Retreivining Class Values in Main Timeline

[iaustin]

Hello,
The code works, I'm jsut unable to read the Class variable "myString" on the main timeline.

I thought I could pass the "myString" value from the Class to the Main Timeline?

I created a variable in an external Class .as file.

See coding below.




//------- Code on main timeline .Fla
var testClass:MyClass = new MyClass(myString);
var myString:String;
var vString = myString;
trace("from main timeline=== " +vString);




//-------- Code in the .as File
package {
public class MyClass{
public function MyClass(myString){
//do something
var myString:String = "traced from class === ";
trace(myString);
}
}
}



//-------- Output When Ran (In trace window)
traced from class === //the class value is recognized.
from mail timeline=== null //However, the maintimeline is null


Any help would be appreciated

[5TonsOfFlax]

Please use [code] tags to post code.

You need to make the myString variable in MyClass public as opposed to a local variable in the constructor. Then, you need to actually access it. This is not a "Class variable", that term isn't really standard. If you wanted it to be attached to the class itself, you want a static variable. But you probably want it on each instance of the class, which is how it usually works.

Main timeline code

var testInstance:MyClass = new MyClass();  
trace("from main timeline=== "+testInstance.myString);

MyClass.as:

package {
  public class MyClass{
    public var myString:String;

    public function MyClass(){
      myString = "someString";
      trace("traced from class=== "+myString);
    }
  }
}

[iaustin]

why thank you - 5 ton of flax!

[iaustin]

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