RE: [Flashcoders] Adding Texfield to MovieClip via Composition Class

2006-01-12 Thread Robert A. Colvin 
You will need to use a separate function say :
Public function applyText(name:String, target:MovieClip, depth:Number,
x:Number, y:Number){

tab_mc = target.attachMovie(Tab, name, depth);
}
Don't forget if you are attaching this class to the library symbol, the
first time it is used will instantiate the class only once.


-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dennis
Hart
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 10:08 AM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: [Flashcoders] Adding Texfield to MovieClip via Composition
Class

I am having a problem with adding a text field to an attached movieClip
through a class construct using composition.

For example:

class Tab {
public var label_txt:TextField;
public var tab_fmt:TextFormat;

public function Tab(name:String, target:MovieClip, depth:Number,
x:Number, y:Number) {
tab_mc = target.attachMovie(Tab, name, depth);
}

public function addText():Void {

//Text Format for buttons
tab_mc.tab_fmt = new TextFormat();
tab_mc.tab_fmt.font = ArialBold;
tab_mc.tab_fmt.color = 0x00;
tab_mc.tab_fmt.size = 11;

tab_mc.createTextField(label_txt, 20, 0, 0, 0, 0);
tab_mc.label_txt.border = true;
tab_mc.label_txt.autoSize = true;
tab_mc.label_txt.multiline = false;
tab_mc.label_txt.text = Test String;
tab_mc.label_txt.antiAliasType = advanced;
tab_mc.label_txt.embedFonts = true;
tab_mc.label_txt.setTextFormat(tab_fmt);

}

public function setPosition(x:Number, y:Number):Void {
tab_mc._x = x;
tab_mc._y = y;
}

}

For testing this, I created an instance of the class on frame 1 then a
few
frames later, I have tried both of the two methods. The setPosition
method
works handily, but that text field simply refuses to exist.

The addText method works fine when the class extends MovieClip and the
target is set to this. . . So what is it that I am doing wrong or
don't
quite understand?

Thanks

Dennis
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Re: [Flashcoders] Adding Texfield to MovieClip via Composition Class

2006-01-12 Thread Martin Wood 

looks like you need to make tab_mc a member variable of the class.

then if you are having problems try tracing tab_mc as soon as its 
created, as well as the other parameters that you are passing in. Make 
sure they all have the correct values.



Martin

Dennis Hart wrote:

I am having a problem with adding a text field to an attached movieClip
through a class construct using composition.

For example:

class Tab {
public var label_txt:TextField;
public var tab_fmt:TextFormat;


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RE: [Flashcoders] Adding Texfield to MovieClip via Composition Class

2006-01-12 Thread Robert A. Colvin 
Actually I just tried it and it worked:
class Tab {
public var label_txt:TextField;
public var tab_fmt:TextFormat;
public var tab_mc;

public function Tab(name:String, target:MovieClip,
depth:Number,x:Number, y:Number) {
tab_mc = target.attachMovie(Tab, name, depth);
}

public function addText():Void {
//Text Format for buttons
tab_mc.tab_fmt = new TextFormat();
tab_mc.tab_fmt.font = ArialBold;
tab_mc.tab_fmt.color = 0x00;
tab_mc.tab_fmt.size = 11;

tab_mc.createTextField(label_txt, 20, 0, 0, 0, 0);
tab_mc.label_txt.border = true;
tab_mc.label_txt.autoSize = true;
tab_mc.label_txt.multiline = false;
tab_mc.label_txt.text = Test String;
tab_mc.label_txt.antiAliasType = advanced;
tab_mc.label_txt.embedFonts = true;
tab_mc.label_txt.setTextFormat(tab_fmt);

}

public function setPosition(x:Number, y:Number):Void {
tab_mc._x = x;
tab_mc._y = y;
}

}

And used:

var oTxt:Tab = new Tab(howdy,ds, 1);
ds.howdy.label_txt.text = new text;

Am I missing the problem?

Cheers
Robert

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A. Colvin
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Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Adding Texfield to MovieClip via Composition
Class

You will need to use a separate function say :
Public function applyText(name:String, target:MovieClip, depth:Number,
x:Number, y:Number){

tab_mc = target.attachMovie(Tab, name, depth);
}
Don't forget if you are attaching this class to the library symbol, the
first time it is used will instantiate the class only once.


