Access textField from class imported by doc class?

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Hi everyone, I’m still extremely new to as3, I’m just now learning the new object oriented way of scripting. It’s been a wild ride, but I’ve finally learned how to keep script off my frames (very hard coming from as2).

Here’s my problem:

I have a TextField on the stage in my main .fla file named loadPercent.

I’m loading a jpg with preLoad.as and displaying the bytes loaded in loadPercent.

I can access my loadPercent TextField from my MainClass

but I can’t access it from preLoad.as

the document class is MainClass.as


package 
{
        import flash.display.MovieClip;
        import preLoad;

        public class MainClass extends MovieClip 
        {

            public function MainClass() 
            {

                trace ("DOCUMENT CLASS CREATED");
                //loadPercent.text = "test";    // this works
                var loader:preLoad = new preLoad("Cerulean.jpg",177.5,150,1,1,0);
                
            }
        }
}

I know that most of the open brackets({) go on the same line as the function definition, but it’s easier for me to visualize my scope this way.

preLoad.as



package
{
    
    
    import flash.display.MovieClip;
    import flash.text.TextField;
    import flash.text.TextFieldType;
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.display.Loader;
    import flash.display.LoaderInfo;
    import flash.net.URLRequest;
    import flash.events.Event;
    import flash.events.ProgressEvent;
    import fl.transitions.Tween;
    import fl.transitions.easing.*;
    import flash.display.Stage;

    //import flash.display.DisplayObject;
    //import flash.display.DisplayObjectContainer;
            

    public class preLoad extends Sprite
    {
       
            
          public function preLoad(imageName, xpos, ypos, xscale, yscale, shadowOnOff)
        {
           
            trace("ENTERING PRELOAD");

            var myRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest(imageName);
            trace(myRequest);

            var myLoader:Loader = new Loader();
            trace(myLoader);
            

            if(shadowOnOff == 1)
            {

                import flash.filters.*;

                var myShadow:DropShadowFilter = new DropShadowFilter();
                myShadow.distance = 0;
                myShadow.color = 0x000000;
                myShadow.blurX = 10;
                myShadow.blurY = 10;
                myShadow.quality = 3;
                myLoader.filters = [myShadow];

            }
            

            myLoader.load(myRequest);
            
            myLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.OPEN,showPreloader);
            myLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS,showProgress);
            myLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,showLoadResult);
            //myLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.UNLOAD,unLoadResult);
            
            function showPreloader(evt:Event):void 
            {
                loadPercent.visible = true;
                trace("LOADING: " + imageName);

            }

            function showProgress(evt:ProgressEvent):void
            {
                loadPercent.text = (Math.floor((evt.bytesLoaded/evt.bytesTotal)*100)) + "";
            }

            function showLoadResult(evt:Event):void
            {
                loadPercent.visible = false;
                myLoader.alpha = 0;
                myLoader.x = xpos;
                myLoader.y = ypos;
                myLoader.scaleX = xscale;
                myLoader.scaleY = yscale;
                addChild(myLoader);
    
    
                var myTween:Tween = new Tween(myLoader, "alpha", Regular.easeOut, 0, 1, .5, true);

            }

            
        }//preLoad
    }//class
}//package

I get three ‘#1120 access of undefined propery’ errors for each time i try to access loadPercent.

I’m sure I’m overlooking something because I’m a newb, I’d appreciate any help

a few basic questions:

  1. all my files are in a folder in my documents, not in the flash directory, is this bad? I’ve seen people using com.whatever etc.

  2. my main .fla file does not share the same name as my MainClass.as
    (it’s not named MainClass.fla) Is that a problem?

I’m assuming these are inconsequential because my code seems to work up to a certain point.

again thanks for any advice.