ActionScript 3.0 :: Child Swf Accessing Parent Swf Movieclip/s?
Oct 21, 2011
how to access a movie clip/s in a parent swf from a child swf. for example:Interface swf has buttons as mc's (home, about, services, portfolio e.t.c.) and loads in a swf when one of the buttons in the interface swf is pressed. When a button in Interface swf is pressed none of the other buttons can be pressed until the swf of the button that was pressed has loaded.
The reason for this is so that if the user tries to press the buttons quickly lets say the user pressed services button but changed thier mind right after pressing it and wanted to press lets say portfolio button they couldnt press the button until the services swf has loaded. Ive seen websites that dont do this and is makes it all mess up. Ive been able to do this in the past in AS2 but i cant figure it out in AS3.This is the code i would use in AS2:
Interface swf code is:
ActionScript Code:
_level5.btn_1.enabled = false;[code]...........
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I'm trying to access a parent movieClip from the child movieClip
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TestA.as
ActionScript Code:
package
{
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Nov 22, 2010
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[Code]....
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Oct 24, 2010
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Mar 12, 2011
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Dec 13, 2009
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PHP Code:
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Jun 22, 2010
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ActionScript Code:
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