1119: Access of possibly undefined property text through a reference with static type Class.

[YaNi21]

package{
    import flash.utils.Timer;
    import flash.events.TimerEvent;
    import flash.display.Sprite;
   
    public class timer2 extends Sprite {
        public function timer2() {
           
              var count:Number = 60;
              var myTimer:Timer = new Timer(1000,count);

            myTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, countdown);
            myTimer.start();
       
           

            function countdown(event:TimerEvent):void {
            myTimer2.text = String((count)-myTimer.currentCount);
            }
           
}
}
}

i am creating a timer and i have a error can somebody help me with this|???tnx in advance?

[Kenneth Kawamoto]

myTimer2.text

"myTimer2" is not defined in anywhere?

[YaNi21]

yes i also noticed it earlier but when i changed it to this codes

package{
    import flash.utils.Timer;
    import flash.events.TimerEvent;
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.text.TextField;
   
    public class timer2 extends Sprite {
       
       
        public function timer2() {
           
              var count:Number = 60;
              var myTimer:Timer = new Timer(1000,count);
              var Timer2 : TextField = new myTimer2();

            function countdown(event:TimerEvent):void {
            Timer2.text = String((count)-myTimer.currentCount);
            myTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, countdown);
                        myTimer.start();
            }
           
}
}
}

it says 1067: Implicit coercion of a value of type myTimer2 to an unrelated type flash.text:TextField.

what is the problem here?

[Kenneth Kawamoto]

var Timer2 : TextField = new myTimer2();

For this to work "myTimer2" needs to be a class extending TextField, but it does not appear to be.

Shall I give you an example of how to display a countdown in a Sprite?

[YaNi21]

sure tnx in advance!

it should be in package also huh..

[Kenneth Kawamoto]

package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.events.TimerEvent;
    import flash.text.TextField;
    import flash.utils.Timer;
    
    public class Countdown extends Sprite {
        private var textfield:TextField;
        
        public function Countdown():void {
            var count:uint = 60;
            var myTimer:Timer = new Timer(1000, count);
            myTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, countdown, false, 0, true);
            myTimer.start();
            textfield = new TextField();
            textfield.text = String(count);
            addChild(textfield);
        }
        
        private function countdown(e:TimerEvent):void {
            textfield.text = String(parseInt(textfield.text) - 1);
        }
    }
}

[YaNi21]

tnx but how can i change the font style, font size and location of the text????tnx agen

[Kenneth Kawamoto]

To change the font style/size you can either use StyleSheet or TextFormat but the latter would be easier for this example. Just do something like:

textfield.defaultTextFormat = new TextFormat("Baghdad", 24, 0xff0000, true);

(NB. you need to embed fonts if you want to use non-device fonts.)

To set the position of the TextField just do:

textfield.x = 30;
textfield.y = 60;

[YaNi21]

where will i put the

textfield.defaultTextFormat = new TextFormat("Baghdad", 24, 0xff0000, true)

sorry im so dumb..

because i put it this way..

package {
    import flash.display.MovieClip;
    import flash.events.TimerEvent;
    import flash.text.TextField;
    import flash.utils.Timer;
   
    public class timer2 extends MovieClip {
        private var textfield:TextField;
       
        public function timer2():void {
            var count:uint = 60;
            var myTimer:Timer = new Timer(1000, count);
            myTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, countdown, false, 0, true);
            myTimer.start();
            textfield = new TextField();
            textfield.defaultTextFormat = new TextFormat("Arial", 24, 0xff0000, true);
            textfield.x = 30;
            textfield.y = 60;
            textfield.text = String(count);

            addChild(textfield);
        }
       
        private function countdown(e:TimerEvent):void {
            textfield.text = String(parseInt(textfield.text) - 1);
        }
    }
}

and the error is this

1180: Call to a possibly undefined method TextFormat.

tnx again..

[Kenneth Kawamoto · Accepted solution]

You need to import the class, ie:

import flash.text.TextFormat;

[YaNi21]

Thank u so much i trully helped...

and it works