Is good practice to call parent functions in this way ?

[aneuryzma]

is good to call parent functions from the child ?

Ex.

MovieClip(parent).myTimer.start();


thanks

[Krilnon]

That depends on who you ask, but I'm guessing that most people here would say that it isn't a good practice to do that.

[aneuryzma]

oh ok. So what's a good practice ?
to use an object oriented approach ? and call class instance functions ?

thanks

[Felixz]

Well, it isn't because you are typecasting to dynamic MovieClip class, and when you chnge the parent or rename the timer reference, you won't get an error.
Were are some oop tips... http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2167721#post2167721

[aneuryzma]

oh ok.

One last question: if I create the object from UI, instead of using actionscript, how can I create then an object for the reference ?

is it possible ? or should I always start from actionscript if I want then to refer to it ?

PS. To use the UI makes the positioning much easier... for the layout of my project...

[.ral:cr]

you acces the object by its instance name, see the properties window.

[aneuryzma]

ok, and if I have a Timer in the parent MovieCilp, how can I refer to it ?

Should i use the Timer name in the parent movieclip ? Is it visible from the child ?

[.ral:cr]

no, only visual objects can be dragged into scene and have an instance name

in case of timer depends why you want it to be on parent, i may say that is already badly designed if you need this.
if you're not working OOP it's better to keep all the code in one place.

[aneuryzma]

ok.

I need to trigger the timer when the child movieClip is ended.

So I call the myTimer.start() method from the child movieClip.

Should I use a listener in the parent to detect the end of the child movieclip instead ?

How could I implement it ?

thanks

[Raziel]

dispatchEvent(new Event("finished", true));

parent.addEventListener("finished", doSomething);