ActionScript 1/2 :: Cannot Access Text In MovieClip?
Oct 6, 2009
1. I created empty symble with instance name "picture" and placed it on stage at a wanted position.
2. if the image is aviliable I load the movie picture.loadMovie(image[p]); to show the image
3. if image isnt avliable I want to attach a movieClip that has dynamicText so I can change the text.
picture.attachMovie(mcDef,"mcdef"+p,1000);
this doesnt work - the movieclip is not shown and picture._alpha has no effect. so I tried to load a swf file of this movieclip (this isnt the right way)
picture.loadMovie("mcDef.swf");
it works and picture._alpha has effect
list veriables shows:[code].......
but I cannot access the text.I preffer to use attachMovie and change its text.mcDef.swf is made of rectanglar shape, on top of it dynamicText with instance name m_text. this was converted to a symble with linkage name mcDef .
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