ActionScript 2.0 :: Switching Depths Between Multiple MC?
Dec 12, 2009
I'm making a website for my business. I want this site to run similar to an OS UI. The first issue I've run into is swapping between "window" MC depths. I'm not quite sure if its just that I need to add a mathematical variable to each one every time it is clicked or how to getDepth of the highest "window" MC in order to put the desired "window" MC above it.
You can download the .fla file <a href="www.dpr.150m.com/images/index.fla">here</a>.
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is it possible to swap depths for multiple movie clips at the same time? how about swapping for negative depths? or will that kind of thing lead me into probs later?
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*I can't post the file due to the company policy, so I'll do my best to explain. 3 movie clips: slide 1, 2, and 3. Each loads an external image.
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var mcs:Array = new Array (first_mc, second_mc, third_mc);
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Are depths particular to the timeline of the movieclip you refer to it? In other words, let's say you have actionscript to duplicate a movieclip 100 times, each time putting the new one on the next depth. But the code and the movieclip to be duplicated are themselves inside a movie clip. Are those depths inside that movieclip? So for instance, let's say the parent movieclip lies on the maintime. And on a layer above that is a button. Are those duplicated movieclips going to be visibly above or below the button?
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[AS]
var s:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip("1a", 1);
[/AS]
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here is an attached .fla file in mx2004 format.
for those not using 2004, here is the code:
PHP Code:
but1.onRollOver = but2.onRollOver = but3.onRollOver = but4.onRollOver = function() { this.swapDepths(getNextHighestDepth()); };
Also, is there a way to streamline this code so i dont have to type the button instance names every time i add another?
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This code works fine:
Code:
depths = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9];
for (var i = 0; i<depths.length; i++) {
[code].....
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Code:
_root.player.onEnterFrame =function() {
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