Question

I’m using Flash CS3 and ActionScript 2. I have a MovieClip symbol (identified as ‘MySymbol’) that contains a dynamic text block with the identifier ‘innerText’. The symbol is marked as ‘Export for ActionScript’ using the following ‘MySymbol.as’ file:

 class MySymbol extends MovieClip {         function SetText(text)         {                 innerText.text = text;         } } 

In the frame actions, I tried doing the following:

 var symInst = _root.attachMovie('MySymbol', 'MySymbol' + _root.getNextHighestDepth(), _root.getNextHighestDepth()); symInst.SetText('hi');  // Fails symInst.innerText.text = 'hi';  // Works 

I get the compile error:

There is no property with the name 'innerText'.

Why is it that I can access the innerText from the frame actions, but not reference it within the .as file itself?

Answer 1

You are getting a compiler error because ‘innerText’ is not available to the class at compile time (i.e. it’s available at runtime).

A quick fix is to use

this['innerText'].text = text; 

instead of

innerText.text = text;