[Flashcoders] Re: Re: Passing text between SWFs

2008-10-27 Thread Alan Neilsen 
Thanks for all your help dr.ache. I think I am very close now. I still get a 
number of errors, but I think the underlying problem is this one:
5000: The class 'RTE2124BuserName' must subclass 'flash.display.MovieClip' 
since it is linked to a library symbol of that type.

What is that trying to tell me, and how do I fix it? I tried a number of things 
(even deleting all the Movie Clips from the library), but I still get the same 
errors. It certainly won't let me put one class in another (as one might 
interpret the term subclass). When I tried that it told me that classes can't 
be nested.

package {
// Import stuff
import flash.events.EventDispatcher;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.display.*;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.display.Graphics;
public class RTE2124BuserName {
var rect1:Shape = new Shape();
rect1.graphics.beginFill(0xFF);
rect1.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 1966, 660);
rect1.endFill();
addChild(rect1);
var ldr1:Loader = new Loader();
ldr1.mask = rect1;
var url1:String = topics/rte2124b_topic1.swf;
var urlReq1:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url1);
ldr1.load(urlReq1);

ldr1.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,completeHandler1);
}
public function completeHandler1(event:Event):void {
MovieClip(event.currentTarget)._parent = this;
trace(_parent.ldr1);
}
}

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Re: [Flashcoders] Re: Re: Passing text between SWFs

2008-10-27 Thread Paul Andrews 
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From: Alan Neilsen [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 10:13 PM
Subject: [Flashcoders] Re: Re: Passing text between SWFs


Thanks for all your help dr.ache. I think I am very close now. I still get a 
number of errors, but I think the underlying problem is this one:
5000: The class 'RTE2124BuserName' must subclass 'flash.display.MovieClip' 
since it is linked to a library symbol of that type.


What is that trying to tell me, and how do I fix it? I tried a number of 
things (even deleting all the Movie Clips from the library), but I still get 
the same errors. It certainly won't let me put one class in another (as one 
might interpret the term subclass).


That's not the correct interpretation of subclass. What it wants is a class 
that is based on MovieClip, so:


public class RTE2124BuserName extends MovieClip {

would base your class on MovieClip and then it would be a subclass of 
MovieClip ..


Paul
-
When I tried that it told me that classes can't be nested.

package {
   // Import stuff
   import flash.events.EventDispatcher;
   import flash.events.Event;
   import flash.events.MouseEvent;
   import flash.display.*;
   import flash.net.URLRequest;
   import flash.display.Graphics;
   public class RTE2124BuserName {
   var rect1:Shape = new Shape();
   rect1.graphics.beginFill(0xFF);
   rect1.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 1966, 660);
   rect1.endFill();
   addChild(rect1);
   var ldr1:Loader = new Loader();
   ldr1.mask = rect1;
   var url1:String = 
topics/rte2124b_topic1.swf;
   var urlReq1:URLRequest = new 
URLRequest(url1);

   ldr1.load(urlReq1);
   
ldr1.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,completeHandler1);
   }
   public function completeHandler1(event:Event):void {
   MovieClip(event.currentTarget)._parent = 
this;

   trace(_parent.ldr1);
   }
}

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Re: [Flashcoders] Re: Re: Passing text between SWFs

2008-10-27 Thread dr.ache 

Hi Alan.

The missing thing is you must let RTE2124BuserName (one of the most 
horrible class names I have seen so far :-) ) extend MovieClip.

Therefore you have to import the movieclip class
How this is accomplished you can see in the text.

The errormessage tells you that you linked one of the library symbols 
with your class - what is ok to do so.
In the linkage properties you can define a baseclass for your symbol 
what you could change to flash.display.Sprite
but in your case its not necessary. To delete all your symbols in the 
library is definitely not a solution ;-)


As far as I can tell you this is not the last error you get. I highly 
recommend to read the manual.


Alan Neilsen schrieb:

Thanks for all your help dr.ache. I think I am very close now. I still get a 
number of errors, but I think the underlying problem is this one:
5000: The class 'RTE2124BuserName' must subclass 'flash.display.MovieClip' 
since it is linked to a library symbol of that type.

What is that trying to tell me, and how do I fix it? I tried a number of things (even 
deleting all the Movie Clips from the library), but I still get the same errors. It 
certainly won't let me put one class in another (as one might interpret the term 
subclass). When I tried that it told me that classes can't be nested.

package {
// Import stuff
  

here goes:
import flash.display.MovieClip;

import flash.events.EventDispatcher;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.display.*;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.display.Graphics;
public class RTE2124BuserName {
  

this one needs to be:
public class RTE2124BuserName extends MovieClip

var rect1:Shape = new Shape();
rect1.graphics.beginFill(0xFF);
rect1.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 1966, 660);
rect1.endFill();
addChild(rect1);
var ldr1:Loader = new Loader();
ldr1.mask = rect1;
var url1:String = topics/rte2124b_topic1.swf;
var urlReq1:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url1);
ldr1.load(urlReq1);

ldr1.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,completeHandler1);
}
public function completeHandler1(event:Event):void {
MovieClip(event.currentTarget)._parent = this;
trace(_parent.ldr1);
}
}

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[Flashcoders] Re: Re: Passing text between SWFs

2008-10-23 Thread Alan Neilsen 
Thanks dr.ache



I still can't get this to work. Whatever is wrong, it doesn't like the line 
public function completeHandler(event:Event) {.



