[york28]

I'm trying to get thehang of the new object oriented capabilities of Actionscript 2.0, but I have run across some problems. My goal is to create a class that creates objects that can interact with simple mouseovers, etc. So far I have everything working, except for the mouse interaction. When I mouse over the movie clips on the stage, nothing happens. I suspect that I am doing something wrong. Here is the class:

Code:
class FadingCircle {
	private var target_mc:MovieClip;
	private var circle_mc:MovieClip;
	private var circleDepth:Number;
	public function FadingCircle(target:MovieClip, depth:Number, x:Number, y:Number) {
		target_mc = target;
		circleDepth = depth;
		showCircle(x, y);
	}
	private function showCircle(x:Number, y:Number):Void {
		circle_mc = target_mc.createEmptyMovieClip("circle_mc"+circleDepth, circleDepth);
		circle_mc._x = x;
		circle_mc._y = y;
		circle_mc.loadMovie("circle.jpg");
		circle_mc.onRollOver = function() {
			this._alpha = 0;
			trace ("over");
		};
		circle_mc.onRollOut = function() {
			this._alpha = 100;
		};
		trace("circle created");
	}
}

And here is what I am using to implement the class (it is placed in Frame 1 of the root of the timeline):

Code:
stop();
onEnterFrame = function () {
	for (x=1; x<=20; x++) {
		var fader:FadingCircle = new FadingCircle(this, x, 20*x, 0);
	}
	delete onEnterFrame;
}

Any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong?

[Simon Mundy]

Originally posted by york28:
I'm trying to get thehang of the new object oriented capabilities of Actionscript 2.0, but I have run across some problems. My goal is to create a class that creates objects that can interact with simple mouseovers, etc. So far I have everything working, except for the mouse interaction. When I mouse over the movie clips on the stage, nothing happens. I suspect that I am doing something wrong. Here is the class:

Code:
class FadingCircle {
	private var target_mc:MovieClip;
	private var circle_mc:MovieClip;
	private var circleDepth:Number;
	public function FadingCircle(target:MovieClip, depth:Number, x:Number, y:Number) {
		target_mc = target;
		circleDepth = depth;
		showCircle(x, y);
	}
	private function showCircle(x:Number, y:Number):Void {
		circle_mc = target_mc.createEmptyMovieClip("circle_mc"+circleDepth, circleDepth);
		circle_mc._x = x;
		circle_mc._y = y;
		circle_mc.loadMovie("circle.jpg");
		circle_mc.onRollOver = function() {
			this._alpha = 0;
			trace ("over");
		};
		circle_mc.onRollOut = function() {
			this._alpha = 100;
		};
		trace("circle created");
	}
}

And here is what I am using to implement the class (it is placed in Frame 1 of the root of the timeline):

Code:
stop();
onEnterFrame = function () {
	for (x=1; x<=20; x++) {
		var fader:FadingCircle = new FadingCircle(this, x, 20*x, 0);
	}
	delete onEnterFrame;
}

Any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong?

I don't have Flash MX 2004 so I can't test this, but is the loadMovie causing the problem? It looks as if it would replace itself (as there is no target) - try creating a new movie inside your object, then load the circle.jpg into that and see if it has any effect.

Other than that your code seems to be fine to me...

[york28]

Thanks a lot for the suggestion. It worked.

[Simon Mundy]

Originally posted by york28:
Thanks a lot for the suggestion. It worked.

Nice one! One of these days I'm going to see if I can rival Philzilla for the monikker of 'Occasionally useful...'