It could be.. the only reason for trying to do this is to create a very "smart" component, thus being able to pick up the file name would have been of a great help for it. But again it seems almost hard to get it if you are trying from somewhere else that is not strictly the timeline. BTW the component is added to the stage and it has visuals so it is not a component that runs in its own window...
Thanks for the help, I will continue trying to find other ways to go about it... On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 3:52 PM, Merrill, Jason < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, but what I was getting at, if it's a component, why does it need to > have access to the main timeline? Components normally shouldn't be that > tightly coupled. > > Could you instead pass a reference to a public property in the component > of the filename instead of trying to access the filename from the > component itself? > > Jason Merrill > Bank of America > Enterprise Technology & Global Risk L&LD > Instructional Technology & Media > > 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 Innovative Learning Blog & subscribe. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Helmut > Granda > Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 4:31 PM > To: Flash Coders List > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Access MainTimeline reference from within a > component > > Good question... > If you use the methtod describeType for the main timeline you are able > to > extract the file name you are working with. > > //something like this: > trace(describeType(root)); > <type name="Untitled_fla::MainTimeline" > > Now this has to be done on the timeline, once you try to do > describeType(root) from within a movieclip (or a component) you will get > the > following: > > trace(describeType(root)); > <type name="flash.display::MovieClip" > > So I am trying to extract the file name by targeting the > "MainTimeline".... > does that makes sense? > > On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 3:13 PM, Merrill, Jason < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > OK, I'll be the one to ask this. So just curious, since components > > normally should be decoupled from objects outside themselves (i.e. the > > main timeline) - what is driving this - is there a better way to > > re-think this overall or must you really target the main timeline? > > > > Jason Merrill > > Bank of America > > Enterprise Technology & Global Risk L&LD > > Instructional Technology & Media > > > > 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 Innovative Learning Blog & subscribe. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Helmut > > Granda > > Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 4:04 PM > > To: Flash Coders List > > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Access MainTimeline reference from within a > > component > > > > Ok, so my component is being added to a blank FLA, which then it would > > have > > MainTimeline as the default name since there is no Document Class. Is > > there > > anyway to access the MainTimeline information from a blank FLA from > > within a > > component? > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 2:45 PM, Eduardo Omine > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > > > I understand that Flash prepends the filename to "MainTimeline" as a > > > convenience because there's no DocumentClass. > > > "MainTimeline" is not a class or type definition, it's simply a > > default > > > name. > > > > > > -- > > > Eduardo Omine > > > http://blog.omine.net/ > > > http://www.omine.net/ > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Flashcoders mailing list > > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > ...helmut > > _______________________________________________ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > _______________________________________________ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > > -- > ...helmut > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > -- ...helmut _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
