Customclass accessing children
Hi there,
I made a search looking for custom class problems but didn`t find anything about what I`m having trouble with. Witch I thought to be pretty weird. I think I may be doing something stupid.
I have a customScrollBar_mc in my library which consists of 2 movieclips instanced as mcBar and mcBackGround.
I exported customScrollBar_mc for actionscript with a custom class attached to it called CustomScrollBar and I UNchecked the export in frame 1 option (I left only the preloader things with that checked).
Well, I made my CustomScrollBar class but the problem is. If I try something like this in its constructor
mcBar.height = 10; or
mcBackGround.width = 10;
Flash tells me that those instances doesn`t exist.
How can I make flash recognize them ?
Here is some structure information:
Project organization
/Project
/bin
/src
Main.as
/sessions
CustomScrollBar.as
Session.as this class instances CustomScrollBar
Export SWC is checked.
Sourcepaths added are /src and /src/sessions
Automatically declare stage instances is UNchecked.
All my files have no PACKAGE especification (if I add "sessions" to the package name it tells me that it doesn`t especify the real location of the files. Don`t know why this happends.)
Could anyone please help me with this ?
Thanks in advance,
Oscar
Hi there, the topic was on the 4th page so I decided to make some screenshots and explain better this so it would be easier to help me out.
I don`t have a clue about it and I just crossed a point where I can`t go any further without this.
I took a photo of my publish settings, library, movieclip properties andproject folder so you can understand what is happening.
First of all, the problem is related to the topico_mc movieclip (translation: topic_mc)
topico_mc is composed by:
movieclip topico_quadrado_mc (translation: square_topic_mc) that is just a small square: mcSquare
dynamic text: dynText
I export it to actionscript with class name TopicosFlash and unchecked export in frame 1 (I tested with this checked too). I also tried browsing my symbol in the Source field just as shown in the screenshot.
I make the TopicosFlash.as file, make it extends movie clip and add a simple code to the constructor: mcSquare.alpha = 1
In the document class I simply add it: addchild(new TopicosFlash());
The issue: mcSquare is a undefined property
Screenshot:
Trying to solve this I found some things that for me were strange:
1) If I don`t make the TopicosFlash.as file, the movieclip is added with no problems.
2) If I make the TopicosFlash.as file but let it empty flash throw an error: Cannot create property dynText on TopicosFlash.
3) If I make the file, it gives the mcSquare undefined error.
Sorry for the bad words but wtf is going on?
I really am not being able to understand this and I can`t find any answers anywhere.
Thanks in advance,
Oscar
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