Yes, I actually did think about putting these constants in their own
class, but I was trying to avoid it...not only for simplicity, but
also to compact the references I would have to make -> i.e. just
refer to it as LANDSCAPE instead of ClassName.LANDSCAPE...mainly
because there are a lot of constants that I want to store, and I
reference them a lot in the other classes.
BUT, I didn't think about variable naming issues, so I think I will
actually go with dropping them in a class.
Thanks!
Charles
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Clint Modien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Hi Charles... you may find it helpful to break your general
constants up
> into there own classes with their own packages to avoid variable
naming
> issues.
>
> To answer your question though...
>
> If you make the consts you have static as in
>
> public final class com.company.printing.PrintJobOrientation {
> public static const LANDSCAPE:String = "landscape";
> public static const PORTRAIT:String = "portrait";
> }
>
> you can then use those constants like so...
>
> imports com.company.printing.PrintJobOrientation
> public class com.company.printing.PrintJob {
> public layout:String;
> public function print() {
> if(this.layout = PrintJobOrientation.LANDSCAPE) {
> //DO SOMETHING
> }
> }
> }
>
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> On 6/2/06, Charles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > This seems like a very simple thing to do, but I can't figure
out why it
> > won't work. Basically, what I am aiming for is to have a
separate .as file
> > that contains only constants (no classes or functions...just
constants). I
> > have this ActionScript class, say "ClassOne.as" that uses a lot
of
> > constants. I have another ActionScript class, say "ClassTwo.as"
that also
> > uses the same constants. Right now, all of the same constants
are declared
> > twice, once in each class. But what I want is to make a
seperate file to
> > just hold those constants and then "import" them from both
classes, but I
> > can't figure it out.
> >
> >
> >
> > I know that to "import" external .as files in an .mxml file, you
can just
> > use <Script source="file_name.as"/>. But, to "import" an
external .as
> > file from within another .as file, I don't know how. I've tried
using import
> > files.*, but since the file is just a list of constants, and not
a class,
> > it doesn't work. I've also tried include "files/file_name.as",
but I get
> > an error for having "more than one externally visible
definition"...?
> >
> >
> >
> > Any help would be great...my code is too bloated to stand right
now, with
> > all this redundant code...haha
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Charles
> >
> >
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