Shh back off man he's got it under control. On 4/27/06, ????? ??????? <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jim Tann ?????: > > http://www.osflash.org/flashcoders/as2#handling_scope_in_event_handlers > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jonathan > > Berry > > Sent: 26 April 2006 23:53 > > To: Flashcoders mailing list > > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Are you a help vampire? > > > > I want to offer a basic counterpoint to this: what if the question is > > just > > from a beginner, who has in fact researched a problem found the > > documentation/resources incomplete in some way? Is it just because a > > person > > is a beginner that you will not offer help? > > > > Case in point, and be patient with me. I am not by any means venting > > here, > > but I offered a question some time ago about the basic placement of > > anonymous functions like btn1.onRelease = > > function(){getURL(_root.variable_name,"_blank");} and also asked about > > whether or not such a function required the _root if it was in fact on > > the > > _root timeline. I actually received some very nice assistance on this > > and I > > appreciate the poster, since though I did discover that this was true > > through experimentation myself, he did give me a short lesson on scope. > > I > > had already learned about the Delegate class, but this basic issue was > > not > > clear in my reading, so I would not know I had to use _root or Delegate > > or > > what have you. I do know some Javascript and PHP and so programming is > > not > > beyond me, but learning a new technology from the ground up is the way I > > learn generally. I like to know *all* the aspects. So please permit > > those > > who are learning and obviously trying the benefit of the doubt. > > > > Another thing is further questions on the same subject. In this same > > issue, > > I had the question "are such function assignments applicable to a button > > if > > the code is placed before the button on the timeline?" I got a no, of > > course, which was a basic thing I had sketchy knowledge on. What I had > > was > > an ad sent to us by a client wherein the previous coder had used on() > > handlers on the clips and I was trying to rewrite it to include the > > anonymous functions and our variables, as stated before. When I wrote in > > the > > code in a keyframe in the actions layer above where the button was > > instantiated, it worked, but when a new keyframe in the button layer > > came > > up, I had to re-enter the code there as well. This seemed like > > repetitive > > work and my further question about this was not answered. > > > > My point is, does this make me dumb? No. It would make me lazy however > > if I > > did not research this. But this basic practice of where code should be > > written and how often was not clear to me since the project was not > > working > > in subsequent frames and the documentation I had read seemed to say > > write > > and be done with it. > > > > I suppose I am both asking this general question again, to help solidify > > my > > knowledge, and also pointing out that this does not make those who try > > but > > fail stupid. All I am saying is that I appreciate all your knowledge on > > this > > subject, but please have patience with those who are trying to learn and > > distinguish them from the vampires who ask questions that are so general > > that they lack any knowledge of Flash. > > _______________________________________________ > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > > http://www.figleaf.com > > http://training.figleaf.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > > http://www.figleaf.com > > http://training.figleaf.com > > > > > > I suppose I am both asking this general question again, to help > > solidify my knowledge, and also pointing out that this does not make > > those who try but fail stupid. All I am saying is that I appreciate > > all your knowledge on this subject, but please have patience with > > those who are trying to learn and distinguish them from the vampires > > who ask questions that are so general that they lack any knowledge of > > Flash. > Entirely and completely I support this comrade. > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
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