ActionScript 2.0 :: Getting The Instance Name Of Mouseover'd Mc?
Sep 18, 2011
I'm trying to trace the instance name of a movieclip when I roll over it with the mouse. I have a grid of 2500 dynamically-created mc's so I don't want each mc to have its own onRollOver function for the sake of efficiency.Basically I want to know if there's another way to know which mc the mouse is over. I'm guessing my only option is to round the mouse's x/y coordinates and find which mc has the same coordinates. I can do that, but before I do I wanted to make sure there's not a simpler way.
Also, am I even correct in assuming that massive amounts of onRollOver's are inefficient? It seems like they would have to constantly be listening, though I'm not 100% sure how flash works.
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