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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dennis
Hart
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 10:08 AM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: [Flashcoders] Adding Texfield to MovieClip via Composition
Class

I am having a problem with adding a text field to an attached movieClip
through a class construct using composition.

For example:

class Tab {
public var label_txt:TextField;
public var tab_fmt:TextFormat;

public function Tab(name:String, target:MovieClip, depth:Number,
x:Number, y:Number) {
tab_mc = target.attachMovie(Tab, name, depth);
}

public function addText():Void {

//Text Format for buttons
tab_mc.tab_fmt = new TextFormat();
tab_mc.tab_fmt.font = ArialBold;
tab_mc.tab_fmt.color = 0x00;
tab_mc.tab_fmt.size = 11;

tab_mc.createTextField(label_txt, 20, 0, 0, 0, 0);
tab_mc.label_txt.border = true;
tab_mc.label_txt.autoSize = true;
tab_mc.label_txt.multiline = false;
tab_mc.label_txt.text = Test String;
tab_mc.label_txt.antiAliasType = advanced;
tab_mc.label_txt.embedFonts = true;
tab_mc.label_txt.setTextFormat(tab_fmt);

}

public function setPosition(x:Number, y:Number):Void {
tab_mc._x = x;
tab_mc._y = y;
}

}

For testing this, I created an instance of the class on frame 1 then a
few
frames later, I have tried both of the two methods. The setPosition
method
works handily, but that text field simply refuses to exist.

The addText method works fine when the class extends MovieClip and the
target is set to this. . . So what is it that I am doing wrong or
don't
quite understand?

Thanks

Dennis
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Re: [Flashcoders] Adding Texfield to MovieClip via Composition Class

2006-01-12 Thread Dennis Hart 
Thanks for your help gentlemen.

I reread the code that I entered when I started this thread and realized
that I did overlook the critical public var tab_mc; in this email, however
I did in fact have it in my Tab.as file declared as -  private var
tab_mc:MovieClip; - I don't think it would have compiled otherwise.

I thought perhaps the 'private' declaration was the problem so I switched it
to 'public', but still no text field.

Robert - I created a new sandbox, added your class code below then created a
new Tab.fla in the same folder, added a new MovieClip to the Library named
Tab, exported it for ActionScript: identifier: Tab ActionScript 2.0
Class: Tab and did the same for the new font ArialBold I added to the
library - ActionScript 2.0 Class: ArialBold

Then placed your code. . .

var oTxt:Tab = new Tab(howdy,ds, 1);
ds.howdy.label_txt.text = new text;

. . . on frame one of the _root level of the tab.fla and I see nothing. .
.

Btw I am using flash 8. . . Any ideas? I am baffled.

 Actually I just tried it and it worked:
 class Tab {
   public var label_txt:TextField;
   public var tab_fmt:TextFormat;
   public var tab_mc;
   
   public function Tab(name:String, target:MovieClip,
 depth:Number,x:Number, y:Number) {
   tab_mc = target.attachMovie(Tab, name, depth);
   }
 
   public function addText():Void {
   //Text Format for buttons
   tab_mc.tab_fmt = new TextFormat();
   tab_mc.tab_fmt.font = ArialBold;
   tab_mc.tab_fmt.color = 0x00;
   tab_mc.tab_fmt.size = 11;
   
   tab_mc.createTextField(label_txt, 20, 0, 0, 0, 0);
   tab_mc.label_txt.border = true;
   tab_mc.label_txt.autoSize = true;
   tab_mc.label_txt.multiline = false;
   tab_mc.label_txt.text = Test String;
   tab_mc.label_txt.antiAliasType = advanced;
   tab_mc.label_txt.embedFonts = true;
   tab_mc.label_txt.setTextFormat(tab_fmt);
 
   }
   
   public function setPosition(x:Number, y:Number):Void {
   tab_mc._x = x;
   tab_mc._y = y;
   }
   
 }
 
 And used:
 
 var oTxt:Tab = new Tab(howdy,ds, 1);
 ds.howdy.label_txt.text = new text;
 
 Am I missing the problem?
 
