[Xerte] Re: AS3 Code doesn't work in Xerte?

[Tom Reijnders]

If you really, really need AS3, than Xerte 3 is an option. But that is a 
bit of a different beast, (i.e. no templates yet)

Tom

Op 1-7-2011 14:11, Deborah Delin schreef:
> Hi,
>
> I may be duplicating one part of this plea - my previous post didn't 
> seem to come through.
>
> I have to use Actionscript 3 for a particular exercise and the code, 
> which works fine in the SWF, doesn't work in Xerte.  Is there a 
> problem with Xerte and AS3?
>
> This is the code:
>
> 1) To attach sound to a movie clip:
>
> /var snd:grey_rod= new grey_rod();
>
> //speaker_grey.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, soundbutton_Handler);
>
> //function soundbutton_Handler (e:MouseEvent):void {
> //snd.play();
>
> 2) for a drag and drop game:
>
> var objectoriginalX:Number;
> var objectoriginalY:Number;
>
> triangle_mc.buttonMode = true;
> triangle_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,pickupObject);
> triangle_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropObject);
>
> function pickupObject(event:MouseEvent):void {
>   event.target.startDrag(true);
>   event.target.parent.addChild(event.target);
>   objectoriginalX = event.target.x;
>   objectoriginalY = event.target.y;
>     response_txt.text = " "
> }
> function dropObject(event:MouseEvent):void {
>   event.target.stopDrag();
>   var matchingTargetName:String = "target" + event.target.name 
> <http://event.target.name>;
>   var matchingTarget:DisplayObject = getChildByName(matchingTargetName);
>   if (event.target.dropTarget != null && 
> event.target.dropTarget.parent == matchingTarget){
>    event.target.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickupObject);
>    event.target.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropObject);
>    event.target.buttonMode = false;
>    event.target.x = matchingTarget.x;
>    event.target.y = matchingTarget.y;
>     response_txt.text = "You did it!"
>   }else {
>    event.target.x = objectoriginalX;
>    event.target.y = objectoriginalY;
>     response_txt.text = "Try again"
>   }
> }
>
> Please help - why might Xerte not like this code?
>
> Deborah
>
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