Flash :: Dynamically Adding Children From Library Using Array?
Feb 1, 2010
i'm porting an old AS2 project to AS3, And have encounter a problem. I've tried a few different things but had no success.
in AS2 when dynamically attaching a MC from the library i would sometimes use an array. the array would hold linkage reference's, like so;
var mc:String = state_ar[currentState];
this.container.attachMovie(mc,mc,this.getNextHighestDepth());
targetMC = this.container[mc];
How would i do this in AS3?
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i'm porting an old AS2 project to AS3, And have encounter a problem. I've tried a few different things but had no success.in AS2 when dynamically attaching a MC from the library i would sometimes use an array. the array would hold linkage reference's, like so;
ActionScript Code:
var mc:String = state_ar[currentState];
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