 Cheers
 Robert
 
 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert
 A. Colvin
 Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 10:12 AM
 To: Flashcoders mailing list
 Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Adding Texfield to MovieClip via Composition
 Class
 
 You will need to use a separate function say :
 Public function applyText(name:String, target:MovieClip, depth:Number,
 x:Number, y:Number){
 
   tab_mc = target.attachMovie(Tab, name, depth);
 }
 Don't forget if you are attaching this class to the library symbol, the
 first time it is used will instantiate the class only once.
 
 
 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dennis
 Hart
 Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 10:08 AM
 To: Flashcoders mailing list
 Subject: [Flashcoders] Adding Texfield to MovieClip via Composition
 Class
 
 I am having a problem with adding a text field to an attached movieClip
 through a class construct using composition.
 
 For example:
 
 class Tab {
   public var label_txt:TextField;
   public var tab_fmt:TextFormat;
   
   public function Tab(name:String, target:MovieClip, depth:Number,
 x:Number, y:Number) {
   tab_mc = target.attachMovie(Tab, name, depth);
   }
 
   public function addText():Void {
 
   //Text Format for buttons
   tab_mc.tab_fmt = new TextFormat();
   tab_mc.tab_fmt.font = ArialBold;
   tab_mc.tab_fmt.color = 0x00;
   tab_mc.tab_fmt.size = 11;
   
   tab_mc.createTextField(label_txt, 20, 0, 0, 0, 0);
   tab_mc.label_txt.border = true;
   tab_mc.label_txt.autoSize = true;
   tab_mc.label_txt.multiline = false;
   tab_mc.label_txt.text = Test String;
   tab_mc.label_txt.antiAliasType = advanced;
   tab_mc.label_txt.embedFonts = true;
   tab_mc.label_txt.setTextFormat(tab_fmt);
 
   }
   
   public function setPosition(x:Number, y:Number):Void {
   tab_mc._x = x;
   tab_mc._y = y;
   }
   
 }
 
 For testing this, I created an instance of the class on frame 1 then a
 few
 frames later, I have tried both of the two methods. The setPosition
 method
 works handily, but that text field simply refuses to exist.
 
 The addText method works fine when the class extends MovieClip and the
 target is set to this. . . So what is it that I am doing wrong or
 don't
 quite understand?
 
 Thanks
 
 Dennis
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RE: [Flashcoders] Adding Texfield to MovieClip via Composition Class

2006-01-12 Thread Robert A. Colvin 


-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dennis
Hart
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 11:23 AM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Adding Texfield to MovieClip via Composition
Class

Thanks for your help gentlemen.

I reread the code that I entered when I started this thread and realized
that I did overlook the critical public var tab_mc; in this email,
however
I did in fact have it in my Tab.as file declared as -  private var
tab_mc:MovieClip; - I don't think it would have compiled otherwise.

I thought perhaps the 'private' declaration was the problem so I
switched it
to 'public', but still no text field.

Robert - I created a new sandbox, added your class code below then
created a
new Tab.fla in the same folder, added a new MovieClip to the Library
named
Tab, exported it for ActionScript: identifier: Tab ActionScript 2.0
Class: Tab and did the same for the new font ArialBold I added to
the
library - ActionScript 2.0 Class: ArialBold

Then placed your code. . .

var oTxt:Tab = new Tab(howdy,ds, 1);
ds.howdy.label_txt.text = new text;

. . . on frame one of the _root level of the tab.fla and I see
nothing. .
.

Btw I am using flash 8. . . Any ideas? I am baffled.

