Comments on: Attaching a Bitmap – AS2 vs AS3

By: starpause

starpause — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:04:16 +0000

public function cloneMovieClip(original:MovieClip, clone:MovieClip){
var tempData = new BitmapData(original.width, original.height, false, 0xffffff);
var tempBitmap:Bitmap = new Bitmap(tempData);
tempData.draw(original);
clone.addChild(tempBitmap);
}

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:57:16 +0000

So in my library I have a bitmap that I created the linkage name card1. I don’t have a card1 class but it says it creates them for me. However when I try and create an object of the bitmap card1(1,1) it throws the error Call to possibly undefined method. Am I missing something? Is there a way around this?

By: Liam

Liam — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:20:13 +0000

Ah yes, without playing around with code right this minute, I can’t say for certain… but you need to create a BitmapData object and make sure the transparent flag is set to true when you create it. Don’t confuse Bitmap and BitmapData. A Bitmap object contains a property bitmapData (which is an BitmapData object), but a BitmapData object can exist on its own. If that makes sense.

By: craigie

craigie — Mon, 26 May 2008 13:20:20 +0000

I cant see how to set the transparency of the linked image to true? you cant use bmp.transparent=true, its read only. I’m using a work around of creating another transparent bitmapdata, then drawing the bitmap from the library onto it, but it seems a bit daft. Am I missing something really obvious?