DepthManager

I encountered the problem with getNextHighestDepth()
returning invalid depths when a 2.0 Component is present. The Flash
documentation was clear that if a 2.0 Component is present then
depths should be managed with DepthManager. So I tried to find some
info on this class. Here are some observations:
1) The Flash documentation is very thin on exactly how the
DepthManager is to be used, and especially how it replaces the
attachMovie command. Several people have asked about it on this
forum and one person seems to have found an answer. Karma-lab
wrote:
If you used to do something like:
someClip.attachMovie("DynamicLoadScreen", "loadscreen_mc",
someClip.getNextHighestDepth());
Now do:
import mx.managers.DepthManager; // at the beginning of your
AS
someClip.loadscreen_mc =
someClip.createChildAtDepth("DynamicLoadScreen",
DepthManager.kTop);
Disposing it works thesame as previously.
2) Someone who opens up a new Fla, in order to try this out
might get confused when this code doesn’t attach anything
(even if changing the linkage argument to something they have). The
reason is that the library has to contain an arbitrary 2.0
Component for it to work. The docs are unclear on this. It says
that 2.0 Components should be managed with DepthManager, but not
that a 2.0 Component has to be in the library for DepthManager to
work at all. One person has wrote on this subject lamenting that
having to put an arbitrary Component (like a Button) in the library
seems to make it impossible to make really small “lite
weight” Flashes that use DepthManager.
3) Some tests i made showed that getNextHighestDepth() worked
fine, when it was called from another clip than _root / _level0,
even when a 2.0 Component was in the library, and even when an
instance of it was present in the clip! Is it safe to conclude that
the problem with getNextHighestDepth() only occurs in _root?
4) All this might be solved in AS 3.0?

problems with depths should be expected on every timeline
that contains a 2.0 component.

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Using DepthManager with createEmptyMovieClip

The AS Language Reference tells me to use DepthManager rather
than MovieClip.getNextHighestDepth() when using version 2
components. But the two seem to operate so differently that I can't
see how to replace one with the other in cases like this:
this.createEmptyMovieClip("container",
this.getNextHighestDepth());
It seems that DepthManager references the mc whose depth is
to be set whereas getNextHighestDepth references its parent eg.
container.setDepthTo(DepthManager.kTop);
So what should replace this.getNextHighestDepth() in
createEmptyMovieClip?

I'm afraid your solution does not work although it seems to
have been the official line for some time! The attached code
demonstrates the problem and a workaround.
While not in the conspiracy of silence category this does
seem to have been a long term blind spot. The Flash 8 LiveDocs for
createEmptyMovieClip() has an entry in September 2006 highlighting
the problem but it was not acknowledged.
The difficulty is quite obvious: createEmptyMovieClip() and
other methods like it require a number to be supplied for the
depth. The method getNextHighestDepth() returns a number, albeit a
flaky one in the presence of version 2 components. DepthManager
does not return a number. Instead it does exactly what it says in
the documentation; mc.setDepthTo(DepthManager.kTop) sets the depth
of mc to 20 places above the currently highest occupied depth.
DepthManager is a method of the target mc whereas
getNextHighestDepth() is a method of mc's parent. You can't invoke
a method of movieclip that hasn't been created yet.
So there is no way that DepthManager can be used as a simple
replacement for getNextHighestDepth() and it seems quite cynical
that the documentation is sprinkled with recommendations to do just
that without any explanation or example of how it can be done. The
DepthManager documentation is particularly short on code examples
compared with other areas.