 Actually I just tried it and it worked:
 class Tab {
   public var label_txt:TextField;
   public var tab_fmt:TextFormat;
   public var tab_mc;
   
   public function Tab(name:String, target:MovieClip,
 depth:Number,x:Number, y:Number) {
   tab_mc = target.attachMovie(Tab, name, depth);
   }
 
   public function addText():Void {
   //Text Format for buttons
   tab_mc.tab_fmt = new TextFormat();
   tab_mc.tab_fmt.font = ArialBold;
   tab_mc.tab_fmt.color = 0x00;
   tab_mc.tab_fmt.size = 11;
   
   tab_mc.createTextField(label_txt, 20, 0, 0, 0, 0);
   tab_mc.label_txt.border = true;
   tab_mc.label_txt.autoSize = true;
   tab_mc.label_txt.multiline = false;
   tab_mc.label_txt.text = Test String;
   tab_mc.label_txt.antiAliasType = advanced;
   tab_mc.label_txt.embedFonts = true;
   tab_mc.label_txt.setTextFormat(tab_fmt);
 
   }
   
   public function setPosition(x:Number, y:Number):Void {
   tab_mc._x = x;
   tab_mc._y = y;
   }
   
 }
 
 And used:
 
 var oTxt:Tab = new Tab(howdy,ds, 1);
 ds.howdy.label_txt.text = new text;
 
 Am I missing the problem?
 
 Cheers
 Robert
 
 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert
 A. Colvin
 Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 10:12 AM
 To: Flashcoders mailing list
 Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Adding Texfield to MovieClip via
Composition
 Class
 
 You will need to use a separate function say :
 Public function applyText(name:String, target:MovieClip, depth:Number,
 x:Number, y:Number){
 
   tab_mc = target.attachMovie(Tab, name, depth);
 }
 Don't forget if you are attaching this class to the library symbol,
the
 first time it is used will instantiate the class only once.
 
 
 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dennis
 Hart
 Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 10:08 AM
 To: Flashcoders mailing list
 Subject: [Flashcoders] Adding Texfield to MovieClip via Composition
 Class
 
 I am having a problem with adding a text field to an attached
movieClip
 through a class construct using composition.
 
 For example:
 
 class Tab {
   public var label_txt:TextField;
   public var tab_fmt:TextFormat;
   
   public function Tab(name:String, target:MovieClip, depth:Number,
 x:Number, y:Number) {
   tab_mc = target.attachMovie(Tab, name, depth);
   }
 
   public function addText():Void {
 
   //Text Format for buttons
   tab_mc.tab_fmt = new TextFormat();
   tab_mc.tab_fmt.font = ArialBold;
   tab_mc.tab_fmt.color = 0x00;
   tab_mc.tab_fmt.size = 11;
   
   tab_mc.createTextField(label_txt, 20, 0, 0, 0, 0);
   tab_mc.label_txt.border = true;
   tab_mc.label_txt.autoSize = true;
   tab_mc.label_txt.multiline = false;
   tab_mc.label_txt.text = Test String;
   tab_mc.label_txt.antiAliasType = advanced;
   tab_mc.label_txt.embedFonts = true;
   tab_mc.label_txt.setTextFormat(tab_fmt);
 
   }
   
   public function setPosition(x:Number, y:Number):Void {
   tab_mc._x = x;
   tab_mc._y = y;
   }
   
 }
 
 For testing this, I created an instance of the class on frame 1 then a
 few
 frames later, I have tried both of the two methods. The setPosition
 method
 works handily, but that text field simply refuses to exist.
 
 The addText method works fine when the class extends MovieClip and
the
 target is set to this. . . So what is it that I am doing wrong or
 don't
 quite understand?
 
 Thanks
 
 Dennis
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RE: [Flashcoders] Adding Texfield to MovieClip via Composition Class

2006-01-12 Thread Robert A. Colvin 
Contact me off list and I will send you the Fla as files I used.

cheers

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dennis
Hart
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 11:23 AM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Adding Texfield to MovieClip via Composition
Class

Thanks for your help gentlemen.

I reread the code that I entered when I started this thread and realized
that I did overlook the critical public var tab_mc; in this email,
however
I did in fact have it in my Tab.as file declared as -  private var
tab_mc:MovieClip; - I don't think it would have compiled otherwise.

I thought perhaps the 'private' declaration was the problem so I
switched it
to 'public', but still no text field.

