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public var and External swf

Jun 13, 2012 8:14 AM

Hello!

I have some problem with vars. The situation is the same I wrote here Re: External swf

 

I have public var (for example ZZZ) in code of MAIN.swf (main class is Main.as), and I want to access it from code of loaded EXTERNAL.swf.

 

But nothing helps, flash says:

there is no ZZZ in code of Main

there is no ZZZ on stage.root

there is no ZZZ in any parents.

 

But if a have ZZZ in code of EXTERNAL, and want to access it from MAIN,  (the reverse situation), ZZZ is easily found.

566 Views   5 Replies   Latest reply: kglad, Jun 13, 2012 12:05 PM
 
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  • kglad
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    1. kglad,
    Jun 13, 2012 8:26 AM   in reply to XELAD111
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    your variable is defined on the main timeline of MAIN.swf so you just need a path to it.

     

    that exact path depends on the scope of EXTERNAL's loader.

     

    (and, of course, you need to make sure that variable is defined before trying to reference it.)

     
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    2. XELAD111,
    Jun 13, 2012 8:43 AM   in reply to kglad
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    public var ZZZ:Number = 9;

    As I read now in Adobe's help : Loader has no root until it is added as a child (and i don't do that), and External has it's own root (and i don't add him either). May be I should pass to EXTERNAL

    this

    as exact pass, and then

    ExactPass.ZZZ

    would be found?

     

    I have another idea: getDefinitionByName won't help External to find ZZZ in Main?

     
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    3. XELAD111,
    Jun 13, 2012 9:15 AM   in reply to kglad
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    No, getDefinitionByName is not working, more then that, not only public vars are not seen by External, but also any public functions.I used

    trace(Main.ZZZ);

    trace(Main.someFunction());

    So MAIN sees everything in EXTERNAL, and I can't make EXTERNAL see everything in MAIN so far... but library he sees.

     
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    4. XELAD111,
    Jun 13, 2012 9:19 AM   in reply to kglad
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    Worked that:

    I should pass to EXTERNAL
this
as exact pass, and then
ExactPass.ZZZ
would be found

     

    in External:

    public var GAME_MAIN_CODE:*;

     

    in Main:

    EXTERNAL.GAME_MAIN_CODE = this;

     

    Thank you for help!

     
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    5. kglad,
    Jun 13, 2012 12:05 PM   in reply to XELAD111
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    you're welcome.

     
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