Are you sure you're creating the nested MC as you think you are? What do you get if you do:
trace(parent_mc.mc1); ??? Ade -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kent Humphrey Sent: 30 January 2006 13:54 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] targetting a mc from a list Thanks, but that doesn't work either. It looks like it should, but I'm still getting undefined. On 30 Jan 2006, at 13:31, Adrian Lynch wrote: > Try: > > parent_mc[listWhatever[0]]; > > Ade > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kent > Humphrey > Sent: 30 January 2006 13:25 > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: [Flashcoders] targetting a mc from a list > > > I have a list: > (code is example only) > > listWhatever = ["mc1", "mc2"]; > > This list is cycled through to generate some mcs inside parent_mc. > I now want to target one of those mcs again. Lets say I want to > target the first one in my list. I thought I could use eval() to > generate the statement, like so: > > eval("parent_mc."+listWhatever[0]); > > But trace() that returns undefined. How do I do it? > > Thanks. > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