Robert - I created a new sandbox, added your class code below then
created a
new Tab.fla in the same folder, added a new MovieClip to the Library
named
Tab, exported it for ActionScript: identifier: Tab ActionScript 2.0
Class: Tab and did the same for the new font ArialBold I added to
the
library - ActionScript 2.0 Class: ArialBold

Then placed your code. . .

var oTxt:Tab = new Tab(howdy,ds, 1);
ds.howdy.label_txt.text = new text;

. . . on frame one of the _root level of the tab.fla and I see
nothing. .
.

Btw I am using flash 8. . . Any ideas? I am baffled.

 Actually I just tried it and it worked:
 class Tab {
   public var label_txt:TextField;
   public var tab_fmt:TextFormat;
   public var tab_mc;
   
   public function Tab(name:String, target:MovieClip,
 depth:Number,x:Number, y:Number) {
   tab_mc = target.attachMovie(Tab, name, depth);
   }
 
   public function addText():Void {
   //Text Format for buttons
   tab_mc.tab_fmt = new TextFormat();
   tab_mc.tab_fmt.font = ArialBold;
   tab_mc.tab_fmt.color = 0x00;
   tab_mc.tab_fmt.size = 11;
   
   tab_mc.createTextField(label_txt, 20, 0, 0, 0, 0);
   tab_mc.label_txt.border = true;
   tab_mc.label_txt.autoSize = true;
   tab_mc.label_txt.multiline = false;
   tab_mc.label_txt.text = Test String;
   tab_mc.label_txt.antiAliasType = advanced;
   tab_mc.label_txt.embedFonts = true;
   tab_mc.label_txt.setTextFormat(tab_fmt);
 
   }
   
   public function setPosition(x:Number, y:Number):Void {
   tab_mc._x = x;
   tab_mc._y = y;
   }
   
 }
 
 And used:
 
 var oTxt:Tab = new Tab(howdy,ds, 1);
 ds.howdy.label_txt.text = new text;
 
 Am I missing the problem?
 
 Cheers
 Robert
 
 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert
 A. Colvin
 Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 10:12 AM
 To: Flashcoders mailing list
 Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Adding Texfield to MovieClip via
Composition
 Class
 
 You will need to use a separate function say :
 Public function applyText(name:String, target:MovieClip, depth:Number,
 x:Number, y:Number){
 
   tab_mc = target.attachMovie(Tab, name, depth);
 }
 Don't forget if you are attaching this class to the library symbol,
the
 first time it is used will instantiate the class only once.
 
 
 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dennis
 Hart
 Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 10:08 AM
 To: Flashcoders mailing list
 Subject: [Flashcoders] Adding Texfield to MovieClip via Composition
 Class
 
 I am having a problem with adding a text field to an attached
movieClip
 through a class construct using composition.
 
 For example:
 
 class Tab {
   public var label_txt:TextField;
   public var tab_fmt:TextFormat;
   
   public function Tab(name:String, target:MovieClip, depth:Number,
 x:Number, y:Number) {
   tab_mc = target.attachMovie(Tab, name, depth);
   }
 
   public function addText():Void {
 
   //Text Format for buttons
   tab_mc.tab_fmt = new TextFormat();
   tab_mc.tab_fmt.font = ArialBold;
   tab_mc.tab_fmt.color = 0x00;
   tab_mc.tab_fmt.size = 11;
   
   tab_mc.createTextField(label_txt, 20, 0, 0, 0, 0);
   tab_mc.label_txt.border = true;
   tab_mc.label_txt.autoSize = true;
   tab_mc.label_txt.multiline = false;
   tab_mc.label_txt.text = Test String;
   tab_mc.label_txt.antiAliasType = advanced;
   tab_mc.label_txt.embedFonts = true;
   tab_mc.label_txt.setTextFormat(tab_fmt);
 
   }
   
   public function setPosition(x:Number, y:Number):Void {
   tab_mc._x = x;
   tab_mc._y = y;
   }
   
 }
 
 For testing this, I created an instance of the class on frame 1 then a
 few
 frames later, I have tried both of the two methods. The setPosition
 method
 works handily, but that text field simply refuses to exist.
 
 The addText method works fine when the class extends MovieClip and
the
 target is set to this. . . So what is it that I am doing wrong or
 don't
 quite understand?
 
 Thanks
 
 Dennis
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