Is it possible to load .swfs on top of scrollpane

I have a scrollpane that links to a movie clip in my library
that holds about 40 buttons. I'm using the scrollpane since the
layout doesn't have enough room to show them all at once. This way
the user can scroll down to see all the names. These buttons have
the names of various articles on them. Upon clicking on an article
a flashpaper .swf file of that article is loaded. Right now the
article is loading into my scrollpane and seems to be kicking out
the movie clip that contains the buttons. Upon closing out the
flashpaper article the buttons return and work fine. The only issue
I have with this is that if the user scrolls down, clicks on an
article and then closes it out, the buttons reappear, but they are
back at the top. The user would then need to scroll back down to
where they were if there were wanting to click on the next article
in line. Not a big deal, but it gets kina annoying after a while.
I'd like to figure out a way for the flashpaper articles to load on
top of the scroll pane so that when the user closes the flashpaper
article the links below are where they left off. So far no matter
what I try the flashpapers keep loading inside the scroll pane.
Here is the code I'm using as applied to one of the 40 buttons:
on (release) {
_parent.loadMovie("MM/flashpaper/art2_120106_prev_injuries_unint.swf",
1);
art2_120106_prev_injuries_unint.swf is the name of the
flashpaper article being loaded.
-I've tried changing the level number and that doesn't work
-I've tried creating an empty movie clip in a layer above the
buttons and that doesn't work:
on (release) {
_parent.loadMovie("MM/flashpaper/art2_120106_prev_injuries_unint.swf",
"artMC");
("artMC" is the empty movie clip)
-I've tride creating an empty movie clip in the main timeline
above the scrollpane and that doesn't work either
any thoughts on how I should handle this?
thanks

import mx.managers.DepthManager;
movieclipyouwantontop.setDepthAbove(movieclipyouwantonbottom);
use the creatEmptyMovieClip method you tried before then
place it into what i gave

Thumbnails enlarge when hovered over

Hi all,
I'm trying to create an archive page for the past issues of a
newsletter. I've tried creating one with CSS, which looks fine in
Firefox but tweaks out in IE6. So I'm trying to create an archive
page using Flash. I'd like to create a page similar to the AIGA
Design Archives page:
http://designarchives.aiga.org/
First, I'm having difficulting with the image gallery itself
- making the thumbnails zoom out when the mouse hovers. Then on top
of that, how would I enable the text/information/lightbox to appear
after the thumbnail (the green box)? It seems like a lot of
advanced Flash scripting is taking place, and the images are being
called from a database or XML file? I would eventually like to
accomplish this part as well, but initially if anyone can help me
get the image gallery started that would be very helpful.
I wasn't able to find any tutorials regarding the enlarging
of a thumbnail gallery, but I've found plenty of other image
scrolling, XML photo galleries.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

Have a look at the Lee Brimlow carousel 3 tutorial concepts
ie xml and tootip.
at
http://www.gotoandlearn.com/download.php.
As for making the thumbnails zoom in and out I have a small example
using mosesSupposes.fuse librarys
to make things easy. Im not sure how to attach an fla here
but I will paste the action script below.
import mx.managers.DepthManager;
import com.mosesSupposes.fuse.*;
ZigoEngine.simpleSetup( Shortcuts , PennerEasing );
var home:MovieClip = this;
var xpos:Number = 150;
var ypos:Number = 100;
var boxwidth:Number = 120;
for(var i=0;i<3;i++)
var t = home.attachMovie("box","box"+i,i+1);
t._x = xpos +(boxwidth * i);
t._y = ypos;
t.box.loadMovie("hannah.jpg");
t.onRollOver = over;
t.onRollOut = out;
function over()
this.setDepthTo(DepthManager.kTop);
this.scaleTo(120,1,"easeOutBounce");
function out()
this.scaleTo(100, 1, "easeOutBounce");
if you want the fla please contact me directly.
Steve

