AS3 function call error?

[dudeqwerty]

can you see whats wrong here?

i get an error saying that i am not calling a function (drawSun) but i can see anything wrong with the code?

package {
	    import flash.display.*;
        import flash.geom.*;
        import flash.util.*;
        import flash.events.*;
	public class DynamicSun extends MovieClip {
		public var r:int = 180
		public var magnitude:int = 10
		public var d_r:Number = Math.PI/180
		public var m:Object = {x:275, y:200}
		public var sun:MovieClip = new MovieClip()
		public function DynamicSun() {
            addEventListener(EventType.ENTER_FRAME, drawSun)
		}
		public function drawSun(e:Event){
			sun.clear()
			sun.beginGradientFill("radial", [0xffff00, 0xff9900], [80, 100], [128+Math.floor(Math.random()*magnitude), Math.floor(225+Math.random()*magnitude)], {matrixType:"box", x:m.x-r, y:m.y-r, w:r*2, h:r*2, r:0});
			sun((Math.cos(0)*(r+Math.random()*magnitude))+m.x, (Math.sin(0)*(r+Math.random()*magnitude))+m.y)
	        for(var z:int = 0; z<=360; z++){
		        sun.lineTo((Math.cos(z*d_r)*(r+Math.random()*magnitude))+m.x, (Math.sin(z*d_r)*(r+Math.random()*magnitude))+m.y)
	        }
	        sun.endFill()
	        addChild(sun)
	    }
      }
}

cheers,

zlatan

[dudeqwerty]

noone?

[deadbeat]

addEventListener needs to take an event type (as a string) and an object in which to execute the event handler. The object specified in the addEventListener function needs to have a function with the same name as the event type it is handling...and the object that is adding the event listener needs to implement EventDispatcher...

K.

[dudeqwerty]

not sure what you mean mate, the following works, i am calling the functions in the same way, without any strings:

package {
	    import flash.display.*;
	    import flash.geom.*
        import flash.util.*;
        import flash.events.*;
        import flash.filters.BevelFilter
        import flash.filters.DropShadowFilter
        public var line:MovieClip = new MovieClip()
        public var g:Graphics 
        public var down:Boolean = false
        public var bg:MovieClip = new MovieClip()
        public var bev:BevelFilter = new BevelFilter(2,45,0xffffff,0.5,0,0.5,4,4,5,3,"inner",false)
        public var shad:DropShadowFilter = new DropShadowFilter(6,45,0,0.6,5,5,1,3,false,false,false)
        public var filts:Array = new Array()
        public var xPos:Number = 0
        public var yPos:Number = 0
        public var lastx:Number = 0
        public var lasty:Number = 0
        public var k:int = 0
        public var bmd:BitmapData = new BitmapData(550, 400, false, 0xffffff)
        public var bm:Bitmap = new Bitmap(bmd)
	public class drawTest extends MovieClip {
		public function drawTest() {
			g = line.graphics
			bg.graphics.beginFill(0xffffff, 100)
			bg.graphics.moveTo(0, 0)
			bg.graphics.lineTo(550, 0)
			bg.graphics.lineTo(550, 400)
			bg.graphics.lineTo(0, 400)
			bg.graphics.lineTo(0, 0)
			bg.graphics.endFill()
			addChild(bg)
			addChild(bm)
			filts.push(bev)
			filts.push(shad)
			this.addEventListener(MouseEventType.MOUSE_DOWN, setDownTrue)
			this.addEventListener(MouseEventType.MOUSE_UP, setDownFalse)
			this.addEventListener(MouseEventType.DOUBLE_CLICK, clearLine)
			this.addEventListener(MouseEventType.MOUSE_MOVE, drawLine)
			line.filters = filts
			addChild(line)
		}
		public function drawLine(e:Event){
			if(down){
				k++
				if(k%4 == 2){
					if(k == 8){
						k = 0
					}
				   lastx = (xPos + mouseX) / 2
				   lasty = (yPos + mouseY) / 2
				   g.curveTo(xPos, yPos, lastx, lasty)
				   xPos = mouseX
				   yPos = mouseY
				}
			}
			
		}
		public function setDownTrue(e:Event){
			down = true
			xPos = mouseX
		    lastx = mouseX
			yPos = mouseY
			lasty = mouseY
			g.lineStyle(3+Math.floor(Math.random()*10),Math.round(Math.random()*0xffffff), 100)
			g.moveTo(mouseX, mouseY)
			//line.graphics.drawCircle(mouseX, mouseY, 50)
			
		}
		public function setDownFalse(e:Event){
			down = false
			 bmd.draw(line, new Matrix())
		     g.clear()
		}
		public function clearLine(e:Event){
			bmd.fillRect(new Rectangle(0, 0, 550, 400), 0xffffff)
		}
	}
}

zlatan

[deadbeat]

So all those event handlers specified in the drawTest function are firing correctly on the mouse events?

K.

[dudeqwerty]

yep, test it to see

[dudeqwerty]

addEventListener() is not the same in AS3 as in AS2

[deadbeat]

addEventListener() is not the same in AS3 as in AS2

Yeah, so it would seem...well, I'm no help to you then...

K.

[AndreMichelle]

I found a lot of Errors. The best way to get the bugs, is to comment code out, untill no error message is been thrown. Then go backwards.

So here some suggestions:

public var sun:MovieClip = new MovieClip() is not the fine way. You better instance the MovieClip in your constructor.

sun.clear().....
You cannot draw directly to a MovieClip as in AS2,AS1. There is a new member called graphics from flash.display.Graphics in each instance of most DisplayObjects.

addChild(sun)
You add the child on any enterFrame Event ? Once is enough.

