What Language/script Can ActionScript Communicate In?
Dear Gurus/members,
I am a newbie in ActionScript. What language/scripting can ActionScript communicate with? ASP? VBScript?JavaScript? Any suggestions and information is highly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Janice
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Posted on: 06-01-2004, 01:41 AM
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I have a site I am building in AS3. I have a main SWF, site.swf, that loads the subsections as seperate SWF's only when a user clicks on them (to save on initial load time).
For my subsections, I need to be able to communicate with the SWF that loaded it. In AS2, this was simple enough - just say something like _parent._parent.gotoAndPlay("something"), and step up enough levels to speak to movie clips in the main SWF.
Trying to do this in AS3, however, results in errors such as this when trying to compile my subsection SWF:
Code:
TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
... because it thinks I am trying to communicate with something that doesn't exist. The result is that I can't compile my subsection SWF's.
For example, I am unable to reference a variable in the main SWF using this code in my subsection SWF:
Code:
myText = this.parent.parent.parent.parent.sectionTitle;
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As a relative novice to Flash I was hoping that some more experienced users could help me to solve an issue that is frustrating me (due to my inability to understand basic Actionscript language)
I have tried posting to the Macromedia Usenet group for Flash but the answers I received (for which I was grateful) were couched in terms that I could not follow or did not seem to work even when I tried to implement the suggestions made (probably because I did not really understand what was being explained to me)
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I am attempting to construct a clickable map - nothing too difficult with that and I have succeeded in understanding the idea of buttons and attaching behaviours to specific events (like a rollover for example).
Now I wish to attach a movie clip (pop up style) to the same (rollover) event and I cannot understand how to do this.
Imagine a map of the USA (my map is not actually the USA but the example will suffice for this explanation) with each state as a section of the map. As the mouse rolls over each state that section of the map changes colour
I have completed the creation of this first stage of the project already so I have my basic map – this (map) movie consists of just one frame on one layer. The map contains 104 separate sections and each section has been converted into a button with a colour change assigned to the rollover event.
Now in addition (tied to the same rollover/rollout events) I wish to have a panel of information relating to the highlighted section of the map appear at a designated point on the map (so that the pop-up panel does not interfere with viewing the map itself) and then disappear when the mouse rolls out. Of course this means that a new panel of information will immediately appear relating to the adjacent section (state) on the map and so on and so forth for each section (state) on the map.
I have the 104 panels of information already created in a separate Movie – called Regionaldata – this movie consists of one layer with 104 separate frames, one for each section of the map
Please also see the following URL, which is a similar map showing the kind of pop up panel effect I am trying to achieve:
http://eng.bundesregierung.de/frameset/index.jsp - click on the small map image
Here are some basic questions illustrating my poor knowledge of Flash
1.What is the difference between a Movie Clip and a Movie?
2.If you attempt to play a Movie Clip within the Main Movie, does that Movie Clip have to be a part of the Main Movie – i.e. sitting on another layer – or not? If the answer is no what form of syntax is required to call the Movie Clip into the Main Movie – I understand the concept of a pathway, i.e. C:/Main_Folder/Sub_Folder/Movie_Clip – but is this how you identify the target Movie Clip in Flash or is another form of syntax used in Action Script language?
3.Each section of the map is already a button but can these sections also be (simultaneously) a Movie Clip?
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To G Paris
First of all thank you for your response to my posting.
I have only just been able to read your posting and look at your suggestions.
I have read various documents related to Actionscript and I have to admit to being very confused by the terminology used by these manuals.
Is there a tutorial included on this site that is relevant to my query?
Now I have further questions to ask flowing from your suggestions:
1. If I convert the existing buttons to movieclips and place these MC's on another layer can all 104 MC's exist on the same layer - yes/no ?
2. What form of commands do you suggest I use to make the panels of information appear and disappear? - I was thinking of using something like:
on (rollOver) {
}
gotoAndPlay();
on (rollOut) {
}
gotoAndStop();
with the relevant layers and frame numbers identified to target the panel of information required
Is this syntax suitable or not?
__________________________________________________ ____________
I'm first tempted to suggest you should read the actionscript manual. It will help clarify the basics of actionscript and lso how Flash works.
Now your questions:
1. What is the difference between a Movie Clip and a Movie?
When we say Movie , usually it's a reference to the whole .fla
A MovieClip is an object in that "Movie/.fla"
2. If you attempt to play a Movie Clip within the Main Movie, does that Movie Clip have to be a part of the Main Movie – i.e. sitting on another layer – or not? If the answer is no what form of syntax is required to call the Movie Clip into the Main Movie – I understand the concept of a pathway, i.e. C:/Main_Folder/Sub_Folder/Movie_Clip – but is this how you identify the target Movie Clip in Flash or is another form of syntax used in Action Script language?
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_level0.myClip._visible=false;
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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