RE: [Flashcoders] Random Error

[Petro Bochan]

Hi,

Which version of Flash are you using? I tried this on Flash CS3 and it
worked out seamlessly.

package {

import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.system.Capabilities;

public class Test extends Sprite {
public function Test() {
}

public static function getInfo() {
return(Capabilities.version);
}
}
}

.fla
trace(Test.getInfo());

Cheers,
Petro

 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Mennenoh
 Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 6:13 PM
 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
 Subject: [Flashcoders] Random Error
 
 Once in a while, when compiling, I get an error from one of my
classes. The
 error is something like: 'property System not found', and it is thrown
from
 this function:
 
 public static function getPlayerVersion()
 {
   return(System.capabilities.version);
  }
 
 
 I only see the error once out of 20 compiles or so... thoughts?
 
 
 Dave -
 Head Developer
 http://www.blurredistinction.com
 Adobe Community Expert
 http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/
 
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RE: [Flashcoders] as3 addchild question

[Petro Bochan]

Hi,

Not sure what you are after, but you might try something like this:

import flash.display.*;

var lista:Array = new Array(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16);

for (i = 0; i  lista.length; i++) {
var vSprite:Sprite = new Sprite();
vSprite.graphics.lineStyle();
vSprite.graphics.beginFill(0xAABBCC);
vSprite.graphics.drawRect(10, 10, 10, 10);
vSprite.graphics.endFill();
vSprite.x = lista[i] * 30;
addChild(vSprite);
}

Hope that helps,
Petro

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 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gustavo Duenas
 Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 7:11 PM
 To: Flashcoders mailing list
 Subject: [Flashcoders] as3 addchild question
 
 Hi Guys, I've just read that in AS3 there is no more
 createEmptyMovieClip  or attachMovie so there is addChild, but the
 problem is when I use a loop to said this add child to load
 a linkage movie several times, it doesn't appear in the screen but
 one. here is the code I'm using in the flash 9 alpha.
 
 
 
   import flash.display.*;
 
 
 
 
 
 
 var lista:Array = new Array(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16);
 
 trace (lista);
 
 for(i=0; ilista.length; i++){
 
 trace(lista[i]);
 trace(newMovie + newMovieX);
 var newMovie = this.addChild(new movie1());
 var newMovieX= newMovie.x+lista[i]*30;
 }
 
 whe I do the trace the screen show several objects but I don't know
 how to give them a different values for x.
 I can do this in as2, but I'd rather do this in as3, since I'm
 practicing with this now.
 
 any ideas?
 I need help.
 
 
 regards
 
 Gustavo Duenas
 
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[Flashcoders] Flash 9 Alpha Preview TextInput Weirdness

[Petro Bochan]

Hi,

Though it's way too late to post this kind of message since Flash CS3 is
pretty much out but anyways. Try to initialize this chunk of code in the
alpha preview:

package {

import flash.display.Sprite;
import mx.controls.TextInput;

public class Test extends Sprite {

public function Test() {
var vTextInput:TextInput = new TextInput();
}
}
}

You'll likely get this:

**Error** D:\{path}\Test.as : Line 9, Column 19 : [Compiler] Error
#1046: Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant: TextInput.
var vTextInput:TextInput = new TextInput();
**Error** D:\{path}\Test.as : Line 9, Column 35 : [Compiler] Error
#1180: Call to a possibly undefined method TextInput.
var vTextInput:TextInput = new TextInput();
**Error** D:\{path}\Test.as : Line 4, Column 21 : [Compiler] Error
#1172: Definition mx.controls:TextInput could not be found.
import mx.controls.TextInput;
ReferenceError: Error #1065: Variable
Timeline0_d5d529a7787d74f90f259f8632b8b7 is not defined.

Flex 2 compiles this with no troubles. It turns out that for some
unknown reason the alpha release can't read the mx.controls.* package.

Cheers,
Petro

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RE: [Flashcoders] [as3] colorTransform

[Petro Bochan]

ilteris kaplan
 Hello flashcoders,
 
 Once again, And after this I am not going to bother you for a while,
 I am trying to do basic colorTransform in as3. I am following docs
 from different places and the way I set i up is below: Unfortunately,
 I am missing something here. I would appreciate any advices regarding
 that.
 
 best,
 ilteris
 
 
 package {
   import flash.display.Sprite;
   import flash.events.MouseEvent;
   import flash.events.Event;
 
   import flash.geom.*;
 
   public class ColorTransforma extends Sprite
   {
 
 
   var _sprite:Sprite;
   var color:ColorTransform;
 
 
 
 
 
   public function ColorTransforma() {
   _sprite = new Sprite();
 
   color = _sprite.transform.colorTransform;
   _sprite.transform.colorTransform = color;
 
   _sprite.graphics.lineStyle(  );
   _sprite.graphics.beginFill(0xFF);
   _sprite.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 100, 100);
   _sprite.graphics.endFill(  );
   addChild(_sprite);
 
