[AS3] Setting up public variables and functions

[TJRobertson86]

EDIT: I forgot to mention this is in Actionscript 3

I'm creating a simple game, and it's my first time writing code in classes instead of the main timeline.

My question: if I add a public variable to a movieclip class (Player), am I able to reference that variable from the main document class? Or should I be putting all of my public variables and public functions on the document class?

Right now, when I add public variables or functions to one of my movieclip classes, the document class doesn't seem to be able to find it.

Let me know if I need to clarify the issue more.

Any help would be very appreciated.

Thank you
TJ

[rrh]

Maybe you're confusing the class itself with instances of that class.

public class Foo {
  public function fooFighter() {

  }
  public static function fooMobile() {

  }
}


... meanwhile, in the document class ...

var f:Foo = new Foo(); //f is now an instance of a class named Foo

f.fooFighter(); //this works
Foo.fooFighter(); //this doesn't
Foo.fooMobile(); //this does

What you put in what function depends on what the function needs to do.

[TJRobertson86]

thanks rrh! that makes a lot of sense