Syntax error - rightparen - ActionScript 3 - using an array

Question

I'm creating a custom Adobe Connect pod, a simple drag and drop in AS3 - which currently works in Adobe Connect, and has no bugs. It doesn't work with the SyncConnector elements though, which is where I'm struggling.

I've found a post elsewhere that suggests using each of my drag/drop items as an array. I've set up an array at the top of the code, then I have my drag/drop code, then my final parts for the Sync at the end. I'm getting a syntax error of "expecting rightparen before dot", which is for me - confusing - as I'm very new to AS3.

I'd really appreciate someone showing me the correct code I'd need, as I don't fully understand the terminology. I do literally need it spelt out for me. Full code below, happy to pay for someones time if this isn't an easy fix:

import com.adobe.sync.components.SyncConnector;
import com.adobe.sync.events.SyncSwfEvent;

var connector:SyncConnector;

function init(c:SyncConnector):void 

{

connector=c;

}


// Keep stage reference here.
var draggedStage:Stage;

// Keep dragged item reference here.
var draggedItem:InteractiveObject;

// The list of items to drag.
var aList:Array =
[
    AirBP,PetroChem,LiquifiedGas,Exploration,Plastic,
    BiofuelsFarm,Trading,Electricity,Development,
    Production,Distribution,Lubes,Retail,Shipping,
    Refining,BPMarine,Terminal,Terminal2,Pipeline,
    Pipeline2,SugarCane,WindPower
];

// Subscribe all items for MOUSE_DOWN event.
for each (draggedItem in aList)
    draggedItem.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, onDrag);

function onDrag(e:MouseEvent):void
{
    // Get the source of event.
    draggedItem = e.target as InteractiveObject;
    draggedItem.startDrag();

    // Hook the stage events for MOUSE_UP event. You can skip using "draggedStage"
    // if you are sure that stage reference  is always available.
    draggedStage = dtaggedItem.stage;
    draggedStage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, onDrop);
}

function onDrop(e:MouseEvent):void
{
    // Stopp dragging things.
    draggedItem.stopDrag();

    // Unhook stage for it is no longer needed.
    draggedStage.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, onDrop);

    // Forget the references.
    draggedItem = null;
    draggedStage = null;
}

connector.dispatchSyncMessage("dragdrop", myObj, true);

connector.addEventListener(SyncSwfEvent.SYNC_MSG_RCVD, mouseListen);

function mouseListen(e.SyncSwfEvent):void 

{
    if (e.data.msgNm == "dragdrop") {
         myObj = e.data.msgVal as Array;
    }
}

Answer 1

The advice was exactly right. Make your code simpler because it is easy to miss a syntax error in that huge chunk of they-all-look-alike-oh-my-eyes lines of code. All your unreadable listeners should be replaced with this:

// Keep stage reference here.
var draggedStage:Stage;

// Keep dragged item reference here.
var draggedItem:InteractiveObject;

// The list of items to drag.
var aList:Array =
[
    AirBP,PetroChem,LiquifiedGas,Exploration,Plastic,
    BiofuelsFarm,Trading,Electricity,Development,
    Production,Distribution,Lubes,Retail,Shipping,
    Refining,BPMarine,Terminal,Terminal2,Pipeline,
    Pipeline2,SugarCane,WindPower
];

// Subscribe all items for MOUSE_DOWN event.
for each (draggedItem in aList)
    draggedItem.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, onDrag);

function onDrag(e:MouseEvent):void
{
    // Get the source of event.
    draggedItem = e.target as InteractiveObject;
    draggedItem.startDrag();
    
    // Hook the stage events for MOUSE_UP event. You can skip using "draggedStage"
    // if you are sure that stage reference  is always available.
    draggedStage = draggedItem.stage;
    draggedStage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, onDrop);
}

function onDrop(e:MouseEvent):void
{
    // Stopp dragging things.
    draggedItem.stopDrag();
    
    // Unhook stage for it is no longer needed.
    draggedStage.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, onDrop);
    
    // Forget the references.
    draggedItem = null;
    draggedStage = null;
}

Another one of my drag-n-drop related answers is here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/42542667/4687633

Answer 2

This error usually means there is a syntax error. Please change

function mouseListen(e.SyncSwfEvent):void 

to

function mouseListen(e:SyncSwfEvent):void