ActionScript 3.0 :: Flash Access Shapes Within A MovieClip?
Dec 9, 2011
Here's my basic issue: I have a movieclip, with several hundred shapes inside of it that I drew with the brush tool.
I want to convert each one of those shapes to a movieclip. I could individually select each one by hand, convert it to movieclip, and then have a massive library. That would be a hassle to do, and really difficult to manage going forward and making changes.
I'd rather do something like
Code:
for each (var curShape:Shape in myMC)
{
var newMC:MovieClip = new MovieClip
[Code]...
and then I could access them as MCs henceforth (for collision detection, mainly).
That code does not work though!
how to convert every individual shape inside a MovieClip into a MovieClip using AS3?
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