Watch Object Property With AddEventListener?
Hi there!
I am looking for a simple way to watch for Object property change, something like:
Code:
myMovieClip.x.addEventListener( Event.CHANGE, onPropertyXChange );
but of course the above doesn't work. Anybody can redirect me to a Class or a way to do this?
Thanks!
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Posted on: 10-20-2008, 08:37 AM
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Hello Guys,
I am hoping someone can help me, as i have been trying to get this to work for the last four hours.
I am trying to create button that links to URL address with AS3.0 This is the code I am using:
Code:
work.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, callLink);
function callLink():void {
var url:String = "http://www.hologramdesigns.com";
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);
try {
navigateToURL(request, '_self');
} catch (e:Error) {
trace("Error occurred!");
}
}
However, I am retrieving this error on running.
1120: Access of undefined property work. work.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, callLink);
I have attached the .fla file if anyone can assist me with where I am going wrong it would be much appreciated.
Access Of Undefined Property. Work.addEventListener
Hello Guys,
I am new to Action Scripting 3.0 - and I am having difficulty getting a button to open a URL.
I have created an invisible button called work (hoping that it would) and this is the action scripting I have created.
ActionScript Code:
work.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, callLink);
function callLink():void {
var url:String = "http://www.hologramdesigns.com";
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);
try {
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}
When I run/publish this script flash reports back this error. 1120: Access of undefined property work. work.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, callLink);
I hope someone can help.
Object.watch()
Hi,
I want to register any Changes made to a property of an self defined Object using the watch() method. If I define all properties in the constructor of the object it works fine. But I also want to watch properties which I define later - not in the constructor.
Can anyone help me?
Watch Object
Hello!
I'd like several movieClips (created on the go) to react (change their appearance i.e.) when a variable located on _root is changed; I did something like that,which I placed on my mc's:
Code:
_root.watch('myVar', fReactToMyVar);
function fReactToMyVar() {
trace("myVar changed!");
}
and it works fine, except that if this code is the same for many movieClips, it'll work for only one of them (because the _root.watch object is overwritten I guess), so how do I do to have multiple "watch" objects to react to the same variable? It seems this is a syntax problem but I couldn't find the answer...
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Hi there
I am altering a flash variable via javascript.
Once altred I want to do something in flash.
The variable is called 'varq' and there is an instance on the stage called 'cat'.
I'm using trace to check the routine but it doesn't work.
This is the code I have in the frame.
var itemIDWatcher:Function = function(prop, oldVal, newVal){
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function test() {
tester = tester+1;
}
menuCallText.watch('menucall', test);
I even added this line to see if the watchpoint was created successfully and it's returning a value of true...
testTrue= menuCallText.watch('menucall', test);
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Here's the deal.
I'm writing a class to allow me to watch one property of an object more than once. The problem is that when I'm inside that class and I set the variable that I'm watching (after I unwatch it) it gets set, however, when I trace it in the function I call after I set it (to do just that, trace) it returns undefined.
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To be honest, i dont remember if the name was object watch, property watch...it was something like that in AS2 that could watch if some property of a movieClip has changed and do something about it
The first thing i was looking at was the proxy class, however it seems that it cant be used with movieClips so there is any way to do this, without have to check it every frame?
Tnakz
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tellTarget("../../FFbutton")
{
ButtonAction = "nextframe";
}
I am trying to build a replacement for the nav SWF that traps the button presses on the slide. The slides are fully licensed, but FLA's are not available. With my limited knowledge, I have tried setting up a button, FFbutton, and then added the script into frame 1:
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Hello,
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Please help...listeners...AARRGHH!
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my Q;
If I want to use the Object.Watch method instead of listeners, what should my code look like?
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MC CODE : -----------------------------------------------------
styleobjectcolor1 = new Object();
_global.styleobject.addListener(styleobjectcolor1);
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trace(message);
// getting color value from style movie
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myColor2 = new Color(colormc);
myColor2.setRGB("0x"+temp_color2);
};
END CODE : ----------------------------------------------------
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_root.CODE : --------------------------------------------------
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grt
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Help With Object.watch() Method
Hi!
