Access of undefined property?

[garethhall]

To all the Pro's out there please help if you can.

I am getting an error "Access of undefined property"

The code returning the error is
var fileTypes:FileFilter=new FileFilter(file_Filter1,file_Filter2)
It does not want to expect my 2 vars file_Filter1 and file_Filter2

I have confirmed the both var file_Filter1 and file_Filter2 is correct, when you trace them you will get the following result
trace(file_Filter1) //result of trace // FileTypes (*.jpg, *.psd, *.pdf,)
trace(file_Filter2) //result of trace // *.jpg; *.psd; *.pdf

Here is what I dont get this returns the error
var fileTypes:FileFilter=new FileFilter(file_Filter1,file_Filter2)
and this does not
var fileTypes:FileFilter=new FileFilter(FileTypes (*.jpg, *.psd, *.pdf,),*.jpg; *.psd; *.pdf;)

Can anyone explain why I can use the vars to do the work, this is critical in this project, you might have notice I am getting the file extentions from the xml doc.

Any help would be great :)


var gallery_xml:XML
//var xmlReq:URLRequest = new URLRequest("../xmlExt.php");
var xmlReq:URLRequest = new URLRequest("../xmlExt.xml");

var xmlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();

xmlLoader.load(xmlReq);
xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, xmlLoaded);

function xmlLoaded(event:Event):void{

var myExtXml:XML = new XML(xmlLoader.data);

var myExt:XMLList = myExtXml.item.(@id == "ext");

var fTypes = "";
var f_Types = "";
for(var i:int = 0; i< myExt.length(); i++){
fTypes += '*'+myExt[i].label + ', ';
f_Types += '*'+myExt[i].label + '; ';
};
var file_Filter1 = "FileTypes ("+fTypes+")";
var file_Filter2 = f_Types;
trace(file_Filter1)
trace(file_Filter2)
};
//var fileTypes:FileFilter=new FileFilter("FileTypes (*.jpg, *.psd, )","*.jpg; *.psd; ");

var fileTypes:FileFilter=new FileFilter(file_Filter1,file_Filter2)

// Add both filter types to an array
var allTypes:Array=new Array(fileTypes);


// Set the FileReference name
var fileRef:FileReference = new FileReference();

// Add event listeners for your 2 buttons
browse_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, browseBox);

// Function that fires off when the user presses "browse for a file"
function browseBox(event:MouseEvent):void {
fileRef.browse(allTypes);
}

[mathew.er]

This is because the code gets executed before the xmlLoaded function... try moving the code there or putting it into another method that you can call from xmlLoaded.

[garethhall]

Aaahhhh sometimes it just need fresh eyes :). Thank you thank you thank you, I cant believe I missed that :( You are the bomb