using setInterval in objects
hi everyone,
I'm using Flash8. Hope you can help with my problem. Thank you!
I'm trying to create an setInterval on a Stock object. When i create a new instance of it in the Main timeline, it works.
However, I need to manage a few instances of these "Stock" objects, so I created a Manager class, and I create new instances of Stock object in the constructor of the Manager class. I create a new instance of the Manager class in the main timeline. The setInterval now does not work.
I suspect it could be a special object reference, but i've tried passing in "this", "_root[ID]" (ID is the unique name of my Stock object).. just doesn't work.
my code:
Frame 1 in Main
Code:
// creates 1st rectangle
var me0:Object = new Stock(10, 10);
// animates 1st rectangle
me0.playTV();
// 2nd rectangle is created and animated in the constructor of Manager class
var m = new Manager();
Manager.as
Code:
class Manager{
public function Manager() {
trace("Manager Created");
//2nd rectangle created here
var me1:Object = new Stock(10, 70);
//2nd rectangle animate here
me1.playTV();
}
}
Stock.as
Code:
import mx.transitions.Tween;
import mx.transitions.easing.*;
class Stock{
var ID:String;
var randomFactor:Number;
var xCoord:Number;
var yCoord:Number;
var iMCL:MovieClipLoader;
var timer_myTest:Number;
public function Stock(iX, iY) {
xCoord = iX;
yCoord = iY;
// force Unique Names/ID for each movie clip, otherwise will overwrite one another.
randomFactor = 1000000000000000;
ID = Math.floor((Math.random()*randomFactor))%randomFactor + "";
_root.createEmptyMovieClip(ID, _root.getNextHighestDepth());
_root[ID]._x = xCoord;
_root[ID]._y = yCoord;
drawRectangle(_root[ID], 50, 50, 0xCCFF00, 60);
}
public function getID():String { return ID; };
public function playTV() {
trace("** now playing **");
// somehow not working for me1
timer_myTest = setInterval(this, "mytest", 100);
}
private function mytest() {
trace("TEST this.ID = " + ID);
var twn_myTest = new Tween(_root[ID], "_x", Regular.easeIn, xCoord, xCoord+100, 1, true);
twn_myTest.onMotionFinished = function() {
trace("TEST setInterval - DONE");
}
clearInterval(timer_myTest);
}
private function drawRectangle(target_mc:MovieClip, boxWidth:Number, boxHeight:Number, fillColor:Number, fillAlpha:Number):Void {
with (target_mc) {
beginFill(fillColor, fillAlpha);
moveTo(0, 0);
lineTo(boxWidth, 0);
lineTo(boxWidth, boxHeight);
lineTo(0, boxHeight);
lineTo(0, 0);
endFill();
}
}
}
