[Flashcoders] What heck is up with parent in actionscript 3?
Hi again, I am trying to call a function to a parent of a movieclip. I've tried these two items that I found but to no avail: (this.parent.parent as MovieClip).callMedia(String(audio)); AND: MovieClip(parent.parent).callMedia(String(audio)); Am I missing something? I'm finding that everything I took for granted in AS2 is now convoluted in AS3... I'm so frustrated. -- Carl Welch http://www.carlwelch.com http://www.jointjam.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] 805.403.4819 ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] What heck is up with parent in actionscript 3?
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 01:49:02PM -0800, Carl Welch wrote: Am I missing something? I'm finding that everything I took for granted in AS2 is now convoluted in AS3... I'm so frustrated. Don't use it ! Running after latest and greatest thing isn't necessarely a good thing. Beside, no free flash player supports AS3 at the moment, so your choice will affect freedom of people to use the content you make available. --strk; ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] What heck is up with parent in actionscript 3?
A decent explanation of Parent and how to use it (if you must) in AS3: http://joshblog.net/2007/07/12/disabling-actionscript-3-strict-mode-in-flash-cs3/ I'm not sure what Strk means about no free flash player supports AS3, since the last time I checked the ADOBE Flash Player was free... .m On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 5:00 PM, strk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 01:49:02PM -0800, Carl Welch wrote: Am I missing something? I'm finding that everything I took for granted in AS2 is now convoluted in AS3... I'm so frustrated. Don't use it ! Running after latest and greatest thing isn't necessarely a good thing. Beside, no free flash player supports AS3 at the moment, so your choice will affect freedom of people to use the content you make available. --strk; ___ 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
Re: [Flashcoders] What heck is up with parent in actionscript 3?
I'm not sure what Strk means about no free flash player supports AS3, since the last time I checked the ADOBE Flash Player was free... I would assume he means free software in the software libre sense: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software That said, I wouldn't take that as serious advice, because the vast majority of people have Adobe Flash Player. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] What heck is up with parent in actionscript 3?
Strk: Are you trolling or something, because you are seriously ill advised if you think that no-one is using a Flash Player that supports AS3. Carl: I don't think that you can easily walk up and down the display list in AS3 like you could in AS2 - as I don't think MovieClip has a callMedia func, you can't cast something to a MovieClip then call the function. You could try casting it as your class with the callMedia function: (this.parent.parent as MediaCaller).callMedia(...) I would have a look at this article, but you may be better off looking at dispatching events from your this and listening for them in parent.parent http://joshblog.net/2007/07/12/disabling-actionscript-3-strict-mode-in-flash-cs3/ HTH Glen Don't use it ! Running after latest and greatest thing isn't necessarely a good thing. Beside, no free flash player supports AS3 at the moment, so your choice will affect freedom of people to use the content you make available. --strk; ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Glen Pike 01326 218440 www.glenpike.co.uk http://www.glenpike.co.uk ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] What heck is up with parent in actionscript 3?
No free flash player supports AS3? Really? I'm not so sure about that. plus this project calls for some flash 9 specific imtems such as computeSpectrum and mp4 playback... There has to be a way to make a call to a MC's parent... isn't there? On Dec 10, 2008, at 2:00 PM, strk wrote: On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 01:49:02PM -0800, Carl Welch wrote: Am I missing something? I'm finding that everything I took for granted in AS2 is now convoluted in AS3... I'm so frustrated. Don't use it ! Running after latest and greatest thing isn't necessarely a good thing. Beside, no free flash player supports AS3 at the moment, so your choice will affect freedom of people to use the content you make available. --strk; ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Carl Welch http://www.carlwelch.com http://www.jointjam.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] 805.403.4819 ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] What heck is up with parent in actionscript 3?
...no free flash player... I don't recall ever having to pay for the Flash player. I can't believe I'm asking this, but what _are_ you on about? *opens can of worms, stands back* Don't use it ! Running after latest and greatest thing isn't necessarely a good thing. Beside, no free flash player supports AS3 at the moment, so your choice will affect freedom of people to use the content you make available. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] What heck is up with parent in actionscript 3?
