AS3 accesing Library item form an exterior function

[Stratuss]

Hi, so here is the idea:

I want to create a simple game that creates blocks

package
{
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.display.DisplayObject;
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.display.Stage;
import Functions.LD_moveToPoint; // custom function
import Functions.makeBlocks; // custom function

public class Main extends MovieClip
{

public function Main()
{
var GameCTNR: Game_CTNR = new Game_CTNR();
addChild(GameCTNR);

//makeBlocks(blok10,Game_CTNR,15,3);
// blok10 is a library item to copy numerous times, Game_CTNR is a mc that holds all other mc's, 15 is the horizontal row count of blocks and 3 is the vertical count.

}
}
}
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and now the makeBlocks() function:

package Functions
{
import flash.geom.*
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.display.DisplayObject;
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.display.Stage;

public function makeBlocks(LibraryItem:Object, Target:Object, HorizontalCount:Number = 10, VerticalCount:Number = 3 ):Array
{
var h = 0;
var v = 0;
var Yoffset = 20
var StageWidth = 800
var blocksOffsetH = 1
var blocksOffsetV = 1
var BlockArray:Array = new Array();

for(h=0;h<=HorizontalCount-1;h++)
{
for(v=0;v<=VerticalCount-1;v++)
{
var BLOK: LibraryItem = new LibraryItem(); //pick an item from library and use it as a source for copying
BLOK.x=h*(BLOK.width+blocksOffsetH)+(StageWidth/2- ((BLOK.width+blocksOffsetH)*HorizontalCount/2))
BLOK.y=v*(BLOK.height+blocksOffsetV) + Yoffset
BlockArray.push(BLOK)
Target.addChild(BLOK) // add blocks to a object present in the scene
}
}
return BlockArray;
}

}

the problem is that It doesn't work, I can't use the LibraryItem variable as it throws an error.

[Stratuss]

Come on please, nobody knows how to do it? Or perhaps do it differently as long as I can write a function to an external .as file an use the existing items in the library to save script space in my Main.as file and create a system with changable variables on demand without having to write everything all over again.

[dawsonk]

var className:String = flash.utils.getQualifiedClassName(LibraryItem);
var myClass:Class = flash.utils.getDefinitionByName(className) as Class;
var BLOK = new myClass();

[fruitbeard]

Hi,

Perhaps this might help too

[Stratuss]

Hi, thx for your replies, this is how i did it myself before I got yuor replies:

var ObjToCopy:String = LibraryItem as String;
var ClassReference:Class = getDefinitionByName(ObjToCopy) as Class;
var instance:MovieClip = new ClassReference();

However I think that fruitbeard's idea is much berrer.
I just changed a couple of things:
1. changed all variables in your Functions.as to public static var
2.imported Functions.as in Main.as to be able to gain access to those variables especially the BlockArray which is needed in collision detection.

thx

[fruitbeard]

Hi,

Glad it helped, however I only mimicked your functions and tried to change as little as possible in YOUR Functions.as