Depth Manager

Hello everyone. Here is a simple package with DepthManager, the question is in performance of it.
1) Create .fla AS3, size = 600x400, grey background.
2) Create in library a MovieClip, named THING, linkage = THING, and open it. Draw a 15-corner star in the centre of it. Fill by standart from-black-to-white linear gradient.
3) Set the name MAIN as main class of the document (don't forget save them all in one directory), open it, and paste there this code:
package
       import flash.display.MovieClip;
          import flash.events.Event;
          import flash.events.MouseEvent;
          public class MAIN extends MovieClip
                   public var array_THINGS:Array = new Array();
                   public function MAIN()
                              var tmp_thing:MovieClip;
                              //BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO REMOVE THIS, I CAN USE ANONYMOUS FUNCTION
                              stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, function()
                                        //WE WILL CREATE SOME THINGS TO DISPLAY
                                        for(var i = 1; i <= 100; i++)
                                                  tmp_thing = new THING();
                                                  tmp_thing.x = Math.random() * 600;
                                                  tmp_thing.y = Math.random() * 400;
                                                  //LETS MAKE IT EASIER FOR PLAYER BY SETTING cacheAsBitmap TO true
                                                  tmp_thing.cacheAsBitmap = true;
                                                  addChild(tmp_thing);
                                                  array_THINGS.push({INSTANCE:tmp_thing});
                              stage.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, function()
                                        ENTER_FRAME_1(); //USING DepthMan
                                        //ENTER_FRAME_2(); //NOT USING DepthMan
                                       //MAKE ONE OF THOSE FUNCTIONS IN // TO SEE THE DEFFERENCE IN FRAMERATE
                    private function ARRAY_THINGS_GET_POS_OF_OBJECT(element:*, index:int, arr:Array)
                              var thing_x = MovieClip(element.INSTANCE).x;
                              var thing_y = MovieClip(element.INSTANCE).y;
                              return {INSTANCE:element.INSTANCE, X:thing_x, Y:thing_y};
                    private function ENTER_FRAME_1()
                              var array_DETAILED_THINGS:Array = array_THINGS.map(ARRAY_THINGS_GET_POS_OF_OBJECT);
                              array_DETAILED_THINGS.sortOn(["Y", "X"], [Array.NUMERIC, Array.NUMERIC | Array.DESCENDING]);
                              for(var i in array_DETAILED_THINGS)
                                        var tmp_mc:MovieClip = MovieClip(array_DETAILED_THINGS[i].INSTANCE);
                                        tmp_mc.rotation += 7;
                                        tmp_mc.parent.setChildIndex(tmp_mc, i);
                    private function ENTER_FRAME_2()
                              for(var i in array_THINGS)
                                        var tmp_mc:MovieClip = MovieClip(array_THINGS[i].INSTANCE);
                                        tmp_mc.rotation += 7;
We click stage = we create 100 stars, each is rotated every frame.
Each frame the function ARRAY_THINGS_GET_POS_OF_OBJECT gets the position of the INSTANCE (it's a simple example, imagine that things may move, so the constant position will not suite).
Then things are sorted and reindexed.
Code works.
The main problem is:
With the ENTER_FRAME_1() turned ON (and ENTER_FRAME_2() turned off, ofcourse), the framerate is much lower, when 300 things (3 clicks) and more on the stage. We don't have so big decline, not using DepthManager (ENTER_FRAME_1() turned OFF and ENTER_FRAME_2() turned ON). And I don't even mention, that a star has not much dots to draw. So the problem is in setting indexes, or may be even in Array.map().
The tip is:
There is a way to use swapDepths, adding an EnterFrame function to each thing, which will "understand", if the thing is higher or lower(.y) from its neighbours, whose depths +1, -1. So it will be one check but by each star...
The question is:
Will it work faster? Or there is another way to make all this RUN?)

