[Flashcoders] Recursive Tween only firing once

[Nick Weekes]

Hi all,
 
I would like to create a series of textfield objects (using
CreateEmptyMovieClip/CreateTextField), and have each textfield tween, and
then remove itself.
 
This all works fine, I have 50 or so textfields on the stage, but instead of
each tween executing individually, the tweens for all textifields occur at
the end of the process.
 
My code looks like this:
 
 
**** CODE START
 
  // ArrayHolder is an array object which holds the text strings I want to
convert into TextField objects
   for (var i:Number = 0; i<ArrayHolder.length; i++) {
    var TempString:String = ArrayHolder[i];
        createText(i, TempString);
   }
 
static function createText(QuoteIndex:Number, QuoteText:String) 
 {
  
  // my_obj[QuoteIndexStr] = dynamically created variable, acts as the
holding movieclip
  // Create Holder movieclip and recursive textfield objects
  QuoteIndexStr = String(QuoteIndex);
  my_obj[QuoteIndexStr] =
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("click_mc",_root.getNextHighestDepth());
  my_obj[QuoteIndexStr]._visible = true;
  var NewText:TextField = my_obj[QuoteIndex].createTextField("NewText",
_root.getNextHighestDepth(), 100, 100, 10, 10);

  // Create and configure TextFormat object
  var my_fmt:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
  my_fmt.color = 0xFE912C;
  my_fmt.font = "HelveticaNeue MediumCond";
  my_fmt.size = 18;

  // Finish configuring TextField object ands apply TextFormat
  NewText.multiline = false;
  NewText.embedFonts = true;
  NewText.text = QuoteText;
  NewText.setTextFormat(my_fmt);
  NewText.autoSize = true;
 
 // Position the TextField object randomly on the stage
  var MaxX:Number = Stage.width - (my_obj[QuoteIndexStr]._width+50); //make
sure max poss random x is less than stage width 
  var MaxY:Number = Stage.height - (my_obj[QuoteIndexStr]._height+50);
  var randomNumX:Number = Math.round(Math.floor(Math.random() * (MaxX - 0 +
1)) + 0);
  var randomNumY:Number = Math.round(Math.floor(Math.random() * (MaxY - 0 +
1)) + 0);
  my_obj[QuoteIndexStr]._x = randomNumX;
  my_obj[QuoteIndexStr]._y = randomNumY;
 
  // Tween the Holder MovieClip object
  var tween_handler:Object = new Tween(my_obj[QuoteIndexStr], "_alpha",
Strong.easeIn, 100, 0, 3, true);
  tween_handler.onMotionFinished = function() 
  {
      trace("onMotionFinished triggered");
  }
 }
 
**** CODE END
 
I am clearly not understanding the mechanics of this, could someone explain
why the tweens do not occur before the function returns back to the calling
loop, but when the loop has completed?
 
Cheers,
 
Nick
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