Here Again

[Tyekai]

Ok so our next project is to make a slide show
We need to have a button for each of the following things:
Next
Previous
Auto Play [plays through the show by itself based on a time delay]
Stop [stops the Auto Play]

Each slide is just supposed to be an image and I made my code a bit more basic because of it [I think]

So I went to my sketchbook and wrote in some code
I just want to know if there is anything wrong with it.
I can't type it into Flash cause I don't have the program outside of class.
Anyway, here's what I tried.

//Keep in mind I don't know how to declare variables



bool autoPlay = false; // or will this not work?
int frame = 1;
int delay = 100;


nextButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, nextFrame);

function nextFrame(event)
{
if(frame <= 9)
{
autoPlay = false;
delay = 100;
frame = frame + 1; //is there a ++ or -- thing like in java?
gotoAndStop(frame);
}
}


previousButton.addEventListener(Mouse.Event.CLICK, playPrev);

function playPrev(event)
{
if(frame >= 2)
{
autoPlay = false;
delay = 100;
frame = frame - 1;
gotoAndStop(frame);
}
}


autoButton.addEventListner(MouseEvent.CLICK, autoPlayFunc);

function autoPlayFunc(event)
{
autoPlay = true;
while(autoPlay == true)
{
while(delay > 0)
{
stop();
delay = delay - 1;
}
frame = frame + 1;
gotoAndStop(frame);
}
}


stopButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, stopAuto);

function stopAuto(event)
{
autoPlay = false;
delay = 100;
}

 

[Tyekai]

Grr... I missed this during my preview post...

After "gotoAndStop(frame);" in autoPlayFunc
I need to reset the delay

simply
delay = 100; //correct?

 

[Tyekai]

Ok so...
I put the code in and run it
Gave me this error
1024: Overriding a function that is not marked for override.

I googled it
And it told me this:
If a method in a class overrides a method in a base class, you must explicitly declare it by using the override attribute, as this example shows:

public override function foo():void{};



So I did that and it gave me yet another error...
1114: The public attribute can only be used inside a package.


Which really means nothing to me since I have no idea how the package and class system work in AS3

Any help is appreciated

 

[kennethkawamoto]

It means the word "public" can only be used within a class document, not on the timeline.

By the way things like [tt]bool autoPlay = false;[/tt] are all wrong. It's [tt]var autoPlay:Boolean;[/tt]

You'd better read some AS3 documentations, or you'll waste a lot of time

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk