targeting sprites from a method in the document class - null object reference
- by Freddyk
Hi
I am trying to code a flash app entirely in the document class. I am using GestureWorks with a touch screen. When a user essentially presses a button it calls a method that should hide a specific graphic but not the graphic they touched.
Essentially I need a way to refer to a graphic on the screen using a method besides 'e.target'.
//This code works because it can access 'e.target'.
private function photo1SpriteFlickHandler(e:GestureEvent):void {
var openTween:Tween = new Tween(e.target, "x", Strong.easeOut, 232, 970, 5, true);
}
//this code gives me a null object reference because I am using 'photo1Sprite' rather than 'e.target'
private function photo1SpriteFlickHandler(e:GestureEvent):void {
var openTween:Tween = new Tween(photo1Sprite, "x", Strong.easeOut, 232, 970, 5, true);
}
//photo1Sprite has already been programatically added to the screen as so:
var photo1Sprite = new TouchSprite();
var photo1Loader=new Loader();
photo1Loader.load(new URLRequest("media/photos1/photo1.jpg"));
photo1Loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,loaderComplete);
photo1Sprite.x = 232;
photo1Sprite.y = 538;
photo1Sprite.scaleX = .3;
photo1Sprite.scaleY = .3;
photo1Sprite.blobContainerEnabled = true;
photo1Sprite.addEventListener(TouchEvent.TOUCH_DOWN, startDrag_Press);
photo1Sprite.addEventListener(TouchEvent.TOUCH_UP, stopDrag_Release);
photo1Sprite.addChild(photo1Loader);
addChild(photo1Sprite);
So I can make photo1Sprite react if my method is attached to it directly using 'e.target' but not if I am trying to call it from a method that was called from another element on the screen.
