Beginners should not be coding AS3. It's really that simple. AS3
requires a whole new level of strict coding practices and is not for
beginners. Null pointer exceptions are extremely important to catch
because they can cause a Flash app to crash, and the foresight to know
where and how
Hi,
I am a flash designer and I am in intermediate in programming.(AS2).
anybody pls tellme what are the good books I can refer.
or is there any good website for learning programming and also have good
tutorials...
thanks in advance
navii
NO, ofcourse it has to be set to public and static.
That’s the way to secure your objects and events being triggered or not
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Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Omar Fouad
Verzonden: zondag 23 maart 2008 20:49
Aan: Flash Coders List
Onderwerp:
Using it youre way is possible when you do it within a function or class
because then they are private by default
Other you could use it this way
Example 1:
for (var i:int = 0; i someArray.length; i ++) {
// do something cool
}
for (i = 0; i someOtherArray.length; i ++) {
// do
Hmm... it is within a class... and that's when I'm getting the warnings. Or
did you mean just in general to reiterate that variables are locally scoped
to functions and classes and not to for loops?
I should have mentioned in my subject that this is AS3. So far everyone's
alternatives and
Indeed, I was talking about AS3 too.
For reasoning: Its like the real world - every object is UNIQUE, therefor
there can only exist ONE of it.
You can make copies (instances) but they will have there own unique name.
You can use it as much as you like but you can't CREATE the same object
(within
I totally agree with your explanation, and the part that I am being pouty
about is: Why isn't the variable's scope confined to the loop?
a la:
for (var i:int = 0; i limit; i ++) { // variable is instantiated
// scope of variable
} // variable is discarded
instead of it being what
Here's another reason why I found using that setting to be troublesome. I
haven't confirmed it but I believe it interferes with inheritance.
For example, let's say I make a symbolA and link it to class SuperClass.
Inside symbolA I have a TextField called _txt
Then I make a symbolB based on
i guess this one's not something you guys want to touch eh?
never mind then
a
On 21 Mar 2008, at 10:16, Allandt Bik-Elliott (Receptacle) wrote:
noone have the time to look at this one?
On 20 Mar 2008, at 15:25, Allandt Bik-Elliott (Receptacle) wrote:
hi guys
i'm a bit stuck with a
You should ask the creators of AS3 that.
Its their choice
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Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens jonathan howe
Verzonden: maandag 24 maart 2008 9:35
Aan: Flash Coders List
Onderwerp: Re: [Flashcoders] Variable scope within for
gotoandlearn.com
learnflash.com
flashkit.com
essential actionscript 3.0 (colin moock)
i'd start at these
a
On 24 Mar 2008, at 07:21, Naveen Bhaskar wrote:
I am a flash designer and I am in intermediate in programming.(AS2).
anybody pls tellme what are the good books I can refer.
or is
Hi list,
I have a library.swf with a movie clip Background_mc in the library
I am trying to embed from this swf into another through a class.
In this document class I do:
[Embed(source='library.swf' symbol='Backgroud_mc')]
Private var Background_mc:Class;
Private var _myBG:MovieClip
Function
You are correct Jonathan, but loop blocks are delimited by brackets, so
the for ( ... ) declaration is outside of the loop block.
jonathan howe wrote:
I had always thought that the scope of variables declared in the
initialization part of the for loop were local to the loop block
Try
_myBG = new instead of myBG = new
Cor wrote:
Hi list,
I have a library.swf with a movie clip Background_mc in the library
I am trying to embed from this swf into another through a class.
In this document class I do:
[Embed(source='library.swf' symbol='Backgroud_mc')]
Private var
I know, typo in this topic mail but not in my class.
Thanks!
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Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Glen Pike
Verzonden: maandag 24 maart 2008 14:16
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Onderwerp: Re: [Flashcoders] Help needed AS3 --
On Mar 24, 2008, at 8:30 AM, Cor wrote:
This throws an error:
TypeError: Error #1007: Instantiation attempted on a non-constructor.
What am I doing wrong?
You can't call new Background_mc() when it's an instance of Class -
there's no constructor for it that the compiler recognizes.
My
Hi,
When Embedding symbols in AS3, you do construct instances of your
assets using new VariableName -
http://www.bit-101.com/blog/?p=853
However, I don't think that the Flash IDE supports this as it does
not support the [Embed] metadata type...
The only way around this is to
Oops... my last email was kinda based on the idea that you were
running this in Flex.
My bad - replying to two lists at once.
http://www.digitalflipbook.com/archives/2007/03/associating_cus.php
- jb
On Mar 24, 2008, at 8:30 AM, Cor wrote:
This throws an error:
TypeError: Error #1007:
have purchased these following books...
Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Bible
ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook: Solutions for Flash Platform and Flex Application
Developers
How to Cheat in Adobe Flash CS3: The Art of Design and Animation
Advanced Actionscript 3 with Design Patterns
Flash
FWIW, (just noticed you said AS 2.0... the following only works in AS3
in Flex2/3 ) in Flexbuilder if you type in a dummy var statement:
private var b:MyClassIAmUsing (where the class name auto-completes) it
will automatically add the import statement if you haven't already. I
use this
I'll second TweenLite...
