Uh, and what if I just need to do some mathematical calculations that have nothing to do with MovieClips or visual elements?
:) Not all classes need to be associated with MovieClips (either by inheritance or composition/aggregation). Classes are nothing more than Objects that can have methods (aka functions) and/or properties (aka variables) and can even inherit (extends) an existing Class/Object type or implement (err, I guess implements) an interface. Inherently, all classes extend Object anyways but that's probably out of the scope of this discussion. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hans Wichman Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 4:16 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Classes 101 [was: Version control and Flash ] Hi, well ofcourse lots of ways lead to Rome.. trouble is even more ran past it, into a chasm most likely, but you probably see two types of scenario's that are most common: 1. your class extends a movieclip 2. your class wraps a movieclip I dont want to get into a discussion on what the better solution, both cases are similar. In your example you have a button. This button is probably on a screen/view/form whatever. Commonly you will implement a class for this form. As said either it subclasses the movieclip containing the button directly (which means you will have a reference, you'll only need to declare it again in the class to satisfy the compiler eg class MyForm extends MovieClip { } On 8/10/07, Marcelo Wolfgang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 8/10/07, Hans Wichman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hehe no worries there, I'm sure we all do stuff that causes someone else > to > > say they need to kill... etc :) > > It was meant as a joke nothing harsh to be honest:). > > I got it :) > > > You are hijacking this thread though, which is in itself ofcourse enough > > reason to ... :) > > Sorry, I was about to ask about this for quite sometime, but I'm too > f. busy recently and when I saw the joke I had to answer :) > > > > Some answer though: > > - you dont code AS2 classes on frames, you just write as2 classes in > files. > > Once you compile your movie, flash lets you specify in which frame your > > classes should be exported. > > I think what I don't get the most is how do I transform this > > function myFunction(){ > return this; > } > > to a class and how I can call it later in something like > > btClose_mc.onRelease = myFunction(); > > i'm thinking in buying moock's essential actionscript 3, but I'm > afraid it will hard to jump from where I'm now to where the book is. > > TIA > Marcelo Wolfgang > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
