That's retarded. But thanks for the insight. So I changed the code to attach a MC for the library that had another MC inside to load the img into and it worked fine. So all is good again today. Thanks!
Corban Baxter | rich media designer | www.funimation.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Winterhalder Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 4:25 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] except onRelease hi Corban, > this[charThumb_MC].loadMovie(charThumb); loadMovie is delayed until all scripts in the frame have finished, so you assign the onRelease to a movieclip that will be replaced by a newly loaded one moments later. use a container to load it into, and assign your onRelease to the container. btw, createEmptyMovieClip returns a reference to the new clip, very useful if you don't want to type this[charThumb_MC] over and over again: var clip = this.createEmptyMovieClip(charThumb_MC, this.getNextHighestDepth()); clip._x = ... hth, mark On 1/30/06, Corban Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Guys can you tell me why this entire block of code work in F8 except the part > where it hits the onRelease its like it doesn't even make it a button when > applied. Any ideas? > > buildCharMenu = function(totalChars, setNum){ > setMax = setNum * 5; > trace("setMax: " + setMax); //if set is 1 this returns 4 > setMin = setMax - 5; //limits total created in set to be 5 > trace("setMin: " + setMin); //if setMax is 4 this returns 0 > > for(i=setMin; i<setMax; i++){ > charThumb = xmlNode.childNodes[i].attributes.thumb; > trace("charThumb: " + charThumb); > charThumb_MC = "charThumb" + i; //set new mc name > trace(charThumb_MC); > this.createEmptyMovieClip(charThumb_MC, > this.getNextHighestDepth()); > this[charThumb_MC]._x = 365 + (50 * i); //initially the value > is 0 so nothing is added > this[charThumb_MC]._y = 408; > //trace(charThumb_MC + ": " + this[charThumb_MC]._x); > this[charThumb_MC].loadMovie(charThumb); > this[charThumb_MC].myNum = i; > > this[charThumb_MC].onRelease = function(){ > input_char_info(myNum); > trace("myNum: " + myNum); > } > } > } > > Corban Baxter |rich media designer |www.funimation.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > -- http://snafoo.org/ jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