I have actually had a chance to play around with it now
and with 400 stars my ENTER_FRAME_1() runs at 10 fps and so does ENTER_FRAME2()
I am using
package
          import flash.display.MovieClip;
          import flash.events.Event;
          import flash.events.MouseEvent;
          public class MAIN extends MovieClip
                    public var array_THINGS:Array = new Array();
                    private var stats:Stats = new Stats();
                    public function MAIN()
                              stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, mouseUpHandler);
                              stage.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, enterFrameHandler);
                    private function mouseUpHandler(e:MouseEvent):void
                              var tmp_thing:THING;
                              //WE WILL CREATE SOME THINGS TO DISPLAY
                              for (var i = 1; i <= 100; i++)
                                        tmp_thing = new THING();
                                        tmp_thing.x = Math.random() * 600;
                                        tmp_thing.y = Math.random() * 400;
                                        //LETS MAKE IT EASIER FOR PLAYER BY SETTING cacheAsBitmap TO true
                                        tmp_thing.cacheAsBitmap = true;
                                        addChild(tmp_thing);
                                        array_THINGS.push(tmp_thing);
                              array_THINGS.sortOn(["y", "x"], Array.NUMERIC | Array.DESCENDING);
                              for (var j in array_THINGS)
                                        var tmp_mc:THING = THING(array_THINGS[j]);
                                        tmp_mc.parent.setChildIndex(tmp_mc, j);
                              addChild(stats);
                    private function enterFrameHandler(e:Event):void
                              ENTER_FRAME_1(); //USING DepthMan
                              //ENTER_FRAME_2(); //NOT USING DepthMan
                              //MAKE ONE OF THOSE FUNCTIONS IN // TO SEE THE DEFFERENCE IN FRAMERATE
                    private function ENTER_FRAME_1()
                              for (var i in array_THINGS)
                                        var tmp_mc:THING = THING(array_THINGS[i]);
                                        tmp_mc.rotation += 7;
                    private function ENTER_FRAME_2()
                              for (var i in array_THINGS)
                                        var tmp_mc:THING = THING(array_THINGS[i]);
                                        tmp_mc.rotation += 7;
and a copy of MrDoobs stats class
* stats.as
* https://github.com/mrdoob/Hi-ReS-Stats
* Released under MIT license:
* http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
* How to use:
*          addChild( new Stats() );
package {
          import flash.display.BitmapData;
          import flash.display.Sprite;
          import flash.events.Event;
          import flash.events.MouseEvent;
          import flash.geom.Matrix;
          import flash.geom.Rectangle;
          import flash.system.System;
          import flash.text.StyleSheet;
          import flash.text.TextField;
          import flash.utils.getTimer;
          public class Stats extends Sprite {
                    protected const WIDTH : uint = 70;
                    protected const HEIGHT : uint = 100;
                    protected var xml : XML;
                    protected var text : TextField;
                    protected var style : StyleSheet;
                    protected var timer : uint;
                    protected var fps : uint;
                    protected var ms : uint;
                    protected var ms_prev : uint;
                    protected var mem : Number;
                    protected var mem_max : Number;
                    protected var graph : BitmapData;
                    protected var rectangle : Rectangle;
                    protected var fps_graph : uint;
                    protected var mem_graph : uint;
                    protected var mem_max_graph : uint;
                    protected var colors : Colors = new Colors();
                     * <b>Stats</b> FPS, MS and MEM, all in one.
                    public function Stats() : void {
                              mem_max = 0;
                              xml = <xml><fps>FPS:</fps><ms>MS:</ms><mem>MEM:</mem><memMax>MAX:</memMax></xml>;
                              style = new StyleSheet();
                              style.setStyle('xml', {fontSize:'9px', fontFamily:'_sans', leading:'-2px'});
                              style.setStyle('fps', {color: hex2css(colors.fps)});
                              style.setStyle('ms', {color: hex2css(colors.ms)});
                              style.setStyle('mem', {color: hex2css(colors.mem)});
                              style.setStyle('memMax', {color: hex2css(colors.memmax)});
                              text = new TextField();
                              text.width = WIDTH;
                              text.height = 50;
                              text.styleSheet = style;
                              text.condenseWhite = true;
                              text.selectable = false;
                              text.mouseEnabled = false;
                              rectangle = new Rectangle(WIDTH - 1, 0, 1, HEIGHT - 50);
                              addEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, init, false, 0, true);
                              addEventListener(Event.REMOVED_FROM_STAGE, destroy, false, 0, true);
                    private function init(e : Event) : void {
                              graphics.beginFill(colors.bg);
                              graphics.drawRect(0, 0, WIDTH, HEIGHT);
                              graphics.endFill();
                              addChild(text);
                              graph = new BitmapData(WIDTH, HEIGHT - 50, false, colors.bg);
                              graphics.beginBitmapFill(graph, new Matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 50));
                              graphics.drawRect(0, 50, WIDTH, HEIGHT - 50);
                              addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClick);
                              addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, update);
                    private function destroy(e : Event) : void {
                              graphics.clear();
                              while(numChildren > 0)
                                        removeChildAt(0);
                              graph.dispose();
                              removeEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClick);
                              removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, update);
                    private function update(e : Event) : void {
                              timer = getTimer();
                              if( timer - 1000 > ms_prev ) {
                                        ms_prev = timer;
                                        mem = Number((System.totalMemory * 0.000000954).toFixed(3));
                                        mem_max = mem_max > mem ? mem_max : mem;
                                        fps_graph = Math.min(graph.height, ( fps / stage.frameRate ) * graph.height);
                                        mem_graph = Math.min(graph.height, Math.sqrt(Math.sqrt(mem * 5000))) - 2;
                                        mem_max_graph = Math.min(graph.height, Math.sqrt(Math.sqrt(mem_max * 5000))) - 2;
                                        graph.scroll(-1, 0);
                                        graph.fillRect(rectangle, colors.bg);
                                        graph.setPixel(graph.width - 1, graph.height - fps_graph, colors.fps);
                                        graph.setPixel(graph.width - 1, graph.height - ( ( timer - ms ) >> 1 ), colors.ms);
                                        graph.setPixel(graph.width - 1, graph.height - mem_graph, colors.mem);
                                        graph.setPixel(graph.width - 1, graph.height - mem_max_graph, colors.memmax);
                                        xml.fps = "FPS: " + fps + " / " + stage.frameRate;
                                        xml.mem = "MEM: " + mem;
                                        xml.memMax = "MAX: " + mem_max;
                                        fps = 0;
                              fps++;
                              xml.ms = "MS: " + (timer - ms);
                              ms = timer;
                              text.htmlText = xml;
                    private function onClick(e : MouseEvent) : void {
                              mouseY / height > .5 ? stage.frameRate-- : stage.frameRate++;
                              xml.fps = "FPS: " + fps + " / " + stage.frameRate;
                              text.htmlText = xml;
                    // .. Utils
                    private function hex2css( color : int ) : String {
                              return "#" + color.toString(16);
class Colors {
          public var bg : uint = 0x000033;
          public var fps : uint = 0xffff00;
          public var ms : uint = 0x00ff00;
          public var mem : uint = 0x00ffff;
          public var memmax : uint = 0xff0070;