I have a movieClip used as a scroller asociated to a class that contains this method:
SimpleScrollBtn.prototype.onMouseMove=function(){
this._parent.link.scroll=(this._y*this._parent.link.maxscroll)/this._parent.maxY+1;
}
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PHP Code:
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trace(oldVal);
trace(newVal);
trace(id);
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myVar="content";
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Hi there
I am altering a flash variable via javascript.
Once altred I want to do something in flash.
The variable is called 'varq' and there is an instance on the stage called 'cat'.
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This is the code I have in the frame.
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}
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ActionScript Code:
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But if the value of the property being watched, is changed within a function, is there a way to tell which function that was?
EG:
ActionScript Code:
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thanks ~~ ^_^
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here is the code and error with my labels in all-caps.
THIS SECTION (in the player creation loop) SETS THE EVENTLISTENER
ActionScript Code:
player.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, startMove);
THIS SECTION DEFINES THE EVENTLISTENERS
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}
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at Error$/throwError()
at flash.display::Stage/set x()
at tabletest2_fla::MainTimeline/thingMove()
--------------------------------------------------------
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I have the following code on the root of my movie:
PHP Code:
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Within a movie clip named "radio_button", I've got the following code:
PHP Code:
myObj = eval ("_root." + this._name + "_object");
// inside a for loop I'm going through rows
// inside that for loop, I have another for loop that goes through columns
for (i...) {
for (j...) {
if (myObj ["row_" + i]) {
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(eval ("row_" + i + ".radio_button_" + j)).gotoAndStop ("selected");
}
}
}
}
I've tried:
PHP Code:
myObj ["row_" + i ["radio_button_" + j]]
and:
PHP Code:
myObj ["row_" + i] ["radio_button_" + j]
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www.pigdogtoad.com
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[0,1,0],
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Code:
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This works:
Code:
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colName = "some_name";
data[colName] = "the data";
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trace(data[colName]);
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Code:
data = new Object();
colName = "some_name";
data.property.[colName] = "the data";
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trace(data.property[colName]);
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Getting Just The First Enumerable Object Property
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Limitations Of Object / Property Name
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_root.createEmptyMovieClip("someString",someDepthI nt);
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Remove Property From Object
Hi,
I have an ObjectCollection class which I need to allow me to add and remove props from an object.
The adding is easy, and I can remove a property's value, but how do I remove the prop itself:
Code:
delete myObject["prop"]
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for instance, in a for loop i have the following code
clearly it will not compile because of the "Total Verts" code, is there anyway to make a space in a property?
The reason i ask is because im populating a data grid with the property names, and I wanted the section to be named "Total Verts"
var frameObj = new Object();
frameObj.Total Verts = framesArray[i].totalVerts;
frameObj.Elements = framesArray[i].totalElements;
frameObj.Frame = framesArray[i].frameNum;
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heres my problem
slideshowimage[slideshowimages]=new Object;
slideshowimage[slideshowimages].isinshow=true
slideshowimage[slideshowimages].address=testpic1.jpg
slideshowimage[slideshowimages].xoffset=0
slideshowimage[slideshowimages].yoffset=-50
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for example :
i would like the property "isinshow" to be defined as a boolean and "xoffset" defined as an int and etc...
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Using A Variable To Specify An Object Property
Hey all,
Suppose I have
columnName : String = 'name';
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dG.addItem({columnName:'joe'});
This creates a column called "columnName". Is there a way to use the value of the string "columnName" instead as the column title?
Thanks in advance!
fitz
Object.constructor Property
<definition from ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference>
...constructor (Object.constructor property) ... Reference to the constructor function for a given object instance. The constructor property is automatically assigned to all objects when they are created using the constructor for the Object class ...
