Actionscript 3 :: Create A Controlling Movieclip Custom Depths
May 11, 2011
I am trying to create a way of controlling movieclip depths, which movieclip is show above another, so that I can set the depth of a movieclip to any number and they will be displayed with higher values above lower values. I was thinking of creating a MovieClipDepth class that extends MovieClip with the added property depth, and a Container class that extends DisplayObjectContainer which all objects will be placed inside of. The Container class will override the addChild method to update the child display order when a child is added.
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Select allvar rectangle;
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This one works:
Code:
SomeNumber1 = new Number(1);
SomeNumber2 = new Number(3);
object1_subObject3._alpha = 50;
And this one doesn't:
Code:
SomeNumber1 = new Number(1);
SomeNumber2 = new Number(3);
this["object"+SomeNumber1+"_subObject"+SomeNumber2]._alpha = 50;
If I try to trace the "movie clip" in the second code I get "undefined"....
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