I want to change the font size of Flash's TextArea component which is currently on the stage using AS3.
I tried linking a TextFormat object to the TextAera by its instance name, but I get this error:
Scene 1, Layer 'actions', Frame 1, Line 44 1061: Call to a possibly undefined method setTextFormat through a reference with static type fl.controls:TextArea.
Here is the AS3 code:
var myTextFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
myTextFormat.font = "Arial";
myTextFormat.size = 10;
myTextFormat.color = 0xffffff;
my_textArea.setTextFormat(myTextFormat)
Try this snippet:
myTextArea.setStyle("textFormat", myTextAreaFormat);
What I discovered is that the textFormat needs to be set prior to adding the text. When you do that, the setTextFormat command works fine. However, if you define the associated textFormat after its associated textField has been defined, it breaks and the font size isn't set.
define a wrapper (in mine, I used a sprite) for the textField
define textFormat for your textBox (in mine I defined "textBoxFormat")
define your text field (in mine, I used "textBox")
add textBox to it's wrapper
Finally, set the textFormat ==> textBox.setTextFormat(textBoxFormat);
add the wrapper from step 1 to the stage (or other element).
To be honest, I'm not 100% sure the first step is required, but I found it beneficial to wrap the textField, just to be safe. 34 years of programming out the door with my introduction to Adobe's weird "standards". Wish there was a practical alternative, but there doesn't seem to be.
Although One answer is accepted, That doesn't work for me and I found this solution:
import mx.controls.TextArea;
_global.styles.TextArea.setStyle("fontFamily", "Arial");
_global.styles.TextArea.setStyle("fontSize", 30);
PS: If you need in AS2 .
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I want to try a simple task where if i move a object inside the world and then press a button it should go back to its original position , but its not working , below is the code i am using - the file is here - http://www.fastswf.com/yAnIvBs (when i remove the event listener)
with event listener - http://www.fastswf.com/rpYsIt8
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stop();
var startXPos:Number = level1WorldObj.box1.x;
var startYPos:Number = level1WorldObj.box1.y;
function areaS(e:Event) {
level1WorldObj.box1.y= startYPos;
level1WorldObj.box1.x= startXPos;
level1WorldObj.box1.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, areaS);
}
but1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,nClick3);
function nClick3(event:MouseEvent):void{
level1WorldObj.box1.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, areaS);
level1WorldObj.box1.y= startYPos;
level1WorldObj.box1.x= startXPos;
}
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Now i want to be able to do it many time so i kept the variables that detect the initial x, y as global ...
Here you can see how it behaves in debugdraw mode , strangely only the clip moves not the actual body - http://www.fastswf.com/-Ijkta4
Can some one please guide me here ...
Thanks in advance ...
Jin
The graphics that you see (box1) aren't related to the physical object behind the scenes - you're currently only moving the graphics not the object itself.
You need to use either SetPosition() or SetTransform() on the b2Body of the object
Edit 07/7
As you're using the Box2D World Construction Kit, I took a look at the source code (available here: https://github.com/jesses/wck). The main class seems to be BodyShape (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jesses/wck/master/wck/BodyShape.as).
Looking through it, you should be able to access the b2Body directly. If it's null (which is probably the source of the TypeError that you're getting, then you haven't called createBody(), which is what actually takes all of your properties as creates the physical object behind the scenes.
Once you have a b2Body, if you want to position it based on the graphics, there's a function syncTransform() to do just that.
You should turn on debugDraw on your World class to make it easier to see what's going on in the background. NOTE: this needs to be done before calling create()
I was able to find solution to this problem , i found the starting point by using this -
trace(level1WorldObj.box1.b2body.GetPosition().x);
trace(level1WorldObj.box1.b2body.GetPosition().y);
then once i had the position manually i took down the coordinates and used the below code ....
level1WorldObj.box1.b2body.SetTransform(new V2(-2, 2),0 );
Thanks #divillysausages for all the help ...
