Blowing Through Lines

package
{
import flash.display.Sprite;
 
public class XMLListExample extends Sprite
{
	private var books:XML;
 
	public function XMLListExample()
	{
		books =		<books>
			<book publisher="Addison-Wesley" name="Design Patterns" />
			<book publisher="Addison-Wesley" name="The Pragmatic Programmer" />
			<book publisher="Addison-Wesley" name="Test Driven Development" />
			<book publisher="Addison-Wesley" name="Refactoring to Patterns" />
			<book publisher="O'Reilly Media" name="The Cathedral & the Bazaar" />
			<book publisher="O'Reilly Media" name="Unit Test Frameworks" />
		</books>;
 
		showBooksByPublisher();
	}
 
	private function showBooksByPublisher():void
	{
		var ner = "ren";
		switch(ner){
			case "ren":
			// the working code
			var results:XMLList;// = new XMLList();
			results = books.book.(@publisher == "Addison-Wesley");
			trace("results:\n"+results); // returns a the first 4 items (which contain "Adison...")
 
			// now for the fun!!!
			var otherResults:XMLList = books.book.(@publisher == "O'Reilly Media");
			trace("other results:\n"+otherResults); // returns null? (actually a null object)
 
			// just to see if oneline variable definitions work
			var test:String = 'ner';
			trace("test string: "+test);
 
			// seeing what else is a problem to do this way
			var objTest:Object = {ner:"ren"};
			trace('test object: '+objTest.ner); // yup works fine.
			//
			var xmlTest:XML = <ners>
			<ner>ren</ner>
			</ners>;
			trace('test xml:\n'+xmlTest); // no problem here either.
			//
			var numTest:Number = 45;
			trace('test number: '+numTest); // this is fine too.
			break;
		}
		if(ner == "ren")
		{
			var otherOtherResults:XMLList = books.book.(@publisher == "O'Reilly Media");
			trace("other other results:\n"+otherOtherResults); // works fine as well.
		}
	}
}// end of class
}

import flash.events.*;

// note you must make a symbol and link it in order to make an instance.
function init(){
	mybutton = new customSymbolIHaveLinked();
	mybutton.mouseChildren = false;
	mybutton.mouseEnabled = true;
 
	// this makes the button listen for the click event
	mybutton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, functiontorun);
	// now if you would like to automatially run this event on start up to perhaps ensure the user is at a default
	// position you simply need to dispatch an event
 
	mybutton.dispatchEvent(new Event(MouseEvent.CLICK));
}
function functiontorun(evt:Event){
	trace("recieved event from "+evt.target);
}

import fl.events.*;
import fl.motion.*;
 
//stage.frameRate = fps;
//trace(stage.frameRate);
stop();
 
 
/*************  this is the speed controller (or delay controller) *************/
var player:Timer = new Timer(33,30); // "33"/1000th of a second is pretty much 30 fps and the animation is "30" frames long
	player.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, playAnimator);
	player.start();
 
function playAnimator(e:TimerEvent)
{
	if(e.currentTarget.currentCount < 30){
		ner_animator.time = e.currentTarget.currentCount;
	}else{
		ner_animator.stop();
		ner_animator.rewind();
		player.reset();
		player.start();
	}
}
 
/************* speed controlled animator (taken straight from the clipboard but with the Animator.play() removed *************/
var ner_xml:XML = <motion duration="30" xmlns="fl.motion.*" xmlns:geom="flash.geom.*" xmlns:filters="flash.filters.*">
	<source>
		<source frameRate="10" x="95" y="114" scaleX="1" scaleY="1" rotation="0" elementType="movie clip" instanceName="ner" symbolName="Symbol 1">
			<dimensions>
				<geom:Rectangle left="0" top="0" width="42" height="42"/>
			</dimensions>
			<transformationPoint>
				<geom:Point x="0.5" y="0.5"/>
			</transformationPoint>
		</source>
	</source>
 
	<keyframe index="0" tweenSnap="true" tweenSync="true">
		<tweens>
			<simpleEase ease="0"/>
		</tweens>
	</keyframe>
 
	<keyframe index="29" tweenSync="true" x="253"/>
</motion>;
 
var ner_animator:Animator = new Animator(ner_xml, ner);
//ner_animator.play(); // removed because we play it with the new player function

package {
	import TopLevel;
	import hg.paginators.*;
	import flash.events.*;
	public class main extends TopLevel
	{
		private var slider1:MaskedSlider;
		private var slider2:MaskedSlider;
 
		public function main()
		{
			slider1 = new MaskedSlider(195,170,MaskedSlider.UP_DOWN,0xFFFFFF,10,10);
			slider2 = new MaskedSlider(460,42, MaskedSlider.LEFT_RIGHT, 0xFFFFFF,10,10);
 
			this.addChild(slider1);
			this.addChild(slider2);
 
			// add 15 items
			for(var i=0; i<15; i++){
				slider1.addItem( new item,rOver,rOut);
			}
 
			for(var j=0; j< 15; j++){
				slider2.addItem(new item,rOver,rOut);
			}
 
			slider1.x=30;
			slider1.y=30;
			slider2.y=220;
			slider2.x=30;
		}
 
		public function rOver(evt:Event){
			evt.target.alpha=0.7;
		}
 
		public function rOut(evt:Event){
			evt.target.alpha=1;
		}
	}
}

//three methods worth using
 
//change background
slider1.background(0xFF99FF);
 
//set speed
slider1.setSpeed(3);
 
//empty contents of the slider so that you can populate with new items
slider1.empty();
//set the default selected item useful for making sure there are no null values passed to other objects
// where 3 is the item number
slider1.setDefaultSelect(3);

// you must subscribe to the change even
slider1.addEventListener(MaskedSlider.EVENT_ON_CHANGE, doSomething);
 
public function doSomething(evt:Event){
//to get the selected item
trace(evt.target.sItem);
//to get the index chosen
trace(evt.target.itemIndex);
}