I get Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant: Event



I tried adding import flash.events.Event, but then I get several various 
errors.



Currently my faulty code to load child objects and use contentLoaderInfo 
looks like:



package {

  // Import stuff

  import flash.events.addEventListener;

  import flash.events.Event

  import flash.events.MouseEvent;

  import flash.display.*;

  import flash.net.URLRequest;

  import flash.display.Graphics;



  public class rte2124buserName {

var rect1:Shape = new Shape();

rect1.graphics.beginFill(0xFF);

rect1.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 1966, 660);

addChild(rect1);

var ldr1:Loader = new Loader();

ldr1.mask = rect;

var url1:String = topics/rte2124b_topic1.swf;

var urlReq1:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url1);

ldr1.load(urlReq1);


ldr1.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,completeHandler1);



var rect2:Shape = new Shape();

rect2.graphics.beginFill(0xFF);

rect2.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 1966, 660);

addChild(rect2);

var ldr2:Loader = new Loader();

ldr2.mask = rect2;

var url2:String = topics/rte2124b_topic2.swf;

var urlReq2:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url2);

ldr2.load(urlReq2);


ldr2.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,completeHandler2);



// Call up topics from topics folder.

public function completeHandler1(event:Event) {

  MovieClip(event.currentTarget)._parent = this;

  trace(_parent.ldr1);

}

public function completeHandler2(event:Event) {

  MovieClip(event.currentTarget)._parent = this;

  trace(_parent.ldr2);

}

  }

}



All I want to do is to pass user input (user name) from a parent SWF to a child 
SWF. Could somebody please tell me all the code I need and where the code goes 
to do this. I am sorry that I can't work this out, and to be honest, Flash help 
is less than useless unless you have been doing OO programming for years. It 
does not contain decent examples of everything one needs to do to get stuff to 
work.



Cheers

Alan





Hi Alan.



In the same class / at the same position where you load your child

movieclip.

One line below your loadClip method call.

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Re: [Flashcoders] Re: Re: Passing text between SWFs

2008-10-23 Thread dr.ache 

Alan Neilsen schrieb:

Thanks dr.ache



I still can't get this to work. Whatever is wrong, it doesn't like the line public 
function completeHandler(event:Event) {.

  

ok, lets go trough this:


package {

  // Import stuff

  import flash.events.addEventListener;
  
what should that be? you can only import Classes, not Methods...so this 
line should look like this:

import flash.events.EventDispatcher;
because that is the class you can use to addEventListeners


  import flash.events.Event
  

this should have an ; at the end of the line

  import flash.events.MouseEvent;

  import flash.display.*;

  import flash.net.URLRequest;

  import flash.display.Graphics;



  public class rte2124buserName {
  

you should name your class with a capital letter at the beginning

var rect1:Shape = new Shape();

rect1.graphics.beginFill(0xFF);

rect1.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 1966, 660);
  

here you should enter:
rect1.endFill();
otherwise flash would not draw anything

addChild(rect1);

var ldr1:Loader = new Loader();

ldr1.mask = rect;
  

what you you doing here? if you want to mask ldr1 with rect1 then
a) you must addChild(rect1); to the display list and
b) you should name it rect1 not rect

var url1:String = topics/rte2124b_topic1.swf;

var urlReq1:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url1);

ldr1.load(urlReq1);


ldr1.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,completeHandler1);

  

i cut out the second shape here

after that... you must close the constructor function..that is your main 
fault.

here it comes:  }

now your completeHandler1 is outside of the constructor function and a 
method of your class.


// Call up topics from topics folder.

public function completeHandler1(event:Event) {
  

this line should look like this:
   


public function completeHandler1(event:Event):void {



  MovieClip(event.currentTarget)._parent = this;

  trace(_parent.ldr1);

}

  }

}



All I want to do is to pass user input (user name) from a parent SWF to a child 
SWF. Could somebody please tell me all the code I need and where the code goes 
to do this. I am sorry that I can't work this out, and to be honest, Flash help 
is less than useless unless you have been doing OO programming for years. It 
does not contain decent examples of everything one needs to do to get stuff to 
work.
  
Flash help helps you alot if you read it ... you need to read more 
depending on your level
of knowledge. and for sure it does not give you all the code for every 
situation you could come in.

but it definitely shows you how to set up your first class  properly:

Manual - Programming AS3 - Object Oriented programming - Classes

and how to use the loader class:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/flash/display/Loader.html

If you cant deal with it... pay someone for doing your job.

The examples written at the loader class page assume that you put the 
code on the
first frame of a fla file.. not in a seperate class file...that is why 
the compiler complaints

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