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ActionScript RangeError: Error #1003: The radix argument must be between 2 and 36; got 0.

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ActionScript RangeError: Error #1003: The radix argument must be between 2 and 36; got 0.

ActionScript 3 Error #1003 Description:
AS3 error 1003 is describing the fact that the radix parameter is outside of the bounds between 2 and 36. What is a radix you might ask. A radix “specifies the numeric base (from 2 to 36) to use for the number-to-string conversion. If you do not specify the radix parameter, the default value is 10″ Still curious as to what the radix is? Think back to your high school trigonometry class. The radix is the base for the number. In normal scripting/math you use the decimal system. In the decimal system the radix is 10, because it uses the 10 digits from 0 through 9. Binary uses only two number, 0 & 1 therefore it has a base or 2 or radix 2. Octal uses base 8 or radix of 8 and Hexadecimal uses the 16 characters 0-9 and A-f therefore it has a radix of 16. This comes in very handy when you need to convert a number to Hex if you want to generate dynamic colors etc…

Flex / Flash Error 1003 Fix:
So for all that explaining the simply fix for AS3 RangeError 1003 is most likely to just remove whatever value you have in the parenthesis of your toString() or change the value to 10.

Bad Code:

lat_txt.text = “+00 0″+currentLat.toString(this);

or

lat_txt.text = “+00 0″+currentLat.toString(1);

Good Code:

lat_txt.text = “+00 0″+currentLat.toString();

or

lat_txt.text = “+00 0″+currentLat.toString(10);

This should help you resolve Flex / Flash Error #1003

Thanks and as always Happy Flashing

Curtis J. Morley

ActionScript Error 1136: Incorrect number of arguments. Expected 1.

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1136: Incorrect number of arguments.  Expected 1.

ActionScript 3 Error #1136 Description:
This is a generic yet simple ActionScript Error.  It just means that you need one and only one argument in the method you are calling.  This error will pop up in many cases but I will only provide one code example. It should help you get through this fairly easily.

Flex / Flash Error 1136 Fix:
Add the applicable argument/parameter into the parenthesis.

Bad Code:

newempty1.removeChild();

Good Code:

newempty1.removeChild(pic1);

This should help you resolve Flex / Flash Error #1136

Thanks and as always Happy Flashing

Curtis J. Morley

Flex / Flash ActionScript Error #1065

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ActionScript Error #1065: Variable MyClassName is not defined.

Description:
This ActionScript error means that Flash or Flex does not understand the definition of your Class. One reason for this is that you forgot to declare your class as public. Another reason is that the reference is not correct. Don’t be deceived by the word Variable in this error it is really a class.

Fix:
Add public before the name of your class.

Bad Code:

class MyClassName extends MovieClip

Good Code:

public class MyClassName extends MovieClip

Fix 2:

Correctly reference the class that is being used.

Good luck trouble shooting ActionScript Error #1065 and,
As always Happy Flashing

SWFObject.addVariable() in AS3

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SWFObject.addVariable() in AS3

SWFObject is the standard for embedding Flash files into HTML. If you haven’t used it run on over to Geoff Stearns site and download yourself a heapin’ helpin’ of some SWFObject. If you are feeling especially adventuresome and want to test out the latest features in the new SwfObject 2.0 then head over to the SwfFix development blog. SWFObject eliminates the need to click on the Flash piece on a website before being able to interact with it, it has plug-in detection, it can be used with popular blogging software on sites such as this, and there are plugins for Dreamweaver and as a publish setting right in Flash. You should be using this for every website you build.  As of the 15th of February (I wonder what they were doing on Valentines Day) you can even download an SWFObject Adobe Air app for generating the proper code to embed your SwfObject into your website.  It employs the new SWFObject 2.0.  Or for quick and easy access just use the web version to generate your swfObject code

Now that you are totally sold and will never build anything Flash without it, you may want to inject variables (FlashVars) into your swf.  The methods are different for AS2 and AS3.  It is quite easy, yet different in each of these versions of ActionScript.  You simply throw the following code into the HTML and then …

<div id=”flashcontent”>
Swf Audio is not loaded Please check your path. this should be an audio control built in flash.</div>

<script type=”text/javascript”>

var so = new SWFObject(“SoundControlTest2.swf”, “audioControl”, “240”, “24”, “8”, “#EFECDD”);
so.addVariable(“audioURL”, “AllThatIWant.mp3”);
so.addVariable(“audioURL2”, “Comfort.mp3”);
so.addVariable(“audioURL3”, “Jolene.mp3”);
so.addVariable(“audioURL4”, “Amazing.mp3”);
so.write(“flashcontent”);
</script>

…then in your Document class (or on the MainTimeline if you are not using a Document Class) you will need to reference the parameters property of the loaderInfo property like this:

myTextBox.text = this.loaderInfo.parameters.audioURL;

In AS2 you only can access the variable directly on the mainTimeline using something like this:

myTextBox.text = audioURL;

Hope this helps you (and your users) have a better Flash experience on the web.

As always Happy Flashing.

Curtis J. Morley

Flex / Flash ActionScript Error #1094

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ActionScript Error #1094: Syntax error: A string literal must be terminated before the line break.