Regards
I have been making a basic painting application similar to MS-Paint with basic paint, eraser and fill tools. It's this last one that's giving me some trouble.
I'm pretty new to using BitmapData but the idea is that when the user clicks the board, it triggers the startFloodFill method. This is shown below:
public static function startFloodFill(e:MouseEvent):void
{
trace("FLOODFILL");
var boardRef:MovieClip = e.currentTarget.parent.board; //Creates a reference to the board
var boardData:BitmapData = new BitmapData(boardRef.width, boardRef.height); //Creates a new BitmapData with the same size as boardRef
boardData.floodFill(e.localX, e.localY, 0x00CCCCCC); //Applies the FloodFill
boardData.draw(boardRef); //Saves the boardRef as bitmapData
boardRef.bitmapData = boardData; //Updates the board
boardRef.parent.addChild(boardRef);
}
Can anybody tell me what I've done wrong here? When I click, the board does not change. I expected the FloodFill to fill the entire bitmap with the chosen colour as the board is blank when I click.
I also tried replacing the last two lines with:
boardRef.addChild(new Bitmap(boardData) ); //Updates the board
Thanks
The problem is that you first use the floodFill, and then use the draw method, which actually fills the BitmapData with whatever param you give it - in your case it's the boardRef.
You should first draw the boardRef into the boardData, and then use floodFill. At the end, you need to create new Bitmap and display it.
Now you are setting the bitmapData of a MovieClip?! Don't know what you wanted, but you just need to add new child (new Bitmap)
hey im having issues removing my enemy blocks. at the moment if i hit everyone of them everything is fine but when i avoid one i get an error message of
ArgumentError: Error #2025: The supplied DisplayObject must be a child of the caller.
at flash.display::DisplayObjectContainer/removeChild()
at EnergyJump/onTick()
at flash.utils::Timer/flash.utils:Timer::_timerDispatch()
at flash.utils::Timer/flash.utils:Timer::tick()
here is my code i have:
public function onTick( timerEvent:TimerEvent ):void
{
//if ranrom number is than than i
if ( Math.random() < i )
{
//place block on stage at location X=550, Y=330
var randomX:Number = Math.random() * 550;
var newBlock:Blocks = new Blocks( 550, 335 );
army.push( newBlock );
addChild( newBlock );
//increase speed of spawn
i = i + 0.0001;
}
//move blocks in correct direction
for each ( var block:Blocks in army )
{
block.move();
//if block is hit then remove health and remove child object
if ( avatar.hitTestObject( block ) )
{
hp.checkHP(20);
army.splice(army.indexOf(block), 1);
removeChild( block );
}
}
}
can anyone help me, i dont really know what slice is to be honest or how to use it...
You should have a look at the documentation for Array.splice() here.
The first argument needs to be the index (0, 1, 2 etc.) of the item you want to remove, not the item itself. Flash is trying to read block as an integer, but it defaults to 0, so instead of removing the block that has been hit it's just removing the first block in the list. Try this instead:
army.splice(army.indexOf(block), 1);
I assume you have some code which is clearing any remaining blocks in the list at the end of the game, but because the wrong blocks are being removed from the list it's trying to remove some that were actually hit already.
Are you sure there is a corresponding addChild() call for each of those objects that has been made before the call to removeChild()? There's not enough code being shown, at the moment, to be able to really tell what's going on, but also make sure removeChild() isn't being called more than once on the same object without addChild() being called in between each time.
Okay, I had a quick look through your files. It's getting a bit off topic for this question, but I'll list the problems I found. In general though you need to look at the parts Flash is complaining about and make sure you're really working with the right variables (eg. if you write block, try to make sure you know which block Flash is going to look at, and remember that the order matters when you change things.)
It's easy to accidentally remove the wrong items or try to use things that are null, so check each line and think about what each variable actually is at that point (maybe try tracing the variables out too).
In avatarEnterFrame you're checking for blocks that have gone off the side of the screen, but you haven't added a for each loop like in onTick, so when you use block there Flash is looking at your main public var block:Blocks; instead of the blocks in army.
