Thanks, Steve, I may need to go that way.
I am trying to do it with embedded sounds, because the files are tiny, and it is an AIR app so bandwidth is not an issue. Worst case is I make a switch function, but I am striving for something a bit easier to maintain. Tracy Spratt, Lariat Services, development services available _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of valdhor Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 9:47 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Trying to make SoundManager class using getDefinitionByName Hmmm... You got me. This is what I came up with... package assets.sounds { import flash.media.Sound; import flash.media.SoundChannel; import flash.net.URLRequest; public class SoundManager { private var sound:Sound; private var channel:SoundChannel; public function playSound(sSoundName:String):void { if(channel != null) { channel.stop(); } sound = new Sound(); var req:URLRequest = new URLRequest("assets/sounds/" + sSoundName + ".mp3"); sound.load(req); channel = sound.play(); }//playSound }//class SoundManager }//package assets.sounds <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; layout="horizontal" creationComplete="onCreationComplete()"> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ import assets.sounds.SoundManager; private var soundManager:SoundManager private function onCreationComplete():void { soundManager = new SoundManager(); } ]]> </mx:Script> <mx:Button label="Play Beep-1" click="soundManager.playSound('beep-1')"/> <mx:Button label="Play Beep-2" click="soundManager.playSound('beep-2')"/> <mx:Button label="Play Beep-3" click="soundManager.playSound('beep-3')"/> </mx:Application> --- In [email protected], "Tracy Spratt" <tr...@...> wrote: > > I am trying to make a sound manager class that will simplify playing a sound by using an id string. I have embedded the sound files, but am havign trouble getting the Sound object initialized. I get an error, "Variable beep1 is not defined" though cllearly it is. > > I suspect I am misusing getDefinitionByName. If there is an easier/better way, I am open to that as well. The full class code is below. > > Tracy > > package assets.sounds > { > import flash.utils.getDefinitionByName; > import flash.media.Sound; > > public class SoundManager > { > [Embed(source="beep-1.mp3")]private var beep1:Class; > [Embed(source="beep-2.mp3")]private var beep2:Class; > [Embed(source="beep-3.mp3")]private var beep3:Class; > > > public function playSound(sSoundName:String):void > { > var classRef:Class = getDefinitionByName(sSoundName) as Class; //Variable beep1 is not defined. > var s:Sound = new classRef as Sound; > s.play(); > }//playSound > }//class SoundManager > }//package assets.sounds >
