ActionScript 3.0 :: Moving Mask After Initialization?
Nov 7, 2010
I have created an X*Y grid of rectangles that cover up a movieclip (R). I put these into a 2d array (for easy access) and in a container movieclip which I use as mask over R. Now when I move one of the small rectangles R.width to the right when I am still in the constructor, a small bit of R will become invisible. But when I do this inside the function which handles mouse events, nothing seems to happen.
ActionScript Code:
package documentClass{
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.events.Event;
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