//--- --- - - -
i thought i understood this until i started doing some multiple level inheritance ..
imagine three classes:
-- class Object . . . (top level class)
-- class ParentClass . . . (implicitly inherits from Object)
-- class ChildClass extends ParentClass . . . (explicitly inherits from ParentClass)
and three objects:
-- var obj:Object . . . (an instance of Object)
-- var parentObj:ParentClass . . . (an instance of ParentClass)
-- var childObj:ChildClass . . . (an instance of ChildClass)
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obj.constructor == Object //-- as expected
parentObj.constructor == ParentClass //-- as expected
childObj.constructor == ParentClass //-- i would have thought it would be == ChildClass
//--- --- - - -
furthermore .. if i change my class definitions to be a bit less ambiguous:
class Object . . . (top level class)
class ParentClass extends Object . . . (explicitly inherits from Object)
class ChildClass extends ParentClass . . . (explicitly inherits from ParentClass)
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obj.constructor == Object
parentObj.constructor == Object
childObj.constructor == Object
//--- --- - - -
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also .. feel free to ask for clarification (if i was unclear) or more complete code samples.
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Hi. I am trying to set (and retrieve) an object property through a constructed variable.
Items = new Array();
Items[0] = new Object();
propName = "Description";
tempVar = "Items[0]."+propName;
eval(tempVar) = "This is the description";
======
The above eval does not assign "This is the description" to Items[0].Description.
What command do I use to make the assignment?
Many thanks,
Tracy Boland
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I'm generally familiar with addProperty and all of it's little foibles (ho-hum). The one thing I can't seem to get working is having an array as a property.
code: Tracker = function (){
this.addProperty("_sprites", Tracker.prototype.getSprites, Tracker.prototype.setSprites);
}
Tracker.prototype = new Object();
Tracker.prototype.getSprites = function(){
return this._sprites;
}
Tracker.prototype.setSprites = function(newSprite){
if (!this._sprites){
//the sprites array does not exist, create it
this._sprites = new Array();
}
for (x = 0; x < this._sprites.length; x++){
exists = 0;
//assume the sprite doesn't exist
if (this._sprites[x] == newSprite){
//the sprite does exist!
exists = 1;
theSprite = x;
//mark where it is in the array
break;
//no need to search any more, leave the for loop
}
}
if (exists){
//it exists, so remove it
this._sprites.splice(theSprite,1);
}else{
//it doesn't exist, create it
this._sprites.push(newSprite);
}
};
So, how do you create an array as a property of on object?
I think I see Catbert coming
Please Help - Variable Object Property Names
I need to create variable object property names for use with the data grid component.
This works:
data = new Object();
data.some_name = "the data";
But this does not:
data = new Object();
colName = "some_name";
data[colName] = "the data";
Can anyone help me? Can object property names be variable?
Thanks.
Changing An Object Property With It's String Name?
If I have the full path name of an object like:
var1 = "parentObject.firstChild.secondChild";
and I want to change the value:
parentObject.firstChild.secondChild.price
How can I do this with access ONLY to the string variable var1?
My situation is more complicated than given above... but essentially it's the problem given above, where I only have access to the string variable.
I've tried something like:
this[var1].price
But that doesn't work.
I can get access to the variable with eval(var1 + price)... but with the rules of the use of eval changed from Flash5, I can't use this.
Any ideas?
Does anyone understand my mad problem?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
OM
Removing Property From A Predefined Object
How do you remove a user defined property from a predefined object?
For example, if I set a property of a movie clip:
myMC.myProp = myValue;
I can retrieve the value with a for..in loop.
Later I want to clear the property so that 'myProp' does not get evaluated in a for..in loop.
How do I do this?
