Input textbox data to display in a dynamic textbox

punkyfee · May 29, 2008, 8:03am

Hi, I am trying to create a virtual pet. I want the user to be able to enter the name they would like to give to their pet, then click a button which will store the name and move to the next frame and for this data to be displayed in various stages throughout the game.

I am completely new to actionscript 3 and struggling a bit :).
My input textbox has the instance name myTextBox
Dynamic textbox has the instance name petName

In the first time line I have other variables/constants declared so I thought I could declare var yourname:String; which brought the error Error #2007: Parameter text must be non-null.

and I also tried var yourname:TextField which brought the error 1067: Implicit coercion of a value of type flash.text:TextField to an unrelated type String.

My coding on the button stage is

myTextBox.text = yourname;

enterButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, enterSlide);
//skip slide function
function enterSlide (evt) {
gotoAndPlay(“instructions”);

On the other frame where the dynamic text box is i have
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, petNameDisplay);

function petNameDisplay (event:Event){
petName.text = String (+yourname);
}

Also declared somewhere on the dynamic text stage i have petName.text = yourname

I would really appreciate any help and any 101 on declaring variables for text boxes.
Thanks for your time

Fiona

Below is all my code

Frame One
const LIFEEXP:uint = 10;
const EXPLODE:uint = 10;
const HEARTATTACK:uint = 10;
const BARHEIGHT:uint = 185;
const TIMEMSGDISPLAYED:uint = 4

var age:Number; // pet’s age
var lifeExpectancy:Number; // pet’s life expectancy
var timeSinceAged:uint; // time since pet aged
var fullness:Number; // current fullness
var timeSinceFed:uint; // time since it was fed
var mood:Number; // current mood
var timeSincePlay:uint; // time since played with
var causeOfDeath:String;
import flash.utils.Timer;
var gameTimer:Timer = new Timer(1000,0);
var fullnessMsg:String;
var moodMsg:String;
var timeDisplayed:Number;
var yourname:String;

skipbutton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, skipSlide);
//skip slide function
function skipSlide (evt) {
gotoAndPlay(20);
}
Frame Two (where the input box is )

myTextBox.text = yourname;

enterButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, enterSlide);
//skip slide function
function enterSlide (evt) {
gotoAndPlay(“instructions”);

Frame Three (where the dynamic text box is)
// pause the playback head
stop();

initialise();

// event listeners for help
helpBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, showHideHelp);
help.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, showHideHelp);

// other event listeners
feedButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, feedPet);
play2Button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, playPet);
gameTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, updateGame);

//background buttons
but1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, changeBG);
but2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, changeBG);
but3.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, changeBG);
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, petNameDisplay);

function petNameDisplay (event:Event){
petName.text = yourname
}

function changeBG ( evt ) {

var myButton:String = evt.target.name;

switch (myButton) {
    case "but1" : bg.gotoAndStop(2);
        break;
    case "but2" : bg.gotoAndStop(3);
        break;
    case "but3" : bg.gotoAndStop(4);
        break;
    } // end switch

} // end function

function showHideHelp (evt)
{
help.visible = !(help.visible);

if (gameTimer.running) 
    {
    gameTimer.stop();
    } 
else 
    {
    gameTimer.start();
    }

}

function playPet ( evt )
{

mood += 0.4;
if (mood &gt;= HEARTATTACK) {
gameTimer.stop();
causeOfDeath ="Heart Attack";
// go to death screen
gotoAndPlay("death");        
} 
else 
{
    updateMood(mood);
    timeSincePlay = 0;

}

}

var speed:uint = 5;
square1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickHandler);

function clickHandler (evt)
{
if (square1.x < (stage.stageWidth - speed))
{
// move the square
square1.x += speed;
}
}

function updateAge (myAge:Number)
{
// show age with no decimal places, and as a string
ageDisplay.text = int(myAge).toString();
}

function updateFullness (myFullness:Number)

{
// find appropriate fullnessMsg
switch (int(myFullness)) {
case 0: fullnessMsg = “I’m starving! Feed me now!!”;
break;
case 1:
case 2: fullnessMsg = “ohh so hungry…!”;
break;
case 3: fullnessMsg = “I’m a bit peckish!.”;
break;
case 4:
case 5:
case 6: fullnessMsg = “Mmm I’m quite content food wise.”;
break;
case 7: fullnessMsg = “Woo just a little full!”;
break;
case 8: fullnessMsg = “No I am positively stuffed!.”;
break;
case 9:
case 10: fullnessMsg = “Blah, I am so full I might explode :(!”;
break;
}

