Need help integration a AS3 drawing game into a .fla

[Kevin Pott]

Hi,

I created a drawing game by following a tutorial on this website : http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/create-a-basic-drawing-application-in-flash--active-1627

It was pretty straight forward. (you can download the source file to have the same code as me and save time).

Now to the fun part!

I previously created an iPad app in Flash. Works great by the way and is published on the App Store. (Search for : Henri Godon -> free app)

My client wants this drawing game to be incorporated in his app with a possibility of 3 different images to color opon. Which is pretty easy to do.

I thought that just doing a simple copy/paste and including the scripts would do the trick.... WRONG! I keep getting errors once I try to export it or test it out.

My App works great without the game. And the game works great alone. It's only one I try to embed it that I'm stuck.

Here are my errors, hope someone has an easy DIY way that I'm not aware of since I have never done this before.

ERROR 1:

1037 : Packages cannot be nested.

here is what it is referring to in the Main.as script :

package

{

  import PNGEncoder;

  import flash.display.MovieClip;

  import flash.display.Shape;

  import flash.display.DisplayObject;

  import flash.text.TextField;

  import flash.text.TextFormat;

  import flash.text.TextFieldType;

  import flash.text.TextFieldAutoSize;

  import flash.display.BitmapData;

  import flash.geom.ColorTransform;

  import flash.events.MouseEvent;

  import flash.events.Event;

  import flash.utils.ByteArray;

  import flash.net.FileReference;

  public class Main extends MovieClip

  {

ERROR 2:

Even if I try to remove that part, then I get an other error saying

1114: The public attribute can only be used inside a package. (which is kinda obvious)

1084: Syntax error: expecting leftbrace before var.

So nothing works after that...

I added the Main.as in the ActionScript setting in the Document class. So I know it is loaded in a way, but after that I'm stuck!

Please help out! I'll do anything.

[kglad]

open dessin-henri.fla and save it as dessin-henri_bu.fla

then create a new fla, add a movieclip to frame 1 with instance name dh_btn and add the same script showing in message 49.  test.

[Kevin Pott]

same error :

Scene 1, Layer 'Layer 1', Frame 1, Line 1, Column 1

1120: Access of undefined property dh_btn.

[kglad]

click the movieclip in frame 1 that you think is dh_btn and check the properties panel.  do you see its instance name there?

[Kevin Pott]

Man I can't believe that was hidden there. I thought just giving it a name was sufficient.

Now back to Dessin-Henri.fla, I changed the instance name of the button to dh_btn. Now that error is gone.

Now I have :

TypeError: Error #1006: addEventListner is not a function.

  at Main/frame1()

[kglad]

are you publishing for as3?

[Kevin Pott]

yes here are my settings.

I'm publishing for IOS in my .FLA where most of my app is.

[kglad]

tick 'permit debugging' in your main swf and retest to more detailed info about the error.

[Kevin Pott]

Here is what I got :

By choosing Debug only

[SWF] Dessin-Henri.swf - 157100 bytes after decompression

TypeError: Error #1006: addEventListner is not a function.

  at Main/frame1()

Cannot display source code at this location.

Tried it by clicking debug movie in Air Launcher Desktop and got this :

[SWF] Henri%20Godon.swf - 60704565 bytes after decompression

[SWF] Dessin-Henri.swf - 157100 bytes after decompression

TypeError: Error #1006: addEventListner is not a function.

  at Main/frame1()

Cannot display source code at this location.

Is there another way to see what is happening?

[kglad]

there's a typo:

that should be addEventListener, not addEventListner

[Kevin Pott]

Okay, that one is okay now.

When I test it, it loads the Dessin-Henri.swf without a hitch but when I click on the back button I get :

ReferenceError: Error #1065: Variable Loader is not defined.

  at Main/backF()

Does that mean we must define the var Loader in the Main.as that came with the Drawing App?

Or is it in the dh_btn script itself?

[kglad]

tick 'permit debugging' in all the fla's and then publish.

then test.