Description:
Error 1094 is a simple and fairly well described ActionScript Error.  This error will appear when you have left off the closing single quote marks in a particular line.  This is very closely related to AS3 Error 1095 which will help you out when you improperly use double quotes.  You will most likely get AS3 syntax error 1083 and syntax error 1084 after this this one.  These can most likely be ignored and will go away once the 1094 error is taken care of

Fix:
End the string properly by putting double quotes in the proper place

Bad Code:

trace(‘This is missing a single quote + someVar);

Good Code:

trace(‘This is not missing a single quote’+ someVar);

Related ActionScript Errors – AS3 Error 1095, AS3 Error 1084

This ActionScript Error is a quick one. I hope this helps you solve it.

As always Happy Flashing

Flex / Flash ActionScript Error #1095

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ActionScript Error #1095: Syntax error: A string literal must be terminated before the line break.

Description:
Error 1095 is a simple and fairly well described ActionScript Error. This error will appear when you have left off the closing double quote marks in a particular line. This is very closely related to AS3 Error #1094 which will help you out when you improperly use single quotes. You will most likely get AS3 syntax error 1083 and syntax error 1084 after this this one. These can most likely be ignored and will go away once the 1095 Error is taken care of

Fix:
End the string properly by putting double quotes in the proper place

Bad Code:

trace(“This is missing a double quote + someVar);

Good Code:

trace(“This is not missing a double quote”+ someVar);

Related ActionScript Errors – AS3 Error #1094, AS3 Error 1084

This ActionScript Error is a quick one. I hope this helps you solve it.

As always Happy Flashing

New Scenarios of AS3 Error #1084

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I’ve added 3 new scenarios to AS3 error 1084.

You can find it here.

http://curtismorley.com/2007/07/14/flash-cs3-flex-2-error-1084/#comment-2482

The additions are:

1084: Syntax error: expecting leftparen before colon.
1084: Syntax error: expecting rightparen before colon.
1084: Syntax error: expecting rightparen before semicolon.

Flex / Flash CS3 Warning# 3551

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ActionScript Warning: 3551: Appending text to a TextField using += is many times slower than using the TextField.appendText() method.

ActionScript Error Description:
I love this ActionScript Warning. This is not technically an ActionScript Error instead it is a warning that helps you code better. It is very clear and easily deciphered. This states that you should not use the old way to add text to a text field but rather use the new TextField.appendText() method. This improves performance dramatically and will prevent the user from getting the 15 sec. timeout. (Error #1502: A script has executed for longer than the default timeout period of 15 seconds.)

Fix:
Use TextField.appendText() instead of +=.

Bad Code:

var something:String = “Happy “;
var somethingElse:String = “Birthday”;
myTF_txt.text = something;
myTF_txt.text += somethingElse;

Good Code:

var something:String = “Happy “;
var somethingElse:String = “Birthday”;
myTF_txt.text = something;
myTF_txt.appendText(somethingElse);

ActionScript Warning #3551 is simple and easy (the way that all ActionScript errors/ warnings should be)

As always – Happy Flashing

Flex 2 / Flash CS3 ActionScript Error #1150

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ActionScript Error #1150: The protected attribute may be used only on class property definitions.

Description:
This ActionScript Error justs means that you have used the access control modifier ‘protected’ in the wrong spot. There are four access control modifiers – public, private, internal, and protected. Each of these specify how the method or variable is accessed. Each access control modifier has it’s own error but they all mean the same thing. Access control modifiers need to be used in the right place. The ‘internal’ and ‘public’ can only be used inside a ‘package’ and ‘private’ and ‘protected’ can only be used on classes.

Fix:
Make sure to only use the ‘protected’ access control modifier to define a method or variable within the class itself and not within a method(function).

Bad Code:

package{
	public class MySize {
		public function Connection():void{
			protected var borderSize:uint = 0;
			trace(size);
		}
	}
}

Good Code:

package{
	public class MySize {
		private var size:uint = 40;
		protected function Connection():void{
			trace(size);
		}
	}
}

Related ActionScript Errors – AS3 Error 1013, AS3 Error 1114, AS3 Error 1115

This ActionScript Error is a quick one. I hope this helps you solve it.

As always Happy Flashing

Flex 2 / Flash CS3 ActionScript Error #1115

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ActionScript Error #1115: The internal attribute can only be used inside a package.

Description:
This ActionScript Error justs means that you have used the access control modifier ‘internal’ in the wrong spot. There are four access control modifiers – public, private, internal, and protected. Each of these specify how the method or variable is accessed. Each access control modifier has it’s own error but they all mean the same thing. Access control modifiers need to be used in the right place. The ‘internal’ and ‘public’ can only be used inside a ‘package’ and ‘private’ and ‘protected’ can only be used on classes.

Fix:
Make sure to only use the ‘internal’ access control modifier to define a class, method or variable within a package and not inside the class itself nor within a method(function).

Bad Code:

package{
	public class MySize {
		public function Connection():void{
			internal var bgColor:uint = 0xFFCC00;
			trace(bgColor);
		}
	}
}

Good Code:

package{
	internal class MySize {
		public var bgColor:uint = 0xFFCC00;
		public function Connection():void{
			trace(bgColor);
		}
	}
}

Related ActionScript Errors – AS3 Error 1013, AS3 Error 1114, AS3 Error 1150
This ActionScript Error is a quick one. I hope this helps you solve it.

As always Happy Flashing