Using JS SetVariable To Change The Value Of An Object Property
Hi, I know this JS code can change the value of a simple variable which resides on the root ("myVar")
Code:
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JavaScript>
<!--
function doPassVar(args){
var sendText = args.value;
window.document.myFlash.SetVariable("myVar", sendText);
}
//-->
</SCRIPT>
link: http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/kn...fm?id=tn_15683
can this method be used to change a property of a class instance?
Assuming I have a myClassInstance which is an instance of a myClass(), the class has a property named "value".
Will putting this code in the JS change the myClassInstance.value?
Code:
window.document.myFlash.SetVariable("myClassInstance.value", sendText);
Does Textformat Object Have Alias Property?
Hi im applying the text format object to a list of dynamically created textfields...but isnt their an alias/anti alias of the text format object property that i can apply to dynamically generated text fields? Cause at present the text doesnt look very crisp!!
thanks
Passing To Object.text Property
I can't understand why the text string will not pass to the variable userAnswer.
AnswA.distractor.text = "My text string here";
userAnswer = AnswA.distractor.text;
trace(userAnswer);
I can't get the string to trace, i've tried other formats including...
trace(AnswA.distractor)//0
trace(AnswA.distractor.text)//0
thank you
iaustin
Line Object Property -> Array
I am attempting to step through a line and copy information into an array.
I tryied creating a class but got errors.
Code:
class node {
private var x:number;
private var y:number;
private var percent:number;
private var distance:number
}
all the same, even using an array to store my data did not work
Please help!!!
Code:
// create a clip to draw to
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("mc", 1);
// set our line style
mc.lineStyle(1, 0x000000);
// draw the line based on handle locations
mc.moveTo(10,10);
mc.lineTo(100,100);
mc.lineTo(50,150);
mc.lineTo(200,200);
mc.lineTo(100,250);
var myArray = new Array();
var count:Number = mc.length;
trace(count);
trace(mc(0).x);
myArray(0).x = mc(0).x
myArray(0).y = mc(0).y
myArray(0).percent = 0.2
myArray(0).distance=12
//for ( var i=0; i<myArray.length; i++) {
// trace(myArray[i]);
//};
also any help on using the debug to view my variables.
I couldn't see any of my local variables in the debug window.
Object Property Via A Class, Is There A Tutorial?
I am less than 3 weeks into both Flash and AS3. My main problem is that when I try to apply what I read or see in a video to a class I get lots of problems if I don't have the exact setup they did.
Can someone make a tutorial that shows what needs to be added to the class and timeline to target specific movieclips? For example, with the information I provide below, what would need to be added to target each level of the hierarchy:
FLA file: Geometry.fla [b]document class:[/B] none, left field blank
AS file: MoveMC.as package: lesson
1st MovieClip: (library name) mRect base class: lesson.MoveMC class: Rectangle instance names(3):mRect1, mRect2, mRect3 nesting: all are nested in a MovieClip that is on the stage with an instance name of mBorder
2nd MovieClip: (library name) mTri base class: lesson.MoveMC class: Triangle instance names(3):mTri1, mTri2, mTri3 nesting: all are nested in a MovieClip that is on the stage with an instance name of mBorder
So what I would love to know is the following:
What needs to go in the MoveMC.as (and timeline?) file in order to change the .x property of all movieclips with:
note: answer 1)-3) seperately please
1) base class of lesson.MoveMC
2) class name of Rectangle
3) instance name of mRect3
please mention any variable declaration and importing that would be needed along with the actual property assignment code
Dynamic Property Names Of AS3 Object
Ladies and Gentleman's,
Following code creates Object class instances out of Objects on stage (components in flex)...
var mNewObject:Object = { (component.id) : (component.text) };
It is beautiful. the code creates an Array of these object which are sent to the server. What a lovely story.
as such:
[componentID: value],
[componentID: value],
[componentID: value],
[componentID: value]
my question has to do with the recipient of the object, which can even be a function on the same client.
How does one access the (string value) Key of the objects when they can all differ between one run to another ?
hope this was clear. many thanks in advance, this is a great forum.
Peace and love from Israel
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