[Kevin Pott]

cool.

here is the message :

[SWF] Dessin-Henri.swf - 158362 bytes after decompression

ReferenceError: Error #1065: Variable Loader is not defined.

  at Main/backF()[Main::frame1:3]

[UnloadSWF] Henri%20Godon.swf

Test Movie terminated.

[kglad]

are you testing by running the main fla, NOT dessing-henri.fla?

[Kevin Pott]

Yeah I'm testin in the main.fla, cause I guess it won't be able to know where to go back to.

Here is the full error :

[SWF] Henri%20Godon.swf - 60704565 bytes after decompression

[SWF] Dessin-Henri.swf - 158362 bytes after decompression

ReferenceError: Error #1065: Variable Loader is not defined.

  at Main/backF()[Main::frame1:3]

[UnloadSWF] Henri%20Godon.swf

Test Movie terminated.

Henri%20Godon.swf is my main file.

[kglad]

i don't understand why you're seeing this, [SWF] Dessin-Henri.swf - 158362 bytes after decompression

with henry godon.fla open in flash pro, you click control>test movie>in flash professional.

is that exactly what you're doing?

if yes, then you see the error message?  so you do something and see the error message?

[Kevin Pott]

I test the Henri Godom.fla in Flash Pro control>test

I then navigate through my menu up to the 3 drawings scene.

I then click on the first drawing > Dessin-Henri.swf

I can draw fine as supposed to.

If I click on the back button, that's where I get my error.

[kglad]

i can't duplicate that (unless you have some other code in the main fla, or elsewhere) that's unlloading d-h.swf before the code i suggested executes.

[Kevin Pott]

Here is what I got at frame 10 in the Main.fla

stop();

var loader1:Loader=new Loader();

var lc1:LoaderContext = new LoaderContext(false,ApplicationDomain.currentDomain,null);

loader1.load(new URLRequest('Dessin-Henri.swf'),lc1);

addChild(loader1);

The reason why it's at frame 10 is mainly because I have a script at frame 1, when you click on the first drawing, it leads you to frame 10, where is loads the proper SWF.

Is that script Okay?

[kglad]

in d-h.fla, comment out the Loader(this.parent).unloadAndStop() line of code and above it place

trace(this.parent);

publish a new d-h.swf

in your main fla, test the d-h coloring and report the trace output.

[Kevin Pott]

Hi kglad,

Here is my script in d-h.fla :

dh_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, backF);

function backF(e: MouseEvent): void {

  trace(this.parent);

/** Loader(this.parent).unloadAndStop(); **/

}

Here is the report in the Main.fla once tested :

[SWF] Henri%20Godon.swf - 60704565 bytes after decompression

[SWF] Dessin-Henri.swf - 158339 bytes after decompression

[object Loader]

[UnloadSWF] Henri%20Godon.swf

Test Movie terminated.

It reported [object Loader] only when I clicked on the Back button.

[kglad]

now replace that code with the following and paste the output:

dh_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, backF);

function backF(e: MouseEvent): void {

  trace(this.parent);

  Loader(this.parent).unloadAndStop();

trace('after');

}

[Kevin Pott]

Here is what I got after I raplaced it in Dessin-Henri.fla

[SWF] Henri%20Godon.swf - 60704565 bytes after decompression

[SWF] Dessin-Henri.swf - 158401 bytes after decompression

[object Loader]

ReferenceError: Error #1065: Variable Loader is not defined.

  at Main/backF()[Main::frame1:7]

[UnloadSWF] Henri%20Godon.swf

Test Movie terminated

Again only after I clicked.

[kglad]

try:

dh_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, backF);

function backF(e: MouseEvent): void {

var ldr:Loader = this.parent;

ldr.unloadAndStop();

}

[Kevin Pott]

hmm, I got this when trying to publish the Dessin-Henri.swf :

Scene 1, Layer 'Actions', Frame 1, Line 3, Column 10

1046: Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant: Loader.

I still tried to test the Main.fla but couldn't draw anymore.

I'm kinda stumped and don't have a clue of what is what.

[kglad]

try:

import flash.display.Loader

dh_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, backF);

function backF(e: MouseEvent): void {

var ldr:Loader = this.parent;

ldr.unloadAndStop();

}