ActionScript 2.0 :: Creating Empty Movie Clips In "for" Loop?
Mar 21, 2007
i have an xml file
<xmlfile>
<file name="numero1" />
<file name="numero2" />
<file name="numero3" />
[code]....
they can have any names, this is just an example. so..and in my actionscript panel, i have the code:
the var bit...
myxml.ignorewhite = true;
max = 40
[code]....
following this code, still in the for loop, i tried to create an empty movie clip, which loads a secondary swf, called "button.swf". as follows
this.createEmptyMovieClip("myMC",i) // "i" being the depth
myMC._x = 40;
myMC._y = max;
[code]....
so...when i run the movie, it all appears blank. just for your information, if i take the whole ''movie clip creation'' bit out of the whole loop, it works fine. just once, but fine you got the idea what i'm trying to do here.. it's a list of buttons... because i don't want to use the list component. anyway, continuing. i don't know how to make it work. i've been guessing the problems might be with the same instance myMC bit, and i don't know how to create a different one each time(i've been trying though ) or with the depth..which still i can't figure it out.
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