[swfmill] ticket #7 "Textfield variable targeting"

[Quentin]

Yes, you're right I guess...
Didn't think about that !

Anyways, this is an easy-to-fix problem for me and my FLA files...
Thanks for all this work !

On 7/23/06, daniel fischer <dan at f3c.com> wrote:
>
>
> hey,
>
> http://swfmill.org/trac/ticket/7 (formerly #13, reported by Quentin <
> quentin.t at gmail.com>) sez:
>
>   > Here how is built the SWF :
>   >
>   >  - root
>   >  - > MovieClip "anim"
>   >  - > MovieClip "tfHolder"
>   >  - - > Dynamic textfield with no instance name
>   >
>   > The textfield has his "Variable" porperty filled with 'anim.myVar' and
> the 'tfHolder' has these actionscript line codes :
>   >
>   > function onEnterFrame() {
>   >     myVar=random(500);
>   > }
>   >
>   > When compiling via the Flash IDE, the textfield is updated frequently,
> but when placing the SWF with swfmill, the field remains blank...
>   >
>   > This is only a "variable targeting" problem, because when replacing '
> anim.myVar' with '_parent.anim.myVar' in the "Variable" property of the
> textfield, it runs well with both pieces of software (the Flash IDE and
> swfmill)... But to be fully compatible, this should behave identically !
>
>
> i'm not sure i fully understand the problem- but as far as i understand,
> it comes from the fact that importing an SWF with swfmill wraps that into
> another movieclip hierarchy, breaking the "anim.myVar" reference. can this
> be true? i don't know much about variable references, but flash looks up
> anim in _root, no? thus, as there is an additional level of clips, it
> breaks.
>
> if this is so- it wont be fixed. neither do i aim for "full compatibility"
> to the flash IDE, nor is the process the same-- or is the SWF imported into
> the IDE?
> if i'm mistaken, please elaborate.
>
> barring more details, i'll close the ticket as "wontfix".
>
> -dan
>
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