as3 I'm lost, how can I move different text objects?

Question

Dear StackOverflow,

I recently started fiddling around with as3, which look pretty good, problem is I come from as2 and I'm completely lost.

I'm tring to import text from 4 text files then move them on on top of the other:

text1 x = 100, text2 x=150 text3 x=200 etc..

Here is where I'm stuck:

import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.display.Loader;
import flash.events.*;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import caurina.transitions.Tweener;

var myTextLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
var myTextField_txt:TextField = new TextField();
myTextField_txt.wordWrap=true;
myTextField_txt.autoSize=TextFieldAutoSize.CENTER;

var i:int = 0;
var ipsilon:int = 200;

for(i;i<5;i++) {
        myTextLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onLoaded);
    myTextLoader.load(new URLRequest("text"+i+".txt"));
}
function onLoaded(e:Event):void {
    var testo = e.target.data;
    styleMe(testo);
}
function styleMe(testo){
    //Associamo il testo alla variabile
    myTextField_txt.text = testo;
    //Formato Carattere
    var myFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
    myFormat.size = 15;
    myFormat.align = TextFormatAlign.CENTER;
    myTextField_txt.defaultTextFormat = myFormat;
    //Formato Varie
    myTextField_txt.textColor = 0x000000;
    myTextField_txt.border = true;
    myTextField_txt.borderColor = 0x999999;
    myTextField_txt.width = 200;
    myTextField_txt.height = 20;
    myTextField_txt.background = true;
    myTextField_txt.backgroundColor = 0xFFCC00;
    //Posizione
    myTextField_txt.x = 0;
    myTextField_txt.y = -100;
    var text1 = addChild(myTextField_txt);
    tweenMe(text1);
}
function tweenMe(text1){
    Tweener.addTween(text1, {x:450,y:200, time:5});
}

I can't understand how do I tell actionscript to move them in different position.

Thank you very much for your patience

David

Answer 1

hi,

uhm, there would be a hacky solution ... but you should try a clean solution, using classes ...

i am not completely sure, what you want to do, but this should do the trick:

package  {
    import caurina.transitions.Tweener;
    import flash.events.Event;
    import flash.net.*;
    import flash.text.*;
    public class MyText extends TextField {
     private var _tweenParams:Object;
     public function MyText(location:String, tweenParams:Object, initVars:Object = null) {

      this._tweenParams = { };
      for (var name:String in tweenParams) this._tweenParams[name] = tweenParams[name];
      for (name in initVars) this[name] = initVars[name];

      (new URLLoader(new URLRequest(location))).addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onLoad);

      var myFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
      myFormat.size = 15;
      myFormat.align = TextFormatAlign.CENTER;
      this.defaultTextFormat = myFormat;

      this.textColor = 0x000000;
      this.border = true;
      this.borderColor = 0x999999;
      this.width = 200;
      this.height = 20;
      this.background = true;
      this.backgroundColor = 0xFFCC00;   
     }
     private function onLoad(e:Event):void {
      this.text = e.target.data;
      Tweener.addTween(this, this._tweenParams);
     }
    }
}

and then just use it like this:

this.addChild(new MyText("text1.txt",{x:0,y:0, time:5},{y:-100}));
this.addChild(new MyText("text2.txt",{x:200,y:0, time:5},{y:-100}));
this.addChild(new MyText("text3.txt",{x:400,y:0, time:5},{y:-100}));
this.addChild(new MyText("text4.txt",{x:600,y:0, time:5},{y:-100}));

hope that helps ...