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POWhy can't I get a returned value from my custom class?
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copied!<pre><code>package com.adam.etutorial </code></pre> <p>{ import flash.display.MovieClip; import flash.text.TextField; import flash.display.Sprite; import flash.text.TextFormat; import flash.display.Shape;</p> <pre><code>public class adamsboxmaker { //(boxWidth, boxHeight, lineColour, lineThickness, beginFillColour, fillIf, fontcolour, fontsize, fonttype, textFormat, textWidth, textHeight, text, Xoffset, Yoffset, textIf) public function adamsboxmaker(boxWidth:Number,boxHeight:Number,lineColour:Number,lineThickness:int, beginFillColour:Number, fillIf:Boolean, fontColour:Number, fontSize:int, fontType:String, textWidth:Number, textHeight:Number, txt:String, Xoffset:Number, Yoffset:Number, textIf:Boolean) { createBox(boxWidth,boxHeight,lineColour,lineThickness, beginFillColour, fillIf, fontColour, fontSize, fontType, textWidth, textHeight, txt, Xoffset, Yoffset, textIf); } private function createBox(boxWidth:Number,boxHeight:Number,lineColour:Number,lineThickness:int, beginFillColour:Number, fillIf:Boolean, fontColour:Number, fontSize:int, fontType:String, textWidth:Number, textHeight:Number, txt:String, Xoffset:Number, Yoffset:Number, textIf:Boolean) { /*BUILD CONTAINER*/ var container:MovieClip = new MovieClip(); /*END CONTAINER*/ /*BUILD BOX*/ var theBox:Shape = new Shape(); container.addChild(theBox); theBox.graphics.lineStyle(lineThickness, lineColour); if (fillIf == true) { theBox.graphics.beginFill(beginFillColour); } theBox.graphics.moveTo(0, 0); theBox.graphics.lineTo(boxWidth, 0); theBox.graphics.lineTo(boxWidth, boxHeight); theBox.graphics.lineTo(0, boxHeight); theBox.graphics.lineTo(0, 0); if (fillIf == true) { theBox.graphics.endFill(); } /*END BOX*/ if (textIf == true) { /*BUILD FORMATTING*/ var myFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat(); myFormat.color = fontColour; myFormat.size = fontSize; myFormat.font = fontType; /*END FORMATTING*/ /*BUILD TEXTFIELD*/ var theText:TextField = new TextField(); theText.text = txt; theText.x = Xoffset; theText.y = Yoffset; theText.width = textWidth; theText.height = textHeight; theText.wordWrap = true; theText.setTextFormat(myFormat); container.addChild(theText); /*END TEXTFIELD*/ } container.visible = false; return container; } } </code></pre> <p>}</p> <p>This is my first crack at writing a class and after reading up this is what I have.</p> <p>Essentially, I want to be able to write var txt:adamsboxmaker = new adamsboxmaker(parameters);</p> <p>and have txt be a display object from the returned MovieClip. But that's not happening. Can someone point me in the right direction?</p>

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