Question

I’m programming a kind of “Lights Off” game in Flash Professional (not Flash/Flex Builder)
and it would be very nice if I could manage on/off state in a grphically designed Symbol like this:

square1.on();
/* calling this method produces the same as */
square1.on = true;
square1.gotoAndStop("onState");

/* obviously, the next method: */
square1.off();
/* will produce */
square1.on = false;
square1.gotoAndStop("offState");

Is this possible? How do I create the custom on property and custom methods on() and off()? If not possible, what else can I do?
Thank you.

Answer 1

Use a property like state and create two functions to change that state and navigate the playhead.

Also, you should be extending MovieClip to create these custom properties… better practice.

class MySquare extends MovieClip {
    public function on ():void {
        this.state = 'on';
        this.gotoAndStop('onState');
    }
    public function off ():void {
        // same, but for off
    }

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