You would not use a wildcard in that case, in your document class, you would import IDESprite and then cast the variable as type:IDESprite
private var bSprite:IDESprite = new IDESprite(); Wildcards in my experience are more for when you don't know and/or don't want to require what the type will be, it could be anything. Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Technology & Operations & Global Risk L&LD eTools & Multimedia Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community Are you a Bank of America associate interested in innovative learning ideas and technologies? Check out our internal GT&O Innovative Learning Blog & subscribe. >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >>Of eric e. dolecki >>Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 12:26 PM >>To: Flash Coders List >>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Warning: 3596: Duplicate variable >>definition. >> >>on a related note. If I have a sprite in my Library (exported >>with a class name), and in that sprite some movieclips, in >>order to call the sprite into my document class, in order to >>access things within that sprite, I have to do this: >> >>private var bSprite; >>... >>bSprite = new IDESprite(); >>bSprite.some_mc... >> >>and NOT >> >>private var bSprite:Sprite >> >>because then when I try to access "some_mc" I get an error. >> >>So in this case is it best to simply not type bSprite, or >>type it with a wildcard? >> >>- E >> >>On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Merrill, Jason < >>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> >>(even if you are >>> >>only doing a wildcard cast). >>> >>> What I meant was, not "even if", but that casting to a >>wildcard will >>> alieviate the compiler complaints since you're casting to >>SOMETHING, >>> even if it is a wildcard. >>> >>> Jason Merrill >>> Bank of America >>> Global Technology & Operations & Global Risk L&LD eTools & >>Multimedia >>> >>> Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community >>> >>> Are you a Bank of America associate interested in >>innovative learning >>> ideas and technologies? >>> Check out our internal GT&O Innovative Learning Blog & subscribe. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>-----Original Message----- >>> >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >>> >>Merrill, Jason >>> >>Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 10:58 AM >>> >>To: Flash Coders List >>> >>Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Warning: 3596: Duplicate variable >>> >>definition. >>> >> >>> >>>>That's what I suspected. What is the advantage, then, >>of using the >>> >>>>wildcard, rather than an untyped variable? >>> >> >>> >>Gotta think outside the IDE :) because in the Flex world for >>> >>example, depending on how you have the compiler set, it will >>> >>complain if you don't typecast a variable (even if you are only >>> >>doing a wildcard cast). >>> >> >>> >> >>> >>Jason Merrill >>> >>Bank of America >>> >>Global Technology & Operations & Global Risk L&LD eTools & >>> >>Multimedia >>> >> >>> >>Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community >>> >> >>> >>Are you a Bank of America associate interested in innovative >>> >>learning ideas and technologies? >>> >>Check out our internal GT&O Innovative Learning Blog & subscribe. >>> >> >>> >> >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>> >>Flashcoders mailing list >>> >>[email protected] >>> >>http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Flashcoders mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>Flashcoders mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