Assigning a class to symbols

I'm just getting the hang of creating my own classes and
linking them to a symbol. But I've found that the resulting
instance has an undefined depth and doesn't respond to .swapDepth()
or .setDepthTo(). I've reduced the problem down to a very simple
demo situation. This is my class file, DemoClass.as:
class DemoClass{
public function DemoClass() {
trace("DemoClass: this = "+this);
This is my test file which has a symbol "demoClass" in the
library:
import mx.managers.DepthManager;
demo_mc = this.attachMovie("demoClass_id","demoMC",1);
trace("demo_mc.getDepth(): "+demo_mc.getDepth());
demo_mc.setDepthTo(DepthManager.kTop);
trace("demo_mc.getDepth(): "+demo_mc.getDepth());
When the symbol has NO link to DemoClass, the output is:
demo_mc.getDepth(): 1
demo_mc.getDepth(): 21
When the symbol is linked the output is:
DemoClass: this = _level0.demoMC
demo_mc.getDepth(): undefined
demo_mc.getDepth(): undefined
Is this what you'd expect or have I made an error
somewhere?

your DemoClass is not extending the MovieClip class and so
you're creating a DemoClass object that has no getDepth() (nor any
other movieclip method/property).

[AS 2.0] Problem with removeMovieClip+setInterval

For this movie, I'm showing a grid of symbols that appear,
pause, then fade, so I can have people try to identify them quickly
(for a psych experiment). I have a "Grid" that all of these
"GridSymbols" are children of (currently using the DepthManager,
but I'm pretty sure I had the same problem when I used
getNextHighestDepth).
I'm using a timer (via setInterval) to be able to dynamically
set a time for a movie to remain visible on the screen (there is a
5 frame fade-in, then a setInterval timer on a stop() frame that
after the time jumps to the fadeout frame). This works great until
I need to remove all of the currently visible movies to progress to
a new part of the task that I am creating. The offending code looks
like this (on frame 6, after the fade):
stop();
this.delayAmount = setInterval(goToFade,
_root.SymbolVisible);
function goToFade()
gotoAndPlay("fadeout_frm");
clearInterval(delayAmount);
The problem occurs when I remove the Grid (thus removing all
of the GridSymbols). If however I remove the delayAmount interval
and simply insert 10 static frames from 6 - 15 the program works
fine, so I feel confident that it has to do with the interval
(perhaps maturing after the movie has been removed and then looking
for the appropriate frame to jump to). Anyone have any idea how to
fix this? Or perhaps an alternate method of accomplishing the same
goal?
Thanks!

