?
tx
Embedded MC Scope
How can you call an Object method from an embedded MC onEnterFrame Event. Its another problem with scope that i cant figure out
Code:
function newTarget()
{
this.MyClip=attachMovie( "fly", "fly1",100);
this.MyClip.onEnterFrame=function()
{
//'this' here refers to the MyClip Instance, i need to target its object parent
this.Update()
}
}
newTarget.prototype.Update=function()
{
trace("called")
}
newClip=new newTarget()
I've tried various different solutions and cant get it to work. Any help or pointers appreciated.
Cheers
Object Scope From MC
How can you call an Object method from an embedded MC onEnterFrame Event. Its another problem with scope that i cant figure out
Code:
function newTarget()
{
this.MyClip=attachMovie( "fly", "fly1",100);
this.MyClip.onEnterFrame=function()
{
//'this' here refers to the MyClip Instance, i need to target its object parent
this.Update()
}
}
newTarget.prototype.Update=function()
{
trace("called")
}
newClip=new newTarget()
I've tried various different solutions and cant get it to work. Any help or pointers appreciated.
Cheers
Variable Scope
Hello,
nice easy one for ya
I have a function on the main time line that basicly creates and array
All I wan't do is access that array from within another function - should be easy but cant remember for the life of me how to do it????
I'll include a bit of an example for clarity -
//function 1
function makeArray(){
dest = -10 + random(780);
speed = 10+ random(5);
direc = random(2)
return man = [dest, speed, direc];
}
//function 2
function move{
man[1] yada yada yada
}
You get the point
any help happly recieved
(sorry about spelling was in bit of a rush)
GetTimer - > Scope
I am building a little pre-loader and I wish to use the getTimer() function. However, the file I am loading is loaded into a movie clip ("movieHolder") in my main movie which is the _root timeline. Please see the following code.
// Code in externally loaded movie
this.stop();
// preloading routine
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
fractionLoaded = this.getBytesLoaded()/this.getBytesTotal();
elapsedTime = (getTimer()-_root.movieHolder.startTimeDemo)/1000;
timeToLoad = elapsedTime/fractionLoaded;
timetoFinish = Math.ceil(timeToLoad-elapsedTime);
if(timetoFinish == "0") {
// move playhead to correct position
this.gotoAndPlay("demo");
}
};
_root.movieHolder.startTimeDemo = getTimer();
When I run the main movie, it picks up the "bytesLoaded" but does not trigger the timing function.
I have found that when I use the setInterval function, I can only get code to work if everything is referenced around the _root timeline. Is this a similar case / problem with getTimer() ?
I have tried some other referencing, but I am shooting in teh dark. Is there a definitive answer ?
Regards,
motorpilot
When Does TextHeight Come Into Scope?
I have code in a prototype defining a text field as so:
Code:
DraggerClip.createTextField("tf_draggerText", ++this.depthCounter, 0, 0, 0, 0);
DraggerClip.tf_draggerText._width = 160;
DraggerClip.tf_draggerText.multiline = true;
DraggerClip.tf_draggerText.wordWrap = true;
DraggerClip.tf_draggerText.autoSize = "left";
DraggerClip.tf_draggerText.html = true;
DraggerClip.tf_draggerText.leading = 0;
DraggerClip.tf_draggerText.htmlText = "<p align='center'>" + getDrag2Text()+ "</p>";
DraggerClip.tf_draggerText.embedFonts = true;
DraggerClip.tf_draggerText.setTextFormat(new TextFormat("Futura Md BT", 15));
DraggerClip.tf_draggerText._x = Drag2LeftMargin;
DraggerClip.tf_draggerText._y = DraggerClip.title_txt._y+DraggerClip.title_txt._height+50;
trace(DraggerClip.tf_draggerText.textHeight);
A couple problems...
It displays ok unless i comment out the autoSize. Then no text is rendered on the stage. I don't understand that behavior...i've tried with several different width values without any change.
But my main problem is returning the height of the text. I need to pull this value so I can play a clip that adjusts the background depending on how many lines the field wraps to.
I was under the impression that this value was immediately available...no need to let a frame or 2 elapse as we did in the days of Flash 5.
Object Scope Help
postObj = {};
postObj.me=this.postObj
postObj.page = 10;
postObj.lastPage=this.page/2
trace(postObj.lastpage)
how come it doesnt trace out the correct number. Is it got to do with scope? how do i solve this prob?
Rifle Scope Help
I am working on a site that uses the magnifying lense from this tutorial Real Time Magnifying Glass but I have altered it so that I have some t-shirts in the middle of a scope rather than the newspaper from the example tutorial. What I want to do is to make it so that once you aim the rifle over the shirt you want, and click the mouse, a larger example of the shirt shows up in the top right part of my flash window. Any help here would be appreciated. rifle.swf example<--copy link to clipboard, then paste in a new window for the link to work properly.
Path Or Scope?
Hi,
I have a very simple case to solve, but I can't figure out what's wrong. I guess that it has something to do with path or scope syntax.
Here's the scenario: I have 3 scenes (Scene 1, Scene 2 and Scene 3). Every scene has only 1 frame and a stop() instruction in frame 1.
My first example has a button in Scene 1 with the following script attached:
Quote:
on (release) { gotoAndPlay ("Scene 3",1); }
Things are working well, and as expected, when clicking it, the playhead jumps to first frame of Scene 3 and plays (in fact stops because I have a stop() there).
My second example, the one I can't solve, is slightly different. This time, in Scene 1, I have a movie clip and inside it there is my button with the same script attached. But this time the playhead doesn't jump where it was supposed to. Nothing happens.
So my questions are:
1. Why is that?
2. What is the correct syntax for the second case?
Thank you.
P.S. You can download these 2 examples from here:
working.fla and not_working.fla
Note: Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004 needed.
Tracing Scope
hi.
i'm having some serious scope issues and want to know what the best way to troubleshoot this is.
i've traced as much as i can and couldn't figure it out, then i tried using targetPath() but that only works for finding movie clips and i'm looking for an array. any ideas?
thanks. fumeng.
Scope Within AS2 Classes
Hi,
See comment in class
Code:
class InstructionItem {
var mc:MovieClip;
var sndSound:Sound;
// CONSTRUCTOR
public function InstructionItem(clip,soundLinkageID):Void{
this.mc = clip;
this.mc.InstructionItem = this; // This is to be able to call the class methods from within this.mc.onEnterFrame haldlers for an example
this.sndSound = new Sound(this.mc._parent);
this.sndSound.attachSound(soundLinkageID);
}
// PUBLIC METHODS
public function playInstructions():Void{
this.sndSound.start();
this.sndSound.onSoundComplete = function(){
/*
I want to reach the class's methods & properties from here
like if I want the mc MovieCLip to play I would do maybe:
this.mc.play();
I know "this" refers to the Sound object so I can't do that. This
is a scope matter. But how to I do it then?
I suppose I could do the same as with mc - add a property to it
that I can then use within onEnterFrame and such to call the methods
but I have not been able to do it for the Sound object.
I always thought it was "a wrong way" anyway.
Please help me :)
*/
};
}
}
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