There is also a missing bracket in the code above (method drawSun isn't closed).

[kidoo]

it looks like the 1st script and 2nd script are unrelated. However, having two scripts (1 working and 1 not) is infact fastest method for debugging... but the trick is to combine the "wanted" code with the "working" code until both are working well together ...then follow Andre's method to cut whatever is not really needed.

here they are combined and working;

package {
    import flash.display.*; import flash.geom.*
    import flash.util.*; import flash.events.*;
    import flash.filters.BevelFilter;
    import flash.filters.DropShadowFilter;
    public var line:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
    public var down:Boolean = false;  public var sunny:Boolean = true;
    public var bg:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
    public var bev:BevelFilter = new BevelFilter(2,45,0xffffff,0.5,0,0.5,4,4,5,3,"inner",false);
    public var shad:DropShadowFilter = new DropShadowFilter(6,45,0,0.6,5,5,1,3,false,false,false);
    public var filts:Array = new Array();
    public var xPos:Number = 0; public var yPos:Number = 0;
    public var lastx:Number = 0; public var lasty:Number = 0;
    public var r:int = 120; public var magnitude:int = 14;
    public var d_r:Number = Math.PI/180;
    public var m:Object = {x:240, y:180}
    public var k:int = 0; public var z:Number = 0;
    public var bmd:BitmapData = new BitmapData(500, 400, false, 0xffffff);
    public var bm:Bitmap = new Bitmap(bmd);
    public var g:Graphics;
  public class drawTest extends MovieClip {
   public function drawTest() {
    g = line.graphics;
    bg.graphics.beginFill(0xffffff, 100); bg.graphics.moveTo(0, 0);
    bg.graphics.lineTo(500, 0); bg.graphics.lineTo(500, 400);
    bg.graphics.lineTo(0, 400); bg.graphics.lineTo(0, 0);
    bg.graphics.endFill();
    addChild(bg); addChild(bm);
    filts.push(bev); filts.push(shad);
    this.addEventListener(MouseEventType.MOUSE_DOWN, setDownTrue);
    this.addEventListener(MouseEventType.MOUSE_UP, setDownFalse);
    this.addEventListener(MouseEventType.DOUBLE_CLICK, sunOff);
    this.addEventListener(MouseEventType.MOUSE_MOVE, drawLine);
    this.addEventListener(EventType.ENTER_FRAME, drawSun);
    line.filters = filts; addChild(line);
   }
   public function toggleSun(e:Event) { return(true); }
   public function drawLine(e:Event) {
   if(down) { k++;
    if(k%4 == 2) {
     if(k ==  8){ k = 0; }
     lastx = (xPos + mouseX) / 2; lasty = (yPos + mouseY) / 2;
     g.curveTo(xPos, yPos, lastx, lasty); xPos = mouseX; yPos = mouseY;
    }
   }
  }
  public function setDownTrue(e:Event) {
   down = true;
   xPos = mouseX; lastx = mouseX; yPos = mouseY; lasty = mouseY;
   g.lineStyle(3+Math.floor(Math.random()*10),Math.round(Math.random()*0xffffff), 100);
   g.moveTo(mouseX, mouseY);
  }
  public function setDownFalse(e:Event) {
   down = false; bmd.draw(line, new Matrix()); g.clear();
  }
  public function sunOff(e:Event) {
   sunny = false; bmd.fillRect(new Rectangle(0, 0, 550, 400), 0xffffff); g.clear();
  }
  public function drawSun(e:Event) {
   if(sunny) {
    // Gradient fill
    var filltype:String = GradientType.RADIAL;
    var colors:Array = [0xffff00, 0xff9900];
    var alphas:Array = [80, 100];
    var ratios:Array = [60+Math.floor(Math.random()*magnitude), Math.floor(240+Math.random()*magnitude)];
    var pads:String = SpreadMethod.PAD;
    var intrgb:String = InterpolationMethod.LINEAR_RGB;
    var fpratio:Number = 0.2;

    var matr:Matrix = new Matrix();
    matr.createGradientBox(m.x+40, m.y+160, r-500, r, 0);
    g.beginGradientFill(filltype, colors, alphas, ratios, matr, pads, intrgb, fpratio);
    g.moveTo((Math.cos(0)*(r+Math.random()*magnitude))+m.x, (Math.sin(0)*(r+Math.random()*magnitude))+m.y);
    for(var z:int = 0; z<=360; z++) {               g.lineTo((Math.cos(z*d_r)*(r+Math.random()*magnitude))+m.x, (Math.sin(z*d_r)*(r+Math.random()*magnitude))+m.y); }
   }
  }
 }
}

note: double-click for draw function only.

[dudeqwerty]

i forgot the graphics class!!!!! arrggh how could i have missed that, lol.
also im a bit desgusted with the amount of mistakes i made lol

cheers everyone!
kidoo, cheers mate! lol but its no quite the effect i was going for, heres an AS2 example of it here,
but i think im going to incorporate some filters into it as well.

cheers again,

zlatan

[dudeqwerty]

hey while on the subject of AS3 and the like, i hope you dont mind, but i have 2 more minor questions.
1. what is the best/most efficient method of refreshing a bitmap (like using mc.clear()) do you just fillrect() after each movement?

and the second, can i get flex to open the swf in flash player and not in a browser when i run my projects?