   _sprite.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,
 onMouseDown);
 
 
   }
 
   public function changeColor() {
   color.redOffset = 0;
   color.greenOffset = 0;
   color.blueOffset = 0;
   _sprite.transform.colorTransform = color;
 
   }
 
   private function onMouseDown(event:MouseEvent):void {
   changeColor();
   trace(yay);
 
  }
 
 
 
   }
 
 }

Hi ilteris,

Not completely sure what you want to do but assuming you want to change
the colour of the sprite upon mouse click you'd have to set the offsets
to something greater than zero. Say you want to change the colour of the
shape to blue, than your code would look something like below (mind the
value of the .blueOffset property):

package {
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.geom.ColorTransform;

public class ColorTransforma extends Sprite {

var _sprite:Sprite; 
var color:ColorTransform;

public function ColorTransforma() {
_sprite = new Sprite();
_sprite.graphics.lineStyle(  );
_sprite.graphics.beginFill(0xAABBCC);
_sprite.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 100, 100);
_sprite.graphics.endFill(  );
addChild(_sprite);

_sprite.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,
onMouseDown);
color = _sprite.transform.colorTransform;
_sprite.transform.colorTransform = color;
}

public function changeColor() {
color.redOffset = 0;
color.greenOffset = 0;
color.blueOffset = 255;
_sprite.transform.colorTransform = color;
}

private function onMouseDown(event:MouseEvent):void {
changeColor();
trace(yay);

 }

}

}

Cheers,
Petro

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RE: [Flashcoders] [as3] colorTransform

[Petro Bochan]

ilteris kaplan
 Thanks Petro. It's interesting that if I set the this line
 _sprite.graphics.beginFill(0xFF); it doesn't work but if I set it
 like  _sprite.graphics.beginFill(0xAABBCC); it works. Does anyone has
 any idea why?

Hi ilteris,

Hmm, this looks fairly weird, though there is a workaround: if by chance
you set the fill of a Sprite to be 0xFF (totally white) and want to
apply a new colour, instead of playing with offsets and multipliers, use
the .color property. Something like this:

package {

import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.geom.ColorTransform;

public class ColorTransforma extends Sprite {

var _sprite:Sprite; 
var color:ColorTransform;

public function ColorTransforma() {
_sprite = new Sprite();
_sprite.graphics.lineStyle(1, 0xFF);
_sprite.graphics.beginFill(0xFF);
_sprite.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 100, 100);
_sprite.graphics.endFill(  );
addChild(_sprite);

_sprite.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,
onMouseDown);
color = _sprite.transform.colorTransform;
_sprite.transform.colorTransform = color;
}

public function changeColor() {
color.color = 0xAABBCC;
_sprite.transform.colorTransform = color;
}

private function onMouseDown(event:MouseEvent):void {
changeColor();
trace(yay);
}
}
}

Cheers,
Petro

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RE: [Flashcoders] Actionscript 3.0 help w/ simple HelloWorld

[Petro Bochan]

Hi,

Do additional addChild(hw) in your .fla file. Also, the
DisplayObjectContainer isn't needed.

Cheers,
Petro

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 Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 3:09 PM
 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
 Subject: [Flashcoders] Actionscript 3.0 help w/ simple HelloWorld
 
 Getting my feet wet with AS3, I just bought the AS3 cookbook and have
 learned a lot already - great book.  I feel like an idiot asking this
as
 I'm pretty good in AS2, but with AS3, I'm not getting a simple script
 working. I have the Flash 9 AS3 preview, trying to write a simple
 HelloWorld class (based on an example in the book) to show a
TextField:
 
 //MyPackage.as
 package MyPackage
 {
   //do I actually need this one?:
   import flash.display.DisplayObjectContainer;
 
   import flash.display.Sprite;
   import flash.text.TextField;
 
   public class HelloWorld extends Sprite
   {
   public function HelloWorld()
   {
   var message_txt:TextField = new TextField();
   message_txt.text = Hello World;
   addChild(message_txt);  //does not show!
   trace(constructor runs)//traces fine
   }
   }
 }
 
 Then in the .fla, I put:
 
 import MyPackage.*
 var hw:HelloWorld = new HelloWorld();
 
 The constructor traces fine in the output window, but the TextField
does
 not show.  What have I done wrong?  My Export settings in F9 As3
preview
 are for AS 3.0 and FP9.  In later scripts, I tried moving the
textfield,
 changing the color, changing the stage color to be sure it wasn't
 matching the textfield and this invisible, etc...(but it should show
as
 black Times New Roman text by default anyway...)
 
 Thanks,
 
 Oh, and as a side note, I use FlashDevelop 2.0.1 and have my syntax
set
 to AS3, but have notices code hinting doesn't always work or is
 sometimes incomplete - has anyone else noticed that?  Maybe I just
need
 to update it.
 
