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The ActionScript 3 `addChild()` function

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AS3: How can I add a children (instance) on stage every time I press the button without replacing the existing children?

How can I add a children (instance) on stage every time I press the button without replacing the existing children? I have four Classes: Symbol1, Symbol3, Symbol4, all. When I Press Symbol3 which is a button I want to create an instance of Symbol1…
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Use FLVplayback in FlashDevelop, add Sprite Class to a World in AS3

Hi (excuse me if there are grammar mistakes, I'm french), I'm a beginner in AS3 but I know a bit better Flashpunk; whatever, I have really some difficulties to code in AS3 and can't get how to insert a video in an AS3 project using…
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AS3 How to add a Class on the stage from a timer?

lots of help from you guys :). My next question is here :). I have timer in class MyTimer.as and Thief1_mc.as movie clip. How can I addChild(Thief1_mc) on the stage from MyTimer? Everything looks simple, the only problem is "stage" property.…
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AS3: Is it possible to add child in a specific area on the screen which is not a rectangle?

I need to add many children (addChild()) in a specific area. This area is not in a regular shape (figure). I noticed that if I want to add many children into my figure Flash creates rectangle that represent my figure and some of my children are…
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randomly generating images on screen, how do i get it to loop after a certain amount

so I'm creating a project and for the background I want stars randomly appearing and dissapearing from the screen. I have the stars randomly appearing, but they just stay on the screen and eventually fill the whole screen with stars. I would like…
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MovieClip did not play animation when using addChild()

i am trying to make a simple flash game. And I've been searching about this problem but I can't found any questions/answers that helped me, so here it is: I am trying to use addChild() to generate the pokemon Movieclips var comPkm:MovieClip =…
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PHP/SimpleXML. How to add child to node returned by xpath?

I have a simple XML string: $sample = new SimpleXMLElement(''); and i try to find node with xpath() and add child to this node. $node = $sample->xpath('//parent'); $node[0]->addChild('child2'); echo…
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Adding and removing children in AS3?

So, I'm trying to do this sort of thing where, if Cosmo.hitTestObject, Asteroid 5 should be removed, however I want it immediately added back at a different position, so the hit test isn't triggered automatically. How would I go about doing…
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Type 1061: Call to a possibly undefined method addChild through a reference with static type slotmachine:SlotMachineGame

Im having issues with this part of the code, it's supposed to add the pieces into an array, but I keep getting this error. This is the part of the code: function addPiece(xCoord:Number,yCoord:Number,id:Number){ classLoader =…
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Error adding sprites using addchild method: argument must to be non-nil

I've a problem using the method addchild adding sprites previously I've never had this problem and I could add png files without problems,now sometimes if I try to add some sprites to the scene using the addchild method I receive these…
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AS3 - Trying to place 5 rows of 5 squares

This code is meant to place an instance of a movieclip called BasicGrid on to my stage 25 times, then if the X co-ordinate of the new movieclip is over 128 it starts placing them on a new line. But for some reason I can't get it to work no matter…
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Creating XML File using simplexml_load_string, addChild, and addAttribute

This is what I have so far: This is the output I am receiving: http://i.imgur.com/mGRAJPe.gif It seems all of the subfield nodes are becoming a child of the 1st datafield element, instead of being nested in their respective datafield parent. Any…
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How do I pass variables to new children? [flash AS3]

The code illustrates the problem pretty well, I've cut everything unrelated out. Create 2-4 kinsmen when the game starts function createInitialKinsmen() { for (var k:int = 1; k < 3 + Math.round(Math.random() * 2; k++) { if (k == 1) …
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Adding to Stage in ActionScript 3 from a .as file

Note: Yes, I know that similar questions have been asked before. However, after following the answers in such questions I'm still stuck and can't find a solution to my problem. I'm having a problem which requires adding DisplayObjects to the Flash…
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TextField appears on stage when it's not a child of DisplayContainer?

Really need some help understanding whats going on after textFields[i].text = thisWord.charAt(i); I understand it updates a value at that particular index, I just can't figure out why it…
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