ActionScript 2.0 :: Attach Instance Name To It?
Jan 30, 2011I'm using the following bit of AS2 on a couple of mc's of my project so I would like to use the specific instance name in this[code]...
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s_next.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, attachMovieclip);
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s_next.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, attachMovieclip);
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var addPage1age1 = new Page1();
addPage1.x= 0
addPage1.y= 0
addChild(addPage1);
}