// update the feedback fullness display
var myBarHeight:Number;
myBarHeight = (BARHEIGHT / EXPLODE) * myFullness;
fullnessDisplay.height = myBarHeight;
}

function updateMood (myMood:Number)
{
// find appropriate fullnessMsg
switch (int(myMood))
{
case 0: moodMsg = “I’m also so so so lonely”;
break;
case 1:
case 2: moodMsg = “And I feel very alone”;
break;
case 3: moodMsg = “And I’m a little bit sad.”;
break;
case 4:
case 5:
case 6: moodMsg = “I’m a happy little alien :)”;
break;
case 7: moodMsg = "You are wearing me out ";
break;
case 8: moodMsg = “Please let me rest”;
break;
case 9:
case 10: moodMsg = “Also Leave me alone, I need rest!”;
break;
}
// update the feedback fullness display
var myBarHeight:Number;
myBarHeight = (BARHEIGHT / HEARTATTACK) * myMood;
moodDisplay.height = myBarHeight;
}

    }
if (timeSincePlay &gt;= 5) 
    {
    mood -= 0.5;
    timeSincePlay = 0;
    // check if lonely
    if (mood &lt;= 0) 
    {
        // died
        gameTimer.stop();
        causeOfDeath = "Loneliness";
        gotoAndPlay("death");
    }
    else 
    {
        // not dead, adjust lifeExpectancy and update display
        if (mood &lt;= 2.0) {
            lifeExpectancy -= 0.05;
        } else if (mood &lt;= 3.0) {
            lifeExpectancy -= 0.02;
        } else if ((mood &gt; 4.0) && (mood &lt;= 4.5)) {
            lifeExpectancy += 0.02;
        } else if (mood &lt;= 5.4) {
            lifeExpectancy += 0.05;
        } else if (mood &lt;= 5.9) {
            lifeExpectancy += 0.02;
        } else if ((mood &gt; 6.9) && (mood &lt;= 7.9)) {
            lifeExpectancy -= 0.02;
        } else if (mood &gt; 7.9) {
            lifeExpectancy -= 0.05;
    }
    }
        
        // check we haven’t reached the life expectancy limit
        if (lifeExpectancy &gt; LIFEEXP) 
        {
            lifeExpectancy = LIFEEXP;
        }

        // check we haven’t reached the life expectancy limit
        if (lifeExpectancy &gt; LIFEEXP) 
        {
            lifeExpectancy = LIFEEXP;            
        }
        
        updateFullness(fullness);
        updateMood(mood);
    } // end check if lonely
} // end check if need to update mood

updateMessage();

}

function initialise ( )
{
fullnessMsg = “”;
moodMsg = “”;

// set help sprite to invisible
help.visible = false;
// set the help display movieclip to invisible
age = 0.0;
lifeExpectancy = 7.0;
timeSinceAged = 0;
fullness = 5.0;
timeSinceFed = 0;
mood = 6.5;
timeSincePlay = 0;
timeDisplayed = 0;
// display the initial age, fullness and mood on 
// the feedback elements

// display the initial age, fullness and mood on displays
updateAge(age);
// show age with no decimal places, and as a string
ageDisplay.text = int(age).toString();
petName.text = yourname;

// some code here
updateAge(age);
updateFullness(fullness);
updateMood(mood);
    // display the initial age, fullness and mood on displays
updateAge(age);
updateFullness(fullness);
updateMood(mood);
gameTimer.start();

}

djheru · May 29, 2008, 2:11pm

I just picked up the oreilly book on AS3, and a virtual pet application is the example they use throughout.

punkyfee · May 30, 2008, 6:58am

Thanks Yes I saw it on google and had a look through it. I didn’t understand the naming bit… all i need to know is just how to get text that typed into an input text box and display this text in a dynamic text box (which is on a different frame). I am not too sure of what variables to declare or how to go about it.

DiamondDog · May 30, 2008, 7:51am

I’m a noob. This seemed like a useful thing for me to play around with and see if I could get it working.

I don’t know if this is the best way of doing this but it seems to work.

I have two frames.
On the first frame I have an input text field called myTextBox, and a button called myPlayButton.

I also have this code:

stop();

var enteredText:String = "";

myPlayButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,moveon);

function moveon(e:MouseEvent)
{
    enteredText = myTextBox.text;    
    gotoAndStop(2);
}

On the second frame I have a dynamic text field called petName and this code:

stop();
petName.text = enteredText;

Originally I tried doing it without the ‘enteredText’ variable. On Frame 2 I tried

petName.text = myTextBox.text

but that didn’t work for some reason.

Anyway, hope this works for you.

punkyfee · May 30, 2008, 8:22am

Thanks for getting me a step further Diamond! I tried your code and no errors this time (Yay!!) unfortunately the text I enter still isn’t being displayed.

punkyfee · May 30, 2008, 8:31am

Wow Diamond you are a star!! It all works now thanks to your code. Very much appreciated!
Thank sooo much!!!

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