When generating objects of scripts on the fly to attach to sprites, you're actually invoking the 'new' handler, not the beginSprite handler:
xCursor = (script "flaCursorScript").new(2)
This almost makes sense if you think about it - the sprite has already begun (it's on the stage, and your movie is playing). What you're doing is creating a new script object and attaching that to an already existing sprite.
therefore, I'm guessing (without looking at your whole movie) that the beginSprite isn't executing at all and you should add the following handler to your behavior:
on new me return me end
then in your calling script, refine it to read:
...
xCursor = new(script "flaCursorScript") sprite(2).scriptInstanceList.Add(xCursor) sendSprite(2, #beginSprite)
....
Don't be tricked into thinking you can just shortcut the last step and put your 'beginsprite' code in your 'new' handler - remember, the script hasn't been attached to a sprite yet and will puke when you try to reference stuff like me.spriteNum.
check out this quite ugly movie (i keep reusing it, so i should really clean it up one of these days):
http://www.evanadelman.com/puppetTest/puppetTest.dir
If you want further reference...
hth, Evan
Kristian wrote:
Hi,
Below I have attached some simple code... The purpose with the code is to (at runtime) be able to attach a behavior to a puppeted sprite containing a flash member. The code works as long as I do not use the 'pSpriteRef' variable and say instead type '2' or '3' (in the exitFrame handler in the BEHAVIOR CODE below)... Unfortunately this will not work for me because this behavior will be attached to more than one sprite (and the purpose of using a behavior would be lost if I need to hardcode object references)... The error message complains about the #hitTest which to me sounds like it does not recognize the sprite as a flash sprite.
Anyone? Suggestions?
//Kristian
-- PART OF MOVIE SCRIPT CODE puppetSprite 2, TRUE sprite(2).member = puppetName sprite(2).width = 220 sprite(2).height = 491 sprite(2).locH = 5 sprite(2).locV = 76 if member(puppetName).loaded = TRUE then flaSetActiveSubItem(gAMemList.aSubMain,gAMemList.aSubSub, AMemList.aCastPage) end if xCursor = (script "flaCursorScript").new(2) sprite(2).scriptInstanceList.Add(xCursor)
-- BEHAVIOR CODE property spriteNum, pSpriteRef
on beginSprite me pSpriteRef = me.spriteNum end
on exitframe me if sprite(pSpriteRef).hitTest(the mouseLoc) = #button then if sprite(pSpriteRef).cursor <> 280 then sprite(pSpriteRef).cursor = 280 end if else if sprite(pSpriteRef).cursor <> -1 then sprite(pSpriteRef).cursor = -1 end if end if end
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