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There's also the LiveDocs site for ActionScript:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=Part6_ProgAS_1.html
Lynda.com has a collection of eLearning by Joey Lott that is pretty
FlashDevelop does that for you in AS2 (and I think AS3, I just haven't
gotten to play with that yet). I've pretty much stopped writing
imports manually. :)
-Andy
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 10:21 AM, Merrill, Jason
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
FWIW, (just noticed you said AS 2.0... the following
I was getting this error Error creating Flash movie. There was not
enough memory available when I tried to compile a project this
morning. I went back to last Thursday's backup and got the same
result. Then I loaded the project onto my old laptop and it compiled
just fine.
Finally, I ran
To clarify: the comment in the live docs that mentions problems with
shared libraries is in the section under Delete ASO Files and Test Movie.
Andrew Sinning wrote:
The comments in the live docs mention that there are some issues with
shared libraries
Jonathon:
In any other language, the scope would be as you describe. AS3 doesn't
have block-level scoping -- the most local scope is always the
function. Declaring a variable anywhere but the first line of a
function is a lie -- the VM declares all variables as the first set of
operations after
besides, the compiler only warns you that you're about the overwrite the
variable, by
re-assigning it. In case of 2 loops(where the variable is only used within
the loop),
it doesn't have any real consequences.
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 4:56 PM, Cory Petosky [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Jonathon:
Instead of writing var myVar:WhateverClass in FlashDevelop, you can just
say new WhateverClass and it will autocomplete it for you. Less to
type, less to erase.
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I prefer Tweener, and if you've ever used Fuse you'll like it's syntax. It's
also quite small - adds about 8K.
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TweenLite doesn't have bezier curve support, can't store the duration
in the options object, doesn't support auto-rounding of pixels, and
has significantly fewer transition options. I think TweenLite is great
-- if I ever need to tween 1200 things at once, I'll certainly choose
it -- but these
jonathan howe wrote:
Hmm... it is within a class... and that's when I'm getting the warnings.
Or
did you mean just in general to reiterate that variables are locally
scoped
to functions and classes and not to for loops?
If you declare a variable within a function, its scope is limited to that
Tweenlite has one lil thingy against it though; tweens aren't synchronised.
It doesn't happen much that this becomes a problem, though I can imagine
projects where people want lots of tweens ending at the same time, which
simply won't happen with lots of objects in TweenLite, other than
that it's
While I agree with the speed thing, let's just keep this in context -
it's so when you have a lot of tweenings going on at the exact same
time. A few tweens won't produce a difference in terms of framerate. If
they do, there's something else wrong.
Still, I think we should be glad there are
For things like Papervision 3D, where bezier curves are important,
Tweener is the obvious choice. For general purposes, though, Tweener is
probably overkill. I'm not bashing Tweener or Fuse or any of the other
tweening engines out there. For a lot of situations, TweenLite is more
than
ALso
Tweener allows you to tween frames in movieclips WITH easy...
which is pretty darn useful and amazing if you ask me..
I dunno if tweenlite allows that..
Dwayne
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:08:44 -0700
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: Re:
Dwayne Neckles wrote:
ALso
Tweener allows you to tween frames in movieclips WITH easy...
which is pretty darn useful and amazing if you ask me..
I dunno if tweenlite allows that..
Dwayne
TweenLite:
*Frame tweening* - you can tween to any frame in a MovieClip, like
Cool didn't know.. take that back..
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:00:57 -0700
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Tweening Engines for AS3
Dwayne Neckles wrote:
ALso
Tweener allows you to tween frames in movieclips WITH easy...
I am creating a custom Class that draws a simple rectangle for an
application. Here is the class
DrawRectangle.as
public class DrawRectangle extends MovieClip {
public var _w:Number;
public var _h:Number;
public var _x:Number;
public var _y:Number;
Because within your class which extends MovieClip, you are creating a
new MovieClip, which you draw on, and thus also has to be added to the
display list.
Also, you do know about :
sprite.graphics.drawRect()
right? So what is this class going to accomplish?
Any reason you are using MovieClip
To clarify Jason's response:
You're adding two different things. In the first case, you're adding a
child movieclip (with a rectangle drawn inside it) to the empty
DrawRectangle instance. In the second case, you're adding the
DrawRectangle instance to the screen.
You should rewrite your init
Aha I get it... But can I make a work out in order not to put addChild() in
the main Class? I mean that once I Make an Instance of the class it adds it
on the stage by itself.
Thanks
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 11:27 PM, Cory Petosky [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
To clarify Jason's response:
You're
You could just draw the rectangle directly on the graphics of the
DrawRectangle:
graphics.lineStyle(1, 0xFF);
graphics.beginFill(0xFF, .3);
graphics.drawRect(_x,_y,_w,_h);
Because it extends MovieClip (or Sprite, hopefully, as Steven suggests, it
has its
Yes TweenLight shown faster than Tweener on a thousandsss tweens. Then
for the 2k/8k size of each it does not make any difference on a 1Mo
project. Rest this bezier functionnality that is awesome, in 3D as in
2D. I nerver used Fuse, but choosing between TweenLight and Tweener
depends on your
Nothing Changed..The Code is the same and it is not autoadding...
By the way I Know that There is allready drawRect() but I will be adding
some more functionalities to the class that drawRect has not.
On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 1:36 AM, jonathan howe [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
You could just draw
video card? how come?
On 3/21/08, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Fuse is really really bad IMO for tweening when performance (like with
your complex vector graphic) is a concern. I dropped it because it
became unusable for me in high stress situations. My current
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