In onPowerTick you need to adjust your splice in the same way as before, so that you remove the powerups object you're checking instead of the item at 0.
In restartGame you're setting gameOverScreen to null just before trying to remove it, so Flash doesn't know what to remove. Make sure you leave setting it to null until you're done with everything else.
I'll post a separate answer for your game over screen problem so that it's in the right place.
Hi guys im creating/adding elemnts in my item renderer but from some reason you cant access their specific properties, you can only change the general properties. I created a LABEL component but when i do LabelName.font , nothing happens, its like flex doesnt recognize that this is a LABEL. Here is my code
var mylabel:Label = new Label()
mylabel.font
when i do "mylabel.someProperty" it only shows the general properties of any component, but how can i change other properties like font,color,size etc..
Thanks ahead [=
Fonts are defined as styles in Flex, not propeties, so you need to use the setStyle method to update it. (Not my favorite part about Flex.) For example:
myLabel.setStyle('fontFamily', newFont)
There is a difference between MXML and ActionScript in this. In MXML, styles of a component are shown as if they were properties, when they are really not. To set the fontFamily of your label in AS3 code, for example, you would use
myLabel.setStyle("fontFamily", "Arial")
My code is simply looping through an xml file and creating 'pages' (which are later animated).
This has all worked fine but now I want to add a sprite over the entire contents of the page if the contents of the xml contain a URL.
At run-time I can see that the checks for the URL are being processed correctly and that the overlay is being generated, but I cannot "see" it on the page.
The following code is located in a for loop for every page in the xml file:
var page:Page = new Page(); //MovieClip in my library
// ... other stuff
var textMC:FadeText = new FadeText(xml); //load the text from the xml fragment for this page
//if the text contains a URL (using RegExp)
if(textMC.hasLink())
{
var button:Sprite = new Sprite();
button.graphics.beginFill(0x000000);
button.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 1, 1);
button.name= textMC.getLink();
button.x = button.y = button.alpha = 0;
button.width = rectangle.width;
button.height = rectangle.height;
button.buttonMode = true;
button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, goToUrl, false, 0, true);
page.addChildAt(button, page.numChildren);
}
//... more code - such as add page to stage.
From the console (using FireBug and FlashBug) the button is being created, but I cannot see it on screen so I am guessing the addChild bit is at fault.
What is wrong and how do I fix it?
[edit]
Having set the alpha to 1 I can see that the overlay IS being added to the page, but it is not changing my cursor or responding to mouse clicks.
I now believe it is something wrong with the XML. It is correctly parsed XML (otherwise FlashPlayer would throw exceptions in my face) and it appears that this code works on every page except the second. Further more, if the second page is set as visible (a flag in the XML determins if the page is created or not) then none of the other pages overlay works.
Sorry to necro this thread but one thing I can think of is that because you specify a z-position to place your page it might be that the z-position generated by (i+1) is not the next one in line. AS3 doesn't allow display-objects to be placed on 'layers' with empty 'layers' between them which was allowed in AS2.
My guess is that during the loop at one point or another the loop doesn't generate a page which leaves an empty layer. The reason why the stage.addChild(page) actually works is because it simply searches for the next empty layer in that stack because you don't specify it.
button.x = button.y = button.alpha = 0;
set alpha to 1
button.alpha = 1;
and check for rectangle.width , rectangle.height
last thing, check for textMC.hasLink() if its true or not. If its true, there is another problem with your code that is not related to this sample code.
Illogical answer:
Replaced stage.addChildAt(page,i+1); with stage.addChild(page);.
I was clutching at straws. Have spent FAR too long working on this blip, but it works! I don't know WHY it works, and at this point I don't care; IT WORKS!!! (sorry for the unprofessionalism however I have spent two and a half days working on this and have just got it working!)
If someone wants to explain why it works, feel free. I would VERY much prefer to learn why this occurs that struggle to work around it.