Ok, I've got a solution, though it might not be pretty. I'm
creating an array to hold the symbol instance names of all of the
movies that have the internal intervals running:
symbolIDArray[hPos+vPos*Horiz] =
CurrentGrid.createChildAtDepth("grid_symbol", DepthManager.kTop);
Then, when I need to delete, I run this quick loop:
for (i = 0; i < symbolIDArray.length; i++)
clearInterval(symbolIDArray
.delayAmount);
Once the loop has finished, the movies can be removed
without problem. :)

Setting the text in label components

Please help with the following very simple code. I have done
everything I am supposed to do according to the in-program help,
the Flash 8 Actionscript bible and every other source I can find
online, yet the following code will not generate a simple label
component. I've checked to insure it is not placed too far in any
direction and even played around with its styles, setting the font
and font color -
nothing. It's been 2 hours now... I'm really starting to
hate components.
Without exaggerating, it took me roughly 4 hours to figure
this out: I replaced all of the "getNextHighestDepth"s with numbers
(starting the numbering at 0) and everything showed up. Turns out
the label code was working, but the label was getting replaced by
the next component called in the code because they were all at the
same depth. I thought getNextHighestDepth() was supposed to prevent
this!

>> I have done everything I am supposed to do according
to the in-program help
Not exactly. You should have been using the DepthManager
instead of getNextHighestDepth.

