It seems like the timeline and classes don't mix well in Flash IDE + AS 3.0. I've had lots of really anoying problems when mixing them -- even those hacks seem to work randomly; the same action sometimes ends up in a NullPointerException (or whatever it's called) but sometimes, it doesn't... And I've also come across other quirks, like masks that are lost when you move backwards in the timeline (but not when you move forward), changes in stacking of author time assets, even though each object is in its own layer, and some other random crap.
I can really see how AS 3.0 is far superior to AS 2.0, and I've enjoyed it in any non-Flash (I mean Flash IDE) project. I've also always disliked the whole "everything you want to programatically control has to be a MovieClip" thing. But, at least in FP 9 (I read this has been fixed in FP 10, but looks like it'd be a bit too much not to support FP 9 for this), mixing the timeline with classes seems to be asking for trouble. Too bad, because as a programmer, I'm not really interested in doing the layout of visual objects; any designer would do it better and faster, and it just bores me. But it seems that you have to choose between coding everything in the timeline (sigh) or adding and removing (and positioning) stuff by code. It really sucks... Cheers Juan Pablo Califano 2008/11/22, Joel Stransky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Yeah I've read a bunch of hacks that just go against my sense of > cleanliness. I was just venting. The real question here is what causes a > playhead to play automatically. > > On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 11:23 PM, jonathan howe <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >wrote: > > > Hi, Joel, > > > > I'm taking a longshot guess that you had the same problem I had last week > > when the list helped me...? > > > > I had an instance on a keyframe of the stage and it (sometimes) wasn't > > available i.e. null when I gotoAndPlay() to the frame it first appears? > Did > > you find a solution? I have had good success with the CustomWait class > from > > > > > http://www.lecrabe.net/blog/index.php?post/2008/08/05/41-as3-gotoandstop-gotoandplay-issue > > . > > It is a sucky bug. Yeah: I call it a bug, not a feature. > > -jonathan > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 4:37 PM, Joel Stransky <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >wrote: > > > > > Don't worry, I doubt it even fk'ing matters anyway. I can't access a > > stage > > > instance on frame 2 or higher without some psychotic hack I've yet to > > find > > > on google. How the f*ck did macromedia expect any common flash > designers > > to > > > keep up? I don't want to write a custom class for each stage instance > > just > > > to utilize ADDED_TO_STAGE. What good is that to code on the timeline > > > looking > > > for that object? I just want to write a basic flash site with dynamic > > > content and avoid showing two preloaders just to load the home page by > > > default. Jesus fk'ing christ! Very frustrated atm. > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 2:57 PM, Joel Stransky < > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > So I'm writing the most basic of timeline preloaders and flash seems > to > > > > have a mind of its own. > > > > My test.fla has two frames. Frame 1 has a text field and a progress > bar > > > > movieclip. Frame 2 has a very large image. There is no code what so > > over. > > > > The document class is set to Test.as and is essentially: > > > > > > > > package > > > > { > > > > import flash.display.MovieClip; > > > > import flash.text.TextField; > > > > import flash.events.*; > > > > public class Test extends MovieClip > > > > { > > > > //stage instances > > > > public var info_txt:TextField; > > > > public var loadBar:MovieClip; > > > > public function Test() > > > > { > > > > this.loaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, > > > > onProgress); > > > > this.loaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, > > onComplete); > > > > } > > > > > > > > private function onProgress(e:ProgressEvent):void > > > > { > > > > trace(e.bytesLoaded); > > > > //on progress updates > > > > } > > > > > > > > private function onComplete(e:Event):void > > > > { > > > > //clean up > > > > } > > > > } > > > > } > > > > > > > > This all works fine except for the playhead activity. In my sample > > you'll > > > > notice there are no stop(); commands so when do Control -> Test > Movie, > > it > > > > just loops over the timeline flickering between frames 1 and 2 as you > > > would > > > > expect. Oddly enough however, when I hit ctrl+enter again (Simulate > > > > Download), it stops, outputs the traces and then proceeds to flicker. > > > Wha!? > > > > > > > > It gets weirder. Just add a stop(); as the first line in the document > > > class > > > > constructor right? Now Test Movie just sits on frame one and never > > > > broadcasts any ProgressEvent's. Seems fine but now when I Simulate > > > Download, > > > > it stops, outputs the traces... AND THEN PROCEEDS TO FLICKER! My > > > onComplete > > > > does NOT tell the playhead to play() or gotoAndPlay() or anything. > Who > > > the > > > > heck it telling the playhead to play? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > --Joel Stransky > > > > stranskydesign.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > --Joel Stransky > > > stranskydesign.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Flashcoders mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > -jonathan howe > > _______________________________________________ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > > -- > --Joel Stransky > stranskydesign.com > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