Latest and greatest? AS3 has been around since 2006. Whatever planet you've been on, welcome back to earth.. :-) - Original Message - From: strk [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flash Coders List flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 11:00 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] What heck is up with parent in actionscript 3? On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 01:49:02PM -0800, Carl Welch wrote: Am I missing something? I'm finding that everything I took for granted in AS2 is now convoluted in AS3... I'm so frustrated. Don't use it ! Running after latest and greatest thing isn't necessarely a good thing. Beside, no free flash player supports AS3 at the moment, so your choice will affect freedom of people to use the content you make available. --strk; ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] What heck is up with parent in actionscript 3?
First you should probably ask yourself why you're using parent, let alone parent.parent. Try tracing both parent and parent.parent, see if what comes up is what you're after. regards, Muzak - Original Message - From: Carl Welch [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flash Coders List flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 10:49 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] What heck is up with parent in actionscript 3? Hi again, I am trying to call a function to a parent of a movieclip. I've tried these two items that I found but to no avail: (this.parent.parent as MovieClip).callMedia(String(audio)); AND: MovieClip(parent.parent).callMedia(String(audio)); Am I missing something? I'm finding that everything I took for granted in AS2 is now convoluted in AS3... I'm so frustrated. -- ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] What heck is up with parent in actionscript 3?
thanks... I just tried this before seeing your reply... and it worked... YES! MovieClip(parent).callMedia(String(audio)); On Dec 10, 2008, at 2:14 PM, Matt S. wrote: A decent explanation of Parent and how to use it (if you must) in AS3: http://joshblog.net/2007/07/12/disabling-actionscript-3-strict-mode-in-flash-cs3/ I'm not sure what Strk means about no free flash player supports AS3, since the last time I checked the ADOBE Flash Player was free... .m On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 5:00 PM, strk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 01:49:02PM -0800, Carl Welch wrote: Am I missing something? I'm finding that everything I took for granted in AS2 is now convoluted in AS3... I'm so frustrated. Don't use it ! Running after latest and greatest thing isn't necessarely a good thing. Beside, no free flash player supports AS3 at the moment, so your choice will affect freedom of people to use the content you make available. --strk; ___ 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 -- Carl Welch http://www.carlwelch.com http://www.jointjam.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] 805.403.4819 ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] What heck is up with parent in actionscript 3?
Seriously, consider dispatching an event from the child, listened to by the parent. There has to be a way to make a call to a MC's parent... isn't there? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] What heck is up with parent in actionscript 3?
I'd say, if the freedom is troubling you in general, disable strict mode.Not a good solution if you want to do some real heavy stuff, but doesn't seem the case. 2008/12/11 Dave Watts [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm not sure what Strk means about no free flash player supports AS3, since the last time I checked the ADOBE Flash Player was free... I would assume he means free software in the software libre sense: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software That said, I wouldn't take that as serious advice, because the vast majority of people have Adobe Flash Player. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- The Random Lines My online portfolio www.therandomlines.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] What heck is up with parent in actionscript 3?
Carl, .callMedia isn't a method of MovieClip. You need to cast it (using the 'as' operator) to whatever class you are defining callMedia in. Possibly your document class? (Don't know your setup.) (I'd also suggest you take a look at dispatching events rather than directly referencing the parent as you're doing here - AS3 is very event-based, and once you get into using events, the whole framework will make a lot more sense...) Ian On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 9:49 PM, Carl Welch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi again, I am trying to call a function to a parent of a movieclip. I've tried these two items that I found but to no avail: (this.parent.parent as MovieClip).callMedia(String(audio)); AND: MovieClip(parent.parent).callMedia(String(audio)); Am I missing something? I'm finding that everything I took for granted in AS2 is now convoluted in AS3... I'm so frustrated. -- Carl Welch http://www.carlwelch.com http://www.jointjam.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] 805.403.4819 ___ 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
Re: [Flashcoders] What heck is up with parent in actionscript 3?
If your class extends MovieClip, it has to be added to that parent by means of addChild and (child.)stage should be true otherwise there isn't a parent-child relation. Latcho Carl Welch wrote: Hi again, I am trying to call a function to a parent of a movieclip. I've tried these two items that I found but to no avail: (this.parent.parent as MovieClip).callMedia(String(audio)); AND: MovieClip(parent.parent).callMedia(String(audio)); Am I missing something? I'm finding that everything I took for granted in AS2 is now convoluted in AS3... I'm so frustrated. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