Alert class import causes errors

Hello,
I am the local new guy. I have followed many examples of how to create an alert popup window and have failed.
Background:
added alert component to stage and delete, component shows up in library
added import mx.controls.Alert
to actions layer first frame of fla file
When I control enter to create the file, I get these wierd errors, 16 of them in fact
rainging form there is no method to no poperty
here they are:
**Error** C:\Users\jim\AppData\Local\Macromedia\Flash 8\en\Configuration\Classes\mx\managers\PopUpManager.as: Line 123: There is no method with the name 'deactivate'.
          SystemManager.deactivate(o);
**Error** C:\Users\jim\AppData\Local\Macromedia\Flash 8\en\Configuration\Classes\mx\controls\TextArea.as: Line 361: There is no property with the name '_color'.
       _color = UIObject.textColorList;
**Error** C:\Users\jim\AppData\Local\Macromedia\Flash 8\en\Configuration\Classes\mx\controls\TextArea.as: Line 363: There is no property with the name 'focusTextField'.
       focusTextField = label;
**Error** C:\Users\jim\AppData\Local\Macromedia\Flash 8\en\Configuration\Classes\mx\containers\Window.as: Line 348: There is no property with the name 'clickHandler'.
       button_mc.clickHandler = delegateClick;
**Error** C:\Users\jim\AppData\Local\Macromedia\Flash 8\en\Configuration\Classes\mx\controls\alertClasses\AlertForm.as: Line 159: There is no method with the name 'createClassChildAtDepth'.
       var o:Button = Button(createClassChildAtDepth(Button, DepthManager.kTop,
**Error** C:\Users\jim\AppData\Local\Macromedia\Flash 8\en\Configuration\Classes\mx\controls\alertClasses\AlertForm.as: Line 166: There is no property with the name 'clickHandler'.
       o.clickHandler = onClick;
**Error** C:\Users\jim\AppData\Local\Macromedia\Flash 8\en\Configuration\Classes\mx\controls\alertClasses\AlertForm.as: Line 167: There is no property with the name 'detail'.
       o.detail = detail;
**Error** C:\Users\jim\AppData\Local\Macromedia\Flash 8\en\Configuration\Classes\mx\controls\alertClasses\AlertForm.as: Line 212: There is no property with the name 'width'.
        extent.width += icon_mc.width + 8;
**Error** C:\Users\jim\AppData\Local\Macromedia\Flash 8\en\Configuration\Classes\mx\controls\alertClasses\AlertForm.as: Line 218: There is no property with the name 'height'.
        var i:Number = icon_mc.height - (numlines * (extent.height + 4));
**Error** C:\Users\jim\AppData\Local\Macromedia\Flash 8\en\Configuration\Classes\mx\controls\alertClasses\AlertForm.as: Line 263: There is no property with the name 'height'.
        icon_mc.move(x, (height - buttons[0].height - icon_mc.height) / 2);
**Error** C:\Users\jim\AppData\Local\Macromedia\Flash 8\en\Configuration\Classes\mx\controls\alertClasses\AlertForm.as: Line 264: There is no property with the name 'width'.
        x += icon_mc.width + 8;
**Error** C:\Users\jim\AppData\Local\Macromedia\Flash 8\en\Configuration\Classes\mx\controls\scrollClasses\ScrollBar.as: Line 272: There is no property with the name 'height'.
        var y:Number = ((pos-minPos) * (scrollTrack_mc.height-scrollThumb_mc._height) / (maxPos - minPos)) + scrollTrack_mc.top;
**Error** C:\Users\jim\AppData\Local\Macromedia\Flash 8\en\Configuration\Classes\mx\controls\scrollClasses\ScrollBar.as: Line 494: There is no property with the name 'height'.
        thumbHeight = pageSize / (maxPos-minPos+pageSize) * o.height;
**Error** C:\Users\jim\AppData\Local\Macromedia\Flash 8\en\Configuration\Classes\mx\controls\scrollClasses\ScrollBar.as: Line 497: There is no property with the name 'height'.
         if (o.height < st.minHeight)
**Warning** C:\Users\jim\AppData\Local\Macromedia\Flash 8\en\Configuration\Classes\mx\controls\Alert.as: Line 27: There is no class or package with the name 'mx.containers' found in package 'mx'.
      static var symbolOwner:Object = Window;
**Warning** C:\Users\jim\AppData\Local\Macromedia\Flash 8\en\Configuration\Classes\mx\controls\Alert.as: Line 213: There is no class or package with the name 'mx.controls.alertClasses' found in package 'mx.controls'.
       var tmp = AlertForm;
Total ActionScript Errors: 16   Reported Errors: 16
funny thing is that when i create the same code
import etc alert.show etc in a new fla file it works just fine, when i use the working code from the new fla and place it here not changing anything it fails with the previoulsy mentioned errors,
I have checked the class path, i have added the direct folder of the classes, I have even tried to import the .AS file it self with no luck.
Any suggestions here?
Thanks
Jim

Ahhhhh...thank you!
One other question that is related...
So now it imports the class ApplicationMain.as.
But now there are path issues that I can't quite figure out.
So I have a scene called Content - my main and only scene.
In that scene there is a MC called content_MC as well as 2 buttons; a print button and a start over button.
Inside the content_MC there are several objects, including those that are labeled with instances that are meant to point the ApplicationMain file to them so they can have the ApplicationMain.as class applied to them.
I have an AS layer/frame inside content_MC that imports the ApplicationMain class just as you suggested.
Inside the ApplicationMain.as file the targets are registered as e1, e2, e3, e4, etc.
These instances, e1, e2, etc, are located inside content_MC on a layer below the AS layer where the import of the ApplicationMain code is located.
When I export the SWF I get error 1120 access to undefined property e1. This error occurs for each instance I am trying to target.
This is clearly a path issue but don't understand...?
Shouldn't those instances be found by the ApplicationMain.as class since they are resident in the same movie clip where the ApplicationMain.as class is being imported into?
Here's how the targets are registered in the ApplicationMain.as file...
_transformTool.targets = [e1, e2, e3, e4, f1, f2, f3, f4, f5, f6, f7, f8];
Man, AS3 is making my head spin!
Thanks a ton for your help!

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