 Jason Merrill
 Bank of America
 GTO Learning  Leadership Development
 eTools  Multimedia Team
 
 
 
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RE: [Flashcoders] File upload in flash

[Petro Bochan]

Claudio M. E. Bastos Iorio
 Hi guys, I hope you can help me on this.
 I need to add an upload file control inside a flash form, like the
one
 in
 html. I'm working with php and MySql in the backend. But I don't
really
 know
 how to add such a feature in flash.  Any help/links examples will be
much
 appreciated.

Hi Claudio,

Check out the Loader class @
http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/2/langref/index.html, this will give
all the info that you need.

Cheers,
Petro

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RE: [Flashcoders] AS3 properties woes

[Petro Bochan]

Keith Salisbury
 
 Slightly confused
 
 I have a super class:
 
 package com.ktec.timeline
 {
   protected var labelClass:String = default;
   public class AbstractMarker {
 public function AbstractMarker ()
 {
   labelClass = default;
 }
 public function showTitle (title:String):void
 {
   trace(span class=\ + labelClass + \ + title + /span)
 }
   }
 }
 
 and a subclass:
 
 package com.ktec.timeline
 {
   public class DateMarker extends AbstractMarker
   {
 public function DateMarker ()
 {
   super();
   labelClass = date
 }
   }
 }
 
 
 Then i use:
 
 var marker:DateMarker = new DateMarker()
 
 marker.showTitle(hello world) # span class=defaulthello
world/span
 
 
 This isnt what i would expect?
 
 Can anyone enlighten me where i'm going wrong?
 
 thanks
 keith

Hi Keith,

Little question: what r u working under: Flash 9 Beta or Flex 2? I
wonder your code even compiled. Move this line:

protected var labelClass:String = default;

inside your class definition. It's outside the scope of the class. I
tried it out, worked fine for me.

Cheers,
Petro

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RE: [Flashcoders] AS3 properties woes

[Petro Bochan]

Brandon Barkley
 Also not an AS3 expert, but I think Danny is wrong. The super function
 is necessary to call the parent constructor.

Hi Brandon,

I'm afraid u r wrong. Just try it out, the constructor IS being called
once u extend the class.

Cheers,
Petro

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[Flashcoders] AS3.0 - add separate objects to stage

[Petro Bochan]

Hi,

Whenever I issue a command addChild(bitmap) the new image is being
merged with the existing one. How do I make sure the new image is added
as a separate display object? This is true for both, bitmap  shape
data.

I think this has something to do with the BitmapData class.

Thanks,
Petro

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RE: [Flashcoders] AS3.0 - add separate objects to stage

[Petro Bochan]

James Tann
 Are you sure about this? I have been using bitmaps extensively in the
 project im working on and have had no issues like this. What is the
 structure of children like?
 
 Sprite -
- Bitmap
- Bitmap
 
 I would have to see some code to help out.
 Jim

Hi James,

This is not the pure example code from the project but this kind of
resembles the idea.


package {
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.display.Loader;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.IOErrorEvent;
import flash.display.Bitmap;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.utils.Timer;
import flash.events.TimerEvent;
import flash.display.BitmapData;

public class addChildIssue extends Sprite
{
public function addChildIssue()
{
var timer:Timer = new Timer(5000);
timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER,
onTimer);
timer.start();
var uploader:Loader = new Loader();
var url:URLRequest = new URLRequest();
url.url =
http://www.venturaes.com/macromedia/images/studio8_box.jpg;;

uploader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onResult);

uploader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR,
onFault);
uploader.load(url);
}

private function onResult(anEvent:Event):void
{
var bitmap:Bitmap =
Bitmap(anEvent.target.content);
bitmap.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,
onDrag);
bitmap.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP,
onDrop);
addChild(bitmap);
}

private function onFault(anEvent:Event):void
{

}

private function onDrag(anEvent:MouseEvent):void
{
anEvent.target.startDrag();
}

private function onDrop(anEvent:MouseEvent):void
{
anEvent.target.stopDrag();
}

private function onTimer(anEvent:TimerEvent):void
{
var uploader:Loader = new Loader();
var url:URLRequest = new URLRequest();
url.url =
http://wwwimages.adobe.com/www.adobe.com/products/audition/images/audit
ion_flash.jpg;

uploader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onResult);

uploader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR,
onFault);
uploader.load(url);
}

}
}
--

Copy and past it into Flex, should work. I even now face the problem of
not being able to move any image at all. This works fine with shapes,
but bitmaps fail.

Thanks,
Petro

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RE: [Flashcoders] AS3.0 - add separate objects to stage

[Petro Bochan]

Simon
 In your script below you add 2 bitmaps to a Sprite and want to use
mouse
 stuff on the bitmap, I guess that that won't work because they are not
of
 type interactiveObject I guess that creating a sprite, add the
bitmap
 to
 the sprite, add the listeners to the sprite, and add the sprite to the
 displaylist of your class(sprite)should work.

Hi Simon,

Worked out seamlessly, thanks a lot!

Cheers,
Petro

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