ActionScript 2.0 :: Storing A Movieclips Instance Name In A Variable?
Feb 21, 2010
I have a movie clip and inside that movie clip there is a button. I will be copying this movie clip 40+ times. When you click the button it must seek out the reference name of the movie clip it is nested in. The point of the script on the button is to make all other boxes but its self vanish. The script needs to know what box it is so it can make all boxes but it's self vanish. I know that _name returns the name of the object the code is on but what about the movie clip the object is in maybe _parent._name?
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Nov 28, 2010
i want to use a variable(text) to refrence a movieclips instance name
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May 30, 2011
I know you can store instance names in an array and call on the array values to reference the instance names in it.I was wondering if there is any way I can take an instance name, feed it directly into a function and use the name of the function variable/array/whatever to affect the object instance of whatever I name.
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Feb 5, 2010
I have just started actionscript after a long break, I am creating a crossword and each box is an 'Input Text' field. Since there are a lot of text fields, I do not want to have to create variables for each text box,I wanted to do something like this:
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May 5, 2007
I'm currently having abit of problem with splitting some data and inserting it correctly.On screen I am going to have 3 movieclips (with a dynTextfield already placed inside them).Using data imported from PHP I plan to put the project names of the returned results inside the movieclips. The problem with this is if the results are more than 3 then there aren't enough movieclips. To over come that I was thinking of using a 'more' button where the project names would get pushed out of the movieclips and the new set loaded in/along.
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Jan 5, 2011
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Jul 28, 2009
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Mar 16, 2012
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Mar 16, 2012
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Nov 3, 2009
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Feb 18, 2010
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Jan 27, 2012
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Aug 28, 2010
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Feb 3, 2009
I have one MC on stage with instance name "box". That MC duplicates by using this script:
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Inside original MC "box", I have one button. After click on that button, I need to know on which MC I clicked. box, or box2. I tried to use:
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trace (this._name);
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Jan 3, 2011
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Apr 27, 2011
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Nov 1, 2010
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Feb 4, 2010
It might sound confusing so let me explain the situation. I made a movieClip. And in that movieClip I have a dynamic textfield set. I called this textfield "AmmoCount".I dragged this movieClip onto the stage several times and each time I called on the AmmoCount varible in each movieclip and gave it a different value. I get the following error TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.[code]
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Dec 18, 2009
I have created a number of Movieclips as part of my Navbar such as About Us, Contact etc. I'm using setInterval to send them to a function that springs them open one after another using the tween class. The they are dynamically generated and positioned using the following code, however when I want to use them as buttons by using onRollOver or onRelease they act like I'm not scoping them correctly. In other words the cursor does not change into a hand when over them. This is a setInterval issue as if I have them open just using attachMovie, the scoping works just fine.
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function aboutUs () {
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var x_elasticTween:Tween = new Tween (aboutUs_mc,"_xscale",Elastic.easeOut,0,100,1,true );
var y_elasticTween:Tween = new Tween (aboutUs_mc,"_yscale",Elastic.easeOut,0,100,1,true );
clearInterval(_global.intervalID1);
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There are more in here, each going to its own function to attachMovie and Tween them. This all works fine.
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Oct 28, 2010
cat 1 and cat2 are the instance names of the movieclips when using the trace command to find out the values of the array this returns both movieclips undefined.Is that correct output window (undefined; undefined)how can trace name of movieclips in the array.[code]
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